Chapter 15 Let's Have a Child

In the quiet chamber.

The green-robed woman, in an excellent mood because Shaoyan Chou had defected, lit a stick of incense and took a while before she fully entered her dream.

...

In the dream.

It was a vast grassland. A black-robed girl appeared out of thin air.

"Huh? How did I..." Yu Wei's expression changed as she immediately realized she had been drawn here. She swept her gaze and saw a green-robed woman walking toward her from afar.

"Greetings, Envoy." Yu Wei quickly said respectfully.

"Yu Wei, long time no see." The green-robed woman smiled. "You did very well on your last mission. Now I have another mission for you."

Yu Wei's heart tightened.

The last mission was actually to capture the Tuoshan Celestial Immortal alive, but it wasn't Yu Wei who did the capturing; she only needed to guide things slightly. That mission was very easy, requiring little from Yu Wei, and there was no danger of exposure.

"Please instruct me, Envoy." Yu Wei said respectfully.

"The mission is related to your Dao companion, Ji Ning." The green-robed woman carefully observed Yu Wei's reaction.

Yu Wei's heart tightened, but she didn't press further.

"The Godking has ordered," the green-robed woman said, "that you take Ji Ning and use a Greater Teleportation to go directly to the Fifth World."

"I have never been to the Fifth World." Yu Wei quickly said.

"The Three Thousand Major Worlds... the Godking has long informed you of their approximate locations. You don't need to teleport precisely to a specific spot; anywhere in the entire Fifth World will do." The green-robed woman said. "This is very easy for you."

Yu Wei fell silent.

Of course she could do it. The Godking, in issuing this order, knew very well that she could.

But...

She didn't want to do it!

Even if she died, she wouldn't do it!

"What are you going to do?" Yu Wei pressed.

"Is that any of your business?" The green-robed woman barked. "Does the Godking's command need to be explained to you?"

"I can't do it." Yu Wei shook her head, her voice soft but resolute.

"How can you not do it? You are Ji Ning's Dao companion; he trusts you completely. You only need to say to him, 'Take you to a place; you'll know when you get there.' A very simple sentence. Ji Ning won't have the slightest suspicion. You take him, then use a Greater Teleportation to reach the Fifth World. Your mission will be complete." The green-robed woman said.

Yu Wei quickly said, "I have become a disciple of Patriarch Lu, and in the future I have hope of entering the core of the Daoist sect. If I take Ji Ning to the Fifth World, I will be exposed!"

"If you are exposed, you won't need to remain hidden; you can openly serve the Godking." The green-robed woman's gaze turned cold. "You have said too much today. Given that the target this time is your Dao companion, I will allow your insolence, but I will not tolerate it next time."

Yu Wei gritted her teeth.

"He is my Dao companion." Yu Wei looked at the green-robed woman.

"I know." The green-robed woman looked at her coldly.

"He is the most important person to me." Yu Wei looked at her. "More important than my life."

The green-robed woman's expression froze. Frowning, she said, "You want to rebel?"

Yu Wei immediately knelt, prostrating herself on the ground with utmost piety: "The Godking gave me a new life. I am utterly loyal to the Godking. If you ordered me to destroy the Black-White College or kill anyone else in the Grand Xia world, I would not hesitate. But Ji Ning is my Dao companion. I will not harm him, not even if I die."

"You dare to defy the Godking's command?" The green-robed woman was shocked. "You will fall into the Endless Hell, never to be reborn!"

Yu Wei remained prostrate, saying nothing.

The green-robed woman stared at Yu Wei: "You know the consequences of defying the Godking... I will give you one last chance..."

"Ask me a hundred times, a thousand times, my answer will be the same." Yu Wei remained prostrate.

"Then wait to enter the Endless Hell." The green-robed woman waved her hand and vanished into thin air.

...

Night.

In bed, Ji Ning and Yu Wei were sleeping together. Although immortals don't need sleep, the feeling of sleeping is indeed very pleasant and a good way to dispel mental fatigue. Even the most powerful immortals usually sleep occasionally, and some carefree immortals even sleep for ten thousand years at a time.

Suddenly Yu Wei's eyelashes fluttered, and then she opened her eyes.

"It has finally come."

There was pain in Yu Wei's eyes.

She had feared this day the most. She had thought that becoming a disciple of Patriarch Lu would increase her usefulness, and the Godking would not expose her easily, allowing her to stay with Ji Ning longer. But she had only been reunited with Ji Ning for half a year when the Godking's order came.

Yu Wei gently rested her head on Ji Ning's chest, feeling the warmth of his body.

"What's wrong?" Ji Ning also woke up, reaching out to embrace Yu Wei. He felt that his senior apprentice-sister seemed a bit vulnerable at the moment.

"Nothing, just a nightmare." Yu Wei said.

Ji Ning nodded gently.

He knew that his senior apprentice-sister had a tragic past life, and in this life her parents died when she was young; she must have dreamed of something.

"It's just a dream. Everything is getting better and better." Ji Ning held Yu Wei tightly.

"Mm, everything will get better." Yu Wei also smiled.

...

"Senior apprentice-sister, you seem to be in a very good mood. I've seen you smiling all day." Ji Ning put down his Northsong sword. Previously, killing that group of Celestial Immortals had finally allowed his three Northsong swords to absorb enough baleful aura to reach the Pure Yang lower-grade level.

Yu Wei put down the jade plate holding spirit fruits and smiled: "Being with my junior apprentice-brother, with no one to disturb us, living like a couple of immortals—can't I even smile?"

Ji Ning also smiled.

Yes.

A couple of immortals.

In this cave estate, it was just him and his senior apprentice-sister. The Palace Immortal was tactful enough not to disturb them. This was their little world; calling it a couple of immortals was not an exaggeration.

"Haha, if only we could stay this carefree forever. My dream life is to live quietly with the one I love until the end of time." Ji Ning's eyes held a trace of reminiscence. "My father and mother are gone, but I still have you, senior apprentice-sister."

"Mm." Yu Wei nodded gently.

But in her heart she silently said: "Junior apprentice-brother, this may be our last days together. I want to leave you with the best memories. I will smile and be happy."

...

A dark space.

On the ten-thousand-zhang throne sat a towering figure in a black robe, his left hand lightly and rhythmically tapping the armrest.

Below, Yu Wei knelt prostrate, while the green-robed woman stood to one side.

"You have disappointed me." The Godking's voice echoed throughout the dark space.

Yu Wei dared not offer any excuse.

"But I know you have deep feelings for this Ji Ning." The Godking sighed. "The word 'love'—even immortals and demons, countless have been infatuated by it. This time I can forgive you, and I will not give you any more missions concerning Ji Ning. If you defy me again, you will sink forever in the Endless Hell."

"Thank you, Godking." Yu Wei showed excitement, while the green-robed woman beside her revealed surprise.

Yu Wei hadn't expected to escape punishment. After all, the Godking could kill her very easily. In her past life's soul, there was already a secret imprint of the Godking. With a single thought, the Godking could completely draw away her soul and cast it into the Endless Hell. That was an illusory hell created by the Godking, where souls would suffer endless torment, never ending. With another thought, the Godking could cause her soul to scatter and die.

And she was also very grateful to the Godking.

Because the Godking had given her a new life.

"Go." The Godking waved his hand, and Yu Wei disappeared.

"Godking." The green-robed woman couldn't help speaking. She had followed the Godking for too long; this was not his style.

"Not giving her missions concerning Ji Ning can still make her unwittingly lead Ji Ning to his doom." The Godking said. "And Yu Wei is a very useful pawn, so I'll allow her this one act of insolence."

The green-robed woman's eyes lit up: "The Godking is wise."

...

In the quiet chamber.

Yu Wei opened her eyes, barely able to contain her excitement.

"Junior apprentice-brother, junior apprentice-brother." Yu Wei immediately rushed out of the quiet chamber and came to the large courtyard outside. In the courtyard, Ji Ning was practicing with his Northsong sword, also hoping to soon comprehend the Dao of the Sword. He could feel that he was on the path to 'great mastery of the Sword Dao.' After grasping a trace of Sword Force, his strength had improved only slightly, but his insights into the Sword Dao had become much faster.

"Huh?" Ji Ning turned around and smiled: "Senior apprentice-sister, I haven't finished practicing yet. Is something the matter?"

"Nothing." Yu Wei sat to the side, just watching.

She quickly sobered from her excitement. Soon she understood... even if she didn't harm Ji Ning, in the future she would still need to carry out orders against others. She might even use her relationship with Patriarch Lu to target more powerful figures. In short, if things continued like this, she would eventually be exposed.

The day she was exposed would also be the day she had to leave Ji Ning, perhaps even the day she died.

"Must I leave eventually?" After this experience, Yu Wei felt even more reluctant to part.

That night.

Ji Ning and Yu Wei lay together in bed.

"Junior apprentice-brother." Yu Wei was in Ji Ning's arms.

"Mm?" Ji Ning looked at his senior apprentice-sister.

"Let's have a child." Yu Wei suddenly said.

"Have a child? Why? Now is the tribulation of the Three Realms; we have no time to take care of a child." Ji Ning was surprised. He was a Fiendgod, and Yu Wei was a Celestial Immortal. It was very difficult for immortals and fiends to conceive a child, though it was easy to avoid pregnancy by controlling their energy and divine power.

Yu Wei looked at him: "I want one. In the tribulation of the Three Realms, even if one of us dies, at least we will have a child."

"Why say that?" Ji Ning said.

"If you die, do you expect me to live alone in this world?" Yu Wei said. "You have faced danger many times before. I am truly afraid. If you were gone, I couldn't go on living in this world."

Ji Ning thought of when he was banished to the Domain of Annihilation, and his heart softened. He nodded: "Alright, if you want a child, then let's have one. But I am a Fiendgod and you are a Celestial Immortal; it will be very difficult to conceive."

"Difficult or not, we have to try." Yu Wei said seriously.

"Then here I come." Ji Ning smiled and gently removed Yu Wei's thin garment.

The night was hazy. Ji Ning felt as if he were drunk, completely immersed...

...

Whether by luck or truly favored by heaven, Ji Ning and Yu Wei—one a Fiendgod, the other a Celestial Immortal—succeeded in the third month. Yu Wei became pregnant.

After becoming pregnant, Yu Wei would sit every day, stroking her belly, smiling as she watched Ji Ning practice his sword. At this time, Yu Wei's belly showed no bulge at all, but she loved to touch it, because she was caressing the child of her and her junior apprentice-brother.

Ji Ning was immersed in his sword practice, and whenever he stopped, he could see his senior apprentice-sister sitting nearby, smiling at him.

Ji Ning felt very warm.

It had been a long time...

Since his parents had left, it had been a long time since he had felt such warmth. This warm feeling was truly intoxicating, filling him with strength! In the future, when the child was born, he and his senior apprentice-sister could play with the child together; it would surely be even happier.

"Huh?" Ji Ning suddenly stopped practicing.

"What's wrong?" Yu Wei, who was eating spirit fruits nearby, couldn't help asking.

"My second avatar's heartforce cultivation has reached perfection." Ji Ning's eyes were full of excitement.

"Then isn't your second avatar about to undergo the tribulation?" Yu Wei was startled.