"Sister, I'm only twenty-nine, not yet thirty!! Also, call me sister, don't add the Qi!" the mature lady said. She readily accepted Xiaoyao calling her Sister Qi because she knew Xiaoyao was the son of her father's sworn sister, which made him her younger brother.

She was also quite familiar with Xiaoyao because during this period, she would sometimes look after Xiaoyao. Although they hadn't spoken a single word, they could be considered acquaintances.

"Yes, yes, sister, you old..."

"Bang!"

The mature lady flashed over and directly smacked Xiaoyao, saying: "Old my foot! Sister is still young!"

Watching the conversation between Xiaoyao and the mature lady, Qi Bupo and the young woman stood to the side watching. The two were holding hands, seeming quite intimate. So this young woman must be Qi Bupo's wife.

"..." Xiaoyao wanted to seek help from Qi Bupo, but Qi Bupo ignored him, only talking with his wife, seemingly saying things like "youth is wonderful, now daughter has a companion."

Has a companion? Didn't she have one before? Couldn't you have another son for her to beat up?

Xiaoyao didn't know that it wasn't that Qi Bupo didn't want more children, but that his wife could no longer bear children. He also wasn't prepared to marry another woman, so up to now, he only had this daughter before him.

...

"Cough cough, sister, what's your name?" Xiaoyao asked, returning to normal conversation first, otherwise this felt really strange.

"Sister is called Qi Yanran. How about it, nice name, right?" Qi Yanran said with a smile.

"The name is nice, but too many people have it..." Xiaoyao said.

"Your name is the same, tons of people have it," Qi Yanran retorted not to be outdone.

"That's right, many people have my name too. What does that matter? As long as I like it, names are just labels anyway," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"By the way, Xiaoyao, who gave you your name? Why do you have the surname Le?" At this time, Qi Bupo interjected.

"The jade pendant has the two characters 'Xiaoyao' on it, so I called myself Xiaoyao. I like the surname Le. Adding it to the name makes it even more perfect, so I'm called Le Xiaoyao. I won't change this," Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"Won't change? Now that you know you're Luo Yuntian's son, you still won't change your surname to Luo?" Qi Bupo asked.

"Of course not. Luo Xiaoyao has no artistic conception at all. Le Xiaoyao is much better. I searched for my background only to know how I came to be, not to recognize my ancestors and return to my clan," Xiaoyao replied. "They had the right to abandon me, so I have the right to choose what surname to use. Besides, I'm already in the Luo family's external surname genealogy anyway."

"Good, don't take his surname. Truly worthy of being A-Xue's child, very individual," Qi Bupo said. He was liking Xiaoyao more and more, especially this kind of personality. Such a character wouldn't care about those rules and regulations, and had hope of taking over his business.

Qi Bupo had always been troubled by having no successor. Now that Xiaoyao appeared, it perfectly made up for this regret.

Qi Yanran? She was a girl and couldn't inherit Shadow Moon Valley. Moreover, she had a very special identity and couldn't inherit Shadow Moon Valley.

"Dad, if you praise him too much, I'll get jealous," Qi Yanran said irritably from the side. Of course, it wasn't this one sentence that annoyed her, but Qi Bupo had said similar things many times.

"You're also very good," Qi Bupo nodded, saying very seriously.

"..." Qi Yanran fell silent.

"This must be Aunt Qi," Xiaoyao looked toward the young woman. He always needed to figure out who the people here were, this should have been asked long ago.

"You can call her aunt, call me whatever you want, uncle is fine, so is old uncle," Qi Bupo nodded, saying casually.

According to generational titles, Qi Bupo was Xiaoyao's mother's sworn elder brother, so he should be called uncle. This young woman would naturally be aunt. But Qi Bupo didn't much care what Xiaoyao called him, he could accept anything. Of course, he still hoped Xiaoyao would call him uncle.

"When you say this, it means you want me to call you uncle. You're my mother's sworn elder brother, calling you uncle is very normal," Xiaoyao could hear Qi Bupo's meaning.

"Cough cough..."

"Hehe, Xiaoyao, you're really interesting. This call of 'aunt' won't be wasted," the young woman said. "Aunt's real name is Xiao Yizhu. In the future, when you encounter troubles, mentioning aunt's name might be more useful than your uncle's name."

"Mm, hm?" Xiaoyao nodded, then looked at Qi Bupo questioningly.

"Your aunt is the daughter of the Supreme Demon Palace's Palace Master. Compared to Shadow Moon Valley, the Supreme Demon Palace is much more powerful, and many more people know of it," Qi Bupo said, not feeling suppressed at all.

"So that's how it is. The Supreme Demon Palace is one of the four great powers of the Demon Sect," Xiaoyao understood. Shadow Moon Valley wasn't considered a super power in the Demon Sect, it could only be considered relatively strong. But the Supreme Demon Palace was different.

"Now let's talk about Xiaoyao. Why didn't you die?" Xiao Yizhu looked at Xiaoyao. Xiaoyao had asked so many questions, but they still didn't know about the issues concerning Xiaoyao.

Xiaoyao naturally knew what Xiao Yizhu was asking about, so he answered truthfully: "I can't explain this either, but I had taken a healing sacred pill beforehand, plus I deliberately defended against uncle's palm force at that time. Combined with my cultivation of the Divine Farmer's Art and reaching Emperor Level, my survival ability might be a bit higher."

"What percentage chance did you think you had of surviving at that time?" Xiao Yizhu asked again. These factors combined might be the conditions for Xiaoyao's survival, but she could be certain these conditions couldn't guarantee he would definitely survive. Xiaoyao's survival was partly due to luck.

At that moment, Xiaoyao shouldn't have known he could survive. This was also why they liked Xiaoyao, sacrificing for filial piety.

Most people in the demonic path still valued filial piety and righteousness. Although their behavior was extreme and they sometimes did things that violated heavenly principles, even the worst people had good aspects, unless they were utterly vicious.

Of course, in the Demon Domain, there were quite a few such utterly vicious people, otherwise this place wouldn't be called the Demon Domain.

"Thirty percent!" Xiaoyao said.

"Thirty percent, though not little, you had already considered dying. At that time, you clearly knew dying would be meaningless, yet you still went forward. I don't know whether to call you stupid or filial," Xiao Yizhu said.

"Stupid or filial, either way, I knew that if I didn't go, I'd regret it for the rest of my life. I'd rather die meaninglessly like that, I had to try. Perhaps a miracle would occur. Facts proved I was right," Xiaoyao said with a smile, as if this was just an ordinary matter, not something requiring risking one's life.

"That's right, if you don't try, how can you have a chance..." Qi Bupo strongly agreed with this point. Some things looked hopeless, but if you don't try, how would you know if a miracle might happen?

In the past, when he searched for those materials, it also seemed hopeless, but he succeeded. Xiaoyao's attempt this time also originally seemed hopeless, like throwing his life away, but in the end he saved Luo Yuntian while not dying himself.

If he hadn't blocked that palm strike, the result would definitely have been Luo Yuntian's death, creating an irreconcilable deadlock between him and Qi Bupo, and he would have regretted it for the rest of his life.

But not everyone had the courage to make such an attempt. This required risking one's life to try. Most people stopped because of this, and this was what made Xiaoyao different from others.

"Um, I've recovered now. When can I leave here?" Xiaoyao asked.

"After a year, as I said," Qi Bupo said. This left Qi Yanran speechless. Originally she wanted to say, you're not going anywhere, stay here obediently for a while. Her "a while" was much shorter than a year.

"I know not to contact them for a year, but I can't just waste time here for a whole year. I want to tour around the Demon Domain, actually, I've wanted to come for a long time," Xiaoyao said. If he had to stay in Shadow Moon Valley for the whole year, Xiaoyao was somewhat resistant. But if he could tour around the Demon Domain during the year and broaden his knowledge, he'd be willing.

"With your current level of strength, if you wander around the Demon Domain, it's easy for problems to occur. You should first cultivate here and learn some rules of the Demon Domain," Qi Bupo shook his head, disagreeing with Xiaoyao's idea.

"Dad, what are you afraid of? Just mention our reputation, as long as you don't cause big trouble in the Demon Domain, there won't be problems," Qi Yanran said nonchalantly. This family of theirs was all extraordinary, ordinary demonic path people wouldn't dare provoke them.

"I'm afraid of encountering enemies. Our reputation is big, but we also have quite a few enemies," Qi Bupo shook his head.

"Then use mine instead, I don't have enemies," Qi Yanran said.

"..."

"Sister, you're so young, your reputation might not be useful," Xiaoyao raised his doubts without reservation. He didn't believe Qi Yanran's reputation had any use.

"You're underestimating your sister. I'm..." Just as Qi Yanran was about to announce her title, a bell sounded from outside. This seemed to be the sound indicating something major had happened.

"I'll go take a look first. Yanran, watch your little brother," Qi Bupo said, immediately heading down the mountain to Shadow Moon Valley's main hall. Xiao Yizhu also followed.

"Xiaoyao, want to know what's happening?" Qi Yanran looked at Xiaoyao with a smile.

"No," Xiaoyao immediately shook his head. He knew Qi Yanran wanted him to go down too, so she could legitimately watch the excitement.

"Aren't you curious? Our Shadow Moon Valley's bell rarely rings. When it does, it's usually something major," Qi Yanran looked at Xiaoyao.

"Then you go. I'll enjoy the scenery here," Xiaoyao said casually.

"You're rebelling, aren't you? Sister is speaking nicely to you, yet you're being ungrateful and acting tough with me. Looking for death?" Qi Yanran got angry, grabbed Xiaoyao, and headed toward Shadow Moon Valley's main hall.

Xiaoyao couldn't dodge Qi Yanran's grab. This Qi Yanran was actually at Peak Saint Level, just one step away from God Level. This strength was terrifying, it seemed he'd have to stay away from this Qi Yanran in the future.

Xiaoyao now felt a bit confused. How had he inexplicably gained such a sister? It felt like just yesterday he was chatting with Yinping...

Was he still dreaming...?

(End of Chapter)