Chapter 826 - 236: The Yin Ghost Tide Shrouds the Sky, the Human Emperor Is Merely a Pawn

Chapter 826: Chapter 236: The Yin Ghost Tide Shrouds the Sky, the Human Emperor Is Merely a Pawn

Under Lady Bai Mei’s arrangements, Li Yuan temporarily hid with Xiaoyu’Er in a safe pavilion.

Outside the pavilion, every day and night, abrupt screams could be heard.

In the thin mist of black smoke, ghost servants of various colors were often seen: a white-clad female ghost crawling on the ground, a human-headed spider ghost glaring at the people inside with its pallid pupils from the oil paper windows, a frozen ghost floating from Silver Stream Water to the vicinity and landing, and a human-headed dog ghost clad in canine skin lurking around the corners...

These ghost servants were remnants from the previous fusion of "Miracle Beast Garden" and "Ghost Prison."

And no one knows how the fusion is progressing now.

Li Yuan leaned against the window of the pavilion, looking outside.

While Xiaoyu’Er simply lay on the couch in her large cotton jacket and pants.

Her hair was messy, uncombed, her lower abdomen swollen.

She gently caressed the bulge with a tender expression, feeling the life growing inside.

"Your baby is kicking me," Xiaoyu’Er was immersed in the shared world with that little life.

Li Yuan withdrew his gaze, sat by her side, then leaned closer and said with a smile, "Let me have a listen too."

Xiaoyu’Er let go of her hand, gently loosened her cotton jacket, allowing her husband’s head to press against her protruding belly.

As Li Yuan’s cheek touched the belly, suddenly, a little bump appeared, the bump accurately punched Li Yuan in the face.

Li Yuan showed a delighted expression.

"Do you think it’s a boy or a girl?" Xiaoyu’Er suddenly asked.

Li Yuan was about to speak when, suddenly, in his mind’s eye, he saw two white-clad female ghosts crawling in the forest one mile from the pavilion.

He smiled slightly and said, "A girl."

But as he smiled, a terrifying force all of a sudden oppressed the two white-clad female ghosts in the air, and with a "boom," the crawling female ghost entirely collapsed to the ground, black smoke rising around her, soon turning into ash and disappearing.

"Why a girl?" Xiaoyu’Er asked.

Thinking of his two mischievous sons, then of the gentle Xiaozhao, Li Yuan replied with a smile, "Daughters are well-behaved."

"Whether it’s a boy or a girl, I will love them all the same," Xiaoyu’Er said softly.

Li Yuan gently helped her fasten her cotton jacket and quilt, then nestled by her side, gazing together out the window.

Outside, guards were patrolling the courtyard.

Further away were the evergreen woods and the barren wheat fields.

This place isn’t an extension of any Meat Field remnants; it’s not suitable for cultivation, but it does ease the mind.

Li Yuan suddenly found himself feeling somewhat restricted without the "Nine Temporary Patrol Tokens" and "Thousand-Mile in a Line," reminiscent of how someone accustomed to the internet might feel when they suddenly find themselves back home with no connection.

Somewhat relaxed, yet in an instant, feeling as though the world had shrunk down.

Shrunk to just him and Xiaoyu’Er.

He hadn’t felt like this in a long time.

As he slightly opened his eyes, a human-headed spider ghost in a dry channel near the wheat field was suddenly crushed to pieces.

Xiaoyu’Er said, "Do you want to come to bed early as well? It’s cold in winter; it’s warm under the quilt."

Li Yuan laughed.

Xiaoyu’Er blinked at him.

Li Yuan shivered slightly, then rubbed his hands together and said, "Don’t say it, but it’s indeed cold. Are you hungry?"

Xiaoyu’Er gently shook her head, then, without minding him, lay down herself, gently turned to her side, and yawned, "So sleepy."

Li Yuan replied softly, then returned to the window.

Since he no longer had the ghost tools for space traversal, he could only rely on the information from the channels and the demon beasts as his eyes.

Because the land had been fertilizing in recent years, sparrows in the mountains and fields began to multiply again.

Standing at the window, Li Yuan saw quite a few.

However, sparrows don’t travel far, so Li Yuan didn’t bother to control them.

He was still waiting for the demon beasts.

About evening, three Eighth Grade demon beasts — Illusionary Sparrows, locked in bird cages, were brought downstairs by Xie Wei.

Without hiding from Xie Wei, Li Yuan raised his hand slightly, and the three Illusionary Sparrows suddenly "sat upright," their pupils filled with humanity.

Li Yuan opened the cage, released the shackles, and let the three Illusionary Sparrows fly far away.

Xie Wei seemed to understand somewhat and couldn’t help but sigh," You possess such methods; when spying on others, they truly can’t guard against it."

Looking at her, Li Yuan suddenly turned his head away, softly saying, "Many things have happened on this land, let me tell you in detail."

Xie Wei saw his seriousness and instantly became serious as well.

So, Li Yuan began explaining to her about "Dragon Vein" and the "Human Emperor System."

Xie Wei became increasingly serious as she listened until Li Yuan finished speaking, and she said, "The current priority is to understand what the Human Emperor System is, and how much power it can bring."

Li Yuan said, "Now I can only rely on the demon beasts to investigate Prince Chu’s Mansion, hoping for quick news."

Right as he was speaking, Xiaoyu’Er’s voice came from upstairs.

"Is that Second Sister?"

Xie Wei glanced at Li Yuan, then looked up and said, "It’s me, I brought you some food."

As she spoke, she went upstairs.

Xiaoyu’Er was still on the couch, watching the elegant Xie Wei, she said, "Second Sister, why don’t you go back to accompany Brother-in-law so late?"

Xie Wei said, "He’s elusive, busy with his affairs... Second Sister has nowhere else to go, so she came to you."

Saying this, she also sat on the couch and smiled, "Am I interrupting your little world of two?"

Listening to the conversation upstairs, Li Yuan took one of the roasted ducks Xie Wei brought, grabbed a jug of fine wine, and sat on the stone steps of the pavilion, casually suppressing any ghost servants passing by while overlooking the ever-expanding earth through the eyes of the flying Illusionary Sparrows.