Chương 31: Dark Father

The ground shook as if the mountain itself tried to move, then a horrible pressure filled my senses.

"Old thing Xing! Give me back my daughter!" an angry voice shouted, with enough force to rattle my brain. Uh. That should be the Dark Father... sensing that his daughter got free from whatever blood binding he had on her. My fault... this time. Three more powerful auras rose to contest the Dark Father, and Tian's expertise rapidly identified the three Lotus Venerables, mustering their Nascent Souls to protect the sect.

"I guess the Dark Father is not happy he lost the Dark Sister. You two stay and heal, I'll take Mei to see my demonic father-in-law." I spoke in a calming voice, then walked outside to collect Mei in my arms.

"Be careful..." I heard Na Gong as I flew up with my new wife, until I reached the Lotus Venerables holding up the skies.

"This might be my fault, Venerables. I broke the blood ritual set on Mei Teshan and then her father shows up... not a coincidence, I guess." I explained with a curt voice, while the Nascent Souls glared at me for causing trouble.

"You guess right, Elder Pef Tian. However, this Venerable Teshan is quite powerful. And if what that fairy who brought you is also right, he is involved with the Blood Pact too." another old man said in a kind voice, with a layer of anger beneath.

"Let's go meet him. And kill him if he reveals any blood spells." I whispered with a grim voice, then flew higher passing through the protective Formation of the sect.

"Little Mei! You're alive... somehow. Come, we're going home!" the Dark Father demanded in a powerful voice, but with Tian's knowledge he could sense the man was wounded, and pretty bad too. The perfect moment to attack then.

"Tell him, my lovely wife." I encouraged Mei, who seemed a bit terrified of her father, for some reason.

"I have married Pef Tian, father. And I'm never going back to that pit of blood and corpses you call home!" Mei proclaimed aloud, making the old man's face darken and his eyes glow.

"Good, good, good! My little daughter has grown up and found herself a husband." Venerable Teshan spoke in a surprised voice, repeating the word good but not meaning it.

"Dark Father! Repent and renounce your dark oaths! I don't want to have my new wife watch her father die. We can cure your blood curse... quite bold of you to show up with those injuries." I proposed with a wise voice. The man's face scowled, and he hesitated for a second.

"For a young kid, you have a bold mouth, Pef Tian! I heard of you before, but this is much worse! You don't realize what you're dealing with, even if the Dao gives you tiny insights into the hidden world." he proclaimed in a grand voice, then a spear of blood was countered by our Venerables standing guard, deflecting it with three layers of blue energy.

"Shameless old man, attacking your own son-in-law! Did those childish words hurt you so bad? Go on then, show the world your true face!" the last Lotus Venerable spoke next, mocking the Dark Father to his face.

"You asked for it! Come forth, Shaggoth! Help me once..." the Dark Father began to speak, invoking some kind of blood ritual when two more Nascent Souls appeared behind him, and released their Ice Domains. The blood lines in the air froze and shattered. No demon pet for you, Dark Father. I glanced at the two ice fairies with a smile, then pointed at the Dark Father.

"Look everyone! His true colors as a demonic cultivator have been revealed! Summoning demons on the mortal plane!" I yelled and flew down, giggling inside. Inside jokes were a bit crude, but nobody would notice with the fight and all.

"You're crazy! How do you dare to say such things...?" Mei whispered in worry, just as we passed through the Lotus Formation. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.

"What, you mean the truth? It's super easy, barely an inconvenience." I answered with a wide grin, then kissed my new wife for a long minute.

"If we live through this... I'll fuck your brains out, my brave husband." Mei promised in my mouth, her eyes filled with admiration and desire.

"You will do that anyway." I observed with a logical voice, then glanced up to see 5 Venerables ganging up on a single demonic Nascent Soul. Luckily for us, Quinhue and Fenghue had gained a couple of levels each, doubling their effective powers. I might also be guilty of that, but I wasn't sorry. I worked hard to cultivate those two, busting my balls in fact. The Lotus Venerables seemed pathetically weak to Tian's eyes, although I still couldn't fight even a single one of those decrepit old men.

Perhaps if I was at peak Core Realm, and prepared with combat talismans or trapping Formations. Maybe then. Anyway, there wasn't anything I could do to help, except perhaps try to annoy the demonic guy with insults. Instead, I could exploit my Venerables' absence to search for the big secret in my sect. I went to drop Mei at my yard, and flew directly into the back mountains of the Blue Lotus, hoping for Tian to be useful and see some hidden secret.

After flying around over medicine gardens and lotus ponds and plum orchards filled with long blue plums, it wasn't Tian or even Pef that saw a secret. Pef Tian, the milkboy, he sensed a connection to his soul and drew us into a cave, filled with geomilk ponds and blue glowing crystals embedded in the walls. Quite a natural wonder, this cave. The same taste of forever, like we experienced with Qin Lin, but weaker.

I flew deeper in the cave, until we reached the end and in the last white pond a tiny blue bulb floated above the calcium-white water, linked by a thin stem to a lotus root embedded in the stone. It wasn't an Immortal Bodhi Lotus, but perhaps a seed or a Dao Child of it? Pef exulted in victory, as his suspicions were proven true. Sadly, I didn't have much time. The fight could be over any minute. What did Lin say, extract a flower carefully without damaging the roots?

I did have my new Core Sword, bought by my rich wife. Should be enough to cut around the rocks... and it did. Along with a barrel of geomilk and a palm of hard rock, I extracted the natural treasure and placed it in my storage bag. Then I flew out at speed, and turned on my Shrouding of Heavens method to avoid unwanted attention. A few minutes later I was back in my yard, holding Lin in my lap and bullying her big breasts, while Na Gong and Sakura watched with warm eyes.

Only Mei wasn't very happy, back in her corner with a worried face.

"What is it, Mei?" I asked curious.

"My father won't lose so easily. He boasted once about fighting 4 Venerables and wounding one. He is crazy strong, husband!" Mei argued in a wary voice. I sighed inward. Of course he was. Why wouldn't the Dark Father be strong? Hopefully the fairies will give him more trouble than he asked for, especially with that wound. Which was likely also my fault, for breaking that blood bond...

"Sakura, how much weaker are you now, after breaking that snowmind?" I asked curious. My wife opened one eye then glanced at the ceiling.

"You're clever, husband. But it's the wrong question. The real question is... how bad it affected the Venerable who imprinted me?" she pointed out with a pained voice. Oh. Right! I was asking the wrong question. Too bad it wasn't the time to ask... I glanced at Na Gong instead.

"Nana, your lotus imprint was made by Venerable Xing?"

"Most likely, yes. Why do you... oh. A backlash... did you just call me Nana?" she changed topic directly.

"Yup. Nana sounds better. A name should have at least 3 letters, but 4 are good too." I explained with a wry voice, and shook Lin's boobs in my palms. Lin blushed and covered my hands with hers, then looked at me with loving eyes.

"Hubby, you're so silly sometimes."

"So, you want milk?" I asked as my dick poked my pants, demanding release. Damn horny dick, are you reading my mind? My wives perked up.

"We do!" they said in a chorus, when Jin and Lina entered my yard too.

"Pef Tian! What did you do?" Jin yelled in a strange tone, and looked up.

"I was enjoying my wives... then an ugly Dark Father showed up, looking for the Dark Sister. I turned the Venerables on him. That's all!" I promised with an earnest face.

"He's lying. I know that face..." Lina added for no reason. Damn it! How did she know? I sighed and hugged Lin at my chest.

"See, Qin Lin? That's what happens when a woman needs dick but has devious thoughts. She causes an argument, then the husband has to pacify her with his dick. Don't do that. Just ask for my dick, and I'll give it to you any time." I advised my first wife with a wise voice.

"Who needs your dick... so much? Maybe one time..." Lina grumbled while her face turned red.

"Show me boobs, my lovely wives!" I demanded while untying Lin's new yellow robes.

"... That's the Pef Tian I know." Lina sighed and untied her robes too, making her own natural wonders see the light of day.

"Have some tea instead. The fight above is about to end." Nana offered and pointed at a fresh pot of tea. My old tea was poured out, for some reason.