Progeny of the Taoist Ancestor Chapter 7

The mountainside looks no different from other places in Kunlun Mountain, with tall spiritual trees and plants full of spiritual energy.

Lily looked up at Tong Tian: "Where are those cute little monsters you mentioned?"

Tongtian looked around, his eyes suddenly lit up, he waved in a certain direction, lowered his head and said to Lily: "I don't restrict them on weekdays. Apart from telling them not to get close to my second brother, they can have fun all over Kunlun Mountain."

"This is the nest they chose themselves. I usually come here to find them."

"Look, there's a little guy over there."

Lily looked in the direction Tong Tian pointed, and sure enough, she saw a stupid, round, iron-eating beast walking out from behind the book.

The iron-eating beast looked like a minor and was much smaller than the ones Lily and Eric had seen on the road before.

The iron-eating beast was holding a bamboo in its hand and walking slowly towards Tongtian and Lily with its feet flexed.

Tongtian looked the iron-eating beast up and down, then sighed and said, "Xiaoqi, you have been in Kunlun Mountain for hundreds of years, why are you still like this? Aren't all of you of your race very tall and mighty? At the very least, you wouldn't be this small!"

The iron-eating beast named Xiao Qi swallowed the bamboo in his mouth and said in a rough voice that was very inconsistent with his appearance: "Master Tongtian, when you brought me back, I told you that I was driven out of the tribe because I was born with a deficiency and I couldn't grow up."

Lily looked at the iron-eating beast in front of her, which was about the same size as her and round and not very cute. She suddenly felt itchy and wanted to rub its round head and ears. At the same time, she also wanted her husband Ajun to find her a iron-eating beast to take back to Zixiao Palace to raise.

Tongtian smiled as he watched Lily want to touch Xiaoqi but didn't dare. He stretched out his hand and pushed Lily towards the iron-eating beast, shortening the distance between them and saying, "Xiaoqi is very docile and won't bite. Go and touch him and try."

Xiao Qi bit a piece of bamboo with some dissatisfaction: "Master Tongtian, when you brought me back, you said there were endless spiritual bamboo shoots on the mountain, but you didn't say we had to entertain the children!"

Lily didn't hear Xiao Qi's complaints at all. She jumped on Xiao Qi with cheers, and kept touching Xiao Qi's round head with her little hands. It was obvious that she was having a lot of fun.

Although Xiao Qi was dissatisfied, he did not throw the man away. He just looked at Tong Tian with an accusing look.

Tongtian chuckled twice, then reached out and pinched Xiaoqi's round ears inconspicuously.

"Hey, kid, I didn't lie to you, isn't Kunlun Mountain fun?"

After pinching Xiaoqi's ear, Tongtian withdrew his hand and asked Lily who was having fun.

Lily nodded repeatedly. It was indeed fun. There was nothing else to play in Zixiao Palace except Yaochi and Haotian.

Tongtian strikes while the iron is hot: "There is not only Xiaoqi in Kunlun Mountain, there are other little monsters, all of them are cute and very docile. They can also play with you all over the mountain every day. How about that, isn't it very happy?"

Lily squinted her eyes and nodded. Xiao Qi felt particularly good to the touch. He had the fragrance of bamboo on his body, without any peculiar smell. His hair was also soft and not prickly at all.

"Then don't look for your brother who left you to play and go find treasures by yourself. Just stay in Kunlun Mountain. I will open a new cave for you next to my cave. In the future, you will live in Kunlun Mountain with the three of us brothers. Then I will take you to wander around the prehistoric world. How about that?"

The expression on Tongtian's face at this moment was like that of a weird uncle who was abducting ignorant children, but he was indeed abducting children.

Lily squinted her eyes and was about to nod, but suddenly she reacted and stopped pulling Xiao Qi's head. She opened her eyes, took a look at the round furry head under her hands, reluctantly let go of Xiao Qi, and took two steps back.

He put his hands behind his back, raised his head and looked at Tongtian: "Fellow Daoist Tongtian, when will you send me back?"

Tongtian's expression fell instantly. It was obvious that this child liked the fluffy look as much as he did, and seemed to be obsessed with it. Why did he suddenly say he wanted to go back?

Lily stepped forward and tugged at Tong Tian's sleeve: "Daoyou, won't you take me back?"

His expression looked somewhat pitiful.

Tongtian, who was originally thinking about how to keep the person in Kunlun Mountain, suddenly softened his heart and squatted down and said, "I'll send you back. Why don't you play for a while? Taolin is not far from Kunlun Mountain. Your brother hasn't come yet, so he must be busy. How about sending you back later?"

Lily turned around and glanced at Xiao Qi who was still chewing bamboo, with a somewhat conflicted expression. Finally, she turned away from Xiao Qi and pulled Tong Tian's sleeve and said, "I don't want to play anymore. I miss A Jun a little bit, and if he finds out that I'm missing, he'll be worried. Tong Tian Daoist, please send me back. Next time, I'll ask A Jun to come to Kunlun Mountain to play together!"

After saying this, Lily nodded seriously, thinking that this suggestion was very good.

Tongtian curled his lips. He felt that Ajun, whom Lily mentioned, was too annoying and made Lily miss him so much.

Although Tongtian changed his mind and didn't intend to force Lily to stay in Kunlun Mountain, he was still a little unhappy about sending her back now. He wanted to keep Lily for a few more days.

But Lily's pitiful look made Tong Tian feel soft-hearted. He was unwilling to send her back like this. After struggling for a while, Tong Tian touched Lily's head heavily, ruffled Lily's hair, and then said:

"I can take you back now. Just call me brother and I'll take you back."

Lily took Tong Tian's hand away in dissatisfaction, but was worried that Tong Tian would not send her back, so she said very straightforwardly: "Brother Tong Tian! Just send me back!"

She even learned to use a coquettish tone without any instruction.

Tongtian felt as if his heart had been hit. He took Lily's hand and said dazedly: "Come on, I'll take you back..."

Lily immediately nodded happily and followed Tongtian.

Tongtian led his men away from Kunlun Mountain on a cloud. When he passed by the entrance of a cave, he was caught by Laozi and Yuanshi.

"You just came back and instead of practicing well, where are you going?" Yuanshi stopped the man and questioned him with a unhappy look on his face.

Laozi was not very happy either. He sat there with a gloomy face and waved at Lily, motioning Lily to come to his side.

Lily glanced at Laozi and Yuanshi, who looked unhappy, and pulled Tongtian's sleeve to hide behind him, then half of his face was exposed and he whispered, "Brother Tongtian, take me back."

Laozi and Yuanshi's anger instantly subsided, and Yuanshi said gently: "Are you going back now? Don't you want to stay and play for a few more days?"

When Lily saw that the two men's faces had softened, she became bolder and walked out from behind Tong Tian,   shook her head and said honestly: "My Ah Jun is worried that he can't see me, so Brother Tong Tian said he would send me back."

Tongtian nodded immediately: "Yes, I'm not going out to play, I'm sending Xiao Lily back, otherwise you will blame me when she comes to your house!"

Laozi glanced at Tongtian, casually took out a small gourd-shaped jade bottle and handed it to Lily, saying: "This is for you. It contains sugar pills made from spiritual herbs. You can eat them as snacks."

Lily had only eaten spiritual fruits so far, and had not eaten any other snacks. She stared at the small porcelain bottle eagerly, then looked up at Tongtian. Mainly because Eric was not there, she subconsciously wanted to ask the person she was most familiar with in front of her if she could accept this gift.

Tongtian was very happy. He was very pleased with Lily's subconscious behavior. He also threw a proud look at his two brothers, and then said to Lily: "Take it. My eldest brother has a lot of sugar pills. Come back for more after you finish eating them!"

Lily then happily took the small porcelain bottle and put it into the small purse storage bag that Eric specially made for her, then smiled and thanked him:

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

Laozi frowned and said with some dissatisfaction: "Why do you call him brother and call me fellow Taoist?" Then he pointed at Tongtian.

Yuanshi also stared at Lily.

Lily was a little at a loss. Her husband Ajun didn't say that he should call everyone he met outside brother?

Tongtian was afraid that Lily would tell him that he threatened to not send her back if she didn't call him brother, so he interrupted Laozi's questioning, took out the purple gourd and threw it to Laozi, saying, "Brother, I almost forgot, this is the innate spiritual treasure I got from Mount Buzhou."

"At the time, it seemed to have some affinity with me, but it didn't seem to be mine. After I came back, I realized that this thing had a deep affinity with my elder brother. Brother, take it quickly. By the way, I'll send Xiao Lily back first, otherwise the child will be scared if it's too late!"

Just as Lily was about to retort that she was not afraid of the dark, she was picked up by Tongtian and left Kunlun Mountain as fast as she could.

Only Laozi holding the purple gourd and Yuanshi who wanted to stop people but failed were left.

The process of Eric finding the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation from the Renshui Peaches went very smoothly. It was originally planned to take three to five days, but it was completed in less than a day.

The reason was that there was something wrong with the Renshui Peach itself, and its spiritual energy was depleting. As an innate spiritual being, the Renshui Peach had the ability to seek benefits and avoid harm. After sensing the breath of Heaven on Eric, it very obediently cooperated with Eric to take out the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation, and then begged Eric to take it back to Zixiao Palace in order to survive.

Eric had originally planned to bring the Renshui peaches back to Zixiao Palace for Lily to eat. Now it was just in time. After collecting the fragments, he directly collected the Renshui peach tree as well.

Once the peach trees are put away, the barrier of the entire peach forest will disappear. The peach forest that remains in place will slowly become ordinary peach trees with spiritual energy, and the peaches will no longer have the effect of increasing cultivation and lifespan by eating them.

After putting away his things, Eric stood up, took a look at the big pit in front of him, and then spoke in a spiritual voice: "Lily, it's time for us to leave."

The voice of this sentence was not loud, but it spread throughout the peach forest.

After waiting for a while, Eric estimated Lily's speed, but still did not hear any sound of Lily coming. His brows immediately frowned, and without hesitation he expanded his vast spiritual sense to sweep the entire peach forest.

However, Lily's figure and breath were not found in the entire peach forest.

Eric's face suddenly turned dark, and he looked extremely bullying. Without Eric noticing, his eyes turned red for a second and then turned black again, and some black magic patterns spread across his cheeks.