"Brother Xuan! Come sit over here!" Lu Miaomiao quickly made space, moving over to sit in the chair where Snow Heavenly Consort was.

Lu Zixuan also smiled and said, "Brother Xuan, come sit over here."

Li Cangxuan glanced at the seat next to Lu Zixuan, then looked at the group of unfamiliar young girls. He lowered his head slightly and said, "It is fine, I will just stand for a bit..."

"If I told you to come and sit, then sit," Lu Qing'an said.

"Very well..." Li Cangxuan had no choice. Since his Master had spoken, he had to obey. Biting the bullet, he sat down next to Lu Zixuan.

"A-Hua, my dad was just joking with you earlier. This is the Dugu Demon Emperor, Li Cangxuan. He is also the senior brother I mentioned to you today who guided my cultivation of your Clan's Windflower Swordplay," Lu Zixuan introduced.

Murong Hua: "..."

Your brother is the Dugu Demon Emperor!!

Your father is the Eternal Night Demon Emperor!!

Ah!!!

The heavens have fallen!!!

How could the identity of the friend I just made be so terrifying?!

"Hello..." Li Cangxuan looked at Murong Hua and the others with slight awkwardness, squeezed out a smile, and greeted them.

Murong Hua and the others were still experiencing violent buzzing in their brains. Hearing Li Cangxuan's greeting, they hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply to Li Cangxuan.

"This Junior greets the Demon Emperor!!"

Li Cangxuan awkwardly said, "There is no need for that. Since you are Zixuan's friends, you are my friends."

You... You are our friend?

Good heavens!

Are you joking with us?!

"Sit down. Being able to gather together means we are all fated," Lu Qing'an smiled and said.

Hearing Lu Qing'an's words, Murong Hua and the others obediently sat back down, their gazes returning once more to Lu Qing'an.

The Eternal Night Demon Emperor!!!

"Now, you should know my imperial title, right?" Lu Qing'an asked with a smile.

Teasing these kids was also quite fun.

Snow Heavenly Consort shook her head and smiled.

Murong Hua and the others nodded like lightning.

They felt at ease now!

No wonder Snow Heavenly Consort would like the Dugu Demon Emperor!

So it turned out they had been tricked by the Eternal Night Demon Emperor!

Good grief!

If they told others about this, would anyone believe it?

They were actually tricked by the Eternal Night Demon Emperor!!

What a glorious thing this was!

Wait!

Just as they thought of this, they suddenly realized something was amiss.

Snow Heavenly Consort liked the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, and now she was even confessing her feelings to him publicly here.

This was understandable.

However...

They quickly looked at Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao.

The two girls were the daughters of the Eternal Night Demon Emperor, so who on earth did the Eternal Night Demon Emperor have these two daughters with?!

Snow Heavenly Consort was not the two girls' mother, so their mother must naturally be someone else. Yet now Snow Heavenly Consort was expressing her affection to Lu Zixuan's father right in front of them, and most importantly, Lu Zixuan and Lu Miaomiao liked Snow Heavenly Consort so much!

Ah! What a messy relationship!!

"Since you now know my identity, I have something to tell you." Lu Qing'an looked at them with a half-smile and calmly transmitted a private voice message to them.

After hearing the words in their minds, Murong Hua and the others suddenly felt an extremely terrifying pressure rise in their hearts.

"Understood!!" Murong Hua and the others nodded at lightning speed.

"Not bad, you are all good children," Lu Qing'an smiled and said.

"Alright, Little Xuan, chat more with the children."

"Ah?" Li Cangxuan pointed at his own nose with his finger.

That look seemed to be saying, Me?

"Didn't you just say you were their friend? Isn't it only right to chat more with your friends?"

He had specifically called his disciple over precisely to let him chat more with others.

With such an opportunity to help this child overcome social anxiety, how could he let it pass?

Li Cangxuan: "..."

"Um, how old are you all?" Li Cangxuan looked at Murong Hua and the others, his lips parting. His words trembled out almost one by one, and the question he finally asked left everyone present in silence.

This truly showed zero conversational skills!

As if being called upon during a roll call, Murong Hua and the others quickly and solemnly reported their specific ages one by one.

"Seventeen!"

"Fifteen!"

"Sixteen!"

"..."

Li Cangxuan: "Oh, then, then you..."

Seeing Li Cangxuan's clumsy appearance, Lu Qing'an smiled but didn't say anything. It certainly looked a bit awkward and amusing, but many things were like this—the first step was always crucial.

Once the first step was taken, many things afterwards would naturally fall into place.

He hoped Li Cangxuan would shed his loneliness. Even if he were to leave again one day, this child could still live well and happily.

No longer closing himself off and filling his mind with hatred just because of his disappearance.

Guided by Lu Qing'an's conversational prompts, the group began to chat much more relaxedly. Lu Miaomiao occasionally interacted with Li Cangxuan, allowing him to gradually open up a bit.

Laughter began to ring out.

Not long after.

Xiao Qingyi began having people clear the table and bring out delicacies from inside.

The massive dining table was filled plate by plate with exquisite dishes.

Murong Hua and the others swallowed hard.

They discovered that every single delicacy was spiritual food!

Eating them had a tremendous auxiliary effect on one's cultivation!

"Alright, dig in! You kids don't need to be constrained; just treat this like your own home," Lu Qing'an said with a smile as the head of the household.

"Understood!"

An hour passed.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, the sky outside had completely darkened.

Soon after, a crescent moon climbed into the firmament, scattering pristine moonlight across the courtyard.

Lu Qing'an couldn't be bothered to guide Murong Hua and the others in cultivating that sword technique, so he let Li Cangxuan handle the guidance instead.

By the way, this would also let Li Cangxuan interact more with these youths and completely shake off his social anxiety.

Lu Qing'an, Snow Heavenly Consort, and a group of top Experts sat in the Stone Pavilion, watching the group of kids playing over there.

"Youth is truly wonderful," Xiao Qingyi sighed with a smile.

"What, are you admitting your age?" Wang Duanshan said.

"Are you not admitting yours?" Xiao Qingyi replied.

"I am eighteen every single year!" Wang Duanshan flexed his biceps.

Xiao Qingyi: "Eighteen every single year, have no shame. I am ten every single year!"

"Haha, your words actually make sense; you've been my grandson many times over," Wang Duanshan laughed as he thought of something.

Xiao Qingyi: "..."

"Speaking of being a grandson, the two of you have probably been my grandson more than ten times, right?" Lu Qing'an teased.

Xiao Qingyi: "..."

Wang Duanshan: "..."

They were speechless because that was indeed true.

And because he was used to being a grandson, Xiao Qingyi didn't care about it anymore. After all, a grandson was a grandson no whose it was, so he might as well just be one.

Snow Heavenly Consort covered her mouth and chuckled.

He Hong also smiled. Coming here, every single day was so much fun!