Middle-Aged Man

"This artifact has a spirit?" Li Moyun was surprised when he heard this. He knew how difficult it was for artifacts to form spirits, so he could not help but readjust his expectations for the treasure.

"Mommy," a grieved little voice suddenly sounded out, shocking Li Moyun from his thoughts. He did not doubt that this adorable little boy who had appeared out of nowhere, looking so much like a little doll, was the artifact spirit. But why would it call Bai Rouyun mother? Was there something wrong with the mind of this artifact spirit.

"Xiao Bao!" Bai Rouyun was so happy when she saw the little guy, and she quickly found a small jade box which she handed over to the boy.

"I got you your slice of blood ginseng! Mommy promised to get it for you, and I did!" There was a bit of pride in Bai Rouyun's eyes, a bit of mischief, and a bit of guilt.

The pride and mischief were because she had personally scammed the crown prince of so much gold. The guilt was because she had also scammed the artifact spirit for a lot of good stuff while forcing him to acknowledge her as its mother.

But she still thought the cheap son she had picked up was too adorable, and since she had wanted him to call her mother, she was going to treat him well.

When Xiao Bai saw the small jade box, his eyes shone with excitement, and his two slightly chubby arms reached out to accept it.

He opened it slowly, and his eyes glistened with excitement — moments after he tossed the slice of the ginseng into his mouth.

A moment passed, before an earthquake appeared in the Primal Chaos Dimension, at the same time Xiao Bao's face flushed red.

"Mother, you should leave for now," Xiao Bao said with great difficulty.

Nodding her head, Bai Rouyun grasped Li Moyun's wrist and moments after they were back in the study.

Bai Rouyun was still seated in Li Moyun's lap, but she was not as relaxed any longer. Was he going to act against her now she had shown him her treasure?

But contrary to her expectation, Li Moyun's arm snaked around her waist and pressed her against his body.

"My dear wife, you have suffered." He muttered softly. Although the voice was soft and low, Bai Rouyun could hear it, and a sour feeling arose in her. She had never felt like that before.

She rested her head against his chest and said nothing. She just rested carefully and felt at peace. Unknown to her, she slowly drifted off to sleep while Li Moyun was gently massaging the back of her head, and Li Moyun had no intention of moving her while she slept in his embrace.

After two hours, someone knocked on the door, and Li Moyun used his Qi to push it open. He would not say anything out of fear of waking up Bai Rouyun.

Outside was a middle-aged man. He was the only middle-aged person in the entire Eternal Shadow Palace; all the others were youngsters, between five and thirty.

Most of them were children that Li Moyun had picked up from the streets and trained personally, the majority had grown up together with him and thus had been around the same age as Li Moyun.

And since then, he continued to take in orphans and poor people who had no one to rely on. He gave them a chance of a better life, and all of them revered him for it.

The spies that the other royals had sent to the palace were also all double agents. The moment they entered, they were poisoned and dared not betray Li Moyun. Hence they could only report the things that Li Moyun told them to report, and thus no one had realized what has been happening in the Yun Palace.

This middle-aged man was Li Moyun's teacher. He was the one who had always been by his side, acting as a father for him, and he was the one that Li Moyun respected the most.

"That is your little wife?" the man asked with a low voice as he looked at the immensely attractive woman in Li Moyun's arms, his eyes flashing with gentleness when he saw how Li Moyun was protectively holding her in his embrace.

Nodding his head, Li Moyun looked at the woman in his arms; a pampering expression plastered all over his face.

"I heard that she is not dumb, mute, or deaf," he continued, and once again, Li Moyun nodded his head.

"She has been acting all these years," Li Moyun said. "She knew that if she were to survive in the Bai family, this was her only option. Now that she is gone from the Bai family, she can naturally be herself again."

Li Moyun had initially planned on telling this middle-aged man the truth of her soul rebirth, but he changed his opinion after knowing her real identity. This was a knowledge too dangerous to share, and although he completely trusted this man, he could get soul scoured if he was unlucky. Li Moyun could not allow anyone to know this, apart from himself and Bai Rouyun.

The middle-aged man did not doubt Li Moyun's words at all and nodded his head. "She is a pitiful woman then," he said. "Will she be able to cultivate?"

"She is immensely talented," Li Moyun said with a nod of his head. "It will not take long for her to reach the Innate Realm of cultivation."

The middle-aged man nodded his head. "I came here because of the twins," he said finally.

"I am not sure if it is a good idea to keep using them. They seem to hold a strong grudge against the Madam."