Yunmeng Marsh, Hidden Dragon Island.

This is an island relatively close to Feilai Peak in the center of the lake.

Since Er Tu and the Xuansu Clan were brought back to Yunmeng Marsh, Xiluo had arranged for them to stay on this island.

The Xuansu Clan naturally appeared to be in a state of waiting for childbirth.

Er Tu was busily working back and forth, seemingly playing the role of a good husband.

In response, Xiluo, who had long seen through the true nature of the Xuansu Clan, merely gave a disdainful smile but did not expose the other’s disguise.

Because she believed that Li Boyang would take care of it—on the condition that it wouldn’t harm Er Tu.

"You must have already guessed, right?"

Looking at the busy Er Tu with a complex expression, the Xuansu Clan suddenly asked.

"I’m just using you, from start to finish, I’ve been using you."

"Wu Zhen wasn’t coming for you; she was coming for me. You were just the innocent bystander..."

"And the child in my belly is also only being born to control the ’Red Eye Tripod’."

Instantly frozen on the spot, Er Tu, holding the roasted fish, fell silent. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Er Tu wasn’t a fool; after experiencing that great battle, how could he not think about the details and shady dealings in it?

Especially the various abnormal behaviors of Xiluo and Li Boyang.

Knowing their personalities, Er Tu only needed a little thought to more or less see right through it.

"But our initial meeting wasn’t something you arranged intentionally, was it?"

The encounter between Er Tu and the Xuansu Clan was full of coincidences, almost impossible to replicate.

If Er Tu did not have such a strong sense of justice...

If the Xuansu Clan hadn’t been injured and unconscious at the time...

If the Xuansu Clan had fled in another direction...

If Er Tu had chosen a different route south at that time...

...

If any of the above coincidences did not hold, Er Tu would not have encountered the Xuansu Clan.

Even the subsequent living together, day and night.

Er Tu was able to see that the Xuansu Clan was not the type of god skilled in deep thinking and strategy.

The fact that things developed to this extent was more due to the Xuansu Clan going with the flow.

Even sending Er Tu away first, asking him to return to the Hundred Lands Mountain Range alone, could be seen as a "test" from the Xuansu Clan.

Being hunted for so long, the Xuansu Clan could fully understand the pressure Er Tu was under.

Even if Er Tu never returned, the Xuansu Clan would only feel relieved, rather than thinking she had entrusted the wrong person.

In fact, it was with the mindset that Er Tu would not return that the Xuansu Clan watched him gradually move away.

This is human nature, difficult to define with pure good or evil.

"Besides, no matter what your initial intentions were, he is still my child."

Turning with a similarly complex expression, Er Tu looked at the Xuansu Clan’s belly and spoke softly.

"The matter between you and me can be discussed later, but right now, I must save my child."

While Er Tu and the Xuansu Clan were talking, Xiluo’s figure unexpectedly appeared above the island at some point.

"Er Tu is right."

"Though I don’t like you, you are more than just yourself right now."

Descending gently like an ethereal being, Xiluo, increasingly familiar with her current form, spoke.

"At least until you give birth to the child, you have no right to choose."

Looking at the beautiful woman walking step by step towards her, the Xuansu Clan could not help but show a bitter smile.

"You are right; I really do not have the right to say such things now."

"In a sense, I should be considered confined by you now, right?"

The Xuansu Clan was stating the truth; her current identity was not that of Er Tu’s lover, but one of the many ghost gods imprisoned in Yunmeng Marsh.

"In ensuring the child is born smoothly, our goals should align."

Not answering the Xuansu Clan’s question directly.

Xiluo had a slightly mischievous spirit but wasn’t truly heartless.

She couldn’t bring herself to say the cruel fact of "the Xuansu Clan being imprisoned" in front of Er Tu.

"Let the child be born?"

Gently stroking her belly, the Xuansu Clan’s expression became even more complex.

Although her original intention was just to keep the ’Red Eye Tripod’ passed to her by Yu Guo, and wait for that East Sea God to return.

But it was undeniable that even she knew how slim that hope was.

Had Wu Zhen been more ruthless, disregarding the potential negative impact on the ’Red Eye Tripod’ from the child’s death, the Xuansu Clan wouldn’t have survived to reach the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

After all, Kunwu and the Sea Calming Divine Treasure’s symbiotic relationship is based on Kunwu having an Undying Body.

As long as Kunwu couldn’t be killed, the Sea Calming Divine Treasure couldn’t fall into the hands of the Great Witches.

In contrast, there are not only two ’Red Eye Tripods’; one is in the hands of just an unborn fetus.

It could only be said that the Xuansu Clan had been pushed to desperation by Wu Zhen, which led to such an irrational and reckless decision.

"This is a ’Fetal Protection Pill’ specially refined for you by the baby."

"Besides supplementing the nutrients you lack, it contains additional Innate Qi to aid the fetus’s formation."

Tossing a pill to the Xuansu Clan, Xiluo paused briefly before continuing.

"Additionally, this fetus is a genuine Divine Embryo, also blessed by the ’Red Eye Tripod’..."

"Let alone the immense Celestial Tribulation it would attract upon birth; just its safe development to birth is questionable."

Upon hearing this, Er Tu’s eyes widened immediately.

"Celestial Tribulation? What is that?"

Having left the Hundred Lands Mountain Range for too long, Er Tu was clueless about the birth process of Golden Horn and Silver Horn.

As for the Xuansu Clan, even less needed be said.

She was equally unaware of the consequences of Wu Yi Shoots the Sky on the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

"Simply put, from now on, whenever a Divine Embryo is born, the regional convergence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi will lead to a massive backlash of the corresponding Primordial Qi."

Summarizing the essence of "Celestial Tribulation" in a few words, Xiluo, with a serious face, stared at the Xuansu Clan.

"And your situation is even more complex than that of an ordinary Divine Embryo."

"With both the mother and the fetus enduring a Celestial Tribulation simultaneously, not even the baby dares to guarantee your survival."

Xiluo acknowledged that there was an element of alarmism in her words, yet they also underscored the inherent danger.

"What should we do!?"

"Isn’t there something you can think of, a way to save them!?"

Perhaps due to concern causing confusion, Er Tu hurriedly and anxiously pleaded with Xiluo.

He even forgot that Li Boyang was the key to solving the problem.

Xiluo, in most cases, only added to the chaos and messed things up.

"You foolish rabbit..."

Glaring at Er Tu in exasperation, Xiluo took a deep breath.

"If it weren’t for you, neither the baby nor I would bother getting involved in this troublesome matter!"

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