Chapter 314: Chapter 314 : Succession To The Throne (9)

The Corrupted Taotie managed to pull out his claws from the ice barrier shortly before the ice blades arrived to tear him into a thousand pieces.

The beast let itself fall into the pond. While half of Xie Jianyu’s ice blades failed to hit their target, the other half managed to stab into the Corrupted Taotie.

A cascade of blood erupted from the wounds inflicted by Xie Jianyu’s ice blades, staining the crystal-clear pond water a deep crimson.

The water churned and bubbled as the beast struggled for some time, and then the water returned to its peaceful state.

"Jianbao!!!"

Xie Jianyu, who had been staring at the water surface intensely, raised his head to look at his husband, who was still trapped inside his ice barrier.

With a wave of his hand, the ice barrier dissolved into nothingness.

Pale from fright, Zhang Fengxi approached his wife and took him in his arms.

"Baby, why are you still here? Why didn’t you return to Fuxi Palace?"

Xie Jianyu’s rash action almost drove Zhang Fengxi insane, but the omega responded to his questions with more questions.

"Why are you here alone, taking on a strange beast on your own? Where are the others???"

With a surge of impatience, Zhang Fengxi lifted Xie Jianyu into his arms.

With a single bound against the nearest stepping stone, he launched himself into the air taking Xie Jianyu with him.

They soared above the pond, their reflections mirrored perfectly in the still water below.

"We are leaving the palace now," Zhang Fengxi decided, his voice heavy with concern.

Once Xie Jianyu was done worrying about Zhang Fengxi, he started to worry about everyone else.

"Wait, what about the others?" Xie Jianyu asked while furrowing his brows. "The Grand Tutor, father-in-law, and other palace masters..."

Zhang Fengxi let out an exasperated sigh.

Xie Jianyu’s sense of fellowship was admirable, but did he not remember that he was seven and a half months pregnant???

Most omegas he knew never forgot.

"Baby, are you hurt?" Zhang Fengxi asked.

"No."

"Does your stomach hurt?"

"..... No."

"Are you not in pain? Are you sure?" Zhang Fengxi asked again and again.

Xie Jianyu pinned him with a glare. Perhaps the strange beast had managed to land powerful blows to Zhang Fengxi’s head, leaving him with a brain concussion, thus impairing his judgment and cognitive abilities.

"You are going to be in pain soon if you do not shut up. By the way, what was that thing you fought?"

"It was the First Demon King’s true form," Zhang Fengxi answered curtly.

Xie Jianyu’s eyes widened in shock.

"WHAT? We need to go back there and confirm his death!"

"For goodness sake, Jianbao..."

Zhang Fengxi gave Xie Jianyu a look of extreme bewilderment.

Before he could scold his wife, a sharp voice rang out from the ground.

"LITTLE YU!!!"

Both of them looked down and discovered Xie Jianshen. Unlike his usual meticulous and well-maintained appearance, the elder omega appeared as if he had just run all the way from the palace entrance to the Crystal Jade Pond.

His elaborate hairstyle was disheveled, leaving half of his hair falling down his shoulders in a state of disarray.

The fine robe he wore was wrinkled in various places and stained with sweat.

He glared at both Xie Jianyu and Zhang Fengxi with flushed face and ragged breathing.

"Gods in heaven, Little Yu!!!"

Xie Jianshen snapped angrily at his disobedient younger brother as soon as he and Zhang Fengxi landed on the ground.

The elder omega’s hand tightened like a vice around Xie Jianyu’s arm, and he raised the latter’s chin with his other hand until their eyes met.

"Have you gone insane?" Xie Jianshen snarled. "Do you not know the danger of using your spiritual power when you are pregnant???"

Xie Jianyu winced from the squeeze.

"Big Brother, it was an emergency," he said with a pleading tone. If he had not taken the initiative to rush over to Zhang Fengxi’s side, the First Demon King would have ripped his husband into pieces.

"I am alright, I promise. Nothing happened."

"You don’t know that!" Xie Jianshen snapped. "We are going back, NOW!"

"Let me carry him to a cloud carriage at least," Zhang Fengxi offered. "Brother-in-law, please ask a physician to come and check Jianbao’s condition..."

Zhang Fengxi did not get to finish his sentence because Xie Jianshen interrupted him mid-sentence.

"Zhang Fengxi, do you think that I have never been pregnant or do not know how to take care of my own brother? Kindly keep your nosy self out of omegas’ business, thank you," he snarled without the slightest bit of gratitude.

"....."

Xie Jianshen truly did not spare anyone from his tongue-lashing when he was upset.

Zhang Fengxi carried Xie Jianyu to the palace entrance, where a cloud carriage stood waiting.

Zhang Fengxi gently deposited his wife into the comfortable seat inside.

"Fengxi."

Xie Jianyu clawed into Zhang Fengxi’s wrist.

"Be careful," he begged.

Behind him, Xie Jianshen rolled hard with his eyes.

Zhang Fengxi took Xie Jianyu’s beautiful face in his hands and gave him a loving kiss on the lips.

"I will be back soon," he promised. "Baby, rest. Do not think about anything else but our babies."

Xie Jianyu shot him a soft smile.

"I won’t."

The cloud carriage left soon after. As soon as Zhang Fengxi was out of sight, Xie Jianyu lowered the window curtain. He then leaned against his seat and clutched his swollen belly. A while later, he suddenly let out a little groan.

Next to him, Xie Jianshen shot him an alarmed look.

"Little Yu, what’s wrong? Are you in pain?"

"I don’t know," Xie Jianyu said. A sheen of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his face contorted in agony as an inexplicable pain erupted in his lower region.

Xie Jianshen lifted Xie Jianyu’s robe, revealing two trails of fresh blood running down his legs. The blood had soaked through Xie Jianyu’s inner robe and shoes, staining them a deep crimson.

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