Flame Demon City!
After the fake Princess Yudie moved in, she immediately occupied the best room in the castle, then kept both doors tightly shut, indicating that she did not want any contact with Lanling or anyone from Flame Demon City.
As for Yiji’s room, nothing unusual was found after searching it either, and nothing that could have caused her illness was discovered.
However, a pile of burnt ashes was found in a basin.
As time passed, Yiji gradually recovered on her own.
At this time, there was another major event in Flame Demon City. Dina was about to give birth, and both Lanling and Suomo were waiting for this moment.
Finally, this child did not make Lanling wait too long.
One day, Dina suddenly felt waves of pain in her abdomen. At this moment, Lanling was gently stroking her belly.
“The baby is coming.” Dina suddenly got out of bed and then rushed down the castle as quickly as possible.
Lanling hurried after her and asked, “Where are you going?”
“To the cave.” Dina endured the pain and said, “Babies born in a cave will be especially healthy and especially intelligent.”
Then Lanling witnessed a rather striking scene.
The beautiful and plump Dina held her huge belly with both hands, desperately making her way down the steps and running towards the cave behind them.
She cried out in pain as she ran.
Goli and A’Li protected her on either side.
When they reached the entrance of the cave, Lanling was stopped outside.
According to the customs of the demon race, men were not allowed inside when a woman was giving birth. Of course, it was more or less the same in the human kingdoms.
Dina had only been inside for a moment when the loud sound of a baby crying came from within.
The cry was extremely loud and full of strength. The baby must have been very strong.
Immediately afterwards, a cry of surprise came from inside, as though something extremely strange had happened.
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A moment later, Goli came out and said, “Master, please go inside and have a look.”
Lanling’s heart tightened. Could something have happened to the baby?
At this moment, he felt extremely nervous.
After entering the cave, the newborn baby had already been cleaned. He was lying against his mother’s chest, and A’Li had acted very quickly.
Lanling took one look at the newborn baby and could not help being stunned.
Because this baby had a pair of wings on his back, and they were not the wings of the Winged Clan. These wings were a faint red colour.
Lanling could not help touching his own back. His own wings had not even grown yet, yet this little baby already had wings the moment he was born.
Why was this? What did it represent?
Although the baby had only just been born, he already looked fair and plump. Lanling estimated that he weighed about ten pounds. It was truly amazing that Dina had been able to carry him in her belly.
Even though he had only just been born, he was already sticking his little bottom up, his mouth latched onto his mother’s breast, his eyes closed as he instinctively suckled.
“Husband, look, he looks so much like you. He doesn’t look like me at all…” Dina’s voice was filled with endless joy. She was extremely proud that her son looked so much like Lanling.
Because she had always felt that she was not worthy of Lanling, she did not want her son to look like her.
Lanling took the newborn baby into his arms.
Although he was still very small and it was actually difficult to tell exactly who he resembled, upon closer inspection, the shape of his brow bones and nose bones really did look very much like Lanling.
When he grew up, he was sure to become an astonishingly handsome young demon.
When Lanling held him in his arms, he did not cry. He merely lazily opened his eyes and looked at Lanling once, then lazily closed them again.
At this moment, the image of his own children flashed through Lanling’s mind.
He thought of the baby born to Zining, thought of Qinqin, thought of the child in Gui Qinshao’s womb, and thought of A Shi Yuanba.
At this moment, Lanling finally could not hold back, and tears slid down his face.
Then he carefully held the little baby in his arms.
Dina said, “Husband, give our baby a name.”
“Lan Suo…” Lanling said. “Let’s call him Lan Suo!”
“Good, that’s such a lovely name.” Dina happily said, holding back her tears.
This was the happiest moment of her life. Even if she died at this moment, she would feel that she had no regrets in this life.
Just then, the little girl came rushing in. She was moving so quickly that even running was not fast enough, so she directly flew in with her wings and headed straight for Lanling’s arms.
Lanling hurriedly caught her little body.
The little girl looked at the baby in surprise and cried, “Wow, little brother has wings too.”
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That evening, Flame Demon City held a huge banquet to celebrate the birth of Lanling’s son.
Almost everyone came to offer their congratulations, except the fake Princess Yudie.
Countless people sang, drank wine and ate meat, releasing their happiness from the bottom of their hearts.
Only one person did not appear, the fake Princess Yudie. She still kept her door tightly shut.
“Master, she said some very unpleasant things to two maids in private,” the Mirror Demon King said.
Lanling frowned and asked, “What did she say?”
The Mirror Demon King said, “She said, ‘A bastard born from a lowly woman.'”
Lanling’s expression twitched violently, and he almost immediately entered the castle, rushed into her room and strangled her to death.
However, today was the day of the baby’s birth. Killing someone was considered inauspicious, especially when the other person was his nominal wife. Lanling temporarily spared her and decided to settle the matter tomorrow.
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Angry Wave Kingdom, Qidu Palace.
“He said that Suolun did not die and was resurrected in the Southern Wilderness!” Qiao said.
After hearing this news, Queen Qiyan’s body and the expression on her face seemed to show no change at all.
The only change was that her pupils first contracted to the extreme, then suddenly spread out.
After a person dies, their pupils dilate.
At this moment, Qiyan’s pupils were infinitely close to the dilation of a person at the moment of death.
Although there was no change in her expression, rose-coloured patches appeared across her body.
From her heart to her soul, she trembled repeatedly.
She had never experienced this feeling before. It was neither joy nor shock, but pure trembling.
There was also a feeling of suffocation. At this moment, she had completely stopped breathing.
Then Qiyan and Qiao fell into deathly silence.
After a long while, Qiao said, “That informant has already been killed by me. At present, no one else knows.”
Qiyan still did not make a sound.
Qiao said, “I don’t know whether this matter is true or false.”
Qiyan still did not speak.
Qiao said, “Your Majesty, I once hated Suolun very much, but that was more a kind of jealousy and inferiority. Now that I have also begun taking control of the kingdom’s power, my thoughts have changed. If you need me to, I can send people to the Southern Wilderness to verify it. That informant said that his current name is Lanling, and that he established a Flame Demon Tribe in the Rakshasa Clan’s territory in the Southern Wilderness.”
After a long while, Qiyan slowly let out a long breath.
Qiao said, “If you need me to, I can immediately send people to the Southern Wilderness, or I can even go there myself.”
Queen Qiyan looked at Qiao for a long time, then shook her head and said, “Brother, forget this matter completely. Of course, even if you do not forget it, someone will help you forget it.”
Qiao trembled and said, “You, you mean this is a trap?”
Queen Qiyan said, “Otherwise, why would the Sky Temple suddenly give me leave and send me back? Someone is not at ease about me and merely wants to test me further.”
Qiao said, “Then does that mean Suolun’s resurrection is false?”
Qiyan did not answer.
Qiao said, “Your Majesty, then you must immediately report this to the Dragon Holy Temple and tell them that Suolun is still alive. Only then will they not suspect you.”
Qiyan did not answer and simply said, “Enough. Brother, go back. Remember, do not reveal a single word of this to anyone, otherwise you will die.”
Qiao remained silent for a while, then bowed deeply to Queen Qiyan before leaving.
The entire palace was now left with Queen Qiyan alone. She gently closed her beautiful eyes, and with her jade-like hand, she lightly traced something on the bed. It was unclear whether she was writing words or drawing pictures.
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The next day, in the mysterious courtyard of Qidu.
The grey shadow said, “Master, Qiao went to see Queen Qiyan last night. Queen Qiyan should now know that Suolun is still alive.”
Huai Bingyi nodded and said, “Then what we need to do now is wait, wait for her to come and find me.”
The grey shadow asked, “How long?”
“Three days!” Huai Bingyi said.
The grey shadow asked, “What if she doesn’t come?”
Huai Bingyi said, “Then she will lose her final opportunity.”
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Time passed. One day, two days, three days passed.
However, Queen Qiyan still did not come to find Huai Bingyi.
This made Huai Bingyi extremely furious. He destroyed all the flower beds in the courtyard. When he was leaving the courtyard, he suddenly stopped halfway.
Then he suddenly swung his sword.
In an instant, the building in the courtyard was cut cleanly in half.
With nothing more than a sword beam, he cut an exquisite building apart from several dozen metres away.
Huai Bingyi mounted a griffin and was about to fly towards the Sky Temple.
However, when he left Qidu, the royal city, he could not help turning around and looking towards the palace.
He suddenly gritted his teeth, changed direction and flew towards the Angry Wave Royal Palace.
A quarter of an hour later, Huai Bingyi landed on Purple Jade Mountain in the Angry Wave Royal Palace. Throughout the entire process, there was not even anyone capable of coming out to stop him.
This showed that the palace guards of the Angry Wave Kingdom were now completely ineffective against the Dragon Holy Temple.
At this moment, Queen Qiyan was still meditating inside the Purple Jade Palace.
Huai Bingyi walked in and looked at Qiyan’s incomparably beautiful face. He slowly said, “Yan, I am going back to the Sky Temple. Are you coming with me?”
Qiyan said, “My leave has not ended yet.”
Huai Bingyi said, “Before I leave, is there nothing you want to tell me?”
“Tell you what?” Queen Qiyan said. “About your test of me?”
Huai Bingyi’s gaze trembled.
Queen Qiyan said, “Huai Bingyi, your behaviour is very boring.”
Huai Bingyi’s face twitched slightly, then he said, “Don’t you want to know whether this news is true or false? Whether he is really still alive?”
Qiyan said, “And then? What do you want me to do, pick up a sword and kill him?”
Huai Bingyi’s gaze contracted, and then he said nothing at all. He simply turned around and left.
Qiyan said, “Qiao is already my only family member. Don’t kill him.”
Huai Bingyi did not answer. He simply walked out, mounted his griffin and left.