The Endless Promise

42. A Fleeting Little Thing

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Central Xu Residence...

Within Yiguang's courtyard, the crowd were chattering, as excitement rippled through them, but Weiyan's eyes were solely locked on Luoyin, and she couldn't help noting he seemed broader and more built than he did two months ago.

'Was he always this tall...?' She wondered.

His hair was all packed into a messy bun, the white streaks from his fight with the eye-eater creating an interesting contrast.

Weiyan swallowed, as the air turned warmer than it should be in winter...

Meanwhile, Luoyin examined Yiguang with Yinying, who was being incredibly fussy, to the point where Luoyin sent him away!

~"Control yourself! This is why fathers are not allowed in the delivery chamber!"~ He said through telepathy, firmly pointing toward the courtyard's edges.

Xu Min hurried over as a sour Yinying joined, and he beamed at Luoyin.

"Zhang Yin! Long time no see! How've you been?!"

"Xu Min!" Luoyin spared time for a fist bump. "Not bad! How're you?"

The two hadn't seen each other since the eye-eater incident, as Luoyin had locked himself away for a while, and Xu Min, Xu Haoyuan, and the other Xu disciples had gone for secluded cultivation shortly after.

Unfortunately, there was barely time to catch up, as Luoyin directed the servants to place eight yellow flags around the courtyard and the four major cardinal points and their in betweens.

With a few hand seals, Luoyin created a formation connected to four cardinal flags. It was a large blue seal with the symbol of a tiger, which covered the entire floor of the courtyard, slowly revolving clock-wise.

Then the seal split into two layers, the second formed from the in-between flags. It revolved counter clock-wise and rose some distance above the courtyard.

"This will feed her constant strength, keep bad qi out, and protect her from outside attacks." Luoyin explained, as he held up two fingers and directed them towards Yiguang.

Another smaller seal appeared beneath her.

"Attacks?" Xu Min was sceptical. "But why would anyone attac-?" His words were cut off as something suddenly crashed into an invisible barrier from above!

"What is that?!" One of the servants pointed.

At the top of the barrier, a tiger-like beast growled, attempting to claw its way in.

The ground rumbled, and several more appeared, all with powerful auras... Level sevens at least.

The Servants were panicking, and Xu Min was on the verge, but Luoyin wore a calm smile.

"Don't worry, I already alerted Sect Leader Xu..." He gestured towards the crowd where a calm Sect Leader Xu stood with the others, all safe within another barrier.

"That's one of the reasons most of Yueyan's entire military are within the household today. There are some in the crowd as well, to protect the people."

As they watched, several Sect warriors and elders were already appearing above the barrier and facing off the beasts.

Luoyin pointed at Yiguang. "That seal beneath her initiated the birth, but all her natural defenses will be weakened during delivery, and she doesn't belong in the Mortal realm.

"In Sky Realm, most demons or divine beasts wouldn't dare approach the Central Sky Palace, but here? Every beast for miles around will be drawn by her divine scent, because eating her core or the child's core will instantly evolve them from mortal beasts."