114: Chapter 114 Reunion. Affirmation from my parents-in-law.

"Ya-ma—"

"Dad!"

The Silver-haired Loli uttered a string of syllables that Lin Qing could not understand, her blood-red pupils filled with panic and incomprehension.

She wanted to break free, only to find that the hand pinching the back of her neck remained completely motionless.

"Where are you taking this King! Let me go!"

Lin Qing ignored her and merely glanced at her indifferently.

A chill struck the Silver-haired Loli's heart.

Her castle!

The mobile divine domain she had managed for countless years and where she had hidden countless treasures!

Once she was taken away from this area, her connection with the castle would be completely severed!

"Wait a minute, you can't take me away!"

She panicked, her voice even changing pitch.

"My... my treasures are still below! As long as you let me go, I can split half with you!"

She was scheming rapidly.

First appease this man with treasures; as long as he dared to let go, she could instantly escape into the castle.

By then, even if this man chased after her, he would have to fight within her divine domain, ensuring her victory.

"Oh? Treasures?"

Lin Qing seemed to grow interested, and the strength of the hand pinching her neck seemed to loosen a fraction.

The Silver-haired Loli inwardly rejoiced. As expected, no living being could resist the temptation of wealth.

She was just preparing to urge her blood core to forcefully break free.

But Lin Qing's voice sounded once more, carrying a hint of banter:

"What do you mean by your treasures? They are mine!"

"Using my things to beg me to let you go? There's no need to go to such trouble."

"Pack it up yourself and take it together."

The Silver-haired Loli's expression froze.

Pack up? Take it together?

How dared he think of that? That was a Prince-tier mobile divine domain!

"You're dreaming! Even if I die, this King will not let you lay a finger on my—"

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Qing emitted a trace of Chaos Energy from his hand, and a sharp pain originating from the depths of her soul turned the rest of her words into screams.

"I'll only give you three seconds."

Lin Qing's voice carried not a trace of emotion, "Either you come with me, person and 'treasure' included. Or—"

He glanced at the young girl's chest.

"I'll crush you... into pieces, the kind that can't be restored!"

"You... you demon!"

The Silver-haired Loli trembled all over with anger.

That was her only prominent feature, if he really were to...

She couldn't bear to imagine it.

But that divine aura and the terrifying power pinched around her neck made her understand that what this man said, he would do.

Humiliating tears swirled in her eyes.

She gritted her teeth and moved a thought.

In the collapsed altar ruins below, the ancient castle deeply buried underground began to vibrate violently.

Then, at a speed visible to the naked eye, it shrank and twisted, ultimately transforming into a fist-sized dark red crystal carved with bats and roses, bursting out of the ground and hovering in front of her.

With tears in her eyes, the Silver-haired Loli extended her small hand, just preparing to put the crystal into her embrace.

But Lin Qing's other hand reached into the Silver-haired Loli's front a step earlier and weighed it.

With a backhand motion, he scooped that crystal into his own hand.

"Not bad, the weight is not light."

"Pfft—"

The Silver-haired Loli almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

That was her divine domain core!

It was the painstaking effort of half her life! It was snatched away just like that!

And... that hand.

What are you weighing!

Without waiting for her to act up again, the silver pillar of light enveloping the four of them suddenly surged brightly.

With a flash of light, the figures of the four instantly vanished from the Death Forest of Sector 128.

...

Divine Domain No. 9001, Atrium Plaza.

The silver light dissipated, and four figures appeared.

Father Liu and Mother Liu were still in a trance after the drastic changes, looking around blankly.

There was no bloody altar here, no gloomy forest; overhead was a boundless and vast brilliant galaxy, beneath their feet was a flat and clean plaza, and in the distance stood a magnificent Colosseum quietly.

This is... heaven?

Before they had time to inquire, they saw Lin Qing beside them holding the back collar of the silver-haired little girl, like carrying a cat with its fur on end, walking straight toward that Colosseum.

"Let this King go! You humble reptile!"

The Silver-haired Loli was still struggling in vain, waving her short little legs.

Lin Qing couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with her, walked to the edge of the Colosseum, and casually tossed her.

"Swish—"

A perfect parabola.

The Silver-haired Loli screamed as she plummeted into the center of the Colosseum.

The very moment her feet hit the ground.

[Effect 1: Absolute Neutrality]

An invisible yet irresistible force of rules descended from the sky, instantly enveloping her!

The surging blood energy in her body, the authority of a Prince, the undying and indestructible traits... all powers were completely stripped away and suppressed at this moment!

"No—"

She discovered in terror that she had become a thorough ordinary person!

Unprecedented weakness and fear flooded over her like a tide.

She collapsed softly to the ground, shivering, and could no longer make the slightest sound.

Having finished all this, Lin Qing turned around and walked back in front of Father Liu and Mother Liu, his face returning to gentleness: "Uncle Liu, Auntie, it's safe."

At that very moment, in the center of the plaza, that vermilion double-happiness door opened silently.

Red fog rolled out like a bloody carpet, and an exquisite figure dressed in a bright red bridal gown slowly walked out from within.

Father Liu and Mother Liu's breathing stagnated at this moment.

They stared fixedly at that figure; in their murky eyes, there was first extreme bewilderment, followed by unbelievable violent shock.

"Ni... Nini?"

Mother Liu's voice trembled beyond recognition.

She extended her hand, seeming to want to touch, yet fearing that it was merely a fragile dream.

Liu Meini stopped in her steps. Looking at her parents before her with graying hair and weathered faces, her cold, waveless eyes fluctuated violently, and the red fog enveloping her body became disordered along with it.

"Dad... Mom..."

Her voice was no longer the whisper of a deity, but carried a hint of a sob, a vulnerability possessed only by mortals.

It was precisely this sound that completely shattered Father Liu and Mother Liu's psychological defenses.

"My Nini—"

Mother Liu let out a shrill cry, no longer caring about anything else, stumbling forward and hugging Liu Meini tightly in her arms.

"Nini... My Nini, it really is you! You're fine... You're really fine... That's wonderful!"

Father Liu, a man standing seven feet tall, also had tears streaming down his aged face at this moment.

"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry... Your daughter has been unfilial..."

Holding her mother and feeling that familiar temperature, Liu Meini felt the icy outer shell of the deity shatter inch by inch, her tears cascading like a breached dam.

Lin Qing stood quietly to the side, not disturbing this belated reunion.

After a long while, Father Liu, whose emotions had calmed slightly, let go of his hand.

He turned and walked up to Lin Qing, grabbing his shoulders and squeezing them hard, his eyes filled with gratitude that words could not describe: "Good child... Good child..."

He didn't know what to say, and could only repeat these three words.

Lin Qing smiled: "Uncle Liu, this is what I should do."

Hearing this, Father Liu instead straightened his face and feigned anger: "Silly boy, why are you still calling me Uncle Liu, call us Father-in-law and Mother-in-law!"

A single sentence made Mother Liu beside them break into laughter through her tears, nodding repeatedly.

Lin Qing was slightly stunned, then went with the flow and solemnly changed his address: "Father-in-law, Mother-in-law."