258: Oh, immortal, please accept me!

"Dad, could you be mistaken? How could Fellow Daoist Jiang be an Immortal?" Ao Shishi snapped back to reality and voiced the doubt in her heart.

She absolutely wouldn't believe her dad's nonsense. He must want Immortal Ascension too badly, causing him mental problems.

Looking at Ao Shishi's disbelieving expression.

The Azure-Robed Middle-aged Man glared at Ao Shishi, annoyed, "You impish girl, how could your dad be wrong? Even if your Fellow Daoist Jiang isn't an Immortal, he's close enough."

Ao Shishi pouted and urged him.

"Fine, fine, he's an Immortal, Immortal, Immortal."

"Hurry up and eat the longevity fruit, then come with me to pay respects to Immortal Jiang."

Hearing Ao Shishi's words.

The Azure-Robed Middle-aged Man also muttered with a serious expression, "That's right. Since an Immortal is visiting, I must go cling to his leg. Even if I have to be the Immortal's mount, it's better than dying of old age."

Saying this, the Azure-Robed Middle-aged Man grabbed the longevity fruit floating in the air and swallowed them all, one by one.

"Boom! Boom!"

As the longevity fruit entered his stomach, the Death Qi surrounding the Azure-Robed Middle-aged Man was quickly replaced by dense vitality.

His entire being became radiant and energetic, a world of difference from his near-death appearance just moments ago.

"Haha, I, Ao Tian, am alive again!!" Feeling the dense vitality within his body, the Azure-Robed Middle-aged Man burst into wild laughter inside the secret chamber.

"Dad, can you restrain yourself a bit? You don't look like a Clan Chief at all!"

"If the little Dragons outside saw this, wouldn't they think you've gone mad?"

Seeing the Azure-Robed Middle-aged Man shouting loudly in the secret chamber right after regaining vitality, Ao Shishi spoke up helplessly.

"Hehe!"

"What does an impish girl like you know? You wouldn't understand how exciting it is to be on the verge of death and then gain a new lease on life."

Ao Tian grinned, completely ignoring Ao Shishi's words.

"Fine. If you're done being excited, then come with me to pay respects to Immortal Jiang. After all, he's the one who gave you a new lease on life."

Ao Shishi dropped this remark and walked toward the outside of the secret chamber.

"Alright, alright, I'll go pay respects to the Immortal right now."

"You impish girl, your luck is truly amazing. To run into an Immortal after entering the Stone Valley Forbidden Ground—it must be the blessing of one hundred and eighty generations of ancestors of my Azure Dragon Clan."

Ao Tian agreed and followed behind Ao Shishi, muttering incessantly the whole way.

Inside the luxurious palace.

Jiang Chen sat upright on a chair, drinking the enlightenment tea and eating the Spirit Fruit handed to him by Liu Shu, while enjoying Liu Shu's shoulder massage service.

"Now this is the life!!"

Enjoying Liu Shu's meticulous service, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh internally.

Ever since he had Liu Shu.

When there was work, Liu Shu did it; when there wasn't, Liu Shu would find work herself, truly embodying the word diligence to the extreme.

Just like this trip outside, Liu Shu acted as both a bodyguard and a laborer.

Now that the heavy work was done, she still had to act as a maidservant. What versatile roleplaying.

Just as Jiang Chen was closing his eyes and enjoying himself.

Ao Shishi gently walked in, bringing her old man, Ao Tian.

When Ao Tian saw Jiang Chen enjoying the shoulder massage, he exchanged a look with Ao Shishi, and after confirming Jiang Chen's identity.

He immediately knelt down before Jiang Chen in one swift motion, speaking through tears and sobs,

"Oh, Immortal!!"

"Thank you for saving this little Dragon's life!!"

"This little Dragon has no way to repay you, so I wish to serve as the Immortal's mount, accompanying the Immortal for this life and all eternity. Please, Immortal, you must accept this little Dragon."

Hearing Ao Tian's voice.

Jiang Chen opened his eyes and looked with confusion at Ao Tian, who was weeping like a tearful mess.

Then, he looked suspiciously at Ao Shishi by the door and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ao, this is...?"

Seeing Jiang Chen's suspicious gaze, Ao Shishi replied helplessly, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, this is my dad. He says you're an Immortal and insists on being your mount."

Just now on the way, her dad had warned her that she absolutely had to recommend him to Jiang Chen as a mount, or else their father-daughter relationship would be severely compromised.

"Oh? Your dad?" Jiang Chen found this both amusing and exasperating.

He addressed Ao Shishi as Fellow Daoist, yet her father was kneeling before him, begging to be his mount—this was truly unprecedented.

Of course, Ao Shishi's father was a genuine Peak Great Emperor.

Although he couldn't tell how many Immortal Crystals he had absorbed yet, he was still a Great Emperor. Taking him as a mount might not be appropriate, but accepting him into the Sect certainly was.

He just wondered if recruiting two Great Emperors from the same clan would yield two epic treasure chests. He needed to ask the System.

"System, if I accept both of them, will I get two epic treasure chests?" Jiang Chen asked the System.