Chapter 785: This is My Son-in-law

The East Sea Demon Empress’s gaze drifted to her legs. She teased, “So fair and long, tsk tsk, I almost want to wrap my arms around them and play.”

The South Sea Demon Empress was flustered. She quickly stepped with her long legs into the lightning pool and swiftly squatted down, only her head visible. Still feeling a surge of unease, she looked around. “I just don’t think this is a good idea.”

The East Sea Demon Empress rolled her eyes at her. “Anyone would think you were a blushing virgin having her first crush. Given your age, do you still care about such things? What if someone sees you? Are you going to lose a limb?”

The South Sea Demon Empress shot her an exasperated look. “Let’s see if you dare to meet a disciple like this!”

The East Sea Demon Empress stretched out her arms and chuckled. “Why not? After all, they’re all young, handsome fellows. If they see me, I won’t be the one losing out…”

Suddenly, a faint disturbance emanated from the distance. The East Sea Demon Empress’s gaze sharpened, and she gasped, “Someone’s really here!”

Whoosh—

She immediately shot into the sky, hiding within a cloud. The South Sea Demon Empress, flustered, shot up right after her and burrowed into the clouds. In a fit of pique, she pinched the East Sea Demon Empress’s trim waist. “And what about taking advantage of those handsome young men, as you said? When someone actually showed up, you ran faster than me!”

The East Sea Demon Empress’s face flushed faintly. Somewhat flustered, she hastily pulled out a top and a long skirt from her spatial storage device and put them on. She retorted stubbornly, “What if it was some old geezer, like a steward or vice-pavilion master? I’d be the one at a disadvantage then, wouldn’t I?”

The South Sea Demon Empress also quickly dressed. Her heart was still faintly thumping. She regretted even more listening to the East Sea Demon Empress’s blather. She had barely gotten in when they were almost discovered.

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a figure moving swiftly through the forest. It wasn’t long before he arrived in the valley. “Oh, it’s your son-in-law!” the South Sea Demon Empress gasped softly as she tied her top.

The East Sea Demon Empress was straightening her skirt. Hearing this, she looked down, a hint of surprise on her face. “To encounter him here! He’s the disciple the Pavilion Master spoke of, the one who would come here to cultivate. The residual power of the tribulation lightning here is not something he can easily withstand.”

The South Sea Demon Empress’s beautiful brows furrowed. As Demon Emperors, they could naturally handle the lightning pool with ease. But it would be difficult for Jiang Fan.

They watched as Jiang Fan walked to the edge of the lightning pool. A faint smile touched his lips, and then he glanced around. After a slight hesitation, he unfastened the jade belt from his waist and slipped off his black robes, revealing his muscular physique.

The South Sea Demon Empress averted her gaze and muttered, “To cultivate here, one either needs someone to keep watch, or a shameless heart. Let’s go, let’s go.” She had no desire to experience such an anxious cultivation again.

The East Sea Demon Empress frowned. “Let’s go then. Unless it’s a fortuitous occasion, the Pavilion Master would never lend me this place for cultivation. I’ll wait a bit. It won’t be too late to go down after Jiang Fan finishes cultivating.” She sat cross-legged amidst the clouds. When she glanced down, she saw Jiang Fan already seated cross-legged in the lightning pool.

“His concentration is quite good. He can cultivate freely in the lightning pool, just like us.”

The South Sea Demon Empress looked down. She saw Jiang Fan in the lightning pool, his expression unchanged. In fact, he seemed even more at ease than they were. “Even if he has cultivated lightning-path divine abilities, it should be difficult to withstand the residual power left by the heavenly tribulation. Your son-in-law must have undergone body tempering, or some form of cultivation that rigorously tested his will.” They could cultivate in it without a care, naturally due to their Demon Emperor realm. Yet Jiang Fan, a human at only the sixth stage of Core Formation, could do the same. It was truly surprising.

Just then, Jiang Fan made another move, holding a stone wreathed in lightning. With a gentle swipe, a lotus seed appeared.

“Ha, your son-in-law is quite impressive; he even has a spatial storage device. There are only a few of these on the entire continent, aren’t there?” The South Sea Demon Empress was growing curious about Jiang Fan. Though she had intended to leave, she now settled into the clouds as well.

The East Sea Demon Empress scrutinized it slightly. “It’s a natural spatial storage device. He’s quite lucky. Hmm, what he’s holding must be some kind of rare celestial treasure from the continent, right? And of a very high grade. What a fortunate fellow.”

Unbeknownst to them, the two Demon Empresses watched Jiang Fan cultivate with keen interest, as if observing an opera. They occasionally offered a few comments. They remained utterly oblivious to the fact that Jiang Fan, the very person whose bath they had just glimpsed, was now their unwitting spectacle.

He consumed a Dragon Heart Blood Lotus seed. With the help of the Divine Transformation Realm blood from Consort Yunxia, he had already advanced to the sixth stage of Core Formation. Later, after battling the Giant Sect and facing continuous dangers in the underground world, his foundation was thoroughly solidified. He no longer needed to worry about an unstable foundation causing the leakage of his Voidflow Thunder Force.

As the lotus seed entered his body, a surge of warm, scorching energy dispersed throughout his limbs and bones. He immediately sat cross-legged and circulated his cultivation technique, absorbing the spiritual energy that emanated from it. While breaking through, he also continuously absorbed the tribulation lightning of the area. Just as he had initially conceived, the tribulation lightning here was genuine residual power from heavenly tribulations. It was indeed the unparalleled benefit for cultivating lightning-path divine abilities.

As time gradually passed, half a day later, spiritual energy gathered above Jiang Fan’s head. The moment he opened his eyes, all the spiritual energy flowed into his body, surging into his Golden Core. His Golden Core, now at the sixth stage of Core Formation, expanded yet again.

“Core Formation Stage Seven! He broke through!”

Above the clouds, the South Sea Demon Empress’s beautiful eyes gleamed with surprise. “He broke through to Core Formation Stage Seven so quickly? Yizhu, your son-in-law has an exceptionally good physique. The medicinal power from that lotus seed was completely absorbed.”

The East Sea Demon Empress also noticed, a hint of surprise on her face. “Indeed, his body is like a bottomless pit; not a single wisp of spiritual energy that enters him escapes. I’m starting to believe what the Pavilion Master said. He was simply limited by resources in his early stages; otherwise, he would have long since reached Core Formation Stage Nine Perfection.”

The South Sea Demon Empress said, “Then aren’t you going to reconsider? This is a dragon among men. It won’t be easy for your eldest daughter to find someone like him.”

The East Sea Demon Empress fell silent for a moment. She no longer had the same resolve as before. After a long moment, she sighed softly. “He already has a family. Not to mention our East Sea Royal Family wouldn’t agree—my daughter wouldn’t accept it either.”

The South Sea Demon Empress looked regretful. “Then some other girl will get lucky. Whose girl had such good foresight to claim him so early? Oh, what’s he doing now?”

Suddenly, she noticed Jiang Fan taking out the Sky Thunder Stone again. From it, he produced a lightning-flashing token. The South Sea Demon Empress’s expression instantly turned solemn.

“A Thunder Edict Token? From the Myriad Tribulation Holy Hall’s cultivation methods?” The East Sea Demon Empress was equally surprised. “He actually possesses something like that? Could he have bought it from the black market? He has real nerve. If the Myriad Tribulation Holy Hall finds out that an outsider is cultivating their divine abilities, they’ll surely investigate. Unless, like the Pavilion Master, he obtained the Myriad Tribulation Holy Hall’s permission beforehand.”

The South Sea Demon Empress lay prone on the cloud. Her dark hair cascaded down to the cloud’s edge, swaying gently in the breeze. Feeling a little bored, she said, “Let’s go. He’s still going to cultivate the Six Heavenly Thunder Sections. This is a high-grade Earth-level cultivation technique; it will take days to even begin grasping it.”

The East Sea Demon Empress also sighed faintly. Indeed, they couldn’t wait any longer. She stretched out her long legs, about to stand. But then she abruptly sat back down.

“Wait! How is he already performing it directly?”