"Silly child!"

Bonk!

"Father and Mother are always by your side!" Kong-Shi playfully knuckled Zheng-Fu's head while offering these warm words.

"Father!" Zheng-Fu's expression softened with gratitude, a few tears slipping down his cheeks, making the moment feel inexplicably warm.

But before the appreciation could go any further, Zheng-Fu suddenly exclaimed, "Father! You're stepping on my foot!"

"Oh!" Kong-Shi quickly lifted his foot when he realized he had indeed been standing on Zheng-Fu's foot. "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to!"

"It's all right, Father. I'm not hurt. With my current strength, it would be difficult for you to injure me. Speaking of which, I have something I'd like to give you!" As Zheng-Fu mentioned his body's resilience, he recalled something he had prepared for his parents.

With a swift motion, ten bottles filled with purple liquid appeared in Zheng-Fu's palm. He handed them to his father.

"What are these?" Kong-Shi asked while receiving them, intrigued.

"These are the divine elixir that will restore your body and make you feel seventeen again!" Zheng-Fu said mischievously, not fully revealing its true effects, intending to surprise his father. So he told him that it was a type of energizing dope, since older men all tended to want this kind of medicine.

"Really?" Kong-Shi's eyes widened, glimmering with excitement.

"Yes, Father. If you don't believe me, drink it, and you'll see!" Zheng-Fu nodded, a sly smile creeping onto his face.

Without hesitation, Kong-Shi opened one of the bottles and drank it all in one go. He eagerly anticipated the effects, but what he felt next wasn't what he had expected. An intense energy wave began to surge within him, flooding through his pulse points and generating a frenzied aura.

"Ahhh!"

Wooooosh!

Boom!

Boom!

A powerful explosion resounded from within Kong-Shi's energy realm, signaling his advancement to the next level—twice in succession.

"Father, try to finish absorbing it before Mother's done cooking, or she'll be angry with you!" Zheng-Fu advised, urging his father to absorb as much energy from the Purple Heavenly Demon Potion as possible. It would take about one shichen or perhaps longer, but this was crucial to elevate his father's energy level, especially since Zheng-Fu would only be staying for a short time.

Kong-Shi understood and quickly sat in a meditative position, focusing on absorbing the intense energy. His martial arts skills were substantial, making it easy for him to process and absorb this wild energy rapidly.

Before Zheng-Fu left, another explosion resounded from Kong-Shi's energy realm, followed by energy waves from his promotion. In a blink, he had advanced three levels. Who knew how high he might go if he absorbed it all?

An hour later…

"Your father is too much. Even at a time like this, he didn't stop his work to join us for a meal. His son finally comes home, and he misses it! Wait until he's back—I'll scold him until his ears ring!"

"Mother, don't worry about Father. He probably has an important reason. Besides, I'm not going anywhere right now," Zheng-Fu reassured his mother, trying to soften her mood since he was the reason Kong-Shi couldn't join them for the meal.

"Regardless, I won't let him off so easily. Just wait until he's back!"

"Oh…" Zheng-Fu felt a bit guilty, seeing that his mother wasn't ready to forgive his father so easily.

"By the way, where are the two foxes? I haven't seen them around here or at the denomination," Zheng-Fu suddenly recalled the pair of foxes he'd rescued long ago.

"Oh! They moved into the forest behind the clan. Ever since they had offspring, they disappeared, and we haven't seen them since. Your father and I tried searching, but we couldn't enter the deep forest—it's forbidden for us by clan rules," Tang-Ling explained, a touch of sadness in her voice.

"No worries, Mother. When I have some free time, I'll go look for them myself!" Zheng-Fu said, consoling her so she wouldn't feel too troubled.

But at that moment, he sensed something amiss within his dimensional space. He felt two familiar energy waves stirring in the snow forest he had absorbed.

"Huh?" Tang-Ling noticed Zheng-Fu's expression change and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, Mother. Just a bit of a stomachache. I'll go take care of it," Zheng-Fu replied, concealing the truth from his mother as he excused himself to his room.

Once he finished speaking, Zheng-Fu rose and left the dining room, heading to his room. Something serious was happening within his dimensional space: the snow forest had begun to dissolve, and frozen plants and beastly creatures were escaping from their frozen state.

Among those monster beasts were the two foxes Zheng-Fu had been looking for, but they were not alone. Several little fox cubs were with them. Zheng-Fu hurried back to his room and moved to an open courtyard behind it to summon them.

Flap!

"Come out!"

Woooooosh!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

As soon as Zheng-Fu reached the open courtyard, he summoned the two foxes and all their cubs.

Grrr! Grrr! Grrr!

Upon appearing, the little foxes immediately growled at Zheng-Fu. However, the adult foxes reacted differently. Their fluffy tails wagged excitedly as they ran toward him, joyful to see him.

Purr! Purr! Purr!

"That's enough! Stop licking my face—it's completely covered in your saliva!" Zheng-Fu gently pushed the foxes away as they covered him in affectionate licks. The cubs, seeing their parents' friendliness, relaxed and started wagging their tails instead of growling.

"How did you and your little ones get into the forbidden forest?" Zheng-Fu asked curiously, then realized they couldn't answer. They simply barked in a series of dog-like sounds.

Boo! Boo!

"All right, enough! I can't understand you. Just know that you're forbidden from entering the clan's restricted forest again, okay? Next time, you might not be so lucky. Now, I'll go deal with those monster beasts in the forest first. You all stay here and guard this place!"

Boo!

In the blink of an eye, Zheng-Fu disappeared. He had entered the ancient forest within his dimensional space, where many monster beasts were roaming freely. Soon, they would likely spread beyond the forest if left unchecked.

"Sigh, this is quite a mess. But at least they're all Divine Emperor stage beasts—their bodies are valuable for many uses!" Zheng-Fu felt a slight headache over this trivial matter. Luckily, most of them were already at the Divine Emperor level; otherwise, it wouldn't have been quite worth the effort to deal with them.

[Five-Part Index Energy Wave Skill]

Woooooosh!

Zing!

The skill Zheng-Fu used controlled energy to strike precisely in his chosen direction, like a missile targeting only its designated foe. In no time, all the monster beasts were defeated, leaving none behind.

Once finished, Zheng-Fu returned from his dimensional space and found the two foxes and their cubs still obediently guarding the area.

Boo! Boo!

"You're still here?" Zheng-Fu asked, though he didn't expect a clear response.

Booooo!

Time quickly passed, and dawn soon broke…

In the courtyard behind Zheng-Fu's room…

Ya! Ya! Ya!

Phew!

"Father! You nearly gave me a heart attack sneaking up on me like that!" Zheng-Fu exclaimed, sensing his father's presence without turning around.

"Hah! You noticed me without looking, yet you say I startled you? Tricky boy!" Kong-Shi scolded lightly. "Did you know your mother scolded me senseless last night? She thinks I'm so work-obsessed that I'd skip a meal with my own son!"

"It's not my fault, Father! How could I know Mother would do that? Besides, I did this for your sake. Look at you now—you're an intermediate Immortal Soul cultivator! You went from the advanced Immortal stage to this new level in just one day. Instead of complaining, you should be thanking me!" Zheng-Fu teased, feigning hurt feelings.

"Don't act like that, silly kid! I know you did it for me. I'm thrilled with my new energy level. Usually, my duties keep me too busy to train, so my progress has been slow. This was all thanks to your 'stimulant'!"

Kong-Shi grinned widely, practically glowing with pride over his new strength. If he didn't have breakfast plans with his family, he would have been tempted to drink another bottle to keep cultivating.

"Don't overdo it, Father. If you take too much, it might do more harm than good!"

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