Yaohua patted her on the back and cooed, "Alright, stop crying. Aren't your father and mother both fine?"
Yaoyao shed tears aggrievedly. "Mother, don't lie to me anymore! For the past three years, everyone has laughed at me for being a motherless child..."
Hearing her outpouring, Yaohua felt a pang of heartache. "Who dared to say such a thing to you? Mother will avenge you!"
At the same time, infinite guilt welled up in her heart, for what Yaoyao said was indeed the truth. It was she who had made the decision on her own and abandoned them, father and daughter.
Chongming looked at Yaoyao, his gaze distant.
Yaoyao blinked her tear - filled eyes. Naturally, she couldn't name names.
Everyone knew that the Phoenix Goddess had sacrificed herself for the world. She was a great hero worthy of everyone's respect. How could anyone laugh at her?
She had just said that on purpose to make her mother feel bad.
Now that her father had obviously seen through her plan, she didn't feel like pretending anymore. She said obediently, "Those things are all in the past. They didn't do it on purpose. From now on, let's live together as a family and never be separated again."
Yaohua nodded. Just as she was about to respond, she suddenly felt a wave of nausea in her stomach. She quickly covered her mouth and turned her head to one side, retching.
Seeing this, Chongming immediately supported her and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Yaoyao also got off her nervously with a worried face. "Am I too fat and pressing on mother?"
It took Yaohua a while to recover. She shook her head. "No, maybe I've been too tired recently."
Chongming frowned. "No, you still need to be checked."
He placed his fingers on Yaohua's wrist. After a moment of exploration, he used his immortal power to examine her whole body. A look of surprise and uncertainty flashed across his face. Then he looked at Chenyu not far away. "Come and help with the diagnosis."
Chenyu strolled over. "What serious illness is it that even requires my help?"
After examining Yaohua's pulse, his expression became strange.
Yaohua was puzzled and a bit uneasy, worried that her previous injuries hadn't fully healed. "What kind of pulse is it?"
Chenyu said with a smile, "The pulse is like a swimming dragon. Is it a pregnancy pulse?"
Yaohua was immediately stunned.
Yaoyao was also dumbfounded. "Does it mean... does it mean mother is pregnant?"
Yaohua blushed as she looked at Chongming, with a hint of blame in her eyes. Since her injuries had healed, this man had never been able to restrain himself.
The Penglai Immortal Island was full of spiritual energy. With such diligent efforts, she had actually become pregnant!
Her hand unconsciously rested on her lower abdomen, her heart filled with tenderness.
Chenyu teased with a smile, "Congratulations to you two. This is truly a blessing from heaven!"
Yaohua lowered her head shyly, but was overjoyed inside. Phoenixes were not easy to conceive. She had been longing for this child for so long.
Chongming looked at her tenderly. Yaoyao was also very excited. "Great! I'm going to have a younger brother or sister. I'll go and tell uncle and the others this news right away!"
"Are the older brothers okay now?" Yaohua asked when she heard her mention them. Thoughts of longing welled up in her heart.
Yaoyao tilted her head and said uncertainly, "They... should be okay."
She had run away secretly. She didn't have a communication jade token or any other means of sending messages on her. The paper cranes couldn't fly across the sea. So she hadn't been in touch with Yanling and the others for a long time.
Chongming saw the guilt in her eyes. "Has something happened in the Divine Land?"
Everyone's nerves tightened involuntarily.
Yaoyao said awkwardly, "It's nothing. It's just that everyone is looking for father's whereabouts now. And somehow a Playboy God has emerged..."
After learning about the current situation in the Divine Land, Yaohua felt relieved. "It's good that there are no major troubles. As for the Playboy God, the older brothers should be able to handle it."
Under the suppression of Chongming's godhead, the system couldn't do anything evil. So the women he had lured should have gone willingly. There was no phenomenon of forcing good - willed women into prostitution.
Yaohua was pregnant and it was not suitable for her to travel far. But she didn't want her older brothers to worry either. So a few days later, Yaoyao decided to go back to the Danyaoshan Mountain to deliver the news.
"What? Yaohua is in Penglai now?"
Yanling immediately stood up, extremely excited. "Great! Great! Great!"
He excitedly repeated the word three times. "Let's set off right away."
Yaoyao quickly waved her hands. "No, no. Mother said that the road to Penglai is far and dangerous. You still have important tasks to attend to. It's best not to go there for now."
Yanling immediately retorted, "If you can cross the ocean, why can't I?"
After saying that, he went to gather with the other older brothers. Then the group set off for Penglai.
Watching their backs, Yaoyao stamped her foot angrily. "What! None of them listen to me!"
The formation outside the Penglai Immortal Island opened, revealing a golden passage. Everyone filed in and shuttled through the void. Soon they came to the huge palace complex.
The palace complex here was extremely luxurious. There were all kinds of buildings, and the interior layout of each building was exquisitely designed, pleasing to the eye.
And the God Chenyu was lying lazily on a shell - bed. The merman's tail glistened with colorful luster. There was a faint smile on his lips. "I'm sorry I didn't greet you gentlemen properly."
Yanling clasped his fists. "We don't mean to disturb your cultivation, God Chenyu. We just heard that our younger sister was saved by you, so we came to see her."
Chenyu's handsome eyebrows twitched slightly. "It's a pity. Yaohua's pregnancy is a bit unstable. So the couple has gone to the Yunshui Cave to absorb spiritual energy."
"The Yunshui Cave?" Yanling looked puzzled.
Chenyu smiled. "It's a precious place in my Penglai Wonderland. Ordinary people don't know about it."
The older brothers looked at each other. Although God Chenyu seemed like a good person, one should always be on guard. Why did Yaohua and the others just set off right when they arrived? The couple had sent Yaoyao to deliver the news to the Divine Land. Although they couldn't communicate, they should have guessed that the older brothers would come to visit!
Yanling thought for a while and asked, "Can you take us to the Yunshui Cave, God Chenyu?"
Chenyu flatly refused. "The precious realm never allows outsiders to enter. Allowing Chongming to enter was already an exception. Moreover, the passage has already been closed and won't open again for a short time."
"Then when can we see our younger sister?" Feng Yi couldn't help asking.
Chenyu wasn't very sure either. "I'm not sure about this. It will probably take at least ten days or half a month. The opening time of the passage to the precious realm is random."
"So long?" Everyone couldn't help frowning.
"However, they left a letter for you." Chenyu took out the letter from his bosom.
The older brothers crowded together to read the letter. They read it very carefully. The familiar handwriting of their younger sister made their eyes red.
In the letter, Yaohua expressed her longing for them, told them about her current situation, and told them not to worry. They just needed to take good care of themselves and Yaoyao.