Chapter 195
Hearing him say that he was her daddy, Jiaojiao was so shocked that she lost all her sleepiness. She was stunned for a long time. After coming to her senses, she shook her little head and looked up at him: "No, Jiaojiao, daddy."
No, Jiaojiao has a father.
Cloveford understood what he said. His violet eyes fixed on Jiaojiao, and he said seriously, "I felt a sense of familiarity when I first saw you, and you should feel the same way when you saw me. If we weren't father and son, how could we feel such a close relationship?"
The first time Cloveford saw the child, he felt a long-lost sense of intimacy and familiarity, and he thought the child felt the same way about him. However, when he saw Jiaojiao's confused face, and it was obvious that she didn't understand what he said, he couldn't help but show a little surprise in his eyes, and then frowned. A child of this age should be able to understand what he said?
He slowed down his speech and patiently broke down his words into pieces, instilling them into Jiaojiao bit by bit.
He felt a kinship with him the moment he met him. To say there was no connection between them was impossible. Moreover, he could see a strong causal connection between them. Therefore, Cloveford was very sure of their relationship.
Fortunately, Jiaojiao was just like him, and instinctively felt close to and dependent on him. Otherwise, Jiaojiao, who was already a little wary, would not have instinctively approached him for shelter when she saw him for the first time.
After being lectured by Cloverd for half an hour, Jiaojiao, feeling dizzy, looked up at him three times before hesitantly calling out, "Dad?"
"Yeah." Cloveford responded, then touched Jiaojiao's head: "Don't call me daddy, call me daddy."
Although Jiaojiao didn't understand why, she still called out obediently, "Daddy."
In the Dead Zone, Jiaojiao, lying in a seashell, woke up and sat cross-legged in deep thought for a long time with a dazed look on his face. He has three fathers?!
After being confused for a while, Jiaojiao shared with Yuyu that she had three fathers.
The blue whale didn't know exactly how many fathers a human cub had, so it didn't feel strange about it. Its attitude made Jiaojiao, who was a little skeptical at first, think that this was normal, so she accepted the fact that she had more than one father and didn't tell Yin Zheng and Hesniemen about it.
This led to the fact that both Yin Zheng and Hesniemen always thought that they were the cub's only father.
Days passed, and Jiaojiao, who had been patiently "brainwashed" by Cloveford, once again appeared in a strange place and in front of strangers. She raised her little head and stared at the person in front of her for a long time.
When she was sure that she felt close to and dependent on the man in front of her, Jiaojiao walked up to him with her short legs and hugged his legs. She looked at him with bright eyes like black grapes and called out softly, "Daddy!"
Father Cloverford once said that only fathers and sons can feel a sense of intimacy when they see each other for the first time.
So anyone who Jiaojiao feels close to is her daddy.
As Jiaojiao thought about this, she nodded seriously to confirm her idea.
After looking up at the strange and surprised gaze of the person whose legs he was holding, Jiaojiao smiled softly at him. Her dark, clear eyes held an undisguised intimacy as she called out again in a crisp voice, "Daddy."
Someone who suddenly became a father: “…?!”
Since Cloveford, Jiaojiao has recognized three fathers in a row. When this trend was about to continue, Jiaojiao met a man.
In Vientiane City, a man in a navy blue robe embroidered with silver patterns came down from Ming Mountain. He held an ink-colored umbrella in his hand. The handle made of black jade was cold, making his finger joints look even paler.
The rain started from a drizzle and became heavier, hitting the umbrella and making crackling sounds. The rain dripped down the umbrella ribs to the ground, diluting the blood color on the ground into light red, and even the smell of blood dissipated in the rain.
The man's climbing boots, which were not wet with a drop of rain, suddenly stopped, and the umbrella was slightly raised. In the continuous rain, his half-closed eyes opened slightly, revealing a pair of strange eyes that were dark and without a trace of white.
Li Yubai, the young prince of the demon clan, turned his head and his gaze fell on something not far away. At the end of his sight, at the corner of the alley, under a corner of the wall that could barely block the rain, sat a two-year-old child. As if the child had noticed his gaze, the child turned his head to look at him.
Meeting that pair of innocent eyes, Li Yubai frowned slightly, feeling that this scene was familiar, as if it had happened before.
He stood there without moving. Instead, the child's eyes lit up when he saw him. He supported himself on the ground with his little hands and climbed up with his butt sticking out. After he stood firmly, he lifted his short legs and stepped into the rain. The heavy rain hit his small body, making it very unstable. He swayed and felt like he would fall at any time.
Li Yubai watched this scene quietly, and the heart that had been dead and bloodthirsty in his chest was inexplicably tightened when the child staggered and almost fell.
Noticing this abnormality, his brows furrowed instantly, and when he looked at the child again, there was an undisguised murderous intent in his eyes.
Black energy gathered at his fingertips. Just as this evil energy was about to pierce the child's heart, the child finally staggered in front of him, stretched out his little hand to grab his robe, looked up at him, and called out in a childish voice, "Daddy."
Li Yubai's body stiffened, and the demonic energy gathered at his fingertips dissipated. He slowly lowered his head to look at the child, meeting the child's eyes filled with admiration and dependence.
"What did you call me?" The voice, which had been damaged and had been hoarse from not speaking for a long time, sounded as unpleasant as the cry of a crow.
"Daddy." Jiaojiao took a step forward and hugged his calves, her eyes looking at him especially bright.
Li Yubai lowered his eyes and looked at Jiaojiao. His eyes, as dark as two black holes, narrowed slightly. His cold fingertips touched the corners of Jiaojiao's eyes: "Very beautiful eyes."
There is an indescribable brightness in the darkness, like an inky jade that has been dusted off.
Any normal person facing such a situation would be afraid that their eyes would be gouged out, but there was no trace of fear or terror in these eyes except dependence and closeness.
Li Yubai found it amusing, so he bent down and held the child in his arms.
There was no emotion on his face, but he subconsciously used less strength when picking up the child, and his movements carried a long-lost awkwardness and clumsiness.
The moment Jiaojiao was held in his arms, her wet clothes instantly became dry.
He looked down at his clothes in amazement, letting out a small "ooh" in surprise.
Li Yubai brought the child, whom he found interesting, back to his temporary residence. Thinking of the child's skillful actions of recognizing his father, he frowned unhappily, expressed his opposition, and ordered the child named Jiaojiao not to do so again.
Jiaojiao, who was being fed by Li Yubai, was chewing the food in her mouth with her cheeks puffed out. Although she didn't understand what he said, she nodded obediently.
Since then, Jiaojiao's consciousness has been shuttling back and forth among several fathers, accompanying this father today, that father tomorrow, and another father later. She was so busy that she was a little dizzy but also very happy. As for Hesnemen, except for very rare times when she couldn't see the cub for several years, she could see it almost once a year, and each time she would see the cub for half a year. Suddenly, it took four to five years or seven to eight years to see it once. This made him frown subconsciously and breathe a sigh of relief at the same time.
The time intervals between the appearances of Jiaojiao's soul are getting longer and longer compared to before, which also means that the condition of Jiaojiao's soul is becoming more and more stable, and the soul is leaving the body less frequently, which is a good thing no matter how you look at it.
Although this means that he sees Jiaojiao less and less often, it is not very important compared to the child's safety, and he will always find the child.
Yin Zheng also noticed this. He used to be able to see his child once every two years, but now he can only see him once every six years. Although he can stay together for half a year each time they meet, it is still... However, the safety of the child is the most important. As for the matter of meeting, he naturally won't have to worry about it after finding the child, and the separation before that can be tolerated temporarily.
As for Li Yubai, the last one who established a long-term relationship with Jiaojiao, after this strange child called him "Daddy", he raised the child carefully for half a year as if possessed by a magic spell. Then when he woke up one morning, the child was suddenly gone.
At first, he thought that someone was so bold as to kidnap people in his territory, so he sent his subordinates to dig three feet deep in the Canglan Realm to search for him.
After searching for six years without any news, the child named Jiaojiao suddenly appeared beside him one day, and then disappeared again suddenly after staying for half a year.
At first he thought someone was playing a trick on him and was furious, but later he found out that the problem was with Jiaojiao.
After discovering the problem, he left a spiritual imprint on Jiaojiao, just like Yin Zheng and the others. Unsurprisingly, he was unable to find Jiaojiao based on the spiritual imprint, and then embarked on the same journey as Hesnemen, Yin Zheng, Cloverd and the others to find Jiaojiao's real body.
In a blink of an eye, it has been half a year since Jiaojiao came to the Dead Zone, and one hundred and eighty years have passed in the outside world. During this period, in addition to seeing her father and others in very long dreams, Jiaojiao also met other people who made her feel familiar at first sight. However, after being brainwashed by Li Yubai's father, Jiaojiao no longer recognized familiar and friendly people as her father.
That is why, after Jiaojiao stopped recognizing those uncles as her father, it was difficult for her to meet them a second time, because in Jiaojiao's subconscious mind, her father was the most important person and he would take priority in any situation.
Therefore, only when an accident occurs occasionally will the spiritual consciousness appear next to someone other than Dad, but the probability of that happening is very low, and it will only happen once in twenty times if you are lucky.
By the time Jiaojiao had spent a full year in the Dead Zone, more than three hundred and sixty years had passed in the Canglan Realm.
In Zi Yang Sect, Hesniemen practiced sword moves with Jiaojiao and then thought about it, then he carried Jiaojiao out of Zhuiyun Peak and planned to visit each peak one by one. Although he called it a visit, it was actually another way of showing off.
He has kept Jiaojiao hidden very carefully over the years, for fear that someone would find out about her existence and use her as a weakness to threaten him.
However, several decades ago, the leader of Zi Yang Sect, Yan Junshan, was injured by a great demon in the same Spirit Transformation Stage in the northern border and entered the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. He has been in seclusion for nearly thirty years now. Unlike the people of Zi Yang Sect who still have vague hopes, Hesniemen, who quietly planned all this, knows that he will not be able to get out of this seclusion.
Hesniemen was born with a sword bone. Although he had a strange appearance with golden hair and golden eyes, Yan Junshan still accepted him as his disciple in order to seize his sword bone.
When Yan Junshan was around, the Hesnie Sect was wary of him, and even though they couldn't find any trace of Jiaojiao, they didn't dare reveal her existence. Now that the biggest hidden danger had been resolved, he no longer had to be so timid. With the Ziyang Sect's backing, they could find someone much faster than he could on his own.
But before that, Hesniemen planned to satisfy his long-standing desire to show off his cub.
"Brother, when did you have a child?!"
Yan Zhao, the resident of Wanren Peak, was extremely surprised and kept looking at the fair and soft child in Hesniemen's arms.
Jiaojiao, who was in her father's arms, was also turning her head to look at him curiously. She was not afraid of his gaze and even glanced at him.
Seeing this, Yan Zhao's eyes softened slightly. He took out the Mountain and River Jade he was carrying and placed it in Jiaojiao's hand: "A gift for meeting you."
This piece of mountain and river jade is as big as an adult's palm, and it is so bright that it requires two hands to hold it.
The mountains reached into the sky, and the rivers and seas were vast. Jiaojiao liked this piece of mountain and river jade the first time she saw it. She looked up at Yan Zhao with a big smile and said in a childish voice, "Jiaojiao likes it very much. Thank you, Uncle Yan Zhao."
Hesniemen carried Jiaojiao and walked through the seventy-two peaks of Ziyang Sect. In the end, Jiaojiao received an armful of gifts. Although he could not take these back to the Dead Zone, his father and the others would keep them for him, which made Jiaojiao very happy.
Every time she comes out, Jiaojiao's memory of the Dead Zone always becomes inexplicably vague. This is one of the reasons why Hesnemen and others can never find Jiaojiao's real body.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye. Two major events happened in the Canglan Realm this year. One was that the young ruler of the Demon Clan killed his father and ascended to the position of Demon Lord. The other was that the leader of the Tianyi Clan passed away. The young ruler massacred the Prison Sea with blood and ascended to the position of the leader of the Tianyi Clan.
As for why the young master of the Tianyi clan traveled thousands of miles to the Prison Sea and massacred the Prison Sea with blood before succeeding to the throne of the main master, there are different opinions. Some say that the death of the previous master of the Tianyi clan was related to the Prison Sea, some say that the Prison Sea stole the treasure of the Tianyi clan, and the young master went there to take the treasure back, and some say that he was angry for the beauty he loved.
There are various theories, and the most convincing one at present is that the death of the former leader of the Tianyi clan was related to the Prison Sea.
On the day of the succession ceremony of the young master of the Tianyi clan, all the prominent families and sects in the Canglan Realm attended the ceremony.
What was extremely surprising was that when the young master of the Tianyi clan succeeded to the throne, he was holding a child who looked two years old in his arms, and announced in public that this was his son. This shocking news left the monks present dumbfounded.
However, what surprised them even more were the two disciples behind Elder Lin from Zi Yang Sect who came to attend the ceremony.
Elder Lin Huaian was not at home on the day when Uncle Hesniemen was wandering around the sect with his son in his arms, so his expression was normal except for surprise. However, the expressions of the two disciples behind him were much stranger.
Although they couldn't see clearly because they were far away, the two still felt that the child looked... so much like the son of Uncle Hesniemen?
Could it be that Uncle Hesniemen and the new leader of the Tianyi clan are... Taoist couples?
Zhao Zaizhou and Ji Jingyun looked at each other, and both saw the surprise and suspicion in each other's eyes.
After the ceremony, the two told Elder Lin about their discovery.
Elder Lin's face darkened. "Nonsense! How could Senior Brother Hess be a Taoist partner with the Lord of the Tianyi Clan? You two must have made a mistake. Talking about our Master in private, get out of here and be confined to the back of the mountain for three months!"
Zhao Zaizhou and Ji Jingyun responded yes and retreated.
After they left the house, they looked at each other, suspected that they had seen wrongly, and put the matter behind them.
Two years later, the male protagonist accidentally broke into the Shura Secret Realm. He had been imprisoned for three hundred years and finally broke through the late Jindan stage and entered the Jindan Great Perfection, and broke out of the Shura Secret Realm.
After coming out of the secret realm, Gu Yufei was stunned for a long time. He had only stayed in the Shura secret realm for three years, but he didn't expect that three hundred years had passed in the outside world after he came out.
Gu Yufei clenched the Qilin in his hand, his eyes red with hatred. He didn't expect that this trip would waste a hundred years of his time!
After the world consciousness saw that the male protagonist finally came out of that damn secret realm, it was eager to start its long-planned plan of traveling through the book.
Originally, this plan should have started a long time ago, but unexpectedly, when he went to check the channel gold list of the novel platform, the male protagonist in his world was accidentally tricked into the Shura Secret Realm. He discovered this after he threw Su Cang, his child, Hesniemen, and the people from another world into his own world.
He was stunned at that time. World consciousness like theirs would fall into a deep sleep for millions of years. In order to ensure the good development of their own world, they had established some laws for the world to allow it to operate on its own. Tianxuan loved to wander around other worlds and read novels, so for convenience, he drew out three-tenths of his own consciousness and created a thing called the Heavenly Dao for his own world to supervise the operation of the world.
This temporary convenience has prevented him from arbitrarily changing what has happened in his own world. Of course, it is not impossible for him to intervene forcefully, but after the Heavenly Dao is scrapped, he will have to personally supervise the operation of this world.
Tianxuan thought it was not worth it, so he decided to wait until the male protagonist came out of the Shura Secret Realm before officially starting his plan of traveling through the book.
Otherwise, if the male protagonist isn't even there, who would the book-traveling person confront? Who would spark a brilliant spark of conflict? If the male protagonist isn't even there, I'll be damned if I write about it!
Fortunately, there is a large time difference between the world he reads novels in and his own world. Three hundred years have passed in his world, while only one month has passed in the world of the temple.
Seeing that the male protagonist was in place, Tianxuan quickly brought the person he had chosen out of Miaoqiong's world and threw him into his own world.
In the modern world, Tao Youyu, who was in the middle of a heated argument with his gaming teammates, suddenly felt dizzy and fell in front of the computer screen.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw a huge python opening its ferocious mouth and swallowing the two people in front of him in one gulp. Tao Youyu rolled his eyes and fell backwards on the spot.
When he finally lost consciousness, he saw a monk leaping down from the sky carrying a tremendous amount of thunder.
There's a one-year time difference between the Dead Zone and the outside world, so Jiaojiao spent half a year there after sleeping for one night. Initially, she only spent one day in Hesnemen because the ground in the Dead Zone was too hard, and Jiaojiao woke up in pain after a short sleep. Later, with the help of seashells, she felt much better.
I don’t know why I am always too anxious when writing about this world. I am slowly adjusting my mindset. If you don’t understand something, just ask me.
There is also a quiz with prizes. Guess who Jiaojiao’s three fathers are.
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