Is Mom saved now?
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao's brows furrowed. Did Li Qin get into trouble?
"What happened to your mom?"
"The Demon Lord captured my mom to threaten me, Dad!"
When Xiao Hei called Chen Xiao "Dad" alone, Chen Xiao didn't find it strange.
However, when the terms "Dad" and "Mom" appeared in the same sentence, connecting Chen Xiao and Li Qin, Chen Xiao felt something was a bit off...
But at this moment, that was clearly not the most important matter.
Li Qin being captured was more important.
"Tell me in detail, what exactly happened? What happened after you and your mom left me?" Chen Xiao asked.
"It's like this, Dad..."
Xiao Hei started with this sentence, and Chen Xiao's face instantly darkened. He forcibly suppressed the urge to interrupt Xiao Hei and listened to him continue.
It turned out that after Li Qin left Chen Xiao's home with Xiao Hei, they began to wander the martial world.
With the strength of the mother and son, they naturally wouldn't be bullied.
While roaming the martial world, they acted righteously, robbing the rich to help the poor... Well, although their initial intention was just to get some travel expenses for themselves.
But the excess money, they truly did deliver to the poor.
However, good times didn't last long. This unrestrained, carefree life in the martial world didn't last long before they were targeted.
To be precise, it was a demon, and a great demon at that.
The Demon Lord held a very high status in the demon cultivation realm, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it ruled over all demons.
It took a liking to the spiritual fox Xiao Hei's aptitude and talent, and insisted on recognizing him as a godson.
At that time, Xiao Hei's spiritual intelligence had just begun to awaken.
His level of understanding was already comparable to a young boy, so naturally, he wouldn't recognize such a demon as a godfather.
Even though, in essence, they were the same species...
The Demon Lord then captured Li Qin and Xiao Hei, and threatened Xiao Hei with Li Qin's life, demanding that Xiao Hei recognize him.
Xiao Hei had no choice but to compromise and recognize the Demon Lord as his godfather, thus saving Li Qin's life.
To be fair, the Demon Lord treated Xiao Hei quite well. Not only did it help him awaken his intelligence, but it also fed him with a large amount of spiritual elixirs.
This was also the main reason why Xiao Hei was able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage in such a short period.
However, while the Demon Lord was good to Xiao Hei, it also guarded against him everywhere.
Not only did it continue to detain Li Qin, preventing Xiao Hei from seeing her, but the Demon Lord also concealed many internal demon cultivation affairs from Xiao Hei.
To put it bluntly, the Demon Lord felt that not enough time had passed and did not consider Xiao Hei as one of its own.
And its vigilance was not unfounded, because from beginning to end, Xiao Hei had never truly accepted this godfather in his heart.
Everything he did was only to rescue Li Qin.
It was only this time, when the Demon Lord sent Xiao Hei and other demon cultivators like Red Crown and Giant Horn out on a mission, that Xiao Hei immediately thought of this way to seek help from his Dad.
After hearing all this, Chen Xiao understood.
This mission, on the surface, was to cause trouble in human cities and alleviate the pressure on the demon beasts in the northern region. In reality, it was very likely just a test for Xiao Hei.
And the result was obvious: Xiao Hei did not pass this test.
Of course, Xiao Hei didn't care about this.
Chen Xiao asked Xiao Hei a few more questions and found that the Demon Lord was indeed very strict in its vigilance towards Xiao Hei.
Because Xiao Hei knew very little information about those demon cultivators, he didn't even know where their headquarters were.
He only knew that they were nomadic, disguised themselves as humans, and had strongholds in many places.
As for their strength, it was difficult to judge whether they were strong or not.
Taking Red Crown and Giant Horn as examples, both of them were at the Nascent Soul stage. Their strength within the demon cultivation ranks could be considered slightly above average.
This level of strength, in the Immortal Hidden Realm, could only be considered at the bottom.
But according to Xiao Hei's description, the Demon Lord itself was very strong, extremely strong... With just a glance, it could instantly kill a Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator.
As for how strong it was exactly, Xiao Hei couldn't say. It was already beyond his scope of understanding.
"Since the Demon Lord is as strong as you say, do you still think I have a chance to save your mother?" Chen Xiao asked.
"Of course, Dad is the most powerful in the world. There's nothing Dad can't do!" Xiao Hei said earnestly.
He had seemed so mature earlier, but in front of Chen Xiao, he seemed to have reverted to the state of a primary school student.
Chen Xiao was speechless.
After a moment, he said, "You're not wrong about that, there's nothing in the world I can't do... But can you tell me where that Demon Lord is?"
Xiao Hei shook his head, "I don't know where it is. It's like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, very sly. It basically never revisits a place after it has been there once."
"Then how do you contact him?"
"We don't contact him; we wait for him to contact us."
"..."
Chen Xiao was speechless. This Demon Lord was too cautious.
"In that case, we won't be able to find him."
"Not necessarily, Dad. Have you heard about the group of demon beasts that are constantly invading the northern region?"
"Hmm? Right, what inside information do you know about this? Tell me quickly!"
Seeing Chen Xiao's eager look, Xiao Hei coughed twice and cleared his throat.
"Ahem, it's not really inside information. I only know that the demon cultivator leading this activity is Bai Guangda, one of the four great demon kings under the Demon Lord. That fellow is a white bear, inherently brutal... very terrifying."
The last four words Xiao Hei added were as if he recalled some unpleasant memory.
"Oh? What is the cultivation level of that white bear?" Chen Xiao asked.
"It's a Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator, Dad, can you handle it?" Xiao Hei asked tentatively.
"A mere Nascent Soul stage, I can slap it to death with one hand!" Chen Xiao said casually.
"Dad is mighty, truly my Dad!" Xiao Hei said proudly.
"Then what is their purpose in invading the northern region?" Chen Xiao asked again.
"I don't know." Xiao Hei shook his head.
"..."
Chen Xiao was speechless again. You really don't know anything useful!
But it didn't matter. If Xiao Hei didn't know, Bai Guangda wouldn't be ignorant, right? Once he caught that fellow, he would ask him.
If he didn't talk, he would break all his bear teeth!
Having made up his mind, Chen Xiao decided to go to the northern region immediately.
Besides, he had promised Luo Hao that he would help rescue Chi Hao, so he might as well do it together.
After making the decision, Chen Xiao suddenly said, "By the way, Xiao Hei, can I discuss something with you? Can you stop calling me Dad from now on?"
"Why, Dad?" Xiao Hei asked, looking confused.
"I don't want people to misunderstand my relationship with your mom," Chen Xiao explained.
Xiao Hei seemed to understand but not understand, muttering in confusion, "But if I don't call you Dad, what should I call you..."
As he thought, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Got it, I know what to call you!"
"What?" Chen Xiao hadn't even thought of what to call him, and he didn't expect Xiao Hei to have thought of it so quickly.
"I'll call you Father!" Xiao Hei said, looking like a genius, awaiting Chen Xiao's praise...