After being demoted, my 300,000-strong army trampled the imperial city!

The days at the thatched cottage passed by one by one.

Chen Futu usually spent his time refining elixirs and studying weapon crafting.

Fu Shuang would occasionally lend a hand; she helped refine a batch of imperial weapons, which Chen Futu then sent to the Great Xia using the system space.

If any of the powerful figures in the Great Xia Dynasty can reach the Extreme Dao Realm, they can evolve the Imperial Weapon into an Extreme Dao Weapon.

"My husband, Ling'er is missing."

One day, Chen Futu suddenly received a message from Qin Liangyu, and was startled, "When did she disappear?"

"It was probably in the last few days that Changsheng and Xiaoli'er told me that the little girl kept calling for her father. I said a few words to her, and then she ran away on her own."

"What did the Sun Moon Cult say?"

"Ling'er didn't cross the teleportation array; she most likely used her Nine Heavens Wings to cross over to another place."

"Don't worry, although she is young, her cultivation is not bad. Moreover, I have left her with many tricks. Unless you are an Extreme Dao Emperor, no one can hurt her."

Chen Futu comforted Qin Liangyu, and then used the power of the earth's veins to locate Chen Ling'er's whereabouts.

Sure enough, it took Chen Futu three days to find that brat. She had secretly run away from Lizhou and arrived in the Southern Region at some unknown time. If Chen Futu had not already engraved the aura of his three children in his soul, he would not have been able to locate her.

Southern Region, Great Wind City.

A four-year-old girl was wandering the street with a steamed bun in her hand. She was so cute, like a delicate porcelain doll, that anyone who passed by couldn't help but take a second look at her. Moreover, the little girl's cultivation had already reached the Great Venerable Realm.

"Ah, I'm going to eat, eat, eat."

Xiao Ling'er has been corrupted by Xiao Bai. When she goes to a city, the first thing she does is to devour all the local delicacies. And she's so blatantly carrying a high-value gold card that she doesn't even realize she's being watched.

Using the earth's veins, Chen Futu watched her squatting by the roadside eating a steamed bun, and he was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth.

Ling'er used to be very well-behaved, but I never expected her to run away from home at such a young age.

"This is your daughter, what a lovely little girl."

Fu Shuang's gaze, spanning vast domains, also fell upon Chen Ling'er. The more she looked at Ling'er, the more she liked her. "A divine-grade forbidden ancient phoenix bloodline, destined to become a martial god."

Chen Futu said proudly, "That's right, don't you even know whose offspring it is?"

"It must be admitted that the Holy Emperor's three children are all extraordinary."

As a martial goddess, Fu Shuang could detect everything in the world, so Chen Ling'er's aura naturally couldn't be hidden from her.

Of course, Chen Ling'er, who was eating a steamed bun on the street, had no idea that she had been targeted by her father and a martial god.

The little girl buried her head in her food and ate heartily. Suddenly, a kind-looking old lady came to her side and exclaimed, "Oh my, whose little girl is this? She's so beautiful!"

Little Ling'er tilted her head and asked, "Grandma, what do you need Ling'er for?"

"So your name is Xiao Ling'er. Where are your parents? Why did they let you come out alone?" the old lady asked, getting closer.

Little Ling'er pouted and burst into tears, "Mother is mean, she won't let Ling'er look for Father, Ling'er can't find Father, waaaah!"

"So you came out to find your father. Don't cry. Grandma knows where your father is. Why don't you come with Grandma?" The old lady stretched out her withered hand.

Little Ling'er thought for a moment, then handed over her little hand.

Chen Futu and Fu Shuang watched all this, one gritting his teeth, the other unable to suppress a laugh.

With their combined cultivation levels, they could naturally launch an attack across space at any time, but Chen Futu still held back.

As a father, I want to see what my little darling will encounter. If there's no major danger, it's fine to let her suffer a bit, so she won't run away recklessly with her wings at the drop of a hat.

"Little sister, where are you going? Your mother has been looking for you."

Suddenly, a little boy grabbed Chen Ling'er, shouting in a serious tone, and pulled her closer to him.

He was only five or six years old, with a robust and chubby face, and dressed in a very elegant manner, seemingly a member of a prominent local family.

When the old lady saw the little brat who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, her face darkened, and she glared at him fiercely, refusing to let go of Ling'er.

The boy held on tightly, even glaring back at the old lady with his big, watery eyes.

Little Ling'er didn't understand any of that. She tilted her head and asked the boy, "Who are you? Ling'er doesn't know you."

"Little sister, it's me, your brother Chen. Are you crazy?"

The little boy pretended to be angry and continued to pull on Chen Ling'er, but the old lady suddenly pushed him away and, without saying a word, grabbed Ling'er and ran away.

"Help! Someone's trying to steal my sister!"

The little boy panicked and shouted, startling the pedestrians on the street.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the old woman took Ling'er and transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards the outside of the city.

Little Ling'er finally realized what was happening, and with a quick movement, she slipped away from the old woman's grasp. Then, she asked the sinister old woman warily, "You're going to sell Ling'er? You're a bad person."

“Little girl, I’m not a bad person. Aren’t you going to find your father? Grandma knows your father.”

The old woman refused to give up. She had just seen the little girl holding a gold card, clearly a little lamb to the slaughter, and she was not about to let it go.

"Come on!"

The little boy rushed forward, grabbed Ling'er, and ran.

The old woman was immediately enraged and shouted, "You little rascal, you ruined my plans! You're asking for it!"

With a thunderous roar, the old woman unleashed her martial arts aura, and the overwhelming pressure terrified the martial artists on the street who wanted to make a move, making them no longer dare to meddle.

This is just a small city. It is said that the strongest person here is no more than a Martial Emperor. To the martial artists living in this city, a Martial Venerable is a super strong person. If you want to meddle in other people's business, you have to see if you have the ability!

As expected, the two children were stopped by the old woman not far from where they were running.

The little boy shielded Ling'er, gritting his teeth as he said, "Do you know who I am? I am the young master of the Xu family!"

"What's there to be afraid of from a mere, insignificant family? Kid, you're courting death, don't blame me!"

The old woman stepped forward and tried to strangle the boy named Xu Chen to death with her claws.

"Old Deng, that was ruthless."

Chen Futu narrowed his eyes, located the earth's veins, and a spatial rift quietly appeared in the sky above Dafeng City.

Ling'er is young and naive; if she hadn't been in danger herself, she probably wouldn't have known how to fight back.

Just as the attack from a distance was about to strike, Xiao Ling'er suddenly pulled Xu Chen away and swung her snow-white little fists at the old woman.

"You are not allowed to harm Ling'er's friends!"

She threw a punch, and blazing flames swept through the neighborhood.

The old woman was engulfed by the Ancient Phoenix True Fire, letting out an extremely shrill scream, "No, this is absolutely impossible!"

Even as she died, the old woman couldn't understand how a cute little child could transform into a primordial behemoth in an instant, reaching the Great Venerable Realm at such a young age and possessing incomprehensible martial arts supernatural powers.