After they finished their little family time, Hua Mei, Xiao Lie and Yun Long went and regrouped with the Xia family and Lingxi, who were all smiles as they readied the table.
Yun Long decided to sit next to his mother this time since he wanted for her to feel his presence, after all even is she had bottled up her emotions that whole time, she had just released them, so he wanted her to feel his support, even if it was a minor action such as this.
As they were eating, well if one looked at Yuanba and then the rest of the group, it would be more apt to say that they were snacking, Yun Long then started to explain what happened recently.
"Well since the last time we all had dinner together, the first thing I did was give seven drops of a legacy blood, which is required to cultivate the profound art I departed onto Qingyue, Lingxi and mother."
"Qingyue and Lingxi were the first to finish the refining, taking around a month, so then I decided to impart upon them the profound art, which is a profound art based on the supreme laws of ice, so just as a heads up if they gain a more colder personality it may just be the side effects of the profound art…" Yun Long paused as he noticed a few frowns.
"However this will only apply to those that are not in their heart, people that usually cultivate ice profound arts actually show more emotions to ones that can get into their frozen hearts then others…" he explained.
Since he was unsure if they would turn out like Bing'er, or like the Frozen Cloud Asgard lot, even if they didn't cultivate the Frozen Heart Arts, the Ice Phoenix herself has a natural ice cold disposition.
Yun Long continued when he saw no one wanting to ask a question "I then gave them the three fundamental stages which Qingyue managed to comprehend in a few days and Lingxi took slightly longer which is where the meridian tempering process occurred that I mentioned previously"
Xia Hongyi then spoke "Mn… Sister Xue had told me she had to be at the Xiao Clan everyday at noon a few months back"
Yun Long nodded before adding "Yes the tempering occurs from me completely snapping the meridians as I mentioned before, fortunately my method of cancelling the backlash of pain worked, as usually when a cultivator does this, they want to keep the pain to temper their will and mental strength, however I felt that such training wasn't necessary and far too cruel for the girls so I removed it"
Xiao Lie nodded 'Good, he didn't force his way for them to go through such practices, even though he longs for power and his loved ones to gain power, he will do it with his principles and doesn't prioritise it over the most important things in life'.
"Actually in the future when I have them tempered by master, I will be conscious since I require the mental tempering… and it will ȧssist me with learning sensation and consciousness… but that is something that will happen maybe two decades later so just ignore that for now"
Yun Long added, much to their dismay, did he not just mention how cruel it was, yet here he was going to go and subject himself to such a painful experience.
Hua Mei wanted to speak but Yun Long just put a piece of meat using his fork into her mouth to stop her from scolding him.
"Anyways, for eighty one days I did this process, but around seven weeks in mother had finished refining her ice phoenix blood, so I decided to teach her the profound art, although her comprehension was better then most, she only managed to comprehend the first stage and I wanted her to wait a while before re-attempting to cultivate, which is how we arrive to the present".
Hua Mei who quickly ate the food that was forced into her mouth added "What are your plans Long'er"
Yun Long just looked at her and said "I will be tempering your meridians from today, although when I saw Yuanba I planned to make him go through it today, but when I remembered about his profound veins and constitution I decided for it to… 'for it to awaken so that he can gain the most benefit since it will temper his will'"
Xia Hongyi saw that his Son-in-Law understood something regarding his youngest child and was ecstatic, after all it was a major concern of his, he had wanted to speak up but a hand was placed on his, before he turned to the side before his wife Dongxue just shook her head slightly.
"Wait till after the dinner husband, Long'er will explain it to you properly" saying to him in a gentle tone, Dongxue indicated to be patient, after all she knew the truth.
If one were to ask Dongxue the person she loved the most in this world, it would no doubt be Qingyue and her little Yuanba.
But the person who held the highest position in her heart was actually this little Son-in-Law of hers, her newfound saviour, and the person she wholeheartedly trusted, admired and respected.
Looking at his wife that had no concern on her face made him feel better about Yuanba's situation, after all which mother would have a look like that if her son was in any danger.
Yun Long heard their little conversation and just nodded to his Father-in-Law.
Xia Yuanba heard his name mentioned and said "What did you say Brother-in-Law, I was too busy eating" whilst he waved his oily hands around
"Ugh… Yuanba you dummy, stop waving around your oil cannons and quieten down, didn't that dotard you call an Uncle He teach you table manners!" Yun Long fiercely rebuked him
If he didn't matrix his way out the way, one of those oil bullets would've hit him and Yuanba would gain the title of a supreme Headshotter!
Everyone laughed as Qingyue lightly slapped Yuanba's shoulder, after all she couldn't reach his head.
As everyone finished dinner and started to clean up, Yun Long approached his adopted parents.
"Mother, Father, head back home together since Father has many duties to attend to, I will ask Mother-in-Law to deliver us back, after all I need to have a discussion with them personally"
The two just nodded before hugging their son and daughter before heading out.
"Let us speak inside Father-in-Law, Mother-in-Law, Qingyue and Lingxi, you can come along as well"
Yun Long called out to the others "Yuanba, go take a bath you stink right now!" before a big friendly giant of a youth started running away in fear of angering his Brother-in-Law.
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