Chapter 169 - 169 - Bundle Of Joy?

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The space inside the void trembled and a small lotus flower swirled inside, followed by another. And a hand ripped through the space and entered the void. Lian hua squeezed through. "waa, this rip is smaller than I thought," after climbing out he expanded the space rip and shouted, "all clear,"

Only after that did the other three followed in. The ghoul Pan Mu jumped in first. Yukiya and Long Ki followed after. The void was covered in soft red sand and small patched of grass. But the special rifts were the eye-catching beauty of it.

Yukiya anxiously glanced around to find no one other than them. "Where did Xia go? Did he…..seriously, did he jump into one of these? I swear I think he is going through a rebellious phase. Where is my cute little boy who always waits for me, ah?"

"I think he changed during the time you were missing?" Long Ki added.

"But even that does not explain his behavior. I think he changed like this because of his lover." Yukiya said with her eyes narrowed.

She stomped on the floor and walked ahead.

Long Ki sighed and followed after her. Lately, her mood swings have been too drastic. One minute she would be happy enough to cry, the next she would be the raging beast he had met initially. It scared the heck out of him. 'I think it's the time of her month,' he thought, nodding.

"Hey, just an advice. If you find a girl in the future, you better not annoy her during her time of the month. Otherwise... you would be good as dead." Long Ki silently whispered to the ghoul next to him.

"But I am already dead," The Ghoul shrugged and followed behind. Suddenly he noticed a footprint on the sand. "I found footprints!" he shouted. Sadly, the force of the shout ripped his jaw that was barely stuck on him. "aw…man..There goes my jaw," he whispered as he watched it roll into another spatial rift. Without his jaw, only his upper teeth and tongue remained creating a grotesque scene.

Yukiya saw this and puked instantly. "Someone, find the man some jaws," she glanced back at him and puked again. 'Oh god, this is bad, I think my motion sickness combined with this makes me sicker by the minute,' she thought and puked again.

Long Ki squatted next to her and softly caressed her back. "ummm well, we don't have expendable body parts with us, darling," he grimaced.

"Then find some, poor guy, I don't think he can even put his tongue in," Yukiya pointed to the ghoul. He was trying to keep his tongue inside his mouth, but it was rolling out without control.

Lian Hua who was searching was clues frowned. With all their noise, he was not able to concentrate on his other senses. "quiet!" he shouted. He dashed over to Pan and took out his molding clay. Eh swiftly made a fake jaw and placed it on him.

He then ran over to the hunched up Yukiya. "may I?" he whispered to the possessive dragon who reluctantly agreed.

So Ling Hua sent a vast amount of his spiritual energy in her, which instantly soothed her sickness. As he was removing his hand he sensed something different. Her body was hosting another life. It was just the size of a sesame seed, but it was happily rolling around. Curiously, he nudged the little thing. It rolled around and touched his spiritual energy as if it was cheerfully greeting him.

Yukiya noticed his frown. "Is it bad? That's why insisted that we don't fly, but ki here wanted to get to Xia as soon as possible. Otherwise, I have been quite healthy…."

"You are pregnant,"

This haltered Yukiya's banter.. With her eyes wide open, she glanced at him and then at Long Ki. "What do…you mean?"

"I mean, you are pregnant with a child,"

She gasped softly and touched her flat tummy. "It's not possible."

"When was the last time you had your monthly bleeding?" Ling Hua whispered.

Yukiya blushed hard, and then she paled. "Not this month,"

"Then congratulation, you are going to be a mother," Ling Hua said with a grin, "and you are going to be a father," he patted Long Ki's shoulders.

Dazed, the red dragon watched his lover. 'She is pregnant so soon. Wait….is it because I was in my rut,' he thought. Suddenly he remembered his mother's warning. 'Ki…when you are having your rut, be careful or else you might end making a bundle of joy.' Back then he was too bored to listen to her. 'Oh god, I should have listened to her.'

Whilst the dragon was dazed, the Koi was completely in denial. "No, it's not possible. If I was pregnant, I would have known. Besides, it's not that easy to get pregnant, like, I have seen people try so long, for thousands of years and still don't have a child. How is it possible to for me to be pregnant after just a night?"

Not fazed by her question, Ling Hua glanced at the blushing dragon next to her. "do you want to explain or should I?"

Long Ki blushed and hid his face completely. "Its cuz…..dragons are…..quite 'fertile' during their rut," he said quickly.

"And you are telling me this now? Oh my god, I can't believe this. Someone here did not want illegitimate children but had s*x irresponsibly," Yukiya shouted and punched his shoulders.

"ow, my children with you are not illegitimate." Long ki shouted back.

Yukiya glared at him and punched his shoulders again, making the dragon cry out loud. "They will be, because we are yet to be married."

"Then let's get married."

"what!" she glanced at him with her eyes narrowed. She could see the seriousness in his eyes. Gulping, she glanced down at her flat tummy. 'Is this right? I mean, I like him, but isn't it too soon for marriage? I barely know him. What he likes and what he dislikes? How could I rush into it?' she thought, biting her lips.

"I mean it. Let's get married. I already…..kind of proposed to you that night." Long Ki held her hand and massaged it softly.

"You did. But I thought you wanted us to explore our relationship," she whispered. Glancing at his pitiful look, she hugged him tight.

They hugged for too long that the demon and ghoul became impatient. Pan Mu softly nudged Ling 'tell them to stop it soon.'

Ling Hu glared at him but still stepped forward. "ahem… are you guys done yet? We are here trying to find my son and your son so….." Ling Hua awkwardly said next to them.

"SHUT UP!" both of them shouted simultaneously.

"Okay okay," with his hands held high he backed up from the fighting pair. 'wow, brings back memories. We…used to fight like this too,' he softly caressed his late wife's jade pendant tied to his waist. The past…it was still fresh in his mind. Her beautiful smile…. As he was reminiscing about his wife, the dog pair in front of him started their pointless argument again.

"I don't want to get married like that. It looks like we are marrying as a patch up," Yukiya said with tears polling her eyes.

"But I really want to marry you…" he wiped her tears with his sleeve.

"I do too… god, this conflict of interest is really confusing," she whispered.

Annoyed by their argument, the ghoul stomped over to them. "Then don't get married," he said. "we have to get gong soon because highness is still….."

"What? How can you say that!"; "yeah how can you!" both of them exclaimed at the silly looking ghoul.

Similar to the demon, he also backed away from them as well. He stepped closer to Ling Hua. "Say, was I married before," he whispered to him.

"Nope, not that I know of. You were a fruit*," Ling Hua said and walked away.

"a—a fruit! Hey take that back. I was not a fruit." Pan mu shouted and ran after the demon king.

The void was covered in small amount of grass and sand but it was not very easy to track people's footsteps as the spatial rifts always messed up the nearby traces.

Ling Hua carefully walked around to find a few footsteps. It was almost destroyed, but he was still able to track something. After a while, their track stopped midway.

"Did they jump into a rift?" he glanced at the nearby spatial rifts, but he could point down to one. "This is too troublesome,"

Meanwhile, xia and Long Aotian exited the rift and fell with a thud on a grassy land. Xia patted his back and glanced around.

Note-

Fruit- 'ahem' means a virgin