Chapter 58: Xiao Zhan, the Supreme God of War!

After a few days, Moli had already made up her mind.

While interacting with Long'er, Moli stealthily glanced up at Xiao Junwang, then quickly returned her attention to the child.

"Long'er has grown quite a bit taller these past few days!"

Holding Long'er upright and resting her chin against the child's soft hair, Moli spoke with a hint of delight.

As the weather grew increasingly cold, she had maintained her habit of going barefoot. Standing there barefoot once more, she held Long'er and stepped before Xiao Junwang with a bright, charming smile.

Xiao Junwang's gaze had never left Moli. Seeing her stop right in front of him without moving, he raised his head to look back at her.

"Long'er is growing up now, but he still doesn't have a formal given name. Do you think we should finalize it today?"

Moli wore a plain, tasseled dress, her ink-black hair parted slightly at her forehead and left cascading freely, giving her a pure and immaculate aura.

Xiao Junwang watched her in a daze, only recalling what she had said long after her voice had faded away.

Moli looked at him all the while with a gentle smile.

Previously, she had sought out Xiao Junwang specifically for him to name Long'er. In her memories, there was not the slightest fragment of a physical intimacy shared with Xiao Junwang, yet she had always intuitively believed that he was Long'er's father.

However, seeing things as they were now, she felt it necessary to understand what was truly going on. Long'er was her very first contracted beast, and yet...

Long'er was also undeniably her own flesh and blood. This ambiguous boundary between beast and kin still troubled her to a greater or lesser degree.

Xiao Junwang naturally had no inkling of Moli's inner thoughts; he merely stood up and stroked Long'er's head with a touch of doting affection.

"Xiao Zhan. Long'er, I hope that one day you can regain your former splendor, achieve instant renown through a single battle, and reclaim your place as the supreme God of War."

Xiao Junwang's eyes shimmered with faint starlight, as if yearning for the past, and he spoke in a somewhat wistful tone.

Moli parted her lips and hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question weighing on her mind.

"Then why is it that in my memories, there is no recollection of... of having Long'er with you?"

Out of consideration for Long'er's tender age, Moli struggled to find the appropriate words, leaving her phrasing vague and obscure.

Though he had known Moli would have her doubts, hearing her actually voice the question still caused Xiao Junwang to pause, freezing so completely that he even forgot to withdraw his outstretched hand.

In the end, Xiao Junwang did not answer Moli's question. Instead, he left the main hall alone, vanishing from her sight.

"Aunt Huanlan, in just a few days, the members of the Mo family will be completely wiped out. By then, the only ones left will be the elders in the heavenly dungeon and Mo Yuan. Mo Liuli still hasn't shown her face, and it has already been nearly a month. Do you suppose..."

Huanlan Haoyang twirled a strand of Huanlan's hair around his finger and could not help speaking up to offer counsel, but he stopped abruptly when he noticed the visibly darkening expression on Huanlan's face.

At that moment, Huanlan Haoyang was inside a newly built palace courtyard that Huanlan Jinggong had constructed for Huanlan. His robes were half-open, revealing a vast expanse of skin, while Huanlan was dressed even more scantily, clad in nothing more than a bright red maiden's bodice, exposing nearly her entire body to the air.

The maidservants and guards standing watch outside all kept their heads lowered, not daring to cast a single glance toward the courtyard.

Huanlan clenched her fists so tightly that her smooth, dewy face wrinkled with crow's feet from anger. Without even glancing at the semi-prostrated Huanlan Haoyang, she rolled over and pinned him beneath her.

"Do not mention her to this Empress at a time like this!"

"As long as you please this Empress, a share of this realm shall surely be yours in the days to come!"

Greed flashed in Huanlan's eyes as she leaned down and thoroughly devoured Huanlan Haoyang.