The time for the second Transmigration arrived quickly; An Chen felt these two days passed too fast, gone in the blink of an eye.
And next, he was about to head to that fantastical Cultivation world again.
An Chen and Su Xiaojiu leaned shoulder to shoulder on the sofa, closing their eyes to feel the countdown.
00:00:03... 00:00:02... 00:00:01... Transmigration!
This time, An Chen opened his eyes wide, and the scene before him shattered and collapsed once more, just like that previous return.
Falling into boundless darkness, this time An Chen consciously stretched out his limbs, wanting to explore the darkness, but he couldn't feel the existence of his limbs, nor could he confirm if his "limbs" had truly stretched out as he intended.
A few seconds later, the world reassembled, and his small room reappeared before his eyes.
The exploration of that dark interstice during Transmigration ended in failure; during this period, An Chen found that all his senses were lost—no hearing, sight, touch, etc.—but his consciousness remained active.
Unable to figure out why, An Chen simply put it out of his mind.
The first thing he did was go to the door, retrieve the sign preventing disturbance into his qiankun bag, and then used the tongshen jade talisman to confirm the date.
Indeed, only about two minutes had passed.
This sign was originally placed by him to prevent people from thinking he had disappeared for too long, but now that it was confirmed that time in the other world almost stood still after Transmigration, there was no need to keep it there.
He had simply created a false impression that he was going into secluded Cultivation.
However, since he had already Transmigrated and it was almost dark, An Chen didn't idle; he directly took out his Formation Plate, Qi Gathering Pills, and Foundation Nurturing Pills and began to Cultivate.
Soon, the Gathering Spirit Array began to work, and the Spiritual Qi above An Chen's small room formed a vortex, pouring into the room.
At the same time, thousands of miles away, at the Fire Phoenix Sect.
Su Xiaojiu timidly knocked on the door, shrinking her neck.
"Dad, I'm back..."
There was no response from inside the door.
Su Xiaojiu knocked on the door again, this time a little louder.
"Dad, I'm back!"
"Xiao Jiu, don't be afraid, Dad won't do anything to you. All your brothers and sisters have been through it! Don't be scared!"
Behind her followed a woman who looked six or seven years older than her; this person was Su De's sixth child, Su Liu Liu, also Su Xiaojiu's sixth sister.
Further away, there were seven other people, either squatting or standing.
They were all Su Xiaojiu's older brothers.
"You guys are really something, only knowing how to watch the show, not coming over to comfort her!"
Su Liu Liu grumbled at the people behind her.
"Big Brother is now an important figure within the Sect, he's so busy yet he squeezed out time to show up, and there's Seventh Brother, someone who loves to Cultivate so much, even he came over, what more do you want!"
The one speaking was Su Ba, also Su Xiaojiu's eighth brother.
Su De wasn't good at naming; aside from the eldest brother Su Cheng, the subsequent children either had names that were homophones of numbers or simply used numbers.
"Hey, it's mainly about the atmosphere. We always came before, so it wouldn't be right not to come this time."
The eldest brother, who looked very honest and simple, smiled and said.
"When I received my punishment, everyone came."
This time, it was Su Qi speaking, also Su Xiaojiu's seventh brother; his words were very brief.
This person looked very thin and weak on the outside, but his appearance was astonishing; although he was a man, he had skin as tender and big eyes similar to a woman's, making him likable no matter how one looked.
"Brother Ear, listen to what's going on inside!"
Su Ba suddenly patted the person much older than himself next to him and said.
"My ears are big, and my hearing is good, but what material is this wall? You want me to listen with my head!"
This person's most distinctive feature was his large ears; he was also the second oldest in the Su family, Su Er.
Originally, Su De named based on characteristics, but later, when he thought about homophones, it opened up a new world for him, and he couldn't stop.
"You guys can't hear, can you?!"
Su Liu Liu suddenly yelled.
"Xiao Liu, actually, it's not that we brothers don't want to go up. Before Xiao Jiu, it was always us big men going up together. This time, you've been hugging her for quite a while, so it wouldn't be appropriate for us to crowd around, would it?"
"Su Si, how did you become like this!"
"Alright, alright!"
A burly man suddenly stepped out, standing between the two and breaking their gaze.
"Stop arguing, it won't be good if Dad hears."
"He can't hear!"
Su Liu Liu rolled her eyes at the group of "stinky men" behind her.
"Don't be afraid, I'll help you knock on the door!"
Su Liu Liu tentatively knocked on the door twice.
"Dad! Xiao Jiu is back! Dad, don't be angry, isn't Xiao Jiu back to apologize to you?"
Behind them, Su Ba and Su Si started chatting.
"Dad can't be truly angry, can he?"
"No way, isn't this just going through the motions? He might scold harshly, but in the end, nothing will really happen. The old man should be used to it after so many years, right?"
"But then again, two years ago when I stood in that position, I seemed to be terribly scared too."
"That's right, your legs were shaking the whole time, I'll remember it forever."
The remaining few also whispered among themselves, while Su Wu retreated, standing next to the last person in the corner's shadow, and patted his shoulder.
"Third Brother."
He seemed not to know what to say, just rested his hand on Su San's shoulder.
Su San said nothing, just lowered his head slightly, not knowing if he was looking at the ground or straight ahead.
"Dong!"
The door was suddenly opened forcefully, or rather, not opened, but slammed open.
A hand slammed hard on the door, and the door, made of precious spiritual ore, still couldn't hold up and flew out directly, but it didn't fall to the ground; instead, it floated in the air, slowly flying back to the side.
It was evident that this door was probably often slammed open like this, so this type of door was designed to address that issue.
"Noise, noise, noise, you're so noisy, you're killing me!"
Su De walked out grumbling, grabbed Su Xiaojiu by the collar, and then glared at Su Liu Liu.
"You were the most mischievous when you were little, and now that you're grown up, you're still sharp-tongued and like to scold people. Have you learned to behave yourself around me? Get to the back!"
Su Liu Liu felt a surge of grievance but dared not speak; she could only retreat tremblingly.
Then, Su De pulled Su Xiaojiu back into the room.
"Are you guys idle? Everyone has to come once, is that fun? Am I, *#$@&%, a very easygoing person? I *#$@&% •"
Su De's cursing was extremely aggressive, even unknowingly cursing himself, and before he finished, Su Xiaojiu suddenly knelt down.
"Father, I have a treasure to present!"
An electric wheelchair flew out of her qiankun bag and was placed in front of Su De.