How miserable are mythical beasts in the Age of Declining Magic? When an ancient golden dragon spits up blood, you have to scrape it out and spend it like gold beans. Fights are all hand-to-hand because they're so broke they can't afford to use even a little spiritual power!
To keep her beautiful but deathly ill mother from turning into a dead mud loach, the four-and-a-half-year-old little loach packs her bags and takes her mother to the capital. There, she'll find the deadbeat father who ran off five years ago and make him their long-term meal ticket!
They say her father, Pei Hezhi, is the chief grand secretary. His house has gold ingots for pillows, and his whole body radiates the fragrant, succulent purple aura of an emperor. One bite could add a hundred years to your life!
Blocking his carriage on the main street, Pei Hezhi draws his sword with a cold expression. "Where did this swindling mother and child come from? Drag them out and execute them!"
The little loach bursts into tears and clings to his leg. Ao Qing seizes the chance to fake a faint and check his pulse. With a smooth one-two combo, mother and child not only get a free taste of the chief grand secretary's abundant purple aura, but also con their way into luxurious permanent positions in his household!
At first, Pei Hezhi watches them coldly. "Take them back to the residence and keep them under strict supervision. I want to see what tricks this demoness is up to!"
Later, he watches his wife use Celestial Masters from the Demon Hunting Bureau as punching bags in the back courtyard, his adopted son treat the imperial palace treasury like a backyard garden to shop in, and the blind fortune-teller at the gate slap a first-rank grandmaster flying...
The usually coldhearted Pei Hezhi completely loses it!
That night, he corners his wife and child as they pack to storm the State Preceptor's lair. Pulling open his collar to reveal his chest, he says, "You're going to eat and run? My lady, I've decided to offer this human-shaped wild ginseng of mine on an annual plan!"
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