Nearly three hours later, the two lay resting on the bed.
After a while, reaching out to stroke Harleen’s hair, Billy spoke, “Wife, tell me about your experiences in Ether Mountain. Where did Grandpa take you and Felicia? What did you do?”
“I can’t tell you for now, it’s classified!” Harleen playfully smiled again.
“Why?” Billy was puzzled. “You have to keep it a secret from me too?”
“Yes!” Harleen vigorously nodded, biting her lip with a smile. “It has to be kept secret from you. I’ll tell you everything next time I come back. It can’t be said now.”
“Why make it so mysterious?” Billy also smiled. “But can you tell me about your current cultivation level?”
Before, when he saw Harleen at the SHADOW base, he had probed her cultivation, but didn’t sense any fluctuations in her aura. Obviously, Harleen had concealed her martial aura in some way, which was not unusual in Ether Mountain.
“This is also classified information, I’ll tell you next time!” Harleen smiled again.
“Oh, so you’ve become so secretive. Let’s see how long you can keep it up.” Billy teased her by tickling.
Harleen laughed sweetly, rolling all over the bed.
“Stop it, please stop it…” After about two minutes, Harleen pleaded loudly.
“Willing to talk now?” Billy asked with a smile.
“I want to tell you, but telling you now won’t make any difference.” Harleen finally managed to calm down. After a slight pause, she continued to look at Billy and said, “Because Felicia and I are currently at an unstable level. We need about a month of seclusion after we return this time to stabilize.”
“Is that true?” Billy looked at Harleen as if she wasn’t joking.
“I swear it’s true!” Harleen nodded earnestly. “But there’s one thing I can tell you. Grandfather did invite Felicia and me to Ether Mountain this time to help us improve our martial arts cultivation.”
“Alright, I’ll believe you for now!” Billy smiled and didn’t continue the topic. Although he was curious about what the two sisters had been doing in Ether Mountain during this time, it seemed impossible to get the answer from Harleen now. In about a month, when they officially came down the mountain, everything would be clear.
“By the way, Billy, is Stout’s sister still in the capital?” Harleen, leaning back into Billy’s arms, asked.
“Yes, what’s wrong?” Billy smiled and continued, “Harleen, I’ve told you many times, there’s nothing special between her and me, just like Night Orchid and Frostblade. Don’t overthink it…”
“I didn’t say anything. Why are you so nervous? Do you have a guilty conscience?” Harleen asked with a smile.
“Uh…” Billy’s mouth twitched.
Seeing Billy’s embarrassed look, Harleen giggled again. Then, she stared at Billy with a pair of affectionate eyes.
“Billy, don’t worry. I’m not overthinking things. If I did have some wild thoughts before going to Ether Mountain, after this trip, I don’t have those thoughts anymore. I just want to get to know her and make friends with her. Thank her for taking care of you and helping you.”
“Do you really think that way?” Billy looked at Harleen with an expression of disbelief.
“Of course!” Harleen twisted his waist on Billy’s chest, then said in a tender voice, “Silly husband, can’t you trust me?”
“Ah! Be gentle, wife. That place was injured by you just now…” Billy took a sharp breath.
“Humph! Rogue husband, you’re not allowed to say that!” Harleen, with the red blush that had just faded from her face, appeared again.
The two continued to play around for a while, and Harleen lay on Billy’s chest and murmured, “Look at the time. We need to go buy groceries.”
“Haha, I guess we won’t have time to cook at home tonight.” Billy looked at the time and laughed. “It’s already half-past four!”
“Ah? So late?” Harleen exclaimed.
Then she got up with a flip, putting on her clothes while talking.
“Billy, you rest a little more. I’ll go pick up Tasha, and tonight, let’s invite my parents to a restaurant. I’ll cook for you tomorrow.”
“Haha, take it easy. Tasha has an interest class in the afternoon these days, and she won’t finish until five. I’ll go pick her up with you.” Billy smiled and got dressed.
“Blame it on you, naughty husband, you insisted on doing it in broad daylight…” Harleen teased, her face still flushed.
Fifteen minutes later, the two set out together.
About ten minutes later, they arrived at the gate of the kindergarten. They happened to see Tasha and her classmates, led by the teacher, walking from the classroom to the small square in the yard.
“Tasha!” Harleen stood at the gate, waving at Tasha.
“Mama?!” Tasha saw Harleen and shouted excitedly, dancing with joy. She then said a word to the teacher and ran towards the gate. Since the teacher knew the couple, she didn’t stop her.
Just as Tasha was about to reach Harleen, two powerful gusts of wind, like hurricanes, roared from the side, with a momentum like a landslide. One of the gusts of wind aimed directly at Harleen and Tasha, while the other was heading towards Billy. The force of the winds shattered the windows of several parked cars and snapped several waist-thick trees by the roadside.
At the same time, a terrifying pressure enveloped the entire space. Except for Billy and Harleen, everyone else felt suffocated. All the children, including Tasha, burst into tears in fear.
Parents waiting at the gate, as well as teachers in the kindergarten, who were ordinary people without martial arts skills, all fell to the ground, their faces filled with endless horror, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
“Hmm?!” Billy’s pupils instantly shrank to the size of needlepoints. From the aura emanating from the two people, he could sense that both were at the mid-to-late God-Emperor Realm cultivation level. Among them, the one attacking Harleen had reached the peak of War God-Emperor. And the person attacking him was a Sovereign Realm powerhouse.
The two obviously had a plan. The Sovereign attacked Billy while the War God-Emperor targeted Harleen and her daughter. Even if they couldn’t do anything to Billy, they could at least delay him, preventing him from rescuing Harleen and their daughter.