Not long later, the Mid Stage Martial Overlord returned.
"Master, the black-cloaked man took the prince to a small villa in a countryside area" She showed her master the place with a map.
"Thank you, you can leave now"
"Master... where is the brother monitoring Xia Wen Ya?" She had known that her master had sent someone to monitor Xia Wen Ya.
"Don't worry, he's back"
"Yes master" The subordinate left immediately.
"Let's go on a rescue mission" Zi Hua lead her three spirit beasts and left to rescue the little prince, surprisingly at this moment Zi Hua realized that she had never done a rescue mission before.
They set off immediately, the only flaw with teleportation is that she can only teleport to places that she had been to, so they had to go the old fashioned way... well flying there isn't exactly the 'old fashioned way' but it's slower than teleportation.
They landed not far away from the location and decided to go there the actual old fashioned way, walking, as to not alert the enemy.
They reached a inconspicuous villa and sneaked into it through a window.
Inside they could hear the sound of a child weeping from one of the back rooms.
"*hic* What are you going to do?"
"Don't be so eager, it'll take just a few more hours until my new poison is finished, just be patient" A malicious-looking old man stood inside the room holding all sorts of poisonous plants and a child with his hands and legs bound was crying on the floor.
"Grandfather and father will come and save me" The child firmly believed that although his mother abandoned him, his other family members would come and save him.
"Hahaha, that wimpy emperor and stupid prince? After your mother gave you to me, that emperor almost p*ssed his pants when I gave him a visit" He could still remember how fearful the emperor was when he was gripping his hand on his neck, threatening to kill, he should've just got the emperor to find the thing but the emperor wasn't like the General's Manor whom had a bunch of expendable 'experts' or more specifically sacrificial guinea pigs.
Xing Wu Xun's pupils dilated, unwilling to believe the man's words.
It just so happened that Zi Hua heard those words.
'So that's what happened'
"Master, that Xia Wen Ya is too despicable and her son is so pitiful" Xiao Hong couldn't stand it, even spirit beasts care for their children.
"Let's charged in on the count of three, just make the man immobile, I'll deal with him later"
"1...2...3!" They all burst into the room and Xiao Bai karate kicked the door open like a hero from an action movie.
"Who are you!" The man warily glared at the attackers, he couldn't detect them at all. His powers were on the stronger side in Moonlight Continent and as a Low Stage Martial Overlord he should be the strongest in this puny continent.
Before he could react properly he was already captured by a purple-haired youth, the two ladies didn't want to have any contact with such a disgusting person so the job was left upon Xiao Zi.
Zi Hua, ah ,Zi Hua, can't you at least give the villain a chance to spout some nonsense then defeat him like in those other novels? Can't you give the readers some entertainment and a proper show?
As a top class spiritual beast, although they were all weak at birth, they grew super quickly with Zi Hua's help, although they are mythical beasts but they actually have the potential to breakthrough to the next level(s), all spirit beasts do..
The three spirit beasts growth speed was really them and only, an aberrant's spirit beasts will be aberrants too. Only she deserved to have these spirit beasts, after all a priceless treasure will become useless in the hands of those who do not know about it.
Zi Hua went to untangle the ropes.
"Pretty sister!" Seeing the pretty sister from his birthday he was delighted.
"Don't worry, I'm here to save you"
"Sorry, if I didn't humiliate your mother she wouldn't have done this to you" Zi Hua felt really guilty, if she had thought it through more thoroughly, the innocent child wouldn't have been put through this.
"Sister, it's not your fault, she never loved me or cared about me in the first place" Despite being young, the child could differentiate from right and wrong, it was only his 'mother's' fault.
Zi Hua could only give a weak and helpless smile seeing the child attempt to explain.
She gently patted his head as to console him, being a psychologist she understood how vulnerable children are to trauma, especially when they have suffered through neglect etc.
Comforted in Zi Hua's embrace the child fell asleep, Zi Hua handed the child over to Xiao Bai since she... well she didn't know how to take care of a child so she thought that Xiao Bai, who seemed mature would be more suitable, without even thinking before ruling out Xiao Hong.
(Xiao Bai: You think this infant spirit beast will know? What do you mean mature, I'm younger than you T-T, you saying I look old?!)
"Let's leave, bring that pile of sh*t back too" The sh*t Zi Hua was referring to was the 'Great Master Dai', people such as him were no different from dogsh*t.
Xiao Hong automatically burnt down the entire place once they left the house, with her degree of power she can control her flames to distinguish once the burning was finished. See what I did there ;)