"Grandfather, we just met and are no different than strangers. How can you ask me to conceive a child with him? Not to mention our situation..." Lan Yingying said to him.
"So what if you're strangers? Your relationship won't matter regardless since he'll be leaving in a month whether you like it or not!" The old man said.
"Even if you say that… What about his opinion on this matter?" Lan Yingying turned to look at Yuan, who looked very confused about the current situation.
"Do we even need to ask him? Who could possibly refuse our beautiful granddaughter? And why do you seem so reluctant? If you don't continue our lineage, who will take care of the Lord's stone tablet in the future? Who will be here to greet the Lord when he returns?" The old man sighed.
"W-Wait a minute…" Yuan suddenly interrupted. "What do you mean by your last words? Hasn't it been hundreds of thousands of years since the Lord 'disappeared' from this place? Can a human even live that long?"
The old man chuckled after hearing his words, and he spoke a moment later, "Of course not— no human would be able to live that long. However, the Lord is not dead, and while we say he 'disappeared', the Lord merely left the Mystic Realm and hasn't returned since then. Although we don't know where he went or what he's doing outside, with his heaven-defying talents, we're certain that he could reach the peak of cultivation and become a real Immortal."
"True Immortals can live millions of years with ease, nor are they affected by the passage of time. They also can't die from natural causes such as diseases or old age, and the only way they can die is if someone kills them, but even that requires some effort."
"And as long as the Lord is alive, he'll definitely return to this world in the future. That's what he promised my ancestors right before he left, after all." The old man said with a confident smile on his face.
Yuan was speechless. He was simply amazed by their loyalty to this Lord person. If he had to wait hundreds of thousands of years, even potentially millions of years for someone to return, he would've probably lost faith long ago.
"Anyways, thank you for teaching me so much about this world, but I have to leave now, as I still need to regroup with my team," Yuan said to them a moment later.
"What? You're leaving already? But you still haven't done anything with our granddaughter! At least sow your seeds in her before you leave!" The old lady quickly said.
"Umm… I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that…" Yuan then said.
The old couple exchanged looks with each other. What kind of life has this young man been living that made him so innocent? What about his parents?
"Ahem!" The old man cleared his throat and said, "In other words… I want you and my granddaughter to have a child together."
Yuan's eyes widened with shock. While he doesn't know anything about giving birth since nobody has taught him about the subject, he at least knew how much responsibility it was to have children.
"B-But I won't be in this world in a month… And I don't think I am ready to bear so much responsibility…" Yuan said to them a moment later.
"It's fine even if you leave. We aren't asking for you to take responsibility, either. You simply need to impregnate our granddaughter so that our lineage will continue. We'll take care of everything else after that." The old lady said.
Yuan looked at the old couple for a moment before turning to look at Lan Yingying.
After a moment of silence, Yuan lowered his head and apologized to them, "I'm sorry, but if I ever have children, I want to be there for them. You see, even though I was adopted at a young age, I never knew my real parents or what they look like, and I don't want my own children to experience the same loneliness I felt before I was adopted. I hope you can understand…"
"..."
The old couple was left speechless by Yuan's words. As much as they wanted him to conceive a child with their granddaughter, they couldn't force him.
After a moment of silence, the old man nodded and said, "I see… I will also apologize if you felt pressured by us. If you don't want to, we won't force you."
"What a pity… We have been looking for someone like you for such a long time, too…" The old lady sighed in a regretful voice.
The old man then said, "Yingying, go show the young man the way out and take him to the nearest city. Although there should be no magical beasts around this place, there are magical beasts roaming outside, and they might be a little too much for him to handle even if he understands Sword Aura."
"Okay." Lan Yingying nodded.
"Thank you, Seniors. It was nice meeting you." Yuan said to them.
"Just call us Grandpa Lan and Grandma Lan. I am also glad that we got to meet a genius like you since it gives us a feeling of what our ancestors might have felt when they met the Lord for the first time," said Grandpa Lan.
"If you decide to change your mind about having a child with our granddaughter before leaving this place, you can come back here at any time. My granddaughter will always be available for you." Grandma Lan said to him.
Sometime later, Lan Yingying led Yuan away from the cabin and towards the direction of the unnamed temple.
"Isn't it strange, grandpa?" Grandma Lan spoke after Yuan left.
"What?"
"How we don't dislike him even though he's a human. In fact, I even liked him very much," she said.
"I know how you feel, grandma. There was just something attractive about him. Perhaps it's his unique charisma. I wonder if this is what our ancestors felt when they met the Lord. If so, I can totally understand why they decided to serve him." Grandpa Lan said with a smile on his face, and the two of them returned to the cabin shortly after.