Chapter 1766: Qianying × Meiyin
Chi Wuyue walked over slowly. She wanted to tell Yun Che that Zhou Xuzi had already arrived at the Long Shen Realm, and through Zhou Xuzi, she learned that Long Huang seemed to have entered the Tai Chu Divine Realm.
From a distance, she sensed Shui Meiyin's aura, smiled faintly, and turned away.
"Brother Yun Che, is Sister Wuyue really your empress?" Shui Meiyin asked.
"Yes." Yun Che nodded.
"But I always feel... it's a bit unlike it." She looked at him, seemingly eager for his answer.
"You're asking knowingly." Yun Che reached out and pulled the girl's soft, slender waist into his arm, explaining with a smile: "Back in the Bei Shen Domain, the reason I made her my empress and held a formal coronation ceremony was because her familiarity with the Bei Shen Domain far surpassed mine. The identity of empress also made it easier for her to manage, plan, and command to the greatest extent."
"Is that all?" Shui Meiyin bit her lip slightly, her voice softening: "Sister Wuyue is so alluring, you... hehe, you really didn't... devour her?"
"Alright, stop testing me." Yun Che smiled, then said frankly, "I still have a very special 'heart knot' regarding her. Although I know I shouldn't, after all this time, I still can't truly overcome it."
Shui Meiyin: "..."
She knew what the "heart knot" Yun Che spoke of was.
Mu Xuanyin.
No matter what, Chi Wuyue had once, with her unique demon soul, secretly interfered in Mu Xuanyin's life... for a full ten thousand years.
He suddenly reached out and gently pinched her soft, smooth cheek: "Besides, why are you so eager to push your own man onto other women? At least have a bit of feminine jealousy, okay?"
"Hmph! Falling in love with a bad man like you, if I didn't keep my jealousy in check, I'd have soured to death long ago." She murmured softly, then suddenly smiled brightly: "'Your own man,' I like that phrase, hehehe."
Yun Che turned his gaze, looking at her charming, smiling face up close. His arm around her waist unconsciously tightened a little. He sighed softly: "You seem like you'll never grow up."
"I never did grow up." Shui Meiyin's lips curled slightly.
"Now, I'm the big demon who has caused rivers of blood in the Dong Shen Domain, with blood debts too numerous to count. Everyone trembles at the sight of me, except for you..." Yun Che shook his head with a smile, at a loss for words.
Only in front of Shui Meiyin did he feel as if he were still the old self.
In the distance, the three Yan ancestors, whose hearing was still sealed, kept glancing over this way, memorizing Shui Meiyin's appearance and aura.
In front of others, the Demon Lord always wore a fierce expression as if everyone owed him a hundred lives. Even in front of the Demon Queen and Qianying, he was stern and unsmiling. But only in front of this little girl, he smiled like a flower.
It was terrifying...
"Mother said, marry a man, follow the man; marry a demon, follow the demon. I will change, Brother Yun Che will change, but my feelings for Brother Yun Che will never change."
After saying this, she blinked hard: "This is also the secret of why Mother is the most favored by Father!"
"And, there is one sentence Brother Yun Che must always remember." Her eyes were misty, her smile pure: "No matter how unfair and cruel fate is, no matter what has happened, there will always be someone in this world who loves you deeply... deeper than you think..."
Yun Che: "..."
"So, no matter what happens in the future, you must not give up on yourself." She gently poked Yun Che's chest, scolding: "Sister Wuyue told me that when you were in the Bei Shen Domain, you always harbored a death wish and even specially retained a power to perish together with Long Huang at the final moment."
Fortunately... that power was bestowed upon the Burning Moon Divine Emperor.
"From now on, you must not have such thoughts again, understand?" She tried her best to show a threatening pose, though it had no real force.
"Mm." Yun Che met her gaze and answered without hesitation: "I've already figured it out. Revenge heartily, live joyfully—that's the only way to be worthy of the life Master fought to save for me, worthy of those silently watching me from heaven."
Shui Meiyin laughed, brighter and more flawless than ever before. Her heart bloomed like ten thousand flowers, dispelling the last of her worries and anxiety.
"By the way," Yun Che said with a smile, "I have a way to restore your father's profound veins."
Shui Meiyin was startled, then her eyes sparkled like stars: "Really?"
"Of course, and it's quite simple." Yun Che said casually. Injuries to profound veins at Shui Qianheng's level were nearly unsolvable for others, but before the Miracle of Life, as long as the foundation wasn't completely destroyed, a full recovery could be easily achieved.
He had examined Shui Qianheng's profound vein injury before; it was similar in nature to Qianye Ying'er's past profound vein injury, but clearly much milder.
Yun Che continued: "But to return to the peak state, it will probably take a few years."
Shui Meiyin's lips parted involuntarily, both surprised and excited. Not only would the profound veins be restored, but he could even return to the peak, and in just a few short years... every point was like a miracle.
She lunged at Yun Che, wrapping her arms around his waist, pressing her face like a cat against his chest: "Brother Yun Che, you're really too amazing. No wonder you're the man I'm going to marry. Father and sister will be overjoyed when they find out."
"After things here in the Dong Shen Domain are settled, I'll make a trip to the Liuguang Realm." Yun Che said. "Half for restoring your father's profound veins, half... to formally repay the debt of gratitude from back then."
"Then... how should I reward Brother Yun Che?" Her face still flushed with excitement, she thought seriously.
Yun Che shook his head with a smile: "This is just a simple favor for me, nothing compared to everything you've done for me."
"Hehe, I said reward, not gratitude—completely different." She cast a sidelong glance, then suddenly thought of something. Her lips slowly approached Yun Che's ear, and as a faint rosy flush spread from her cheeks to her neck, she softly whispered something only she and Yun Che could hear.
After the whisper, she bit her lip lightly, her eyes hazy. But at that moment, a very discordant voice rang out coldly:
"Hmph! After all, you're just a little girl. Yun Che and I have long grown tired of such tricks."
The two separated abruptly, and Qianye Ying'er's figure landed before them. Her beautiful golden eyes didn't look at Yun Che but stared directly at Shui Meiyin.
That whisper, spoken with almost all her courage, had been overheard. Shui Meiyin's heart was in turmoil, but as who she was, she wouldn't show weakness. She immediately raised her brow and curved her lips: "That's just because you've grown tired of it with Brother Yun Che—it has nothing to do with me. Just now, Brother Yun Che's heartbeat was very loud."
"..." Qianye Ying'er was momentarily stunned, as if she hadn't expected that this "little girl" would, after being "caught," immediately counterattack with such a fierce retort.
She narrowed her eyes, half-smiling: "Then you don't know him well enough. This beastly man's preferences are far beyond what a little girl like you can imagine."
"..." The Bei Shen Domain Demon Lord's butt was suspended in midair, unsure whether to stand or sit back down, his old face uncontrollably heating up.
Wh-what's going on!?
"Is that so?" Shui Meiyin's lips curved even more, her beautiful eyes filled with deep curiosity: "Then what does Brother Yun Che like the most?"
"Say it, and I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it. Or..." Qianye Ying'er smiled faintly: "If you obediently beg me, I might consider personally teaching you."
"No need." Shui Meiyin said with a smile, "I'll just have Brother Yun Che teach me. As long as it's something Brother Yun Che likes, I can do it."
Qianye Ying'er: "..."
"Besides, I have an incredibly beautiful sister. With my sister's help, I can do many things... that you can never do."
Qianye Ying'er: "~!@#$%..."
Yun Che clearly saw that the space between Qianye Ying'er and Shui Meiyin was slightly distorted by their gazes meeting.
He suddenly stood up, positioning himself between the two women, his expression calm and full of authority: "How did the investigation go?"
Qianye Ying'er directly turned away.
"I'm going to find Sister Wuyue." Shui Meiyin stuck out her tongue at Yun Che and left with a smile.
In front of Yun Che, Shui Meiyin indeed seemed like a little girl who never wanted to grow up.
But that was only in front of Yun Che.
After all, she possessed the only Stainless Divine Soul in the world. On the level of the soul, she truly looked down upon all living beings. How could she ever back down or concede to anyone in any way?
Qianye Ying'er raised her hand and made a simple gesture.
Immediately, two vast, heaven-like auras descended from the sky, one left and one right, standing behind Qianye Ying'er.
They were Qianye Wugu and Qianye Bingzhu.
Their arrival instantly drew the dark pupils of the three Yan ancestors. When the two Qianye ancestors arrived, their gazes also fell on the three Yan ancestors, witnessing what they had once considered an "absurd" legend now truly appearing before them... For them, this was also a wondrous experience for the rest of their lives.
Yun Che glanced at them and said, "As expected of the ancestors of the Fan Di realm. In just a few days, you've recovered to this extent."
Without waiting for their reply, Yun Che directly asked, "Without the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal, how long can they still live?"
"A thousand years." The answer came from Qianye Wugu, his voice and expression as calm as an ancient well, showing no emotional fluctuation. It seemed he didn't care at all that Qianye Ying'er had given the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal to Yun Che.
"That's enough for us." Qianye Bingzhu also said lightly, "After all, we are people who should no longer exist."
And now, the drastically changed Fan Di God Realm was the time when they could least leave. So after Qianye Fantian's death, they both chose to stay by Qianye Ying'er's side. Like guardians, like detached observers, they would guard and watch the fate of the Fan Di God Realm afterward... possibly its final destiny.
Qianye Ying'er finally turned her gaze to him and said indifferently, "The people of Fan Di place great importance on honor. If they had done something like hunting wood spirits—something that would leave a stain—they would never leave any trace. But someone who should never have come into contact with the Fan Di God Realm, or even if they had, could not have understood it deeply, was able to recognize them as people from the Fan Di God Realm before dying."
Qianye Ying'er began to narrate the results she had obtained over the past few days. Yun Che and He Ling listened intently.
"I guess the most likely basis for his judgment was the profound light." Qianye Ying'er said, "It is known to all that the profound light of the Fan Di God Realm is golden."
"So the dead Wood Spirit patriarch must have identified them as people from the Fan Di God Realm based on the golden profound light they released."
Yun Che frowned and said, "As far as I know, in the Dong Shen Domain, the only ones whose profound energy appears golden are indeed from the Fan Di God Realm."
"Correct." Qianye Ying'er said, "Then... what about outside the Dong Shen Domain?"
"..." Yun Che's gaze sharpened.
Outside the Dong Shen Domain, the profound light of the Nanming Divine Realm was also golden.
But the Wood Spirit patriarch and his wife had died in the Dong Shen Domain back then. It seemed hard to connect them with the Nanming Divine Realm no matter what.
"There is something that is somewhat laughable to mention." Qianye Ying'er said in a deep voice, "The luxurious golden profound light undoubtedly earns the admiration and remembrance of the world. In the Dong Shen Domain, mentioning golden profound light brings to mind the Fan Di God Realm; mentioning the Fan Di God Realm brings to mind the extremely luxurious golden profound light."
"But this overly strong common knowledge has invisibly overshadowed many things. Including you, it seems not many people know that, unless one inherits the divine power of the Fan Gods or Fan Kings, the profound energy exerted solely by the Fan Di bloodline has a very faint golden hue. Only at the Divine Sovereign Realm does it become clearly discernible."
"And against a group of Wood Spirits whose highest cultivation was only at the Divine Spirit Realm, having someone escape can only mean that the person who attacked them had a cultivation level at most at the Divine King Realm."
"And for a Fan Di profound practitioner at the Divine King Realm, the golden hue in their profound energy is so faint it's almost impossible to identify."