Ye Qingyan's figure flashed and disappeared into the void.
Eastern Region, Qin Mountains!
The Qin Mountains are located in the center of the Eastern Region, a continuous range of hundreds of millions of miles, spanning east and west, and serving as the dividing line between the north and south of the Eastern Region.
Xiaoyue walked alone in this continuous mountain range, having just left the Qin family, her mood quite complex.
She learned the coordinates of Qin Shaoshang's hometown and the Tianhuang Star from Liu Yuran, and left the Tianchi Ancient Star. To reach Tianhuang Star as quickly as possible, she used the Supreme-level Void-Breaking Talisman given to her by her master.
She didn't know why she seemed so anxious. She had met the Qin family members, who, upon learning that she was looking for Qin Shaoshang, treated her with extreme friendliness, honoring her as a distinguished guest.
The Qin family was very enthusiastic towards her, so enthusiastic that she felt a little overwhelmed. It wasn't the enthusiasm of treating a guest, but as if they regarded her as the future mistress of the house.
After staying for a while, she finally couldn't withstand the Qin family's enthusiasm and left.
Before leaving, Qin Xianlong, the head of the Qin family, who was also Qin Shaoshang's father, gave her something.
Xiaoyue held a jade pendant in her hand, made of ordinary spiritual jade, with nothing special about it. She could crush it with a light pinch.
Originally, Xiaoyue wanted to refuse, but she couldn't resist Qin Xianlong's enthusiasm. Moreover, Xiaoyue saw nothing special about the jade pendant, so she had no choice but to accept it.
She looked at the jade pendant, and after confirming that there was nothing special about it except for the pictographic character 'Qin' on it, she put it away.
This unremarkable jade pendant should just be a simple token!
After sighing, Xiaoyue put the matter behind her. Now she had bigger things to face.
That was that the Tianhuang Star was too strong. She had never even heard of figures like the Holy Emperor and Houtu Empress in the ancient star road for so many years, not to mention the Holy Emperor Palace, the Ancient God Clan, and the Twelve Inherited Divine Halls. She didn't even dare to imagine them.
"It turns out we are frogs in a well."
Xiaoyue smiled wryly. Although she was different from the others in the Azure Flame Realm and didn't look down on the mortal world, she still believed that the mortal world was a backward world. This wasn't looking down on it, but a fact.
But the mortal world was powerful, which was also a fact.
She was now thinking about returning to the Azure Flame Realm to tell them that the mortal world was not as simple as they thought, but a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, unfathomable.
However, her Void-Breaking Talisman had already been used. If she wanted to return to the Azure Heaven and Earth with her current cultivation, it would take at least hundreds of years. By then, it would probably be too late.
So Xiaoyue, with the mentality of 'since I'm here, I might as well stay,' wanted to go to a nearby large city.
She learned from the Qin family that to enter the Twelve Inherited Divine Halls, she didn't need to go to the location of the Inherited Divine Halls. She just needed to find a large city, and she could be teleported to the Inherited Divine Halls through the special formation in the city.
"This is Empress Houtu's gift to all beings!" When the Qin family said this, their faces were full of pious respect.
Xiaoyue didn't know who the Holy Emperor and Houtu Empress were, but everyone she met had nothing but respect on their faces when they mentioned them.
Being loved by countless living beings was something that couldn't be achieved just by being strong. This made Xiaoyue curious. In the Qin family's library, she read many ancient books, all about the Holy Emperor.
She didn't know until she understood, and she was shocked when she understood.
Cultivating for a million years and becoming an invincible powerhouse unprecedented and perhaps unparalleled was something that even the protagonists of those strange novels wouldn't dare to write.
After being shocked, she learned about Houtu Empress.
Breaking the Dao, breaking the Dao, breaking the Dao, breaking the Dao beyond the Immortal Emperor!
This was the only news she got, because Houtu Empress was a figure who only appeared a thousand years ago. There were no records of the Ancient God Clan in the ancient books, and the current information was all recorded on the stone tablets in front of the twelve divine statues.
Just then, a figure blocked her path ahead.
She came back to her senses and took a closer look, her pupils shrinking slightly. She quickly and respectfully saluted the person who came.
"Xiaoyue greets Azure Flame Immortal Venerable!"
The person who came was Ye Qingyan. The familiar aura she felt before was the aura of the Azure Flame Realm on Xiaoyue's body.
Ye Qingyan looked at Xiaoyue and asked, "Are you a disciple of Immortal King Yu Xiao?"
"Reporting to Immortal Venerable, my master is Immortal King Yu Xiao." Xiaoyue's voice was a little nervous. This was Azure Flame Immortal Venerable, the supreme existence in their Azure Flame Realm. She had seen her master from afar when she was a child, and she would never forget the impression Azure Flame Immortal Venerable had left on her.
So she recognized Azure Flame Immortal Venerable at a glance.
"You came to Tianhuang Star alone?" Ye Qingyan asked.
If it were somewhere else, she wouldn't have specifically looked for Xiaoyue, but here it was Tianhuang Star, so she was curious how Xiaoyue came to Tianhuang Star.
"I…"
Xiaoyue's face turned red, and she lowered her head embarrassedly. Their expedition was originally to compete with the geniuses of the mortal world, but what about her? How could she put her mind on the competition?
"Could it be that you're here to find your little lover?" Ye Qingyan teased.
"He's not my lover. He… he's just a lecher…"
Xiaoyue said what was in her heart in a moment of desperation.
A strange look flashed in Ye Qingyan's eyes. She looked at Xiaoyue. Was this little girl's purpose the same as hers?
Ye Qingyan had a good impression of Xiaoyue in her heart, so she said, "Have you seen a genius who uses a bow?"
"Xiaoyue has not seen one." Xiaoyue shook her head. She had never seen anyone who used a bow. She had only seen someone who used a wolf's fang club, dragging his clothes, wearing a tiger skin skirt, looking like a savage. He was an impolite and foul-mouthed lecher.
Ye Qingyan wasn't disappointed. She just asked casually and didn't expect to get an answer from Xiaoyue.
Next, Ye Qingyan gave Xiaoyue a few pointers on her cultivation and then left.
After Azure Flame Immortal Venerable left, she still felt like she was in a dream, feeling unreal.
"I received guidance from Azure Flame Immortal Venerable?" Xiaoyue stood there in astonishment, feeling unreal, but the cultivation bottleneck that had plagued her for many years had been solved, which was indeed real.
"I really received guidance from Azure Flame Immortal Venerable."
Xiaoyue was so happy that she almost jumped up. That was Azure Flame Immortal Venerable. Even her master, Immortal King Yu Xiao, wanted to see Azure Flame Immortal Venerable, but it was extremely difficult, and she actually received guidance from the Venerable herself. If this were to be spread back to the Azure Flame Realm, it would probably cause an uproar.
"Crap, I forgot to report the matter of Tianhuang Star to Azure Flame Immortal Venerable…" Xiaoyue's face changed slightly, but soon, she gave a self-deprecating wry smile.
"Xiaoyue, ah, Xiaoyue, you're really dizzy with joy. The Venerable herself has descended, how could she not know?"
Xiaoyue shook her head, then calmed her mind and went forward.
"Wife!"
But at this moment, a familiar voice sounded. Xiaoyue turned her head and saw a tall figure, naked to the waist, wearing a tiger skin skirt, carrying a black wolf's fang club on his shoulder, looking like a savage.
"Aren't you in the ancient star road? Why are you back?" Xiaoyue looked at Qin Shaoshang in surprise, even subconsciously ignoring the word "wife."
"Didn't my father tell me that you came to find me, so I came back." Qin Shaoshang walked over with a smile. He was very tall, a full nine feet tall. In comparison, Xiaoyue was just up to his chest.
"You… don't get too close!"
Xiaoyue felt the familiar masculine aura and took a few steps back in a panic.
"You're my wife, what's wrong with getting closer?" Qin Shaoshang ignored her and just wanted to get closer.
"You lecher, don't talk nonsense, who is your wife?" Xiaoyue glared at Qin Shaoshang with her beautiful eyes. This guy was still so rude, really a lecher.
"You have our family's betrothal token on you, you are my wife," Qin Shaoshang said.
"Boom!"
Xiaoyue felt like a bolt from the blue. She took out the jade pendant and said, "You said this is your family's betrothal token?"
Qin Shaoshang nodded in agreement.
"Impossible, this is just an ordinary jade stone, how could it be your family's betrothal token?" Xiaoyue still didn't believe it. The Qin family was an immortal force. No matter how stingy they were, they wouldn't use a jade pendant carved from an ordinary jade stone as a betrothal token.
"The Great Dao is simple. When my father was pursuing my mother, it was also this jade pendant," Qin Shaoshang said with a smile.
"I… I'll return it to you, I don't want it." Xiaoyue said angrily. Now she finally knew why Qin Shaoshang was so rude. She had been tricked by Qin Shaoshang's father.
"That won't do. With the jade pendant in your hand, you are the Qin family's recognized next mistress, and I am the next head of the family. You should just follow me!" Qin Shaoshang flashed and came behind Xiaoyue, hugging her from behind like last time.
"Lecher, let go!" Xiaoyue shouted. Qin Shaoshang's rich and wild masculine aura made her heart flutter. She wanted to struggle, but she was reluctant to really break free. She was very conflicted and scared.
Could it be that she really liked this lecher?
How could it be? This guy is rude, foul-mouthed, and always dresses like a savage, with no sense of style. How could she like him?
"Let me go, or I'll get impolite," Xiaoyue was frightened by her own thoughts and quickly put on an icy face, scolding in a cold voice.
"Okay, okay, don't mess around, or you'll hurt yourself." Qin Shaoshang obediently let her go.
For some reason, after letting go, Xiaoyue only felt a little lost in her heart, which made her very scared. What was wrong with her? She couldn't stand so many young talents in the Azure Flame Realm, how could she like a lecher?
Xiaoyue was filled with shame and anger, both complaining about Qin Shaoshang and angry at herself for being unpromising.
"Wife…"
"Don't call me wife," Xiaoyue said coldly.
Qin Shaoshang scratched his head and said, "Then what should I call you?"
"You… you don't even know what I'm called." Xiaoyue looked at Qin Shaoshang in stunned silence.
"That…" Qin Shaoshang was a little embarrassed.
"You don't know what I'm called, why did you come back?" Xiaoyue laughed in anger. She never thought that Qin Shaoshang would dare to call her wife without even knowing her name. This person was too shameless!
"I heard my father say that a very beautiful woman was looking for me. The first person I thought of was you, so I rushed back… cough cough…"
As he spoke, Qin Shaoshang's face suddenly turned pale, and he coughed up two mouthfuls of blood.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiaoyue was shocked when she saw this and quickly asked with concern.
"Are you worried about me?" Qin Shaoshang's eyes lit up, looking at Xiaoyue in surprise.
Xiaoyue's face returned to its previous coldness, and said, "Don't think too much, if something happens to you in front of me, it will be difficult for me to explain to the Qin family head."
"Really?" Qin Shaoshang asked.
"Yes." Xiaoyue nodded coolly.
"Okay!" A look of regret flashed in Qin Shaoshang's eyes, which was all seen by Xiaoyue.
Suddenly, she felt that this guy was sometimes quite innocent and cute. She was obviously saying something against her will, but he actually took it seriously?
This guy wouldn't be lying to her, would he? But looking at his disappointed eyes, it didn't seem like he was pretending. Would she make him sad if she lied to him like this?
So Xiaoyue muttered, "Remember, my name is Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue meaning 'knowing the bright moon', remember that?"
"I remember, wife… uh, Xiaoyue." Qin Shaoshang subconsciously called her wife, but was glared at by Xiaoyue and quickly changed his words.
"What's wrong with your injuries?" Xiaoyue asked.
Qin Shaoshang didn't know what Xiaoyue was thinking, but since Xiaoyue asked, he told the truth, "After receiving my father's message, I rushed to Tianhuang Star non-stop, continuously opening up void passages, and my body couldn't take it anymore."
"Don't you want to live? You're only in the Saint King Realm. Even if your body is strong, opening up more than three void passages is already the limit. The ancient star road is so far away from Tianhuang Star, are you really courting death?" Xiaoyue frowned slightly, her tone carrying a bit of blame and worry.
Perhaps afraid that her tone would make Qin Shaoshang misunderstand that she was really worried about him, Xiaoyue added, "If something happens to you, the Qin family head will definitely be very sad."
"Hehe, I didn't think so much, I just thought you came to find me, so I was anxious to see you." Qin Shaoshang scratched his head, and actually showed a simple and honest smile on his face.
This smile didn't match his appearance of calling Xiaoyue wife as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Xiaoyue not know how to evaluate Qin Shaoshang.
Because she could see that Qin Shaoshang wasn't pretending, he was really innocent at this moment.
In fact, people who didn't understand Qin Shaoshang thought he would be a cunning person, but Qin Shaoshang's character has always been straightforward.
When he first saw Mu Qingyi, he threatened to compete with Mu Qingyi. If he won, he would let Mu Qingyi go back to Undying Mountain with him to get married, but when Li Beifeng said that Mu Qingyi was his future wife, Qin Shaoshang decisively gave up.
Perhaps it was because he thought Mu Qingyi or Xiaoyue were very beautiful that he would directly express his feelings, but if the other party had a Dao companion, he would directly give up.
Xiaoyue said that she didn't have a Dao companion, so Qin Shaoshang kept pestering Xiaoyue.
Qin Shaoshang didn't have deep thoughts, and could even be said to have no thoughts at all. For the people he liked, he wouldn't use sweet words, and didn't know how to be romantic. He liked Xiaoyue, and would only use the most direct and simple way of expressing it.
For example, words that were too straightforward to be more straightforward, such as "Go back to the mountain with me to get married" and "Be my wife".
Xiaoyue didn't know much about Qin Shaoshang, but she must be able to feel Qin Shaoshang's character, otherwise she wouldn't be standing in front of Qin Shaoshang at this moment, but would be drawing her sword against him.
Listening to Qin Shaohuang's straightforward and undisguised words, Xiaoyue's face flushed with shyness and anger, but her heart felt a strange sweetness.
"Are you serious about marrying me?" Xiaoyue asked.
"Yes!" Qin Shaohuang admitted generously.
"Then you have to promise me one condition," Xiaoyue said with a glint of cunning in her eyes.
"What condition?" Qin Shaohuang asked, his heart pounding with excitement, failing to notice the change in Xiaoyue's eyes.
"As long as you defeat the person who fought alongside you back then, I will agree to marry you, how about that?" Xiaoyue said with a light smile.
"You mean Gu Tianjun?"
"Yes!" Xiaoyue nodded.
"I can't promise you that," Qin Shaohuang shook his head.
Xiaoyue was stunned, "Don't you want to marry me anymore?"
"I do!" Qin Shaohuang nodded emphatically.
Xiaoyue was even more puzzled. If he wanted to, why wouldn't he agree?
Qin Shaohuang said, "Precisely because I want to marry you, I won't agree to this condition. If I agree, then I will never be able to marry you. I have fought with Gu Tianjun for over a thousand years, fought no less than a hundred times, but I have never won against him. So I can't gamble, I just want to marry you!"
"You..."
Listening to Qin Shaohuang's earnest words, Xiaoyue finally understood how determined the other party was to marry her. Geniuses always hated to admit defeat, and even more so for peerless geniuses like Qin Shaohuang.
But Qin Shaohuang was now directly admitting that he was not Gu Tianjun's opponent, and he didn't want to link marrying her to that.
This guy, his sincerity is terrifying!
This guy, just to see her, could disregard danger. She couldn't help but admit that she was truly moved by this guy.
"Can you change the condition?" Qin Shaohuang said.
"Okay!" Xiaoyue nodded.
"What condition?" Qin Shaohuang's eyes lit up.
"This... I'll tell you when I think of it later. For now, as long as you listen to me obediently and come back with me immediately, your injuries can't be delayed," Xiaoyue said.
"Alright!"
Not hearing the answer he wanted, Qin Shaohuang was a little disappointed, but he was still obedient. Supported by Xiaoyue, they headed towards the Qin family.
This scene of theirs was completely seen by Qingyan Immortal Venerable.
She looked at Qin Shaohuang's wolf-fang club, her eyes flashing with light.
In the downstream of the River of Time, she not only saw the person carrying the longbow, but also several other figures. One of the figures was particularly tall, a head taller than the others. The weapon in his hand was a wolf-fang club.
Qingyan Immortal Venerable didn't think it was a coincidence.
The foundation of the mortal realm exceeded her imagination. She couldn't predict how far these young people could go in the future.
But now she had finally obtained some useful information.
She believed that she would soon be able to find that guy.
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