“My good daughter, I’ve missed you so much since you've been away from home for so long.”
As soon as Yao Tianchen and his wife learned that their daughter had returned, they immediately put down what they were doing to greet her. When Madam Yao saw Yao Xian, she rushed over, taking three steps in two, not even noticing Gu Changsheng beside Yao Xian, and hugged Yao Xian tightly to express her longing.
As the head of the family, Yao Tianchen was able to control his emotions well. He walked up to Gu Changsheng and respectfully bowed, saying, “Greetings, Great Emperor. My wife missed Yao Xian too much and neglected the Great Emperor. Please forgive us.”
Gu Changsheng waved his hand, indicating that he didn’t mind.
“Not bad, already a Immortal King.” Gu Changsheng glanced at Yao Tianchen. Although Yao Tianchen hid his aura very well, even other Immortal Kings might not be able to detect it, but who was Gu Changsheng? No one could hide in front of him, so he naturally saw through Yao Tianchen's true strength at a glance.
“Dad, you really broke through?”
Yao Xian looked at Yao Tianchen in surprise after hearing Gu Changsheng's words.
She remembered that in the valley in the Vegetable Holy Land, when five ignorant Supreme experts wanted to capture Little Phoenix, she had said that her father should already be a Immortal King at that time. However, she was just trying to scare them at the time. She didn't expect her father to really become a Immortal King, which was a pleasant surprise.
“Haha, all thanks to the Great Emperor.” Yao Tianchen said with a chuckle.
“Is that so?” Yao Xian turned her head to look at Gu Changsheng, her eyes filled with doubt. She didn't know about the Grand Dao Golden Pill.
Gu Changsheng just smiled at this and didn't say anything. Although Yao Tianchen's breakthrough to Immortal King so quickly was related to the Grand Dao Golden Pill, only a few decades had passed since Yao Tianchen obtained the Grand Dao Golden Pill. Originally, Yao Tianchen hadn't been an immortal for long, so his own talent was also very important for him to advance to Immortal King.
“Don’t just stand there, let’s go inside first,” Madam Yao said.
So the four of them arrived at the main hall of the Yao family. Yao Tianchen wanted to let Gu Changsheng sit in the main seat, but Gu Changsheng never cared about these formalities, and he just wanted to be close to his wife. If he sat in the main seat, would he have to let Yao Xian sit next to him? He would agree, but Yao Xian would never agree.
Seeing that Gu Changsheng didn't agree, Yao Tianchen was helpless, but he didn't sit in the main seat either.
“By the way, where is the Old Ancestor?” Yao Xian didn't see her Old Ancestor, so she was puzzled.
Not to mention that Gu Changsheng came back with her today, even normally, with the Old Ancestor's love for her, he would definitely come out to see her when she returned from training.
Yao Tianchen said, “He has been traveling for twenty years.”
Yao Xian nodded, and then left Gu Changsheng aside, pulling her mother away from the hall to have a private conversation.
Gu Changsheng chuckled, not minding it. After all, no matter what, they were mother and daughter. Even if he gave the Yao family great favors, some karma couldn't be broken so easily.
As long as Yao Xian was happy.
“How is Alan now?” Gu Changsheng asked about the situation of his grand-disciple Xiao Min'er's mother. Before he took Xiao Min'er away, he had asked Yao Tianchen to secretly take care of Alan. After all, Alan's cultivation was not high. Although there were no strong people in the Northwest Desert, he always had to guard against accidents.
“Miss Alan has been doing well recently. Although there were also enemies who had feuded with her in the past who wanted to find trouble with Alan, they were all secretly dealt with by me, and I didn't let those people disturb her life,” Yao Tianchen said.
“Thank you for your hard work.” Gu Changsheng nodded. An Immortal King personally secretly protecting a cultivator who was only in the Transcendent Realm, in the vastness of the myriad worlds, probably only Alan besides Hong Hong back then.
“Great Emperor, you are joking, it's just a thought, how can it be hard work?” Yao Tianchen smiled wryly, not daring to take credit. A trace of his thought had been staying in the Northwest Desert. If anyone had malicious intentions towards Alan, he would sense it, and that trace of thought would personally take action to kill the person, which was not hard work at all.
“The myriad worlds will not be peaceful recently, you must be prepared.” Gu Changsheng suddenly turned the topic to another side.
Hearing this, Yao Tianchen said with a solemn expression, “Recently, when I was cultivating, I often felt a sense of impending storm when I sensed the secrets of heaven, which made me feel frightened and unable to cultivate in peace. Could it be related to what you said, Great Emperor?”
“It's somewhat related.” Gu Changsheng did not deny it. Houtu wanted to unify the myriad worlds, and there would inevitably be many creatures who disagreed, so the war would break out. The world war between the myriad worlds had never happened in the past eighteen Chaos Epochs, and it would not be possible in the future, so even he was very curious about what wonderful things would happen.
“Then how should the Yao family choose?” Yao Tianchen didn't know what would happen specifically, but he had a feeling in his heart that the unrest in the myriad worlds was related to Gu Changsheng, and at this time, he was talking about the Yao family, not himself, which meant that he already had the idea of taking sides.
Gu Changsheng shook his head and said, “The Yaochi Immortal Realm is Yao Xian's hometown, I will not allow the flames of war to spread here.”
“Thank you, Great Emperor!”
Yao Tianchen was very grateful. He had just said the Yao family, but Gu Changsheng was talking about the entire Yaochi Immortal Realm, so the Yaochi Immortal Realm could be worry-free forever.
“Great Emperor, I know you like good wine. These years, I have discovered a new wine in the mortal realm. I don’t know if it suits your taste?”
As he said that, Yao Tianchen waved his hand, and a pot of wine and two wine glasses appeared between the two of them.
Seeing this, Gu Changsheng's eyes lit up. New wine, whether it was good or not, he would try it, and only after drinking it would he know if it was suitable.
Yao Tianchen poured a glass of wine for Gu Changsheng and also poured a glass for himself.
“Great Emperor, I toast you!” Yao Tianchen raised his glass and drank it all.
Gu Changsheng nodded and smiled, also raising his glass to signal and drinking the wine.
“Hmm?”
A trace of doubt flashed in Gu Changsheng's eyes.
Seeing this, Yao Tianchen thought that Gu Changsheng was not satisfied, so he quickly asked, “Great Emperor, what's wrong? Is there a problem with this wine?”
Gu Changsheng shook his head and said, “There is no problem with the wine. Where did you get this wine from in the mortal realm?”
Hearing that it was not a problem with the wine, Yao Tianchen felt relieved. He truthfully said, “It is the mortal realm corresponding to the Tianxuan Continent. It seems to be ruled by a dynasty called the Nanxiang Dynasty. It is also a coincidence that the royal family of the Nanxiang Dynasty has the same surname as you, Great Emperor. At first, I thought this mortal dynasty was related to you.”
“So that's how it is!” Gu Changsheng nodded. Wasn't it in the mortal realm that Yao Tianchen said that Yao Xian went to experience?
And there, he met a close friend, an old scholar Ouyang Ji.
An old scholar who became a saint by reading in the mortal realm!
The flow of time in the mortal realm is more than 30 times faster than in the cultivation world. Now that nearly decades have passed in the cultivation world, perhaps two thousand years have passed in the mortal realm.
“Great Emperor, what's wrong?” Yao Tianchen asked.
“It's nothing, I just thought of an old friend. I haven't seen him for a while, I just miss him a little.” Gu Changsheng laughed.
Yao Tianchen was puzzled when he heard this. Could it be that the Great Emperor also has friends in the mortal realm?
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