Chapter 40: What About You and Her?
Her eyes were melancholic, carrying a kind of magic.
He hadn’t noticed before, but upon closer inspection, Mingyan saw a faint, translucent red light in Huang Junyi’s eyes. It wasn’t sinister or strange, but like a flickering flame. And then, just as quickly, it vanished.
Was it his imagination?
He stared into her eyes, then suddenly noticed her smiling. “What are you looking at me for?”
“I was just thinking your eyes are very beautiful,” he came back to his senses. “Sister… you pressing against me like this…?”
“What? Am I too heavy?”
“No,” he said. “It’s just… I’m not used to it. Can you get up, Sister?”
She smiled, her eyes narrowed, but she did get up. “You’ve met Great Empress Qingzi. Don’t you think she’s a peerless beauty?”
Mingyan nodded. Although he couldn’t see her clearly, her blurry figure hinted at her stunning beauty.
“The Empress was undefeated before her ascension. She was a rogue cultivator. Her journey was not easy.” Huang Junyi said, “It’s rumored she studied Yaochi’s ‘Western Emperor Scripture’. I don’t know if it’s true, but she definitely has some connection with Yaochi.”
She was born a few hundred years after Great Empress Qingzi’s ascension and had grown up listening to her stories.
But after so many years, some things had become blurred. The Empress had been quite low-key before, and her name wasn’t famous until she broke through to the Divine Seal Realm. This was the reality for rogue cultivators. Without a protector, they had to cultivate cautiously to avoid being discovered and killed by those with ill intentions.
Later, as her strength grew, some powers were naturally willing to nurture and protect her.
It was a transaction, an exchange for her protection after she had grown strong.
Yaochi should have been the one that had taken the most care of her. She was also very devoted to Yaochi and had once descended to impart her Dao.
But Yaochi had also been very good to her. Mingyan remembered Ning Mengru saying that the Empress did possess the “Western Emperor Scripture,” yet Yaochi hadn’t hunted her down for being an outsider but had given her protection instead. He guessed that Yaochi had likely invited her to join, but she had probably refused.
And Yaochi hadn’t said anything. From the Empress’s subsequent actions, not only had they not held it against her, but they had even given her a lot of help.
Compared to the Empress, he was actually much better off. He had met Huang Feiyan when his cultivation was still low, and later, he had gone to the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sacred Land, with two super powers, the Huang family and the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sacred Land, behind him.
“What’s the Empress’s name?” Mingyan asked. Such a person would surely be remembered for all time.
“Her name? I don’t know. She seems to have had many aliases, but the most widely circulated rumor is that her surname is Ji,” Huang Junyi said. “Those of her generation have all passed away. Although there was a Human King at that time, he was defeated after a great battle with the then-Empress and died of grief not long after… In this world, there are no longer any of her contemporaries.”
Mingyan sighed.
He was a Human King Physique. If he could cultivate to his peak, his lifespan would be over nine thousand years. And then, in the entire world, besides his sister Wang Qingchu and the Empress, there would be no one else from his time, right?
Was a long life really a good thing?
“Hmm…? Feiyan seems to be waking up. You should go out first.” Huang Junyi’s gaze shifted, and she said to Mingyan, “Remember, don’t tell Feiyan about me being here yet, you hear?”
“…I think it’s fine if Feiyan knows. The surprise…” Mingyan hesitated.
“Don’t say it,” she pouted. “You’re not allowed to tell her without my permission.”
“Alright then.” He nodded helplessly and left the room. Just as he was about to go back, he found Huang Feiyan opening her eyes. She looked at him, a little strange. “Hmm? Where did you go just now?”
Her divine sense was already quite sensitive. Although she had been immersed in cultivation, she was still sensitive to subtle changes in her surroundings. She hadn’t noticed his departure?
“…I went out to take a look.” He said, walking over and sitting down in his previous spot.
“Where are we?” Huang Feiyan, not thinking much of it, asked.
“We’re almost at the teleportation array.” He sighed inwardly and looked at Feng Shiyi, who was still sound asleep, and sighed again. If she really didn’t want to leave, and Bai Ze also chose to avoid them…
Was he really going to have to take her with him?
Feng Shiyi’s long eyelashes trembled slightly, and soon, she woke up, rubbed her eyes, yawned, and saw him. She stared at him for a moment, then closed her eyes again, hugged his arm, and continued to sleep.
“…” She could really sleep. But besides her physique, she was no different from an ordinary person in other aspects. Unlike them, who could directly replenish their energy with spiritual energy, and whose cultivation itself was a form of rest, not needing sleep.
Huang Feiyan moved closer, her long, slender arm resting on his other arm. She was about to say something when she suddenly stopped, her expression slightly strange as she looked at him. “You… why do you have my second aunt’s scent on you?”
His heart skipped a beat. He could have told her, but the problem was that Huang Junyi had asked him to keep it a secret. This… he couldn’t say it.
Although his mind was in a turmoil, his face was quite composed. He was surprised. “Hmm? You mean my temptress sister’s scent?”
“Yes…” She leaned closer to him and sniffed carefully. “Eh? It seems to be gone? Was it my imagination?”
He had subtly stopped circulating the Wind Spirit Scripture, which had erased most of the scent from his body.
“I told you it was impossible,” he said strangely. “Sister isn’t here.”
Huang Feiyan subconsciously glanced at the sealed door, a hint of suspicion in her eyes, but she quickly dismissed it. How could he lie to her? Her second aunt might, but not him. So, she relaxed.
“…Mingyan, don’t you think it’s a bit… a little strange for you to call my second aunt ‘Sister’?” she said delicately, wanting him to change the way he addressed her.
Before, when she hadn’t realized her certain feelings for him, it was fine. He could call her ‘Sister,’ and she would call her ‘Second Aunt.’ It wasn’t a problem. Her second aunt also seemed to be on good terms with him.
But now it was different. If there were no accidents, he and she would become Dao companions. At that time, Huang Junyi would also be his second aunt. Although the Huang family’s reproduction method was special, and their relationship was a bit strange, strictly speaking, they were more like sisters, but according to the Huang family’s rules, there was a certain nominal seniority…
So, he should also call her ‘Second Aunt.’
Otherwise, when they got married, she would call her ‘Second Aunt,’ and he would call her ‘Sister.’ It would make it seem like she was a generation lower than him, like his niece or something. It was too strange.
“This… you have to talk to her. It’s no use talking to me…” He was also a bit helpless. He had been forced to call her ‘Sister.’ Although she looked much younger than her actual age, she was indeed Feiyan’s elder. According to their friendship, it was indeed not right for him to call her ‘Sister.’
Huang Feiyan sighed inwardly. That’s why she felt her second aunt had some thoughts about Mingyan…
She was too special to him…
Huang Feiyan thought for a moment and asked softly, “You and my second aunt, you haven’t done anything intimate, have you?”
“Huh?”
“I mean… cough… like kissing… holding hands?” Her face turned slightly red. She felt a bit embarrassed. She couldn’t believe she was asking him this question.
“…?” He looked at her, his eyes a bit strange.
She quickly said, “Just pretend I didn’t say that. You didn’t hear it. You don’t have to answer.”
So embarrassing! She had actually suspected something between him and her second aunt and had even asked. She really wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it and never come out.
