359: Chapter 359 Open and Frank!

"Shui Yue, oh Shui Yue, you've hidden this from me so well. If it weren't for the System's investigation today, I might have reached Daluo Heaven without ever knowing that I had unknowingly become the ideal son-in-Law of the Jiuding Chamber of Commerce's president."

Lu Yuan chuckled and slowly stood up from his meditation cushion.

With a wave of his broad sleeve, a transmission Jade Slip hovered in his palm. A Divine Thought was precisely etched into it before it turned into a streak of light and vanished outside the hall.

"Now that I know the trump cards, this game of chess will be much easier to play."

...

About half an incense stick's time passed.

Outside the hall, a refreshing and strange fragrance drifted in with the wind.

This fragrance was not as intense as ordinary floral scents; instead, it carried a crispness and depth like a deep-sea orchid, bringing peace to the mind of anyone who smelled it.

Immediately after, the heavy jade doors of the hall were gently pushed open.

Fairy Shuiyue, dressed in a light blue gauze gown, walked gracefully into the hall.

The material of the gown was extremely special, as if woven from flowing water. As she moved, layers of spiritual light rippled at the hem of her skirt.

Her figure was graceful and her curves exquisite. Her fair skin appeared even whiter than snow against the backdrop of the blue gauze.

Since the flaws of her Physique were eradicated by Lu Yuan and her cultivation had greatly advanced, her temperament had undergone a wonderful transformation.

The original icy coldness that kept people a thousand miles away had turned into a gentle, water-like inclusiveness. Yet, the unattainable aloofness of a Fairy in her bones intertwined with the unique tenderness she showed only to Lu Yuan, creating a fatal attraction.

"Husband, you suddenly summoned me; do you have any important instructions?"

Fairy Shuiyue walked to a spot three steps away from Lu Yuan and bowed gracefully.

She slightly raised her head, and her beautiful eyes, as deep as autumn waters, were filled with undisguised, continuous love and absolute obedience.

Before this man, she had long ago shed all her disguises and defenses.

"No need for formalities, sit."

Lu Yuan smiled slightly and pointed to the soft couch beside him, which was carved from Ten-Thousand-Year Warm Jade.

After Fairy Shuiyue sat down as told, bringing with her a gust of fragrance, Lu Yuan was in no hurry to speak. Instead, he turned sideways and stared at her with a deep, half-smiling gaze.

That gaze seemed capable of penetrating her skin and looking directly at the deepest secrets in her heart.

Fairy Shuiyue felt a bit uneasy under his direct and piercing gaze.

She subconsciously touched her cheek and glanced down at her clothing. After confirming nothing was amiss, she lowered her head and asked in a low voice with slightly reddened cheeks:

"Husband... why are you looking at me like this? Is there something wrong with my makeup today? Or... or did I do something wrong to make Husband unhappy? Please tell me clearly, Husband, and don't scare Yue'er."

Seeing her cautious appearance, the smile on Lu Yuan's lips deepened.

He didn't answer directly. Instead, he picked up the Spiritual Tea from the side table, took a light sip, and spoke in a tone as casual as if discussing the weather.

"Daluo Heaven, Jiuding Chamber of Commerce."

When these six words were lightly spoken by Lu Yuan...

*Clack!*

The jade-like hand within Fairy Shuiyue's sleeve jerked violently, and her movement to pour tea for Lu Yuan instantly froze.

Her delicate body trembled violently as she snapped her head up. Her beautiful eyes were wide with shock, and all the color drained from her originally gentle and rosy face, leaving it filled with unbelievable shock and alarm.

"Husband... you... what did you just say?!"

Fairy Shuiyue's voice carried a distorted tremor.

Her heart seemed to skip a beat at this moment, and her mind was roaring.

Daluo Heaven! Jiuding Chamber of Commerce!

How is this possible?!

These six words were the absolute taboo buried deepest in her heart! Even the core Grand Elders of Tianshui Pavilion who had watched her grow up were completely unaware of her true identity; they only thought she was an orphan brought back by the previous Sect Master during his travels.

In this Xuanhuang Realm, it was fundamentally impossible for anyone to know she came from Daluo Heaven, let alone her relationship with the Jiuding Chamber of Commerce! That was an Immortal Realm giant that even ordinary Profound Immortals couldn't come into contact with!

How did Lu Yuan find out?!

Was it her usual behavior that revealed a flaw? Or did he discover some of her personal items from Daluo Heaven left in the pavilion? Or... had his methods already become so extraordinary and world-shaking that he could control information from Daluo Heaven, across the endless void storms, at any time?!

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Fairy Shuiyue's mind. The more she thought, the more she felt the man before her was unfathomable, inspiring awe like a god.

"If you don't want others to know, don't do it.

In this world, there is no wall that doesn't leak wind."

Lu Yuan put down his teacup. Seeing Fairy Shuiyue's panicked expression, like a kitten that had its tail stepped on, he found it amusing, but his face maintained a majesty that seemed to see through everything.

He reached out with a powerful arm and pulled the dazed Fairy Shuiyue into his embrace.

His palm gently stroked her back, which was somewhat stiff from tension, transmitting a reassuring warmth through the water-like gauze.

"What? My dear Yue'er, you even want to hide things from your own husband? In your heart, is I, Lu Yuan, so unworthy of trust?" Lu Yuan's voice was very soft and gentle, but to Fairy Shuiyue's ears, it was louder than thunder.

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, which seemed to be a reproach but were actually inclusive, the last line of defense in Fairy Shuiyue's heart instantly collapsed.

Her eyes reddened, and tears immediately fell like broken pearls. She leaned against Lu Yuan's chest and explained with a sobbing voice:

"Husband, please calm your anger! Husband, please see clearly! I absolutely, absolutely had no intention of being guarded against or distrusting Husband!"

She tightly gripped Lu Yuan's lapel and looked up, her tear-stained face evoking pity. "I had no choice but to hide this matter.

I didn't intend to deceive you, it's just... it's just that this identity involves too much."

"Husband may not know, although the Jiuding Chamber of Commerce is as wealthy as a nation and powerful in Daluo Heaven, my father, as a Golden Immortal president, has also secretly made countless powerful political enemies and rivals."

"Those people dream of grasping my father's weakness."

"I possess the Three Thousand Weak Water Physique. In a place like the Immortal Realm where the Laws are extremely complete and the Spiritual Qi is dense, the backlash of the Physique would be magnified a hundredfold, and I wouldn't even survive into adulthood."

Fairy Shuiyue sobbed as she poured out her deeply hidden secrets.

"To save me, Father exhausted more than half of the chamber's resources and sought out famous doctors throughout the Immortal Realm. Finally, he concluded that only by sending me to a lower world with incomplete Laws and using the incomplete Heavenly Dao to suppress the Awakening of the Physique could I barely survive."

"Thus, Father secretly opened a passage to the Xuanhuang Realm and sent me to Tianshui Pavilion, cutting off all overt connections for fear that enemies in the Immortal Realm would follow the clues to find me."