227: Empress

“I was thinking, if you liked her too, I’d let her marry you with me. But now, it seems we should forget about it.”

“No… wait a minute.” Xiao Chen looked astonished.

“Hmm?”

“Are you saying… both of you sisters would be my wives?”

“That’s right. Didn’t you just say you didn’t like her? If you don’t like her, then forget it. The Sheng Yang Sect Master has proposed marriage repeatedly, so letting her marry into the Holy Sun Sect would also help solidify the Four-Party Alliance.”

As soon as she said this, Xiao Chen immediately grew anxious. “How can that be? The Sheng Yang Sect Master is old; how could he be worthy of Xing Yao?”

“That’s true, but there doesn’t seem to be any other way.”

“Wait, actually… that’s not what I meant just now.”

“Then what did you mean?” Nan Yueli tilted her head, feigning an innocent look.

Xiao Chen scratched his ears and cheeks in frustration, only to steel himself and say, “What I mean is… if Xing Yao is going to marry, she might as well marry me.”

“Hmph!”

Nan Yueli snorted lightly, a slight curve to her lips, and watched him with interest. “How about that? Your true colors are revealed, aren’t they? And you said you didn’t like her?”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen simply stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table: “Hehe… wasn’t I just afraid you’d get jealous?”

She was his sister-in-law, his Sword Dao Master, and so stunningly beautiful. It was like having all the buffs stacked. If he didn't take her, wouldn't it seem like he lacked romance?

“Actually, even if I didn't see it with my own eyes, I probably guessed what happened between you two. Xing Yao has been acting very strange since she came back last time, avoiding my gaze. We are twin sisters; how could I not notice?”

“Alright.” Xiao Chen scratched the back of his head and mumbled.

“Besides, even if I were jealous, I wouldn’t be jealous of my own sister. Look at your Dao Companions: Su Yufei, Su Yuqing, Lu Yuner, Song Shuting, Qi Mengyao, Shangguan Xuaner, Lei Qianqian, Lei Rongrong, Lei Yinyin, Liang Haiwei, Nangong Yue. Can I even keep up with all the jealousy?”

Xiao Chen was utterly stunned. How did she know so much?

Most importantly, she even knew Revered Master Nangong Yue!

This was simply too unbelievable!

“And you didn’t even spare Jiang Wanling, a married woman! What am I to say about you!”

“Cough, cough, cough…”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen’s old face instantly flushed. He couldn't help but be horrified, wondering if she had a peeping fetish!

She knew even this? He didn't dare to imagine what else she knew.

“What, you even change your taste from time to time, wanting to try the flavor of a mature woman…”

“Alright, alright, alright, I was wrong, isn’t that enough?”

Xiao Chen quickly interrupted her, his face already burning. If she continued, he might have to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

“The entire Qixia Sect is almost your harem.” Nan Yueli rolled her eyes at him, speaking irritably.

Xiao Chen hurriedly pulled her tighter into his embrace, smiling wickedly, “Hehe, then you can be the mistress of this harem, how about it?”

“Hmph, aren’t you afraid I’ll make things difficult for your little darlings?”

“You’re so generous, you wouldn’t!”

“You just know how to coax me and fill my head with sweet talk.”

Xiao Chen smiled knowingly, looking at the blush on her neck. His heart fluttered, realizing that even this ice beauty had a tender side.

He then embraced her from behind, burying his face in her fair neck, inhaling her intoxicating fragrance.

“Fairy Sister, you smell so good.”

“You’re annoying, that tickles.”

Just then, the cyan Jade Slip in Xiao Chen’s arms vibrated urgently, and Song Shuting’s anxious, trembling voice came from it:

“Brother, come quickly.”

Xiao Chen was startled: “Where are you?”

“Back Mountain Forbidden Ground.”

Xiao Chen immediately felt uneasy. The Back Mountain Forbidden Ground was Song Qingshan’s Cultivation place. Could something have happened to him?

“What’s wrong?” Nan Yueli turned her head, her face filled with doubt.

Xiao Chen gave her a complicated look, not speaking directly, and quickly rushed to the Back Mountain Forbidden Ground with Nan Yueli.

Along the way, Nan Yueli’s heart was in turmoil. Being intelligent, how could she not notice something amiss?

In the Cultivation Room.

Song Qingshan sat quietly on a meditation cushion, his Qi faint as a wisp of smoke, his cheeks sunken, and his skin deeply wrinkled, having long lost his human appearance.

Xiao Chen looked at him, an incredulous expression on his face.

This was completely different from how he looked a few days ago when he fought Baili Xiao. Could he have used some forbidden secret technique, draining his last bit of vitality?

He had found it strange at the time why he could entangle with Baili Xiao for so long!

Seeing Xiao Chen arrive, Song Shuting grabbed onto him like a drowning person grasping a lifesaver. “Brother, please save Grandpa.”

Grandpa?

Xiao Chen was stunned, then patted her delicate back to comfort her, and began to understand a little.

Both of them had the surname Song; perhaps they were long-lost grandfather and granddaughter.

Nan Yueli looked at the emaciated Song Qingshan and knelt down with a thud: “Revered Master, what happened to you?”

Song Qingshan spoke in a hoarse voice, seemingly using all his strength, “No need to grieve for me. This Revered Master’s Lifespan is exhausted.”

“Revered Master…” Nan Yueli knelt on both knees, two streams of clear tears falling.

If Song Qingshan hadn’t saved the young sisters and brought them back to the Sect for careful guidance, they would have long since died in the mouths of Yao Beasts.

Feeling the aura emanating from her, which was even more profound than his own, Song Qingshan lifted his drooping eyelids and whispered:

“With you in the Qixia Sect, this Revered Master feels deeply comforted.”

Then, Song Qingshan turned his gaze to the man beside him:

“Xiao Chen, come here.”

“Yes.” Xiao Chen slowly walked over and knelt before him.

Song Qingshan took out a Crescent-shaped Jade Pendant from his embrace, handed it to Xiao Chen, and slowly said:

“This item is by no means ordinary; it should be some kind of key. But this old man spent his entire life unable to uncover its mysteries, and Shuting’s parents also died tragically because of this item.”

Xiao Chen carefully took it, then took out the Crescent-shaped Jade Pendant Song Shuting had given him. Comparing them, they were identical.

At first glance, these two Crescent-shaped Jade Pendants had nothing special about them, even indistinguishable from ordinary Jade Pendants.

As they slowly drew near, the two were actually attracted to each other, emitting a dazzling cyan light, gradually merging to become an Oval Jade Pendant.

“You are destined for this item; perhaps one day, you will find its secret.”

“Thank you, Supreme Sect Master.”

Song Qingshan nodded slightly, looking at Song Shuting with a benevolent expression, “She is my only concern in this world. It’s a pity that fate plays tricks, and we only recognize each other now.

I cannot personally witness her wedding. Now that her heart is set on you, I hope you will not fail her.”

Xiao Chen gently held Song Shuting’s hand and solemnly said, “Please rest assured, Supreme Sect Master, I will protect her with my life.”

“Good.”

Seeing Xiao Chen’s earnest gaze, Song Qingshan nodded in satisfaction.

Song Shuting turned her head to look at Xiao Chen, her captivating face covered in tear stains.

“Supreme Sect Master, if you can’t personally witness her wedding, wouldn’t that be too much of a pity?”

With that, Xiao Chen’s mind stirred, and a Medicinal Pill glowing with golden light appeared in his palm, its unparalleled medicinal fragrance filling the entire Cultivation Room.