40: Chapter 40 Aunt Xue, you're back!

"Three thousand beauties in the harem, yet all favor bestowed upon one."

Empress Mi Qianxi read this incredibly absurd poem with a slightly flushed face, then stamped her feet shyly: "Pah! Little husband, you are so bad, and... am I really that charming..."

Seeing the beauty look like this, Ye Xuan couldn't help but reach out his right hand to pinch her little face, saying gently: "Be good, I still need to return to the Great Qin Dynasty to handle some matters. I will come to find you in a few days. Be obedient."

"Hmph, I'll forgive you this time. I hope you keep your word."

Empress Mi Qianxi watched Ye Xuan's retreating back, the blush on her pretty face not fading in the slightest, and she looked very happy.

...

"Hey, what do you think the Sect Master is thinking, insisting on being an emperor in the secular world? How can a secular emperor be more majestic than a sect leader?"

An Outer Sect elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect said with a helpless expression to the three True Profound Realm disciples beside him.

Just a moment ago, several small dynasties nearby had been wiped out by them.

There were only seven major dynasties in the Northwest region that were relatively powerful; the rest of the small dynasties were very weak, which is why they could be wiped out by them.

The next place they were going to was the Great Qin Dynasty.

"Elder Li, sigh, this whole thing is ridiculous. Could it be the old Sect Master didn't have enough fun being a prime minister in the Great Chu Dynasty, and now wants to be an emperor to take more concubines?" one disciple said jokingly: "With this time spent out destroying kingdoms, it would really be better to stay in the sect and cultivate properly."

Elder Li immediately wore an expression that every man understands, and meaningfully patted the disciple's shoulder: "You are teachable. Our Heavenly Demon Sect needs excellent disciples like you to continue growing in the future."

"Thank you for the praise, Elder Li. Also, Elder Li, if you really want a beauty, isn't there a newly admitted female disciple right in front of us who fits the bill? We can gift her to the Sect Master later, he will definitely like it."

The inner disciple, whose strength was at the seventh level of the True Profound Realm, raised his eyebrows and pointed at Yue Ye not far away, his eyes faintly showing a trace of covetousness.

"Oh? Let me see. She does look good; she'd make a decent concubine for the Sect Master."

Upon hearing this, Elder Li turned his head to look at the female disciple and immediately showed a look of understanding.

"Brother Feng, Elder Li was looking at me just now, and he even seemed to be smiling at me." Yue Ye, wearing a purple dress, had a trace of confusion on her pretty face as she said to the plain-looking white-robed youth beside her.

"Hmph, this old thing definitely has bad intentions." Lin Feng cursed inwardly, but he couldn't show any dissatisfaction on the surface.

"Be good, perhaps Elder Li values your talent, Yue Ye. Don't worry."

"Really? That's great!" Hearing Lin Feng's explanation, the excitement on Yue Ye's pretty face deepened significantly.

However, Lin Feng covered his face, feeling a bit of a headache.

His childhood sweetheart was great in every way, but the only problem was this—she had no sense of precaution against anyone.

Forget it, perhaps it's better if she doesn't know the truth.

...

A ray of morning light descended from the sky.

A gentle breeze blew, rolling up layers of white mist and clouds.

The darkness on the earth was easily dispelled by the rising sun.

"Coo—"

The cry of an Ice Wheel Bird resounded through the sky, carrying a stunningly beautiful noblewoman and a cold, aloof young girl on its back.

This Ice Wheel Bird had the bloodline of an Ice Phoenix and was incomparably arrogant; usually, no one was qualified to sit on its back.

The strength of the Ice Wheel Bird was between the fifth and sixth rank, equivalent to a human powerhouse at the throne level, with King Profound Realm cultivation.

"Ahead lies the Great Qin Dynasty. Shimin, will you... still blame Ruoshuang?" The beautiful noblewoman's eyes flashed with a hint of shame and worry.

Years ago, when Xue Ruoshuang was taken back to the Taichu Holy Land, Emperor Ye Shimin had begged her to stay in great sorrow.

But at that time, in order to protect the safety of her husband and child, she chose to return with the Taichu Holy Land. It was not until today that the Holy Land master finally agreed to let her return to visit her family.

"Rest assured, Master. Sister Qingyan and Uncle Shimin surely have never blamed you." The cold, aloof girl beside her comforted: "Before, you weren't strong enough, so the Holy Land forced you to return. Now, the Holy Land can no longer stop you!"

"Chuxia, good child, you are right."

Xue Ruoshuang's beautiful eyes were full of firmness, "Now that I have stronger cultivation than before, no one in the Holy Land can control me anymore."

"Pursuing one's own love freely is something I also support."

Seeing her master regain confidence, the cold, aloof girl Xue Chuxia also smiled.

"Huh... that boy, is he using a third-rank immortal crane? Looking at the aura, no, it seems to have reached the fourth rank? Hiss—that young man is so handsome!"

Xue Chuxia's infatuated voice soon attracted Xue Ruoshuang, and she looked in the direction below.

A young man was dressed in fluttering white clothes, his appearance immortal, sitting on the back of a fourth-rank magical beast, unperturbed by the gentle breeze.

"What a dashing young man!" Xue Ruoshuang commented.

"Master, that stunningly beautiful youth's cultivation seems to be in the Spirit Profound Realm. He's amazing, I like him!" Xue Chuxia said excitedly, with little stars almost appearing in her beautiful eyes.

"Oh? My little Chuxia has fallen in love six times on this journey. Should Master capture those youths and send them to you too?"

Xue Ruoshuang saw the beautiful, immortal-like youth, and a new thought appeared in her beautiful eyes: "I actually think he is quite a good match for my little Qingyan."

"Hmph, Master is bullying me. I saw him first."

With her petite body, Xue Chuxia pouted, no longer looking like an iceberg beauty, but rather like a little wife who had lost her lover, saying aggrievedly, "Hmph, then let's see who is faster."

Driven by the new idea, Xue Chuxia arrived in front of Ye Xuan in a flash, asked with a blushing, coy face: "Little brother, where are you going? Why don't you give me a ride?"

"Hmm? Who are you?"

Ye Xuan opened his eyes, and his pair of eyes, like a galaxy, stunned the little confused Xue Chuxia before him once again.

"Wow, so handsome! Master, Master, I must marry this little brother in this lifetime!"

"You silly girl."

In the sky, Xue Ruoshuang helplessly let the Ice Wheel Bird fly side-by-side with the immortal crane Xiao Jiu, and with a step into the air, she arrived on the back of the immortal crane Xiao Jiu.

Ye Xuan was stunned when he saw the person who arrived.

"It's you, Aunt Xue? You've returned?"

[Name: Xue Ruoshuang]

[Age: 35]

[Realm: King Profound Realm, 7th Level]

[Physique: Ice Phoenix Spirit Body (Purple)]

[Luck: Extraordinary Talent (Purple), Saint's Bearing (Purple)]

[Fate: Heaven-sent Auspiciousness (Purple), Fallen into the Mortal World (Purple)]

[Destiny: [Great Qin Empress] (Protagonist)]

[Favorability: 75]

[Life Destiny: Twenty years ago, she was one of the next successors of the Holy Master, sent out of the Holy Land for training by her mother, the Holy Master Xue Qianqiu, but she was accidentally attacked by a fellow senior sister from the Holy Land and escaped into the Great Qin Dynasty after being seriously injured.]

[At seventeen, she fell in love with Emperor Ye Shimin and gave birth to a daughter with him, Ye Qingyan.]

[At twenty, she was taken back to the Cangqiong Holy Land by a Holy Land elder.]

[At thirty, she broke through to the King Profound Realm, was officially appointed as the next successor of the Taiyin Holy Land, entered the Taiyin Secret Realm to cultivate, and obtained two Ice Phoenix eggs.]

[At thirty-five, accompanied by her disciple Xue Chuxia, she returned to the Great Qin Dynasty, met Ye Qingyan, and brought her back to the Taiyin Holy Land.]

[At forty, Xue Ruoshuang's daughter Ye Qingyan became the Saintess of the Taiyin Holy Land and hatched two Ice Phoenix magical beasts, thus officially becoming the Holy Master of the Taiyin Holy Land.]