49: Chapter 49 King Xuanjing's Golden Body

As the sun set, a lingering ray of golden light shone upon the jade buildings of the palace, causing the glazed tiles to shimmer with a reddish-gold hue.

Empress Mi Qianxi, dressed in a crimson dragon robe with a veil covering her cheeks, gazed at the sunset on the horizon, momentarily lost in thought.

Her three thousand strands of dark hair fluttered in the gentle breeze.

"Your hair is a mess. What's the matter, not pretending to be a man this time?" Ye Xuan's magnetic voice rang out from behind Empress Mi Qianxi.

A fair hand reached out, helping her neaten the stray strands of hair at her temples.

Empress Mi Qianxi was suddenly startled out of her reverie. The worry beneath her beautiful eyes finally dissipated, and her pupils were filled with that incomparably handsome face of his.

"You've returned, little husband! I thought you wouldn't come to see me again! It's been two days and three hours!" Empress Mi Qianxi said, her red lips parting slightly as she spoke in a tone tinged with coquetry.

Hearing this, Ye Xuan was somewhat speechless. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, you remember it so clearly? There's no need for that."

"Hmph—"

Empress Mi Qianxi pouted, her beautiful eyes filled with resentment. "Fool—"

"How has Great Chu been these past few days?"

Ye Xuan leaned to the side and said nonchalantly, "The Heavenly Demon Sect previously destroyed three great dynasties, and those royal families should all be dead by now. It's the perfect time for you to easily manage the territories of those three dynasties."

"Hm? Was the Heavenly Demon Sect destroyed by you, little husband? To avenge me?" Empress Mi Qianxi looked at Ye Xuan full of expectation, little stars faintly shining in her beautiful eyes.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you... but it does have something to do with me. Now that the Heavenly Demon Sect is gone, you can safely cultivate the Qi Luck Sealing Saint Art. Isn't that better?"

Ye Xuan smiled mysteriously and reached out his right hand, gently tapping the beauty between her brows. "I estimate that after you unify the other regions, your strength will rapidly increase to the Heaven Profound Realm. Only then will you have the strength to protect yourself from being bullied."

Moreover, this girl now had a favorability rating of ninety-five towards him; perhaps she would be able to help him in the future.

"Hmph, you said so much, but isn't it just because you want to leave me?"

A trace of disappointment inevitably flashed across Empress Mi Qianxi's beautiful eyes, but she asked, unwilling to give up, "If you are willing to stay, little husband, I can pass the throne to you. If you cultivate the Qi Luck Sealing Saint Art, you can definitely raise your cultivation to the Heaven Profound Realm in a short time." She wanted to try to see if she could make Ye Xuan stay, even though it was a bit whimsical.

"As for me, I don't need this Saint-level profound technique. What I cultivate is no worse than yours." Ye Xuan shook his head, and suddenly, wisps of lightning arcs lit up around his body. "And you, you need this profound technique to become stronger more than I do!"

A celestial lightning phenomenon suddenly resounded through the sky. Terrifying azure lightning illuminated the previously dim sky once more. The void above was even incomparably brilliant, like a series of beautiful paintings, making one unable to look away.

"Heavens, an immortal has descended!"

"Look, everyone! The God of Thunder has descended upon our Great Chu! This must be an auspicious omen; Great Chu will surely rise!"

"May the heavens bless us!"

Countless citizens of the Great Chu Dynasty saw this scene and knelt on the ground to pray for blessings.

Within the Great Chu territory, many sects and aristocratic families also bowed towards the imperial palace.

"I knew it. My father didn't lie to me. Little husband, one day you would come to my side and become the most dazzling existence beside me." Empress Mi Qianxi looked at the handsome face of the young man beside her with infatuation and whispered softly.

"Yo, why aren't you trying to keep me this time?"

Ye Xuan smiled, a trace of mischief appearing at the corner of his mouth as he looked at the Empress of Great Chu, Mi Qianxi, who had lowered her head before him.

"You are the most dazzling moon in the sky, while I am just an insignificant star, destined to be unable to keep you."

Although Empress Mi Qianxi felt a bit disappointed, the trace of stubbornness beneath her beautiful eyes never dissipated. "But I believe that as long as one day I can cultivate the Qi Luck Sealing Saint Art to completion and become a powerhouse, then in the future, I will definitely be able to stand by your side openly and honestly!"

Hearing this, the corners of Ye Xuan's mouth curled up. "Cultivate well, silly girl. If in the future you cultivate the Qi Luck Sealing Saint Art to its limit, I will definitely help you obtain the higher-level profound technique, the Divine Luck Deification Art."

Looking at the stubborn and cute little ditz before him, Ye Xuan couldn't help but reach out and pinch her little face, pulling it outwards.

"Hmph." This action naturally aroused Empress Mi Qianxi's dissatisfaction. She glared fiercely at Ye Xuan with her deep blue beautiful eyes and brushed away the detestable claw on her pretty face.

"Little husband, you must not lie to me! Otherwise, the consequences..."

"Oh? Otherwise what?" Ye Xuan took a step closer to Empress Mi Qianxi, a wicked smile on his lips. He cornered the beauty, leaned in, and blew a breath onto her earlobe. Her pretty face instantly flushed red. "Hmph, bad person!"

A finger tapped on Empress Mi Qianxi's forehead. Ye Xuan chuckled, "Then let's make a pact..."

...

In the Monster Mountain Range, ancient trees were intertwined.

Even at high noon here, the scorching sun in the sky could not shine in.

Dark, baleful qi was crisscrossing the mountain range, with countless eyes carefully observing everything within.

"Roar, roar, roar—"

Dozens of demonic ape cries rang out from all around, and among them, there was no lack of voices from several ancient ferocious beasts.

"Bastards, isn't it just stealing a few of their water cloud spirit fruits? Is it necessary to chase me like this!" Yun Zhe carried a huge fruit tree on his back, cautiously dodging the pursuit of the beast tide of fourth-order demonic apes behind him, while muttering incessantly, "Once this young master's cultivation reaches the Spirit Profound Realm, I will definitely wipe all of you out."

"Water cloud fruit? The golden body of that King Profound Realm expert in your spirit ring can't be faked. If it weren't for these demonic apes just now, could you have jumped off the cliff to obtain this King Profound Realm expert's golden body?" Inside the spirit ring space, Jasmine's voice came with disdain, faintly carrying a trace of schadenfreude. "Yun Zhe, just be content!"

Just now, Yun Zhe saw a female cultivator attacking the demonic ape group, so he snuck in and obtained a fruit tree of the fifth-order water cloud spirit fruit that these demonic apes were guarding.

But he really didn't expect that a fourth-order demonic ape king was hiding inside. Seeing this, Yun Zhe could only flee frantically, daring not to linger. Just now, he fell off Duanyue Cliff and entered the tomb of a mysterious expert.

The King Profound Realm golden body in the spirit ring was exactly the good treasure he had obtained.

"Jasmine, won't this be a bit bad?" Yun Zhe asked with a twitching face and a toothache. "We've already obtained that expert's inheritance, and now we're taking their golden body away too..."

If Ye Xuan were here, he would definitely be shocked. How did this kid Yun Zhe fall into another tomb again?

And manage to obtain a new inheritance...

"Hmph, your current strength is too weak. If you encounter a slightly stronger expert, you are simply an ant. Everyone in this world can use any means to achieve power; you are just lacking this ambition!"

Jasmine's voice became somewhat stern, and she said while swinging on a swing in the space, "With this King Profound Realm golden body, I can refine a puppet for you to protect you. Why not do it?"