197: Chapter 197 Not even worthy to be a furnace? The Empress's working spirit!

On the other side of the banquet, Ao Cangyue took her daughter Ao Tingxin's hand and hurriedly left their seats, her exquisite face betraying a hint of unease.

She had already given birth to two Heaven-Defying dragon sons for Su Feng, but she had always kept these two children in her Dragon God Temple, never exposing them to the outside world.

How on earth did that strange woman of unknown origin see through this relationship at a single glance?

"Mother, that woman is so annoying, actually saying that we serve the same husband!"

Walking along the quiet corridor, Ao Tingxin shook her sleeves indignantly.

She now felt an extreme loathing for that Little Girl who called herself "Jiu You."

"You are the Primordial Dragon God who spent a thousand years of cultivation to give birth to me, how noble are you? How dare she slander you in public!"

"Although... although I don't mind serving husband together with Mother, how can she talk nonsense about things that haven't been done publicly!"

Ao Tingxin grew angrier as she spoke. Ever since marrying Su Feng as his wife, she understood more clearly how difficult it had been for her mother back then, and she had more than once advised her mother to find someone to rely on.

But her mother always threw her whole heart into cultivation, and a single seclusion would last nearly ten years.

"Alright, say no more."

Ao Cangyue softly stopped her daughter. She had originally wanted to use tonight's reunion as an opportunity to confess everything to her daughter, but after the Jidao Empress's interference, those words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't say them.

"What you need to do now is raise the children well. At the same time, do not neglect your cultivation. Your husband is destined to be a supreme existence who ascends to the Major Thousand Worlds in the future. Our Dragon Clan must never hold him back."

Half an hour later, the family banquet ended.

The members of the Su Family showed great enthusiasm for Tantai Mingyue's arrival. Lin Qingxue and Ying Yue'e even pulled her aside to chat warmly, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

However, on this celebratory night, no one paid attention to the Jidao Empress standing lonely in the corner.

A gust of night wind blew past. The Jidao Empress stood in the courtyard, her brows deeply furrowed.

She had been frantically deducing in her mind just now, certain that Su Feng was a peerless Devil Head who practiced 'Plucking Yin to Supplement Yang'.

She had even marked a blood-red word 'DANGER' in her Divine Sense, fearing that Su Feng would harbor ill intentions toward her, calculating how she should resist to the death.

But the reality was that from beginning to end, Su Feng hadn't even looked her in the eye more than a few times.

That indifferent look was like looking at an insignificant passerby.

"Could it be that I overthought it?"

The Jidao Empress suddenly stopped in her tracks as a thought flashed through her mind like lightning.

"Does he not want this Empress to be a Cauldron at all? Then why did he have Su Yuan spend so much effort searching for me all over the Lower Realm and even provide me with so many resources?"

The Jidao Empress fell into deep self-doubt.

"Could it be... that this Empress's Physique is not strong enough?"

The next second, she immediately dismissed this absurd thought in her heart.

"Impossible! Although my Heaven-Devouring Demonic Body hasn't fully matured yet, its potential is infinite! As long as there are enough resources, it will be easy to reshape the Extreme Dao Emperor Body in the future and even surpass the Peak of my previous life!"

"Then, the only explanation is..."

The Jidao Empress's pupils shrank suddenly; she finally figured out the key!

"This Su Feng, he doesn't know my true identity is the Reincarnation of the Jidao Empress!"

"In his extremely picky eyes, I am just a demonic cultivator orphan with decent talent that Su Yuan picked up from the Lower Realm! At most, just an ordinary Prodigy!"

And that Tantai Mingyue was a descendant of the Star Clan with obvious characteristics.

"So that's how it is!"

The Jidao Empress suddenly understood. She finally realized that the reason Su Feng was indifferent to her wasn't because he was some gentleman, but because... he simply didn't look highly upon her current potential rating!

"Heh!"

Having understood this point, a wave of unprecedented shame and unwillingness instantly surged frantically from the depths of the Jidao Empress's heart.

On her cold little face, a strange smile appeared for the first time, one that was both angry and competitive.

"Good, good, good! You want to play like this, do you?!"

Originally, she had been trembling with fear, thinking she was about to become the Su Family's 'Dual Cultivation Cauldron', and was mentally preparing herself for a tragic fate.

In the end, after all that, she didn't even have the qualifications to be someone's Cauldron?!

This sense of being completely ignored made her feel more uncomfortable and humiliated than if someone had killed her, a former Great Emperor!

"Now you ignore me! When this Empress reshapes the Extreme Dao Body, I will definitely let you know what it means to be out of your league!"

The Jidao Empress clenched her small fists tightly, and an unprecedented, raging fighting spirit ignited in her dark gold eyes.

From this moment on, she no longer thought about waking up the women in Su Family's harem, nor did she think about how to build her own power.

The only thought in her mind was: Cultivate like crazy! Out-compete everyone in the Su Family!

She would use her terrifying strength restored to its Peak and her peerless elegance to fiercely slap this man's face!

Let him know that missing out on this Empress is the greatest loss of his life!

Just as the Jidao Empress's Battle Intent was high and she was preparing to meet the new challenge.

"Jiu You! There's an urgent mission for ten thousand High Grade God Crystals, do you want it?"

A familiar voice suddenly came from the corridor behind her.

"Yes!"

The Jidao Empress blurted out almost as a conditioned reflex.

As soon as the words left her mouth, the Jidao Empress froze.

Wait...

What just happened?

Why was her body out of control?!

She was in the Immortal Realm now; she didn't want to take the mission!

It was just a mere ten thousand God Crystals. Why did she shout the word out without even thinking, as if she had heard a command?

This muscle memory of working that was deep in her bones made the Jidao Empress feel a suffocating sense of shame.

"Good! Straightforward!"

Su Yuan walked over shaking his folding fan, very satisfied with the attitude of his top employee.

"Your mission this time is to infiltrate the Demon Race territory and gather information on the Demon Clan Goddess Yunas. All your expenses in the Demon Race during the mission will be fully covered by the Shadow Pavilion."

As Su Yuan briefed her, he handed over a jade talisman flickering with profound fluctuations.

"This is a Time-Space Talisman for you, with Space Law sealed inside. The Demon Race territory is full of dangers. If you encounter a danger you can't handle, crush it, and it can instantly save your life."

The Jidao Empress took the jade talisman, felt the aura on it, and looked up to ask: "Was this refined by Su Feng?"

Su Yuan nodded.

"This is a life-saving trump card Big Brother gave me. But since your mission this time has a high level of danger, I think you need it more."

The Jidao Empress pondered for a long while and finally did not refuse.

In these Three Thousand Upper Realms, the only one who could apply the Laws of time and space so perfectly to this extent was likely only Su Feng, who had just shown his hand today.

With her current strength in the Immortal Realm, if she really encountered a Grand Unity Golden Immortal in the Demon Race, this was indeed her only chance of survival.

Moreover, Su Yuan had indeed been good to her, fully sponsoring her over the past year.

"I am not the kind of person your Big Brother is looking for. Actually, you don't have to help me so tirelessly," the Jidao Empress said in a somewhat awkward tone while holding the jade talisman.

Hearing this, Su Yuan immediately smiled and waved his hand.

"You misunderstood. My Big Brother actually thinks very highly of you. He said your Heart-Nature is excellent and your future is limitless, so he told me to help you improve your cultivation as much as possible."

Su Yuan deliberately lowered his voice and threw out the final bait: "He also said that if you can Breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal Realm earlier than Tantai Mingyue, he can make an exception and give you eight immortal cores for free!"

A sharp light flashed in the Jidao Empress's eyes.

In the world of immortal cultivation, nothing could make her heart flutter more than high-level cultivation resources.

And Su Yuan's words accurately triggered her competitive spirit.

"Although Tantai Mingyue possesses the Star Clan Bloodline and has him biasedly protecting her path, I am the Rebirth of an Extreme Dao Great Emperor. Comparing cultivation speed with me?"

A wild and arrogant cold smile curled at the corner of the Jidao Empress's mouth. She raised her snow-white chin and spoke to Su Yuan in a tone that looked down on everything:

"Tell your Big Brother!"

"Tell him to obediently prepare those eight immortal cores. When I return from my mission in the Demon Race, I will personally go and take them from him!"