155: Reward you hard

Chapter 155: Reward: I'll Step All Over You

"Why are you still standing there? Hurry and invite them in!"

Li Shaohai commanded, then looked at Tantai Feng with a cheerful expression.

Just as he was speaking, they arrived. This marriage alliance could finally conclude.

Thinking of this, Li Shaohai suddenly had a bad premonition.

No way, he didn't bring a wife back again, did he? ...On the other side.

Li Yunshu looked at the Red Emperor Palace, whose grandeur was in no way inferior to the Seventh Demon Palace, and felt a little nervous.

He didn't know if his parents were still alive, nor why he appeared in Great Chu.

Having read too many novel plots, he even suspected that his father might have been expelled from the Red Emperor Palace, which was why he sent him to Great Chu.

Thinking of this, he even felt like backing out.

However, things didn't seem as bad as he imagined.

"The Palace Master requests your presence. Please follow me, everyone."

Li Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. Looking at the kind-faced elder in front of him, he was slightly nervous. He just arrived and already had to meet the Palace Master?

As if sensing his nervousness, Pei Xuanji extended her jade hand and took his hand.

Feeling the soft touch in his hand, he finally calmed down a little.

Duan Ping and Di Bing exchanged glances. Duan Ping pondered his disciple's true identity.

Di Bing, however, didn't think much, only marveling at the Red Emperor Palace's grandeur, which was like an Immortal Palace.

Soon, the four arrived at the Red Emperor Palace's main hall.

"Palace Master, they are here."

The elder bowed respectfully and then exited the hall.

Li Yunshu's gaze tentatively fell upon the elder seated on the main seat in the hall; he didn't recognize him.

However, the moment he stepped into the hall, Tantai Feng immediately stood up.

There was no need to ask; his appearance was like a carbon copy of Li Xingci.

"Shaohai, I don't need to say more, do I? There's no time like the present. I say let's have the wedding today."

"Hmm?"

Li Yunshu's peripheral vision caught a glimpse; when the old man spoke just now, his gaze was clearly appraising him.

Marrying today, did he know about his and the Empress's matter and want to arrange the wedding?

But he hadn't said anything since entering.

Li Shaohai looked at their clasped hands, feeling a headache.

Sure enough!

This engagement wouldn't be easy to complete.

Why did they all take after him!

At this moment, Tantai Feng also noticed Li Yunshu and Pei Xuanji's clasped hands.

His gaze immediately turned gloomy, the smile on his Face vanished, and he waited for Li Shaohai to make a statement.

Seeing this, Li Shaohai gave an awkward smile, then looked at Li Yunshu, deciding to get things clear first.

"What is your name?"

Li Yunshu immediately bowed respectfully.

"Junior Li Yunshu, I accidentally discovered that I possess the Red Emperor Palace Bloodline, so I wish to clarify."

Li Shaohai was not too surprised by this.

After all, his own son had done the same thing back then.

He had abandoned his beloved grandson in the Lower Realm, and it wasn't until his beloved grandson's Ascension that they, grandfather and grandson, reunited.

It seemed his beloved grandson hadn't learned anything else, but he had certainly learned this.

"Is your father named Li Xingci?"

"Yes!"

Li Yunshu subconsciously answered, then immediately realized something was amiss.

Because Li Xingci was his father, but that was his father in his previous life.

After his Transmigration to this world, the impression of his parents in his memory was already very vague.

He only knew that he grew up in Jingming Temple, and his childhood memories were all of his Master.

"How do you know my father's name?"

"Heh, do you also know your mother is Wei Sheng Xian Ji, and that you have an older brother and an older sister?"

"..."

At this, Li Yunshu's head buzzed.

The old man in front of him must know something. He knew his family situation like the back of his hand, and perhaps had a way to return him to the modern world.

Beside them, Pei Xuanji pricked up her ears, listening to their conversation and firmly committing it to memory.

Her father-in-law was named Li Xingci—

Wait a minute!

Li Xingci, wasn't that the name of that esteemed Senior?

She turned to look at Li Yunshu with some disbelief, at this person she knew so well, yet who now seemed a little strange.

Could it be that the person she was holding hands with was the Supreme God's... son?

Li Yunshu no longer cared about outsiders and directly asked.

"Do you know how to get me back to that world?"

Pei Xuanji keenly caught the keyword—that world.

They had just come here from Great Chu, so it was clear that 'that world' could not refer to the world where Great Chu was located.

And Li Yunshu said he was an orphan from a young age, adopted by an old Daoist priest.

So, which world was he referring to when he spoke of 'that other world'?

Her heart was filled with countless questions at this moment, but she didn't rush to ask, as it wasn't the right time.

Li Shaohai's eyes darted, and he immediately had an idea.

"Of course I know how to get you back."

Li Yunshu's heart swelled with joy.

"Please enlighten me, Palace Master!"

"However—" Li Shaohai stroked his beard, "You must agree to one condition."

"Whatever condition, I will—"

Li Yunshu originally wanted to say he would agree to any condition, as he longed to return home.

However, to be safe, he still didn't speak too definitively.

"What condition does the Palace Master speak of?"

Li Shaohai raised his hand and pointed at Tantai Xue.

"This is Tantai Xue, the Saintess of the Tantai Heavenly Clan.

My Red Emperor Palace and the Tantai Heavenly Clan have long had a marriage alliance. If you marry Xue'er, I will tell you how to return."

Upon hearing this, Pei Xuanji's breathing hitched.

Her greatest fear had come true. From the moment she heard the word 'marriage' just now, she had noticed that woman.

That woman already had a marriage alliance with the Red Emperor Palace, while she was from the Demon Realm. Comparing the two, the difference was immediately clear.

Thinking of this, her palms began to sweat.

Moreover, the method to return to 'that world' mentioned by the Palace Master of the Red Emperor Palace was clearly very important to Li Yunshu.

She had seen it from Li Yunshu's reaction just now.

If she forcibly obstructed him, she would destroy this fellow's chance to return to that world.

In the future, she would feel guilty every day.

Upon hearing this condition, the smile on Li Yunshu's Face vanished.

He really wanted to go home, but the Empress beside him would never let him marry someone else.

And he didn't want to either.

Although the small pill the Empress had fed him had long been refined away by his 'Refining Truth into Falsehood' Cultivation Technique.

However, after such a long time, he had already genuinely fallen in love with the Empress and no longer needed that kind of pill as a constraint.

Li Yunshu didn't even glance at Tantai Xue and directly shook his head in refusal.

"Sorry, I cannot agree to this condition."

"What, you don't want to go back?"

Li Shaohai knew that if he laid things bare, it would likely fail.

After all, he had experienced such failures more than once.

So, he could only coax and trick; as long as the deed was done, the marriage alliance would be considered complete.

Li Yunshu raised his hand, which was holding Pei Xuanji's jade hand.

"I am already married. Let's go."

With that, Li Yunshu pulled the Empress's hand and turned to leave.

"Stop!" Li Shaohai slammed the table and said coldly, "For this Demon Realm girl, you're abandoning your home?"

Li Yunshu paused.

"Since I know I can return, I will find a way to go back, but not at the cost of marriage."

However, Pei Xuanji stood still.

Indeed, Li Yunshu's choice deeply moved her.

But she didn't want to miss the opportunity for this fellow to go home because of this.

She didn't want to cause him regret because of herself.

"Palace Master, name your price. We can buy this method."

Again!

Tantai Feng clenched his fists. The matter of the marriage alliance had started with Li Shaohai, then his son, his grandson, and now it was his great-grandson. Each time, they only returned after getting married.

Were they, the Red Emperor Palace, not bullying honest people?

Tantai Feng glanced at Pei Xuanji and said ominously.

"A Dragon from the Demon Realm dares to speak so brazenly here. If it weren't for the Red Emperor Palace's Face, this old man could exterminate you, this rat hiding in the Human Realm, right now."

The Human and Demon Realms had long been separated by a barrier. Any Demons still appearing in the Human Realm now must be descendants of those Demon Race members who survived in the Human Realm back then.

Pei Xuanji's eyes were cold. She had never endured such insult.

If it weren't for Li Yunshu, she would have already made a move.

However, at this moment, a female voice echoed in her mind.

'Don't be afraid of this old fellow, beat him!'

Pei Xuanji's peripheral vision swept around, but she found no trace of the person who transmitted the message.

To dare to transmit a message in front of the Red Emperor Palace's Palace Master, telling her to beat a guest of the Red Emperor Palace.

She didn't understand who the other party was, or why they wanted her to act.

Feeling the Immortal Emperor Fifth Realm power emanating from Pei Xuanji, Tantai Feng snorted coldly.

"Arrogant!"

He, an Immortal Emperor Sixth Realm, had been defeated by Wei Sheng Xian Ji, an Immortal Emperor Third Realm, back then because Wei Sheng Xian Ji had obtained the Bloodline of a God.

This Demon Dragon in front of him had no such Bloodline of a God. How could she contend with him?

Li Shaohai also saw that this girl was indeed very strong. Her Immortal Emperor Fifth Realm cultivation could even make her an Old Ancestor of some Heavenly Clans.

But Tantai Feng was an Immortal Emperor Sixth Realm, and he had been immersed in this Realm for tens of thousands of years.

If it weren't for the lack of Grandmist Purple Qi or rare heavenly elixirs, this old fellow would have broken through to the Immortal Emperor Seventh Realm long ago.

Each difference of one Realm in the Immortal Emperor Realm was like a chasm, let alone a difference of two Realms.

Even his wife, as powerful as she was, could only overcome one Realm.

Tantai Feng laughed in exasperation.

"Good, good, good. This old man wants to see today what abilities these young people possess."

Pei Xuanji's eyes narrowed slightly, then she pushed Li Yunshu aside.

Devilish Qi radiated from her body, as if a Devil King had descended.

Fallen Abyss!

Boom!

A huge abyss appeared beneath Tantai Feng's feet. Li Yunshu, who had been to the Demon Realm's abyss, could even genuinely feel the Devilish Qi belonging to the abyss.

It was his first time seeing the Empress use such a method. It was as if she had truly moved the abyss beneath the old fellow's feet.

Buzz!

From within the abyss, endless Devilish Qi surged out, all pouring into Tantai Feng's body.

Ah—

Soon, Tantai Feng let out a pained scream.

"Great-Grandfather!"

Tantai Xue immediately lunged towards Tantai Feng, but the Empress's pressure directly pinned her, preventing her from moving.

Pei Xuanji said coldly.

"Do you submit or not?"

Amidst the screams, Tantai Feng finally gritted his teeth and said after a long while.

"I submit!"

The Devilish Qi dissipated, but wisps of Devilish Qi still surrounded Tantai Feng, not completely cleared.

Tantai Feng recalled being beaten in the Red Emperor Palace by Li Shaohai's wife, by Li Shaohai's daughter-in-law, by his granddaughter-in-law, and now Li Shaohai's great-granddaughter-in-law had also beaten him.

Moreover, he had seen that strange Cultivation Technique just now—one of the Demon Realm's secret scriptures, 'Eternal Night Calamity.'

He hadn't expected to lose not in Realm, not in Bloodline, but in Cultivation Technique.

"Shaohai, the matter of the marriage alliance will be put aside for today. However, I must warn you, this Demoness possesses a Demon Realm secret scripture. Her status in the Demon Realm must not be low. If she becomes the Red Emperor Palace's daughter-in-law, be careful not to disgrace the Red Emperor Palace's reputation."

Li Yunshu said coldly.

"Even if I were not married, this Senior Tantai is my father's peer. Even if it's a marriage alliance, approaching me is inappropriate, isn't it? As for whom I marry, that is none of Senior Tantai's concern."

Just now, someone had transmitted a message to him, practically revealing all of Tantai Xue's secrets.

Now, he also had a certain understanding of Tantai Xue.

However, he didn't know who the person who transmitted the message was.

Li Shaohai sternly rebuked.

"What peer or not peer? Xue'er is only a few decades older than you. Human Immortals have infinite Lifespan. Does that count as an elder?"

"But Senior Tantai already has someone in her heart, doesn't she?"

Li Yunshu couldn't help but sigh, this world was really small.

The person Tantai Xue admired was actually Chu Feng, the Chu Feng who called him 'Big Brother' all the time.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Upon hearing this, Tantai Xue's expression turned slightly cold.

Although she indeed had someone in her heart, Chu Feng had been captured by a Devil Head and taken to the Demon Realm, his fate unknown.

Therefore, her heart had already died.

She no longer resisted the matter of the marriage alliance.

Li Yunshu slowly spoke.

"Let me tell Senior Tantai a secret: Chu Feng is currently in the Chu Heavenly Clan."

"What did you say?" Tantai Xue didn't believe it at all. Chu Feng had been captured and taken to the Demon Realm; it was impossible for him to return. "That's absolutely impossible!"

"Senior Tantai isn't unfamiliar with the way to the Chu Heavenly Clan. If you don't believe it, you can go and see."

Sensing something amiss, Tantai Feng immediately warned.

"Xue'er, if you dare—"

However, before he could finish speaking, Tantai Xue's figure had already vanished.

Li Yunshu suppressed a smile.

"Senior Tantai, Senior Tantai has already left, and you also lost to my wife. What more is there to say?"

"Hmph!"

Tantai Feng flicked his sleeves and left. However, as he reached the door, Li Yunshu's voice came from behind him again.

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, Senior Tantai should worry less."

Li Yunshu tilted his head and whispered into the Empress's ear.

"Your Majesty, you were truly amazing just now."

Feeling the warm breath by her ear, the Empress tilted her head and whispered.

"You also performed well just now."

"Then, will there be a reward tonight?"

"Reward: I'll step all over you."

...The two of them whispered back and forth, completely ignoring Li Shaohai.

Meanwhile, Duan Ping's jaw dropped to the floor, staring at the Empress's figure, unable to recover for a long time.

What kind of woman had his disciple found? He had heard of that old man just now.

The Old Ancestor of the Tantai Heavenly Clan was actually no match for the Empress.

His worldview had collapsed...