Chapter 180: Xi He

I can't be bothered to care about him; those ten brats have been unpleasant since childhood—how could they be as cute as Jiaoer, Hong'er, and SuSu?

Queen Jiang flicked her lips and said, "We'll just ignore him; anyway, we won't die!"

"Fine!"

Ao Yifan nodded.

Immediately afterward, the two flew over the Golden Crow's head.

On the other side, the Golden Crow also seemed to have spotted Ao Yifan and the woman, continuously flapping its wings and emitting shrill cries from its beak, as if calling for help from the two.

Unfortunately, neither Ao Yifan nor Queen Jiang paid any attention to that big black bird; they simply glided past above its head.

"Yo—"

A shrill cry rang from its beak, but it was quickly drowned out by countless fireballs.

With Queen Jiang leading the way, Ao Yifan and she easily avoided all the restrictions and arrived at the core of the Sun Star.

And within that core, amidst the endless flames, a splendid palace towered suddenly into view.

"Tsk, no matter how many times I look at it, I still think this palace resembles a huge oven—I really don't know what taste my sister has."

Queen Jiang shook her head.

Hearing that, Ao Yifan froze slightly, then looked at the splendid palace before him—the longer he looked, the stranger it became.

Indeed, just as Queen Jiang said, the palace's appearance was very much like a grill placed over a fire to roast.

The two landed at the palace gate; Ao Yifan gave it a light push and said, "This door seems to have a formidable seal—even my Void Claw can't pierce it without suffering an attack."

"That's simple!"

Queen Jiang smiled, then flipped her right hand, producing a jade token engraved with a flame emblem.

"What is this?"

Ao Yifan gazed curiously at the jade token in Queen Jiang's hand.

"It's naturally the door's key!"

Queen Jiang said matter-of-factly, then pressed the jade token against the gate.

As the jade token approached the gate, the originally tightly shut gate soon displayed a matching flame emblem, and then the gate truly opened.

"Your Majesty, how do you have the key to this gate?"

Ao Yifan exclaimed in shock.

After all, from Queen Jiang's tone and attitude toward Xi He, Ao Yifan could tell that although they were sisters, their relationship wasn't very harmonious.

In that case, it would be impossible for Xi He to hand over such an important gate key to Queen Jiang.

And the only possibility is……

"This key, naturally, I made secretly back then while Xi He wasn't paying attention."

Queen Jiang said proudly, "Not only is this the key to Xi He's place, but back when I was in the Demon Court, I secretly made keys for many important locations there."

As she spoke, Queen Jiang waved her right hand, and in the next instant Ao Yifan saw dozens of jade tokens of various shapes appear before him.

Stunned by the sight, Ao Yifan didn't know what to say.

To make matters worse, he already had a Yunhua Fairy who liked to steal his elder brother the Jade Emperor's seal to forge imperial edicts, and now he also had Queen Jiang, who liked to secretly copy keys.

"Um, Your Majesty, do you still have any use for these keys?"

Ao Yifan asked.

"My lord, do you want these keys?"

Queen Jiang said somewhat strangely, "These keys are all for important places in the ancient Demon Court, but after the ancient Demon Court fell and was occupied by the Heavenly Court, many places are inaccessible even to me, so you having these keys would be useless."

"Heh, who can say whether they're useful or not?"

Ao Yifan laughed and said.

Although strange, Ao Yifan wondered what he'd do with these tokens, but since he had no use for them himself, Queen Jiang waved her hand and handed all the jade tokens to him.

After all, she belonged entirely to him, so why would she be stingy with these useless jade tokens?

"Alright, let's go inside. It's been many years since I last saw my sister—I don't even know if she's awake now."

After handing the jade tokens to Ao Yifan, Queen Jiang walked into the palace.

Ao Yifan smiled, then followed her in.

Upon stepping into the palace, Ao Yifan felt a warm breath wash over him, and before his eyes lay countless dancing flames.

The so-called flame essences are genuine treasures, remarkably effective for cultivators practicing fire-attribute techniques.

Perhaps only someone as exalted as the Lord of the Sun Star could afford to lavishly scatter such precious flame essences about.

Compared to the scorching heat outside the palace, although the interior is filled with countless flame essences, the aura feels no heat at all—rather, it is distinctly warm, presumably due to the palace's seals.

"That's it!"

Suddenly, Ao Yifan narrowed his eyes and saw, amidst the myriad dancing flame essences, a figure floating in midair.

It was an extremely tall woman, seemingly fallen into sleep, her even breathing showing she still had life.

And with her breath, strands of flame essence flew from her nostrils into her body.

Of course, that's not the point; the point is……

"This woman, her habit of sleeping naked—why hasn't she changed it?"

Indeed, Ao Yifan had already confirmed that the tall woman floating in the air was none other than Queen Jiang's elder sister, the Lord of the Sun Star, Xi He.

And importantly, the now-sleeping Xi He wore not a stitch of clothing.

"Her figure……"

Ao Yifan considered himself capable of remaining calm before a beauty, yet Xi He's figure was simply too perfect.

Even though Ao Yifan's will was as firm as rock, he couldn't help but steal another glance.

Of course, that glance was unblinking.

Cough cough

At the side, Queen Jiang gave a dissatisfied light cough and said, "Husband, you ought to take the item; by the way, you ought to tell me how you plan to take it."

In fact, Queen Jiang was also quite curious; back then she had several times wanted to 'borrow' a few treasures from her older sister.

However, even though Xi He was naked, Queen Jiang still couldn't find where the other party hid the item.

Cough cough

Giving a light cough, Ao Yifan said, "Actually, the method is very simple; one only needs……"

Speaking, Ao Yifan lowered his voice and whispered a few sentences into Queen Jiang's ear.

In the next moment, Queen Jiang widened her eyes, looking at Ao Yifan with a shocked expression.

"Husband, you wouldn't be deceiving me, would you? How could my older sister possibly hide the treasure there? And, the way to retrieve it is, is……"

"What else? Even though Queen Jiang had already given birth to three children for Ao Yifan, she still felt somewhat embarrassed to say it out."

"Queen, you look at my sincere eyes; how could I possibly deceive?"

Ao Yifan said.

Facing Ao Yifan's eyes, Queen Jiang was finally persuaded.

"Alright then, but I need to personally watch to see whether the treasure is really hidden there."

Queen Jiang said with a serious expression.