Chapter 44: Scheming

Pacifying Princess Longji naturally doesn't require Ao Yifan to worry.

After all, dealing with a willful little girl, Immortal Maiden Yunhua used threats and deceit, and soon had Princess Longji behaving obediently.

At this moment, Ao Yifan's attention is mostly focused on this reward.

With a hundred thousand years of cultivation, Ao Yifan instantly broke through to the Golden Immortal Peak.

Now, even if his family's Runrun discovers that he got her pregnant, Ao Yifan can easily handle it.

But that's not the point.

The point is still this special reward.

One must know that each system reward is either cultivation or a magic treasure, and this Red Phoenix Star Movement is the first time encountering it.

Even more importantly, after the Red Phoenix Star Movement is activated, comes the line: the Red Embroidered Ball backfires on its master!

「If I remember correctly, the Red Embroidered Ball is a supreme merit treasure, and also a strange treasure that governs the marital bonds of the three realms! 」

Ao Yifan muttered to himself: "Rumor has it that this Red Embroidered Ball is in the hands of the sage Nüwa, and it backfires on its master; could it be that that great god, because of me, was struck by her own Red Embroidered Ball?"

Moreover, that cold snort echoing through the three realms still makes Ao Yifan feel a slight chill even now.

「Such anger from a sage probably has nothing to do with me, right? 」

This time, Ao Yifan was truly screwed over by the system.

After all, he's merely a minor Golden Immortal; where would he get the nerve to provoke a sage?

After all, although Ao Yifan now has the protection of the Yin Shang National Fortune, even a sage would not dare to scheme against him lightly.

However, if the sage truly becomes enraged and seeks to deal with him regardless of cost, then he can only consider himself unlucky.

「Let's just pretend this never happened; anyway, before I have certainty, I will definitely not come into contact with the other party. 」

Ao Yifan secretly thought to himself.

……

「Unexpectedly, I cannot calculate the other party's origin! 」

In the Nüwa Palace, Nüwa stopped the hand seal she was forming, her face turning deathly pale.

Just moments ago, while she was napping, the Red Embroidered Ball she had placed at her bedside suddenly fell and struck her squarely on the head.

Such an incident is absolutely impossible for a sage to occur.

However, the fact is, she really was struck by her own spirit treasure, the Red Embroidered Ball.

Moreover, what makes Nüwa collapse is that her own Red Embroidered Ball has actually destined a marital bond for her!

The Red Embroidered Ball can set the marital bonds of the three realms, but under normal circumstances Nüwa rarely does so, after all, she isn't very interested in this matter.

Yet she never expected that the first marital bond set by the Red Embroidered Ball would be her own!

「How could it not be calculated? 」

Having an inexplicable marital bond imposed on her makes Nüwa feel somewhat irritable.

However, after calculating, Nüwa shockingly discovered that the other party can actually conceal the heavenly secrets.

This situation only has three possibilities!

The first possibility is that Hongjun Laozu, who has already incarnated as the Heavenly Dao, is scheming against her, but Nüwa feels this possibility is almost nonexistent.

After all, Hongjun Laozu incarnated as the Heavenly Dao cannot easily involve himself in worldly karma.

As for the second possibility, it is those few fellow sages scheming against her.

But after thinking it over, Nüwa still rules out this possibility.

Indeed, she does not believe the Three Pure Ones would use such despicable means to scheme against her, after all, that would be too vile.

As for the Two Sages of the West, Nüwa feels that, given their character, they could possibly do such a thing, after all, back then those two fellows acted with little regard for scruples.

But the problem is the strength of those two fellows!

If it truly were the Two Sages of the West scheming against her, she would definitely be able to figure out some clues.

「Now, only the last possibility remains! 」

A flicker of cold light flashed in her eyes; the gaze of the sage Nüwa pierced the Thirty-Three Heavens and fell directly upon the human world's Yin Shang Dynasty, Zhaoge City!

But just as Nüwa wanted to spy on Zhaoge City, suddenly a massive surge of Yin Shang National Fortune rose up within the city.

In an instant, Nüwa only felt a slight stinging sensation in her eyes.

「The Yin Shang fate is not exhausted; even now, I cannot easily spy on Zhaoge City. 」

Nüwa withdrew her gaze, her eyes flashing with sharp light.

「Could it be that I need to prematurely trigger the Calamity? No, that won't do; the Three Pure Ones would never agree, so it seems I must think of another method! 」

At that moment, a flicker of Nüwa's divine sense moved, and her gaze fell upon a little crane.

「This is the crane boy attending Senior Brother Yuanshi; seeing her like this, she must have come to investigate the cause of my earlier wrath, and the timing is just right! 」

With a thought, the next moment a speck of Nüwa's divine sense flew out.

The next moment, the crane boy swiftly flying through the air suddenly halted.

「Revealing one's body is truly too weak; never mind, after this I shall grant this little child an opportunity, thus settling the karma of this incident! 」

Muttering softly, one saw the crane boy turn its direction and head straight for the human world's Zhaoge City.

……

「Has that girl stopped causing trouble? 」

Ao Yifan looked at the Immortal Maiden Yunhua walking out of the room and couldn't help but ask.

「Mm, after making a fuss for a while, she ate and then went to sleep; after all, she's still a naive little girl, I can still handle her. 」

Immortal Maiden Yunhua nodded, then leaned into Ao Yifan's embrace.

At that moment, Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai, with their big bellies, came over.

「Prince Consort, the sister of King Wucheng is coming to see you again! 」

Hearing this, Ao Yifan helplessly shook his head; that Dahuang Yatou has become entangled with him.

"Let's go, I'll accompany you to see Consort Huang's maid."

Fairy Maiden Yunhua linked arms with Ao Yifan and said.

"Mm"

Ao Yifan nodded; as for Consort Huang's maid, he couldn't possibly ignore her.

There was no way; an accident allowed that maid to discover her own secret with Queen Jiang.

In order to soothe the other's emotions, Ao Yifan naturally had to satisfy the small request of that Dahuang Yatou.

However, when Ao Yifan saw Consort Huang again, his whole body shuddered.

Simply because, the woman following behind Consort Huang was someone he knew all too well.

"Hetong, how could she be here?"

Ao Yifan thought to himself, but what surprised him a little was that Hetong seemed not to have recognized him; otherwise, such a reaction would be absolutely impossible.

"It's actually this person; according to that maid's account, this person seems to be the Prince Consort of Yin-Shang, but why does he possess such a strong Yin-Shang national fortune?"

Hetong gazed at Ao Yifan, her heart full of doubt.

"Moreover, this person looks utterly ordinary, with merely a Golden Immortal cultivation; he could never scheme against me. Could it be that he has others behind him? I must investigate thoroughly!"

"Prince Consort, I haven't seen you in days; I miss you to death!"

Consort Huang didn't know what her newly acquired maid was thinking; upon seeing Ao Yifan, the maid lunged straight at him.

"Alright, there are too many people and eyes here; let's go inside!"

At that moment, Fairy Maiden Yunhua beside him said.

"Mm"

Consort Huang's eyes lit up; she turned to Hetong and said, "Hetong, you wait here; I, the young lady, will return in three hours."

"Yes, young lady!"

Hetong glanced curiously at the two of them; she knew full well that this man was the Yin-Shang Prince Consort—how could he be so intimate with that maid?