Chapter 689: Cloud Dominates the Heavens!

The night breeze blew gently, and the moonlight was like water.

"Do you truly love Your Majesty?"

Fu Jiu's tone was rather serious, even tinged with a hint of cold killing, as if as soon as Ye Qingran denied it, they would kill her.

Ye Qingran glanced at him, smiled lightly, "I'm not, could it be you?"

Fu Jiu: "......"

Does he seem to be joking?

"I'm serious," Fu Jiu emphasized, tightening his handsome face.

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Ye Qingran propped her chin, no longer looking at Fu Jiu, "Your attitude just now made it seem as if I had stolen your lover, making me think lewdly."

"As a loyal subordinate, isn't that a normal reaction?"

Ye Qingran gave no answer, "What if I just want to play with Your Majesty?"

Fu Jiu's expression turned icy, "I will kill you."

Ye Qingran slowly nodded, speaking unhurriedly, "Even if you are a human emperor, you still lack the ability to kill me."

Confident, even bordering on arrogance.

Fu Jiu stared at her, for a moment unable to refute.

Honestly, he truly wasn't sure he could defeat Ye Qingran.

This woman is too unfathomable; he cannot see through her.

"Put away that little thought," Ye Qingran stopped teasing him, "I may not need to tell you this, but I have decided that Fu Hanxiu, this man, will be mine for life!"

I have to say, for a brief instant he suddenly realized that among the countless stunning women in the world, Your Majesty happened to set his eyes on her.

He simply sat down, imitating Ye Qingran as he gazed at the star‑filled sky, "Your Majesty is a person worth entrusting one's whole life to."

"I guess the words you're about to say will be about how difficult he is."

Fu Jiu: "......"

"You've already said everything; there's nothing left to talk about today!"

"That's a fact!" he gritted his teeth.

Fearing that Ye Qingran might speak again, he would go berserk, so he simply added, "Many people only know how glorious the Emperor Sovereign of the Peak of the Hunt is, but who knows the price behind that glory..."

Ye Qingran's eyes flashed, and this time she remained silent.

Honestly, from the time she met Fu Hanxiu until they fell in love, more than a year had passed; he never brought up the past on his own, nor did she ask.

However, she was quite curious about Fu Hanxiu's past.

Fu Jiu narrated slowly, from Fu Hanxiu's founding of the Peak of the Hunt, to gradually expanding it, and finally to the Peak of the Hunt becoming the foremost power on Xuanmiao Continent.

The hardships, injuries, and even blood Fu Hanxiu endured, according to Fu Jiu, are memories too painful to look back on!

After listening, Ye Qingran pressed her lips together, her heart filled with sorrow.

"Your Majesty never had ambitions of claiming kingship or domination; the reason he does this is because of his mother..."

Ye Qingran turned her head, looking at Fu Jiu with surprise.

She had never heard Fu Hanxiu speak of his parents.

"His mother?"

"Hmm." When mentioning Fu Hanxiu's mother, Fu Jiu's surroundings exuded a chill.

"Your Majesty's mother, when Your Majesty was very young, despised him as an ill‑omened person, blamed him, beat and scolded him; at seven, Your Majesty was abandoned by his mother and became an orphan."

Later her mother remarried; when Your Majesty was fourteen, his mother returned, bringing a half‑brother of the same mother, and in front of Your Majesty she said that only that child was her bloodline, that Your Majesty was a worthless Wild Offspring.

After humiliating Your Majesty, she left. From that year onward, Your Majesty swore to rise above, not be despised by his mother, and prove to the world that he was not a pitiful creature!

After hearing this, Ye Qingran was so angry that she clenched her fists.

She had thought being an orphan was already tragic enough, but didn't expect Fu Hanxiu to be even worse off.

Such a vicious mother—better not exist!

"Where is his mother now?"

Seeing Ye Qingran's angry expression, Fu Jiu smiled, shook his head, and said, "I don't know."

Don't know?

"She probably remarried into a major power, but no one knows exactly where."

Is there such a place?

Ye Qingran frowned.

Until now, she had thought Western Extremity was the most mysterious place on Xuanmiao Continent, but now it seemed otherwise.

Just like the background of her cheap father, it was also shrouded in mystery.

"She'd better never return to Western Extremity in her lifetime, or I won't let her go!"

How dare she treat her man like that—she's courting death!

Fu Jiu nodded in agreement.

In his heart, he also deeply hated that woman.

Your Majesty's cold demeanor, the darkness of the past twenty‑plus years, was all caused single‑handedly by that woman.

"However, that woman only appeared once when Your Majesty was fourteen, and never again. Yet, though she rarely shows up, she has placed her people in Western Extremity, who from time to time issue orders to Your Majesty, trying to control him."

Shameless!

She never imagined that this so‑called mother‑in‑law could be such a wicked woman!

She rose angrily.

"Where are you going?"

Ye Qingran didn't even turn her head, "Go find Your Majesty to sleep."

Fu Jiu: "......"

Fu Hanxiu had just finished coaxing the child, left the room, closed the door, turned around, and saw Ye Qingran fuming with anger.

"What's wrong?"

"Go back to the room, I want to sleep with you!"

Fu Hanxiu: "......"

Next day.

The group originally planning to head to the Sea of Broken Souls suddenly received news from Yunzhong City.

"The Yun Tribe Clan Leader is gravely ill, has decided to relinquish the position, and the succession ceremony for the new Clan Leader will be held in one month."

Upon hearing this news, Ye Qingran and the others all wore solemn expressions.

Although this succession ceremony does not explicitly designate the Clan Leader as Yun Lan, given the current situation, the probability of Yun Lan becoming the next Yun Tribe Clan Leader exceeds sixty percent.

Barring any surprises, the next Yun Tribe Clan Leader will be Yun Lan.

Once she becomes Clan Leader, holding power over Yunfu, dealing with her will become troublesome.

Moreover, this Clan Leader position was seized by Yun Lan from Yun Ling's hands. Yun Ling is still alive; we cannot just let the position fall into Yun Lan's hands!

Han Xing frowned and said, "What should we do? It takes half a month to get from Donghai Cheng to Yunzhong City, and the Sea of Broken Souls..."

Everyone fell silent.

If we go to the Sea of Broken Souls and then to Yunzhong City, it will take at least over a month, assuming everything goes smoothly.

If we don't go to the Sea of Broken Souls, Lu Yunfeng...

Everyone looked at Ye Qingran, waiting for her decision.

Upon first hearing this news, what Ye Qingran thought of was not the Clan Leader position, but Yun Batian's body.

As everyone knows, Yun Tribe Clan Leader Yun Batian has been depressed and withdrawn since learning of his beloved daughter Yun Ling's disappearance, his health deteriorating day by day, especially these years he has been bedridden; unless there is a major ceremony in the tribe, he stays behind closed doors.

"Is his health really unable to hold up any longer?" Ye Qingran frowned, feeling somewhat worried in her heart.

According to blood relations, Yun Batian is her maternal grandfather.