Chapter 56: The Grandest Wedding

Deep in the night, at Su Zhai.

Su Xi placed the seafood, along with the bucket, into the kitchen.

Just as she was preparing to leave quietly, a sound transmission talisman flew toward her.

【Get over here!】 Zhou Chuchen's voice came from within the sound transmission talisman.

Su Xi was actually just about to go find him; after all, if she wanted to reverse her fate as a cannon fodder, he was the most important opportunity.

She even had a premonition that as long as she captured Zhou Chuchen, "Yuan Jun Zhuan" would be considered reversed.

Su Xi fished a giant, fat crab out of the bucket and entered the Huang Gong.

"A gift for Your Majesty, don't say I came empty-handed." Su Xi placed the big crab on Zhou Chuchen's imperial desk.

Zhou Chuchen: "……Someone, come here."

The big crab was taken away by palace servants to be made into a court delicacy by the imperial chefs.

He pulled Su Xi's slender waist toward him, letting her sit on his lap, feeling his gradually rising body temperature, "You've been gone for seven years, where did you go?"

【Tsk tsk tsk~ This taste of a resentful husband. Host, the Emperor has really taken a fancy to you!】 Er Miao watched the drama gleefully.

Su Xi: 【Why don't you take a break? You being like this... makes it hard for me to respond.】

Er Miao: 【Okay! Good luck, Host, win over the Emperor!】

Su Xi: 【I... will try my best!】

Seeing Su Xi not speaking, Zhou Chuchen tightened his grip on her waist, "I thought that after our last intimacy, you had accepted me."

"How about we get married first?" Su Xi's words were shocking!

Zhou Chuchen: "!!!"

Su Xi curled her fingers to trace his peerlessly handsome face, "The Sect Leader of the Southern Dao Sect once said that I cultivate the Red Dust Dao, and experiencing human relationships is very beneficial to cultivation."

"……" Zhou Chuchen thought she disliked the mundane world's tedious formalities and etiquette, "Good! Then I shall choose an auspicious day for the wedding."

"I want the grandest wedding." Su Xi's slender fingertips hooked Zhou Chuchen's beautiful chin, her thumb tracing his lips……

Zhou Chuchen's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and his hand pinching her waist tightened even more!

"However grand you want it, I will hold it for you. If you want the entire continent to know, I will summon the four seas to come and offer their congratulations!"

Su Xi leaned forward and kissed his lips, her tongue hooking them before pulling away, "Just as Your Majesty says!"

That night, Su Xi and Zhou Chuchen played chess for half the night, with Zhou Chuchen racking his brains to lose game after game.

It wasn't until dawn was approaching that Su Xi left the Huang Gong.

At the morning court session, Zhou Chuchen announced to the world the news that he was going to marry Su Xi as his Empress.

The entire court was shocked!

They never expected that in their lifetime they would actually wait for the Emperor's grand wedding!

All the civil and military officials had thought the Emperor would remain lonely until the end of his life!

Let alone marrying an Immortal Cultivator, even if he married a man, they would have... of course that wouldn't do, it goes against human ethics and would lead to the end of the ancestral line.

Su Xi did not return to Su Zhai, but secretly went to the Southern Dao Sect to find Xue Fuyi to farm luck points.

【Congratulations to the Host for successfully obtaining 15 luck points from the target! Reward: reversal points, one task Treasure Box! 200 Top-Grade Spirit Stones, high-grade Spirit Stones, three high-grade spirit swords, one Supreme Defensive Immortal Artifact, and one fragment of a stele.】

After receiving the rewards, Su Xi used Teleportation to leave the Southern Dao Sect without lingering at all.

She arrived at a small town at random and entered a teahouse.

A waiter greeted Su Xi, "Greetings, guest, what would you like?"

"Bring me a pot of your best tea here, and the signature snacks," Su Xi replied.

"Alright~ please wait a moment, guest." The waiter went to the kitchen.

Su Xi took out from the System Space the fragment of the stele she had farmed from Xue Fuyi; this was already the second one.

She looked at the stele fragment and asked Er Miao, 【Do you know what this is?】

【"Yuan Jun Zhuan" is carved on stele inscriptions, could it be related to this fragment?】 Er Miao replied.

【Why don't you spend some points to help me ask if this is related to the plot?】

【Okay, Host.】

Soon, Er Miao said again: 【Host, this stele fragment is called the Nine Profound War Stele, it is an innate ancient treasure and also one of the magic treasures Xue Fuyi relies on most. Its specific use can only be unlocked after the Host collects all nine fragments.】

【Where are the other pieces?】

【There are only three pieces in the Yunze Dalu; the remaining six are in the Xianjie and the God Realm respectively. If the Host wants to collect them all, you need to continue cultivating; you can only obtain them after reaching the Xianjie and the God Realm.】

【Your map can scan the entire continent, right? See if you can find the third piece.】

【Okay, Host.】

The waiter brought up the tea and snacks Su Xi had ordered, "Please enjoy, guest, this is our teahouse's best Nectar Tea, Osmanthus Silkworm Bean Cake, and Longevity Fruit."

"Mm." Su Xi gave a gold leaf to the waiter, "Keep the rest as a tip."

"Thank you, guest." The waiter was overjoyed, "Is there anything else you need?"

"Tell me, what are the rare happenings in town lately?" Su Xi picked up a Longevity Fruit from the snack plate and peeled it, revealing colorful nuts inside.

She ate while taking a sip of tea.

The waiter replied enthusiastically: "Yes. If you want to talk about what's being discussed most heatedly in town, it's that His Majesty is having a grand wedding, and he's marrying the daughter of a merchant. Some say this merchant's daughter is incredibly ugly and even has a lame leg."

"Pfft—" Su Xi had wanted to hear some rare gossip, but it ended up being about herself, and she wondered where this rumor came from.

"How is that possible? His Majesty isn't blind."

"Maybe His Majesty likes something different from us ordinary people, otherwise why wouldn't he have married in the decades since he ascended the throne."

"……" That actually, makes sense.

"Do you think I look ugly?" Su Xi asked the waiter.

The waiter hurriedly said: "The guest is like a goddess descended to the mortal world; it is an immortal beauty and jade-like appearance that I have never seen before."

Su Xi took a sip of tea, "I have actually met the one His Majesty intends to marry; she is about the same as me."

"Ah! That is truly a match made in heaven, a glory that will shine for ten thousand years!" the waiter said hurriedly, becoming even more respectful toward Su Xi.

Anyone who could have met the empress-to-be was definitely of extraordinary status.

"Let's not talk about this; are there any other rare occurrences?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Ten miles outside our Guotun Town, a strange thing happened. There was originally a stone mountain there, but a while ago, black clouds suddenly appeared on a clear day, and a few bolts of lightning split the stone mountain in two; it was actually hollow inside..."

Su Xi guessed that there must have been some Immortal Cultivator in seclusion within that stone mountain.

【Host, I have found the stone mountain the waiter mentioned. Do you want to go take a look?】 Er Miao said to Su Xi.

Su Xi said to the waiter, "Help me wrap up these two snacks."

"Coming right up~" the waiter helped Su Xi pack the snacks.

Su Xi took the snacks and left the teahouse.

After walking to a secluded spot, she used Teleportation to leave immediately.

After she arrived at the stone mountain, not even two breaths later, someone else arrived at this place as well.

Looking at the person who had arrived, Su Xi took a step back, bowed in greeting, and then used Teleportation to leave again.

Rong Shou looked blankly at the spot where Su Xi had just been standing. A moment later, his already pale lips revealed a hint of whiteness.

He took a Transmission Talisman Seal out from his Storage Ring, squeezed it for a long time, but in the end, he put it away.

He raised his hand to condense a ball of True Essence Power, flew a circle inside the hollow of the mountain, and finally collected a handful of white ash.

"Senior Brother Yuan Jue, let us return to the sect."