Chapter 170

Shen Qingli

Shen Kuo

She is indeed a close attendant of the Kunlun Divine Lord, and also one of the few who have seen the Divine Lord's true face.

After all, his status is transcendent; he has no need to deliberately attend any immortal gatherings or banquets, and he dislikes noise, so those immortals who can see him are naturally few and far between.

During the great calamity, he did appear, but he descended directly in his divine form! So even though many deities received his healing, they still truly never saw his face.

A Li

Qin Su Nu

Jin Wu

After all, Shen Kuo, who has not yet returned to his position, only has the aura of an ordinary ice-system immortal cultivator all over.

Lou Guanxue

Zhong Minglan

Shao Guanwu

Ao! The half-asleep, half-awake Jiuli almost scratched someone! Upon seeing it was Shen Kuo, it retracted its claws, and then grew angry toward the one who threw it,

Xu Shen Yun

Little White

A Jin

Xiao Piaoliang

Nine Black

God Monarch

Divine Form

Imperial Consort

Your Majesty

fairy robe

fairy disciple

divine medicine

fairy medicine

poisonous herb

narrow waist

under the fairy robe

this emperor

The imperial husband would be different—he'd definitely vomit blood…

She doesn't have a second divine pill—looking at him, the immortal medicine would surely be even less effective on him.

"Isn't this it?"

Zhong Minglan didn't realize that Shen Kuo thought she wasn't that impulsive and reckless.

"But I do want it—why aren't you accompanying Little Pretty as she grows up? Didn't I tell you to?"

Bringing this up, Zhong Minglan gets angry! Although she's soft-natured from her longevity, she's not stupid—she had long ago instructed this cheap imperial husband to make sure he accompanies Little Pretty as she grows up! And what about him?

Heh!

He's quite good at raising a son-in-law!

He just tosses out his own daughter and doesn't raise her!

"Sorry."

Shen Kuo apologizes—he shouldn't have simply assumed that his birth mother wouldn't mistreat her own daughter.

Seeing him not even defend himself, Zhong Minglan felt like punching cotton—so frustrated.

"What are you thinking?" Zhong Minglan asked directly.

"I didn't realize she wasn't you." Shen Kuo truly hadn't expected that.

Back then he had brought little Ah Jin and couldn't explain his origins; Zhao Yue's anger, as if she'd become a different person, he could understand.

So Zhao Yue told him to get lost, forbidding him from seeing their daughter again—and he did just that.

But not seeing his daughter still worried him, so he kept having Little White go over to watch.

Who would have thought that at the crucial moment, Little White accidentally ate poisonous grass, nearly losing his own life, and thus couldn't send word back.

"Mom, don't blame Dad—at that time Zhao Yue was using the same body as you originally had." Shen Qingli spoke for her father.

"Actually, it's my fault." Di Jin apologized.

"What does it have to do with you?" Shen Qingli retorted, although she had also disliked this brother who stole her father when she was young.

"Alright, let's all go in first." Zhong Minglan's anger came and went quickly; knowing everything is fate's doing, the past shouldn't be dwelt on—cherishing the present and future is what matters.

"Wait!" Shaoguan Wu's voice rang out again.

Zhong Minglan frowned and turned her head: "You haven't left yet? Or do you still want this emperor to keep you for tea?"

"Who is he!" Shaoguan Wu pointed at Shen Kuo, having never seen Zhong Minglan be so intimate and gentle with any man.

And Lou Guanxue also wanted to know the answer to Shaoguan Wu's question! Her palm, hidden inside her immortal robe, was almost pinched raw from her own grip; she barely managed to keep her composure, not letting any crack show as she looked at Shen Kuo.

As for Zhong Minglan, she had long known Shaoguan Wu's covetous designs on her—how disgusting!

Right now, she directly put her arms around Shen Kuo's slender waist and openly declared, "This emperor's imperial husband."

Shen Kuo: "……"

Forget it—just count it as him having also blocked her waist just now.

However, Shaoguan Wu hasn't erupted yet.

Lou Guanxue screamed first, "What did you say?"

Emperor husband, emperor husband...

How is that possible! No, no——

Lou Guanxue doesn't want to face this fact!!

"What are you getting worked up about?" Zhong Minglan was a bit bewildered.

Shaoguan Wu also didn't quite understand; shouldn't he be the one who's furious instead?

"How can I not be worked up?" Lou Guanxue blurted out, drawing everyone's attention.

Shen Kuo glanced at her, and Lou Guanxue froze instantly, her breath unconsciously stopping.

"Dad, do you know her?" Di Jin asked from the side with a meaningful look.

Lou Guanxue became even more nervous, hoping she knew her, but—

"I don't know her." Shen Kuo said he had no impression at all.

Lou Guanxue could barely hold herself, but she said, "The Shaoshen Emperor pursued the Empress for so long, yet the Empress actually passed up a Shaoshen Emperor just as powerful as you to choose one, one, like this—it's truly baffling."

Lou Guanxue, trying to cover up her loss of composure, couldn't stay any longer! She turned and left with her people, afraid she'd lose control. She had thought that even if he didn't recognize her, he'd at least feel familiar, and would have to glance at her a couple more times.

But he didn't.

Still the same as before.

His gaze toward her was just like looking at his flowers and grasses.

Not bad!

Shaoguan Wu, however, immediately picked up Lou Guanxue's words!

He was originally the only man who could match Zhong Minglan!

What's this pretty boy in front of us? He's not even as good as this guy!

"Shen Kuo is great, especially his looks—I, the emperor, really like him. In the whole Shen Ting, can you find anyone better-looking than him?" Zhong Minglan thought that was pretty good!

But Di Jin had something to say: "Cough, Mother, as for me, I think I'm better-looking than my father."

Shen Qingli glanced at him, and Di Jin immediately knew to raise his index finger to his lips, staying quiet obediently.

"Let's go, we're heading back—no talking to these ugly people." Zhong Minglan said her eyes hurt, she put her arm around Shen Kuo and returned to the Vermilion Bird Palace.

Shaoguan Wu watched their retreating backs, feeling both angry and helpless, could only turn and follow Lou Guanxue's group away, feeling stifled inside!

While Shen Qingli was about to catch up with her parents, Di Jin leaned in and whispered something to her ear; she stopped and asked, "Shall I go with you?"

"No need." Di Jin shook his head.

"Then bring Li Li with you."

"Me?" Jiu Li came hopping over, "Did A Li call me?"

"Yeah, you go with A Jin for a bit." Shen Qingli handed Jiu Li over to Di Jin.

Jiu Li stood nervously on Di Jin's shoulder, and he waved, "You go in with your parents first; I'll be back shortly."

Having said that, he walked in the opposite direction, gazing toward the end of Vermilion Bird Avenue, where a person stood.

Shen Qingli glanced and recognized that this person had originally been following behind Lou Guanxue, from the Dao Palace?

She was a bit worried, so she still didn't go in.

However, she soon saw——

That person knelt down immediately as Di Jin was about to approach!