After Su Yue left, the Worry-Free Teahouse gradually became lively.
Originally, most of the people who came here were tea lovers, or young women who admired Ye Xuan and wanted to catch a glimpse of his demeanor.
But ever since the news spread that "the Night Shopkeeper married a peerless beauty," many more curious individuals came, wanting to see who this woman, capable of captivating Ye Xuan, truly was.
Ye Xuan carried a tea tray, moving through the teahouse, skillfully adding tea and pouring water for the guests.
Gu Jiuyou, meanwhile, sat languidly to the side, propping her chin with one hand, her gaze following her husband's figure, a slight smile playing on her lips.
She recalled the rumors about Ye Xuan—
Xuan Venerable Ye Xuan, the Immortal Realm's only Immortal Venerable.
Seven hundred years ago, the Immortal Realm was weak, its mid-to-low-level combat power hollow, barely held together by a group of old Cultivators.
It so happened that the Demon, Yao, and Ghost Realms joined forces to invade the Immortal Realm, intending to carve up its territory, and even the Human Realm was dragged into it.
A chaotic war among the Five Realms!
Just as the Immortal Realm's mid-to-low-level battlefields were on the verge of collapse, a white-robed Cultivator emerged out of nowhere—Ye Xuan!
He ascended to Immortality from the Human Realm and entered the Immortal Realm, one man, one sword, killing his way from the Immortal Realm's First Heaven all the way to the Nine Heavens!
For a full two hundred years, he struck fear into the Three Realms, with mountains of corpses in his wake!
Ye Xuan proved his Dao through Killing Intent, stepping into the Emperor Realm!
In the Immortal Realm's Nine Heavens, he met with Ziwei and Zhenwu, the two Emperors who had been fighting the four realms for two hundred years, and the three of them joined forces to repel the invaders from the Three Realms!
In this great war, Ye Xuan's Killing Intent was so immense that even Ziwei and Zhenwu, the two Emperors, were far inferior.
Thus, Ye Xuan was known as "Xuan Venerable," the only being in the Immortal Realm to be honored with the title "Venerable"!
Later, as time passed, the Five Realms gradually achieved peace. Ye Xuan gradually stopped fighting, but for four hundred years, no one dared to challenge his authority. There was no other way…
The battle achievements left by Xuan Venerable during the Five Realms war were too terrifying!
In the latter four hundred years, the Immortal Realm was peaceful, and Ye Xuan did not fight again. At the same time, he also participated in some grand events in the Immortal Realm, and everyone discovered that he was not a bloodthirsty person, so they respectfully called him "Immortal Venerable."
Ye Xuan's strength was formidable, with few rivals in the Six Realms, and his personality was approachable, plus he was handsome.
He gradually acquired the title of the most handsome man in the Immortal Realm.
Then, this Immortal Venerable disappeared a hundred years ago…
Yes, without any warning whatsoever…
However, for Gu Jiuyou, none of this was the most important.
What she was most proud of was her husband—the most handsome man in the Immortal Realm!
This most exquisite "cabbage" of the Immortal Realm was finally hers to claim!
Hehe…
So handsome!
If it weren't for Ye Xuan's face being so devastatingly handsome, how could she, a dignified Demon Emperor, marry a "Mortal" she had only known for three days?
…
"Yo, you're Ye Xuan?"
A rough voice interrupted Gu Jiuyou's thoughts.
Ye Xuan had just finished serving tea to a table of guests when five figures suddenly blocked his path. The burly man leading them was tall and broad, with a brutish face, followed by four shifty-eyed subordinates.
Seeing this, the surrounding tea customers all lowered their heads and quietly moved their seats, fearing involvement.
Wang Meng!
A notorious bully from Ligecheng, a Spirit Manipulation Realm Cultivator, with several lives on his hands.
Although private duels among Cultivators were strictly forbidden in the city, Wang Meng had Liu Yu backing him, so as long as he didn't provoke the City Lord's Mansion, he could practically walk sideways in the city!
Ye Xuan sighed inwardly.
This Killing Intent… is too obvious, isn't it?
They don't even bother to conceal it; it's clear they're here to cause trouble.
He just wanted to live a secluded life peacefully with Gu Jiuyou, why was it so difficult?
"Precisely. Are you here for tea, guest?" Ye Xuan smiled slightly, his tone calm.
"Otherwise?" Wang Meng's nostrils flared, his attitude arrogant.
Well, even the lines are exactly the same as Liu Yu's.
Ye Xuan rolled his eyes inwardly.
You're here to cause trouble, can't you come up with a fresher approach?
"Then… please take a seat, guest." Ye Xuan still smiled, turning to prepare to fetch the tea.
He had to play the part completely; he was a proper teahouse shopkeeper now.
"Consider yourself sensible!" Wang Meng smiled smugly, but his gaze involuntarily darted towards Gu Jiuyou.
Before coming, he had heard that Ye Xuan's wife was as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal, and now seeing her with his own eyes, the rumors were indeed true!
Good heavens, how could a Mortal possess such beauty?
He, Wang Meng, considered himself well-traveled and knowledgeable, having spent time with many courtesans from pleasure houses, but compared to the woman before him, they weren't even fit to carry her shoes!
"Boss, that old man really didn't lie to us, this teahouse shopkeeper's wife is really damn beautiful!" A subordinate brazenly shouted.
Ye Xuan's footsteps paused, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
Goodness gracious…
Among the entire Six Realms, you five are the first to dare to poach in front of an Immortal Venerable!
Let's find a place to bury them tonight.
Ye Xuan quietly made a mental note.
"Scram!" Gu Jiuyou spoke coldly, her gaze like daggers.
Why are there always such reckless beings in this world?
She wasn't some novel protagonist; where did all these cannon fodder characters come from?
If it weren't for the sake of a low-key secluded life, she would have already turned these five into dust the moment Wang Meng first looked at her!
How dare you stare directly at this Emperor?
Hold it in…
Hold it in!
The dignified Immortal Venerable and Demon Emperor, at this moment, for the sake of maintaining their disguises, forcibly suppressed the urge to kill.
Unfortunately, these five showed no appreciation for this hard-won chance at life…
"First, we'll beat that man up, as for his wife…"
"Tsk tsk, a pretty boy, to actually marry such a beautiful woman, he really got lucky!"
"You're courting death!"
Ye Xuan's eyes suddenly turned cold!
How many years has it been…
Even Immortal Emperors wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous in front of him!
"Ants!"
Gu Jiuyou moved even faster than him!
The terrifying Devilish Qi appeared for only a split second, just one instant!
Heaven and earth changed color, and all Cultivators and Yao Beasts within a radius of ten thousand li felt enveloped by this terrifyingly extreme aura.
When the Demon Emperor rages, heaven and earth tremble!
The next moment, this terrifying aura vanished without a trace.
Along with it, the arrogant Wang Meng and his four companions in the Worry-Free Teahouse also disappeared…
"My husband, Gu Jiuyou's husband, is someone you can criticize?"
Ligecheng was mostly populated by Mortals, and Gu Jiuyou's move was extremely swift, her pressure lasting only an instant, so almost no one noticed anything unusual.
In the eyes of the teahouse patrons, they only vaguely heard Gu Jiuyou curse a couple of times, and then Wang Meng and his four companions were gone.
"Strange, where did they go?"
"Maybe… they left on their own?"
"Who cares, it's good that they're gone!"
The teahouse quickly returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.
Except for… the Heavenly Dao lightning punishments that surged repeatedly in the sky, visible to a small number of Cultivators.
Ye Xuan shook his head helplessly, walked over to Gu Jiuyou, and whispered:
"My dear, next time, let me handle it."
Gu Jiuyou pouted: "Whose fault is it that they have such foul mouths?"
Ye Xuan chuckled, reaching out to ruffle her hair: "Alright, alright, my dear wife is the most protective."
Gu Jiuyou's cheeks couldn't help but flush. She had been so enraged by Wang Meng calling Ye Xuan a pretty boy that she had instantly pulverized the five of them.
"Stop it! Go back to work!"
Ye Xuan smiled in response and continued to attend to the guests.
…
Hmm, no need to bury anyone tonight.
It saved trouble.