“Oh, right.”
Suddenly, Gu Jiuyou remembered something.
“Hmm?” Ye Xuan was confused.
“What exactly was that wedding wine from that night?”
To think that she, the dignified Demon Empress, with Immortal Emperor cultivation, was actually made drunk by a single cup of wine.
It was incredibly unbelievable!
“That… Fairy Yanxia gave it to me. She said it was her exclusive brew…”
At her mention, Ye Xuan also recalled the wedding wine from that night; it was indeed very strange.
Both of them, with Immortal Emperor cultivation, were drunk after just one cup!
And he and his wife had been intimately caressing each other in bed, forgetting the time. Could it be that Fairy Yanxia…
Thinking of this, Ye Xuan shivered. Fortunately, he hadn't listened to Fairy Yanxia and had another cup. This woman was too terrifying…
“Fairy Yanxia?” Gu Jiuyou’s voice instantly turned cold.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch!”
Ye Xuan grimaced—his ear was being fiercely pinched by his wife.
The dignified Immortal Venerable was actually having his ear pinched by a woman!
“Quite close, aren’t you?” Gu Jiuyou added three more points of strength to her hand.
“No, no way, heaven and earth bear witness!”
“She insisted on giving it, and it wouldn't have been good for me to refuse… And it really was a rare fine wine…”
“Hmph!”
Gu Jiuyou flung his ear away and walked indignantly deeper into the herb garden.
“W-wife, believe me, I don’t have any feelings for her at all!”
“Oh, right, wife, look, this Nine-Layered Immortal Flower really suits you!”
Saying that, Ye Xuan quickly took out a nine-colored flower. This flower had nine petals, each a different color. This was an essential item for the Awakening of an Immortal Body—the Nine Yang Divine Body—enough to make Cultivators of the Immortal Realm fight to the death over it.
Now, however, he was using it to curry favor with Gu Jiuyou.
Immortal Venerable’s desire to survive was maxed out!
“Hmph!”
Gu Jiuyou glanced at it, but her steps didn't stop.
“Take whatever wife fancies. They’re all mine… No, they’re all yours, my dear wife!”
Gu Jiuyou smiled: “My anger… has subsided just a little.”
It had to be said, her husband’s herb garden was indeed magnificent. Gu Jiuyou clicked her tongue as she strolled, thinking that even the Demon Realm a hundred years ago probably couldn’t have gathered so many treasures.
But now…
She proudly puffed out her chest. After her governance these past years, the Demon Realm was no worse than the Immortal Realm!
“This one, this one, and this one!”
“Take them all!”
Ye Xuan looked at his wife, who resembled a miser, with a wry smile. Just moments ago, she looked angry, but now she was pointing at priceless Immortal Plants and picking them like wild vegetables, stuffing them into her Storage Pouch one after another.
“Wife… leave one Golden Haze Ganoderma for seeds…”
“No!”
“These are all mine now!”
Ye Xuan rubbed his forehead.
Well, now those old fellows in the Immortal Realm would truly come to fight him to the death.
“Eh? This is…” Gu Jiuyou suddenly squatted down, staring at an inconspicuous small plant on the ground.
“Oh, that’s…” Ye Xuan hadn’t finished speaking when he saw Gu Jiuyou’s eyes light up.
“Nine Netherworld Grass!”
She exclaimed in surprise: “This is a treasure that’s extinct even in the Demon Realm!”
“Wife knows it?”
“Of course! I am the Demon Empress!”
“This grass, when steeped in wine, can…”
Gu Jiuyou proudly lifted her small face, then suddenly realized something and quickly shut up.
“Can what?” Ye Xuan leaned in with a mischievous smile.
“Mind your own business!” Gu Jiuyou pushed him away with a blush, “Anyway, it’s all mine now!”
“Alright, alright, it’s all my wife’s~” Ye Xuan looked at her dotingly.
Gu Jiuyou happily counted her spoils, then suddenly looked up as if remembering something: “Oh right, husband, are these… really yours?”
Even if Ye Xuan was the famous Xuan Venerable of the Immortal Realm, there were simply too many Immortal Plants and Spirit Medicines.
It was unimaginable!
Ye Xuan nodded proudly: “The old fellows from the Immortal Realm gave them to me.”
“Gave them?”
“You didn’t steal them, did you?”
Gu Jiuyou looked at him suspiciously.
“Cough, cough… How can you say steal…”
“Didn’t your husband come from the Immortal Realm to the Human Realm? I just brought some local specialties along…”
Ye Xuan nervously averted his gaze.
Gu Jiuyou: “(ง ° □ °)ง ⁼ ³ ₌ ₃”
She suddenly felt that the title of Demon Empress suited Ye Xuan more.
She had been too lenient with the Demon Realm!
The two returned laden with treasures. As soon as they reached their doorstep, they saw Su Yue waiting outside with several servants.
The young girl was wearing a goose-yellow dress today, which made her skin appear as white as snow. Behind her, servants held gift boxes of various sizes, looking quite grand.
“Night Brother! Night Madam!” Su Yue bowed quickly upon seeing them.
Ye Xuan felt a chill down his spine—sure enough, Gu Jiuyou’s fingers had already quietly pinched his waist.
“Miss Su, this is?” Ye Xuan feigned composure.
Su Yue bit her lip, then suddenly knelt down: “Night Brother, please save me!”
Ye Xuan quickly helped her up: “Speak properly, what is this about?”
Once inside, Su Yue explained her purpose. It turned out that Liu Yu had pressured her father, Su Ming, through the Deputy City Lord and his master Jiang Qi, insisting on marrying her.
Su Yue, left with no choice, proposed a duel: if Liu Yu could defeat her seven days later, she would agree to the marriage.
“But… Liu Yu’s master is a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, and he will definitely give him special training these seven days. I… I’m not confident…”
Su Yue gripped the corner of her clothes. She and Liu Yu were both Spirit Manipulation Realm Early Stage Cultivators, with similar strength, but Liu Yu had taken a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator as his master. In comparison, the gap in their strength was widened.
Ligecheng was located in a remote area of the Human Realm, where a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator was enough to be called a patriarch or founder.
Even the City Lord of Ligecheng, Su Yue's father Su Ming, was only at the Peak of the Spirit Manipulation Realm.
She looked up, her eyes filled with anticipation: “That day, I saw Night Brother easily subdue Liu Yu, so you must not be an ordinary person. Please give me some guidance!”
Ye Xuan stroked his chin. He had a good impression of Su Yue; the girl was kind-hearted and had a sense of justice, and they had known each other for quite some time…
“Well, about that…”
He subconsciously looked at Gu Jiuyou.
Gu Jiuyou was slowly brewing tea. Feeling Ye Xuan’s gaze, she gently nodded.
“Alright.”
“Starting tomorrow, Miss Su can come to the Worry-Free Teahouse. I’ll teach you a few moves.”
Since his wife had spoken, he naturally had no problem.
Su Yue was overjoyed and repeatedly thanked them: “Thank you, Night Brother! Thank you, Night Madam! Please accept these humble gifts!”
After Su Yue left, Ye Xuan happily opened the gift boxes: “Let me see what good thi…ngs…”
Before he finished speaking, he felt a chill down his spine.
“Night Brother~ You sound so affectionate~” Gu Jiuyou had appeared behind him at some point, her voice sickly sweet.
Cold sweat immediately drenched Ye Xuan: “W-wife…”
“Hmm?”
“The number one handsome man in the Immortal Realm truly lives up to his reputation~ It’s only been a few days, and young girls are already coming to you for help~”
A dangerous glint flashed in Gu Jiuyou’s purple eyes.
“I’ve been wronged!”
“There’s really nothing between me and Miss Su!”
Ye Xuan wanted to cry but had no tears.
“Is that so?” Gu Jiuyou sneered.
“Then why did she think of asking you for help first?”
“This…”
“I heard that the Fairies pursuing you in the Immortal Realm could line up from the South Heaven Gate to the North Heaven Gate?”
“Not that many…”
“Oh? So there are some?” Gu Jiuyou narrowed her eyes.
Ye Xuan: “……”
The dignified Xuan Venerable, who had roamed the Immortal Realm for seven hundred years, dominating for six hundred years!
If he didn't have any admirers, wouldn't he be too ashamed to face anyone?
Of course, Ye Xuan only dared to think it, not say it aloud. He now wished he could Transmigrate back a quarter of an hour and strangle the past self who agreed to help.
“Wife~ My heart only holds you~”
Ye Xuan tried to muddle through.
“Heh.”
“Sleep on the floor tonight.”
Unfortunately, Gu Jiuyou was unmoved.
“No, wife!”
“My injuries haven’t healed yet!” Ye Xuan wailed.
“Injuries?”
“Who could possibly injure the great Xuan Venerable?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
It was over. He had dug his own grave. If he hadn’t admitted his identity, he could have secretly used his spiritual power to endure it…
“I almost forgot~”
Gu Jiuyou pulled out a shimmering golden object from her Storage Pouch: “I specially prepared this for you~”
Ye Xuan focused his gaze and nearly fainted—a washboard!
And it was an Immortal Artifact specially enhanced with Gu Jiuyou’s spiritual power! She had even thoughtfully carved the words “Six Realms’ Best Husband” on it right there and then…
“Wife… this…”
“Kneel~”
“Kneel until tomorrow morning, and I’ll forgive you for deceiving me~”
Gu Jiuyou smiled sweetly.
Ye Xuan tearfully took the Immortal Artifact—“washboard”—and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “Wife~ Look what this is~”
He pulled out a crystal-clear flower from his sleeve, which was the most precious “Nine Nether Profound Ice Lotus” from the herb garden—a fish that had slipped through Gu Jiuyou’s fingers earlier.
Gu Jiuyou’s eyes lit up, but she quickly put on a stern face again: “Don’t think that just because of this…”
Ye Xuan took the opportunity to pull her into his embrace: “Wife is the best~”
“Stop it!” Gu Jiuyou punched his chest. Now that they had revealed their identities, Gu Jiuyou was no longer afraid of holding back her strength, lest she accidentally use too much force and punch her “Mortal” husband to death.
“I was wrong~” Ye Xuan rubbed against her neck, “From now on, I won’t help anyone but my wife~”
“Hmph!” Gu Jiuyou turned her face away, but the tips of her ears quietly turned red.
“I didn’t say you couldn’t help. The young girl is quite cute…”
Ye Xuan pressed his advantage: “Wife~ Can we tonight…”
“No!” Gu Jiuyou said unequivocally.
“Then… the washboard…”
“Kneel for two hours!”
“Wife is the best~”
Ye Xuan kissed her red lips.
Gu Jiuyou wiped her face in distaste, but the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but curve upwards: “Smooth talker…”
Late at night, in the quiet of the night, Ye Xuan knelt obediently on the “washboard,” looking at the sleeping Gu Jiuyou on the bed, and couldn’t help but chuckle.
His wife was so cute even when she was jealous~
But…
He glanced at the Immortal Artifact beneath his knees and sighed.
Kneeling on this thing really hurt too much…
No, a dignified Immortal Venerable had his pride!
If the fellows in the Immortal Realm found out, that would be terrible!
One day, he would reassert his authority as a husband!
Yes, that day would come…