Chapter 1020: Bitten

This question about his lips, made the Immortal Sun Emperor recall that first real kiss he had shared with Yue Xuexia. A kiss that he had asked permission for and was allowed to by the woman he loves. Just thinking about those soft, red lips he had captured a few hours ago made him swallow his saliva almost instinctively. The thirst in him that had just disappeared a moment ago is now returning. He couldn’t help but lightly touch his lips as he smiled.

When Shen Jueyang calmed down he saw Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue staring at him and couldn’t help but let out a smirk then he said,

"Your Mistress, bit me."

This answer left Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue shocked and speechless. Even though they knew that the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun Emperor get along together, they never expected that one day they would hear such a thing between them. After all, Lord Shen Jueyang’s love had always been one-sided. There is even a time that he had angered the Mistress for mistaking her for his late wife. Also one cannot forget the fact that Yue Xuexia cannot have feelings for a lover, she only has emotions for his family and friends alone.

Shen Jueyang lost his smile when looking at them and said, "Shengyu and your mother, I will be sending them to my empire to train. You two can only stay here. Your grandparents... It’s still undecided. Either they train with your parents or find the Yue Clan. Grandpa Yue asked for them. Either way there is no need to watch after them. You two should focus and break through to the Emperor realm or at least reach the quasi-emperor realm or else you wouldn’t even be able to stand by Xue’er’s side without dragging her down, especially you two who are her right and left hand men. You must never be weaker than the subordinates of her enemies!"

Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue knew that the words of the Immortal Sun Emperor were all true. It was because of this that they left the side of their Mistress leaving the scope of her protection. This is all because they wanted to grow faster under the pressure this real world is giving them. Yue Xuexia also agreed to this, that’s why she had allowed them to leave her side and learn from another master to gain the skills they wanted to learn. They’ve always known that the Immortal Sun Emperor had been dissatisfied with their strength and the fact that the Moon Goddess had to step in to save them multiple times, he had enough of it.

Their mistress personality has been one that is introverted and lazy. However, she is also the kind that will make a move to bring comfort and wealth for the people she cares for. So even though she is the type to not want to move for the sake of her family, she is willing to take actions for their sake alone. In the Mortal Star, she stood at the peak as one of the powerful. In their Yue family is only a mortal one. They originally don’t have any cultivation and there is also the fact that the qi in that planet is so scarce that cultivators in the Mortal Realm didn’t even know anything about cultivation. Those who knew had hidden themselves in another dimension, enjoying the centralized qi only for their own use.

The Moon Goddess had always been the greatest shield of the Yue family, eventually she became the guardian of the whole Mortal Star. Because of this she can hardly take a rest. She can only stand in front protecting those she wanted to protect and make sure that the planet that becomes hers in the end would not be destroyed by someone or something else.

She had always been like this. When she is just a mortal and doesn’t have anything, what she has has always been shared with her family. When she got the strength to stand to the peak, she blocked all enemies for her family and her people. All for the reason that they are her family and these are the people she likes. Thankfully, the moon goddess had a clear distinction before her likes and dislikes. If not, she would have become a savior of the world that is willing to sacrifice everything to save people.

Shen Jueyang added, "Xue’er’s talent in alchemy had been exposed. More people would come over asking for something. You know people’s greed. They would definitely target her. This time we might have to fight against the emperor realm, great emperor realm or maybe even tribulation realm cultivators might come over to ask for the heavens. If you don’t want to die like a bug when that time comes, get stronger faster!"

"Yes, Lord Shen!" Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue said.

Tan Bingyu said,"We would like to return to the Sword Tomb Peak after talking with my parents and grandparents."

"You can leave after dinner," said Shen Jueyang.

The young couple nodded their heads and agreed to stay over for dinner. The Immortal Sun Emperor turned his head and looked at his disciple and his wife. After waiting for a while, the sound of phoenix cries came out of his body when Xue Shuyi’s eyes opened. She had awakened her Three Yin Meridians, but this physique if not awakened right would be bad for the possessor. But thanks to the ice phoenix bloodline in Xue Shuyi, what her physical body lacks was supported by her phoenix bloodline allowing the frost blood in her veins not to completely destroy her body. Her black hair had turned grey though.

After all, Three Yin Meridians is an ice elemental physique which is not bad itself. But compared to Nine Yun Meridians Tan Bingyu and Xue Renxue possessed, it didn’t have full control over ice elements but compared to others who control the same element, this physique alone makes her above them in strength and cultivation speed.

Xue Shuyi looked at herself and noticed that she had successfully broken through the Peak Mahayama realm. She was barely at Mid Huashen realm before they left the Exiled Star. After spending years in the Immortal Realm, she was only able to reach Late Mahayama Realm. Her cultivation talent is only average and before today her Ice Phoenix Bloodline was unawakened. That’s why her progress is so slow.

"Clear and wide meridians, special physique, I... I..." Xue Shuyi was delighted that she is no longer a burden to her husband.

Tan Shengyu knew that his wife had some knot in her heart. Something similar to what his father was feeling towards his old friend, Yue Zhiyan. The large difference in cultivation made Xue Shuyi and Tan Huangyu lose self-confidence when facing people with close relationships. They couldn’t help but look down on themselves for having such a weak cultivation realm and slow cultivation speed which just made the gap between them larger as more time passed. Xue Shuyi had always thought that in the future when her husband had become an emperor realm cultivator and she continued to fail to break through to the next realm, she can only accompany him until her lifespan is spent. She was actually alright with it as she can continue to stay and live by her husband’s side with the help of their Mistress’s gifts like longevity pills and beauty pills.

But now that she had also awakened her physique, she no longer had to overthink of the future where she would be nothing but an ornamental wife beside Tan Shengyu. She can finally cultivate as fast as her husband and no longer need to hide behind him when they have to fight. She also no longer needs to be the person who can only wait at the rear giving support and finally able to stand beside her beloved and fight together with him.

Tan Shengyu approached his wife and gently wiped her tears, "Alright. Don’t cry anymore. All of this is real. You are not dreaming."

"Shengyu, I can finally chase after you. I no longer need to just wait. I promise, in the future I will definitely be able to stand by your side," said Xue Shuyi.

Tan Shengyu hugged his wife in comfort while saying, "I believe you can."

The Immortal Sun Emperor appeared next to the couple and checked on Xue Shuyi’s state. Seeing that there are no further problems as he can see, he decided to leave and look for Yue Xuexia instead.

"There are no problems. You have awakened properly. Except for the fact that your physical body is a bit weak, the healing ability of a phoenix has balanced the energy in you. As long as you temper your body a bit, you shouldn’t suffer frost cold every time you use your qi." Shen Jueyang said. "For now, adjust properly to your new strength. At most five days, I will have someone to pick you two up."

"Yes, Lord Shen (Master)!" Xue Shuyi and Tan Shengyu said.