Chapter 105
Xuanyuan Mo was not dead. He was not dead…
Xuanyuan Hao standing next to Xuanyuan She was not so shocked. Only a shimmer of astonishment flashed across his black eyes.
Lian Zhengyu behind Zhuge Weiming was also surprised to see Xuanyuan Mo. He subconsciously looked around Xuanyuan Mo but he didn’t see the familiar figure. He couldn’t help feeling a bit depressed.
That day, Xuanyuan Mo also jumped off the cliff. Since he appeared here safe now, she should be fine too. Did Xuanyuan Mo not save her that day and she…
At the thought of the possibility, he felt a heartache as if his heart were pricked by needles. Even his eyes became sad.
Several people walked to the jade stairs together.
Duanmu Xue still bowed to Huangfu Cang as a junior, “Greetings, Emperor of the Qinglong Empire, I’m specially here to offer my birthday congratulations for you. Wish you prosper as the sun and the moon and live long as the pine and the crane.”
After Duanmu Xue finished talking, Phoenix Two walked forward, holding a wooden box in her hands.
Duanmu Xue opened the wooden box gently and instantly a strange scent immediately came out of the wooden box.
“This Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower is the birthday present I have prepared for you on behalf of the Zhuque Empire. Please take it.”
Upon hearing the Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower, the officials and officers fell into an uproar.
“No wonder it smells so fragrant. It turns out to be Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower. This is a rarely seen precious medicinal material…”
“Legend has it that the Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower is severely poisonous but it can generate flesh and melt bones when it is applied to medicine. It is a magic herb indeed…”
“The Empress of the Zhuque Empire is so generous…”
Huangfu Cang took a glance at the Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower in the wooden box and said to Duanmu Xue, “Thank you. Offer a seat for the Empress.”
Hearing that, Duanmu Xue didn’t take action but turned to say to Xuanyuan Mo, “Mo, go and sit down first!”
Xuanyuan Mo glanced at Duanmu Xue and sat on the second seat on the left side of Huangfu Cang alone.
When Xuanyuan Hao heard how Duanmu Xue addressed Xuanyuan Mo, his black eyes glistened.
Maybe because the gazes of the people on the opposite side were too intense, Xuanyuan Mo finally raised his head and glanced over the opposite side. When he saw Xuanyuan She, Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes glittered with a shimmer of killing intent. Yet, when he saw Xuanyuan Hao, the killing intent was gone.
Faced with Xuanyuan Hao’s gentle smile, Xuanyuan Mo still put on a cold face. Yet, Xuanyuan Hao didn’t seem to care at all and still looked at Xuanyuan Mo from time to time.
Xuanyuan She next to Xuanyuan Hao couldn’t help shuddering in fear due to Xuanyuan Mo’s killing intent just now. Now, he didn’t dare to cast a glance at Xuanyuan Mo anymore.
“Father.” Looking at Huangfu Cang up there, Huangfu Che lifted the hemline of his clothes and knelt.
Meanwhile, Duanmu Xue also lifted the hemline of her phoenix robe and followed Huangfu Che to kneel on the ground.
All the people widened their eyes in disbelief upon seeing the scene. Gee! What did they see? The Empress of the Zhuque Empire who had the same status as their emperor was kneeling before him! This was too incredible.
Even Huangfu Cang sitting on the throne didn’t expect such an unbelievable scene, his black eyes full of surprise.
Phoenix Two and Phoenix Five behind Duanmu Xue were also dumbstruck to see her kneel on the ground. However, only a few seconds passed, they also knelt on the ground. Since their empress had knelt, how could they stand aside?
“Xue, you…” Of course, it was Huangfu Che who was the most astonished. They had been a couple for so many years. He was clear about how she cared about her pride as an empress. He really didn’t expect that she should kneel with him in Qinglong Hall in front of so many people.
Duanmu Xue didn’t care about Huangfu Che’s astonished eyes or the complicated gazes of so many people present. She just stared at Huangfu Cang.
“Father, just now, I offered the birthday congratulations to you as the Empress of the Zhuque Empire. Now, I’m no longer the Empress of the Zhuque Empire but your daughter-in-law.”
As the empress of the Zhuque Empire, she must consider the interest of the whole Zhuque Empire. She couldn’t kneel before him, even though he was Che’s father. However, as his daughter-in-law, it was perfectly justified for her to kneel before him.
Hearing Duanmu Xue call him Father, Huangfu Cang became soft-hearted. Even when Che called him that way, he didn’t have that kind of feeling. Now, Huangfu Cang looked at Duanmu Xue very gently.
“Father, I owe you an apology. Back then, I took Che away from you, making you two parted for 16 years,” Duanmu Xue said and then gave Huangfu Cang a kowtow.
Huangfu Cang heard that and his black eyes glistened. He had no longer blamed her for what happened back then. Seeing the woman who should sit as an equal at the same table with him was willing to kneel before him in public for Che now, he knew that Che’s choice was correct.
“Father, I must express my gratitude to you. Several months ago, the Xuanwu Empire sent in troops to press down on the Zhuque Empire. It was you who dispatched 100,000 soldiers to resolve the crisis of the Zhuque Empire and let the people of the Zhuque Empire avoid suffering from the consequences of war. I’m here to express heartfelt thanks on behalf of the people of the Zhuque Empire,” Duanmu Xi said and gave Huangfu Cang another kowtow.
Hearing Duanmu Xue mention the war provoked by him in public, Zhuge Weiming felt extremely infuriated but he couldn’t vent his anger. Hence, he could only pull a long face and keep drinking the wine one glass after another.
Huangfu Cang glanced at Zhuge Weiming sitting in the first seat on the right side. After looking at him coldly, Huangfu Cang turned to stare at Xuanyuan Mo sitting alone on the left side. Due to the similar appearances of the two princes of the Baihu Empire and Xuanyuan Mo as well as the imperial family name of the Baihu Empire–Xuanyuan, Huangfu Cang finally figured out the identity of Xuanyuan Mo. And he also understood why the Baihu Empire would send in troops to the Xuanwu Empire at that time.
“Father, today is your 60th birthday. Che and I wish you the happiness of family, good luck and longevity,” after saying that, Duanmu Xue also dragged Huangfu Che who was staring at her dully to give a kowtow to Huangfu Cang.
“Good! That’s my good daughter-in-law!” Huangfu Cang walked down the jade stairs while laughing. In the end, he stopped before Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che, waved his hand and said happily, “Bring me some tea!”
Upon hearing the instruction, the palace maids immediately served two cups of tea to Duanmu Xue.
Duanmu Xue looked at the scene dully and finally, Huangfu Che aside reminded her, “Xue, offer the tea to Father now.”
“Oh!” Duanmu Xue finally came to her senses. She picked up the teacup and raised it to Huangfu Cang, “Father, please have some tea.”
Huangfu Cang took the teacup with satisfaction and took a sip of it. Then, he held Duanmu Xue up with a smile, saying, “I’ve finally got to drink the tea of my fifth daughter-in-law. Actually, I’ve wanted to drink it for a long time.”
All the people were amused to hear that. Hearing what Huangfu Cang said, they didn’t think that it was unreasonable that the empress of the Zhuque Empire knelt before him. They only felt that it was a son and a daughter-in-law serving tea to the father.
Even Phoenix Two and Phoenix Five behind Duanmu Xue didn’t think it was a disgrace to the Zhuque Empire that their empress knelt before Huangfu Cang. Instead, they felt that she was kind, filial and sentimental. In their eyes, she was a good empress as well as a qualified daughter-in-law.
“Father, this is the birthday present from Xue and me for you.” Then, Huangfu Che opened the wooden box held by Phoenix Five in her hands. Instantly, a streak of dazzling green light was given off.
After the green light became faint, all the people finally saw clearly the thing in the wooden box. It turned out to be a lifelike cyan dragon.
Looking at the cyan dragon carved out the thousand-year-old cyan jade in the wooden box, Huangfu Cang cracked a sincere smile, “Thank you for your present. Actually, Xi has been the best present you’ve offered me. You don’t need to prepare this at all.”
When Xuanyuan Mo heard Huangfu Cang’s words, his amber eyes glistened with an approving shimmer. All of a sudden, he kind of liked this old man who always took Xi away from him.
Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che sat on the first seat on the left side of Huangfu Cang in the end.
All the people had no problem with them sitting on the highest-level guest seats. After all, Duanmu Xue was an empress while Zhuge Weiming was only a prince.
Next, Huangfu Cang’s sons and grandsons would offer presents to him.
The present given by Huangfu Lian–Prince Kang and Huangfu Cang’s eldest son, together with his wife, Madam Liu, was a pearl from the East Sea, which was as big as a fist.
Huangfu Cang stared at Huangfu Lian with a gleam of killing intent quickly flashing across his eyes. It appeared and vanished too fast to be noticed by others but Huangfu Lian still shivered subconsciously and felt as if getting much colder.
The present given by Huangfu Zhao–Prince Ning and Huangfu Cang’s second son, together with his wife, Madam Yuan, was a golden statue of the Buddha. Admittedly, their taste was so unique.
The present given by Huangfu Qing–Prince Xuan and Huangfu Cang’s fourth son, and his wife, Madam Mu, was a thousand-eye bodhi, which was also a precious medicinal material.
And Huangfu Yu, Heir of Prince Xuan, also sent Huangfu Cang the thousand-year-old ginseng he found in the Spiritual Beast Forest.
Duanmu Xi in the space of void finally broke through and reached the level-nine Wind Spiritual Deity by absorbing and refining the wind spiritual power incessantly.
The cyan dragon glimpsed the human who would become his mistress and cracked a satisfied smile. This woman was really talented. He assumed that it would take her at least more than two years to meet his requirement. Unexpectedly, it only took her more than one year to become a level-nine Wind Spiritual Deity. What a terrifying human!
Duanmu Xi slowly opened her eyes but her dark purple eyes showed no sign of excitement for becoming a Wind Spiritual Deity but a gleam of frustration. After all, she couldn’t offer the birthday congratulations for her grandpa. Neither could she send the elaborately prepared present to him.
Duanmu Xi composed herself and walked to the cyan dragon, “Can you take me out now?” She didn’t want to stay here anymore. Even though she could improve her cultivation level here, she still didn’t want to spend another minute here.
The cyan dragon’s lips curved into a graceful smile, “Of course but please contract with me before you go out.”
Duanmu Xi widened her eyes and stared at the cyan dragon dully. What was going on? The cyan dragon required contracting with her? When she contracted with the other mythical creatures, she had to make a lot of effort. Why did the most awesome and mysterious one volunteer to contract with her?
Duanmu Xi glimpsed Hongling next to the cyan dragon and kind of took a tumble. Was this a honey-trap? However, unlike the others, the cyan dragon was the guarding mythical creature of the Qinglong Empire. Was this okay for her to just take him away?
The cyan dragon seemed to see through her thoughts and then said seriously, “It is your mission in this life to gather the four mythical creatures and unify the four empires.”
Xuanyuan Hao standing next to Xuanyuan She was not so shocked. Only a shimmer of astonishment flashed across his black eyes.
Lian Zhengyu behind Zhuge Weiming was also surprised to see Xuanyuan Mo. He subconsciously looked around Xuanyuan Mo but he didn’t see the familiar figure. He couldn’t help feeling a bit depressed.
That day, Xuanyuan Mo also jumped off the cliff. Since he appeared here safe now, she should be fine too. Did Xuanyuan Mo not save her that day and she…
At the thought of the possibility, he felt a heartache as if his heart were pricked by needles. Even his eyes became sad.
Several people walked to the jade stairs together.
Duanmu Xue still bowed to Huangfu Cang as a junior, “Greetings, Emperor of the Qinglong Empire, I’m specially here to offer my birthday congratulations for you. Wish you prosper as the sun and the moon and live long as the pine and the crane.”
After Duanmu Xue finished talking, Phoenix Two walked forward, holding a wooden box in her hands.
Duanmu Xue opened the wooden box gently and instantly a strange scent immediately came out of the wooden box.
“This Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower is the birthday present I have prepared for you on behalf of the Zhuque Empire. Please take it.”
Upon hearing the Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower, the officials and officers fell into an uproar.
“No wonder it smells so fragrant. It turns out to be Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower. This is a rarely seen precious medicinal material…”
“Legend has it that the Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower is severely poisonous but it can generate flesh and melt bones when it is applied to medicine. It is a magic herb indeed…”
“The Empress of the Zhuque Empire is so generous…”
Huangfu Cang took a glance at the Bone Corroding Spiritual Flower in the wooden box and said to Duanmu Xue, “Thank you. Offer a seat for the Empress.”
Hearing that, Duanmu Xue didn’t take action but turned to say to Xuanyuan Mo, “Mo, go and sit down first!”
Xuanyuan Mo glanced at Duanmu Xue and sat on the second seat on the left side of Huangfu Cang alone.
When Xuanyuan Hao heard how Duanmu Xue addressed Xuanyuan Mo, his black eyes glistened.
Maybe because the gazes of the people on the opposite side were too intense, Xuanyuan Mo finally raised his head and glanced over the opposite side. When he saw Xuanyuan She, Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes glittered with a shimmer of killing intent. Yet, when he saw Xuanyuan Hao, the killing intent was gone.
Faced with Xuanyuan Hao’s gentle smile, Xuanyuan Mo still put on a cold face. Yet, Xuanyuan Hao didn’t seem to care at all and still looked at Xuanyuan Mo from time to time.
Xuanyuan She next to Xuanyuan Hao couldn’t help shuddering in fear due to Xuanyuan Mo’s killing intent just now. Now, he didn’t dare to cast a glance at Xuanyuan Mo anymore.
“Father.” Looking at Huangfu Cang up there, Huangfu Che lifted the hemline of his clothes and knelt.
Meanwhile, Duanmu Xue also lifted the hemline of her phoenix robe and followed Huangfu Che to kneel on the ground.
All the people widened their eyes in disbelief upon seeing the scene. Gee! What did they see? The Empress of the Zhuque Empire who had the same status as their emperor was kneeling before him! This was too incredible.
Even Huangfu Cang sitting on the throne didn’t expect such an unbelievable scene, his black eyes full of surprise.
Phoenix Two and Phoenix Five behind Duanmu Xue were also dumbstruck to see her kneel on the ground. However, only a few seconds passed, they also knelt on the ground. Since their empress had knelt, how could they stand aside?
“Xue, you…” Of course, it was Huangfu Che who was the most astonished. They had been a couple for so many years. He was clear about how she cared about her pride as an empress. He really didn’t expect that she should kneel with him in Qinglong Hall in front of so many people.
Duanmu Xue didn’t care about Huangfu Che’s astonished eyes or the complicated gazes of so many people present. She just stared at Huangfu Cang.
“Father, just now, I offered the birthday congratulations to you as the Empress of the Zhuque Empire. Now, I’m no longer the Empress of the Zhuque Empire but your daughter-in-law.”
As the empress of the Zhuque Empire, she must consider the interest of the whole Zhuque Empire. She couldn’t kneel before him, even though he was Che’s father. However, as his daughter-in-law, it was perfectly justified for her to kneel before him.
Hearing Duanmu Xue call him Father, Huangfu Cang became soft-hearted. Even when Che called him that way, he didn’t have that kind of feeling. Now, Huangfu Cang looked at Duanmu Xue very gently.
“Father, I owe you an apology. Back then, I took Che away from you, making you two parted for 16 years,” Duanmu Xue said and then gave Huangfu Cang a kowtow.
Huangfu Cang heard that and his black eyes glistened. He had no longer blamed her for what happened back then. Seeing the woman who should sit as an equal at the same table with him was willing to kneel before him in public for Che now, he knew that Che’s choice was correct.
“Father, I must express my gratitude to you. Several months ago, the Xuanwu Empire sent in troops to press down on the Zhuque Empire. It was you who dispatched 100,000 soldiers to resolve the crisis of the Zhuque Empire and let the people of the Zhuque Empire avoid suffering from the consequences of war. I’m here to express heartfelt thanks on behalf of the people of the Zhuque Empire,” Duanmu Xi said and gave Huangfu Cang another kowtow.
Hearing Duanmu Xue mention the war provoked by him in public, Zhuge Weiming felt extremely infuriated but he couldn’t vent his anger. Hence, he could only pull a long face and keep drinking the wine one glass after another.
Huangfu Cang glanced at Zhuge Weiming sitting in the first seat on the right side. After looking at him coldly, Huangfu Cang turned to stare at Xuanyuan Mo sitting alone on the left side. Due to the similar appearances of the two princes of the Baihu Empire and Xuanyuan Mo as well as the imperial family name of the Baihu Empire–Xuanyuan, Huangfu Cang finally figured out the identity of Xuanyuan Mo. And he also understood why the Baihu Empire would send in troops to the Xuanwu Empire at that time.
“Father, today is your 60th birthday. Che and I wish you the happiness of family, good luck and longevity,” after saying that, Duanmu Xue also dragged Huangfu Che who was staring at her dully to give a kowtow to Huangfu Cang.
“Good! That’s my good daughter-in-law!” Huangfu Cang walked down the jade stairs while laughing. In the end, he stopped before Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che, waved his hand and said happily, “Bring me some tea!”
Upon hearing the instruction, the palace maids immediately served two cups of tea to Duanmu Xue.
Duanmu Xue looked at the scene dully and finally, Huangfu Che aside reminded her, “Xue, offer the tea to Father now.”
“Oh!” Duanmu Xue finally came to her senses. She picked up the teacup and raised it to Huangfu Cang, “Father, please have some tea.”
Huangfu Cang took the teacup with satisfaction and took a sip of it. Then, he held Duanmu Xue up with a smile, saying, “I’ve finally got to drink the tea of my fifth daughter-in-law. Actually, I’ve wanted to drink it for a long time.”
All the people were amused to hear that. Hearing what Huangfu Cang said, they didn’t think that it was unreasonable that the empress of the Zhuque Empire knelt before him. They only felt that it was a son and a daughter-in-law serving tea to the father.
Even Phoenix Two and Phoenix Five behind Duanmu Xue didn’t think it was a disgrace to the Zhuque Empire that their empress knelt before Huangfu Cang. Instead, they felt that she was kind, filial and sentimental. In their eyes, she was a good empress as well as a qualified daughter-in-law.
“Father, this is the birthday present from Xue and me for you.” Then, Huangfu Che opened the wooden box held by Phoenix Five in her hands. Instantly, a streak of dazzling green light was given off.
After the green light became faint, all the people finally saw clearly the thing in the wooden box. It turned out to be a lifelike cyan dragon.
Looking at the cyan dragon carved out the thousand-year-old cyan jade in the wooden box, Huangfu Cang cracked a sincere smile, “Thank you for your present. Actually, Xi has been the best present you’ve offered me. You don’t need to prepare this at all.”
When Xuanyuan Mo heard Huangfu Cang’s words, his amber eyes glistened with an approving shimmer. All of a sudden, he kind of liked this old man who always took Xi away from him.
Duanmu Xue and Huangfu Che sat on the first seat on the left side of Huangfu Cang in the end.
All the people had no problem with them sitting on the highest-level guest seats. After all, Duanmu Xue was an empress while Zhuge Weiming was only a prince.
Next, Huangfu Cang’s sons and grandsons would offer presents to him.
The present given by Huangfu Lian–Prince Kang and Huangfu Cang’s eldest son, together with his wife, Madam Liu, was a pearl from the East Sea, which was as big as a fist.
Huangfu Cang stared at Huangfu Lian with a gleam of killing intent quickly flashing across his eyes. It appeared and vanished too fast to be noticed by others but Huangfu Lian still shivered subconsciously and felt as if getting much colder.
The present given by Huangfu Zhao–Prince Ning and Huangfu Cang’s second son, together with his wife, Madam Yuan, was a golden statue of the Buddha. Admittedly, their taste was so unique.
The present given by Huangfu Qing–Prince Xuan and Huangfu Cang’s fourth son, and his wife, Madam Mu, was a thousand-eye bodhi, which was also a precious medicinal material.
And Huangfu Yu, Heir of Prince Xuan, also sent Huangfu Cang the thousand-year-old ginseng he found in the Spiritual Beast Forest.
Duanmu Xi in the space of void finally broke through and reached the level-nine Wind Spiritual Deity by absorbing and refining the wind spiritual power incessantly.
The cyan dragon glimpsed the human who would become his mistress and cracked a satisfied smile. This woman was really talented. He assumed that it would take her at least more than two years to meet his requirement. Unexpectedly, it only took her more than one year to become a level-nine Wind Spiritual Deity. What a terrifying human!
Duanmu Xi slowly opened her eyes but her dark purple eyes showed no sign of excitement for becoming a Wind Spiritual Deity but a gleam of frustration. After all, she couldn’t offer the birthday congratulations for her grandpa. Neither could she send the elaborately prepared present to him.
Duanmu Xi composed herself and walked to the cyan dragon, “Can you take me out now?” She didn’t want to stay here anymore. Even though she could improve her cultivation level here, she still didn’t want to spend another minute here.
The cyan dragon’s lips curved into a graceful smile, “Of course but please contract with me before you go out.”
Duanmu Xi widened her eyes and stared at the cyan dragon dully. What was going on? The cyan dragon required contracting with her? When she contracted with the other mythical creatures, she had to make a lot of effort. Why did the most awesome and mysterious one volunteer to contract with her?
Duanmu Xi glimpsed Hongling next to the cyan dragon and kind of took a tumble. Was this a honey-trap? However, unlike the others, the cyan dragon was the guarding mythical creature of the Qinglong Empire. Was this okay for her to just take him away?
The cyan dragon seemed to see through her thoughts and then said seriously, “It is your mission in this life to gather the four mythical creatures and unify the four empires.”
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