Chapter 491: The Princess Breaks Up the Lovebirds? p2
If Mu Zhian didn’t have a Dao Companion, the rumors outside would at most be about Her Majesty the Pill Emperor liking to refine that kind of bronze or something. But the problem was… Mu Zhian did have a Dao Companion, and his Dao Companion was the Jade Empress.
If the Jade Empress knew about this, what would happen?
Mu Zhian thought, What would happen if I said, ‘Your Highness, you wouldn’t want the matter between Luo Tan and me to spread, would you’ at this time?
“Feelings can’t be forced, Your Highness, it’s best not to interfere.” Although he thought about it, Mu Zhian didn’t waste any more time and stood up, intending to leave.
Seeing this, the Princess opened her red lips slightly, about to call out to Mu Zhian.
But just then, a clear voice suddenly came from the distance: “I couldn’t find you anywhere, so my beloved consort is sitting here alone.”
Accompanied by a flash of dazzling golden light, the Great Peng Emperor instantly appeared under the pavilion, vast Spiritual Energy filling the entire world.
And as his voice fell, Mu Zhian paused slightly, secretly sizing up the tall and large man before him.
So this is the ruler of Cloud Province, the Great Peng Emperor?
With the man’s arrival, the smile on the Princess’s face turned colder, and she said calmly, “Why are you here?”
“I have some matters to discuss with the Pill Emperor and came to see you by the way.”
As the Great Peng Emperor spoke, seeing the unfamiliarity and distance in the Princess’s smile, his mood sank.
Then, he quickly noticed Mu Zhian not far from his beloved consort and frowned, “Who is this little cultivator?”
As he spoke, his sharp gaze sized up Mu Zhian condescendingly. On the surface, he was asking the Princess, but he was actually waiting for Mu Zhian’s subservient reply.
The Princess glanced at Mu Zhian and took the initiative to smooth things over, saying softly, “I have some things to ask him, so I asked him to stay here for a while.”
Hearing this, a cold glint appeared in the Great Peng Emperor’s eyes: “What could you possibly have to discuss with a little cultivator who just reached Nascent Soul Realm?”
Although the Great Peng Emperor had never touched this Princess in all these years, in the heart of this Cloud Province ruler, he had long considered the most beautiful woman in Cloud Province as his forbidden possession.
After all, no matter what, the Princess was his fiancée on the surface.
Yet now, he actually saw a handsome and delicate young cultivator chatting with his fiancée under a pavilion. As the ruler of a province, how could he not be angry?
And to him, this little cultivator was just an ant he could crush with one foot… Yet the other party didn’t show the slightest bit of fear upon seeing him. Did he really think he wouldn’t dare kill him just because the Princess was present?
The Great Peng Emperor’s eyes were cold, filled with killing intent, and he said calmly, “What were you talking about with my beloved consort just now?”
An invisible pressure emanated from his words.
As expected, he saw a ‘fearful’ expression appear on the little cultivator’s face.
Then, he looked at the Princess with a troubled expression, “Your Highness, what I just discussed with you, I shouldn’t speak of it to others, right?”
The matter just now involved Luo Tan’s privacy and naturally couldn’t be spoken of. The Princess also knew this and said softly, “Mmm… This matter has nothing to do with you, you can go back first.”
Mu Zhian turned to leave, but just then, he felt a vast surge of Spiritual Energy descending from behind.
The Spiritual Energy surged like a tsunami, as if wanting to crush his knees, incredibly domineering.
“Great Peng Emperor, he’s here at my invitation. What do you intend to do to him?” The Princess frowned. The moment she spoke, an invisible wall of Spiritual Energy blocked the pressure from the Great Peng Emperor.
If the Princess hadn’t intervened, it would have been fine. However, her protecting Mu Zhian completely ignited the Great Peng Emperor’s fury: “What important matters could you possibly discuss with a little cultivator? And you can’t even tell me?”
The Princess frowned: “I’ve already said, this matter has nothing to do with you.”
“Also, we are only husband and wife on the surface, but we don’t interfere with each other’s affairs. You also agreed to this back then, didn’t you?” This time, the Princess used voice transmission.
Seeing his fiancée protecting an outsider like this, undisguised killing intent and fury appeared in the Great Peng Emperor’s eyes.
A mere little cultivator who just reached Nascent Soul Realm, no matter his purpose in approaching his beloved consort, deserved to die.
“Just for a little cultivator, you’re planning to turn against me?”
The Great Peng Emperor’s face turned cold. He wanted to see how the Princess would react if he made a move.
However, just as he took half a step forward, a crisp and pleasant voice came from the distance: “Young Master Mu is an esteemed guest of my Yu State. If you touch him, don’t blame me for disregarding our past alliance.”
As the woman’s voice fell, the Great Peng Emperor’s condensed Spiritual Energy faltered. He seemed to realize something, his eyes widening slightly, looking at Mu Zhian in surprise: “Young Master Mu… Mu Zhian? You’re the little cultivator who married the Jade Empress?”
Mu Zhian didn’t respond.
This person’s words and actions carried the arrogance of a great power. Respect was mutual. Since the other party wasn’t giving him face, why should he bother responding?
A flash of anger appeared in the Great Peng Emperor’s eyes. To him, the Jade Empress was the Jade Empress, and Mu Zhian was Mu Zhian. Even if they were married, Mu Zhian was ultimately just a little cultivator who had just entered the cultivation world, yet he was putting on airs before him?
However… even the Pill Emperor cared so much about him. Was it because the Pill Emperor wanted to curry favor with the Jade Empress, or… was there some secret about this person that made the Pill Emperor protect him?
As if guessing the Great Peng Emperor’s thoughts, Luo Tan walked over in her white jade boots and said faintly, “The Jade Empress came to Yu State earlier and asked me to look after Young Master Mu these few days. If he’s injured in Yu State… Does the Great Peng Emperor want to test the power of the World-Purifying Green Lotus after Transcendence?”
The Great Peng Emperor was momentarily speechless.
The current Jade Empress was at the Transcendence Realm. He didn’t know what the relationship between the Jade Empress and Mu Zhian was, but if he offended the Jade Empress because of Mu Zhian, it wouldn’t be worth it.
The Great Peng Emperor snorted coldly, “I wasn’t planning to touch him just now. It’s just that he was chatting with my beloved consort under a pavilion, so I was curious and asked him a few questions. I didn’t expect that after becoming the Jade Empress’s Dao Companion, this Young Friend Mu doesn’t even understand the principle of respecting his seniors.”
He couldn’t back down now. After all, to the Great Peng Emperor, Mu Zhian was just a little cultivator, nothing without the Jade Empress.
Such a little cultivator actually dared to chat with his beloved consort, and they even had secrets… Thinking of this, the Great Peng Emperor felt an nameless anger burning in his heart.
Luo Tan said with a faint smile, “Although Young Master Mu hasn’t been cultivating for long, he’s now the Jade Empress’s husband, essentially on equal footing with you and me.”
“Does the Great Peng Emperor have anything else? A great power staying in my Yu State will inevitably make the cultivators below uneasy.” Luo Tan’s tone was calm, but her words implied she wanted him to leave.
The Great Peng Emperor stared at Mu Zhian sharply. After a while, he forced himself to calm down, retracted his gaze, and said, “Pill Emperor, I hope you’ll consider today’s matter carefully… It’s beneficial to both you and me. I can even exchange a stalk of Emperor Medicine for it.”
After saying that, he gave the sexy and graceful Princess beside him one last look, then turned into a Kun Peng and vanished into the sky.
The Princess seemed somewhat concerned about the Great Peng Emperor’s purpose today and asked, “What did he say to you?”
Luo Tan said faintly, “He wants to borrow the Myriad Transformations Qi Cauldron.”
The Princess was stunned, seemingly not expecting the Great Peng Emperor to set his sights on the Myriad Transformations Qi Cauldron.
“Why would he borrow the Myriad Transformations Qi Cauldron for no reason…?” Her eyes flickered, pondering this matter.
“Thanks to you protecting Young Master Mu today, otherwise, if something really happened, I wouldn’t know how to explain it to the Jade Empress.”
After a moment, Luo Tan broke the Princess’s train of thought, then looked at Mu Zhian with gentle eyes, “Come with me.”
“Where to?” Mu Zhian asked.
“My bedchamber.”
Almost the moment Luo Tan spoke, the Princess subconsciously looked up at her.
Luo Tan’s every move was noble and elegant. As she walked over, the tassels of her golden hair ornament swayed gently, and she said with a smile, “Didn’t you have some questions about alchemy you wanted to ask me?”
Is it really just discussing alchemy…? Mu Zhian came back to his senses, looked at the Princess, and said, “Then we’ll take our leave, Your Highness.”
The Princess gazed at the two as they left, her usually gentle eyes now filled with doubt.
This person must be hiding some secret… Otherwise, just the Jade Empress alone is already absurd enough, it doesn’t make sense that even Luo Tan would be so infatuated…
It can’t be that she just wants to refine that kind of bronze, right?
Thinking of this, a somewhat unrealistic thought suddenly flashed through the Princess’s mind.
She recalled something Luo Tan said when she first arrived.
“The secret of Transcendence…”
She gazed in the direction where the two left, her beautiful eyes sparkling.
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