"Ah, Wangshu, how have you been?"

The female immortal who had charged aggressively towards the crowd immediately took a step back.

She touched her beautiful, flamboyant face, and her expression towards Wang Shu Shaojun became somewhat guilty.

This feeling of guilt even made her want to act like a little bird, hiding behind the Heavenly Emperor.

It has to be said that they are master and apprentice after all; their methods are the same.

The Heavenly Emperor stared blankly as the man clung to his arm, timidly and delicately hiding behind him, trying to shield himself from Wang Shu Shaojun's gloomy gaze. At this moment, the earlier argument seemed insignificant; only the awkwardness between them was worrying.

This supreme being of the Celestial Court even slightly opened his arms, subtly shielding the woman—who was clearly fierce enough to beat someone to a pulp—behind him despite his earlier outburst of insults. He even avoided Wang Shu Shaojun's suspicious gaze instead of continuing his reprimands.

"Master?"

Hiding won't help.

Wang Shu Shaojun called out again.

"Master's wife?" Xuanxi Tianjun called out at the same time.

The two of them fell silent for a moment, their lips twitching as they looked up, their eyes meeting with deep affection.

"What did you call her?" Teacher's wife?

"What did you call her?" Master?

Almost instantly, both Wang Shu Shaojun and Xuan Xi Tianjun showed expressions of shock. This time, instead of looking at each other affectionately, they both turned their gazes to the beautiful female immortal who was looking up at the sky.

"Speak, what happened?" Wang Shu Shaojun's expression immediately calmed down. Her gaze lingered on the Heavenly Emperor and the Nameless Immortal, and seeing the two of them with their arms crossed, a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips. She said in a low voice, "Nameless Immortal? Or... some kind of Holy Mother?"

Since Xuanxi Tianjun could call this female immortal "Master's Wife," she must obviously be the wife of his master, the Celestial Emperor.

Wang Shu Shaojun had spent a few years in the Celestial Court and knew that the Heavenly Emperor had a wife, though he didn't know her name. That was too far removed from the lives of a wild and uncivilized country bumpkin, so knowing it wouldn't have been of any use.

Now she's been thinking hard, for a long time.

“My master’s wife is named Holy Mother Yun Kong.” Xuanxi Tianjun looked meaningfully at the woman opposite him who coughed.

He paused, his voice clear and indifferent, seemingly a greeting but actually an explanation for Wang Shu Shaojun's doubts, and slowly said, "From tens of thousands of years ago, my master's wife rarely appeared in the Celestial Court and was not often by the Heavenly Emperor's side. At that time, I thought..."

He paused, and in that slight pause, he noticed the Heavenly Emperor's expression was not pleasant; clearly, his Heavenly Empress's frequent departures from home still hurt her deeply. Xuanxi Heavenly Lord remained silent for a long time before calmly continuing, "So it was Master's wife who went to the Northern Lands… Could it be that she went to stabilize the Northern Demon Realm for Master's sake?"

When the last demon king, Zhulong, disappeared from the Three Realms, the North descended into chaos, with ambitious demons running rampant, causing turmoil throughout the Three Realms.

At that time, it was indeed a period when his teacher's wife did not spend much time by the Heavenly Emperor's side.

"Ah Xuan." The nameless immortal... Holy Mother Yun Kong chuckled hesitantly. She always showed more affection for Xuanxi Heavenly Lord, even seeming to regard him as her own child. She lowered her voice and said, "You know, your master's wife is a virtuous helper! Seeing your master working so hard, my heart aches so much!"

She was so focused on holding her heart that she didn't notice the strange expressions on the faces of the immortals around the Heavenly Emperor, nor their angry but speechless faces. She also didn't notice that the Heavenly Emperor himself was pale with ambition, his neck stiff as he looked up at the sky and sighed deeply.

"It's all for your master!" She lowered her eyes and tried to squeeze out a tear.

"Why call yourself the Nameless Immortal?" Wang Shu Shaojun asked coldly, his eyes narrowed. Xuanxi Tianjun asked patiently.

"Isn't it because your master has offended too many demons!" Xuanxi Tianjun's words drew a great deal of complaint from Yunkong Shengmu. She even had a flash of inspiration and appeared in front of Xuanxi Tianjun, pointing with her fingers as she accused him, "Your master is the worst! He's offended so many great demons in the North! If I went to the North with my name revealed, I would have been eaten by demons long ago! Without an alias, it's impossible to survive." She paused for a moment, then scratched her head and said, "That little bastard Wei Wushang just left without a word, and the North is in complete chaos. If I don't go and smooth things over, how can your master manage?"

Although she was complaining, the Heavenly Emperor's expression softened considerably.

"Wei Wushang?" That name sounds familiar.

"It's the Demon King, he's the worst of all. He clearly..." The Holy Mother of Cloud Sky complained for a moment, then saw Young Master Wang Shu squinting at her and immediately chuckled.

She coughed and said with a forced smile, "Well... Master, there really is a reason why I have no other choice."

Her expression softened, and she spoke softly with an expression that moved Wang Shu Shaojun, "If the Celestial Court hadn't intervened to stabilize the Northern Demon Realm back then, I'm afraid the Three Realms would be in turmoil by now."

From the moment she met Wang Shu Shaojun until now, she has never complained about what kind of life she, as the wife of the Heavenly Emperor and the noble Empress, had lived for tens of thousands of years in the desolate and barren Northern Demon Realm, far from the glitz and glamour of the Celestial Court, guarding a group of rude and unruly demon beasts. The only thing she has ever taught her disciples is the word "responsibility".

For the responsibilities borne by the Heavenly Emperor, and for the responsibilities that one should fulfill, those in high positions must bear these responsibilities.

Even though she had concealed her true identity from him, Wang Shu Shaojun found that he could not resent his master.

She deceived herself, yet she always admired the person who had deceived her.

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