60 The Evil Master's Wife 11 (Xiu Wei)

◎From now on, you and I will dissolve our engagement and sever all ties.◎

Because her pregnant belly was so big, and to consider the baby, Xixuan usually slept on her side facing outwards.

The baby in her belly was overnourished and too large, causing pain in her pelvis, lower back, and abdomen. Her legs and feet were starting to swell. As a Hedao-stage cultivator, Xixuan could still tolerate this.

While nurturing the spiritual fetus, Xixuan always felt sleepy and tired. If the child did not disturb him in the middle of the night, he could sleep until dawn.

But tonight, Xixuan woke up several times in a row.

Every time he woke up, he would turn around and look at his wife who was sleeping inside.

The light was dim behind the layers of light golden gauze curtains. My wife was covered with a thin blanket, facing the wall, curled up.

Back in the Fairyland, when she was just injured, Xi Xuan stayed with her all night long and had seen her like this before.

At that time, my junior sister's wife was obviously very scared, but she said nothing. She just curled up there silently, not moving at all.

It wasn't until the sky was about to brighten and the dim light gradually filled the room that she moved her body like a small animal and whispered softly, "Brother, can I not practice anymore?"

Whenever she recalled some of the memories from the past, she would feel a sharp pain like needles pricking her. Xixuan hadn't seen her like this for a long time. He didn't know why, nor did he know what to do.

He stared at her curled and arched back, as if he could feel her pain at the moment. His red-gold pupils flickered slightly, and the water color surged, as if crystal stars were about to fall.

Xixuan tentatively reached out his hand and gently patted her back, trying to make her relax.

The tense back under the palm gradually relaxed.

When she finally fell asleep, Xixuan also protected his heavy pregnant belly with his hands, kept some distance from his wife, and fell asleep tiredly.

When he woke up for the second time, facing his wife who was curled up again, Xixuan continued to stroke her back.

When he woke up for the third time, his wife was no longer there, and there was a moment of panic in his eyes.

Just as he was about to get up, Xixuan discovered that the layers of gauze curtains had been hung up, and dim candlelight was shining from afar.

His wife was wearing a light green coat, with her black hair like clouds scattered behind her. She was sitting quietly at the table, holding a book in her hands, reading attentively.

The candlelight in front of me emitted a warm yellow glow through the lampshade.

Xixuan looked past her and out the window.

It was late at night and still early in the morning. He couldn't help but call out, "Yan Mei."

In the distance, the woman sitting at the table looked from afar. Under the dim candlelight, her face without makeup seemed to be softened by the candlelight, showing a strange beauty that seemed like that of a fairy or a demon.

His wife, holding a book in her hand, urged him gently, "Brother, you're still pregnant, go to sleep quickly."

"I can't sleep, so I'll read for a while."

Xixuan leaned against the bed, wanting to say something but holding back. He had no idea why his wife was upset, nor did he know how to comfort her. He held his stomach, lost in thought.

The baby in his belly started kicking him again.

Maybe it was because the baby was about to be born, but it was always fussy and Xi Xuan felt uncomfortable being kicked by it. He frowned and sent spiritual energy to it as usual.

After being tormented by the child, Xixuan fell asleep.

He woke up again with a start. Only half an hour had passed and the sky was still dark. His wife was still sitting there quietly, concentrating on reading.

The book seemed to have been read so many times that the pages were curled and frayed.

Noticing that his wife seemed to have not seen half of it, Xixuan endured the discomfort in his legs and feet, supported his round pregnant belly and got off the bed, picked up a velvet blanket and wanted to cover his wife with it.

Just as he came closer and put the blanket on his wife's shoulders, before he could persuade her to rest early, he caught a glimpse of the handwriting on the pages of the book. The familiar content made him stand there in a daze. It seemed as if the blood in his body was flowing backwards, and he felt like he was falling into an ice cave, so cold that he couldn't even lift a finger.

His wife was still flipping through the pages with a normal expression.

Xi Xuan thought of something, his face lost all color, his stomach ached, his lips moved slightly but no sound came out.

As if afraid of waking her up, he didn't even dare to call her name.

The young man stood behind her, enduring the pain in his abdomen, like a silent shadow.

The bedroom was very quiet.

After a moment, Su Yanmei sighed softly and closed the rolled-up book. She seemed to be asking, but also seemed to be talking to herself: "This book about overcoming tribulations with love and ascending to immortality must have been read many times by Senior Brother."

Xixuan shook his body and said nothing.

"Brother, today I took the classics sent by the elders of the clan. Thinking that you can't practice for the time being, I went to your quiet room and planned to collect some books to relieve your fatigue."

Su Yanmei spoke in a calm tone. When she raised her head, her calm gaze met the pair of red-gold eyes that seemed to be pouring rain.

"Brother, do you have anything to say to me?" she asked.

Xixuan didn't know what to say anymore. His mind was in a mess and two lines of tears silently flowed down his face.

Su Yanmei let out a low sigh. She took out a transparent and clear love stone from her storage ring, took out a piece of black hair that she had cut off while Xi Xuan was asleep, and tied it to the love stone.

The black hair burned to ashes, and the transparent love stone revealed inside gradually turned into flowing gold. A ball of golden light suddenly jumped out of the stone and slowly rose.

Like bursting bubbles, the golden light dissipated, and the image that emerged was Yan Yingchan's smiling face.

In the picture, the girl looks back and smiles, her eyes and eyebrows are lively, which makes people forget the world.

There was complete silence all around.

The Love Stone, as the name suggests, is a magical stone transformed from the love threads in the world. By simply tying a piece of your hair, that is, the love thread, on the Love Stone, you can see the love of your life and where your emotional tribulation lies.

This unused love stone was given to the original body by a former suitor before she married Xixuan. He said that it was to let her see whether Xixuan really liked her. If not, there would be room for regret.

The original body didn't believe this.

So this love stone, along with many unused things, was thrown into a corner of the storage ring. It was not until today that Su Yanmei found it out.

The image of golden light had not yet faded, and the girl's smiling face was clearly reflected in the eyes of the two men.

"I originally thought that her father's life-saving grace was genuine." Su Yanmei sighed, "So it was Senior Brother who had such thoughts."

Xixuan opened his lips.

His vision was blurred and he didn't know how to explain himself, and it was difficult for him to explain himself.

The wife in front of him suddenly stood up without warning, and the blanket slipped from her shoulders.

Across a chair, she faced him face to face, her expression calm. "I know that Brother is eager to achieve the Great Dao, and everything he does is only for the purpose of becoming an immortal. Now that the Immortal Seal has been opened, and his cultivation has reached the Great Perfection of the Dao, he is only one step away from ascending."

"Since you have chosen to ascend through love, the location of your love tribulation is clear. I am willing to set you free and help you achieve the great path."

Xixuan, whose mind was in a mess and who had been feeling anxious, saw his wife's determination at this moment. He was frightened and eagerly grabbed her hand, placing it on his towering pregnant belly.

"Yan, Yanmei, don't you want me and the child anymore?"

He burst into tears and frantically explained, his words incoherently: "I, I did have the idea of ascending to heaven through love. Initially, I did not go to find Yan Yingchan."

"I once saw her by chance when I was out."

"Later, I went to Nanshan to slay the evil spirit. When the demon attacked before dying, Yan Yingchan's father blocked the attack for me and begged me to treat his daughter well."

"That's why I brought Yan Yingchan back to Xihe Sect and accepted her as my disciple."

Xi Xuan held her hand tightly, pressing it against his throbbing belly. His face was covered in tears, and he looked extremely embarrassed. He no longer had the demeanor of a superior being. "Yan Mei, Yan Mei, I'm sorry. Can you forgive me?"

In the original text, before the love affair was exposed, because Yan Yingchan became increasingly unruly, the original body had done many things against her, and her relationship with Xi Xuan had long been like water and fire, and the hundred years of love between husband and wife was completely worn out.

At that time, when Xi Xuan was questioned by his original body, he still had the calm demeanor of a venerable master: "Junior sister, I have been trapped in the Hedao stage for hundreds of years. I am only one step away from ascending. I am sorry for this matter."

He wanted to compensate the original body, but the original body cried and laughed, and left like a madman.

At this moment, facing Xixuan's pleading, Su Yanmei simply pulled out her hand and shook her head.

She sneered, "Brother, with your great cultivation level, how could any evil spirit's dying attack harm you? Yan Yingchan's father must be on the verge of death, and he wants to secure a better future for her."

Xixuan's expression froze.

As if the darkest side of her heart had been ripped out, Su Yanmei looked at him and said calmly, "I've always been interested in love tribulations. Since I've encountered them time and time again, I decided to go with the flow and take her in as my disciple and bring her back."

"Why bother?"

"Brother, you've done so many things to deceive others. Are you sure I won't help you?"

As if he knew what she was going to say, Xi Xuan frantically grabbed her hands: "Yan Mei, please, please..."

But she shook her head and pulled his hand away: "Brother, I will grant you your wish."

"Brother, out of kindness, you married me back then, fulfilling my long-cherished wish. We've been married for over two hundred years, and that's been Brother's way of repaying his kindness. From now on, we'll annul our engagement, and all ties will be severed." Su Yanmei stepped aside, bowed respectfully, and said, "Junior sister, I wish Brother to fulfill his wish soon and ascend to immortality!"

Xixuan was almost unable to stand.

He stumbled forward and hugged her: "No, don't cancel the engagement. I was wrong, Yan Mei, I was wrong. We still have a child, and the child is about to be born. It's still so small and can't be without a mother..."

Su Yanmei hugged him back, supporting his body. Through her bulging belly, she patted his back, her tone gentle and calm, "Brother, our divorce has nothing to do with the child. Even after the divorce, I will still be its mother. Once the child is born and there are no more worries, you can go and experience your love tribulation."

Xi Xuan, who was being held, shook his head vigorously. He held the woman tightly in his arms and repeated with tears in his eyes, "I don't want a love calamity. I don't want a love calamity anymore."

"Brother, you and I both know that when it comes to cultivation, once you've made a choice, don't hesitate or give up halfway." His wife sighed, gently pushed him away, and took out the marriage contract signed when they got married from the storage ring. It was a scroll with golden light floating on it.

Back then, the two got married. In order to reassure Su Yanmei, Xi Xuan signed a marriage contract with her, stating that if she betrayed him, she would suffer excruciating pain.

In the original text, even under such pain, it did not prevent him and Yan Yingchan from having a child.

So what is the punishment of the marriage contract to a cultivator who has achieved the great perfection of the Dao?

Su Yanmei placed the scroll on the table and slowly unfolded it.

The red writing on a golden background almost burned Xixuan's eyes.

At that moment, he seemed to have forgotten that he was a cultivator in the Hedao stage and could easily control his wife. He just held his bulging belly and backed away with a panicked look on his face: "No, no..."

If you want to divorce, you must completely tear up the marriage contract.

To break the marriage contract, the husband and wife must drip blood on the scroll together, just like when they got married.

The first drip of blood, however, merged together to signify the marriage. The second drip of blood was dropped in two different places, signifying the severance of the couple's relationship and their separation.

Su Yanmei looked calm but gentle. She took his hand and forcibly led him to the table.

Xixuan's stomach hurt so much that he could hardly stand.

He wanted to withdraw his hand, but he seemed to have lost his strength. His vision went dark and he could only watch his wife pierce his finger, and hers was pressed to the two ends of the marriage contract.

In an instant, the marriage contract with red characters on a gold background dimmed completely and turned into a white scroll with black characters, which was invulnerable to swords and guns, and impervious to water and fire. Su Yanmei tore it open easily.

As the crack opened, the marriage contract burst into flames and burned to ashes in an instant.

Xixuan's heart felt as if it was being torn apart, and he leaned over and vomited a mouthful of blood.

His wife was also suffering from the backlash of the untying of the marriage contract. Her face turned pale, but she hugged him tenderly: "Brother, I can only help you up to this point."