Chapter 216 Sweet Daily Life
"I never thought Guanghan would come back!"
Zhan Kui circled around the table where Bi Tao was handling official documents, his face beaming with joy. The "unruly" look between his brows, which he usually didn't care about anything, had turned into pure joy and satisfaction.
The person who seems to be the most heartless in the world is actually the most stubborn and sentimental.
Bitao and Zhankui met when they were both humble, so how could he not understand her?
No matter how carefree she appeared, she was actually always hoping for the real Guanghan to return. This time, she sent the star-track artifact of the Southern Dipper constellation into Guanghan's sea of consciousness, which was probably not an accidental act of lust, but rather her last hope to recall Guanghan, which she had pondered countless times in private...
Bitao had only ever seen Zhan Kui truly fall in love twice in her life. The first time was for Guanghan, whom she fell in love with because of her looks, and from then on, she couldn't stop. The second time was for Liuxing, her senior brother Yujunlang, who was hunchbacked by obsession but took great care of Zhan Kui in the second competition.
Now, after going through several life-and-death experiences, Zhan Kui and Guang Han have finally "achieved a happy ending".
As Bitao listened to Zhan Kui's smug boasting to her, she was happy for her because she had gotten what she wanted.
Bitao wore a black and gold imperial robe with beast patterns. The tassels on her head were tempered from the essence of the karmic fire of the Yellow Springs. Golden flames danced between her thick black hair, reflecting her smiling peach blossom eyes, which were as bright as the sun and as majestic and golden as her bright pupils, making her look more and more like Bitao.
Infected by Zhan Kui's joy, Bi Tao put down her pen, leaned back in her chair, tilted her head slightly, and watched as Zhan Kui, while talking, actually sat down on her desk.
Zhan Kui crushed a stack of official documents, but Bi Tao wasn't annoyed. She raised an eyebrow at Zhan Kui as he climbed up.
As Zhan Kui expected, he asked, "Since he has recovered, why was he still white-haired and unable to see when he came to my Cang Sheng Palace this morning?"
Zhan Kui, dressed in a bright red robe with dragon patterns, raised his chin slightly at Bi Tao upon hearing this, and said with a boastful tone, "That's because I like him like this..."
"Let me tell you, he's so obedient now. Ever since he came back that day, he does whatever I say. He even agreed to let me give birth to a little dragon baby with my body..."
Zhan Kui boasted to Bi Tao, but when he got to the part about his wild and outrageous words, Bi Tao raised her hand and pinched the restriction to prevent others from overhearing and being shocked.
At the same time, one can't help but admire them. When it comes to the ways men and women "play," Mingguang and Bitao can only be considered old-fashioned and childish.
"So Guanghan doesn't care that you were with him for a year before, when he knew nothing about you?"
Zhan Kui's chin practically flew to the sky: "He wouldn't dare!"
Of course he dares.
Moreover, he questioned and tormented Zhan Kui for quite some time, insisting on getting to the bottom of "who exactly do you love?"
Zhan Kui was a lewd and evil dragon, who was extremely dissolute. In the end, he was tortured by Guang Han until he begged for mercy.
On the verge of losing consciousness amidst the turmoil of passion, she had a sudden inspiration and uttered: "I love Guanghan, no matter what kind of Guanghan I am!"
Guanghan finally let her go.
Otherwise, why would Zhan Kui only come to talk to Bi Tao three months after Guang Han returned?
She couldn't leave the house for the first two months or so.
However, Zhan Kui would never tell anyone about this embarrassing incident that was temporarily "suppressed".
Zhan Kui was unaware that Bi Tao now saw through illusions and understood the true nature of things at a glance. She could discern at a glance where Bi Tao exaggerated or embellished.
However, Bitao couldn't help but chuckle as she watched Zhan Kui's little fish wag its tail.
A wisp of his divine soul silently went downstairs and "saw" Guanghan, who was downstairs at that moment.
Guanghan felt a chill run down his spine as he recalled Bitao's warnings and threats to him during the third competition.
At that time, Guanghan promised Bitao that he would make the koi fish forever a koi fish, and he kept his word.
Now he is the successor of Emperor Wenchang. After returning to the position of the Star God, his cultivation is unfathomable. Zhan Kui was originally his mount. In the inheritance of the ancient immortal clan, the position of the Star God must have a way to restrain the mount.
Zhan Kui dislikes being "suppressed." If Guang Han is being unreasonable, Bi Tao wouldn't mind letting him continue being a beautiful but useless person. After all, the Nine Heavens don't lack any immortal positions these days.
In the past, Zhan Kui was incredibly lucky, and everyone said she was "blessed by the heavens." In reality, her smooth sailing was all due to the remaining fortune of the ancient Zhu Jiuyin.
Now, Zhan Kui is truly blessed by "Heaven's Way." No one can bully him anymore.
After Guanghan's memories returned, she and Zhan Kui fooled around for more than two months. Once they had resolved their longing for each other, she immediately took out the star track from her sea of consciousness and gave it back to Zhan Kui.
Of course he knew that Zhan Kui didn't like being suppressed, and he wouldn't let the little koi he had risked his life for live even the slightest bit of unhappiness.
Anyway... he's been living off women for too long and is used to Zhan Kui taking the lead in everything for him. He doesn't need to cling to the Star Orbit artifact and cultivation technique and insist on the "master-servant" position.
He took out the Star Orbit artifact, and his five senses were still limited to touch, his hearing was blurred, and he was in a state of looking directly at the five elements of heaven and earth.
Therefore, in this Palace of All Living Beings, the other lesser immortals whose cultivation was insufficient could not "see" the soul of Emperor Bitao of Fengdu, but Guanghan, who was blind, could "see" it.
The spirit of the peach blossom in his eyes was murky and sinister. The peach blossom, with its hands behind its back, was looking at him with an extremely sinister expression. Although it did not release any ghostly energy to invade him, it still made him feel terrified and his legs trembled.
The Emperor of Fengdu is truly not someone anyone can become. In just one year, Bitao's soul has been pickled with the smell of ghosts, losing its former clarity and pride as a celestial being. In time, she will probably become as capricious as the previous Emperors of Fengdu, corrupted by the turbid energy!
By the time Bitao regained her senses, Zhan Kui had finished whispering with her and came downstairs with a rosy face. He then dragged Guanghan to the back hall of the Cang Sheng Palace to freeload a meal.
Guanghan, having survived a calamity, followed Zhan Kui with her hands and feet ice-cold.
Zhan Kui asked him curiously, "Why are your hands so cold? Did I absorb too much of your vital essence... um."
Only demons can absorb human essence and yang.
Guanghan silenced Zhankui's unrestrained words with a helpless smile, without uttering a single word about Bitao's silent intimidation and threats.
She took Zhan Kui's hand and led him to the back hall.
Neither of them knew how to cook. The Golden Toad Palace did receive food from the Heavenly Dew Pavilion, but it was all prepared in a standardized way and sent to the various palaces. It was nothing like the diverse and delicious "special dishes" with earthly flavors that Bi Tao's Cang Sheng Palace made from time to time.
Even if it's just to make a living, Guanghan would never go against Bitao's wishes.
"Today it's Tai Chi cooking. This kid's peaches haven't been wasted. He's truly a master of both the living room and the kitchen. Today, Bi Tao isn't traveling around the myriad worlds of Fengdu anymore. Instead, he's 'sitting in his post' in the Heavenly Realm. He'll definitely show off his skills."
Zhan Kui said to Guang Han, "I've heard that there are Qiong fish slices from the Boundless Sea. The Tai Chi knife skills are superb. The Qiong fish slices are as thin as cicada wings. When rolled with pine breeze paste, the rich oil melts in your mouth... slurp."
Guanghan: "...Why are you so eager to harm each other?"
Normally, if a celestial being were to take human form, they would show extra compassion and favor to their fellow beings. However, Zhan Kui was the exact opposite, and Guang Han never understood Zhan Kui's penchant for eating all kinds of fish.
Have you forgotten that there was a time when you yourself were a fish?
Bitao withdrew her divine sense, escorted Zhan Kui downstairs, and returned to her seat. The teleportation array in the room was activated, and in the next instant, Mingguang's imposing figure appeared in the array, his golden eyes blazing like the sun.
Bitao smiled slightly, but Mingguang walked solemnly to her side, pointed his fingers into a sword-like gesture, and in one breath, hundreds of mind-awakening magic arrays rushed into Bitao's forehead and heart.
Bitao: "..."
Mingguang: "I found remnants of foul air in the Hall of All Living Beings. Did your soul leave your body? Was it because the foul air had corrupted you too much, causing your soul to tear apart?"
Throughout history, the Fengdu Emperors have indeed been known for their unpredictable temperament, cruelty, and tyranny. Sometimes, it is not that they are inherently gloomy, but rather that the turbid energy they possess causes their immortal souls to be torn apart. In ancient times, there was even a Fengdu Emperor who possessed two souls within one body, each with its own consciousness.
Who would have known that before Daju succeeded as the Emperor of Fengdu, he was a pushover who always wanted to please everyone?
Because he was worried about Bitao, Mingguang consulted the records of the immortal ranks and discovered that ten thousand years ago, the names of public officials who walked the earth were often accompanied by grand and imposing signatures for the dirty, hard, and difficult jobs.
Da Ju came from the Ministry of War, yet his official position as a student of the Nine Heavens Academy was recorded. Surely it couldn't be that he, a dignified general of the Ministry of War, was only interested in delivering babies for humans and animals.
It can only be that he has been corrupted by the turbid air over the past ten thousand years, causing his temperament to change drastically and he is no longer the same as before.
The soul split of the Fengdu Emperor is not like the clone of the Eastern Azure Emperor. The soul tearing of the Fengdu Emperor is often uncontrollable, and many times it is a manifestation of inner demons and obsessions.
The turbid air of Fengdu gathers the obsessions and malice of countless living beings. Being constantly tainted by it, it will naturally damage one's true nature and soul.
Hundreds of spiritual arrays from Mingguang struck in, leaving Bitao completely empty of all worldly desires.
She raised her hand and grabbed the sword finger that Mingguang was pressing against her forehead, which was still channeling energy into her.
He rubbed his fingertips together and said, "There's no tear. Aren't you being too worried about me? Concern makes you lose your composure, Central Thunder Lord."
Bitao pulled Mingguang's fingertips to her lips and kissed them gently, lifting her eyelashes as she looked up at him, her expression full of provocation.
After listening to Zhan Kui's lewd and obscene stories all morning, Bi Tao was now somewhat distracted when she saw Ming Guang.
"I've been on the Reincarnation Bridge for decades. Back then, my cultivation was low, and my immortal spirit was suppressed, so I was never tainted by the Netherworld's turbid energy. How could I be now? I separated my soul myself to scare Guanghan for fun."
When Mingguang met Xiaotaozhi's seductive gaze, he didn't show any shyness or retreat as Bitao had imagined. Instead, he frowned and spoke again, his voice carrying a tone of awakening and judgment: "Still saying no! Your eyes are full of evil! Calm your mind and let me cleanse your sea of consciousness."
As he spoke, the mighty golden spirit rushed into Bitao's sea of consciousness without further ado.
Bitao: "..." Fine.
However, once Mingguang's consciousness entered Bitao's sea of consciousness, he realized that he had misunderstood.
He was so concerned that he lost his composure and became overly anxious.
Even though Bitao's soul now relies on turbid energy for nourishment and cultivation, it remains clear, bright, and untainted, just as she herself said.
The golden spirit, wreaking havoc, came with great force, but quickly turned into dust and vanished without a trace within Bitao's sea of consciousness.
His consciousness returned to his body, and the fingers that had been pressing against Bitao's brow loosened slightly.
A flush naturally rose to her face.
Bitao grabbed his hand just in time, and as he slowly opened his peach blossom eyes, her cheeks were as red as plum blossoms. She tilted her head slightly and met his bright and dazzling eyes.
Looking at Mingguang, a mocking "malice" welled up in her heart. Bitao felt that she might really have been tainted by the turbid air.
She decided to tell Mingguang something he had never known before, right now!
"Do you know that immortals don't casually invade someone's sea of consciousness with their spiritual energy or even their soul? Even the cultivation world in the mortal realm wouldn't do that."
After Mingguang returned to his body, his mind was still a little dizzy and disoriented. He shook his head and looked at Bitao, saying, "Of course I know."
Mingguang said, "But how can we be like others? We have been connected with the divine spirits since childhood."
They were childhood sweethearts, inseparable since they were little.
Bitao sat down, leaned back in her chair, looked up at Mingguang, and asked, "Then do you know why you would be absent-minded after you cleared my mind every time you were afraid I would fall into demonic possession?"
Mingguang: "...Naturally, it's because our immortal spirits are incompatible."
These were the words Bitao had been using to deceive Mingguang. She knew that Mingguang had married her, so she was even less likely to read any ancient immortal clan teachings about matters between men and women.
Not long ago, Mingguang was worried that Bitao's soul would be polluted by the turbid energy, so he rushed into Bitao's sea of consciousness without warning. After thoroughly clearing away the turbid energy, he came out and almost knelt on the ground, as if he had been given a muscle relaxant. He wondered why he was like this, so Bitao lied to him and said it was because their immortal spirits repelled each other.
During this time, because Kunyi was going to lead people down to the mortal realm to undergo tribulations, Mingguang was emotionally unstable. His panic and fear over losing his loved ones caused him to pour all his emotions onto Bitao. He only had Xiaotaozhi left, and he had to cleanse Bitao of her impurities from time to time.
Sometimes they meet several times a day, and he can be very worried about them.
Bitao never materialized in his sea of consciousness to indulge his emotional outbursts.
now……
Bitao smiled.
Looking at Mingguang's perpetually solemn expression, he said, "It's not because our spiritual attributes clash."
"It's because the sea of consciousness is a very special place for cultivators and immortals."
"Therefore, in the celestial realm and the mortal realm, there are special terms for the fusion of a cultivator's soul."
During the conversation, the heat around Mingguang had subsided.
He stood before the peach-shaped table, his posture as graceful as a pine tree or a crane, his expression imposing and increasingly dignified: "What is your name?"
Bitao's eyes gleamed with mischievous glints as she looked at him and slowly said, "Spiritual communion."
After Bitao finished speaking, she looked at Mingguang.
Mingguang's eyes were blank for a moment, and then, perhaps from some obscure corner, he found the corresponding understanding of the words "spiritual communion".
Then his face suddenly turned as red as if a rain of peach blossoms had fallen from a large peach tree after a storm, turning a shocking red.
He knew what spiritual communion meant years ago, but he didn't know how to achieve it.
Xiao Taozhi meant... that these past few days, he had been intruding into her consciousness without warning, cleansing her mind of impurities without explanation, all of which were...
For a gentleman like Mingguang, who was steeped in etiquette and divine rules, this was a blow comparable to being struck by lightning.
He blinked and traced back all the moments he had done this, discovering that he had twice even entered Xiao Taozhi's soul in public.
Although with their current immortal rank, no one can know what they do unless they explain it, this is simply... simply absurd, making Mingguang feel like his soul is being torn apart.
He quickly traced the "root" of all this back to the fact that Xiao Taozhi, knowing full well that it was a spiritual communion, lied to him when he was in doubt, saying that it was a spiritual incompatibility!
That damn... bastard!
Mingguang is now the Central Thunder Emperor, and is extremely swift and brave in riding thunder and lightning. He caught Bitao in front of the teleportation array next to the big peach tree.
The two figures appeared. Mingguang's strong and slender arm wrapped around Bitao's neck, lifting her toes off the ground. Lightning crackled on his arm, and he was furious and unstoppable.
Bitao struggled in vain, clinging to Mingguang's arm with both hands, and cried out, "I know I was wrong!"
The smile on his face was clearly that of a fox, a smile of triumph over a wicked scheme.
Mingguang's face was as red as a setting sun about to sink on the shore. He pressed his teeth against the back of Bitao's head and said firmly, "You did this on purpose from the very beginning!"
I deliberately didn't say it was a spiritual connection, and I deliberately didn't tell him that it's something that can't be done anytime, anywhere, just waiting to see him feel ashamed and indignant to the point of death!
That bastard!
Mingguang's chest heaved violently. The more he thought about it, the more he felt he should bid farewell to the world. Little Peach Branch was still hanging on his arm. He couldn't help but shriek.
Mingguang was so angry that he followed Bitao's head and took a bite.
A bastard's scream came from under the big peach tree.
Bitao: [Peeking while covering face][Laughing out loud][Please][Please][Please]
Mingguang: [Fear][Cracked] I'll bite your skull and soul off right now!
I haven't been feeling well lately, just got discharged from the hospital. It's all minor ailments, I just need to rest and recover. Updates will be sporadic, everyone. I'll write when I feel better.
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