Zhou Xingdou smiled gently, not responding to Luo Hanyi's words, and tenderly stroked Luo Hanyi's hair:
"Have you been having a tough time lately?"
Luo Hanyi shook her head slightly and smiled sweetly:
"It's not bitter. As long as you come back, nothing is bitter."
Zhou Xingdou immediately realized that Luo Hanyi's cultivation had reached the third stage of Quasi-Emperor.
In just twenty years, she has reached this point. Zhou Xingdou understands that she must have suffered a lot. Otherwise, with Luo Hanyi's talent, it would be impossible for her to have progressed so quickly.
Stephen Chow remained silent for a long time, unsure how to answer, and simply lowered his head to touch forehead to forehead:
"Thank you, thank you for still waiting for me."
Luo Hanyi gently stroked Zhou Xingdou's cheek, her face beaming with smiles:
"You've changed so much, I almost didn't recognize you."
Zhou Xingdou raised an eyebrow and smiled, deliberately pulling Luo Hanyi even closer, pressing her even more alluring figure against him:
"My senior sister has grown up and become even more outstanding."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Xingdou felt Luo Hanyi pinch his waist. Looking down, he saw that Luo Hanyi's face was already flushed with embarrassment.
Then, Luo Hanyi broke free from Zhou Xingdou's embrace, seemingly embarrassed and angry, yet her eyes flickered as she said:
"Go and see your master."
As she spoke, Luo Hanyi's expression darkened slightly:
"These years have been the most difficult for Master."
Building a force comparable to immortality is no easy task, even with the help of Master Wei and others.
She then betrayed the Xuantian Dao Sect, using the name of her disciple's wife to gather forces from all sides, and even shared the title of matriarch of the Zhou family with Luo Hanyi, whom she treated like a disciple and daughter...
The burden and public pressure that Tian Jiu'er has carried over the years are heavier than anyone can imagine.
Zhou Xingdou did not immediately agree, but instead joked with Luo Hanyi:
"You're so generous, aren't you jealous?"
It wasn't that he didn't want to be his master, Tian Jiu'er, but he also needed to consider Luo Hanyi's feelings. If he abandoned Luo Hanyi, he would be letting down his senior sister who loved him unconditionally.
Luo Hanyi lowered her head, her voice barely audible:
"I wouldn't be willing to do it for anyone else, but if it's Master... then I can..."
As she spoke, Luo Hanyi looked up again and said earnestly to Zhou Xingdou:
"Master has suffered so much these past years, I... am willing to... serve as his subordinate..."
Zhou Xingdou was momentarily stunned upon hearing this. He knew that Luo Hanyi used to care a lot about being in first place, but now she was willing to be ranked below her. One could imagine the struggle she was going through.
This also reflects that Tian Jiu'er has indeed suffered too much over the years, to the point that even Luo Hanyi couldn't bear to see it.
"Oh dear, you go ahead, I'll wait for Aunt Ning here."
Seeing Zhou Xingdou stunned, Luo Hanyi nudged him and said.
Zhou Xingdou chuckled, cupped Luo Hanyi's face in his hands, and kissed her, saying:
"In my heart, my senior sister is almost the same as my master."
Luo Hanyi, with a look of disgust, waved her hand to shoo him away:
"Go on, go on, isn't this old married couple disgusting?"
Seeing this, Stephen Chow said no more, leaving behind the words "Wait for me" before quietly departing like a gust of wind.
Luo Hanyi's eyes also lowered instantly, her thoughts unknown...
A gentle breeze caresses the heavens and earth, and the warm sun shines upon this moment.
When Zhou Xingdou found Tian Jiu'er, she was staring blankly at the ruins of Xingdou Palace.
Zhou Xingdou's arrival naturally couldn't be kept secret from Tian Jiu'er, but Tian Jiu'er only spoke calmly:
"You're here?"
Standing beside Tian Jiu'er, who resembled a goddess from the heavens, Zhou Xingdou took a deep breath and said somewhat nervously:
"They're here."
Tian Jiu'er's immortal eyes flickered slightly, but she still looked at the ruins of the Star Palace and said:
"You should stay by Hanyi's side. She has been waiting for you for a long, long time."
Zhou Xing gazed at Tian Jiu'er's stunningly beautiful profile and whispered:
"Didn't you wait for me?"
Tian Jiu'er remained unmoved:
"I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do."
As she spoke, Tian Jiu'er flicked her sleeve, and the Star Palace in the ruins rose up again, but it was merely a shell, devoid of its former wonder.
Tian Jiu'er silently stepped into the palace, and Zhou Xingdou hurriedly followed.
Even though the Star Palace is now only in its form and has lost its power that was once comparable to a magic weapon, it is still a huge palace.
Zhou Xingdou followed Tian Jiu'er's steps and walked among them.
Tian Jiu'er walked barefoot, but her jade-like feet, white as mutton fat, were not stained by a speck of dust. She walked silently, each step blossoming like a flower.
However, her speed was not fast, so slow that Zhou Xingdou could easily keep up, but it was not too slow either, and she soon arrived at a secret room deep inside the Xingdou Palace.
Although Zhou Xingdou is the master of Xingdou Palace, he rarely came here before, mostly staying in his bedroom. So even though he returned this time, he did not go deep into this place.
Tian Jiu'er gently pushed open the door to the secret room. Zhou Xingdou immediately felt a fierce aura rush towards him. The ancient stone house was filled with fierce swords, and a Taoist altar was located in the center.
Zhou Xingdou's eyelids twitched. Even though he had destroyed the Star Palace, he had never noticed that this secret room deep inside was so similar to the one in the Nine Profound Palace.
But looking at the scattered swords, their divine light gone and only their shapes and menacing intent remaining, Zhou Xingdou felt somewhat embarrassed and scratched his head like a child who had made a mistake, explaining:
"I broke through in the palace yesterday and absorbed too much essence. I drained the entire Star Palace dry. I had no idea that these evil swords were here."
Tian Jiu'er glanced at Zhou Xingdou indifferently, but said nothing. She stepped onto the platform, looking like a god or immortal.
Zhou Xingdou wasn't embarrassed and immediately asked:
"Have you been living in the Star Palace all these years?"
Tian Jiu'er sat cross-legged on the platform, her red lips parted slightly, and her celestial voice lingered in the air:
"Otherwise what? Move into your harem?"
Zhou Xingdou blushed, naturally knowing that the harem referred to the Hall of Stars, the residence of his women.
Tian Jiu'er frowned slightly.
"Having used your name, I naturally reside in your palace."
As she spoke, Tian Jiu'er closed her eyes and said calmly:
"Close the door and go do what you need to do."
Anyone could hear the hint of dismissal in Tian Jiu'er's words, but Zhou Xingdou immediately responded:
Okay.
Zhou Xingdou, who responded to the call, stepped into the secret room, closed the door from the inside out, and tiptoed to avoid the fierce swords on the ground, afraid of crushing them. He then sat down under the platform.
Tian Jiu'er's tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, but she did not open them. Instead, she opened her lips again and said:
"I told you to do what you're supposed to do, what are you doing sitting here?"
Zhou Xingdou looked at Tian Jiu'er with a surprised expression:
“What do you mean? You are my first wife, you have used my name and sat in my palace. Now that you have returned, shouldn’t you serve your husband? I am sitting here to wait for Jiu’er to serve me before I go to bed.”
Tian Jiu'er suddenly opened her immortal eyes and stared intently at Zhou Xingdou, causing Zhou Xingdou to tremble and quickly cover his head.
Pfft!
But then he heard a laugh that sounded like the most beautiful music in the world, which startled Zhou Xingdou and made him momentarily lose his focus on that beautiful face.
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