"I… I mean, my hometown is by the sea, and I used to often go into the water to pick up seashells," the waiter stammered, his voice growing softer.
"Oh, there's nothing then, you may go down."
Zhu Xu said, pulling Zhao Xue to her side. Without waiting for the waiter to respond, she slammed the door shut with a bang.
Outside the door, the waiter involuntarily raised his hands, burying his entire face in them, and crouched down.
This business ended up right in front of the main party, how could this be?
"Little brother, hurry down, we have a guest."
The waiter was still awkwardly digging his toes into the ground when the shopkeeper's voice reached his ears. The waiter could only respond and quickly went down.
"Zhao Xue, I heard everything!" Zhu Xu pressed Zhao Xue's shoulders with both hands, not glancing at the clothes in Zhao Xue's arms.
"Hmm?" Zhao Xue's tone was slightly puzzled, unsure what Zhu Xu was concerned about.
"Zhao Xue, don't you have any money?" Zhu Xu asked with a serious expression. Her originally round, crescent eyes seemed to have acquired some sharp edges.
"Hmm?" Zhao Xue was even more confused now. Holding Zhu Xu's clothes, Zhao Xue couldn't understand how Zhu Xu could have thought of this.
"Zhao Xue, the Empress's Palace still has many jewelry pieces. Zhao Xue, don't use that method to get money," Zhu Xu said anxiously, her expression looking very worried.
Zhao Xue froze, and began to carefully recall what the waiter had just said.
"Xuxu, what method are you talking about?" Zhao Xue had a vague idea of what Zhu Xu meant, but she was still not entirely sure.
Zhu Xu pursed her lips, leaned in, and kissed Zhao Xue's cheek. "Mine."
Zhao Xue was once again stunned by Zhu Xu's sudden action.
"Zhao Xue, you belong to me entirely, and no one else can touch you." Not women, not men.
Zhu Xu wrapped her arms around Zhao Xue's slender waist, leaning her entire body against Zhao Xue.
Feeling the soft weight in her arms, Zhao Xue's thousand-year-old, perpetually cold face began to warm up, quickly turning red. It was like ice and snow melting away, giving way to a vibrant spring.
"Xuxu, I won't let anyone touch me." He would always remain pure. How could Zhao Xue do something that would make Zhu Xu disgusted?
"Then do you have money?" Zhu Xu was already considering becoming an embroiderer to earn money.
Bi Lian: With those two cashew nuts?
A moment later, Zhu Xu looked up. The seriousness and anxiety in her eyes had vanished, replaced by a dazed foolishness drowned in love.
Zhao Xue: "Yes."
Zhu Xu: "Did you use spiritual energy? Zhao Xue, using spiritual energy to create money will be discovered by the Nine Heavens."
"No, Xuxu. There are many treasures in this world that mortals cannot see or obtain, but as immortals, we can obtain them even without using spiritual energy."
Not to mention that Zhao Xue could also use demonic energy.
"Really?" Zhu Xu asked, her eyes widening slightly, as if she understood but not quite.
Zhao Xue: "Really."
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"You are Bi Lian?"
At this time, the time in the Nine Heavens was still frozen on the night Zhao Xue abducted Zhu Xu.
That evening, after Bi Lian had finished tidying up and was about to go to sleep, she was summoned to the Jade Emperor by his subordinates.
"Replying to Your Majesty, I am Bi Lian." As a lotus leaf, Bi Lian was naturally a bit slow-witted, so she was not very nervous at this moment.
"What were you doing when the Empress was abducted?"
The Jade Emperor was seated on his high throne in the Heavenly Court, holding a record of the Immortal-Demon War.
After flipping through a few pages, the Jade Emperor looked up at Bi Lian and then set the book aside.
"Replying to Your Majesty, I was talking with the Princess. Then, Bi Lian suddenly felt sleepy and fell asleep. When I woke up, the Empress's Palace was empty."
Bi Lian spoke every word truthfully, recounting what she knew. Such genuine honesty was largely due to Zhu Xu's good upbringing.
As Bi Lian finished speaking, a hint of fatigue seemed to appear on the Jade Emperor's usually impassive face. However, the fatigue quickly vanished.
The celestial beings who happened to catch a glimpse of this fatigue all assumed it was a hallucination.
Soon, Bi Lian retreated.
The celestial beings, with their limited understanding, also withdrew.
Everyone was puzzled as to why the abductor of the Empress would use the demonic eye technique of the demon race.
Furthermore, they didn't know if it was Zhao Xue who had abducted the Empress. If it was Zhao Xue, then how could he, an immortal who grew up in the Nine Heavens, use a technique only known to the Demon Lord?
If it wasn't Zhao Xue, then who abducted Zhao Xue and the Empress together? Was it an accident, or was there another motive?
Despite their doubts, the celestial beings did not want to delve deeper. The passage of thousands of years had eroded the enthusiasm of many immortals.
To satisfy mere curiosity and risk having the Jade Emperor push the blame onto them was not something these celestial beings found appealing.
...
"Your Majesty, what is your command?"
As the celestial beings returned to their respective palaces, General Huo Gui arrived at the Jade Emperor's sleeping quarters.
Within the Nine Heavens, very few people knew that Huo Gui and the Jade Emperor, Zhu Guang Ji, were once inseparable close friends in the mortal realm before ascending to immortality.
"General Huo, there's no one else here," the Jade Emperor said with a much more casual tone.
Huo Gui blinked, unsure of what to say.
Before becoming the Jade Emperor, Zhu Guang Ji was a man who loved to laugh.
Looking at the Jade Emperor's expressionless face now, Huo Gui found it difficult to interact with him as naturally as they did in the mortal world.
Seeing that Huo Gui remained standing still, the Jade Emperor got up and pulled Huo Gui to sit opposite him.
After a moment of silence, the Jade Emperor cut straight to the chase: "Zhao Xue was not a celestial child who lost his parents in the Immortal-Demon War."
Upon hearing this, Huo Gui's head shot up, and he looked at the Jade Emperor.
"Then who is he?"
From the demon race?
But he had fought with Zhao Xue before, and Zhao Xue clearly used spiritual energy.
Not from the demon race, nor a celestial child who lost his parents in that Immortal-Demon War, then who exactly was he? Su Dan Novel Network
Huo Gui remembered that at the time, the Immortal-Demon War had just ended, and the Nine Heavens were in ruins.
The Jade Emperor, Zhu Guang Ji, had asked him to wait for him in the peach orchard.
Naturally, Huo Gui did not refuse to be spared from helping the other celestial beings repair the Nine Heavens.
Unexpectedly, a few hours later, it wasn't just Zhu Guang Ji who arrived, but also a small, white-clothed child held by the hand.