Cang Shuo had an ugly expression on his face as he paced worriedly outside of Cang Yue's courtyard.
Even as a prince, he was not allowed to enter the courtyards of his other siblings without their permission, especially the princess's courtyard, so he could only pace frantically outside of it.
In the palace, a weird rumor was being circulated, which he really didn't want to hear: Princess Cang Yue brought a man within the palace, and they were having sex right now.
Just thinking about it made his heart thump with extreme nervousness and disgust.
He had to immediately stop people from spreading this nonsense and threatened to kill everyone who dared to do so.
To climb the ladder of kinghood wasn't easy, and to fight against the crown prince was even more so.
Previously, he had heard that the crown prince had dealings with the Xiao Sect privately, which scared him.
It was a strict rule of the imperial family not to bring the four sects during the ascension test, but the crown prince obviously didn't take this to heart.
Why would he?
The king was ill and couldn't leave the bed.
In such a situation, the responsibility of the whole empire was on their shoulders right now, and there was no one who was going to stand up and stop them from breaking one or two rules.
Seeing no other way around this, Cang Shuo realized that he also had to get one of the four major sects to back him up.
While he was in such thoughts, the young master of the Burning Heaven Sect approached him.
From there, he came to know that the young master of the Burning Heaven Sect was in love with his sister Cang Yue and wanted to court her.
This made Cang Shuo's eyes shine with brilliance.
If this is not the sign from god, then what it was? — Cang Shuo probably.
And so, from that day forward, he tried his best to match up his sister with the young master of the Burning Heaven Sect.
At one point, Cang Yue was so fed up with her brother that she left the palace and didn't return until Yun Che joined Blue Wind Profound Palace!
Now that Cang Yue has brought a man to the palace with her and was even openly having a relationship with him, how can Cang Shuo not be worried?
If this information was to be known by Fen Juecheng, not only would he be extremely displeased and want to kill the man she brought with him, but he would also be highly angry with them!
At that time, Cang Shuo thought his dream of becoming king was over!
This alone he couldn't allow! And so, he stood outside of Cang Yue's courtyard, waiting for her to come outside.
"It doesn't matter even if she is not pure. As long as we can keep this matter under the cover, everything will be alright," Cang Shuo muttered to himself before he gritted his teeth. "As for the man she brought… that bastard, he is probably Yun Che that entered the palace before with her to check upon the Royal Father, the man she brought back when returning from the New Moon Profound Palace. This trash! I'll have to kill him before Young Master Juecheng knows about this!"
As he frantically was thinking of ways to deal with this mess, the door leading towards Cang Yue's courtyard finally opened.
A dumbfounded expression appeared on his face as he stared at the man coming out of Cang Yue's courtyard with a relaxed and easy expression.
His robes and hair were in a messy state; he stretched his body and yawned loudly.
Suddenly, both of their gazes met each other.
Silence sank in between them before the man asked, "Who are you and why are you standing outside of my courtyard like some creepy stalker? I'll let you know, I'm straight."
Cang Shuo's face suddenly burst into anger.
He glared at Yun Che as if ready to pound on him and kill him.
His courtyard? Cang Shuo wanted to slap him squarely on the face.
Obviously, this was his sister's courtyard and this man was coming out of it. Can't he stand outside of his sister's courtyard anymore?!
"Do you have any idea what you have done?" Controlling his breathing, Cang Shuo asked in a deep voice, filled with emotions.
"Hm?" Yun Che raised a brow and explained. "Fucked my woman?"
"You…" Cang Shuo's eyes widened. "Shameless brute! I will have your head cut off for this offense! This is the imperial palace! A brute like you from some random city dared to place his foot in it and even dared touch the princess of the empire! Don't you know how big of an offense that is?!"
Yun Che rolled his eyes.
Now he understood why this man was so worked up.
Wasn't this the person who tried to kill his own father in the hope of getting the seat over the throne that literally had no meaning outside of ruling over mortals?
Yun Che remembered that he was trying to sell Cang Yue to the young master of the Burning Heaven Clan in the hope of gaining their support for his ascension.
'Well, too bad. First come first serve.' Shrugging his shoulders, he walked closer to Cang Shuo, scaring him.
Shaking his head, he patted Cang Shuo's shoulder and smiled.
"You shouldn't stress so much, brother-in-law, or you might become bald so early in age. What capital offense? Your sister chose a husband for herself, and I reciprocate her feelings. There is no offense in this. You are still a prince, so please act like one. No need to act like you're the king."
Cang Shuo's body trembled.
Never in his whole life had anyone dared to talk to him like this!
He was inches away from pounding on Yun Che and strangling him to death, but fully knowing that the person in front of him was a cultivator, he could only stand in his place and control his emotions.
Seeing his trembling state, a smirk formed over Yun Che's face.
"Well then, if you excuse me, brother-in-law, I have my father-in-law to meet. Until then, good boy."
Rubbing his hair to settle it down, Yun Che walked away while yawning, leaving behind the dumbstruck anger-filled Cang Shuo.
"Yun Che… Yun Che…!" He gritted his teeth and swore loudly. "Just you wait. Let's see that smug face of yours once I inform Young Master Juecheng! This matter is not finished yet!"
Looking at his sister's courtyard, a vicious life passed through his eyes. He snorted before turning around and leaving.
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The sun had set and the moon had appeared.
It showered the world with its brilliance, illuminating it in its silver shimmer.
The moonlight slipped into the room through the open windows, falling on the naked maiden sleeping on the bed.
Her body was covered in a thin quilt, hiding everything below her chest.
Suddenly, the woman's eyes quivered and she opened them.
Slightly confused, she found out that she was alone on the bed, making her softly mutter the name of the person she thought would be beside her.
"Brother Yun?"
"I'm here," answered Yun Che, sitting beside the window and enjoying the silence of the night.
He turned his gaze away from the moon and looked at her, a soft smile appearing over his face.
He walked towards the bed and sat on it, pulling Cang Yue into his embrace, where she gladly adjusted herself.
She placed her face over his chest and her hand beside it, snuggling further into him.
"In the past two months, you have already broken into the Spirit Profound Realm. I'm really proud of you, Yue'er."
"It's all because of the profound arts Brother Yun had given me. I just followed Brother Yun's instructions," Cang Yue hurriedly corrected him, showing that everything she had right now was because of him.
This made Yun Che's smile widen.
"Silly girl, if you don't work hard, then what's the point of all those arts? I'm sure you spent these two months cultivating intensively, and this is the result. Don't put yourself down, okay?"
Feeling his gentle touch on her back and head as he caressed them, and his soft voice, made Cang Yue's cheeks blush and her heart was filled with warmth.
Not being able to come up with an answer, she simply nodded.
"Um."
Nodding, Yun Che said, "I've seen that you don't have any profound art for offense or defense on you. Simply, all you have is pure raw profound strength. This won't do."
"There are arts in Profound Palace. Cang Yue can go and get them."
"No," Yun Che shook his head. "As my future wife, how can you have those mediocre skills?"
Cang Yue suddenly blushed hearing him calling her his wife.
Though she knew she would be his wife in the future, hearing it from his mouth still gave her butterflies in her stomach, causing a small smirk to appear over her face as she snuggled into his chest, making Yun Che smile at her cute antics.
"Tell me, what weapon do you prefer?"
"Umm." After a small pause, Cang Yue replied, "Cang Yue likes swords. Since I was a child, I would see my father practicing sword arts. Somewhere there, I also took a huge liking to swords. But… due to not being gifted with cultivation talent, I have already discarded such thoughts."
"Well, isn't this good news then?" Yun Che smiled and softly caressed her face. "You have more talent than anyone on this continent, and reaching the height that no one has ever reached in this empire or continent is just a matter of time for my dear Yue'er now."
"It's all because of Brother Yun—Umm!" Before she could finish, Yun Che softly pinched her small nose.
"Alright, I'll give you talent for Sword Arts then."
Before Cang Yue could reply, Yun Che softly pecked her forehead, passing the Sword Art (5) to her.
"With this, learning sword profound arts shouldn't be hard for you any longer. In fact, except for me, you are probably the second person with such monstrous sword talent now. Though it's sad that I do not have any profound art to pass onto you…"
"It's alright, Brother Yun! With this alone, Cang Yue is forever grateful for your kindness!"
"What kindness?" Yun Che gently flicked her forehead, causing her to pout with teary eyes. "This is nothing but my love for you. Do not mix things up. I can show kindness to many, but my love is only for a certain few."
"Humph! Aren't you ashamed to admit that you are going to have more women in your life in front of me?"
"Is that coming from someone who is in a relationship with a man with a wife?"
Getting pointed out like that, Cang Yue's cheeks suddenly warmed and she turned her gaze away from him.
Shaking his head, Yun Che said, "Yue'er, I want you to participate in the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament in my place."
"Hm? But why? Weren't you going to participate in it? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" She was confused.
Obviously, in the previous talk, Yun Che was going to participate in the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament.
That was the whole reason why he joined Blue Wind Profound Palace, so she didn't understand why he backed up all of a sudden.
"You know…" Yun Che stared into her eyes and smirked. "My wife is also going to participate in the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament."
Cang Yue's eyes widened.
"Your… wife? Is she—"
"Yes. She is part of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace."
Cang Yue was shocked!
It was known throughout the whole empire how people of Asgard were forbidden from sexual relationships and how all of them held inherent disgust for men.
So hearing that her beloved's wife was part of Asgard, Cang Yue was shocked to the point of speechlessness.
"Before she joined Asgard, she was my wife.
But due to her talents, Asgard didn't mind bending some rules to accommodate her.
Now, she will be participating in the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament as the representative of Asgard!"
Gears worked in Cang Yue's mind.
Though she wouldn't admit it, she was indeed jealous of her beloved's wife.
If she could go back in time, she would definitely take that position for herself.
But what's in the past is in the past, and she cannot change it.
Now, upon hearing that Yun Che's wife was also going to participate in the Ranking Tournament, a weird fire suddenly burned within her heart.
She looked towards Yun Che with a determined look and said, "Brother Yun… I'll participate in the Ranking Tournament." She stated, before a smirk formed over her face. "And defeat my sister!"
Yun Che didn't say anything and just smiled. He wondered what kind of expression Qingyue would show. This tournament was worth waiting for!
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