Chapter 1890 (1/2)
“Where would you like to set the eye of the formation here, Big Brother Yun Che?” Shui Meiyin asked.
Yun Che thought for a moment before answering, “I think it would be best to place it in Xiao Clan. In fact, let’s place it right here in this courtyard.” [1]
Although the Illusory Demon Yun Family was where he was born, he was ultimately attached to the Xiao Clan of Floating Cloud City in a special, irreplaceable way. After all, it was where he grew up, where his fate was changed forever, and where he met Jasmine for the first time.
“Eye of the formation?” Yun Wuxin shot her father an inquiring glance.
“It’s the eye of a dimensional teleportation formation to be exact,” Yun Che answered his daughter smilingly. “The other teleportation formation is set in my city in the God Realm, Emperor Yun City. When the construction is complete, you may travel to and from the God Realm whenever you wish.”
Yun Wuxin’s lips parted a little. It was because she was stunned by the magnitude of the construction.
Yun Che had told her that the spatial laws of the God Realm were much stronger than the ones governing the lower realms. It was incredibly difficult to traverse or destroy the fabric of space of the God Realm.
One of his given examples was the great dimensional formation that connected the Eternal Heaven God Realm and the edge of the Primal Chaos. It had taken the manpower and resources of multiple king realms to complete, and it was literally the biggest space traversing project ever undertaken in the history of the God Realm.
The soon-to-be-completed profound spatial formation that connects Blue Pole Star to the God Realm was on a much smaller scale than that great dimensional formation, but she recognized that it was still on a scale that was beyond her ability to comprehend.
“It connects directly to father’s Emperor Yun City…” Yun Wuxin’s eyes shimmered. “A profound spatial formation can’t be mundane even for the God Realm, right?”
“Of course not,” Yun Che replied. “Even if we discount the resources that are involved, your Auntie Meiyin is the only person in the entire cosmos who can complete a profound spatial formation like this in such a short time.”
“Auntie Meiyin is amazing,” Yun Wuxin praised from the bottom of her heart.
“Heehee!”
Shui Meiyin brushed her fingers against the World Piercer, and ripples of crimson energy trailed after her movement. “I shall begin my work then. The space here is too fragile though, so I will have to strengthen it before laying down the eye of the formation. It will take around ten days to complete everything.”
“Oh right!”
Shui Meiyin suddenly recalled something and extended a hand. Sitting on her snow white palm were three bright, crimson jades. “This is for you, Big Brother Yun Che!”
The unique crimson glow was a dead giveaway. They clearly contained the spatial divine power of the World Piercer.
Yun Che accepted the gift and exhaled bits of profound energy to figure out how to use it. Then, he asked in a surprised voice, “Did you create them using the World Piercer?”
“Mn!” Shui Meiyin nodded before continuing in a melodious voice, “The World Piercer will never regain its former glory. Therefore, it cannot create a Void Illusion Stone anymore.”
“However, the World Piercer has been able to regenerate some divine energy during the past couple of months of peace, and I decided to create these ‘World Jades’ with them. All you need to do is to inject it with profound energy, and they’ll teleport you to the destination no matter how far away you are from it. It is inferior to the Void Illusion Stone in that it is not perfectly untraceable, but—”
Shui Meiyin’s eyebrows curled into crescents. “—the trail it leaves behind is still nearly undetectable, and it only takes a maximum of two breaths to complete the teleportation. Most importantly, it doesn’t teleport you to a random, unknown location. I promise you that they are better than all the Void Illusion Stones that remain in the current universe.”
“But where do they teleport you to?” Yun Che realized the answer even as he voiced the question. “Could it be… Emperor Yun City!”
“But of course!” Shui Meiyin giggled again. “Just crush it, and you will be teleported to Emperor Yun City even if you are inside the God Realm of Absolute Beginning.”
It should’ve been impossible to teleport between the God Realm of Absolute Beginning and the God Realm. Before the World Piercer appeared, not even the so-called greatest spatial profound artifact at the time, the Great Void Cauldron could pull off such a feat.
Yun Che clenched his fingers a little. If Yun Wuxin wasn’t right here, he would’ve pushed Shui Meiyin down and kissed her for a very long time.
As the Great Emperor, there was nothing left in the Primal Chaos that could threaten him anymore. However, that didn’t mean that he had no use for the World Jades.
It was because the World Jades were meant for his loved ones. He had afforded them the best possible protection in the entire universe, there was no such thing as too much. Even if the worst case scenario—even if the chance of it happening was smaller than a speck of dust—were to occur, his loved ones would still be able to escape the danger.
Shui Meiyin knew exactly where Yun Che’s greatest worries lay. That was why she created these spatial divine stones she named “World Jades” for him even though they cost the incredibly precious energy of the World Piercer. The owners of the jades might never have to use them, but their existence would permanently eliminate the last vestiges of worry in Yun Che’s heart.
“Three is all I can create though. You will have to decide who gets to have them, Big Brother Yun Che.”
Shui Meiyin winked meaningfully at Yun Che before twisting her delicate waist and waving the World Piercer. A thin sheet of crimson light immediately expanded from the Heavenly Profound Treasure and enveloped all the space within 10 kilometers of her.
“Wear this, Wuxin.”
Yun Che placed one the World Jades in Yun Wuxin’s hands and advised seriously, “Never store this in your spatial artifact. Instead, keep it on your person at all times. In case the unthinkable happens, you’ll be able to teleport to Emperor Yun City immediately.”
“I got it.” Although she thought that her father’s precautions were entirely too excessive, she obediently accepted the World Jade and admired its unique light for a moment. Then, she carefully deposited it inside her sash.
“So, who are you going to give the remaining two jades to, father?” Her tone was serious, but her playful expression was exactly identical to the one on Shui Meiyin’s face a moment ago. “Personally, I would like mother and master to have them, but…”
“Auntie Cang Yue and Auntie Ling’er are the gentlest of them all, so they will never contest for it. They will definitely feel disappointed on the inside though.”
“Auntie Caiyi would appear the most unconcerned, but the truth would be the complete opposite.”
“Auntie Lingxi grew up together with father, and everyone knows just how close you two are. Even I would feel sorry for her if you don’t give her one.”
“Auntie Caizhi looks very unhappy for some reason. It would be a bad idea to make her even madder.”
Auntie Meiyin poured her sweat and blood into creating these three World Jades. Although she gave them all to you, I bet she really wants you to put one around her neck with your own two hands…”
“Auntie—”
“Enough! Enough…” Waves of headache assaulted Yun Che’s. The two World Jades in his hand suddenly felt scalding hot for some reason.
Yun Wuxin clasped her hand behind her back and bent forward slightly. Her current appearance was one an outsider who was used to her cold, lofty mask could never imagine. “If you don’t mind, I may have a solution to your problem.”
“... are you sure it’s a good solution?” Yun Che glanced at his cute daughter suspiciously.
Yun Wuxin said half-jokingly and half-seriously, “It’s simple. All you need to do is give me a younger brother and a younger sister, heehee!”
To her surprise, Yun Che actually nodded after a moment of consideration. “Not a bad idea.”
His eyes focused, and his expression suddenly turned serious. “In that case, help me trick your mom into the bedroom tonight! It’s been seven days and eighteen hours since she allowed me to touch a hair on her. I can’t believe she’s still angry about that!”
“Of course she’s angry!” Yun Wuxin rolled her eyes at Yun Che. “How could she not after she saw what you did to auntie!? If she wasn’t as soft-hearted as she is, I… I would be ignoring you just like mom! Hmph!”
“It’s not like that! Yueli and I are—”
“You know it’s no use trying to explain things to an angry spouse, right? Much less me.” Yun Wuxin hid a snicker before continuing with a straight face, “Plus, how is mom at fault when you’re really the one who couldn’t give me a younger brother or a younger sister? I have more aunties than I can count, and let’s not pretend that you haven’t been… been…with them... all this time when my mom was ignoring you!”
“Pfft!”
A girlish snort suddenly came from below. Yun Che’s already awkward expression immediately crumbled into something worse.
It was only now that Yun Wuxin noticed the new arrival. Panicking over the likelihood that she had really hurt her father’s dignity, she said in a hurry, “Auntie Ling’er, I… I was just joking with father.”
“I know,” a smiling Su Ling’er replied while walking up to them. “Can you play with Yongning for a bit, Wuxin? There’s something very~ important that I would like to talk with your father about.”
“Okay!” Yun Wuxin hurriedly agreed before escaping the scene. She didn’t even dare to look at Yun Che’s face before she left.
“This is getting serious. Even your precious daughter is starting to worry over you,” Su Ling’er teased Yun Che after arriving by his side.
“Hmph!” Yun Che exhaled through his nose, crossed his arms and feigned indifference. “This was a common problem for the Dragon Gods, and I have the Dragon God’s bloodline, so it can’t be helped. It’s not all bad though. It would be terrifying if ten thousand years later, the number of my descendants grew to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands like some of the realm kings or god emperors in the God Realm.”
His scalp turned numb just thinking about it.
“Yes, yes, whatever you say, husband.” Su Ling’er’s eyes curled a little with cheer. “I’m sure it’s the same for Wuxin. She may ask for a younger brother or sister time and again, but I bet she’s really worried that she would lose some of your love to her future siblings.”
“What an unnecessary worry.” Yun Che let out a chuckle before asking, “So, what is this important thing you wish to talk with me about, Ling’er?”
“Make a guess, husband.” Su Ling’er blinked cutely.
Yun Che tried, but he couldn’t think of anything that fit the weight behind Ling’er’s words. He replied tentatively, “Did… did Caiyi and Caizhi get into an argument or something?”
“Of course not! In fact, they are doing great right now.” Su Ling’er took a step forward and moved her face closer until her lips were almost touching Yun Che’s cheek. Then, she whispered in a quiet voice, “What else is very important besides the matter between you and Sister Lingxi?”
Yun Che’s surprise gave way to uncontrollable excitement. “D-did you finally figure out why!?”
“Not yet,” Su Ling’er replied slowly and seriously. “But I’ve told your master about your weird impotence whenever you’re facing sister Lingxi, and he said—”
“Stop stop stop!” Yun Che interrupted, “You can say go soft or whatever, but NEVER use that word EVER. Also, what!? You told my master about this!?”
Impotence was the greatest pain for any man… and the Great Emperor of the God Realm was no exception.
“Don’t worry, husband. When I spoke with our master, I made sure to mention that it was ‘someone else’s husband’.”
“...” Yun Che put a hand to his forehead. “Master isn’t stupid, you know.”
“That’s not important, heehee.” Su Ling’er just barely held back a giggle at Yun Che’s expression. She continued in a consoling tone, “You really don’t need to mind about this. Everyone knows that our husband is the greatest, strongest and manliest man in the entire world… except Sister Lingxi.”
“~！@#￥%...” Yun Che groaned inside his head. She just had to add that last part!
“What… what did Master say?” Yun Che tried to stay calm, but he only half-succeeded when he realized that he could no longer visit his master without feeling some intense awkwardness.
“Master’s judgment was exactly the same as mine,” Su Ling’er said. “If the body is perfectly healthy, and the man doesn’t react differently before another woman, then it can only be a psychological problem.”
“For years, I had believed that your psyche had created some sort of mental block because she was your ‘little aunt’. You had believed her to be your blood relative for fifteen years after all.”
“However, after you increased all our cultivation to the Divine Origin Realm using the Divine Water of Life, and I spent the past couple of years growing accustomed to the body and profound energy of the divine way, I came to realize that it was a mistake. This mental block may affect a mortal man, but never to a divine way profound practitioner like you.”