One of my fairy-like friends

Mingyan smiled somewhat helplessly. He didn't really believe in fate; this was probably just destiny.

After thinking about it, he found it even more amusing. Gu Hanshuang, who had once loathed destiny so much, was now actually starting to search for traces of "destiny".

"Whatever makes you happy." Mingyan felt there was no need to argue. If she wanted to think that way, then so be it. If you believe, it exists; if you don't, it doesn't. Perhaps it really was destined?

“Mingyan…” Gu Hanshuang came back to her senses. She didn’t delve into whether it was destined or not. The fact was that she met Mingyan and fell in love with him. It was that simple.

"Hmm?" Mingyan looked up.

“I just caught up with Yu Mudan; now, I want to overtake her,” Gu Hanshuang said seriously. “What should I do next?”

Gu Hanshuang's expression was very serious, just like that of a studious student.

"Isn't there a need to be in such a hurry?" Mingyan scratched his head. In fact, his relationship with Gu Hanshuang and Yu Mudan had already exceeded his original expectations. In fact, Mingyan didn't expect the two of them to be able to face their own hearts right now. He originally thought he should do more to persuade them.

However, with Yu Mudan's sudden confession, Gu Hanshuang obviously couldn't sit still anymore. The two of them are now planning to start a new round of competition, but... before, they competed in cultivation level and strength, but now... the direction of the competition has deviated a bit.

"Mingyan!" Gu Hanshuang emphasized, "Yu Mudan has already beaten me to the punch when it comes to confessing my feelings. Can't I win this time too?"

Towards the end, Gu Hanshuang's tone became somewhat pleading. Ming Yan was always the type of person who responded better to gentleness than force, and upon hearing this tone, his heart immediately softened.

"Well... alright then." Ming Yan could only reluctantly agree. He leaned close to Gu Han Shuang's ear and whispered something.

Gu Hanshuang blushed slightly. She looked down at herself, remained silent for a moment, and then whispered, "Are there really so many variations?"

Mingyan coughed lightly twice. There was no way around it; there were too many women around him, and he had tried too many times. Naturally, he had learned more and more.

Chapter 267 A New Battlefield

Yu Mudan was eagerly waiting for Mingyan to come out of Gu Hanshuang's room, but she waited for a long time and Mingyan still didn't appear.

This made her feel a little strange.

What are these two doing?

Could it be that Gu Hanshuang was pushed to the limit and confessed to Mingyan as well? Yu Mudan frowned, thought for a while, and then felt that this was not very realistic.

It's unlikely that Gu Hanshuang would take the initiative to confess to Mingyan. Of course, it's possible for her and Mingyan to do so, but that would be based on Mingyan and Gu Hanshuang developing feelings for each other over time, and then Mingyan making the confession. But right now, Mingyan's attitude towards Gu Hanshuang doesn't seem like he would take the initiative to confess. Or is it that I've misjudged?

Yu Mudan stroked her chin, pondered for a moment, and felt that thinking so much was useless. So what if Gu Hanshuang really confessed to Mingyan? She was already behind her. She didn't believe Gu Hanshuang had the guts to go straight to Mingyan. Even if she confessed, all she'd get was a few hands...

Although everyone thought it was a confession and reconciliation, Yu Mudan was surprised to find that after reconciling with Gu Hanshuang, the hostility towards her wasn't as strong anymore...

Yu Mudan waited a while longer, but still didn't see Mingyan come out. She felt even more puzzled. What were these two talking about? Did it take so long?

Didn't we agree that we were just going to comfort Gu Hanshuang and tell her not to be so sad?

In the blink of an eye, Mingyan had been in Gu Hanshuang's room for over an hour, and he still hadn't come out. Yu Mudan began to feel uneasy. Could Gu Hanshuang have really confessed to Mingyan? And judging from the situation, could the two have done something else?

Just as Yu Mudan was hesitating, wondering whether she should go and check on the situation, Ming Yan and Gu Hanshuang finally came out of the room.

The two were very close. Ming Yan had a smile on his face, while Gu Han Shuang's face seemed a little hot. When Yu Mu Dan saw this, she immediately knew something was wrong. Something must have happened between the two of them.

Mingyan turned around, saw Yu Mudan, smiled at her, and then turned and left the courtyard.

After Ming Yan left, Yu Mudan and Gu Hanshuang were left gazing at each other through the window...

The faint blush on Gu Hanshuang's face gradually faded. She looked at Yu Mudan and gave a faint smile. "I hope you know that when I took the initiative to reconcile with you before, I wasn't joking."

Yu Mudan was puzzled, but she still nodded. "I genuinely want to reconcile with you... but I'm a little curious..."

Before Yu Mudan could speak, Gu Hanshuang interrupted her, "You want to ask about my relationship with Mingyan, right? My relationship with Mingyan is the same as yours... well, maybe even more advanced?"

"Really... Yu Mudan glared at Gu Hanshuang, looking at your smug face. I haven't even asked you yet, and you're already so eager to tell me?"

She took a deep breath to calm herself, then said with a surprised expression, "So, you and Mingyan have also become Daoist partners? Hehe~ That's great! From today onwards, we're sisters~ Since I entered the sect before you, I'm the older sister, and you're the younger sister..."

Gu Hanshuang raised an eyebrow, "Just because someone enters the door first doesn't mean they're the older sister?"

"Oh? You mean you don't intend to treat those who started earlier than you as your older sisters?" Yu Mudan put her hands behind her back, tilted her head, and smiled sweetly.

Gu Hanshuang frowned. This Jade Peony had set another trap for her; how could she possibly fall into it so easily? "Let me put it another way," she said, "who gets in first isn't certain..."

"Hmm?" Yu Mudan raised an eyebrow, amused. If you really entered the door before me, could you have kept it a secret? You would have come to me to "hint" at it long ago. She didn't believe that Gu Hanshuang had entered the door before her. After all, she knew Gu Hanshuang. In fact, she was the same. She had also planned to hint at her relationship with Mingyan to Gu Hanshuang after Mingyan left, but now it seemed that she no longer had the chance.

"Besides, let's not talk about who entered the sect first..." Gu Hanshuang said with her hands behind her back and a calm smile. "My relationship with Mingyan seems to be better than yours. In that case, I don't mind being your older sister, just like I was your senior sister back then."

"You were my junior sister back then," Yu Mudan reminded him, but a sense of unease settled in her heart. Ming Yan had been in Gu Han Shuang's room for over an hour; he couldn't have just been talking, could he? He must have done something, and judging from Gu Han Shuang's smug expression...

"I don't care about those things anymore." Gu Hanshuang stood with her hands behind her back, her expression calm and composed. "I wouldn't mind being sisters with you either..."

"Are you trying to compete with me?" Yu Mudan sighed softly. "I've already promised Mingyan that I would reconcile with you, and I mean it. I hope you won't provoke me with your words."

"So, we are sisters, but there is no distinction between sisters, is that alright?" Gu Hanshuang didn't really want to argue with Yu Mudan. Seeing that Yu Mudan's words were relatively restrained, she didn't continue to provoke Yu Mudan.

Yu Mudan nodded slowly. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "May I ask... what did you and Mingyan do?"

"..." Speaking of this, Gu Hanshuang coughed lightly twice. She was a little embarrassed, but since Yu Mudan asked, she didn't mind telling Yu Mudan generously.

Then, Gu Hanshuang said something that made Yu Mudan pause for a moment, then looked at Gu Hanshuang with a strange expression. Her gaze unconsciously shifted downwards, looking at Gu Hanshuang's chest, then down at her own, and she immediately regained her confidence. She smiled slightly, "I hope we can get along well in the future..."

Seeing Yu Mudan's series of subtle actions, Gu Hanshuang knew that Yu Mudan probably wanted to try it out with Mingyan next time...

However, her attitude was quite interesting; it seemed she genuinely didn't intend to dwell on the past? She even actively avoided certain topics...

This can be considered a good thing. However, on the other hand, although we can let bygones be bygones, old grudges are settled and new grudges arise... the two of them will still compete.

Both Gu Hanshuang and Yu Mudan sensed that the two now had a completely new way of competing... which was to see who Mingyan cared about more... and who had a better relationship with Mingyan...

Previously, battlefields were everywhere, but now the battlefield is only related to Mingyan. To be more specific, the battlefield now might just be the bedroom...

“Me too…” Gu Hanshuang’s eyes flickered slightly as she turned and went into her room. Yu Mudan, seeing her go in, clenched her fists slightly. No, she couldn’t fall behind Gu Hanshuang…

Chapter 268 What does "wife" mean?

As Ming Yan left the courtyard where Gu Hanshuang, Yu Mudan, and Bai Ze resided, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

The matter between these two people has only now come to an end.

He could tell that the two of them were no longer so hostile. Although they didn't necessarily want to kill each other, they were always at odds. The reason they rarely fought was simply because they both knew they couldn't do anything to each other and didn't want to waste their energy and end up hurting each other.

Now, the two have indeed calmed down a lot. With his intervention and deliberate guidance, their battle will take place in a different, albeit one-sided, area.

It's impossible to make these two people fall in love directly, so this is the most ideal way to handle it.

Mingyan did not go to Bai Ze to report the situation. After all, Bai Ze had said before that she believed Mingyan had already done his job by getting the two to reach a superficial harmony, and these were all extra gains.

He had only taken two steps when suddenly someone appeared in front of him.

Feng Shiyi suddenly appeared before him. Ming Yan was startled. Seeing her calm and indifferent expression, looking at her was like looking at a huge mountain in his heart, extremely heavy... Upon seeing this, Ming Yan immediately understood that this was the Empress.

"Greetings, Senior!" Ming Yan bowed to Feng Shiyi. He hadn't known before, but Bai Ze told him that the Empress had arranged for Feng Shiyi to be by her side and had been silently changing her fate. Both in terms of sentiment and reason, she deserved Ming Yan's respect.

The Empress helped Ming Yan up and calmly said, "You don't need to bow to me anymore. Your cultivation has reached the Xuanji level, but it's still not enough..."

The Empress paused briefly, then said, "Your strength needs to be improved as soon as possible..."

"I wonder what level of cultivation Senior requires of me...?" Mingyan asked with some curiosity.

"At least, you'll get the Great Sage..." the Empress said softly. "Afterwards, Feng Shiyi will lend you a hand."

"Give me a hand...?" Ming Yan blinked, his heart skipping a beat. Did she mean to have Feng Shiyi cultivate with him? But then again, wasn't Feng Shiyi part of the Empress? When the Empress spoke of Feng Shiyi, was she referring to herself, or the simple-minded Feng Shiyi?

Mingyan dared not ask. He remained silent for a moment before saying, "Senior has been to the outer realms, right? How are the outer realms different from our place?"

“Strictly speaking, there is no difference, except that the laws over there are more incomplete than ours,” the Empress said calmly. “The incomplete laws have caused the cultivators over there to lose themselves long ago.”

"A Great Dao that's even more incomplete than the one we have here?" Ming Yan asked, somewhat puzzled.

The Empress nodded slowly. "You should know very well that those invaders from other realms were impossible to communicate with. It wasn't that they were unwilling, but rather that communication was simply impossible. They were just a group of cultivators who had lost themselves and only knew how to kill. They probably don't remember anything, only that... they wanted to return here..."

“Back here?” Mingyan couldn’t help but recall the traces he had discovered in Xizhou, traces that proved that people lived in this world long before the humans and demons arrived. “Could they actually be the original inhabitants of this place?”

"The demon race may be outsiders, but the human race is the original inhabitants of this place," the Empress corrected. "However, they did indeed live here before, because they are so similar to us. I have found some traces that prove this. Your mother should know everything, but unfortunately, she doesn't have complete memories..."

The Empress said with some regret, "Those invaders from other realms only remembered the subconscious idea of ​​'going home.' Unfortunately, having already lost themselves under the flawed Dao, all they found upon returning to this world was endless slaughter..."

Mingyan scratched his head. "It seems I'll only know these things after I rescue my mother."

"It won't be long..." The Empress looked at Ming Yan and said calmly, "After you become Emperor, Senior Ming Huiyin will be able to truly awaken, and once she awakens, everything should come to an end."

"I'm waiting for you to break through to the Human King level..." The Empress gave Ming Yan a deep look, then her expression changed slightly. The dazed Feng Shiyi was back.

"Mingyan? Hmm?" Feng Shiyi rubbed her neck, looking at Mingyan in front of her, seemingly a little confused...

What does the Empress mean? On one hand, she says she'll at least obtain the Great Sage title, and that Feng Shiyi will lend her a hand. On the other hand, she says she'll wait until she breaks through to the Human King level. After breaking through to the Human King level, could it be...?

"Mingyan, Mingyan! Long time no see!" Feng Shiyi grabbed Mingyan's hand, bit it hard, and said in a sweet, innocent voice, "I feel like I've slept for so, so long..."

Mingyan snapped out of his reverie and remembered that Feng Shiyi had been asleep the whole time. He realized that the Empress must have gone to the outer realms, which was why Feng Shiyi had fallen into a deep slumber. There was a deep connection between the two.

"Are you hungry?" Mingyan asked with a smile, taking Feng Shiyi's hand.

"Hmm... I want to eat grilled fish..." Feng Shiyi nodded sweetly. The first meal Mingyan made for Feng Shiyi was grilled fish... Hearing this, Mingyan couldn't help but sigh, remembering how low his cultivation level was when he first met Feng Shiyi...

"Let's go, I'll go grill some fish for you..."

"Ok!"

Mingyan brought Feng Shiyi back to his courtyard, and then pulled Liu Mengli over as well, and they grilled fish together.

Liu Mengli had never met Feng Shiyi, but there were many people around Ming Yan she had never met before, so she didn't pay much attention to them.

Feng Shiyi kept staring at Liu Mengli. When Ming Yan noticed this, he felt a little strange. "Why are you staring at my junior sister?"

Liu Mengli rested her chin on her hand, and upon hearing Ming Yan's words, she subconsciously looked at Feng Shiyi. Feng Shiyi blinked and whispered, "She feels so familiar..."

"Familiar? You've met Junior Sister before?" Ming Yan found it somewhat amusing.

“...No…” Feng Shiyi shook her head, “but the feeling she gave me was very familiar to me.”

Liu Mengli blinked and smiled, "Is Sister also Senior Brother's wife? I'm Senior Brother's junior sister, and I'll be his wife in the future. Whether we're familiar or not, we'll all be family from now on..."

"Wife?" Feng Shiyi tilted her head, looking at Liu Mengli. "What do you mean by 'wife'?"

"Um... this..." This question stumped Liu Mengli. She thought for a moment, "Probably... someone I can eat and sleep with?"

“Oh…then I am indeed Mingyan’s wife…” Feng Shiyi nodded. She stared at Liu Mengli for a while, then suddenly realized, “Her scent is so similar to mine…”

Chapter 269 A Reply to My Junior Sister

"Smell?" Mingyan was a little confused. The two of you smell completely different, okay? But when Mingyan came to his senses, he realized that his junior sister's scent had indeed changed quite a bit. Before, it smelled a bit like milk candy, but now, perhaps because she had grown up, her scent had become a light floral fragrance, fresh and pleasant.