The Empress raised a cup of tea .

As for Mo Qingli, she was unwilling .

She sighed to herself . Now was not the time to openly clash against the Empress . Rather, she could only engage in small acts of guerilla warfare .

“The things that Mother has spoken of, this daughter will dutifully carry out . ”

Hearing these words, the Empress nodded, satisfied . This daughter of hers wasn’t so foolish after all . However… the matter of a.s.saulting her concubine was a different matter entirely, one that could not be swept under the rug so easily .

When the Xiaoyao Dynasty and the Fengchao Dynasty weakened themselves, she would dispose of Mo Qingli without hesitation . For now, however, perhaps it was better to let her live!

After all, in the end, she was still her daughter!

Mo Qingli exited the Imperial Palace, releasing a low sigh outside . She had crawled and fought her way out of all the schemes and malicious conspiracies back in the cultivation world . Who would have thought that the mortal world seemed to be even more difficult?

She raised her head, staring at the sky speckled with an endless canvas of stars . Silently, she said to herself: Is achieving immortality really this difficult?

After she had returned to the residence, Mo Qingli visited the pavilion that Feng Chenling and Feng Qingjue resided in . However, the lantern light had long died out . After a few moments of dithering, Mo Qingli was unable to knock against the door and wake the two of them up .

Turning around, she continued along the small trail that surrounded the residence . In her mind, she repeated the memories that she had accrued since her first arrival to this world . Compared to the tens of thousands of years she had originally spent training, the past few months were filled with vitality and color .

“Hey!”

A small distance away, hidden among the trees, a man in black robes waved at her . Mo Qingli walked closer, recognizing him as Ge Yueming .

Mo Qingli looked at him briefly, then, losing interest, began walking past him . Only to be stopped, a moment later, when Ge Yueming grabbed her hand .

Didn’t they say that the men in this matriarchal kingdom were supposed to be tender and coquettish?! Why did it feel like that all the men in her life were too audacious for their own good???

“Let go,” Mo Qingli said coldly .

“Aiya, why so cold? Aren’t I just holding your hand?” Ge Yueming laughed . However, seeing Mo Qingli’s cold pupils, he couldn’t help but s.h.i.+ver, retracting his hand . “Really . I can’t even make a joke . ”

Mo Qingli walked away . Behind her, Ge Yueming casually said, “Ai… I really do pity Younger Brother Yu Yan . Every day he thinks of a certain person, until he can’t even get a good night’s sleep . How pitiful! And that person doesn’t think of him at all . They even spend most of their days rolling bed with other men . ”

“What are you trying to say?” Hearing Xiaoyao Yunyan’s name, Mo Qingli stopped . She turned around .

Ge Yueming shrugged . “I’ve only said the truth . Unless it’s not?”

“I’m telling you, stay away from Xiaoyao Yunyan . ” Mo Qingli walked over to Ge Yueming . She leaned over to his ear, coldly muttering: “You should know that no matter if you’re a celestial or a demon, you aren’t allowed in the mortal world . ”

“And you?” Ge Yueming darkly ridiculed .

Mo Qingli froze, then straightened herself . Looking at the sky, she indifferently said, “I’m here under the authority of the Jade Emperor himself . ”

“You really are shameless,” Ge Yueming said .

Mo Qingli glared at him, but didn’t bother responding . It looked like she could only tell Ge Yueming himself to stay away from this person .

“Do you want to cultivate into an immortal?” Ge Yueming said, raising his head to look at her .

Mo Qingli avoided his gaze . She had always felt that something in Ge Yueming’s gaze seemed to see right through her . “Is that any of your business?”

“Of course,” Ge Yueming said . He leaned against the tree trunk, producing two jars of wine . He threw one at Mo Qingli, while the other he drank from himself . “You’re the only one who can help me . Of course, if you want to become a celestial, I’m essential to you as well . ”

Mo Qingli cradled the jar of wine that Ge Yueming had given her . Gloomily, she sat next to him underneath the tree grove . She took a large swallow of the jar’s contents, allowing the spicy sensation of the wine to fill her stomach and bring along that strange feeling of pleasure with it .

“You said the same thing last time!” Mo Qingli said, followed by a drunken belch . She paused, and then added: “I heard you’re proficient in divination?”

Ge Yueming closed his eyes, bathing in the afterglow of good wine . “Isn’t that just a street trick designed to scam people?”

“It’s even more hilarious that mortals here believe that it’s a technique of the immortals, and so hold me in such high esteem . It really is hilarious . ” Ge Yueming’s mouth twitched upwards in ridicule .

Mo Qingli nodded . Divination was the lowest of the magics in the immortal world, in contrast to the absolute zeal mortals seemed to regard it with .

Seeing Mo Qingli’s approving expression, Ge Yueming found it funny . Purposefully, he said, “And I don’t know who it was that latched onto the Empress’s thigh, threatening to commit suicide if they didn’t marry me?”

“And who would be that stupid?” Mo Qingli took another sip from the jar .

In the darkness of the night, her black pupils seemed especially bright . She hadn’t ntoiced the hole she had just dug herself into .

Ge Yueming rolled his eyes . Laughing, he said, “Who else could it be? Isn’t it that famous Sixth Princess, the one as stupid as a pig?”

“So it was the Sixth Princess!” Mo Qingli said, her words slurred . However, in the middle of speaking, she seemed to realize that something was wrong . The Sixth Princess? Wasn’t that Sixth Princess… her?

Alright . So this b.a.s.t.a.r.d just called her as stupid as a pig .

“You’re the one as stupid as a pig . ” Mo Qingli said, throwing her wine jar at Ge Yueming . Though Ge Yueming moved to the side in time, it was not enough to dodge the shards of clay and wine that splashed onto his robes .

Patting the mess off his robes, Ge Yueming said, “You’re the one who said that the Princess was stupid, so why are you attacking me? If you want to attack some, go attack yourself!”

“You…” Mo Qingli said, stumped . She grabbed the slippers off her feet, once again throwing them at Ge Yueming’s direction . However, Ge Yueming’s reflexes were quick . The slippers fell off to the side, and Ge Yueming remained leaning against the tree, unharmed .

Hatefully, Mo Qingli said, “You sure have guts, to avoid these!”

Ge Yueming backed away, grimacing at her . “Do you think I’m foolish? I’m not going to stand there while you throw things at me!”

The two people remained at a standstill, with one standing and on sitting .

After a while, Ge Yueming finally acknowledged defeat . Rubbing his sore calves, he sat down next to Mo Qingli—standing was tiring .

Mo Qingli had been waiting for this moment . Fiercely, she punched Ge Yueming’s side .

Ge Yueming indifferently patted the area where he had been hit, calmly saying, “Alright, your anger has been vented . Let’s not fight anymore!”

“Who wants a truce with you . ” Mo Qingli turned away, then looked over again, reaching out her hands . “Wine . ”

“You still want some?” Ge Yueming said, looking at the red-faced Mo Qingli . Didn’t she drink an entire jar just then?

Mo Qingli lunged at Ge Yueming, cusping his face with both hands . Her warm, alcohol-scented breath trickled past his face . “I still want to drink . Hurry up and give me some . ”

Never argue with a drunk woman .

Ge Yueming hurriedly produced another jar of wine from his robes . Without thinking, Mo Qingli downed the contents of it at once .

“Heey, do you think my life has been easy?” Mo Qingli said, her face flus.h.i.+ng increasingly red . “In order to cultivate, I shut myself into a cave every day and night . Still, even after all that effort, I wasn’t allowed into the land of the Immortals!”

“No, not easy,” Ge Yueming . He s.h.i.+fted backwards, trying to increase the distance between himself and Mo Qingli .

After all, the current Mo Qingli was a bit… “dangerous” .

“Right! If you won’t let me ascend into the land of the Immortals, I’ll ascend into the land of the Immortals myself . ” Mo Qingli once again took another large gulp of wine . “It wasn’t easy for me to bribe my friend into taking me with him across the worlds . Just as we were at the critical moment, one breath from reaching our destination, all ten thousand years of my cultivation were put to the test . Tell me, do you think ascending into the Heavens was easy?”

Ge Yueming shook his head furiously . “Not easy, not easy, not easy at all!”

“Right when I entered the Southern Heavenly Gates, I was captured by those two d.a.m.ned Heavenly Generals and brought to the Jade Emperor . ” Mo Qingli’s lovely face revealed a trace of hate . “That stupid Jade Emperor wouldn’t hear any of my explanations . Instead, he threw me into the mortal world, citing that I was missing the seven emotions and six desires needed to ascend . What a load of dogs.h.i.+t . He just didn’t want me to ascend, that’s all . ”

Mo Qingli drunkenly dropped the wine bottle in her hand, staggering forward . Pointing a finger at the sky, she openly cursed the Jade Emperor .

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky and made its way directly to where Mo Qingli was standing . Ge Yueming had long vacated the area . From a distance, he prayed that Mo Qingli would be alive after this ordeal . After all, he needed her in order to return to the world of the Immortals!

The bolt of lightning struck a tree near Mo Qingli, splitting its bark in half . Seeing this, Mo Qingli stumbled backwards . However, she still stubbornly cursed, “I’m only telling the truth, and yet you’re trying to censor me!”

Rumble!

The sky rumbled again . Mo Qingli wisely shut up .

Only after the sky had cleared up again did Ge Yueming feel brave enough to approach Mo Qingli again . “Why are you arguing with him? Don’t you know that he’s the most esteemed man in all of the Heavens?”

This sentence was said loudly . However, afterwards, Ge Yueming whispered in Mo Qingli’s ear, “If you want to curse the Jade Emperor, don’t say it out loud! Don’t you know that his heart is extremely self-conscious and stingy? Why else would I have been cast into the mortal world after one small transgression?”

Mo Qingli wore a face of understanding . Grabbing Ge Yueming’s hands, she suddenly felt her heart had lightened in weight by quite a bit .

He understood! He understood! Do you know how hard it was to find someone who shared the same struggles as her??!!

The Empress raised a cup of tea

As for Mo Qingli, she was unwilling

She sighed to herself . Now was not the time to openly clash against the Empress . Rather, she could only engage in small acts of guerilla warfare

“The things that Mother has spoken of, this daughter will dutifully carry out . ”.

Hearing these words, the Empress nodded, satisfied . This daughter of hers wasn’t so foolish after all . However… the matter of a.s.saulting her concubine was a different matter entirely, one that could not be swept under the rug so easily

When the Xiaoyao Dynasty and the Fengchao Dynasty weakened themselves, she would dispose of Mo Qingli without hesitation . For now, however, perhaps it was better to let her live!.

After all, in the end, she was still her daughter!.

Mo Qingli exited the Imperial Palace, releasing a low sigh outside . She had crawled and fought her way out of all the schemes and malicious conspiracies back in the cultivation world . Who would have thought that the mortal world seemed to be even more difficult?.

She raised her head, staring at the sky speckled with an endless canvas of stars . Silently, she said to herself: Is achieving immortality really this difficult?.

After she had returned to the residence, Mo Qingli visited the pavilion that Feng Chenling and Feng Qingjue resided in . However, the lantern light had long died out . After a few moments of dithering, Mo Qingli was unable to knock against the door and wake the two of them up

Turning around, she continued along the small trail that surrounded the residence . In her mind, she repeated the memories that she had accrued since her first arrival to this world . Compared to the tens of thousands of years she had originally spent training, the past few months were filled with vitality and color

“Hey!”.

A small distance away, hidden among the trees, a man in black robes waved at her . Mo Qingli walked closer, recognizing him as Ge Yueming

Mo Qingli looked at him briefly, then, losing interest, began walking past him . Only to be stopped, a moment later, when Ge Yueming grabbed her hand

Didn’t they say that the men in this matriarchal kingdom were supposed to be tender and coquettish?! Why did it feel like that all the men in her life were too audacious for their own good???.

“Let go,” Mo Qingli said coldly

“Aiya, why so cold? Aren’t I just holding your hand?” Ge Yueming laughed . However, seeing Mo Qingli’s cold pupils, he couldn’t help but s.h.i.+ver, retracting his hand . “Really . I can’t even make a joke . ”.

Mo Qingli walked away . Behind her, Ge Yueming casually said, “Ai… I really do pity Younger Brother Yu Yan . Every day he thinks of a certain person, until he can’t even get a good night’s sleep . How pitiful! And that person doesn’t think of him at all . They even spend most of their days rolling bed with other men . ”.

“What are you trying to say?” Hearing Xiaoyao Yunyan’s name, Mo Qingli stopped . She turned around

Ge Yueming shrugged . “I’ve only said the truth . Unless it’s not?”.

“I’m telling you, stay away from Xiaoyao Yunyan . ” Mo Qingli walked over to Ge Yueming . She leaned over to his ear, coldly muttering: “You should know that no matter if you’re a celestial or a demon, you aren’t allowed in the mortal world . ”.

“And you?” Ge Yueming darkly ridiculed

Mo Qingli froze, then straightened herself . Looking at the sky, she indifferently said, “I’m here under the authority of the Jade Emperor himself . ”.

“You really are shameless,” Ge Yueming said

Mo Qingli glared at him, but didn’t bother responding . It looked like she could only tell Ge Yueming himself to stay away from this person

“Do you want to cultivate into an immortal?” Ge Yueming said, raising his head to look at her

Mo Qingli avoided his gaze . She had always felt that something in Ge Yueming’s gaze seemed to see right through her . “Is that any of your business?”.

“Of course,” Ge Yueming said . He leaned against the tree trunk, producing two jars of wine . He threw one at Mo Qingli, while the other he drank from himself . “You’re the only one who can help me . Of course, if you want to become a celestial, I’m essential to you as well . ”.

Mo Qingli cradled the jar of wine that Ge Yueming had given her . Gloomily, she sat next to him underneath the tree grove . She took a large swallow of the jar’s contents, allowing the spicy sensation of the wine to fill her stomach and bring along that strange feeling of pleasure with it

“You said the same thing last time!” Mo Qingli said, followed by a drunken belch . She paused, and then added: “I heard you’re proficient in divination?”.

Ge Yueming closed his eyes, bathing in the afterglow of good wine . “Isn’t that just a street trick designed to scam people?”.

“It’s even more hilarious that mortals here believe that it’s a technique of the immortals, and so hold me in such high esteem . It really is hilarious . ” Ge Yueming’s mouth twitched upwards in ridicule

Mo Qingli nodded . Divination was the lowest of the magics in the immortal world, in contrast to the absolute zeal mortals seemed to regard it with

Seeing Mo Qingli’s approving expression, Ge Yueming found it funny . Purposefully, he said, “And I don’t know who it was that latched onto the Empress’s thigh, threatening to commit suicide if they didn’t marry me?”.

“And who would be that stupid?” Mo Qingli took another sip from the jar

In the darkness of the night, her black pupils seemed especially bright . She hadn’t ntoiced the hole she had just dug herself into

Ge Yueming rolled his eyes . Laughing, he said, “Who else could it be? Isn’t it that famous Sixth Princess, the one as stupid as a pig?”.

“So it was the Sixth Princess!” Mo Qingli said, her words slurred . However, in the middle of speaking, she seemed to realize that something was wrong . The Sixth Princess? Wasn’t that Sixth Princess… her?.

Alright . So this b.a.s.t.a.r.d just called her as stupid as a pig

“You’re the one as stupid as a pig . ” Mo Qingli said, throwing her wine jar at Ge Yueming . Though Ge Yueming moved to the side in time, it was not enough to dodge the shards of clay and wine that splashed onto his robes

Patting the mess off his robes, Ge Yueming said, “You’re the one who said that the Princess was stupid, so why are you attacking me? If you want to attack some, go attack yourself!”.

“You…” Mo Qingli said, stumped . She grabbed the slippers off her feet, once again throwing them at Ge Yueming’s direction . However, Ge Yueming’s reflexes were quick . The slippers fell off to the side, and Ge Yueming remained leaning against the tree, unharmed

Hatefully, Mo Qingli said, “You sure have guts, to avoid these!”.

Ge Yueming backed away, grimacing at her . “Do you think I’m foolish? I’m not going to stand there while you throw things at me!”.

The two people remained at a standstill, with one standing and on sitting

After a while, Ge Yueming finally acknowledged defeat . Rubbing his sore calves, he sat down next to Mo Qingli—standing was tiring

Mo Qingli had been waiting for this moment . Fiercely, she punched Ge Yueming’s side

Ge Yueming indifferently patted the area where he had been hit, calmly saying, “Alright, your anger has been vented . Let’s not fight anymore!”.

“Who wants a truce with you . ” Mo Qingli turned away, then looked over again, reaching out her hands . “Wine . ”.

“You still want some?” Ge Yueming said, looking at the red-faced Mo Qingli . Didn’t she drink an entire jar just then?.

Mo Qingli lunged at Ge Yueming, cusping his face with both hands . Her warm, alcohol-scented breath trickled past his face . “I still want to drink . Hurry up and give me some . ”.

Never argue with a drunk woman

Ge Yueming hurriedly produced another jar of wine from his robes . Without thinking, Mo Qingli downed the contents of it at once

“Heey, do you think my life has been easy?” Mo Qingli said, her face flus.h.i.+ng increasingly red . “In order to cultivate, I shut myself into a cave every day and night . Still, even after all that effort, I wasn’t allowed into the land of the Immortals!”.

“No, not easy,” Ge Yueming . He s.h.i.+fted backwards, trying to increase the distance between himself and Mo Qingli

After all, the current Mo Qingli was a bit… “dangerous”

“Right! If you won’t let me ascend into the land of the Immortals, I’ll ascend into the land of the Immortals myself . ” Mo Qingli once again took another large gulp of wine . “It wasn’t easy for me to bribe my friend into taking me with him across the worlds . Just as we were at the critical moment, one breath from reaching our destination, all ten thousand years of my cultivation were put to the test . Tell me, do you think ascending into the Heavens was easy?”.

Ge Yueming shook his head furiously . “Not easy, not easy, not easy at all!”.

“Right when I entered the Southern Heavenly Gates, I was captured by those two d.a.m.ned Heavenly Generals and brought to the Jade Emperor . ” Mo Qingli’s lovely face revealed a trace of hate . “That stupid Jade Emperor wouldn’t hear any of my explanations . Instead, he threw me into the mortal world, citing that I was missing the seven emotions and six desires needed to ascend . What a load of dogs.h.i.+t . He just didn’t want me to ascend, that’s all . ”.

Mo Qingli drunkenly dropped the wine bottle in her hand, staggering forward . Pointing a finger at the sky, she openly cursed the Jade Emperor

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky and made its way directly to where Mo Qingli was standing . Ge Yueming had long vacated the area . From a distance, he prayed that Mo Qingli would be alive after this ordeal . After all, he needed her in order to return to the world of the Immortals!.

The bolt of lightning struck a tree near Mo Qingli, splitting its bark in half . Seeing this, Mo Qingli stumbled backwards . However, she still stubbornly cursed, “I’m only telling the truth, and yet you’re trying to censor me!”.

Rumble!.

The sky rumbled again . Mo Qingli wisely shut up

Only after the sky had cleared up again did Ge Yueming feel brave enough to approach Mo Qingli again . “Why are you arguing with him? Don’t you know that he’s the most esteemed man in all of the Heavens?”.

This sentence was said loudly . However, afterwards, Ge Yueming whispered in Mo Qingli’s ear, “If you want to curse the Jade Emperor, don’t say it out loud! Don’t you know that his heart is extremely self-conscious and stingy? Why else would I have been cast into the mortal world after one small transgression?”.

Mo Qingli wore a face of understanding . Grabbing Ge Yueming’s hands, she suddenly felt her heart had lightened in weight by quite a bit

He understood! He understood! Do you know how hard it was to find someone who shared the same struggles as her??!!.