Years ago on the Soul Clan Continent, to rid himself of the Rose Queen, Jun Changxiao had said including her, he had thirty-six hundred chambers.
The system had even mocked this kind of boasting.
Today, seeing Lu Qianqian—whose attire differed from other disciples and whose appearance was stunningly beautiful—the Rose Queen easily jumped to conclusions, thinking she was one of her husband’s lovers.
“…”
Li Qingyang and the others fell silent.
That aura converging around them, and the prolonged eye contact between the two women—though it didn’t belong to the martial realm, why did it feel so terrifying?
No wonder Su Xiaomo could go undercover—the guy was truly clever. Sensing the situation was wrong, he immediately lay on the ground refusing to get up, even forcing himself to foam at the mouth.
Jun Changxiao’s facial expression was extremely unpleasant.
He’d come to the battlefield merely to train disciples in formation comprehension while conveniently earning some spirit stones to cover losses. How had the situation suddenly changed?
“Ahem.”
The system quipped: “This is the rhythm of trouble in the rear palace.”
“Scram!”
Jun Changxiao’s heart was irritated to death. Just as he was about to explain to the disciples that he and the Rose Queen married for a reason, he saw Lu Qianqian turn and walk toward the Meteor Star Continent stronghold.
Eldest Senior Sister just left like that?
Everyone looked bewildered.
The cold aura released into the air just now had already made them imagine a scene where the two women would fight.
“Still standing around!”
Jun Changxiao berated: “All of you return to the sect!”
“Yes!”
Li Qingyang and the others rose and headed for the Meteor Star Continent stronghold.
After watching them leave, the Rose Queen smiled: “Your disciples all have good aptitude and strength.”
“Flower Rose!”
Jun Changxiao said angrily: “Stop pestering me, alright!”
“That cold woman is quite beautiful. Husband, your eye for choosing lovers is good.” The Rose Queen said with a smile.
“…”
Jun Changxiao roared: “She’s this seat’s eldest disciple!”
“Eldest disciple?”
The Rose Queen was rather surprised: “Don’t planes like your Meteor Star Continent most taboo teacher-student romance?”
Having fought across various major planes for a long time, she understood human customs. Romantic feelings between teachers and students, masters and disciples, were often the least acceptable to common people, even violating normal ethics.
“If husband dares to do this, it shows you’re not someone who sticks to conventions.” The Rose Queen smiled: “You’ll definitely achieve great things in the future.”
Jun Changxiao roared: “She’s not my lover, she’s only my disciple!”
“Husband doesn’t need to explain so frantically. Actually, I don’t mind how many lovers you have.” The Rose Queen said.
“…”
Jun Changxiao nearly vomited blood.
This was the truth to begin with—how did my explanations turn into cover-ups the more I explained?
Li Fei!
This seat is suffering terribly!
Li Fei wasn’t there, Li Qingyang wasn’t there, Li Shangtian wasn’t there either.
“If the host had resisted the temptation of the task initially, there definitely wouldn’t be all this nonsense. So when all’s said and done, you brought it on yourself.” The system’s incisive mockery.
Jun Changxiao’s heart was viciously stabbed.
Because becoming Regent King was why he chose to marry the Rose Queen, but he’d only thought that after completing the task, he’d look for an opportunity to flee. Who could have known he’d be pestered by this woman!
“I just wanted to see you. Now that I’ve seen you, I won’t miss you anymore. The stronghold still needs development, so I’ll go first.”
The Rose Queen left with her subordinates, achieving true departure without looking back.
This was a woman with a strong career focus. Knowing her mission at the battlefield, she wouldn’t become mired in emotional issues, unable to extricate herself.
“Eldest disciple?”
On the road, the Rose Queen thought: “Is it really only that simple?”
…
“Pft pft pft!”
Below the arena, Su Xiaomo was still foaming at the mouth, his lips going numb from all the foaming.
Jun Changxiao said irritably: “Stand up!”
“Swoosh!”
Su Xiaomo instantly straightened up from his feigning death state, looking bewildered: “Who am I, where am I? What is this place!”
“Aiya!”
“Ow ow ow!”
Jun Changxiao grabbed Su Xiaomo’s ear and huffily walked into the stronghold, using the transmission gate to return to Meteor Star Continent.
The joy brought by earning several million spirit stones at the arena, because of the Rose Queen’s appearance, made him instantly become irritable and restless. Upon returning to the sect, he shut himself in his room.
…
“Pft!”
In the Medicine Hall, Elder Wei sprayed out all the tea he’d just drunk and said: “How did you know?”
Su Xiaomo looked surprised.
Listening to Elder Wei’s words, could he have known early on?
After returning to the sect, this guy’s first priority was coming to the Medicine Hall, wanting to see what reaction the romance expert would have upon learning the Sect Master had a wife.
However, Su Xiaomo didn’t know that when Jun Changxiao returned from the Soul Clan Continent, he’d told Elder Wei about the marriage.
“Where’s the Sect Master?”
“He shut himself in his room and hasn’t come out.”
“Sigh.”
Elder Wei shook his head: “When you should be decisive but aren’t, you’ll suffer the chaos.”
He’d already warned Jun Changxiao—everyone’s an adult, make things clear, part amicably. From the current situation, it seemed he was sinking deeper and deeper.
Regarding matters of love between men and women, even he, this strongest king who’d been through hundreds of battles, had suffered greatly—let alone the Sect Master whose emotional intelligence was extremely low.
…
The matter of Jun Changxiao and the Rose Queen’s marriage became known to several hundred disciples. After he returned and shut himself away without instructing them not to spread it externally, so in just one day, everyone in the sect knew.
Earthquake!
An absolute earthquake!
“Hard to imagine the Sect Master had a secret marriage!”
“Senior Brother, Senior Brother, is our Sect Master’s Lady beautiful?”
The disciples’ gossiping hearts burned fiercely—they temporarily had no mind for cultivation.
Especially Liu Wanshi and Yao Mengying, who asked from breakfast through dinner, feeling gloomy because they hadn’t gone to the planar battlefield and couldn’t personally witness the Sect Master’s Lady.
Jun Changxiao’s personal emotional issues became the sect’s hottest topic of discussion. After all, he was the sect master, after all, he was everyone’s lead brother.
…
That night.
Jun Changxiao flew down and landed atop the main hall.
The system said: “The host never procrastinates when handling most things, but is always hesitant when facing emotions.”
“What are you trying to say?” Jun Changxiao said irritably.
The system said: “What I want to say is, there’s no perfect person in this world. The host is no exception.”
“I’ve never had feelings for the Rose Queen!” Jun Changxiao roared in his heart.
The system said: “There weren’t any before, but there are now.”
Hidden within Jun Changxiao’s body, it could glimpse the other’s innermost thoughts.
Indeed, initially there were no romantic feelings. Even the marriage was just going through the motions, just for the task.
But in subsequent contact, first joining forces against the Handsome-rank male, then jointly opposing upper realm sanctions—not to mention developing romantic feelings during this, shouldn’t they have cultivated at least some revolutionary friendship?
“With the host’s previous personality, you completely could have explained clearly in front of the disciples. Why didn’t you explain?”
“…”
“If you truly had no feelings for the Rose Queen, why protect her during the tribulation sanctions? Letting her die would eliminate all troubles, wouldn’t it?”
“…”
“She’s right—you’ve just been running away, running from the truest thoughts in the depths of your heart, deliberately disguising yourself as an emotionless assassin.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao remained silent throughout.
“I’m finished speaking.”
The system said: “I hope the host can also face his own true heart.”