16 Reunion

According to what they previously planned, both Zen and Qingyue decided to head back to the floating cloud city.

They exited the dimensional lock and Zen created a portal leading to the blue wind empire.

He didn't knew the space coordinates for the floating cloud city as on that time he couldn't sense spacial laws.

Zen gifted Qingyue a necklace with an oval shape and mesmerizing patterns engraved on it in blue colour.

Qingyue's eyes shined while looking at the necklace around her neck, she showed a bright smile and started twiddling with it.

"I have placed some runes in it which will suppress your aura to that of a true profound realm" Zen informed her but Qingyue seemingly ignored him and continued playing with the necklace.

Zen sighed at her enthusiasm, but just kept quite, after all it was quite an adorable sight to watch her like this.

He gave her a quick peck on cheek and then took her hand and started walking in a certain direction.

Qingyue just followed his pace silently and let him lead her.

They both now stood in front of a large gate, this was the entrance of the blue wind palace.

Zen decided to pay a visit as it has been quite some time since they came here first.

When they came here for the first time all the princes wanted to marry Qingyue and demanded Zen to hand her over.

Alas!!! That was the biggest mistake they had ever done, at that time Zen hasn't gotten used to this type of thing so he took this as a provocation, he tortured every single one of them to death.

That day only screams of despair and sobs of pain we're heard in the entire place while the emperor could just sit on his useless throne and helplessly watch.

They entered the gates without asking for permission, the gaurds were too scared to stop them.

Almost everyone in the blue wind palace remembered their faces.

Zen entered the throne room with Qingyue following him from behind.

The emperor Cang Wahne was sitting on the throne, his condition was bad, very bad... He had to come here because all the princes were dead and the princess wasn't proficient in politics.

The emperor's face pales and his legs started trembling when his eyes fell upon the figure of Zen.

"Yo, it has been quite some time since we last met, your majesty" Zen said the last part with mocking time.

Cang Wahne didn't cared about the provocation, that was the least of his concern... He was instead formulating a plan to survive.

'He must've came here for a reason!!' He thought.

He stood up from the throne with some difficulty and bowed his head "To what do I owe the pleasure to have someone as honorable as yourself to visit this old me."

He tried to resort to flattery but that idea was short-lived when Zen just ignored it and said "I'm not here for any specific reason but I wouldn't mind having some 'fun' like last time."

Cang Wahne's face could be compared to a sheet of paper at this moment, this 'fun' he was talking about was nothing else than burning one of the prince alive.

"I greet the two respectable guests" A voice resounded in the room from behind the emperor.

The figure of a girl entered everyone's field of vision, She was wearing a blue dress with a symbol of blue wind empire on it, her face had a gentleness which can calm the mind of anyone and her curvy body was enough to make men drool for her.

Zen recognized her as the blue moon princess, Cang yue. On his previous visit, he didn't met her as she wasn't allowed inside the throne room were the slaughter was going on.

"Well, if it isn't the famous blue moon princess, We are quite lucky to be able to meet you today" Zen said humbly.

"The honor is all mine" Cang yue said as she bowed down a little.

Suddenly a heavy pressure descended on the whole room, the emperor profound gaurd felt like his throat has hit his stomach, The king kneeled down on the floor and Cang yue was grabbing onto straws.

This was only a miniscule amount of aura that he released or else their bodies would have exploded.

"We are going to stay in your kingdom for some time, I hope that you won't do anything to bother us" Zen said with a smile.

The pressure disappeared like it was never their in the first place, but CW's (Cang Wahne) body shuddered when he heard him. Even if he had double the guts he wouldn't dare to do anything even remotely related to them.

Then both Zen and Qingyue disappeared into thin air.

"Father, just how strong is he?" Can yue asked after some time.

"Strong enough to destroy us" He replied back to her daughter.

~with Zen and Qingyue~

"Was this necessary?" Qingyue asked him in a curious tone, she didn't minded his actions but was it worth wasting the time?

"Yes, now they will remember the fear I instilled into their hearts all those years ago" He said as if he knew his business.

"But why is it that you only killed the princes from this nation when almost all of the princes of other nations did the same." Qingyue asked with a little curiosity.

Zen smiled wryly after hearing her inquiry 'Onlynif you knew what happened to them was worse then death.'

But he decided to make up an excuse for Qingyue "We were too young at that time, I performed those actions in impulsiveness."

Qingyue just rolled her eyes at him while Zen just shrugged his shoulders in response.

A figure in white could be seen floating in the air some distance away from their inn.

The figure in white flashed and disappeared from mid air and appeared in the room in front of them.

Zen and Qingyue both have noticed this woman long ago but they didn't said anything.

She was just watching them from afar but now that she decided to confront them, they didn't have any other choice.

"It is not nice to stalk someone, ice fairy" Zen said looking at her, a little bit annoyed that his time alone with his wife was disrupted by her.

"I have no intention to follow a man like you, I am here for this girl here" She said with slight arrogance in her voice.

Qingyue raised her eyebrow at boing pointed by her, what would she possibly want from her?

"My name is Chu yueli, I am one of the seven fairies in frozen cloud asgard"

"I am observing you since you left the capital, I observed your disposition and temperament, your talent is not that great but still acceptable. You are qualified to join the frozen cloud Asgard, I wanted to invite you personally and take you back with me."

Qingyue didn't knew how she stopped herself from laughing at this moment.

Talent is not that great? Qualified to join her sect? What a joke!

She managed to recompose herself with some difficulty and said "I apologize but I have no intention to join your sect."

She didn't wanted to be rude and arrogant here or instead she could've said that it's your sect which is not qualified to make me a disciple.

Chu yueli was acting very proud when she said the words

"Frozen cloud asgard" but hearing her reply she couldn't help but frown a little.

It is a blessing for a girl to be able to join her Asgard but this ignorant little girl rejected it without even thinking?

She felt her pride getting hurt by this, She glanced at the young man at the side who had an blank look on his face as if he didn't even care about what is going on?

"Is it because of this man, *hmph* I never thought that you were this foolish to reject such an opportunity."

As soon as Chu yueli finished her sentence she felt like a thousand pounds weight has descended on her shoulders.

She fell to her knees when without even her knowing she was sent flying into the wall.

She coughed out a mouthful of blood as she looked at the scene in front of him in horror.

Without even her noticing Zen has already appeared in front of her and was looking down on her like an insect.

*Smack*

A loud and clear slapping sound resounded in the room, Zen didn't even used a tiny fraction of his while power but it was still enough to overpower this arrogant fairy.

Yueli's veil was sent flying with the slap as she touched her cheek which was now red.

Realizing what had happened just now anger surged inside her as she glared at him with anger and hate.

Not only did this man touch her but he even slapped her, this was so humiliating for her that she wanted to tear this man apart.

She opened her mouth to say something but before she could utter a single word

*Smack*

Another slapping sound resounded in the room, chu yueli was stunned at this moment, she was holding her swollen cheek by her hand with an absent-minded.

"shut your trap, you bi*ch" Zen slowly said while looking down on her as if he saw a piece of trash.

Yueli was literally trembling from anger and humiliation she was feeling right now.

The man in front of her easily overwhelmed her, it was like she was a kid fighting against an adult.

"You had your chance, now fu*k off" He said and Chu yueli flew out of the window with an invisible force.

Outside the inn she gritted her teeth as she glared in his direction in resentment.

"You didn't have to be so rough on her." Qingyue shook her head and said, even though she said that she inside felt happy that he got angry for her.

"This woman was overly arrogant, it was right to teach her a lesson" He said and plopped down on the bed like nothing even happened.

They could've continued travelling but they weren't in that much of a rush, it wouldn't hurt to enjoy themselves while slowly making their way back.

Qingyue just sighed at his response and then proceeded to place her head on his chest and snuggled into the warmth.

Zen chuckled at her cute actions and wrapped his arms around her to pull her even closer.

He placed a formation on the room so that no one could enter or spy on them.

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It has been a few days since that incident with the fairy of frozen grass, and they finally reached their destination which was their birthplace.

Standing at the entrance of the city, both of them felt nostalgic.

Especially Qingyue, she left this place with him when she was just 11 yrs old, at that time she didn't even imagined to she will reach such a high level of power.

She glanced at Zen front he corner of her eyes, it was because of him that she could achieve this, not to mention both of them were now lovers.

A smile made way to her face as she hugged him and buried her head in his chest.

Zen was a little but taken aback by the sudden show of affection but was more than happy to reciprocate her feelings.

They both appeared in front of Xia manor in a flash, the gaurd at the gate recognized them and shouted in surprise

"Young miss, you are home?"

"Yes, please open the gate immediate." She nodded and said.

The gaurd realized his mistake and immediately opened the gate for them

"I apologize for making the young miss wait." He bowed down but Qingyue just waved her hand at him.

They both entered the familar hall where they used spend their time together in peace.

"Who is it?" Zen heard a familiar voice and couldn't help but show a bright smile upon seeing his sister after so much time.

Dongling's eyes widened as she caught the sight of her little brother's figure.

All these years she would occasionally worry about his well-being...

How is he doing? Is he fine? He didn't get hurt, right?

Doubts like these would appear in her mind when she was alone... She only had her little brother left in the name of family, so she was extremely doting towards him since childhood.

She ran to him and hugged him tightly, she was afraid that she was losing her mind and hallucinating.

She didn't wanted to let him go now, he has already made her worried enough.

Tears poured out of the corner of her eyes, her grip on him was so tight that for a moment even Zen was a little surprised.

Zen looked over at Qingyue to see her reuniting with her father, he couldn't help but sigh in satisfaction after seeing such a warm atmosphere.

Even though both of them were very strong, but they couldn't change the obvious facts in front of them.

In these five years it was especially hard for Qingyue as she saw the dark side for the first time.

They witnessed people using virgin girls to 'cultivate' in dual cultivation, that type of dual cultivation prioritized the growth of male while draining the female.

They saw children locked in underground cells and getting sold to questionable people.

And that was not even the worst they discovered but he just didn't wanted to think about that type of things for now.

Zen already knew about all this and he went to that type of place knowingly to let Qingyue know about the while truth.

After all, ignorance can be very fatal sometimes.

He wrapped his arms around her sister and whispered to her "I am back, big sis"

Dongling didn't said anything and just kept hugging him until she was satisfied.

She wiped her tears and said "Took you long enough"

Zen just rolled his eyes at her while she punched his shoulder playfully.

"Good to see you again, old man" He said looking at Xia hongyi.

"When you said that you are going out to gain experience I never expected that it will be for 5 while years, kid" He said grumpily.

"hahaha, Did you really think I would lose such an opportunity to spend time with Qingyue, old man"

"You really think my daughter would like to spend time with you?"

Zen didn't reply and just gave a winning smirk which gave hongyi a very bad premonition.

Dongling wasn't even a least bit worried as she knew that this was usual for them.

"I will go and make lunch for all of us" She commented.

"i will also help you,sister-in-law" Qingyue hurriedly said trying to get out of the argument going on between his husband and father.

"Sister in law?" Dongling's paused in her steps while Qingyue placed her hand on her mouth with wide eyes.

"Even when you both started dating you never addressed me as sister in law" She said said with a grin on her face.

"I smell something really fishy going on here" She said giving Zen a knowing smile.

Zen just shrugged his shoulders and was about to say something until he saw Qingyue giving him a look.

'You are just going to say it like that?!!'

'So what? They are going to know eventually when I actually marry you.'

'That's true but even then-'

'Don't worry darling, sit back and leave this to your husband'

They communicated giving each other looks, they have developed this tendency to understand each other by just seeing what look they are giving each other, they were using this to communicate right now.

Hongyi and Dongling watched confused at why they were staring at each other so intently...

After a few moments Zen finally spoke up "Old man, I want to ask for Qingyue's hand in marriage."

Even though he should be Hongyi wasn't even a little bit surprised at this outcome, he already saw the look of affection and adoration in his daughter's eyes towards him.

He never even thought of the fact that Zen was the son of the maid as a reason to keep his daughter away from him.

After all, he is the one who saved her life when she was just born, no to mention the fact that Zen is the one who supported her when Dongxue left, he himself was too broken to take care of his daughter at that time.

He just sighed and said "Just keep her happy, I know she loves you a lot."

Zen nodded his head and said: "You don't even have to say, I will naturally take care of her for whole of my life."

Dongling on the other side had already dragged Qingyue with her asking her about the events which transpired during their travel.

When the food was ready they all say down together to eat...

"old man, I collected some rare herbs and other items during this time, I think it will be profitable to sell them." Zen said while munching down on the food.

"I see, which type of herbs are you talking about?"

"There are many of them like a fire spirit grass, spiritual weed and aged ginseng." Zen recounted the names he could recollect.

Hongyi's eyes widened in disbelief as even the name of these herbs were hard to know let alone finding them.

"Really? How many did you find?" He asked hurriedly with hope.

"oh, I think there are a dozen of each"

Hongyi was gobsmacked at this point, even 1 or 2 of these are enough to make the auctions crazy and he claimed that he collected a dozens of them like it was nothing.

Too bad, if he knew that he was sitting in front of a divine king then who knew what type of reaction would he have.

"Our business will flourish, not it will skyrocket with these herbs"

Zen looked at the excited middle aged man's enthusiasm and thought 'What is so great about these herbs?'

Xia hongxi excitedly went back to his room to formulate his future business plan after Zen have him a spatial ring containing all the medicines, herbs and weapons he pillaged from those sects he destroyed.

Dongling gave them a knowing look and proceeded to leave him alone with Qingyue.

'What is she even thinking? Weren't we alone all this time, what does she want us to do'

He saw her head peeking through the door gap, she gave him an another encouraging smile before closing the door fully.

Zen sighed at her antics with a slight smile on his face.

He pulled Qingyue on his lap and hugged her waist closer while she blushed.

He caressed her hair gently while saying: "Didn't I told you to keep just trust me, see? everything got easily sorted"

She nodded her head shyly and then hugged his neck: "Thank you"

Zen shook his head and said in a scolding manner: "Why are you thanking your future husband?"

Qingyue just smiled and continued to enjoy the warm feeling, she always felt so safe and comfortable while she is in his arms.

She didn't particularly liked to be a damsel in destress but the feeling of being able to rely and depend upon someone was very nice and reassuring.

Without her knowing she started to feel groggy and fell asleep in his arms, this showed how much trust she had in him to be so defenseless.

Zen saw her sleeping face and couldn't help but kiss her cheek as she looked so cute at this moment, he gently picked her up in a princess carry and took her to their room.

He laid her on the bed and joined her, hugging her close to him he started pondering

'Is it in her destiny to get married at this age? In novel she married Yun che in the same time and now she is marrying me in the same time.'

'Well, I don't know about that, but I will at least not let her leave me and go out of control.'

'My estimation is that the plot is about to start in a two weeks, I will marry her on the same day as the starting of the plot as to not change this event too much.'

'I will try hard for the sake of everyone because I believe that...

Nothing is impossible, even the word itself says 'I m possible'.'

He chuckled at his own joke and then placed some formations around the house and the room to safeguard it from attacks or spying, one can never be too careful.

'I wonder what will happen next.'

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