The Chosen One of Fortune

Time flew by like water.

Three days had passed since the wedding in the blink of an eye.

Ye Shu did not let Liu Ruyi have her way. They only drank wine and slept in each other’s arms, their relationship remaining entirely innocent.

After all, marriage did not imply consent.

If Liu Ruyi forced him, it would be a violation of her husband’s will.

Ye Shu made an excuse that he had just been revived and was physically weak. Fortunately, Liu Ruyi was not impatient. She seemed firmly convinced that Ye Shu would choose to fall to demonhood, and besides, he was already firmly bound to the demon path—there was plenty of time ahead...

She actually quite enjoyed the process of slowly conquering a lord of the world. After all, the result was important, but the more arduous the effort, the greater the sense of achievement upon reaping the reward.

For these three days, they managed to coexist peacefully...

Above the clouds, they drifted and rolled.

Dressed in a bright red wedding robe, Ye Shu was held horizontally in Liu Ruyi’s arms as she flew through the air. He looked like a bride kidnapped by a demon cultist to be a wife held hostage.

“Can you not carry me like this?”

Ye Shu felt uncomfortable as he wrapped his arms around Liu Ruyi’s neck. He had always been the one to hold others like this; being carried in a princess hold for the first time felt terribly awkward.

“No.”

Liu Ruyi let out a proud snort, lowered her head, her brows curved like crescents, and smiled. “Who told you can’t fly now? I’m afraid you’ll fall, my dear husband.”

“......”

Ye Shu was speechless.

He now understood: this little demoness enjoyed making him uncomfortable over trivial things, like not giving him any clothes to wear, forcing him to walk around in this bright red wedding robe all the time.

Seeing Liu Ruyi in the same bridal gown, Ye Shu knew she was doing it on purpose—it was sheer malice!

In all his life, he had never been so humiliated.

And she had him completely under her thumb.

As if sensing his unwilling glare, Liu Ruyi curled her lips in a smile. “My dear husband, now that we’re in this kind of relationship, why are you still so reserved?”

Ye Shu pursed his lips tightly and turned his head away, refusing to look at her.

He was sulking...

Seeing this, Liu Ruyi was not angered.

Instead, she suddenly sighed, sounding dispirited. “Ah, it just occurred to me—the once-great righteous sect of the Eastern Wasteland, the Azure Mystery Sect, is now nothing but lush green hills and clear waters without a soul in sight. As the saintess of the demon path, I find it a pity, you know?”

“What did you say?! The Azure Mystery Sect is gone?”

“What about Qingxue and the others?”

“Tell me!”

Ye Shu, who had just been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly snapped them open, staring intently at Liu Ruyi.

“Oh my~”

Liu Ruyi acted as if she had been frightened, patting her ample chest, then pouted with a hurt look. “You mention the Azure Mystery Sect, and immediately you think of your little lover! No more sleepiness, no more aches—you’re full of energy. And me, your newlywed neglected wife, I’m left pitifully playing your errand girl.”

“Ah~ How miserable my fate is~”

“My heart aches so much—I can’t breathe, husband~”

She looped her arm around Ye Shu’s neck and pressed him forcefully against her chest, nearly smothering him against her bosom.

“That’s enough...”

Ye Shu struggled to lift his head from the softness, fully aware she was just toying with him, and gritted his teeth. “What will it take for you to tell me?”

“Tsk, tsk, tsk—why so irritable~”

Liu Ruyi pouted pitifully. “I’m just a little startled, and now I can’t quite remember. Maybe a loving kiss would help jog my memory.”

Almost before the words left her lips—

Smack.

Ye Shu suddenly planted a kiss on her cheek, then looked at her expressionlessly.

“Now talk.”

“?”

Liu Ruyi touched her cheek, stunned for a moment.

This—this wasn’t right? According to the stories, when a demoness teases a righteous disciple, he’s supposed to blush and fluster, at a loss.

How was this guy so smooth?

“Not satisfied?” Ye Shu sneered at her.

Did you really think your Ye brother was some innocent greenhorn?

“I underestimated you.” Liu Ruyi bit her lip, a flash of unwillingness in her eyes before she spoke.

“After you died, the Azure Mystery Sect was deserted.”

“The green hills and clear waters remain, but not a single person is inside.”

“They say everyone was taken away.”

“And then?”

Ye Shu pressed urgently.

“And then that’s it.”

“That’s it? Taken by whom?”

“I don’t know.”

Liu Ruyi looked at him with an innocent face. “That’s all I know.”

“What’s the difference between telling me and not telling me?”

Ye Shu was so angry his teeth itched.

“I never said I knew.” Liu Ruyi’s expression remained innocent. “Five years ago, someone attacked the Mo family but still couldn’t find the Azure Mystery Sect’s people. How would I know?”

“Even attacking the Mo family couldn’t find them?”

Hearing this, Ye Shu felt relieved.

So at least they weren’t in the Mo family’s hands. Maybe they had seen the danger coming and fled. Or perhaps...

An elegant figure suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Zhao Zhixia.

It was also possible Zhao Zhixia had rushed over upon hearing the news and sheltered the Azure Mystery Sect within the Zhao family. Now only the full-strength Zhao family had such ability.

But this was just Ye Shu’s guess.

The truth would have to be verified.

Unfortunately, he was now in the demon path, his cultivation lost, and at someone else’s mercy, unable to even investigate.

While Ye Shu was lost in thought—

A large city, illuminated with lights and spanning dozens of miles, appeared on the distant horizon.

Liu Ruyi glided down gracefully.

Together they landed on the tallest building in the city, their feet on glazed tiles, their bright red wedding robes rustling in the night wind, looking like a couple of celestial lovers.

“Where is this?”

Looking down at the bustling streets, Ye Shu gazed blankly at Liu Ruyi, who held his waist.

He certainly did not think she had brought him here for a stroll.

She wasn’t that idle.

Sure enough, Liu Ruyi pointed with one hand at a golden, magnificent mansion within the city and said, “Don’t you think the view is great from here?”

“I just think we’re very conspicuous here,” Ye Shu replied expressionlessly.

“How unromantic.”

Liu Pry rolled her eyes at him, then vanished.

The two suddenly appeared on the wall of that mansion, hiding among the branches of a crooked tree, where they could peek through the leaves at the scene inside.

“What are we doing?”

Ye Shu looked at her, puzzled.

Liu Ruyi smiled mysteriously at him.

“Do you know... about the Children of Destiny?”