Mu Qingling

In the Great Yan Empire, there were a total of eleven sects and clans overseen by Golden Core experts.

And the faction Chen Changsheng was most familiar with was undoubtedly the sect of his beautiful twin wives, the Bright Jade Palace.

Chen Changsheng's beautiful twin wives were named Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er. Before he married Lu Ling'er, they were the only two women he had married who possessed middle-grade spiritual roots.

The circumstances under which he met the two women were also quite unique; he had unexpectedly saved them when they were in a moment of crisis.

At that time, Chen Changsheng had just broken through to the Golden Core realm. Furthermore, because his last beautiful wife had just passed away from old age, he was feeling quite lost in life.

As a result, he accidentally encountered the two women, who were only at the Qi Condensation realm back then.

The two women had just left their sect to gain experience. They lacked worldly experience, and because of their outstanding beauty, they were targeted by an evil Foundation Establishment cultivator who specialized in dual cultivation techniques.

Seeing this, how could Chen Changsheng let that Foundation Establishment cultivator succeed?

He was already at the Golden Core realm, yet he had never enjoyed such exceptionally talented and stunningly beautiful twins!

Thus, Chen Changsheng killed that evil cultivator without any hesitation.

Well, everyone who practiced dual cultivation techniques was an evil cultivator; this was a universally acknowledged truth in the cultivation world.

After all, the main focus of dual cultivation techniques was to harm others to benefit oneself.

As for Chen Changsheng? He didn't consider himself an evil cultivator at all. After all, his physique not only allowed his own cultivation to skyrocket but also allowed the women who dual cultivated with him to improve their cultivation as well.

How could such a win-win physique be considered evil?

After Chen Changsheng saved the two women, perhaps because he had displayed his Golden Core realm cultivation, the two women immediately bowed to him in submission.

Originally, Chen Changsheng wanted to escort the two women back to their sect first, intending to use the journey to show off his charm as a Golden Core cultivator.

However, the two women seemed even more eager than he was. In just three days, they took the initiative and devoured him.

Moreover, after learning about Chen Changsheng's special physique, they didn't even want to return to the Bright Jade Palace. They immediately decided to marry Chen Changsheng as his concubines.

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The Bright Jade Palace.

A beautiful woman with an elegant and noble temperament bowed to Chen Changsheng.

"I pay my respects to the Ancestor."

"Qingling, given our relationship, is there a need for this?"

Hearing this, the beautiful woman breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. At the same time, she looked at Chen Changsheng in front of her and revealed a stunningly beautiful smile.

"Ancestor must be joking. Although I am the master of Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er, a Nascent Soul expert cannot be slighted. Otherwise, my insignificant Bright Jade Palace would not be able to bear the wrath of a Nascent Soul Ancestor."

Hearing this, Chen Changsheng revealed a helpless smile. He didn't expect that in less than a day, the news of his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm had already spread across half of the Great Yan Empire and reached the Bright Jade Palace.

"You and I have known each other for over a hundred years. You know I'm not that kind of person."

The beautiful woman before him was the Palace Master of the Bright Jade Palace. She had even traveled with him for a period of time when they were young.

At that time, the Palace Master had not yet inherited her position and still went by her birth name, Mu Qingling. She had even expressed her affection for him on multiple occasions.

However, at that time, Chen Changsheng had not yet discovered his physique and was wholly devoted to pursuing the Dao of Immortality. Therefore, upon discovering that the Great Yan Empire didn't seem to have any particularly powerful immortal sects, he bid farewell to Mu Qingling and headed to the much stronger Tianluo Empire.

Now, over a hundred years had passed. The once innocent young girl had reached the Golden Core realm and even become the master of a sect.

This made Chen Changsheng sigh at the wonder of time.

"Qingling, I was just passing by to see Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er, and I also have a favor to ask of you."

Hearing this, a flash of understanding passed through the eyes of the Bright Jade Palace Master.

She thought to herself that Chen Changsheng was indeed as obsessed with women as the rumors claimed. He had only been apart from Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er for half a month, yet he couldn't wait to come looking for them.

But as she thought about it, the look she gave Chen Changsheng became somewhat resentful.

If this guy was so obsessed with women, why hadn't he ever come looking for her over the past hundred years?

Was she not beautiful enough?

The more the Bright Jade Palace Master thought about it, the more sour she felt in her heart.

She recalled when they were young, she had repeatedly hinted at her affection for Chen Changsheng. In the end, this man had simply said that a Dao Companion would only be a stumbling block on his path to immortality, and then he rejected her without hesitation.

Yet, thirty years ago, this guy actually came to propose marriage directly to her. But the ones he wanted to marry weren't her; rather, it was her two twin female disciples who were only eighteen years old.

Whenever she thought of the situation back then, the Bright Jade Palace Master felt a pain in her chest from anger, and she couldn't help but say sarcastically.

"Ancestor Changsheng is certainly in high spirits. You couldn't help but miss your beautiful concubines after being separated for just half a month. I wonder who it was that told me back then, 'A Dao Companion will only be a stumbling block on my path to immortality'."

Chen Changsheng looked embarrassed. "Cough, cough. Qingling, you know, I was still young back then."

Obviously, the Bright Jade Palace Master's words also made him think of his naive and foolish younger self.

However, how could the Bright Jade Palace Master let him off so easily?

"The name Mu Qingling was discarded by me fifty years ago. I am now the Palace Master of the Bright Jade Palace, worrying my heart out for the sect every single day. Now, I have aged and lost my looks so much that even that heartless man from back then looks down on me."

As she spoke, the Bright Jade Palace Master looked at Chen Changsheng with a face full of resentment, making Chen Changsheng feel endless embarrassment.

It wasn't that he really looked down on Mu Qingling. In fact, when he first discovered his Yin-Yang Holy Physique back then, the first person he thought of was Mu Qingling, whose aptitude was no weaker than his own.

It was just that at the time, he was afraid of implicating Mu Qingling, and even dragging the entire Bright Jade Palace into trouble.

So he never dared to come looking for Mu Qingling.

By the time the two of them met again, it was already when he had been completely devoured by Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er, and he brought the two women to propose marriage.

To be honest, when he saw that Mu Qingling had actually become the Palace Master of the Bright Jade Palace, and was the sect's only Golden Core expert, he had also thought about becoming Dao Companions with her.

However, as soon as they met, he discovered that Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er were not only Mu Qingling's disciples but also direct descendants of Mu Qingling's clan. According to seniority, they had to call Mu Qingling 'Ancestor'.

Because of this, Chen Changsheng felt incredibly awkward and never had the nerve to bring up the matter of becoming Dao Companions with Mu Qingling.

Coupled with the fact that when he proposed marrying the sisters Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er, Mu Qingling looked at him as if she wanted to grab a flying sword and stab him to death, he completely gave up on that idea.

But looking at it now, perhaps they could rekindle their old flame?

Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng was no longer in a hurry to find the sisters Mu Bing'er and Mu Xue'er.

He took a few large strides forward and pulled Mu Qingling into his embrace.

"You... what are you doing! I am already the Bright Jade Palace Master now. I won't be easily fooled by you like I used to be."

As she spoke, the Bright Jade Palace Master struggled symbolically a few times. However, let alone the Nascent Soul realm Chen Changsheng, even a Qi Condensation cultivator could probably control that little bit of force easily.

Looking at the thoroughly mature and stunningly beautiful woman in his arms, Chen Changsheng once again displayed his shameless nature. He looked affectionately at the Bright Jade Palace Master, his eyes seemingly containing countless emotions.

"Qingling, back then, I always thought you blamed me for abandoning you, so I never dared to come see you."

"Yet, whenever I thought of our parting, I would lie awake at night. It wasn't until thirty years ago that I finally saw you again. Do you have any idea how overjoyed I was in that moment?"

"I wanted to tell you everything that had happened since we separated, but I couldn't! I was nothing more than a half-crippled man, eking out a miserable existence just to hide from my enemies."

"I was afraid. Afraid of dragging you into my mess, and equally afraid that if I confessed my feelings to you again, all I would get was a cold rejection."

"But now I have thought it through! Qingling, I love you! This love has never faded."

Hearing his words, Palace Master Mingyu gazed into Chen Changsheng's eyes, which were brimming with untold stories.

It was as if she was once again seeing the figure of that youth from years ago, who, armed with but a single sword, swept unrivaled through the younger generation of the Great Yan Kingdom.

Her heart aching for him, she could not help but pull Chen Changsheng's head into her embrace.

"Changsheng, I never imagined you had gone through so much suffering."

"It is alright, everything is in the past now."

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