Even If It's a Soft Rice, I'll Eat It Tough

Although she hadn't obtained Ye Xuan's body, Xia Lengyue found immense satisfaction in other aspects.

As the sect's strongest genius, and even the designated candidate for the next sect master, she brought Ye Xuan with her wherever she went.

During the grand sect tournament, she was the chief examiner, and Ye Xuan sat right beside her in the secondary seat, eating spirit fruits she had peeled for him.

When a secret realm opened, she was the leader, and Ye Xuan followed behind her. Even if he did absolutely nothing, he would still be allocated the top-tier treasures.

At the elder council meetings, she even dared to bring Ye Xuan, who was only at the Foundation Establishment realm, to audit. Whoever dared to object would instantly be locked onto by her icy killing intent.

"Look, that's Ye Xuan."

"He sure is lucky... He doesn't have to do anything, and resources are hand-fed to him."

"Shh, keep your voice down. Senior Sister Xia's temper is getting weirder and weirder lately. Last time, a female disciple took one extra look at Ye Xuan and had her eyes gouged out by her."

Countless gazes of envy, jealousy, and fear surrounded Ye Xuan.

In the eyes of outsiders, he was living the dream of every man: living off a woman with his head held high, spoiled to the heavens by a peerless female demon.

And Ye Xuan, too, gradually grew accustomed to this kind of life.

One evening at dusk.

The two stood shoulder to shoulder on the Azure Cloud Sect's highest Cloud-Viewing Terrace, looking at the boundless sea of clouds beneath their feet.

The setting sun was like blood, stretching their shadows long and intertwining them together.

"Husband, look."

Xia Lengyue pointed at the magnificent rivers and mountains, her tone bold yet infatuated:

"Every blade of grass and every tree in this Azure Cloud Sect, these thousands of miles of territory—as long as I want them, they will all be mine in the future."

"And what is mine... is yours."

She turned her head and looked at the man beside her, the love in her eyes so intense it was suffocating:

"As long as you stay obediently by my side, as long as you don't leave me."

"I can make you the most esteemed man in this world."

The wind blew up Ye Xuan's long hair.

He looked at this imperious woman before him, looking at the pure, almost maddening love in her eyes.

In a split second.

Ye Xuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

An unprecedented, extremely dangerous feeling surged into his heart!

He looked at Xia Lengyue's side profile, and the image of an evil spirit holding a boning knife in his mind actually became a bit blurry.

Replacing it was her meticulous care over the past three years, the image of her returning covered in blood just to find medicine for him, and her unreserved attachment to him.

His gaze began to soften, and his body unconsciously leaned toward Xia Lengyue.

"Senior Sister, actually I..."

He subconsciously was about to speak, his tone carrying a genuine sense of reliance.

Xia Lengyue sensed something and turned her head in pleasant surprise: "What is it, husband?"

Right at this moment.

Within his dantian.

The Ten Thousand Mile Traceless Talisman, which had been dormant and was regarded by Ye Xuan as his final trump card, suddenly trembled violently.

An icy, bone-piercing spatial fluctuation instantly stung Ye Xuan's divine soul.

Ye Xuan violently shuddered.

It was as if he had been suddenly thrown from warm water into an ice hole.

He instantly woke up.

Looking at this breathtakingly beautiful face before him, looking at the insane desire for control deep in her eyes.

Cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes.

"No... That's not right!"

"These aren't my thoughts!"

"This is mental erosion!"

A stormy sea surged in Ye Xuan's heart.

Over the past three years, Xia Lengyue had been constantly using her words and divine sense to mentally brainwash and remold him.

She was subtly altering his perception, wearing down his will, making him accustomed to this captive lifestyle, instilling a fear of the outside world, and making him feel that he was only safe by her side.

If it weren't for the warning from the Ten Thousand Mile Traceless Talisman just now, in a few more years, he would have completely fallen, turning into a cuckold who genuinely fell in love with his cheating wife!

"Too terrifying..."

"Xia Lengyue, your blade of tenderness is even more vicious than a boning knife."

Ye Xuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stormy sea in his heart.

He knew things couldn't go on like this.

"What's wrong, husband? Your face is so pale." Xia Lengyue touched his forehead with concern.

Ye Xuan grabbed her hand, a trace of resolve flashing through his eyes.

On this day, the Azure Cloud Sect was boiling with excitement.

The Heavenly Origin Secret Realm, which opened once every three hundred years, was about to open.

It was a grand feast for all Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Azure Province, containing heaven-defying opportunities that could allow one to form a first-grade Golden Core.

"Husband, do you want to go?"

Inside the bedchamber, Xia Lengyue asked seemingly casually as she adjusted her battle armor.

Ye Xuan was sitting by the window drinking tea. Upon hearing this, his hand paused slightly.

Did he want to go?

He dreamt of going.

The secret realm meant chaos, meant variables, and more importantly meant... the best opportunity to escape.

As long as he entered the secret realm, relying on his current divine sense and his aura-concealing spells, coupled with the Ten Thousand Mile Traceless Talisman, he had a sixty percent certainty of shaking off Xia Lengyue.

However.

Ye Xuan raised his head, meeting Xia Lengyue's eyes that seemed gentle but secretly hid a probing intent.

Deep within her pupils, he saw a trace of tense vigilance.

This was a lethal trick question.

If he said he wanted to go, Xia Lengyue might agree, but she would definitely place the strictest restrictions on him, perhaps even locking him right by her side so he couldn't leave for a single step.

"I'm not going."

Ye Xuan shook his head, his tone indifferent, even carrying a hint of laziness:

"A place filled with fighting and killing is too dangerous."

"Besides..."

He put down his teacup, walked behind Xia Lengyue, and gently helped her tie the ribbons of her battle armor:

"Having you, Senior Sister, is enough for me."

"You eat the meat, and I'll drink the soup."

"You slaughter in all directions outside, and I'll warm wine at home to celebrate your victories."

"I eat this soft rice with absolute peace of mind."

The vigilance in Xia Lengyue's eyes instantly dissipated, replaced by brimming smiles and pride.

"Good!"

"Husband is right. You only need to be responsible for eating well and staying warm. Leave the dirty and tiring work to me."

"Wait obediently for me at home."

"This time, I'm going to empty out the entire secret realm!"

Xia Lengyue left.

Leading three hundred elites of the Azure Cloud Sect, they marched mightily toward the Heavenly Origin Secret Realm.

Ye Xuan stood at the summit of Cold Moon Peak, watching the departing flying ship.

His fists were clenched tightly within his sleeves, his nails piercing his palms, dripping with blood.

He didn't run.

Even though the defensive forces of Cold Moon Peak were at their weakest right now.

But he keenly sensed that although Xia Lengyue had left, she had left behind an extremely obscure Concentric Curse deep within his divine soul.

Once he left the range of Cold Moon Peak by more than a hundred miles, or generated a strong thought of escaping, this curse mark would instantly erupt. Not only would it expose his location, but it might even directly inflict heavy damage on his divine soul.

"What a ruthless woman."

"What a tight cage."

Ye Xuan loosened his fists, looked at the bloodstains on his palms, and a cold sneer hooked the corners of his mouth.

"However..."

"The more you act like this, the more I know you're afraid."

"You're afraid of losing me."

"And fear... is your greatest flaw."

Half a month later.

Xia Lengyue returned.

This time, it wasn't a triumphant return, but an absolute crushing victory.

When the flying ship landed on the sect plaza, the entire Azure Cloud Sect lost its voice.

The disciples who returned with her looked at Xia Lengyue no longer with reverence, but as if they were looking at a monster.

"Too terrifying... Is this Senior Sister Xia's true strength?"

"One person, one sword, sweeping across three major sects!"

"What Foundation Establishment geniuses? In front of Senior Sister Xia, they couldn't even withstand a single move!"

"I heard the young master of the Blood Demon Sect was slapped into a bloody pulp by Senior Sister Xia, just because he teased her..."

"How is this the Foundation Establishment realm? She's clearly a Nascent Soul old monster wearing the skin of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Ye Xuan stood among the welcoming crowd, watching Xia Lengyue step down from the flying ship.

She wore blood-red battle armor, without a single scratch on her body, and not even a hair was out of place. But behind her, a towering murderous aura almost condensed into a tangible blood cloud.

The so-called Tianyuan Mystic Realm was to her like a max-level player returning to the beginner's village.

Seal clubbing.

An absolute massacre of noobs.

When Xia Lengyue's gaze swept across the crowd and landed on Ye Xuan, the monstrous murderous aura instantly melted away like snow.

"Husband!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she lunged directly into Ye Xuan's arms like a little girl eager for praise.

"I'm back!"

"Did you miss me?"

Ye Xuan was knocked back two steps by her impact, but he caught her steadily.

Feeling the lingering scent of blood on the woman in his arms, Ye Xuan revealed the most perfect, adoring smile:

"I did, I missed you every day."

"Senior Sister, you are amazing."

"I heard what they said; you are simply a heavenly fairy descended to the mortal realm."

Xia Lengyue proudly raised her chin and casually waved her hand.

Clatter.

Countless storage bags, spiritual weapons, and rare medicinal herbs piled up like a small mountain in front of Ye Xuan.

"These are all for you!"

"This is the storage bag of the Blood Demon Sect's young master; it has three supreme-grade spiritual weapons inside."

"This is the Heavenly Star Sect's defining treasure, Stardust Sand, for your body cultivation."

"And this... this is the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus I snatched from the core of the mystic realm. Eat it, and your Five Elements Dao Foundation will advance even further!"

The surrounding disciples' eyes went wide.

Jealousy?

No, they couldn't even muster up jealousy anymore.

How was this just living off a woman? This was a solid gold rice bowl!

Ye Xuan looked at the pile of resources before him, enough to buy ten small kingdoms.

He didn't decline. With a wave of his hand, he pocketed everything.

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

"Senior Sister is so good to me."

Night fell.

Inside the bedchamber, red candles flickered.

After bathing and changing her clothes, Xia Lengyue lay lazily on Ye Xuan's lap, enjoying his massage.

"Husband."

She kept her eyes closed and suddenly spoke, her tone somewhat casual:

"I encountered something strange in the mystic realm this time."

"What strange thing?" Ye Xuan applied just the right amount of pressure with his fingers, gently massaging her temples.

"I met people from the Limitless Demon Sect."

Xia Lengyue opened her eyes, a hint of amusement and coldness flashing in them:

"Those lunatics are issuing bounty posters all over the world."

"A bounty on who?"

"A man."

Xia Lengyue raised her hand and gently tapped the empty air with her fingertip.

Spiritual energy gathered, forming a portrait.

The man in the portrait had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, looking incredibly handsome.

It was precisely Ye Xuan.

"A massive bounty, demanding to see the person alive, or the corpse if dead."

Xia Lengyue looked at Ye Xuan with a half-smile, her fingers lightly tracing the face of the man in the portrait:

"Husband, look."

"Why does the person in this portrait... look exactly like you? And even the name is the same."

Ye Xuan's heart skipped a heavy beat.

Although stormy waves raged in his heart, he controlled his facial expression perfectly.

He paused for a moment, then leaned in to look at the portrait, and scratched his head with a bewildered look:

"Huh? This guy... really does look a bit like me."

"But this painter's skills are lacking; they didn't even capture half of my handsomeness."

He turned his head and looked at Xia Lengyue, his eyes as clear as a bottomless spring:

"Senior Sister, why is this?"

"I've barely even stepped out of the Azure Cloud Sect's gates in my entire life, let alone provoked people from a demon sect."

"Could it be... my long-lost twin brother?"

He joked, trying to ease the heavy atmosphere.

Xia Lengyue stared into his eyes for a long time.

Finally.

She chuckled and waved her hand, dispelling the portrait.

"True."

"You are so weak and so obedient, how could you possibly provoke that madwoman."

Madwoman?

Ye Xuan astutely caught that word.

"Senior Sister, the person who put a bounty on me... who is it?" he asked cautiously.

A hint of disdain flashed through Xia Lengyue's eyes, mixed with a bit of solemnity:

"The Limitless Demon Sect Leader, Bai Qiangu."

"I heard she has been looking for her husband for hundreds of years."

"Heh, how ridiculous. Trying to steal a man from me?"

Xia Lengyue snorted coldly, wrapped her arms around Ye Xuan's neck, and bit his lip as if declaring sovereignty:

"Don't be afraid."

"As long as I am here, no one will dare touch a single hair on your head."

Ye Xuan took the opportunity to hug her back, a touched expression appearing on his face:

"Senior Sister is so domineering!"

"I'll cling to you for the rest of my life and go nowhere else."

But in his heart, Ye Xuan's sense of crisis was maxed out.

Everything pointed to one fact: Bai Qiangu was also looking for him!

One Xia Lengyue was already suffocating enough.

Now adding a demonic madwoman?

This was simply the ultimate romantic death trap!

"I have to run."

"I can't wait any longer."

"If those two ever meet, I will definitely be torn to shreds."

Just as Ye Xuan was plotting his grand escape in his mind.

Xia Lengyue suddenly rolled over and pinned him beneath her.

Her breathing grew rapid, and her gaze turned scorching hot, carrying an unquestionable resolve.

"Husband."

Her fingers untied Ye Xuan's robes, revealing his sturdy chest.

"That portrait business made me very uncomfortable."

"I keep feeling like... you're going to be snatched away from me."

"So..."

She leaned down, her red lips pressing against Ye Xuan's ear, her breath fragrant like orchids:

"I want to have a child with you."