Moments later, Taishi Xiaxin strode out of Balance City with a face dark as iron.
Yu Buxia’s words still echoed in his ears.
“Ye Yu’s stance is my stance. Please leave.”
The refusal had been brutally clean—he’d been tossed out like trash.
Wu Kai stood beside him and asked timidly, “Alliance Lord, what should we do now?”
“What else can we do? Go back, of course.”
Before departing, Taishi Xiaxin looked once more toward Balance City.
Ye Yu, Yu Buxia, I’ll remember you both!
You look down on me today—one day I’ll be above your reach!
On the other side—
Inside the main hall of Balance City, Yu Buxia had meant to slip away quickly after Taishi Xiaxin left, but Ye Yu stopped her.
“Let’s find a place to talk?”
Hearing this, Yu Buxia had to halt. Instinctively, she glanced at Ying Huo and Little White.
The two tactfully withdrew, leaving the pair a private space.
Soon, the vast hall held only Ye Yu and Yu Buxia.
“What do you want to talk about?”
Yu Buxia’s voice trembled faintly, and her eyes began to dodge on their own.
Ye Yu didn’t waste words. He went straight in: “Do you like me?”
Yu Buxia pinched the corner of her robe with one hand—she didn’t speak, but she didn’t deny it either.
Ye Yu continued on his own, “I have many dao partners—not just the Bone Maiden and Shen Fuxin. With me like this, would you ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) still like me?”
Yu Buxia stubbornly looked to the side, aggrieved. “What do you mean by that? Trying to talk me out of it?
If there are many, why can’t I be one more?
Or do you actually dislike me? If you do, just say it. I can take it!”
Clearly, Yu Buxia had misunderstood him, taking his words as a form of rejection.
Ye Yu couldn’t help but smile. “You’re right—if there are many, one more won’t matter.
From now on, just be my dao partner with peace of mind.
As for that ‘Second Sister-in-Law’ title—doesn’t sound good. Let’s change it.”
Yu Buxia stared at Ye Yu in disbelief.
Was that... a yes?
Ye Yu gently pinched her cheek and said softly, “I’m going to Crescent Moon Pavilion to bring the Bone Maiden back. In the meantime, be careful of Shen Kangren showing up.
And Taishi Xiaxin is no good—refusing to cooperate with him was the right call.”
Yu Buxia nodded and nodded again.
Overjoyed to the point of lightheadedness, she barely registered what Ye Yu was saying—she just kept nodding along.
She performed the “husband speaks, wife follows” routine flawlessly.
After that, Ye Yu left Balance City.
As for Shen Fuxin and Ying Huo, they already knew what Ye Yu intended, so there was no need to notify them in advance.
Little White followed in Ye Yu’s footsteps.
Its strength was solid; serving as a bodyguard in the early phase was ideal.
What? Stay behind to deter Shen Kangren?
Don’t be silly—after all that puking?
Better pray Shen Kangren laughs himself to death.
Thus, one man and one beast set out for Crescent Moon Pavilion.
As for that first-tier divine alliance in the God Realm—
Ye Yu had little fondness for it. He even felt a bit annoyed.
Mainly because the gods he’d met from that alliance hadn’t been great.
So he carried a slight bias, hoping this trip wouldn’t run into anyone unbearably overbearing.
Several hours later—
Ye Yu and Little White arrived near Crescent Moon Pavilion.
There, he saw a figure he knew.
Zhuxin Cheng, Lord of Lieyang Gate.
Why was this woman here?
By rights, her ties to Crescent Moon Pavilion should have been limited to “bullying the weak” and “seizing a god-stone mine,” no?
While Ye Yu was looking at Zhuxin Cheng, she was also looking at him.
Those golden eyes swept over him, then her figure blurred and flashed toward him at high speed.
Sensing the powerful surge of divine force around Zhuxin Cheng, Little White’s wool bristled; it went on full alert.
“Big Bro, this one’s tough. Friend or foe?”
Ye Yu didn’t know how to answer that either.
Why was Zhuxin Cheng coming over?
Could it be... she also liked him?
No way—why did it feel like his luck with women had gotten absurd since entering the God Realm?
They liked him without him feeling a thing?
Hiss—did this mean his charm stat had broken the scale?
While Ye Yu was thinking, Zhuxin Cheng had already stopped before him.
The same stunning makeup paired with golden eyes—like a deity descending.
Er, wait—she was a deity.
Just, one very heavy on “divine presence.”
Ye Yu was momentarily at a loss—how to start?
Should he do as he had with Yu Buxia and cut straight in?
“Do you know me?”
Zhuxin Cheng spoke first.
One line—and Ye Yu choked on his words.
He shot back, “You don’t know me?”
Zhuxin Cheng frowned slightly and thought hard for a long while, but came up empty.
She gave a slight shake of the head.
Seeing that, Ye Yu rejoiced inwardly.
Good thing I didn’t blurt out “you like me”—that would’ve been instant social death.
“Ahem. Since you don’t know me, why did you come over to me?”
Seizing the initiative, Ye Yu flipped the script from questioned to questioner.
Zhuxin Cheng was not to be outdone. Coldly, she said, “The way you looked at me wasn’t how you look at a stranger—so I came. Who exactly are you?”
Ye Yu arched a brow.
Damn—you caught even that?
You do have some skill.
He’d meant to fob her off with a few words and leave, but at that moment he keenly sensed her divine power start to circulate faster.
Was she about to make a move?
Ye Yu forced his mind steady and said in a low voice, “I’m a rogue cultivator of the God Realm, an unlikely friend of Elder Ge. He once told me about you, so of course my gaze held some familiarity.
But my tie with Elder Ge is only so-so, and I’ve no interest in whatever lies between you two.
If there’s nothing else, let’s part ways here and pretend we never met.”
Elder Ge was the perfect all-purpose excuse—no better time to use him.
But the father–daughter relationship there wasn’t good.
So drawing a clear line was the right choice.
He thought this would let him leave safely.
Unexpectedly, Zhuxin Cheng spoke up: “Wait. Since you’re that old bastard’s friend, then do me a favor—shouldn’t be too hard, right?”
As her words fell, divine power around them snapped shut, sealing every path.
It sounded like a request, but in truth it left Ye Yu no chance to refuse.
