CHAPTER 490: CHAPTER 393 TAO GUARDIAN?! _2

Dusk.

The sunset glow beneath the setting sun was especially beautiful. Gazing at the skyscape painted by the flames, Hua Menghuang’s beautiful eyes rippled.

Standing alone at the peak of the mountain, she herself was like a stunning painting, captivating all who looked upon her.

Sword Body Hong Yuan looked at Butterfly Sword Martial Saint, whose hands were intertwined, and asked softly, "Limin, what’s happened?"

Butterfly Sword Martial Saint possessed a beauty capable of overthrowing cities. Her complexion was whiter than snow, her eyes like stars, and her skin like frost. Yet, at this moment, she bore a look of worry. She glanced at Hua Menghuang and shook her head slightly. "Let’s talk when we get back."

Seeing this, Hong Yuan had a vague guess.

It was related to Hua Menghuang, and to him!

Hong Yuan did not press further. Nodding slightly, he stretched out his arm and grasped Butterfly Sword Martial Saint’s slender jade hand, their fingers tightly interlocked.

"Then let’s go," Hong Yuan said gently.

"Mmm," Butterfly Sword Martial Saint hummed, leaning slightly towards Hong Yuan and resting against him.

Butterfly Sword Martial Saint was once as proud and cold as a lotus on a snow-capped mountain. Seeing her adopt such a posture for Hong Yuan would surely have surprised and bewildered the Heavenly Talents of the Five Great Academies.

It could only be said that the first "Water Dragon Fire Phoenix" evolution had greatly empowered Hong Yuan.

In Hong Yuan’s previous world, a well-known female author once said, "The path to a woman’s soul is through her sex."

This aphorism, of course, Hong Yuan also knew.

Under the sunset, the lingering light illuminated the mountains.

Butterfly Sword Martial Saint nestled happily on Hong Yuan’s shoulder, whispering the clumsy words of love she had learned from talent-and-beauty novels.

...

Moonlight hazy, stars shining.

Tonight’s moonlight was exceptionally bright, gently caressing the Colorful Butterfly Garden.

Inside the Colorful Butterfly Garden, numerous arrays were activated, concealing everything from sight.

In a small bridal cabin, where red candles glowed one after another, Butterfly Sword Martial Saint sat quietly in a bamboo chair. Her chin propped in her hands, she tenderly watched Hong Yuan explain the tales of talents and beauties to her.

"A game of loss and gain may seem unreal; as incense fades and tea cools, hesitation prevails. To know the omens of present fortune or demise, one must ask the detached spectator with a cold gaze..."

Hong Yuan’s sharp and indifferent voice recounted the words, striking at Butterfly Sword Martial Saint’s heart.

This was a scene Butterfly Sword Martial Saint had imagined countless times while secretly reading talent-and-beauty novels under her blankets.

She never thought that one day, her dream would become reality, and that it would happen to her.

Others only knew of her cold nature, indifferent to worldly affairs. But who could know that such a disposition had been forced upon her by various pressures? In her heart, a young girl was hidden away.

"Qing, when do you plan to return to the Eastern Wilderness Divine Continent?" Butterfly Sword Martial Saint asked, her voice heavy with unspoken thoughts. Her delicate body trembled slightly, then tensed, as if she had made a decision.

Inside the cabin, red silk covered the walls. The floor was blanketed with a large red carpet featuring auspicious dragon and phoenix motifs. Flickering candlelight reflected against the nearly floor-length Flowing Gold Glass Curtain, filling the room with a hazy, dreamy ambiance.

Bathed in the ambiguous, warm light, Hong Yuan looked at Butterfly Sword Martial Saint’s pretty face, caught in his web of affection. An inexplicable sense of achievement welled up within him, along with... a touch of melancholy.

Since when had he, Hong Yuan, started to treat emotions as a weapon?!

Hong Yuan’s eyes held a deep luminescence, but his voice remained tender. "When Menghuang’s killing skills have a solid foundation and form a system. Then, it won’t be too late for me to return."

"Mmm," Butterfly Sword Martial Saint hummed.

She seemed to think of something, and her exquisite face blushed shyly. Under the glow of the candlelight, she was breathtakingly beautiful, and the atmosphere of ambiguity instantly intensified.

Feeling Hong Yuan’s penetrating gaze, Butterfly Sword Martial Saint’s earlobes flushed red.

Finally, she mustered her courage, stood up, embraced Hong Yuan, and whispered, her breath like orchids, "Qing, I... let’s have a child."

Hong Yuan’s heart skipped a beat. "?!"

...

...

A palatial hall, built from gold and jade, shimmered with a crystalline, brilliant yellow light. It was as translucent as crystal, both real and illusory.

Divine Jade Martial Saint Li Shenyu and his disciple Xiao Yuan ascended the jade steps, which flowed with auspicious light and were suffused with fragrant floral scents.

Xiao Yuan was an existence akin to Hua Menghuang, also one of the nine Great Dream Seeds.

Dressed in blue robes, he had handsome features, yet his expression was indifferent and unfeeling. Streaks of mottled dark light coiled around him.

Beyond being one of the Great Dream Seeds, Xiao Yuan was also the ninth-generation descendant of the Soul Killing Demon Emperor.

The Divine Power "Soul Entering Dream," created by figures like the Emperor’s Son East Supreme Saint, was inspired by the Soul Killing Demon Emperor’s Emperor Scripture!

And Xiao Yuan was precisely the inheritor of the Soul Killing Demon Emperor’s Tao Heritage, cultivating both soul and dream.

"Master, is that Senior Bo Qing truly so formidable? Is he worth you going to such lengths?" Xiao Yuan asked curiously.

Since childhood, Xiao Yuan had never seen his master so troubled by an opponent, much less deign to seek allies and form an alliance.

In the past, a mere move from his master, Divine Jade Martial Saint, was enough to crush all enemies and display the might of the Great Emperor’s lineage.

This ’Senior Bo Qing’ was the first person to ever cause his master such distress!

"Formidable? Heh." Li Shenyu chuckled, shaking his head, before his expression turned immensely serious.

"The Dragon Sun Emperor’s Child merely reached the sixth act in the ’Eternal Azure Lotus Dreamland,’ and this was at the cost of immensely heavy sacrifices. However, Bo Qing not only also reached the sixth act in the ’Eternal Azure Lotus Dreamland,’ but he also inherited the true intent of the Azure Lotus Heaven Lord."