Chapter 953: Contacting Shen Taiyang
After the mountain peak was chosen, the three of them returned to the main peak for lunch. Taotie, who had fallen asleep, was brought back by Yue Xuexia and was left for Shen Jueyang and Wu Yao to watch over while she was busy cooking lunch. The two men and one puppy were waiting in the living room for lunch. One is an elder waiting to be served by his beloved disciple, one is a puppy in deep sleep as for the last one, he is forbidden to enter the kitchen, he is a kitchen disaster in existence.
The former principal of the Black Cloud Academy is staring at the sleeping Taotie and asks the Immortal Sun Emperor who didn’t care about the dog at all.
"Is there something wrong, Master?" Shen Jueyang asked.
Wu Yao said, "Don’t call me Master, you damn brat! You take this puppy away."
"I can’t~. Xue’er, like this dog," said the Immortal Sun Emperor. "If I take it away, not only will my lunch be gone, I might get thrown out of the house. Can’t do it."
Tsk!
"But this is Taotie, this old man can’t feed it," said Wu Yao while rubbing his temples.
The Immortal Sun Emperor said, "Don’t worry. As long as he ate spirit food, he wouldn’t go out of control. Xue’er’s cooking would be enough to keep it full everyday."
By the time Yue Xuexia finished cooking lunch, Wu Zhou had come back to eat. Food for the workers who were doing renovation were also made by Yue Xuexia and the puppet maids. For the workers, a few pots of soups and crates of bread and some side dishes for everyone to enjoy. Only when the food for Wu Zhou’s subordinates had arrived did he decide to go home.
During lunch, Yue Xuexia had patiently fed the frightened Taotie who was trembling under the gaze of three men. Shen Jueyang was helping with feeding Yue Xuexia as she was busy with feeding the little puppy.
Wu Zhou immediately recognized the little puppy’s identity. Everyone in the Wu Clan was warned about the existence of Taotie. They knew it was imprisoned somewhere within the academy but he never would have thought that one day, it would truly appear before him alive and not just a legend their clan had kept in their family’s history.
He couldn’t help but ask his elder brother, "Ge, where have you found Taotie?"
"That forbidden mountain. Your Martial Niece had also chosen that mountain peak as her abode. Jueyang will handle the renovation. Make sure to register that mountain to Xue’er’s name," Wu Yao said.
Wu Zhou asked, "That I don’t mind but should I register it to her real name or her alias?"
"Just register it together but hide her real name," Wu Yao said. "Master will not ask why you want to hide your name but we will do everything to protect you."
Yue Xuexia said, "Thank you, Master, Jueyang, Martial Uncle."
After lunch, Shen Jueyang left to do some business. He planned to contact his empire for the preparation for the construction of Yue Xuexia’s house in the Black Cloud Academy. He went to a quiet place and contacted his subordinates. He didn’t choose Shen Taiyang as he would just be annoyed by the young man who would always ask him to come back and complete his responsibility as the emperor of the Immortal Sun Empire.
The Immortal Sun Emperor used a special communication device which can only be found from his empire and the only one who can possess the other side’s device were his most trusted subordinates with one of them being Shen Taiyang. However, what Shen Jueyang didn’t expect is that as soon as the call had connected, the one who responded to him was not his left right hand man, but Shen Taiyang who is now the regent of the Immortal Sun Empire doing the work, Shen Jueyang is meant to be doing
{You fucking bastard! I don’t want to be the Regent anymore! I don’t want to be the leader~!}
Shen Jueyang grimaced the moment that loud voice rang into his head. After all, this special way of communication device was similar to how wireless earphones are supposed to be, placed within the ears of the caller before making the connection.
Argh~
"Shen Taiyang! You are dead! How dare you shout into this Emperor’s ears!? Do you want to turn me deaf!?" The Immortal Sun Emperor shouted back.
{I really don’t want to do it anymore! I am buried in paperworks everyday and I cannot even eat properly. I don’t want to be the regent anymore. I am bored as hell!} Shen Taiyang complained.
Easing the ringing in his ears, Shen Jueyang massages the inner cheeks near the ear for comfort. That shout just now had caught him off guard. If that was a sound attack, he would have been injured quite badly.
Ignoring the complaint in Taiyang’s words, the Immortal Sun Emperor said, "You cannot quit. Soon I will send Shengyu and his wife over there. You can handle his training if you are bored. Make sure he gains enough fighting experience, he cannot find a perfect opponent by our side. You know how protected Xue’er is. Before the enemies can make a move against the other she would kill them without mercy."
{Is that so? Why do I feel you are making a move before Xue’er can even do so?}
Shen Jueyang had no retort as to what had been happening lately. Then Shen Taiyang no longer complained as he knows that this Immortal Sun Emperor will not return unless the empire is in danger or there is something important he must do himself.
{So, what did you truly call us for?}
"Oh~ At the Black Cloud Academy’s Moonlight Peak, send high-grade construction material, craftsmen and artisans. I need them to make Xue’er a new mansion. Send them as soon as possible. They better arrive tomorrow in the Inner Haven’s gate," Shen Jueyang said.
{What are you doing there? Did Xue’er want to go to school again?}
The Immortal Sun Emperor said, "Something similar. Also we would be entering the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Nest. Send some troops. The Golden Dragon, this traitorous tribe must be punished for deserting the empire and betraying me."
{Wait for their arrival.}
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Meanwhile at the Floating Island...
Tan Bingyu, Xue Renxue and the whole Tan Family had all read the letter from their Mistress yesterday. It seems that the Moon Goddess decided to move to the Black Cloud Academy after three days. This letter had arrived on the day Yue Xuexia and Shen Jueyang stayed at the Black Cloud Academy. Xue Shuyi is busy in the kitchen preparing some snacks for the family, while Tan Shengyu is out again doing the training his master had approved himself.
Tang Yuyi said, "Huangyu, did Sheng’er return injured again last night?"
Sigh~
"I don’t know where that brat is going in the morning. But he seems to have gone somewhere, where he had to fight with his life on line. Sheng’er said this is good for him, as according to his master, this is the fastest way for him to get stronger. I cannot stop him," said Tan Huangyu.
With a helpless expression on her face, Tang Yuyi said, "Shuyi also said that he is alright but she also does not know where Sheng’er goes for his training. Though she would always wait for him to come back everyday, waiting with things used for treating wounds."
"Shu’er, is good. She had always taken care of our son. Sheng’er is lucky to meet a wife like her," said Tan Shengyu. "We should prepare to leave for the Black Cloud Academy. Soon the three days the Mistress had mentioned would be over and we have to come over to the new house."
"It’s alright. Everything has been handled and this place will be left for the puppet maids to handle themselves after we leave," said Tang Shuyi.
Tan Bingyu said, "Grandpa, Grandma, when we go to the Black Cloud Academy, Ren’er and I might have to register properly."
"An elder had given Bing’er and I a token. We might try to mingle with the academy itself for better investigation among the students," said Xue Renxue.
Tan Huangyu said, "That is also fine. But I think the Mistress’s focus is still the Ancient Ruin even if we move to the academy."
"That’s true. Information about that place had started to spread all over the realms already. It seems to be opening soon enough. Even though the Golden Dragon Race and the Ice Phoenix Race tried to hide the news, Hei Yu and his people still found out," said Tang Yuyi.
Tan Bingyu said, "I will ask the Mistress what to do tomorrow. She should be going to the Pill Tower to teach alchemy on weekdays as usual."
Meanwhile at the usual underground colosseum, Tan Shengyu is in his usual place where he waited for someone to call him for the fight. He had just finished a battle and his sword was soaked in blood, almost turning its blade from original silver to something akin to a blood jade instead.
The scent of blood and heat gathering in the cave. Tan Shengyu is sitting in a lotus form actually meditating after his last battle, when he opened his eyes, he noticed that the energy accumulation in his body had reached the level for realm promotion.
Tan Shengyu murmured, "Just a bit more... I should be able to reach the peak stage of the Godking realm. I should be able to protect my family even if we entered the Dragon-Phoenix Ancient Nest with the Master and Mistress."