Chapter 277 A Glimpse at the Past.
Sun Yurong and Huo Yue were both waiting outside for Yang Wei.
He looked a little confused about why they were there, but he went to meet them anyway.
"Is something wrong?" Yang Wei asked, not looking at anyone in particular.
It was an odd pairing──Sun Yurong and Huo Yue. As far as he knew, they had never interacted before.
Sun Yurong placed her hands on her hips and abruptly leaned forward, causing her breasts to bounce slightly. "Of course there's a problem!" she exclaimed, wiggling a finger like a mother scolding her child. "You've been in the sect for how long and haven't come to see me? I find that very insulting, you know!" Her cherry lips puckered with each word.
"Uh, ha~ha..." Huo Yue laughed a little awkwardly.
Seeing Sun Yurong again was calming for Yang Wei.
He noticed she had become even more beautiful, her skin glowing, and her figure more attractive.
He tilted his head and gave her another close look, then chuckled.
Sun Yurong, still stern, raised an eyebrow. "What's so funny?" she asked.
"Oh~ nothing really. I'm just glad to see you again." His blue eyes stared gently at her, and it almost felt like his gaze was touching her body.
Indeed, it wasn't normal.
His Voidborn Yin Conduit Physique had clearly increased in efficacy over the past year.
Though for Yang Wei, it would be nine years that had passed.
Sun Yurong couldn't stop looking at him.
Ever since they first met, Yang Wei had been exceptionally beautiful and charming, loved by everyone. He could easily be considered the epitome of beauty and the most handsome man anyone in the Northern Continent had ever seen.
With each breakthrough in his cultivation realms, his beauty and grace seemed to elevate even more.
Now, it was a little scary to think about.
Her cheeks turned a bit red, and she stood upright, clearing her throat poshly.
Ahem~
"Well... If you're glad to see me again, then I suppose that's a good thing."
Her eyes had closed long before she cleared her throat, but she sheepishly opened one to give Yang Wei a soft, affectionate glance.
"So, do you ladies need me for anything?" Yang Wei asked, looking at Huo Yue and then Sun Yurong.
Huo Yue shook her head respectfully. "No, not really. I was actually planning to leave Grand Elder Peak for a while and visit Zhenwei. I have a feeling he's not washing his clothes or taking care of himself while I'm here with you."
Yang Wei's eyebrows went up a bit.
It was then he realized something he should have thought of months ago.
Huo Zhenwei was Huo Yue's brother.
Given that he was practically married to Huo Yue, having already shared a bed with her... didn't that mean Huo Zhenwei was his brother-in-law?n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Yang Wei blinked several times. It was one of those things he knew but hadn't fully acknowledged.
"Yue'er...?"
"Hm?" Huo Yue looked at him with her usual plain, innocent stare.
"I was wondering..."
Huo Yue tilted her head and walked closer to him. "Yes?"
"I own such a big space in the sect so it'd be a waste if my wives didn't get to enjoy in it. The idea of you having to switch between Spirit Harmony Peak and Grand Elder Peak doesn't sit right with me."
Huo Yue's cheeks turned red.
"If you'd like, you could move here with Zhenwei. I'm your husband, so that would make him family."
Huo Yue's limpid brown eyes flickered with deep emotions as she stared at Yang Wei.
While he often thought of their relationship in terms of a legal marriage, for her it felt more genuine now than ever before.
She couldn't quite pinpoint it, but her beloved had changed a lot. It was clear that the Yang Wei of now was different from the one he had been.
She loved both sides of him, but this side was her favorite.
"Hmm~~ how charming," Sun Yurong said, folding her arms with a plain expression.
Yang Wei smiled at her. "You can move here too if you like. I know being near me can be very irresistible."
Sun Yurong laughed a little. "Oh please~ even if I were to make our relationship that intimate, I don't think you could handle me. And I doubt you'd make a good father figure for Yujing."
She now had a smug look on her face.
To the normal ear, there was nothing wrong with what she said. But for Yang Wei, almost everything was wrong.
"And Yuying too, right?" he questioned, sounding less flexible than usual.
It was clear to him that Sun Yurong still hadn't told Sun Yuying her family was still alive.
He didn't know whether she was too proud or maybe too scared.
"We can talk more another time. I'll be taking my leave now."
Sun Yurong gave Huo Yue a small nod and left, not even waiting for Huo Yue to respond.
Yang Wei watched her leave and just placed his hand on his waist. "Sigh~ that woman, honestly."
If he didn't have other things to do, he might have had a word with her.
Only he knew how Sun Yuying felt that night when they spoke in the forests of the Frigid Celestial Serpent-Dragon Realm.
He wanted Sun Yuying to find peace, but there was simply too many problems on his head as it was.
"Will she be fine?" Huo Yue watched Sun Yurong as she got further and further away.
"Meh..." Yang Wei shrugged. He couldn't worry about everything.
If he did that excessively, he would solve nothing.
"Oh?!" Yang Wei suddenly remembered he had something to do.
He looked at Huo Yue. "Feng and I have something planned for the week, so I need to leave as soon as possible. Don't worry, it's nothing serious."
He could already see the signs of worry on her face and wanted to quench them as quickly as they appeared.
Hnn~
Huo Yue stared deeply at him. She was a bit suspicious about why he wanted to meet with Wu Fengtian all of a sudden.
It wasn't that meeting with someone he knew well enough was a crime. It was just that she always associated Wu Fengtian with trouble, like two sides of a coin.
Yang Wei chuckled to break the calculative stare Huo Yue was giving him. "Trust me, it's really nothing."
Knowing she wouldn't get the answer no matter how hard she stared, Huo Yue sighed in defeat and folded her arms. "It's not like I can read your thoughts."
She looked at him with a gaze that implied she would miss him──a soft gaze from her innocent brown eyes and slightly puckered lips.
"A week is too long, Wei~"
Yang Wei smiled and shook his head, as if expecting this. He pulled her in with his strong hands and planted a soft, loving kiss on her forehead. "Don't worry, it'll be very quick. I promise," he said, looking down at her.
"Hmm~ okay, fine then." Huo Yue was reluctant but still agreed.
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Now that Yang Wei had reached the Core Formation Realm, he could fly on his own.
It reminded him of the first time he arrived at the sect, when he was mistaken for a Core Formation-level cultivator because he didn't need a flying artifact to hover in the sky.
The memory brought a wide smile to his face.
"How silly…"
He swished his pristine white sleeves back as heavy gusts of wind made his robe flap with an elegance befitting a peak chief.
Standing at the edge of a cliff, he looked down and saw apprentice disciples cultivating and chatting.
Before I go to the Land of Supremes, I must first create the pill that has been my most motivation thus far...
Then, with a single step, he covered over a thousand steps in the air, flying straight to his rendezvous with Wu Fengtian.