Against the Gods

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!!” Yun Che abruptly turned back to stare at her in astonishment.

“You may relax.
Remember that neither you nor I were born in the God Realm.
Our aversion for darkness profound energy isn’t nearly as strong as the denizens here,” said Xia Qingyue indifferently.

Yun Che’s first reaction was to deny this completely, but he couldn’t force the words out of his throat as he stared into her eyes and listened to her words.
He exclaimed in astonishment, “How did you know… did Master tell you about this?”

“No! Impossible! Master would never tell you this.”

“Oh?” This time, it was Xia Qingyue who was surprised.
“So Senior Mu knows about this as well.”

Yun Che, “…”

“I thought so.
You do have darkness profound energy in you.” Although she was almost certain that Yun Che possessed darkness profound energy since a long while ago, this confirmation still filled her with complicated feelings.

She was a lower realm denizen, so her aversion for darkness profound energy wasn’t as deep as a local, but the common sense here and the memories of the Moon God Emperors before her still informed her more than she wanted to just how hated a “devil person” was in the God Realm.

“How did you know?” Yun Che asked with his eyes wide open.
He had only used darkness profound energy twice in the past few years; once when he was spotted by Mu Xuanyin while he was repairing the darkness barrier in the world of darkness, and once more when she had asked him to show proof.

Besides that, he had controlled his darkness profound energy perfectly.
Not even accidental leakage was a possibility.

Jie Yuan couldn’t possibly have told her, could she?

“A month ago at the Eternal Heaven God Realm, I had sensed some restlessness from you multiple times while you were purifying Qianye Fantian’s Evil Infant devilish energy.
At the time, you told me that you were planning to poison him.
Now that I think of it, you were planning to poison him using the Sky Poison Pearl, weren’t you?”

“What does that have to do with my darkness profound energy?” Yun Che grew even more confused.

“At the time, you let something slip.” Xia Qingyue shot him a glance before saying, “You had said that you could hide the ‘poison’ inside his devilish aura without him noticing at all.
You may not realize this, but this implies that you are able to control darkness devilish energy to a certain extent.”

“This means that you are capable of utilizing darkness profound energy! Not only that, the level of darkness profound energy you can control should be quite high.”

“…” Yun Che was completely and utterly dumbfounded by her explanation.
“That… that’s it? Is that it?”

“Isn’t that enough?” Xia Qingyue countered while shooting a sidelong glance at him.

“I’m not talking about that.” Both Yun Che’s eyes and mouth were twitching uncontrollably.
“It was a completely offhand comment! I wouldn’t even remember it now if you hadn’t mentioned it! But somehow you were able to guess from this that I have darkness profound energy in me? I… I… No, seriously, don’t you think you’re a little too sensitive!?”

“I’m not overly sensitive, you’re the one who’s too casual.” But Xia Qingyue shook her head slightly and said, “No, maybe you were defenseless because of me.”

“Why should I put my guard up in front of you!? You may be the Moon God Emperor to everyone else, but you will always be my official wife Xia Qingyue! Besides, you’re the only ‘old friend’ I have in the entire God Realm.
Why in the world should I speak or act cautiously around you?”

Yun Che suddenly erupted with indignity.

Xia Qingyue replied indifferently, “Have you forgotten? We were already…”

“Tch!” Yun Che curled his lips and cut off Xia Qingyue with a derisive snort.
“Going to bring up our torn marriage contract again, aren’t you? I’m telling you it’s useless! Our marriage record is still preserved nicely at Floating Cloud City, and our wedding witnesses are alive and well.”

“According to the laws of Floating Cloud City, you and I are husband and wife unless I’ve divorced you, or if you bring proof of my failure to fulfill my husbandly responsibilities to the court and sit through a convoluted marriage cancellation process! Otherwise, we’ll always be husband and wife! You think tearing up a marriage contract counts as an official cancellation of marriage? Hmph! The new god emperor of the Moon God Realm is so childish.”

“…” Xia Qingyue couldn’t say anything for a while.

“Speaking of which, it’s your job as a wife to fill your head with wifely responsibilities and romance when you’re speaking to your husband, but you—”

“That’s enough.
Let’s talk business, shall we?” interrupted Xia Qingyue in a soft tone that somehow sounded both cool and gentle at once.

Yun Che “obediently” stopped his rant and shot her a quiet glance.

Xia Qingyue’s change was so great that he could lose himself in thought.

Xia Qingyue had always had a cool temperament, but even before they had gotten married, or when they had encountered each other for the first time at the God Realm, she was still capable of guilt and bewilderment when she had kidnapped him on the Vanishing Moon Celestial Palace, shame and anger when he had taken advantage of her, fear and panic when Qianye was hunting them down, hatred and even tears…

But now, it was as if her mind had been tempered by several thousands, no, tens of thousands of years of time.
She was so cool and calm today that it was almost scary.

Not only was she shockingly meticulous, she hadn’t reacted visibly or invisibly to his words at all.
All she said was, “That’s enough.
Let’s talk business, shall we?”…

“What I’m about to make you do is related to your ‘darkness profound energy’.
It would’ve been worth trying even if you had no darkness profound energy, but the success rate of my plans would’ve gone down by a lot.
It’s good that the best case scenario is available,” said Xia Qingyue.

Knocked down a peg by a soft reprimand, Yun Che had no choice but to cool himself down and talk business, “What exactly are we trying to do?”

“We’re looking for a protective talisman for you.” Xia Qingyue’s voice was as gentle as the wind as usual.
“Right now, you’re still in great danger.”

Yun Che absolutely didn’t agree with her statement, however.
He frowned and said, “Qingyue, this may sound a lot like boasting, but I’m pretty sure I’m the safest person in the entire God Realm right now, am I not?”

Yun Che wasn’t boasting in the slightest.
Jie Yuan’s arrival had changed the laws of survival in this world completely, and all those who once stood at the top of the food chain had no choice but to curry favor with Yun Che to live in peace.

Even if those devil gods returned and slaughtered every living being in the entire world, Yun Che would still be safe and sound.
It wasn’t even about his Heretic God divine power.
His life was tied to Hong’er, and Jie Yuan would never allow those devil gods to hurt a hair on him.

Talisman? Was there a stronger talisman than Jie Yuan in the entire world?