Chapter 111 – The Grand Ceremony of Immortal Couples – “They finally became a couple.” (00/00)
Qingyuan: “Who is this?”
Chu Jun cleared his throat and whispered, “Junior Brother, Huo Yuanyi was originally a fragment of Qingyuan Xianjun’s soul. After being reclaimed and fused, even if a new fragment were split off and given only Huo Yuanyi’s memories, he would still be a fragment of Qingyuan Xianjun’s soul.”
Xie Chenyang: “…That’s a bit confusing?”
Luo Xiuya chuckled. “You can think of it this way: Huo Yuanyi is Qingyuan.”
Xie Chenyang hesitated. “Well, he doesn’t really look like him.”
“He wasn’t born with that cold face,” Luo Xiuya said wistfully. “When I first met him, he was a very mischievous child. Anyway, I don’t know what business you have with that fragment. Many years ago, Qingyuan cultivated a certain immortal technique that causes him to release one soul fragment every thousand years. He didn’t strip them of their memories; they knew from the start that they were merely fragments sent out to experience the affairs of the mortal world and temper their minds.”
Qingyuan nodded. “Even if I hadn’t fused with him today, his soul power could only last another ten thousand years at most. Eventually, after losing that and his consciousness, he would have returned to me anyway.”
Xie Chenyang began to understand. “So, he is you, and you are him.”
“I think I know why you came to see me,” Qingyuan said, producing a flying artifact. “I’ll go find him.”
Watching him vanish into the horizon, Xie Chenyang grew a little worried again. “Dad likes that sassy little fellow, Huo Yuanyi, right? With Qingyuan’s cold, indifferent demeanor, will my dad even like him?”
Chu Jun looked at him. “Don’t worry about that. They’ll handle it themselves. We should head back.”
Their master was away, but their fellow disciples were just as they’d always been. Upon seeing them return, they gave a casual greeting and went about their own business.
Chu Jun followed Xie Chenyang to his room. Seeing him looking a bit stiff and guilty, he chuckled, stepped forward to embrace him, and brought his face close to Xie Chenyang’s. “Chenyang, are you really that uncomfortable?
“Not really…”
Chu Jun closed his eyes and pressed his lips against Xie Chenyang’s. Xie Chenyang wrapped his arms around Chu Jun’s waist, deepening the kiss.
Ji Xiao was right. There was no awkwardness that a good night’s sleep can’t resolve.
If there was, then just sleep twice.
“So, Senior Brother, why did you team up with the City Lord to send me off on this training mission?”
Xie Chenyang and Chu Jun lay on the bed with their hair loose, covered by a thin brocade quilt.
Chu Jun rested his head on Xie Chenyang’s arm, turning slightly to one side. “Do you really not know, Junior Brother?”
“Senior Brother…” Xie Chenyang gently stroked his shoulder, lowered his head to rest against his forehead, and spoke softly, “Senior Brother, did you have feelings for me? Did you want to… seduce me while I was on my training journey and had no memories?”
Chu Jun’s eyelashes fluttered. “I didn’t have any memories either.”
“When did you fall in love with me, Senior Brother?”
“A long time ago.”
“When?”
“Thousands of years ago, when you pestered me to go soak in the Spirit Spring with you.”
Xie Chenyang’s smiling eyes overflowed with tenderness. “Well then, Senior Brother… you’ve certainly been patient.”
Chu Jun lowered his head and kissed the corner of Xie Chenyang’s lips without answering the question.
When one’s heart was set on someone, that person filled one’s entire field of vision. How could Chu Jun fail to see that back then? He was completely clueless and hadn’t yet come to his senses.
If he’d spoken his mind back then, Xie Chenyang would likely have avoided him.
It wasn’t until he returned from that trial that Xie Chenyang became deeply concerned about whether he had a lover, keeping a close watch on him at all times, which nearly made him lose control.
When he saw Xie Chenyang and Ji Xiao acting so intimately, it wasn’t just the City Lord who felt jealous—he, too, felt a pang of jealousy.
In Xie Chenyang’s eyes, he was a strict and refined senior brother, so he rarely crossed any boundaries with him. Such intimacy was truly a rare occurrence.
So when Luo Xiuya sensed Chu Jun’s feelings and proposed the Twelve Palaces training plan, he agreed. As his senior brother, he was qualified to sign the training agreement on Xie Chenyang’s behalf.
Xie Chenyang hugged and kissed him for a while. “Master dotes on you the most. If he comes back and finds out I’ve ‘taken’ you, will he expel me from the sect?”
Chu Jun chuckled softly and shook his head. “How can you call it ‘taking’?”
“Oh, I guess I should say ‘devoured’.”
“Don’t worry, Master won’t do anything to you. Mm, he knows. He’s known all along that I have designs on you.”
“!” What a stinky old man!
He knew Senior Brother had a crush on him, but didn’t even give him a heads-up!
Maybe… cough, maybe they could’ve ended up together a few thousand years earlier.
The stinky old man came back the very next day.
Upon learning they were together, he remarked in surprise, “Seeing how Jun’er acted, I thought it would take another ten thousand years before I’d see you two together. ”
Chu Jun: “……” If it hadn’t been for the method the City Lord suggested—seizing the moment during the trial to win him over—it really might not have worked out.
“Now that you’re together, don’t drag your feet,” the old man said, calculating with his fingers. “The seventeenth of next month is a good day; let’s hold your Immortal Couple Ceremony on that day.”
Xie Chenyang and Chu Jun exchanged glances. Their master was skilled at everything, except divination.
“Alright, Master.”
Afterward, Xie Chenyang visited the Twelve Palaces several more times, but You Huang still hadn’t returned.
He had no choice but to give the invitation to the Immortal Couple Ceremony to the leader of the “Forgiveness Group” to pass along.
Qingyuan was nowhere to be found either.
Xie Chenyang knew that Luo Xiuya and Qingyuan were close friends, so he went to ask Luo Xiuya about it several times, only to be shut out by an impatient Luo Xiuya in the end.
Chu Jun was speechless and helpless. “Everyone has their own destiny. When the main body reclaims a split soul, it can absorb its memories. You could say that Huo Yuanyi was originally Qingyuan. Everything the split soul experienced is his own experience.”
Xie Chenyang: “…I don’t understand.”
Chu Jun sighed softly. “It’s just like you. When you were training in the Twelve Palaces, your main body remained there—only your divine soul went to train. You experienced all sorts of things without any memories, but once it was all over and you returned to your main body, you simply gained those memories and experiences. Yet you’re still you. Do you understand?”
“I understand it logically, but emotionally, I’m a little worried. My dad is so gentle, and that Qingyuan is clearly a cold, unromantic block of ice. What if he breaks my dad’s heart?”
“What you perceive isn’t necessarily the full truth. Since he has a soul fragment like that, his true personality can’t possibly be that cold and aloof.”
“Is that so?”
“Forget about your dad. Recently, our master’s gone a bit crazy—he spends all day trying to coax me into taking the fertility pill. You’d better figure out how to deal with that!”
“…Isn’t everything fine as it is?”
Chu Jun said coolly, “Are you sure?”
Xie Chenyang: “…Not entirely sure.”
“If we have a child, I’ll definitely keep him by my side until he grows up. By then, most of my energy will be focused on him, so I won’t have as much time to pay attention to you. If you don’t mind…”
“No way!” Xie Chenyang wrapped his arms around him. “I think that stinky old man just has too much time on his hands! He could easily be incredibly handsome, but he insists on looking so scruffy! Come on, let’s see how I’m going to take care of him for you.”
Chu Jun: “…Let go.”
Xie Chenyang let go of him, instead taking his hand, and headed straight for the main courtyard.
“Yu Yihuan!”
The old geezer’s name was Yu Yihuan.
He had a handsome, striking face, but never groomed himself. His naturally soft and beautiful white hair was always a mess, and he let his beard grow long. He thought he looked like an immortal, but in reality, it hid most of his good looks.
“How dare you!” Yu Yihuan slammed his fist on the table, his beard bristling and eyes bulging, “How dare you address your master by his first name? That is an act of profound disrespect!”
“Listen, you stinky old man. Why have you been bothering my senior brother so much lately?” Xie Chenyang braced his hands on the table, locking eyes with Yu Yihuan.
“I’m only looking out for your best interests!”
“I think you’re just too lonely and longing for spring.” Xie Chenyang snorted lightly. “Get yourself together. I’ve signed you up for the ‘Love at First Sight’ service.”
“What? You’ve gone too far!”
“You can choose not to go, but I used our sect’s seal. The agreement is set in stone. If you don’t show up, you’ll have to pay a penalty; it might even clean out our entire sect. Master, you’ve been single for so many years, and your disciple has no idea what kind of person you like. For the preferences and criteria, I just checked off ‘anyone will do.’ Your disciple hereby wishes Master to find a good match and spend the rest of your life with a loving partner.”
Xie Chenyang took a step back and performed the disciple’s bow.
Yu Yihuan clutched his chest. “Jun… Jun’er, quickly bring me my Heart-Protecting Pill…”
Chu Jun: “Master, we don’t have that kind of thing.”
“You wretches! You’re all wicked! What kind of karma have I brought upon myself? What kind of disciples have I taken on—”
“Master, the date is set for the third day after our Immortal Couple Ceremony. Time is running out—you’d better start packing right away.”
“I don’t need it!” Yu Yihuan snapped. “I’ll go like this! And I’ll make Jun’er take the Fertility Pill too! I want a baby—a sweet, delightful, little baby!”
“Then why don’t you give birth yourself?” Xie Chenyang snapped. “If you’re so eager for a baby, why don’t you find yourself a wife to help you have one? Senior Brother, let’s go.”
Yu Yihuan slumped face-down on the table. “How on earth did I… end up taking on two little devils as disciples?”
After that, Yu Yihuan indeed stopped trying to slip Chu Jun the Fertility Pill.
The day of Xie Chenyang and Chu Jun’s Immortal Couple Ceremony arrived quickly. Though not as grand as the City Lord’s wedding, the occasion was still quite solemn.
Those on friendly terms with their sect, as well as other friends and acquaintances, came to offer their congratulations, and many people from the city also came to join the festivities. When they counted them all up, the sect’s premises were nearly too crowded to accommodate everyone.
There were even Immortal Lords climbing trees and perching on rooftops.
Xie Chenyang tilted his head slightly. “Master, we should expand the sect.”
Yu Yihuan: “Are you going to pay for it?”
Xie Chenyang: “This disciple thinks things are just fine the way they are.”
“……”
As the ceremony was about to begin, Xie Chenyang and Chu Jun took their places on the ceremonial platform.
Xie Chenyang glanced back toward the main gate, looking somewhat disappointed. “Dad didn’t even come…”
The group leader had clearly said he had a way to get the invitation to You Huang.
Chu Jun took his hand. “Perhaps he was delayed.”
Xie Chenyang huffed softly. “I’m going to sever our father-son relationship.”
“Oh? Who are you going to sever ties with?”
Xie Chenyang spun around abruptly, beaming like spring blossoms. “Dad!”
You Huang and Qingyuan descended from the sky together.
“Dad, it’s about to start! Hurry up and take the head table with my mom! Right next to my master!”
Yu Yihuan: “……” Wait a minute, my dear disciple, when did you get parents… or rather, a father? How come I didn’t know about this!
You Huang and Qingyuan sat down side by side next to Yu Yihuan. Many people, including Xie Chenyang, couldn’t take their eyes off You Huang.
“Holy crap… My dad is so good-looking…”
The guests also began whispering among themselves, trying to figure out who You Huang was. None of them had ever seen anyone of such extraordinary beauty before.
They all wondered, ‘Could he be some reclusive immortal lord? Otherwise, why wouldn’t anyone know who he was? With looks like that, the kind you’d never forget once you’d seen them, how could no one recognize him?’
Chu Jun cleared his throat lightly. “It’s time.”
Xie Chenyang snapped back to reality and clutched Chu Jun’s hand. “Senior Brother, no matter how handsome he is, he’s just my dad. You’re the only one in my heart. No one can compare to you!”
The grand ceremony began, and Xie Chenyang and Chu Jun were finally united as immortal partners.
A Note from the Author: The main story ends here.
Next up is the side story featuring the system, You Huang. If any of you cuties don’t want to read his side story, feel free to stop here~
Love you all~
Edit: Krone
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