You're Pretty Amazing

Murong looked at Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin and said softly, "They are stronger than ordinary members of the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan, and their talents are greater as well. Raise them well. They will become a great help to you in the future."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Zhou Hao.

Zhou Hao paused, then smiled. "They already call me Dad. Even if they were useless, I'd still raise them properly!"

He did not understand the Dragon Clan, nor did he understand the Phoenix Clan, but being born at a level others might never reach in their entire lives was already damn impressive.

Still, it was only natural. Those two eggs had been specially cultivated by Du Tianhong and his wife, so their talents certainly would not be low.

Murong nodded slightly and covered her mouth as she smiled. "They call me Mom too, so I should do my part as well."

Zhou Hao froze for a moment. With a sweep of Murong's sleeve, a heap of divine crystals appeared on the ground.

Zhou Hao stared, dumbfounded, inwardly crying, Rich lady!

The moment Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin saw the pile of divine crystals, their eyes immediately burst with intense light, and they pounced over at once.

However, Murong stopped them and reminded them, "You cannot eat any more. Divine crystals are good, but only if you can digest them. You've already had enough for today."

Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin slunk back miserably. Out of sight, out of mind—being able to look but not eat was an agonizing thing.

Murong said to Zhou Hao, "Put these divine crystals away. Give them some again in five or six days. Three each time is enough. They cannot digest any more than that. If too much energy that does not belong to them accumulates in their bodies, serious problems may arise later. You must be especially careful."

Seeing how solemn she was, Zhou Hao nodded seriously. "Don't worry. I'll keep their mouths in check."

He paused, then asked with a grin, "I can use them too, right?"

Who would not be tempted by so many divine crystals?

Murong glanced at him and said flatly, "You haven't even finished absorbing the divine crystal I gave you. Don't set your sights on these ones."

Zhou Hao rubbed his nose with an awkward laugh. "True enough."

He then stored the pile of divine crystals in his Ring of Holding, turned toward the ice table, and packed away all the food on it as well. Then, as though remembering something, he looked up at Murong.

"Oh, right. I think we can forget about that so-called 'date.' It's too deliberate and won't achieve the real effect. We might as well let nature take its course and see how things develop."

He had figured it out now. Most of their so-called couple behaviors had been little more than an act, forcing themselves to accept the other half.

Most importantly, Murong had not grasped the point at all. The result was that Zhou Hao was the only one acting, so he might as well be more casual about it.

Murong nodded lightly and said indifferently, "Anything is fine."

She truly did not understand what being in love was supposed to feel like. In this regard, she only needed to listen to Zhou Hao's suggestions.

Zhou Hao smiled. Their current relationship was somewhat like friends now.

After thinking for a moment, he asked curiously, "You told me to call you Your Majesty before. Are you an emperor somewhere?"

Murong looked deeply at him, then smiled. "I am the Empress of the Ice and Snow Divine Realm. If you ever leave this plane, you may come find me. You will always be welcome."

If Zhou Hao took the initiative to go to the Ice and Snow Divine Realm, it would save her quite a bit of trouble.

"The Ice and Snow Divine Realm? The Empress?" Zhou Hao murmured, then nodded. "I'll remember that. If I get the chance, I'll go."

"I look forward to your arrival." Murong smiled, her eyes shifting slightly as she said with a sweet smile, "When the time comes, we'll battle for three hundred rounds."

Zhou Hao's expression instantly stiffened as he asked speechlessly, "What exactly do you think about all day?"

Of course, those three hundred rounds of battle referred to bedroom activities.

"Hehe~" Murong laughed so beautifully that she seemed like a blossoming flower in the wind. She patted Zhou Hao's arm and said with complete seriousness, "Every day, I think about having children with you."

Zhou Hao rolled his eyes and complained, "Isn't your current image a little different from your image as the Empress?"

He felt that Murong could scare him to death when she became imposing. He could use the last time he lied as an example—the very air had frozen solid. But when she was like this, he found her quite easy to get along with.

An indescribable emotion surfaced in Murong's eyes. Then she shook her head and laughed. "The Empress is not always the Empress. Before you, a familiar stranger, I can be a little more casual."

Zhou Hao was affected by the inexplicable emotion around her and blanked out for a moment. Only after coming back to himself did he laugh and say, "We're not strangers anymore, are we?"

"That's true. We're people who are going to become husband and wife, after all." Murong smiled.

Zhou Hao looked at Murong and stood there in a daze. For some reason, he felt that Murong was more beautiful at this moment than she had ever been.

The words slipped out of his mouth. "You really are beautiful when you smile."

Murong smiled and accepted the compliment calmly, because she knew she was beautiful. It was a universally acknowledged fact.

She patted Zhou Hao and said with a smile, "You're not bad-looking either."

Zhou Hao rolled his eyes. Not bad-looking meant only a tiny bit better than bad-looking.

He did not want to dwell on the subject of appearances, so he changed the topic. "Since we're husband and wife now, shouldn't we settle how we address each other? I can't keep calling you Your Majesty, can I?"

"Alright." Murong nodded and asked, "Then how would you like to address me?"

Zhou Hao thought for a moment, revealing a strange smile. "How about I call you Baby, Sweetheart, Rongrong, or Darling?"

Murong gave him a look that told him to figure it out himself.

Zhou Hao immediately understood. He scratched his head with an awkward laugh. "Too mushy, right? Hehe~"

Murong made the decision. "We'll address each other by name. I'll call you Zhou Hao, and you may call me... Murong."

"Calling each other by our names doesn't show our relationship at all!" Zhou Hao felt it was inappropriate.

Murong glanced at him and said, "It isn't for others to see. We'll call each other that way. Zhou Hao."

"Yeah, Murong." Zhou Hao was helpless, but he answered anyway.

At that moment, he deeply understood one truth: whenever he had decision-making power, it was because Murong did not want to make a decision.

Whenever Murong made a decision, it basically had nothing to do with him, because he could not oppose her.

Murong nodded slightly, looked at Zhou Hao, and said something that made his hair stand on end.

"Zhou Hao, you are the only person who has called me by my full name and still lived. From a certain perspective, you're pretty amazing."

The corner of Zhou Hao's mouth twitched. So he was supposed to feel proud about that?

But it really was something to be proud of. Murong was the Empress of the Ice and Snow Divine Realm; being able to call her by name already said a great deal.

He looked at Murong and asked, "Your time is almost up, isn't it?"

Murong raised an eyebrow, nodded, then smiled. "I didn't expect you to be so attentive."

Zhou Hao curled his lips. "I've always been attentive."

He knew Murong only had one hour. With his current cultivation, his grasp of time was actually very precise; he could do it simply by paying a little attention.

Murong smiled faintly and waved her hand. "This conversation has been most enjoyable. We'll meet again in three days."

Zhou Hao watched Murong vanish into thin air before his eyes and sighed quietly. "This woman isn't that annoying sometimes!"

He had once been full of resentment toward Murong, the kind where he would definitely get revenge if given the chance. But after spending more time with her, he discovered that aside from being a little domineering, she was actually quite a good person.

Especially since she brought good things every time she came—cultivation techniques, divine crystals, clothes, and this time, delicious dishes. Every single one could be called an invaluable treasure.

To be honest, when Zhou Hao thought about it now, he felt like he was living off a woman. Though this meal of dependence was rather fragrant.

But he still had to have dreams of turning things around. What if he could one day overpower Murong? Wouldn't that mean he could do whatever he wanted? At that time, it would be Zhou Hao who held the decision-making power.

"Hehehe..."

The more he thought about it, the more Zhou Hao could not help laughing out loud, his laughter brimming with smug delight.