I froze for a moment. Xue Qingcheng was probably throwing a little tantrum. After all, I had passed by my own household without entering, yet I had returned from the Immortal Kingdom. The disciples stationed there after Jin Xian Dao and I had emptied it out would naturally have sent word to Xue Qingcheng at the Central Divine Pagoda through the communication tower. After going back and forth, she learned that I had gone to the Linye Kingdom, so she was probably not very happy.
"It all happened so suddenly. I passed by without entering, but once I get back, I'll do my best to fulfill my responsibilities as the King of Male Consorts." I smiled and sent her a message before continuing on my way.
Actually, Xue Qingcheng could be quite mischievous at times. She had even thought of this trick to tease me. Did she really think I would believe she had lost her memories? Hadn't she recorded a whole pile of important matters on jade tablets before? Even if stopping the innate origin qi had consumed quite a bit of Return-to-Origin Method energy, she could still have relied on the jade tablets to restore her memories. How could she have forgotten everything?
"Are you enjoying being the King of Male Consorts?" Another message came from Xue Qingcheng's communication device.
I breathed a sigh of relief. Now this was more like it. I replied, "It's all right. I would enjoy it more if we weren't apart more often than we're together."
"Do you miss Tian Jiu'er more, or me?" Her communication device sent another question. I held it and stared at it for a long while. I had originally wanted to immediately answer that I missed Jiu'er more, but that would inevitably hurt Xue Qingcheng's feelings. This two-sided