What a Show of Status!

"That jade carriage is so fast!"

"At this speed... the person inside must be incredibly powerful!"

"It's decked out so luxuriously, looks like it's for royalty. Could it be the Mysterious Ice Empress inside?"

"Not sure if it's the empress, but whoever's in there is definitely formidable!"

The cultivators all stopped in their tracks, staring in shock at the jade carriage speeding forward, pulled by four Green Winged Birds.

They guessed that for such a massive jade carriage to move at lightning speed, the person inside had to be a true powerhouse.

And most likely, an Emperor Realm Strong Person!

With that thought, the cultivators who had been flying ahead of the jade carriage all actively cleared a path.

After all, in this North Profound Heaven, the Mysterious Ice Empress was the strongest.

Anyone who came out of her Xuanbing Palace was bound to be looked up to.

Not to mention, this jade carriage was one reserved for the Xuanbing Palace's royalty.

Seeing the jade carriage zoom ahead, leaving all the cultivators behind in an instant, the four little girls were overjoyed.

"Whoa~ we're flying so fast!"

"Daddy's magic is amazing!"

"I feel like I'm a beam of light right now!"

"Look, the four Green Winged Birds are following us! They're so silly!"

The little girls were bouncing with excitement.

Their four pairs of big, beautiful eyes were filled with adoration and admiration for Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan basked in his daughters' enthusiastic worship, his vanity thoroughly satisfied for the moment.

"If you like it, Daddy will take you flying often from now on."

The little girls heard this and clapped their hands happily in unison: "Yes!"

Xuan Zhu eagerly leaned in and kissed Lin Xuan on the cheek.

Xuan Xi, Xuan Han, and Xuan You also scrambled to lean in and kiss him.

Lin Xuan only felt a cool, damp sensation on both sides of his face.

Clearly, the little girls had left quite a bit of drool on him.

But that was nothing to Lin Xuan.

As long as his daughters were happy, having his face washed with drool as a daddy was no problem at all!

They laughed and chatted all the way.

Soon, Lin Xuan spotted a massive golden yellow mountain ahead, towering into the clouds, majestic and grand.

A Seven-Colored Holy Light shrouded its peak, dazzling beneath the clouds.

This was the symbol of the North Profound Heaven's literary world—Wenqu Mountain.

And that Seven-Colored Holy Light was said to be the light of the Wen Dao Sage.

For billions of years, it had been worshipped by the North Profound Heaven's literary world, and even by literati across the entire realm.

Lin Xuan then put away the Divine Step Bracelet and slowed the jade carriage.

Before long, the jade carriage gently landed on Wenqu Mountain.

Lin Xuan walked a short distance with the four little girls and saw a woman in a green long skirt approaching from ahead.

"Cousin-in-law!" Mu Youqing, dressed up very elegantly, came up to him with a grin.

"You're here early," Lin Xuan said casually.

Mu Youqing nodded: "Of course I am. Normally, this kind of Literary Dao Discussion Conference is only open to insiders of the literary world."

"And today's conference has even brought in great literary masters from the Jiutian Immortal Domain and the Lower Realm. It's a true gathering of heroes."

"As an outsider to the literary path, if I didn't come early, I'd probably end up without a seat at all."

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly: "The entry requirements are that strict?"

He had assumed this kind of discussion conference was open to anyone.

But it looked like the bar was unusually high.

"Mm-hmm!" Mu Youqing nodded her little head vigorously. "That's why, Cousin-in-law, being able to come with a distinguished guest invitation is really impressive!"

Lin Xuan shook his head with a smile: "Impressive or not doesn't matter. I mainly brought the kids here to have some fun and broaden their horizons."

Mu Youqing smiled sweetly.

Her cousin-in-law was brilliant and held a prominent status.

Yet he spoke so gently and modestly, without the slightest air of arrogance or condescension.

But the more this was the case, the more it revealed his extraordinary nature.

Sometimes, the low-key demeanor of Big Figures isn't genuine modesty.

It's simply that their position is so high that they naturally appear Calm and Composed.

"Then let's head over now."

Mu Youqing then picked up Xuan Zhu and Xuan Xi, and together with Lin Xuan, walked toward the summit of Wenqu Mountain.

According to Mu Youqing, this Literary Gathering was being held at the Wenqu Star Grand Hall on the mountaintop.

After walking about a mile uphill.

A handsome Man in a red robe, accompanied by two others, blocked Lin Xuan and the others.

Seeing the red-robed Man, Mu Youqing couldn't help but frown slightly.

She had little fondness for this man named Sima Wenyi.

Sima Wenyi, however, beamed a full smile at Mu Youqing. "Junior Disciple Youqing, long time no see!"

Mu Youqing's face showed a hint of aversion. "Please, don't force a connection, alright? I'm not your junior!"

Sima Wenyi was a closed-door disciple of Shen Yakang, another Literary Titan from North Profound Heaven.

Three months ago, Mu Youqing attended a lecture by Great Confucian Shen and happened to run into Sima Wenyi.

Initially, Mu Youqing had no bad impression of Sima Wenyi.

But ever since that lecture, Sima Wenyi had insisted on addressing her as his junior, implying a closeness.

His every word carried an ambiguous tone, which Mu Youqing found deeply off-putting.

"Fine, fine, I won't call you that!" Sima Wenyi quickly changed his tune.

"Youqing, I had a sudden inspiration two days ago and wrote a Timeless Masterpiece of a love poem. Would you like to hear it?"

With that, he pulled a folded piece of white paper from his sleeve.

"A Timeless Masterpiece?" Mu Youqing sneered dismissively. "You'd better keep it for yourself!"

After speaking, she moved to leave, still holding Xuan Zhu and the others.

Sima Wenyi hurried after her. "Youqing, this really is a Timeless Masterpiece!"

"If you hear it and think it's no good, I'll turn around and leave immediately!"

The two men following Sima Wenyi nodded repeatedly.

"That's right, Senior Sima's poem has already been read by our Teacher, and He praised it endlessly!"

"Miss Youqing, you know our Teacher is a Great Literary Master on par with Great Confucian Jiang. Surely you trust His judgment?"

Mu Youqing Thought for a moment, then said with a teasing tone:

"I naturally trust Great Confucian Shen's judgment. But I still think you shouldn't show off your skills before an expert!"

"Show off my skills before an expert? How am I doing that?" Sima Wenyi looked baffled.

He was Shen Yakang's Proud closed-door disciple.

In the Literary World of the Jiutian Immortal Domain, he had a modest reputation.

Moreover, the poem in his hand had been appraised by Shen Yakang and many others in the Literary World.

That was precisely why he felt confident enough to read it to Mu Youqing.

Who would have thought she'd say something like that?

Mu Youqing let out a scornful laugh. "Have you heard the lines 'Sunset Glow and Solitary Wild Geese Fly Together, Autumn Water and Long Sky Share One Color'?"

Sima Wenyi and the other two nodded simultaneously.

"Of course! For the past two days, the Literary World of North Profound Heaven has been buzzing with those two lines!"

"They're said to be a masterpiece from fifty thousand years ago, with no one ever able to write a matching couplet."

"That's right, just recently, someone finally paired the lines. It's exquisitely brilliant, unprecedented in ten thousand years!"

Mu Youqing's gaze Fell On Sima Wenyi. "Compared To those lines, how does your work measure up?"

Sima Wenyi Thought for a moment, then Grit Teeth. "It falls far short!"

"So there you have it. I said you're showing off before an expert."

Mu Youqing smiled and pointed behind her at Lin Xuan. "See, the person who wrote those lines is my Cousin-in-law!"

Sima Wenyi and the others immediately turned their gaze to Lin Xuan.

Under Lin Xuan's Appearance Like an Immortal aura, they all Revealed A Hint Of self-conscious inferiority.