We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real? Chapter 438: What Do They Want?

“I wonder why Sect Master Jiang is free to visit me today. Did something happen?”

Seeing the National Preceptor sitting in front of him, Xiao Mo was genuinely surprised.

In the past, it was usually Xiao Mo who went to the National Preceptor’s Residence to discuss the Way of the Sword with her.

Or when Xiao Mo was cultivating at the Asking-the-Dao Altar, she would take the initiative to go there and spar with him in swordsmanship.

But it was rare for Jiang Qingyi to come to the Hall of Nourishing the Heart on her own like this.

“It’s nothing much.”

Jiang Qingyi’s skirt brushed the edge of the bench as she sat upright before Xiao Mo, giving him a faint glance.

“I just came to see how Your Majesty is doing. After all, Your Majesty is in the prime of youth, and the two noble consorts who entered the palace are both stunning beauties. I was worried Your ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) Majesty might overindulge and die right on a woman’s belly.”

“Sect Master Jiang must be joking.” Xiao Mo smiled helplessly. “Let alone overindulging—I simply drank too much last night, collapsed on the bed, and actually slept well for once.”

“Drunk? Heh...” Jiang Qingyi shot Xiao Mo a teasing look and sneered. “Does Your Majesty truly believe you were only drunk last night?”

Xiao Mo met Jiang Qingyi’s eyes, his expression turning solemn. “I don’t quite understand what Sect Master Jiang means.”

“You don’t understand?” The corners of Jiang Qingyi’s mouth lifted slightly. “Or is it that Your Majesty truly hasn’t doubted those two consorts of yours? Do you actually think they’re just ordinary people?”

Xiao Mo fell silent for a moment.

He naturally had doubts in his heart, but he truly had no evidence.

And when he recalled his past interactions with them, everything had seemed perfectly normal.

But now that Jiang Qingyi had pointed it out so directly, the doubt in Xiao Mo’s heart began to expand uncontrollably.

“Does Sect Master Jiang know what happened last night?” Xiao Mo asked.

“I do,” Jiang Qingyi said without the slightest hesitation.

“Forget it. I won’t circle around it with Your Majesty anymore.” Jiang Qingyi lifted her gaze to Xiao Mo. “Whether it’s Yan Ruxue of the Yan clan or Qin Mujiu of Qin, neither of them is ordinary. In mortal terms, they’re both like immortals—and their realms are not low.”

“How high?” Xiao Mo asked.

Jiang Qingyi took a sip of tea. “Comparable to mine.”

Hearing that, Xiao Mo’s brows drew together as he fell into thought.

Although Xiao Mo did not know Jiang Qingyi’s exact realm—he had asked before, and she had refused to say—

After spending time with her, Xiao Mo understood that her realm was not low.

Let alone the fact that this National Preceptor had been appointed by her sect to serve a dynasty.

Which meant that Yan Ruxue and Qin Mujiu were at least at the same level as Jiang Qingyi.

“My heart is full of doubts. I wonder if Sect Master Jiang can answer them,” Xiao Mo said.

“Ask whatever you want,” Jiang Qingyi replied calmly, setting down her teacup. “As for what I choose to answer—that’s my business.”

“What are their true identities?”

Xiao Mo’s tone was serious. Two cultivators at that level slipping into his rear palace was no small matter.

He worried whether they truly were Yan Ruxue of the Yan clan and Qin’s eldest princess.

He worried whether the people meant to enter the palace had been swapped out.

Jiang Qingyi weighed her words, then said, “The Yan Ruxue in the palace is indeed the Yan clan’s daughter. And Qin Mujiu is indeed Qin’s eldest princess. That much is correct. But their identities go beyond that.”

“However, because I reached an agreement with the two of them, I cannot tell Your Majesty.”

“Your Majesty can also rest assured. Although those two women have hidden things from Your Majesty, they would never harm you.”

Xiao Mo asked again, “Does the agreement Sect Master Jiang reached with them also include their consent for you to tell me this much?”

Jiang Qingyi neither admitted it nor denied it.

But from Xiao Mo’s understanding of Jiang Qingyi, if she did not deny something, then that was tacit acknowledgment.

Xiao Mo’s brows tightened as his fingers rubbed together. “What is their purpose? Is there something in this imperial palace that they want?”

When Xiao Mo said that, Jiang Qingyi’s gaze met his directly, her eyes filled with amusement.

“Sect Master Jiang?” Xiao Mo asked, confused.

“I can’t answer that question for Your Majesty either.”

With that, Jiang Qingyi stood.

“Let Your Majesty’s questions end here. In short, treat them as you always have in the future. There’s no need to worry too much. Many things are beyond what Your Majesty can consider right now. What Your Majesty should do at this moment is enter foundation establishment in a month.”

“Also, it’s not that Your Majesty can’t spend the night with them in the future. It’s just... heh...”

...

Jiang Qingyi let out two cold laughs. She braced her hands on the table and leaned down, looking Xiao Mo in the eye.

“It’s just that matters between men and women probably won’t work for the time being. But that’s for the best. Before foundation establishment, if your primal yang remains unspent, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort in cultivation.”

“Or rather...” Jiang Qingyi leaned even closer, staring straight into Xiao Mo’s eyes. “Since they can’t do such things with Your Majesty, with two stunning beauties at your side, is Your Majesty’s heart itching with impatience?”

“Sect Master Jiang must be joking.” Xiao Mo answered with forced levity. “If you say my heart itches, there’s a bit of that. But to say it’s unbearable—that’s exaggeration.”

“Hmph. Men.”

Jiang Qingyi straightened her slender waist, took the sword in her hand, and left Xiao Mo’s room through the window.

“She really comes and goes without warning...”

Looking toward where Jiang Qingyi had left, Xiao Mo shook his head helplessly.

He replayed everything Jiang Qingyi had just said.

Then he recalled the scenes of his past encounters with Yan Ruxue, and Qin Mujiu’s lively, cheerful smile whenever she was with him.

“They approached me for something in the Zhou imperial palace?”

“But what is there in the Zhou imperial palace that could catch their eye?”

“Forget it. Forget it. I won’t think about it anymore.”

In the end, Xiao Mo shook his head and forced the thoughts away.

“The most urgent thing is still to raise my realm and my strength. Without a high enough realm, I’ll always be at someone else’s mercy. Once my realm is high, most things will naturally become clear.”

After settling his mind, Xiao Mo called for the palace maids to come in and change his clothes.

Today was the second day after the wedding. Xiao Mo had to take the two newly entered noble consorts to Empress Dowager Yan to serve tea.

And just as Xiao Mo finished changing and stepped out of the Hall of Nourishing the Heart...

Consort Xue and Consort Mu were already standing on both sides of the palace gates, waiting for Xiao Mo to come out.

“This servant pays her respects to Your Majesty. Is Your Majesty well?”

Bai Ruxue and Qin Siyao bowed and spoke softly.