Chapter 1913: Flaw (Part 2)

First, a big announcement:Her brain must be muddled… oh no, *my* brain is muddled.It was quickly fixed after the update (with a brand new reason, though the fix isn't very elegant). My updates are published on the Zongheng main site, and other sites are synchronized. However! Most future text modifications will not be synchronized.The above was not nonsense; the main text follows:

When no reason can explain it, continuing to dwell on it is undoubtedly a foolish self-deception… and a harm to others.

Yun Che exhaled slowly. "Meiyin, you are right. On my way here, I thought about this again and again, and each time I couldn't find any logical reason. So, as you said, deep down I always knew it was just an illusion, but I always..."

"It's okay, truly it's okay," Shui Meiyin said with a comforting smile. "Perhaps this will help you resolve your inner turmoil more quickly."

"Mhm." This time, Yun Che nodded very emphatically, and his gaze no longer seemed so wandering.

"Let me guess... is Wuxin in the Snow Song Realm?" Shui Meiyin's gentle words diverted Yun Che's attention. "If you suddenly rushed over here, she must be terribly worried."

Yun Che thought for a moment and said, "With Xuanyin watching her, there's no need to worry. I'll go see Father-in-law first."

"Huh?" Shui Meiyin looked surprised.

Yun Che smiled slightly. "Considering the time, it's also time to perform the final healing for Father-in-law. So this trip wasn't a wasted journey at all."

"Great!" Shui Meiyin smiled delightedly.

Shui Qianheng sat upright on the ground, his eyes closed, his face flushed.

In front of him, Yun Che's hands were enveloped in profound light, and the power of the Miracle of Life flowed like a warm stream from his fingertips throughout Shui Qianheng's body.

The severe injuries, once thought to be irreversible, were gradually healing under Yun Che's Miracle of Life.

After today, even his power would be restored to its former peak in a short amount of time.

Although he had already passed on the position of Glazed Light Realm King to Shui Yingyue, he was now the Commander of the Order Maintainers in the Eastern Divine Region.

Far more prestigious than the Glazed Light Realm King!

In the past two years, facing his large group of sons, he often sighed, realizing that sometimes raising a bunch of sons was not as good as finding a good son-in-law… His daughter truly wasn't pampered in vain!

Two hours passed, and this final healing session was nearing its end. Sensing the dormant power awakening in his profound veins, Shui Qianheng could not remain completely calm; his face twitched slightly.

Shui Meiyin had been standing by, her gaze mostly fixed adoringly on Yun Che's face.

Just then, a rather loud female voice came from outside the door:

"Little Meiyin! Come out quickly and go somewhere with Mom!"

To be able to shout so freely in the core area of the Glazed Light Realm, it was undoubtedly Shui Qianheng's concubine, who stubbornly refused to become the official wife, and the birth mother of Shui Yingyue and Shui Meiyin: Cheng Wanxiao!

"Ah!" Shui Meiyin quickly stood up. Afraid of disturbing Yun Che and her father, she moved outside the door before softly responding, "Mom, where are we going? Big Brother Yun Che is still here."

Cheng Wanxiao leaned into her daughter's ear and whispered slyly, "Your sister is coming back; don't we need to make an opportunity for her?"

Shui Meiyin instantly understood. She eagerly pulled her mother's arm, her face beaming with excitement. "Then let's hurry! Don't let Big Sister see us."

"Oh, wait, let me send a sound transmission to your sister first."

Soon, Cheng Wanxiao finished her transmission. The mother and daughter exchanged a knowing smile and left together without greeting anyone.

In the silence, Yun Che's eyes opened, and the profound light on his hands silently dissipated.

"It's finally done," he said with a smile, his voice filled with absolute certainty, to Shui Qianheng. "Father-in-law, your profound veins are now completely sound. In as little as three months, or at most half a year, your profound strength will gradually awaken to its former peak."

Shui Qianheng, naturally, clearly sensed the condition of his own profound veins. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he looked up and laughed. "Hahahaha, with you, the God Emperor of the God Realm, as my son-in-law, whether my profound strength recovers or not doesn't make much difference."

Yun Che swept his divine sense around but found that Shui Meiyin was no longer nearby.

"Speaking of which, didn't you take little Wuxin north? Why did you suddenly turn back?" Shui Qianheng asked.

He didn't believe that Yun Che's return this time was solely for his healing.

Yun Che spoke frankly. "To be honest, it's because I encountered something difficult to resolve."

"Difficult to resolve?" Shui Qianheng looked puzzled. "In this world now, there are probably very few things that could be difficult for Emperor Yun."

"As it happens, I have something I'd like to ask Father-in-law," Yun Che said, his tone and demeanor unusually calm and placid, as if the matter he wished to "consult" about was not important.

"Oh?" Shui Qianheng became interested.

Without any preamble, Yun Che directly asked, "Seven years ago, on the day the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor departed, I was sent to the Glazed Light Realm while unconscious... During my unconsciousness, did Meiyin stay by my side the entire time?"

"Of course," Shui Qianheng nodded without hesitation. "At that time, you were known as the Extreme Devil, and news of you being hunted by the entire realm was spreading everywhere. After Meiyin saw you unconscious, she cried terribly, and she continued to watch over you afterward."

"Under those circumstances, trying to pull her away from you," Shui Qianheng said with a smiling shake of his head, "was unthinkable."

"...She never left your side, not even for a step, right?" Yun Che's smile remained unchanged, and his tone was still relaxed and calm, as if he were casually inquiring about something from the past that he didn't know.

"Mhm," Shui Qianheng nodded, then suddenly paused, a look of realization dawning on his face. "Now that I think about it, she didn't *not* leave your side for a step. There was a short period in between when she disappeared somewhere."

Yun Che's eyebrow twitched slightly, but he maintained his calm expression. "She left? For how long, and where did she go?"

Shui Qianheng appeared to be recalling. "I was setting up multi-layered isolation barriers at the time, so I don't know the exact details. However, the time she was gone was very short, definitely less than fifteen minutes. As for where she went... I did ask her casually at the time, but Meiyin didn't answer. She was probably so preoccupied with you that she didn't have the presence of mind to hear my question."

"I see." Yun Che nodded.

"Why are you suddenly asking about this?" Shui Qianheng asked in return. "Could the 'difficult matter' you just mentioned be related to this?"

"Just a casual question, Father-in-law, you don't need to worry about it," Yun Che said with a slight smile.

At that moment, the door was gently pushed open, and a beautiful long leg, adorned with a blue jade slipper and draped in a Glazed Light Immortal dress, stepped inside. Immediately, the room brightened, revealing Shui Yingyue's slender, graceful figure and her exquisitely beautiful jade-like face.

"Yingyue, you're back," Shui Qianheng said with a chuckle.

Shui Yingyue nodded to her father, then turned her gaze to Yun Che. "Emperor Yun, you wished to see me? What is it about?"

Shui Qianheng and Yun Che were both startled inwardly at the same time.

But Shui Qianheng understood instantly and chose to smile without speaking.

A flicker of surprise passed through Yun Che's heart, but deep within his eyes, a strange light emerged.

He stood up and smiled slightly at Shui Yingyue. "There are some things I'd like to say to you privately. I wonder if you would..."

"Privately?"

Shui Qianheng sprang up with a "whoosh," and said anxiously, "I just remembered I forgot to feed the stones behind the mountain! You two talk, I must hurry, if I don't go now it'll be too late!"

Bang!!

Before he finished speaking, Shui Qianheng had already vanished. The door was slammed shut, and he even conveniently cast a sound-insulating barrier.

Yun Che: "..."

Shui Yingyue: "..."

Silence fell around them, and their gazes met.

Alone in the room, their eyes nearly touching, and only the two of them... Shui Yingyue's emotions suddenly felt strange. She calmly said, "Emperor Yun, what is your command? Please speak plainly."

"Uh... no, of course it's not a command."

Emperor Yun, whose might dominated the world, actually seemed a little nervous at this moment.

"I just wanted to ask, um... last time..."

His hesitant words and slightly evasive gaze showed an even more obvious nervousness, causing Shui Yingyue's heartbeat to suddenly become somewhat erratic.

"Last time, that matter Mother-in-law mentioned... what do you... think?"

After saying this, Yun Che seemed to finally shake off his apprehension, and his gaze directly met Shui Yingyue's beautiful eyes.

His words, and the directness of his gaze, made Shui Yingyue's heart skip a beat, and her eyes darted away.

She, of course, knew exactly what "that matter Mother-in-law mentioned" referred to.

Because every time Yun Che arrived, Cheng Wanxiao would inevitably bring up "that matter" within three sentences.

It was as if she would persistently nag him for a lifetime if he didn't take Shui Yingyue.

"Mother has many teachings, and I... am not sure what Emperor Yun is referring to," Shui Yingyue said, her evasive gaze now difficult to maintain naturally. "Please, Emperor Yun, speak plainly."

"..." Yun Che seemed a little disappointed, but immediately, the corner of his lips tilted slightly, and his gaze and words took on a hint of aggressiveness. "Are you really unclear about what I'm saying?"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, his figure growing closer and closer in Shui Yingyue's line of sight.

They were already very close, and before Shui Yingyue could make a reasonable reaction, Yun Che was already dangerously close to her.

She parted her lips... but the man's breath was already so close that it left her dumbfounded and speechless.

As one of the Four God Children of the Eastern Region back then, now the Glazed Light Realm King, and Emperor Yun's sister-in-law, Shui Yingyue's entire life had been accompanied by dazzling glory, and her status in the God Realm was extremely high.

However, when it came to matters of love between men and women, she was a blank canvas, purer than pure.

She had no idea how to respond or react.

Under Yun Che's approaching figure, breath, and gaze, she was like a helpless, innocent young rabbit.

As her body instinctively recoiled, she unknowingly found herself backed into a corner.

"Alright, if you don't want to say it, then I will."

Yun Che's soft voice, as if plucking her heartstrings, reached her ears, and only then did Shui Yingyue realize that his eyes were only inches from hers, and his breath was so close it almost touched her cheek.

"You..."

Had it been anyone else, her Yaoxi Sword would have already thrust out when they came within ten paces.

But he was Yun Che...

His aura, his eyes... everything about him was too soul-stirring.

He said, "I will say it," and within her flustered heart, a strange anticipation grew. Yet, his next words never came to her ears. In her dazed and nervous vision, she only felt his face and breath drawing closer to her lips... closer and closer...

Her brain lost the ability to think, and her whole body was so soft that she couldn't muster an ounce of resistance. She gently turned her head away slightly... but only slightly. Then, amid her utterly chaotic heartbeat, she almost involuntarily closed her eyes.

And just then, Yun Che's originally gentle eyes suddenly flashed with two streaks of purple profound light.

A line of purple light, like a fleeting streak, shot abruptly into Shui Yingyue's glabella.

Profound Gang Soul Seizing!

Shui Yingyue's body instantly froze there. Her closed beautiful eyes slowly opened, but they were devoid of color.

Without any hesitation or pause, Yun Che asked with the fastest speed, "Seven years ago, on the day the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor departed, while I was unconscious in the Glazed Light Realm, did Meiyin stay by my side the entire time?"

How powerful was the soul of a Divine Master? Even though Yun Che's profound energy and soul power far surpassed Shui Yingyue's, directly employing Profound Gang Soul Seizing on her would normally be impossible.

Therefore, he used this tactic, which could be described as despicable.

Shui Yingyue was already completely unguarded against him, and under his relentless advance and aggression, her mind and soul were in utter disarray—perhaps more chaotic than at any other time in her life... He seized the opportunity to successfully seize her soul.

But even if successful, the duration it could be maintained would certainly be extremely short.

Shui Yingyue's lips parted and closed, speaking woodenly, "Meiyin... always... watched over you."

"Did she not leave for even a moment?" Yun Che asked again.

Shui Yingyue's eyes flickered slightly; clearly, her soul had begun to struggle. "Not for... a moment... did she... leave."

This answer made Yun Che's expression freeze.

"..." After a brief moment of breathlessness, clinging to a final sliver of hope, he asked in a somewhat strained voice, "Did Meiyin specifically tell you to say, if I ever asked this question, that she... briefly left?"

Shui Yingyue's gaze was almost collapsing under violent struggle, but her lips still uttered a muffled sound: "Yes."

"..." An endless roar filled Yun Che's mind.

"Ugh... Ah!!"

Shui Yingyue's body trembled violently, and she suddenly snapped awake.

She leaned against the wall, her hand on her forehead, looking at Yun Che in alarm. "What... what did you do to me?"

"..." There was no answer.

Yun Che's gaze was unfocused, and his face was pale. He turned around and slowly walked away, his steps weak and stiff.

Like a soulless corpse.