Chapter 440: Chapter 180: The Empress’s Special Physique! Mr. Ye, Do the Small Shoes Fit?
Shhh—
With a soft sound, the red silk turned into dust and dissipated.
The Empress nestled in Chen Mo’s arms, her delicate head on his shoulder, her fragrant breath tickling his neck.
Although her cultivation had been restored, the continuous intense impacts left her body weak, as if all her bones were removed.
The room was silent.
Inhaling the rich, fragrant scent, Chen Mo took a deep breath, savoring it, and couldn’t help but hold her slender waist even tighter.
"Empress, you smell so good..." Chen Mo said infatuatedly.
Yu Youhan’s cheeks flushed with a crimson hue, and she gave him a playful yet shy glare, "It’s just a slightly unique constitution, what’s there to fuss about?"
A unique constitution?
Chen Mo was a bit curious upon hearing this.
In the original plot, it was never mentioned what kind of constitution Consort Yu had; it was only known that her realm seemed limitless, her cultivation growing daily...
Yu Youhan pondered for a moment, then said, "Well, you have reached the Fourth Rank, so it’s okay to take a look."
She extended her fair, delicate hand, her jade-like fingers lightly touching as the void shattered, endless chaos spreading before them.
Amidst the darkness darker than darkness itself, a vague, formless substance floated.
Neither light nor not light, its color was a profound blue.
Deep, mysterious, indescribable, as if the entire Milky Way had been shattered and turned into Star Marrow.
Just a glance, and Chen Mo felt his Divine Soul trembling, his consciousness blank, his Spirit Platform’s Golden Body covered with fine cracks, as if about to shatter completely!
At this moment, Yu Youhan pinched her fingers, and the void rapidly closed, the hint of profound blue sinking back into the chaos.
The Spirit Platform stabilized, as if nothing had happened.
"What is this?" Chen Mo’s eyes were somewhat blank.
Yu Youhan said, "Source Material, also known as Outer Heaven."
"Outer Heaven?" Chen Mo was very unfamiliar with the term.
"At your current stage, no matter how much I explain, you won’t understand," Yu Youhan said softly. "You only need to know that absorbing Source Material is the only way to break through Heaven’s restriction, but in the process of crossing the barrier, you will endure the malice of the Heavenly Dao."
"This is the forbidden price."
Chen Mo frowned slightly.
He had once heard the Daoist Venerable mention the word "price."
"So Ji Hongxiu approached me for this reason?"
"Is there something on me that can alleviate her price? Could it be the Dragon Qi?"
After pondering for a moment, Chen Mo asked, "Then what is the Empress’s price?"
Yu Youhan softly said, "This is the uniqueness of my constitution—my soul is unbound, my body unstained, ethereal with no trace, not sensed by the malice of the Heavenly Dao... Ideally, there should be no price..."
Chen Mo was suddenly enlightened.
No wonder the Empress’s power is so extraordinary. It turns out she’s already lifted the restrictions?
Yu Youhan’s starry, aquamarine eyes looked at him with a trace of complexity, but she said nothing more.
"By the way, you haven’t answered my question yet?"
Remembering something, Yu Youhan asked, "What exactly did you do with the Empress when you stayed at Yangxin Palace last night?"
"..."
Chen Mo’s mouth twitched as he said, "Empress, you misunderstood. I happened to encounter Lady Lin by chance yesterday. She was too weak, and with heightened emotions, she fainted on the spot... Because the Chill Toxin in her body was uncleared, I stayed in the palace to accompany her for the night..."
This can indeed align with the information reported to Xu Qingyi.
Yu Youhan raised a delicate eyebrow and asked, "Are you and that Lady Lin close?"
Chen Mo chuckled awkwardly, "Not bad."
Yu Youhan’s eyes darkened slightly, feeling somewhat helpless inside.
This guy seems to attract girls too easily—he’s almost running out of fingers to count them!
Not to mention others, even Xu Qingyi, who is known for her indifferent nature, lost her composure upon hearing of his plight... The two have only met a few times in total?
It’s simply absurd!
And yet, there’s nothing she can do about him.
Every time she wanted to teach him a lesson, she ended up at a loss herself.
"Speaking of which, what’s in Ye Zi’e’s head? How dare she drug me?!"
"I think she’s really tired of living!"
Yu Youhan’s gaze turned icy like frost.
This time, her own disheveled state was all because of her!
Seeing the Empress harboring a murderous intent, Chen Mo hesitated slightly and said, "Households Commander Ye’s actions, though excessive, were not malicious. After all, from her perspective, this was beneficial and harmless to me... Empress need not punish her excessively."
Yu Youhan glanced sideways at him, "What, feeling sorry for her?"
Chen Mo shook his head, saying helplessly, "If I had any intentions towards Households Commander Ye, she wouldn’t have needed to drug me... With the current complex situation within the Sky Scale Guard, and Ye’s role managing the Tusi, she is your right-hand and remains loyal. My suggestion considers the bigger picture..."
Chen Mo blinked and said, "If you were to kill the Earth Master Thousand Households to cheer up your ’concubine’, who would dare to serve you?"
Yu Youhan frowned, "Wait, when did you become my concubine?"
"At least in Households Commander Ye’s eyes, that’s the case."
Chen Mo’s lips curled up, and he said softly, "Besides, what other outsider can talk to you while holding you like this?"
Yu Youhan’s cheeks blushed slightly, though she maintained her cool demeanor, "I was merely forced, you must remember your place... hmm?"
She paused suddenly, her expression stiffening.
"You dog-like lackey, where are your hands going?!"
"Empress, even your dress is see-through, yet you still won’t admit it."
Chen Mo leaned close to her white earlobe and whispered with a smile, "When you were holding onto me tightly just now, you didn’t ask me to remember my place."