The third day.
Xu Fan lay on the large pink bed, whose sheets had already been changed several times, with a look of utter despair. His eyes stared blankly at the ceiling, his expression that of someone who had seen through the Mortal World.
He reached up and scratched his hair irritably.
He couldn't figure it out.
He really couldn't figure it out!
He hadn't provoked anyone; he just wanted to go home and take a look. How did things turn out like this?!
Ji Hanyue was his Master, and it wouldn't even be an exaggeration to say she was the person closest to him in this life!
She had raised him from a little tot without any cultivation to the man he was now—a powerhouse capable of ruling a region. He knew very well how much hardship Ji Hanyue had endured during that time.
It was precisely because of this that he couldn't help but soften his heart, even stubbornly staying to accompany his Empress Master for an extra nine hundred years.
He remembered that by the hundredth year, the System had already reminded him that he could choose to return to Blue Star. However, at that time, because he felt sorry for Ji Hanyue, he chose to stay and accompany her for a while longer, hoping to help her find some other hobbies during this period so she could live a carefree life after he left.
The good news: Ji Hanyue did indeed find a hobby that she could be said to be inseparable from.
The bad news: That hobby was him.
In other words, this yandere Master before his eyes was actually raised by his own hands!
Xu Fan wanted to cry but had no tears!
However, just then, the stunningly beautiful and cold, charming woman beside Xu Fan suddenly let out a soft, suggestive sigh, as if she were about to wake up.
Xu Fan turned over petulantly, not wanting to look at Ji Hanyue.
The next moment.
A pair of soft, boneless, warm hands reached out with attachment, gently embracing his broad chest as if treating a piece of art. At the same time, a heart-stirringly large softness pressed lightly against him.
Despite having his back to Ji Hanyue, Xu Fan could still feel her cautious movements, like a little woman who had done something wrong and was seeking her husband's forgiveness.
Ji Hanyue's faint voice sounded in Xu Fan's ear, carrying a hint of heartbreaking frailty. "Faner, don't be like this, okay?"
Xu Fan's heart trembled violently.
One had to know that Ji Hanyue had always presented herself as an iceberg Empress. Strong-willed her entire life, she had never bowed her head to anyone, even when facing a life-and-death crisis back then, let alone speaking in such a humble tone.
Yet, at this moment, Ji Hanyue was doing exactly that.
And it was just to beg for Xu Fan's forgiveness.
Xu Fan couldn't describe how he felt; he only felt as if a spice rack had been overturned in his heart, a mixture of five different emotions.
In the end, he couldn't help but soften his heart. With a light sigh, he slowly turned over to look at Ji Hanyue's flawlessly beautiful face.
He had many things to say, but didn't know where to start, so he remained silent.
Ji Hanyue's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her deep, beautiful eyes didn't blink once. She gazed at Xu Fan's handsome profile with attachment, as if he were her entire world, like a husband-watching stone.
Seeing that Xu Fan didn't speak, Ji Hanyue wrapped her snowy white, long legs tightly around him. She gently brushed away a strand of hair stuck to his face and said in a soft, gentle voice, "Faner, are you still worried about the Pure Yang Body?"
Her sweet, hot breath brushed lightly against Xu Fan's neck, and her beautiful eyes were so moist they looked as if they were about to overflow. She revealed a successful smile, like a little fox. "Don't worry about that. Master made preparations more than nine hundred years ago to ensure that even after your Pure Yang Body is broken, your cultivation will still progress by leaps and bounds."
Xu Fan was shocked to hear this.
What? Nine hundred years ago?!
One had to know that back then, he hadn't even conquered his Master... Didn't that mean Ji Hanyue had been lusting after his body for over nine hundred years?
Thinking of this, even though Xu Fan had lived seven lives, his state of mind couldn't help but be a bit unsettled at this moment.
Xu Fan poked his head out from Ji Hanyue's embrace and looked at her without blinking, his voice somewhat muffled. "Master, do you know?"
"The greatest wish of my life is to be able to go home and take a look."
He didn't explain the matter of the System too clearly. After all, the System had been personally destroyed by Ji Hanyue, and there was no longer any need to mention it.
Ji Hanyue's long eyelashes trembled slightly as she silently observed Xu Fan's somewhat dejected expression. Then, feeling pained, she pulled Xu Fan back into her embrace. The milky-scented snowy whiteness silently occupied his entire field of vision.
"Faner, I know your wish has always been to return to your own world..."
Ji Hanyue spoke very slowly, so slowly that Xu Fan could clearly hear her heartbeat, which was in sync with his own. "But when you do this, have you ever thought about what Master should do in the future?"
She suddenly hugged Xu Fan very tightly, as if having a reaction. This caused the distance between the two, who were facing each other candidly, to instantly become negative. "Master hasn't reached the Great Emperor Realm yet and simply cannot shatter the Void Realm to go to the world you are in. What difference is there between you doing this and heartlessly abandoning Master?!"
Xu Fan clearly felt Ji Hanyue's heartbeat beneath her proud peaks suddenly become very fast. He was instantly speechless. "I..."
Yes, his greatest wish was to go home and take a look; that was true.
But what about Ji Hanyue's greatest wish?
Looking at the stunning woman before him, her face full of paranoid and intense love, Xu Fan didn't even need to think to know it was surely to spend the rest of her life with him.
Seeing that Xu Fan didn't speak, Ji Hanyue also knew he must feel guilty. Thus, she didn't continue the previous topic and instead, like a virtuous wife, carefully helped him wipe away the beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Faner, you are no longer the same person you were when you were alone. If there's anything, don't always shoulder it by yourself."
Ji Hanyue revealed a charming, cold smile and lightly kissed Xu Fan. "You can tell Master anything~"
Xu Fan's eyes didn't blink as he stared straight at Ji Hanyue. "Master, I want to go home."
Ji Hanyue's smile instantly froze, and she looked at Xu Fan with some resentment.
Xu Fan looked at Ji Hanyue with some expectation.
Since his System was already dead, the only path left before him to return home was to hold tight to the Empress Master's snowy white thigh!
Better to hope for one's Master to become a Phoenix than to hope for one's son to become a Dragon!
As long as Master became a Great Emperor, he could likewise have her cross the layers of the Void Realm and take him back to the Blue Star he dreamed of!
Ji Hanyue's beautiful eyes became a bit blurred under Xu Fan's gaze, and she felt her whole body heating up. She had no choice but to hide in Xu Fan's embrace to escape his burning gaze, saying in a faint tone, "Faner... you really want Master's old life..."
"It took Master a thousand years just to Breakthrough to Half-Emperor. Who knows when I'll be able to Breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm~"
On the surface, these words sounded like a complaint, but Xu Fan heard a hint of acting spoiled and seeking comfort. His eyes couldn't help but light up!
One had to know that his Master had just said "who knows when," she didn't say it was "impossible"!
Could it be that this path was really feasible?!
Xu Fan's breathing became a bit rapid as he encouraged, "Master, your disciple believes you can definitely do it!"
Ji Hanyue gave a coquettish cry like a young girl and slapped his chest irritably. "What a heartless little thing! Master raised you for a thousand years, and in the end, you don't give Master any peace of mind at all, thinking about running away every day!"
"Now that I think about it, the time when we first met was better..."
Ji Hanyue's tone suddenly took on a hint of nostalgia as she said faintly, "At that time, you, Little fellow, were truly likable. You made Master dream of keeping you by my side."
Xu Fan was stunned to hear this, and the memory of that late winter when he first met Ji Hanyue involuntarily surfaced in his mind...