My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

Su Immortal Palace wasn’t built in the city. It took the three of them half a day to arrive at Su Immortal Palace by flying magic tool.

“It takes half a day to get from Su Immortal Palace to Su Immortal City. Why did Mu Lan show up at the restaurant so quickly earlier?” Lou Mu Yan tilted her head and looked at Lou Mu Lan, asking: “Were you already in the city before?”

“Mm, I went to Su Immortal City’s Purgatory Arena to register. I guessed that you two should be coming soon, so I stayed in the city waiting for you.” Lou Mu Lan nodded.

Ming Xiu asked in surprise: “Didn’t they say that registration will take place after three months?”

“That’s only for other clans and forces and wandering cultivators. People from Su Immortal Palace can register in advance now.” Lou Mu Lan said with a smile: “Do you want to switch to have a Su Immortal Palace place? I can do this tomorrow, and you can register tomorrow.”

Ming Xiu smiled and declined: “After we sought refuge at Peng Ying Island, we were well taken care of by the Island’s consul and elders, so we will just register in the name of the Island.”

He could see that Consul Xiang hoped that they could successfully win a hundred matches in a row and go to Xuan Tian Immortal Realm to participate in the finals and the Hundred-Wine Banquet, which would definitely enhance the reputation of Peng Ying Island.

They were also willing to acknowledge the other party’s favour and repay it in this way.

“Mm, our privilege is only to be able to register in advance and obtain information. When the time comes, I’ll send you a copy of the information.” Lou Mu Lan wasn’t angry after hearing Ming Xiu’s words. Instead, he felt that this younger brother-in-law placed significance on relationships and wouldn’t forget righteousness after seeing benefits and was worth befriending.

Lou Mu Yan thought about it and asked: “What information? Is it the rules of the challenge?”

“Not only the rules of the challenge, but also information about people who have a better chance of winning a hundred battles in a row, and analysis of information about new and rising people after the challenge begins and the like. The information is all rather useful.”

Lou Mu Lan paused, then continued: “The information can actually be purchased from outside information agencies, but it will cost a lot of celestial stones, and you’ll need to have connections too.

“Meanwhile there are many Purgatory Arenas in the Ling Su Immortal Realm that rely on the Su Immortal Palace, so they will send it over for free as soon as possible, and the information would also be more detailed.”

“So that’s how it is. Then we’ll trouble Mu Lan.” Lou Mu Yan knew that a place with people couldn’t be completely black or white, and they were also interested in such useful information.

Lou Mu Lan chuckled: “You saved my life, you don’t need to be polite about this small thing.”

They chatted as they walked into Su Immortal Palace.

Su Immortal Palace was like a huge and continuous castle. There were Lower Immortals and Intermediate Immortals guarding the outside. The discipline was strict, and one could see that they were well-trained at a glance.

“Greetings Young Palace Master!”

Wherever the three of them passed by, there would be people who greeted Lou Mu Lan respectfully.

Five years ago, he was designated as the successor of Su Immortal Palace by Great Immortal Venerable Ling Su, and was conferred the title of Young Palace Master.

With an elegant and distant smile on his face, Lou Mu Lan nodded to the people who greeted him.

He took Lou Mu Yan and Ming Xiu directly to the courtyard where the Great Immortal Venerable Ling Su lived.

Right now, many people in Su Immortal Palace were also curious about the identities of Lou Mu Yan and Ming Xiu.

“What are the identities of the two people the Young Palace Master brought? I noticed that the Young Palace Master is very close to them.”

They had never seen Lou Mu Lan be so close to anyone.

“Don’t know. The Young Palace Master took those two people to the courtyard of the Great Immortal Venerable. They must be of high status.”

“The appearances of those two people are truly heaven-bestowed. The man is extraordinarily handsome, and the woman is stunningly beautiful.”

“The Young Palace Master has been talking to that beauty and they’re very close in their words and actions. Could it be that she will be the Young Palace Master’s wife in the future?”

“Don’t talk nonsense, the Young Palace Master isn’t the kind of superficial person who only cares about appearance.”

Most of the women of the younger generation in Su Immortal Palace loved and admired Lou Mu Lan. When they heard that he was getting close to another woman, they became crazy with jealousy and naturally didn’t like Lou Mu Yan.

“That’s right, apart from that woman being pretty, I don’t see anything special about her.”

“You lot are just jealous. That woman is excellent in temperament and appearance, the Young Palace Master is lucky.” Most of the younger men in Su Immortal Palace had a good first impression of Lou Mu Yan.

“You lot…”

Lou Mu Yan still didn’t know that the younger generation in Su Immortal Palace had already connected her with Lou Mu Lan, and rumours spread.

The three of them quickly walked to a remote and quiet courtyard.

As soon as they walked outside the courtyard gate, the courtyard gate opened automatically. Ming Xiu and Lou Mu Yan could see that the entire courtyard had been decorated with divine grade arrays.

Walking through the gate, the yard was filled with celestial herbs and celestial flowers, which were fragrant and refreshing.

After walking through several corridors, there was an open vegetable field before them. Each acre of land was filled with various kinds of celestial fruits and celestial vegetables.

There was a thatched house in the distance, and a pond in front of that thatched house. An elderly man wearing a straw hat was sitting with his back to them, fishing with a fishing rod.

Lou Mu Lan took the two of them over and asked them to sit at the stone table behind the elderly man, signalling not to talk yet.

There was a tea set placed on the stone table, and beside it was a small stove with a copper kettle on which the water had already been boiled.

Lou Mu Lan pointed at the tea set on the table to Lou Mu Yan and motioned for her to make tea with his eyes.

Lou Mu Yan nodded, picked up the celestial tea on the table and began brewing it.

As soon as the water from the copper pot was poured into the teapot, the fragrant and serene aroma of the tea rose.

After a cup of tea’s time, the fishing rod in the elderly man’s hand shook. He immediately pulled it up and a golden, palm-sized fish was taken off the hook and tossed into a fish basket on the side.

After completing this action, he picked up the wet handkerchief on the other side and wiped his hands, stood up, walked to the seat beside Lou Mu Yan and sat down.

Lou Mu Lan didn’t stand up, but with a humble and admiring smile, he called out: “Ancestor Grandpa¹.”

Lou Mu Yan and Ming Xiu respectfully addressed the elderly man: “Junior Lou Mu Yan/Ming Xiu greets Great Immortal Venerable Ling Su.”

The elderly man chuckled faintly, took off the straw hat on his head, looked at the two of them with a half-smile and said: “Little girl, stinky brat, how have you been!”

Seeing the elderly man’s true appearance after taking off his straw hat, Lou Mu Yan and Ming Xiu looked shocked at the same time.

They didn’t expect that the ruler of Ling Su Immortal Realm would be the sloppy old man from Peng Ying Island.

It was just that, right now, the elderly man’s clothes were plain but no longer sloppy. It was obvious that one was the main body and the other was an avatar.

“Ancestor, you hid so well!” Lou Mu Yan looked at the Great Immortal Venerable Ling Su and scrutinised him thoughtfully, then smiled and treated him like how she would usually.

Great Immortal Venerable Ling Su acknowledged them as soon as they spoke, and wasn’t avoidant about his identity as the sloppy old man, so Lou Mu Yan and Ming Xiu immediately chose to get along with him from the bottom of their hearts.

They weren’t deliberately respectful nor distant—what they were like when they were on Peng Ying Island, they were still the same now.

After Great Immortal Venerable Ling Su heard Lou Mu Yan’s words, his eyes revealed a bit of satisfaction.

He laughed merrily and said: “Very good, as expected of the juniors that this old man values and likes. It’s very rare to be able to maintain a normal and indifferent heart at all times, keep it up.”

¹Haha, another weird way of address… Perhaps I should just leave it in pin’ying? As in ‘zu yeye’? Or just Ancestor? Or just grandpa?