Otherworldly Evil Monarch

"Do not touch me! You're not worthy of this name, you liar!" Miao Xiaomiao shook his hand off forcefully and cleaned it on her clothes. Then she lowered her head and remained still, until her body stopped trembling.     

She waited till she stopped trembling before taking two deep breaths.     

Then, Miao Xiaomiao raised her head and looked at Jun Moxie. She smiled and said, "Manor Lord Jun, didn't you want to explain? I'm listening to your explanation!" Her voice had turned extremely calm.     

But this calmness was as still as death!     

Jun Moxie felt his heart ache.     

Miao Xiaomiao may look deathly pale and may be smiling, but there was a dull look in her eyes. With the current circumstances, no matter how he explained, she would not listen to any of it!     

Jun Moxie sighed internally and only felt his heart ache.     

"Xiaomiao, the situation was like this… since I started cultivating Mystic skills, I began to breakthrough at unimaginable speed, I was already a Saint Emperor within a few years time." Jun Moxie knew that explaining was useless, but right now, he couldn't not explain himself.     

As someone who led two lifetimes, he had never felt this guilty!     

And had never felt that it was this difficult to say something.     

"When one has significant cultivation, their longevity will naturally be prolonged. But Xiaoyi, Qinghan, and the rest always followed me devotedly! But there problem before us was that…"     

Jun Moxie let out a long sigh. "… I may still be able to maintain my appearance for hundreds and thousands of years without aging, and so can Xueyan. But everyone else was destined to not be able to do so, because their cultivation would not reach that sort of level. Or rather to say, no one is capable of this. Mystic cultivation can only increase one's lifespan, but it is unable to maintain one's youthful appearance. Even if they cultivate to a Saint Emperor's level like us, they are still subjected to the mercy of time. This problem may not be an issue to us, men, but for women it is…     

"Xueyan and I am able to not age due to reasons…" Jun Moxie skimped on the details of this part. "To a woman, if they see that their lover and their sister is able to keep their youthful appearance and never age while they have to age along with time, that is undoubtedly an extremely cruel thing!     

"I did not wish to see them getting hurt in the future and do not wish to lose them… they're my women, so I naturally will want to protect them to the greatest of my abilities!" Jun Moxie said. "But there is only one way to resolve the aging of one's looks and boost one's cultivation greatly. That is to consume both the Exquisite Lotus and Seven Colored Holy Fruit at the same time!"     

"Aside from this, there is no other way!"     

"And so you set your mind on Heaven Saint Palace and Misty Illusory Manor? For your lovers?!" Miao Xiaomiao said apathetically.     

"That is the case. In Chrysanthemum City, I battled with the three Holy Lands, and the stakes were the Exquisite Lotus! In the end, they lost, so I went to Heaven Saint Palace according to the bet and obtained the Exquisite Lotus. And you experienced the effects of the Exquisite Lotus I've cultivated earlier.     

"As to the Seven Colored Holy Fruit, it was even more difficult to obtain. The first challenge was that I had no way to enter the Misty Illusory Manor. So… when I was in Chrysanthemum City, I left a hint of the Free and Natural Physique beforehand…"     

"Then, you made us of your so-called 'Free and Natural Physique' to cheat Cao Guofeng's trust! Then set up obstructions along the way so that they would do everything to bring you into Misty Illusory Manor…"     

Miao Xiaomiao laughed coldly. "Evil Monarch, truly a great scheme! Everyone is toyed in your palms! Before this, I've only heard of the saying 'to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another'. But Great Manor Lord, you have truly let this lass witness the true meaning of this saying!"     

"Indeed! I finally got what I wished for and entered Misty Illusory Manor! My original intention was to silently steal the Seven Colored Holy Fruit the moment I found it and leave. After I obtained it, 'Mo Junye' would completely disappear. No one will see the Rainbow Holy Tree that I obtained, so no one will suspect me of it." Jun Moxie no longer tried to conceal anything. He just spilled it all out.     

"But you had never expected that the Rainbow Holy Tree does not exist within the Misty Illusory Manor, but in another independent dimension. So you came up with another plot and set your mind on me?!" Miao Xiaomiao chuckled coldly. "But I have to say, a silly lass like me is truly too easy to deceive. No wonder you would set your aim on me. The facts have proven it. You've succeeded! Your scheme is completely flawless!"     

"That is not true!" Jun Moxie said angrily. "From start to finish, I never thought of making use of you! Since I entered Misty Illusory Manor, to Gu Feiyu's provocation, then the challenge by the brothers of the Zhan Family, Xiaomiao, when have I made use of you?"     

"Manor Lord Jun, please don't call me Xiaomiao!" Miao Xiaomiao snapped angrily. "This is an addressment that only my closest kin have the right to use! You're not worthy! You do not have this right!"     

Jun Moxie took a deep breath. "Fine, I shall not call you that! After I've understood the situation, I did everything I could to gain the quota for entering the Spiritual Herbal Gardens. The objective of the battle with the Zhan Family was also for this! I never tried to take advantage of your quota! You wouldn't deny this, would you?"     

Miao Xiaomiao lifeless eyes turned away as she slowly nodded.     

"It is just that the ways of the world are too peculiar, and plans will never be faster than changes. When the Zhan Family was defeated, in their unwillingness to admit their defeat, they tried to get rid of me. But you risked your life to save me. I am grateful for it. But I had also made up my mind to maintain a distance from you. Because this sort of feeling… I am unable to carry it… I knew that if I had embarked on this relationship with you, when the truth was revealed, it would only end up like today! I was afraid to take it! And am unable to carry it!     

"So when you came to find me, I intentionally brought it up that I had a wife to reject you!" Jun Moxie squeezed his eyes shut. "I really did not wish to hurt you…     

"But you… you are too deeply in love, more than I imagined! To fall completely unconscious upon returning home that day…" Jun Moxie breathed out in pain. "Your love, your determination, forced me into a path of no return! I couldn't just stand by and watch you fall into eternal slumber! So I chose to save you!     

"I am indeed the Evil Monarch, with powerful forces and strength, but ultimately, I'm only a man. A gentle, gorgeous and talented beauty like you who is so devotedly in love with me. How could I not be moved? How could I not feel anything? When I made the decision to save you, I treated you as my woman! My, Jun Moxie's, woman!"     

"You may not know… but… my mother, due to my father's unexpected death back then, in her extreme grief, also fell into a deep sleep like you… and she remained asleep for ten whole years… and would rather remain in her dreams than wake up.     

"My mother's pain and love made me realize that I must not let the same tragedy fall upon you! So no matter what I have to face, I had to wake you up! And keep you by my side!" Jun Moxie looked at her firmly and said. "And give you happiness!     

"Since I have made my decision, I will no longer hesitate or even regret! From that moment on, I never tried to run away with regards to our feelings! Even when I left… until now… my feelings towards you are genuine…"     

"Is Manor Lord Jun done talking?" Miao Xiaomiao gave an apathetic smile and coldly said. "En? Are you done with your explanation?"     

Jun Moxie knew that she did not listened to much of what he said. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh.     

"Perhaps it is just as you said, whatever you've done has a reason that leaves you without a choice! You're good to your wives; for their sake, you can do anything, you can use all sorts of methods just for them to remain eternally young… This is something you should do as a man, as a husband. I understand, and do not blame you for it!     

"But did it ever occur to you about how many people you've affected with your actions? In the Misty Illusory Manor, Cao Guofeng and the other Saint Emperors. They placed all their hopes on you. They treat you even more dearly than their own children, yet you have deceived them! From start to end, through and through, you lied to them!     

"And the elders of the Misty Illusory Manor. They all viewed you as the hope of the Misty Illusory Manor. They completely chose to support you! And you, also deceived all of them.     

"As to me, you don't need to feel guilty… You did not deceive me!" Miao Xiaomiao laughed desolately. "I am not trying to be sarcastic, I am speaking from my heart. My husband is Mo Junye; he did not lie to me, and he treats me very well. He really did. I am his wife, his woman! It is just that, he no longer exists anymore…"     

"Mo Junye still exists! I am Mo Junye!" Jun Moxie yelled.     

"No, you're not!" Miao Xiaomiao looked at Jun Moxie with clear eyes. "You're Jun Moxie! You are only Jun Moxie and not my Mo Junye! Although he is just one of your identities, you cannot replace him! He was born because of you and ceased to exist because of you.. No, how can my Junye be gone? He will live on forever in my heart…"