The Anarchic Consort (Book 1)

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"I don't have to chant sutras today." Phoenix was always inattentive when she was chanting. So she smiled and handed over the things in her hand, "This is for your Emperor."

The old immortal received it with two hands promptly, "The Emperor will be happy when he sees this. He has been waiting for you for some time already and he is resting now. He has instructed me to lead you to the hall once you've arrived."

Phoenix did not really care about how long the man had waited for her. Little Phoenix only felt a sense of accomplishment as the gift prepared by her was finally sent out successfully!

She was over the clouds because of this.

The immortals were still feeling so unbelievable while looking at Phoenix's back in astonishment. One of them, then pulled the old immortal's sleeve, "Old immortal, did the Emperor really instruct you to bring Lord Phoenix inside? They are not going to fight?"

"Hush, now. Stop guessing. Lord Phoenix is really here as a guest this time and she might even stay here for a few days. You all better be quick-witted and mind your words in front of the lord. Otherwise, the Emperor might punish you if he gets upset," said the old immortal.

All the immortals were stupefied. They looked at each other in dismay, "Did you hear that just now?"

"Something must have gone wrong with my ears. Hehehehe, staying for a few days? The Emperor has never requested anyone to stay overnight, let alone the Lord Phoenix who was always going against him!"

"If this is the case," one of the immortals mumbled, "then the rumor may be true."

The others looked toward him, "What rumor?"

The immortal never thought that his sentence would cause such a big commotion. He lowered his voice, "Someone said that the Emperor had announced that his relationship with Lord Phoenix in the banquet today..."

Upon hearing this, all the immortals were petrified. They were stunned with their mouths wide open.

However, Phoenix was steady after causing all the commotions.

Because she enjoyed watching others' expressions of being stunned after all.

The old immortal stood aside after leading Phoenix past a cloud staircase. He bent over and spoke, "My lord, the Emperor is inside. He always dislikes others entering his royal chamber so it is inconvenient for me to enter. Help yourself."

Phoenix nodded and paced inside slowly.

Tian Dao was different from Buddhism.

No, it should be said that the place stayed by the man was different from hers.

She could sleep with only a piece of floating cloud in Buddhism. As for the man, there were peristyles that towered into the clouds and glazed incense at his place. It was magnanimous and desolate everywhere.

There was a huge dark-colored bed in the center of the cloud layers as if it was covered with crow feathers. The clear distinction between black and white revealed the owner's unique style of arrogance.

The man was sleeping with his face down. With half of his head sinking into the pillow and his hair scattered, half of his refined figure was revealed. The snow-like white quilt was covering half of his back while the other half was exposed. One of his arms was left hanging, showing his well-built honey-colored muscles. In the meanwhile, the rise and fall of his chest while breathing could be seen clearly.

Is he sleeping?

Unexpectedly, a person who was always aggressive and apathetic would be harmless after falling asleep.