Chapter 2463

Yan Aohan nodded slightly. "If we do well this time, the situation in the Demon Realm will truly open up."

Zhu Yanyi also nodded. "I think so too."

Ouyang Tianyun looked at Yan Aohan, then at Zhu Yanyi. She finally understood. Zhu Yanyi had used poison directly and planned to deal with the incoming enemies to truly break open the Demon Realm’s stalemate. She took a deep breath. Only someone like Zhu Yanyi would act this way.

If Zhu Yanyi wasn’t confident in her medical skills, poison arts, and alchemy, she wouldn’t have made such a bold move. This also meant she had long predicted the outcome of Li Guangbi’s arrival, or perhaps she had already figured out Li Guangbi’s true intentions.

Ouyang Tianyun rubbed her temples. Although she was much older than Zhu Yanyi, she realized she was no match for her in terms of strategy.

"Junior Sister Yanyi, I find you quite fox-like. With such a clever mind, why doesn’t the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect want you to manage things?" Ouyang Tianyun truly didn’t understand her.

The sect belonged to her, yet she preferred to be a hands-off leader. She clearly had the ability, but she chose to be lazy. Ouyang Tianyun couldn’t figure her out.

Zhu Yanyi made a funny face and grinned. "Why are you surprised? I have my husband to help me with everything. I just come up with ideas, and she handles the rest. The same goes for the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Sect. I founded it so Azure Sovereign Qingdi’s legacy wouldn’t be forgotten. But where it goes from there? I don’t know. So I let go. If it fails, my husband is still there, right, Hubby?"

Her last words were directed at Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan smiled gently and nodded. "Wife is right. Don’t worry. Just go ahead. Whether it’s good or bad, I’ll be here to handle it."

Zhu Yanyi grinned, looking proudly at Ouyang Tianyun. "See? Now, even if I created a Red Emperor Sect or a Blue Emperor Sect, my husband would support me. People without husbands like you wouldn’t understand this happiness."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Ouyang Tianyun coughed violently, nearly choking. It took a while for him to recover. "What are you saying? What do you mean, people without husbands like me? Why would I need a husband?"

"Okay," Zhu Yanyi realized her slip of the tongue. "People without wives like you wouldn’t understand the mindset of someone with a husband like me."

Ouyang Tianyun took a deep breath to calm himself. "Can you speak properly? I’m still your senior brother." He felt like he was being teased.

"I’m saying this because I know you’re my brother. What have you done with your life? You only focus on me and Ling Shu. Instead of wasting time, why not find a wife? A partner is what you need." Zhu Yanyi acted as if she was ignoring important matters for useless ones.

Ouyang Tianyun said directly, "Do you think finding a wife is easy? Besides, I didn’t have that kind of interest back then."

She spoke from the heart.

Zhu Yanyi raised an eyebrow. "Then you need to change your focus now. You aren’t practicing the Path of No Emotions. Sometimes, having a like-minded Dao companion makes life colorful. Right now, your life is black and white. You need to turn it into color."

Zhu Yanyi truly cared about Ouyang Tianyun.

Ouyang Tianyun nodded. "We’ll see. If I can find one, that’s best. If not, there’s nothing to say. People like us have long lives ahead."

Finding a Dao companion wasn’t easy, especially one who shared your ideals.

In the current cultivation world, most partnerships were based on利益 (interests). Few spoke of true love.

Whether it was Yan Aohan and Zhu Yanyi, the Black Emperor and Empress, or the Immortal Emperor and Empress, they were all united by love. In their eyes, a Dao companion should be a like-minded partner. However, interests often came first. In the Immortal Realm, many factions used marriage to merge powers.

Because they couldn’t see through this, many companions eventually became enemies. Those who could live peacefully apart were considered lucky.

Ouyang Tianyun envied Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan. But finding a suitable companion was hard. A companion wasn’t something you could just pick up anywhere.

"Companions are hard to find. Look at Junior Sister Hongmei. She was separated from her companion for twenty years. She only found her before I ascended. Now they are cultivating together. Who knows when they’ll ascend?" Ouyang Tianyun looked at Zhu Yanyi. "So, don’t let emotions get in the way easily. Once you do, you must predict many things."

"You’re wrong," Zhu Yanyi disagreed. "Emotions are emotions because they arise unexpectedly. You don’t know when or how they appear. If you could predict them, they wouldn’t be true emotions."

Zhu Yanyi looked at Ouyang Tianyun. "Senior Brother, the most important thing is to free yourself from your own constraints. The main reason you can’t find a companion is your mindset. You don’t believe anyone will stay with you for life.

This isn’t your fault. The cultivation world is like that. But have you thought about it? Cultivators shouldn’t be bound by interests. We should control interests, not be controlled by them. That is the true meaning of cultivation."

Ouyang Tianyun listened seriously.

Zhu Yanyi continued, "The true meaning of a Dao companion is to find a partner who matches your Dao. Cultivating alone is too lonely. So Heaven allows companions. But if someone sees a companion only as a tool for exchanging interests, the true meaning is lost."