"Never mind, I will help manage this," the Silver Fox said directly. "I only wish to see the gift sent to the Little Divine Doctor through the Strategist Alliance. I hope she achieves the title of Divine Doctor sooner, to save Ling Shu."
"You need not say this. My wife will work hard on her own. Ling Shu is your future wife, but she is also my wife’s sister. Rest assured about this," Yan Aohan said slowly.
The Silver Fox hummed in agreement. "That is good. As for how I operate the Strategist Alliance, you need not worry."
Yan Aohan snorted. "Are you being a bit too arrogant? Who do you think you are? Do you think I can control your affairs?"
Hearing this, the Silver Fox couldn't help but laugh. "Exactly. In front of you, Venerable Yanluo, I am indeed nothing. But to others, I am at least the Patriarch of the Heavenly Fox Clan."
"Even as the Patriarch of the Heavenly Fox Clan, you cannot allow a peaceful coexistence. Otherwise, you would not have given the rare Flame Red Fox to my wife," Yan Aohan said, his knowing gaze making the Silver Fox look somewhat embarrassed.
The Silver Fox smiled helplessly. "The mortal world says there cannot be two suns in the sky. It is the same for our Heavenly Fox Clan. There absolutely cannot be two Fox Kings. Since I am the Patriarch, no other fox can become a Fox King. Not taking its life was already an extra mercy shown to a clansman."
The Silver Fox looked at Yan Aohan. "Unless a Fox King emerges from my own bloodline, I will step down and yield the position. Otherwise, if any other fox shows signs of becoming a Fox King, it must be destroyed. This is the rule of the Heavenly Fox Clan. Otherwise, the clan would face great difficulty."
Yan Aohan waved his hand. "What happens within your Heavenly Fox Clan is not important to me, nor am I interested. I just cannot believe you would give the Flame Red Fox to my wife."
"No choice. After all, your wife is Ling Shu’s younger sister. As her future brother-in-law, I naturally must look after her." Thinking of the term 'future brother-in-law', the Silver Fox’s eyes shifted, looking at Yan Aohan. "Yanluo, do you want to call me brother-in-law?"
"You have a big face," Yan Aohan glanced at the Silver Fox, then waved his hand. "Hurry up and leave. I have things to do with my wife."
The Silver Fox nodded, finished the wine in front of him, snapped his fingers, and quietly disappeared.
Yan Aohan looked at the wine bowl in front of him, frowning slightly. It seemed these planes would soon face turmoil again.
Actually, plane turmoil was not a big deal for Yan Aohan. As long as it was managed well, such turmoil was a good place to accumulate karmic merit. However, it seemed this merit was not easy to accumulate now. Although he could intervene, his intervention would not bring karmic merit to Zhu Yanyi. Therefore, Yan Aohan actually hoped Zhu Yanyi would handle these matters herself.
Regardless, she would watch slowly for now, hoping to give Zhu Yanyi more opportunities to break through during this period.
Zhu Yanyi was currently on the flying boat. She was pondering how to explain the matter of Xiangyao when Yan Aohan appeared. Of course, as mentioned earlier, Yan Aohan might not pursue the matter, but Zhu Yanyi still wanted to be fully prepared, in case he asked again.
Just as Zhu Yanyi was thinking this, Ouyang Tianyun approached. Seeing Zhu Yanyi deep in thought at the bow of the boat, she spoke slowly. "Thinking about how to explain things to Lord Yanjun later?"
"Hehe," Zhu Yanyi gave a dry laugh. "It’s not really an explanation. I was just thinking how to stop my husband from remembering the Xiangyao incident."
Ouyang Tianyun casually took out a plate of pan-fried dumplings and handed it to Zhu Yanyi, then took out another plate for herself. "These were made with vegetables from your medicine field before we departed. They taste good. Try them."
Zhu Yanyi picked one up and ate it, saying as she chewed, "Although I don’t mind you eating vegetables from my medicine field, can you not say it so bluntly? Hearing you say it makes my heart ache."
"Hehe~" Ouyang Tianyun didn’t care if Zhu Yanyi’s heart ached. She only said, "I am a culinary cultivator. If I see good vegetables and let them go, that would not be me."
Well, Zhu Yanyi felt she had said too much, but still remarked, "I think, you can pick them, but can you not tell me?"
"Not telling you and picking them would be the behavior of a thief," Ouyang Tianyun answered seriously.
"O(￣︶￣)o, you only tell me after you’ve made them into dishes. Doesn’t that make your behavior that of a thief too?" Zhu Yanyi had never heard such logic.
"Yes, this is a manifestation of 'acting according to urgent circumstances'," Ouyang Tianyun said, his ability to talk nonsense being quite high.
"E=(′o｀))) Sigh," Zhu Yanyi fell silent, just looking at Ouyang Tianyun. After a long while, she said, "I understand. From now on, if I see something you own that I like, I will take it first. After all, 'acting according to urgent circumstances'."
"(⊙o⊙)…" Ouyang Tianyun felt countless black lines appear on her head. She could almost see herself doing something in the future, and Zhu Yanyi seeing something good and taking it away, leaving only the four words "acting according to urgent circumstances."
Was this a typical case of digging one’s own grave?
"I think you should focus on thinking about how to deal with your husband," Ouyang Tianyun felt it was better to change the topic.
Zhu Yanyi said, "I don’t want to think about that. You reminding me shows you are doing it on purpose."
Ouyang Tianyun raised an eyebrow slightly. "I am doing it on purpose. Anyway, if you have the ability, you can say those four words to your husband."
Zhu Yanyi was slightly stunned, then smiled. "Third Senior Brother, you truly are my senior brother. 'Acting according to urgent circumstances' can indeed be used. If Xiangyao hadn’t appeared suddenly and we couldn’t handle it, I wouldn’t have used deception."
"Indeed, deceiving Xiangyao was a skill. Most importantly, you succeeded in deceiving it," Yan Aohan appeared from the air, quietly landing beside Zhu Yanyi.
Seeing this, Ouyang Tianyun bowed to Yan Aohan and withdrew. This was time for the engaged couple; it was not appropriate for him to stay in between.
Zhu Yanyi saw Yan Aohan and no longer wanted to think about Xiangyao. She stepped forward, holding Yan Aohan’s hand, acting coquettishly. "It really isn’t my fault. That Xiangyao appeared suddenly and wouldn’t let us proceed. It was really hateful."
After speaking, Zhu Yanyi pouted, waiting for Yan Aohan. "Actually, to put it plainly, this is all your fault. If you hadn’t failed to destroy that Xiangyao, it wouldn’t have appeared before me."
Then she remembered what Yan Aohan had said about Xiangyao previously. "By the way, last time you said Xiangyao stole Little Chaos. Later, you chased Little Chaos back, and Xiangyao lost a head. It escaped through a space rift. Logically, it shouldn’t have appeared in this plane. How did it appear again?"