My Silly, Sweet Wife

”Damn, did we lose our way and can’t get out?”

Ye Guichen felt a wave of frustration.

But soon, Ye Guichen heard a faint voice coming from afar.

Although the voice was somewhat slight, Ye Guichen still caught it.

”Eh, why does it sound like a woman’s voice?”

Ye Guichen raised an eyebrow, hesitated no longer, and quickly ran in that direction.

Soon, Ye Guichen saw a woman wearing a green dress.

The woman appeared to be in her twenties, with a delicate appearance, but could not be described as beautiful.

Her body was covered in blood, evidently injured.

Behind her, a giant serpent over twenty meters long was closing in.

In her stumbling, the woman accidentally fell to the ground.

But there was no time to get up; the giant serpent was already upon her.

”Help, help!”

The woman kept shouting, her voice hoarse, clearly in despair.

Ye Guichen found it strange.

Could this woman be Dongfang Yue?

Yet her appearance was far from the rumors.

Of course, Ye Guichen wouldn’t stand by and watch her die.

Although the giant serpent looked imposing, it was no match for the saber-toothed tiger he encountered in the iron cage before.

”Die!”

With a swift leap, Ye Guichen shot through the air and sliced the serpent’s neck with his sword, splitting it in two.

The massive body fell heavily in front of the woman.

The woman was so frightened she nearly fainted, thinking she was doomed, but seeing the serpent slain, she looked at Ye Guichen in joyous relief.

Tears rolled down like broken beads: ”Thank you, thank you.”

Ye Guichen approached: ”Are you Dongfang Yue?”

The woman was startled, scrutinized Ye Guichen, and seeing she didn’t recognize him, suspiciously asked, ”Who are you?”

”Who I am isn’t important, are you Dongfang Yue?”

The woman looked wary: ”Are you sent by the Dongfang Family?”

”No,” Ye Guichen shook his head. ”I just heard Dongfang Yue was in the White Mist Valley and came in by accident. I mean no harm, you don’t need to be cautious with me.”

The woman didn’t believe him, but seeing that Ye Guichen had saved her life and didn’t seem malicious, she hesitated and said, ”I’m not the lady, I am Zhu’er, the lady’s maid.”

So that’s it.

This woman’s appearance was truly plain; if such looks could be praised to the heavens, Ye Guichen would really question the Dongfang Family’s aesthetics.

”Where is Dongfang Yue?” Ye Guichen asked.

”Woo woo...” Unexpectedly, Zhu’er started crying on the spot: ”It’s all my fault, all my fault for being talkative. If not for me, Miss Yue wouldn’t have come to White Mist Valley on an adventure. If she hadn’t come, she wouldn’t have been in danger. Please, save Miss Yue’er. If Miss Yue dies, I, I won’t live either.”

Ye Guichen comforted her: ”Take your time, no need to rush.”

Ye Guichen vaguely felt that he might have touched upon something hidden.

Zhu’er, sobbing, recounted the general course of events.

After listening, Ye Guichen was a bit stunned.

Was this matter actually entangled with the Hidden Sect’s Yan King?

According to Zhu’er, this issue arose from a conversation she inadvertently overheard between the Dongfang Family’s Clan Leader and an elder.

The conversation was simple: Dongfang Yue was being betrothed to the Hidden Sect’s Yan King’s son.

Furthermore, the Yan King’s son was said to be over forty, an oily old man.

The public declaration of helping Dongfang Yue in a marriage competition was merely a smokescreen from the Dongfang Family.

Zhu’er then told Dongfang Yue about it.

Dongfang Yue naturally wasn’t happy after hearing it and confronted the Clan Leader.

However, the Clan Leader not only dismissed Dongfang Yue’s words but also clearly told her that as long as they connected with the Hidden Sect’s Yan King, their Dongfang Family might enter the Hidden Sect, advancing further.

In the future, Dongfang Yue herself might become a princess-like exalted figure.

Dongfang Yue cried her heart out and would never agree.

She never imagined that the Dongfang Family had always treated her as a pawn, nurturing her carefully only to use her as a piece someday.

Upon hearing this, Ye Guichen was also taken aback.

The Dongfang Family had played their cards brilliantly.

Indeed, their status was already prestigious enough, so why did they want Dongfang Yue to marry down?

However, in the mundane world, families with higher status than the Dongfang Family are extremely rare; finding a suitable son-in-law isn’t that easy, is it?

No wonder! No wonder!

When Ye Guichen heard about the marriage competition assessment, he was already doubtful, and now it seemed that the competition’s criteria and the powerful array were probably arranged with the Yan King’s help.

What surprised Ye Guichen was that the Yan King, whom he thought of as honest and upright, was also secretly manipulating.

It now seemed that, although Yan King had the smallest power among the Hidden Sect’s Seven Kings, he was unwilling to remain subordinate, thus setting his sights on hidden noble families in the mundane world.

As long as he could gather the Dongfang Family under his banner and develop his power quietly outside.

Over time, even if Yan King couldn’t become the new Netherworld Emperor, his position among the Seven Kings might unknowingly rise.

Thinking of this, Ye Guichen couldn’t help but smile wryly.

It seemed he still had been a bit naive.

But Ye Guichen didn’t mind.

When contacting Yan King’s people at the Ghost Market, his intention was merely to leverage Yan King’s power.

As long as Yan King had no ulterior motives against him, Ye Guichen wouldn’t oppose Yan King.

”Then why did Dongfang Yue come to White Mist Valley, what does it have to do with the marriage?” Ye Guichen thought of the crucial point.

If Dongfang Yue merely wanted to avoid marrying Yan King’s son, she could threaten by fasting, escaping, or even suicide; there were numerous threats she could make. So why venture specifically into the perilous White Mist Valley?

Zhu’er wiped the tears from her eyes, her voice still choked: ”Because of a legend.”

”What legend?” Ye Guichen pressed.

”It’s, it’s about the legend of White Mist Valley.” Zhu’er did not hide it and recounted the legend to Ye Guichen.

After hearing it, Ye Guichen’s eyes glimmered slightly.

If this were true, then perhaps he had indeed come to the right place this time.

According to Zhu’er, although White Mist Valley is the most dangerous place on Xianju Mountain, it is also the most mysterious and a place where one can find rare treasures.

Because the Spiritual Energy here is much denser than outside, it caused many beasts to mutate into mythical creatures.

Not only that, but some ordinary plants turned into those imbued with Spiritual Energy, and even some rare plants could appear here.

But these were not the real reasons Dongfang Yue came here; the main reason was the legendary great demon at the heart of White Mist Valley.