Others would definitely not understand what he meant by that.
However, Phoenix understood him and took out the old scroll that she had brought along. Staring at the sixth rule, she whispered, "According to the progress, we should hold hands already by today. But if we do so, will it be weird while we're eating?"
Staring at Phoenix, the man said nothing but took action straight away. He reached out his hand for hers, then with slight strength, he held her hand with dominance.
Phoenix paused for a moment. She lowered her head and looked toward the man, "How am I supposed to eat like this?"
"I'll feed you." The man's finger then pointed to the seventh rule on the old scroll, "Let's do the seventh rule as well. Showing affection in public area, today is a good time for this."
Phoenix agreed since everyone from Six Dao was invited to this heavenly feast, it was even more crowded than the Buddhism feast last time, which fitted the condition of the seventh rule very well.
Someone was really smart this time. At the thought of achieving two rules in one day, Phoenix felt a sense of accomplishment and willingly sat beside the emperor with a sheepish smile on her face.
"Is there any problem with my eyesight? I saw the Emperor holding Phoenix's hand!"
"Most importantly, Phoenix looks so happy with it instead of cutting him with her scythe?!"
"Ha ha ha, there must be something wrong. There must be a problem with this!
"I can't stand this anymore. I'll go and pursue my beloved goddess now. Since the Emperor is already with Phoenix, it's impossible that I can't be with Chang E!"
Chang E was speechless with this...
Looking at the ruckus below, Phoenix could finally understand the man's meaning of p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e. The happiness was true when seeing others in anxiety.
Although Golden Lotus was late in becoming a Buddha, due to the fact that she was born in front of the Buddha's gate, she was assigned a front seat. So she was able to see everything they did. Her feminine face stiffened at first, then she smiled and said, "Lord Phoenix, why didn't you inform us about this before? I was still planning to introduce the God of Tian Shan to you. I didn't know you were already with the Emperor back then, this is so unexpected. I really don't know what else to say."
Phoenix looked up toward Golden Lotus after hearing her words. Her mouth was curved up into a smile and she looked slothful but the prayer beads on her wrist were emitting light. As if she could read the mind of others, she asked, "During these times, isn't congratulating enough?"
"Of course!" Golden Lotus paused for a second and continued, "Of course I have to congratulate. This is such a surprise! Back then during the Buddhism feast, my lord even fought with the Emperor. But only after a few days, you are now getting along with the Emperor. If the Honored Sir knew about this, he will surely be happy for you."
"That's right. Only a few days ago, whenever the Emperor met Phoenix, they would either speak badly of each other or start to fight. How could they be so peaceful together today?"
The man crossed his leg onto another, his deep eyes resembling the starry night glanced across those below, "That day Phoenix did so for a reason."
It was true that she did so for a reason. But he should be unaware of the reason...
Phoenix was confused.
She then heard the Gods and Buddhas below asked, "What's the reason?"
"Jealousy." The man said with a hint of happiness in his voice, "Actually Phoenix has been pursuing me for some time already. She dislikes me being in contact with other women, more so when someone was trying to introduce me to other women."
All the Gods and Buddhas were not expecting this answer.
In fact, even Phoenix herself was not expecting this as the reason too!
She turned her head and looked at the man.
"Don't worry, I won't ever look at other women from now on." The Emperor was very steady and he was so into his own acting.
Phoenix did not know what she should say, so she just remained silent.
However, the discussions around them became louder and louder.
"So they actually fought because of this? Which means that they were always fighting each other before this because Phoenix was jealous whenever the Emperor was meeting other women?"
"Most probably…"
The commotions had completely ruined Yue Lao's mood to drink as he wished.
He then looked at both of them sitting at the very top and thought, What do you mean by most probably?
Both of them were born with the destiny of 'only one between them could stay alive', it's impossible for them to get along.
Moreover, one of them was the Phoenix from Buddhism.
It is impossible for Phoenix to fall in love. Otherwise, the people from Buddhism would not let her stay there either.
Buddhism is still in need of this blade. If one blade were to have feelings, how can she still be unstoppable in Six Dao, saving all living creatures?
Even if she were to have feelings, she should keep her feelings within Buddhism.
But if the one she has feelings for is the Emperor who is not under the control of Six Dao…
Wait a minute!
Could it be that something was wrong?
Yue Lao stood up suddenly and walked outside with a pale face, ignoring the calls from behind. He went back to his Yue Lao Temple in a hurry and asked the two lads of him, "Where's the thread that I asked you to prepare for the Emperor?"
The two lads exchanged glances, "Master, isn't it always in your pocket? Master, are you drunk again?"
"My pocket…" Yue Lao seemed to have recalled something and reached out his hand to ruffle his long robe. However, it was empty, including his notebook, "How can this happen? Where did they go?"
The two lads looked at each other again before they spoke slowly, "Master, it's really problematic if you keep up with your habit of forgetting things after getting drunk. Last time when the Emperor brought you the Sweet-Osmanthus Brew, didn't you get so in love with it and exchanged it with the things inside your pocket? The Emperor even said, once it's exchanged, you can't get it back anymore and you've agreed."
"Oh my! It's over now!" Yue Lao knocked on his own head hard. This brain of mine is so forgetful. I should have been cautious with that fellow, but how could I have told everything so easily?
Despite everything, my dear Emperor, why did you choose Phoenix for your Red String instead of others? What are you trying to do!
Yue Lao knew the Emperor very well. This fellow was fickle, so it was impossible that he had fallen for Phoenix. He must be planning for something else.
Yue Lao was indeed right, the man really did have his own plans, especially toward Phoenix, "Come and stay at my place tonight."
Chapter 819 - The Malevolent Emperor, Doing All The Things At The Same Time
Wait!
What had he just heard?!
Where did the Emperor ask the lord to sleep?
Sleep?!
Little Monk was trying hard to hold the vegetarian food that his lord had asked him to bring back. When he heard this news, he was totally stunned!
Both the Battle Victor Buddha and Sea Immortal who was sitting beside them almost had their vegetables in the mouths spurted out when they heard that!
Two pairs of bright eyes looked toward Phoenix right away!
They were going to sleep together already so soon?
Was this rapid progressing speed even appropriate?
However.
"Why your place?" Phoenix raised her eyebrows, "Why don't you come and sleepover at my place? It's very comfortable since the clouds are very thick there."
The crowd was speechless.
The main concern was not the sleeping location!
The key point was that both of you are going to sleep together, okay!!!
"I'm not used to sleeping on the clouds." The man paused before whispering beside Phoenix's ear in a low voice, "Furthermore, it's written on the manual that the
female has to sleepover at the male's house."
Phoenix knew this too, but did they really need to sleep together?
"We should just take it as a procedure. I can go to your place and stay there for a while before going back to my place." Phoenix spoke while looking at the hands in hers, only then did she realize that this pair of hands were more good-looking than hers. This man was definitely the public enemy of the world.
The man laughed when he heard Phoenix's words, but his gaze was cold, "I thought we should take it seriously and do according to the manual. The manual mentioned staying overnight."
"But we are skipping from the seventh rule to the nineteenth rule suddenly, isn't that too fast?" There was doubt in Phoenix's tone.
The man raised his thin lips, "With our intelligence, there's no problem to proceed faster, right?"
"You're right too." Phoenix had always thought that the man was smart and she herself was not dumb too. So there should be no problem with progressing faster.
Looked at her who was nodding seriously, the man could no longer hide the laughter in his eyes. Unexpectedly, she took it seriously.
"What are you laughing at?" Phoenix raised her head and glanced at him, her thin lips were slightly pouted and there was a notable curvature at the side of her face. It was indeed a rare facial expression.
The man's gaze deepened, he then reached out his hand and turned her face to look at him.
Phoenix reacted immediately too. Her fingers locked his wrist with only part of her strength as soon as she saw him taking action.
Soon, the man felt the pain but he did not release his hand. Instead, he twitched his lips playfully while realizing that this woman was unstoppable if she was really angry.
However, isn't it more exciting to destroy a person like her?
Haha...
"Nothing. There's just something on your face." The man's finger moved and stroked the tip of Phoenix's nose while removing a strand of hair there.
Phoenix loosened her grip and said after thinking twice, "Next time, tell me in advance before you come close to me because I act very fast."
The man nodded his head in understanding and spoke in a calm voice, "Go back and pack your things later."
"I still need to pack my things?" Phoenix was eating the food that was given by him while astonishment was shown on her face. She had never visited others' houses before, so surely she would open her eyes wide in shock.
The man enjoyed feeding people in this way suddenly. As long as the person was like little Phoenix. She was quiet when she was not eating and her indifferent face would swell up when eating. At the same time, she would also stare at you with her beautiful and clear eyes.
The only fly in the ointment was that the duration was too short.
The best way to lengthen the time for this was to ensure that he was the only one left in her eyes...
"Of course you have to pack your things up to stay overnight." The man smiled and his fingers slid across a few of the previous rules, "Moreover, we could do all these if you are staying overnight."
Phoenix looked at where the man was pointing, "Kiss at the forehead? Say goodnight? Reading while laying on the other's leg? Didn't you say that we could skip all these with our high intelligence?"
"I've thought about this all over again just now. Since all these could be done before sleep, why not?" The man said in a very calm manner, so convincing as if they should just accept it as a buy-one-free-one promotion.
"Fine, then I'll go back and pack my things later." Phoenix had never stayed overnight outside before. This kind of experience was exciting to her.
She believed it again? The laughter inside the man's eyes overflowed. Looking at the little round face that was being fattened up by him, he found it unexpectedly adorable...
At that moment, the demons who were the only ones who could hear the man's words twisted their faces.
Although they had known that the Emperor was shameless all along.
But they did not expect that he could be shameless to this extent.
He could even trick Phoenix by talking nonsense like, "Since all these could be done before sleep, why not?"
Obviously, he wanted to do all those and that was why he had asked her to sleep at his house in the first place!
"You all better be quiet." The man lowered his voice and warned the demons behind him in his heart, "I would be impatient if you are too noisy. You know what comes next when I get impatient."
All the demons then shut up and kept their scent back at once!
However, Phoenix had already noticed something. She looked up and glanced at the man, "Did you just release the demons from the Sea of Blood again?"
"Sometimes they need to breathe too." The man grinned and asked Phoenix who was beside him, "Do you want another bean?"
Phoenix shook her head and spoke in a low voice, "I dislike sweet things."
Both of them chatted naturally.
It was rare to see the Emperor smiling all the while, looking so patient.
All the Buddhas and Gods fixed their eyes upon them. They were so shocked, so they continued to drink!
"You don't eat meat also right?" As if something had flashed through the man's mind, he asked her suddenly.
Phoenix answered a yes without saying much of it.
The man smiled and a gloomy light flashed through his eyes, what would happen if she tasted meat? How I wish I could have a look...
The demons looked at each other when they noticed his intention.
That would be breaking her religious precept right?
Phoenix was a member of Buddhism. Eating meat would be going against the precepts of Buddhism just like the prohibition of taking others' lives.
Although her hands were full of blood, those were for achieving divine intervention.
But eating meat was different...
It was indeed different. Phoenix had never eaten meat. There was once when she ate a bowl of noodles in the human world with no meat in it but the noodles were cooked with pork meat soup. When she returned to Buddhism after that, she vomited so badly that she felt as if a layer of skin was peeled off from her and all her strength was lost. That was her only weakness that nobody knew except Bodhi and she had no plans for anyone else to see her like that again...
Chapter 820 - Your Happiness Mattered The Most
"My lord, you're not going to sleep at the Emperor's place for real right?" Little Monk frowned his eyebrows while struggling to move his little short legs.
Phoenix was watering Bodhi tree with the mythical water given by that man while answering, "Of course it's real."
"But you can't leave Buddhism." Little Monk spoke seriously, "You will suffer if you leave."
Phoenix turned around at glanced at Little Monk, "I will be alright as long as I'm with that person."
"Why is it so?" Little Monk could not understand.
Phoenix opened the second water bottle and spoke, "Because he has never converted so he is not under Buddhism's control."
"How would there be someone who has not converted into Buddhism?" Little Monk widened his eyes in disbelief. He always thought that one must convert in order to become a Buddha.
Of course Phoenix knew what was on Little Monk's mind. She yawned languidly, "He's different. He was formed from the essence of heaven and earth, so he doesn't have to convert into Buddhism. It all depends on his will to become a Buddha or a God."
Little Monk was dumbfounded upon hearing, "I see. No wonder everyone was saying that the Emperor is very powerful."
"It actually depends. There are others who were formed by the essence of heaven and the earth too, but Buddhism could do nothing with this man particularly. Back then, Buddhism did think of converting him. Until today, they are still trying to make him surrender." Phoenix smiled with some insensible mock when she spoke to the last.
Little Monk thought that he had seen it wrongly. He shook his little head and finally noticed that something was wrong
when he saw Phoenix watering the second mythical water, "My lord, why are you watering two bottles of mythical water today?"
"Oh, because I have to stay overnight outside. Furthermore, if the Emperor's place is comfortable, perhaps I will stay for another two days." As a person who had never visited other's house, Phoenix was excited. Moreover, there were many demons in that person's house and she could feed them like goldfish during her leisure time.
Phoenix was exhilarated but Little Monk was in great shock, "Isn't a day enough? You're even considering to stay for two days?!"
"You should go and pack my things now. Please bring along my pajamas too." Phoenix stood up and spoke to Bodhi in a low voice after finishing her sentences, "Since he has invited me over as a guest, should I bring along some gifts? Forget it. He has got everything anyway."
No one knew what did Phoenix mean by that.
Only Bodhi could understand her.
It had been hundreds of years since the day little Phoenix came to Mountain Tenya.
Finally, there was a person who was willing to be her friend.
She was not lonely finally...
Bodhi was still swaying slightly in front of Buddha's gate. But this time, there was a notable gentleness from the wind.
Along with the chanting of sanskrits in the air, he blew and opened Phoenix's scripture without the Sound of Buddha knowing.
All of the jibe and disrespect that had aroused in Phoenix's heart.
Was whitewashed by him so well.
Only then she would have more time to do what she wanted.
Because once Phoenix was found to be revolting, Buddhism would force her to go through reincarnation.
That was all he could do to reduce her loneliness, even though he was not the one who could enlighten her...
Perhaps no one would know.
The feelings of Bodhi, who had been standing in the vast sea of clouds at the moment.
He would help her in achieving whatever she wanted to do.
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