Hao Ren rushed into the mansion and sealed the forging room behind him. He took out the Moon Time accelerating hourglass and said, "Time to use you once more, old friend."
He initiated the artifact and began to craft an object at high speed and efficiency. He used the mix of two blue prints. One was a wing artifact that he inherited from Tang Sen, and the other one was taken in from his own mind.
The combination of two blue prints gave him an armor, that was layered and very neatly attached together. Normally, this project will take him an year usually, however, with this artifact, he would be able to finish it within a few hours, and still manage to run back home to surprise Han Lingshi.
The young man paid complete attention to the project in his hands and the meaning of mountain began to radiate from his gaze. The refining room echoed with constant bangs. Xiao Yu who was standing outside was surprised.
Ye Yue said, "Don't worry, he will be fine, give me the details of the rich and powerful in the city."
Xiao Yu began to tell her everything that she asked for and after a couple of hours, Hao Ren came out of the refining room, with a tired expression on his face. He picked up a high grade pill and stuffed it down his throat in a blink to recover, and asked, "Yue, are you coming home?"
Ye Yue shook her head and replied, "No, brother, I will not be coming home, I have to handle things here. Give Sister-in-law my love."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "I wonder if Sisi had come back."
Ye Yue smiled and said, "You are praying that she should come back or you would be blamed by everyone."
Hao Ren clicked his tongue and said, "I have pampered you guys rotten."
That said, he left the mansion using his teleportation array and came to the Crescent Moon Palace. He could sense that the palace was covered with a faint silence. Hao Ren sighed, Han Lingshi was upset and that mood had infected the entire palace.
The young man masked his presence and flew up in the void. As he stood between the clouds, Hao Ren looked around and then said, "Si, come over."
He could sense Ye Si in the direction of the barracks, the girl must be beating up on the soldiers for slacking off. She appeared before him like a phantom and smiled, "Big brother, did you miss me?"
Hao Ren smiled and said, "I never forgot you, so how can I miss you?"
Ye Si smiled with crescent eyes, and then her face turned cold as she asked, "Old Jian left?"
Hao Ren shook his head and replied, "He went to reforge his path. Xiao Long's demise took a toll on his soul and mind."
Ye Si was the youngest of the Ye Generals but she was the strongest among them as well, if anyone dared to leave Hao Ren's side, they would be hunted by her. It was not that they owed him anything, but they owed him everything.
Even till date, Hao Ren would help the Ye generals and the disciples, they knew how strong the young man was and that if they had been parts of any other force they would not gain such a status.
Hearing what Hao Ren said, Ye Si nodded, and the young man said, "I need your help."
Ye Si asked, "What do you want?"
She was straight forward like that, the young man said, "I want you to get everyone in the city to light up a candle float, and prepare it for the night."
Ye Si thought for a bit and asked, "You are trying to throw a party for the Anniversary?"
Hao Ren nodded and Ye Si smiled as she said, "The entire city was calling you ignorant and what not when you didn't make a grand entrance, and Sister-in-law came out to greet them alone."
*New task for you, Hao Ren, make it up to your wife. Reward: Blue Print for a high level quantum processor.*
Hao Ren sighed and said, "I am going to make it up to her, can you inform the city folk for me?"
Ye Si nodded and said, "I will see you in a bit."
Hao Ren began to think about what he needed to do to make it up to Han Lingshi without upsetting her. He knew that even if he went in and simply said that he had forgotten due to the things he was dealing with, Han Lingshi will not make a fuss, but it didn't look good, because ever since they have come to the cultivation world, they have tried everything to maintain a normal life, however, that didn't pan out for them.
The young man sighed, and after thinking he took out the Guqin from his space ring and sat down in the void. His fingers strummed the strings calmly and the void began to ripple with the notes. Hao Ren intended to play a song instilled with the essence of the day they met for the first time.
The music was light and gentle but it was resonating in the surroundings. After a few minutes, the whole world seemed to have calmed down, and if one was to look with some focus, they would find that the trees and flowers had began swaying with his music. For original chapters go to novel•fire.net
In the city, Ye Si had the city guard silently deliver the message that the Emperor wanted to wish Empress Holy Moon for the anniversary and it was a surprise where he needed them to light up candle floats and bless them.
At this moment they all heard a subtle music echoing around and many of them stepped out of their houses. Looking up, they found Hao Ren sitting in the void, with two halo's glowing beside him as he played the guqin with his eyes closed.
The people who heard the music were surprised as they could see a down trodden young man being dragged inside a building called Marriage office. Hao Ren's command on music has risen to this level long ago. This time he was just reviving the skill to please his wife.