Chapter 479: Meet Situ Lingshan II

With Murong Xianyin and Situ Lingxi by his side, Tang Xiao faced no obstacles to entering the Taixu Royal Palace.

The people who crossed paths with them would always gaze at Tang Xiao with a mixture of caution, curiosity, and other emotions.

They knew all the members of the Situ Clan, but they had never seen Tang Xiao before. Moreover, Situ Lingxi walked beside him, holding his arm and explaining various things.

They remembered that Situ Lingxi was once the fiancée of the late Sun Weitian. Her fiancé had recently died, but she was now in a relationship with Tang Xiao.

Situ Lingxi noticed their gazes toward Tang Xiao, but she didn’t care about them. In her eyes, they were just people of lower status, so their opinions didn’t matter.

After walking for some time, Murong Xianyin led Tang Xiao and Situ Lingxi into a luxurious garden, where Situ Lingshan was waiting for them.

"Sister-in-law! Wuxian!"

"Aunt Lingshan! Cousin!"

Murong Xianyin and Situ Lingxi greeted Situ Lingshan, who was sitting together with Taixu Wuxian.

"I’ve been waiting for you guys." Situ Lingshan’s gaze focused on Tang Xiao, carefully scrutinizing him. "We finally meet, Tang Xiao."

"Sorry for keeping you waiting so long," Tang Xiao replied casually. "I had a lot of issues to deal with in the Song Kingdom, so I didn’t have the time to come here."

"Hahaha," Taixu Wuxian laughed as he slapped his thigh. "At first, I didn’t believe it when Aunt Xianyin told me a few things about you, but now that we’ve met, I no longer doubt her."

"Wuxian."

"Sorry, mother." Taixu Wuxian shut his mouth tightly.

Tang Xiao raised an eyebrow the moment Situ Lingshan tried to suppress him with her aura, but he didn’t mind. He took a deep breath and activated both of his bloodlines, instantly dispelling her pressure.

Situ Lingshan was shocked by Tang Xiao’s actions, but she was even more shocked when two figures with auras that contradicted each other appeared behind him.

One silhouette was Tang Xiao, who was wearing red armor with various kinds of weapons behind his back, which came from his war god physique. His other silhouette was sitting in a white cloud, which came from his celestial physique.

The War God Tang Xiao emitted an aura filled with extreme bloodlust and intense killing intent, while the Celestial Tang Xiao emitted an aura filled with both sacredness and extraordinary calmness.

Taixu Wuxian’s eyes widened as he stared at the two figures; his body trembled from the impact of the War God Tang Xiao’s aura, and beads of sweat quickly rolled down his forehead. ’What the hell are they? Where did those two figures come from? How can they have such contrasting auras?’

Murong Xianyin and Situ Lingxi, who were standing beside Tang Xiao, instinctively moved away from him.

They stared at the two figures in awe, shock, and fear.

Murong Xianyin stiffly stood in her spot; she swallowed her saliva, and sweat began to wet her dress.

Situ Lingxi stayed with Tang Xiao and the others inside the Primordial Divine Ark for several days, yet she had never seen those two figures before. The War God Tang Xiao gave her fear, but the Celestial Tang Xiao gave her security and comfort.

Seeing their reaction, Tang Xiao pulled back both figures, and all the pressure instantly disappeared. "Sorry."

"Phew." Situ Lingshan exhaled softly, but she hadn’t yet recovered from the shock. She was much older than Tang Xiao, and her cultivation was also far above his, but she felt immense fear from both figures, especially the War God Tang Xiao. "Are you willing to explain the two figures to us?"

Tang Xiao smiled. "Even though the three of you are Lingxi’s family, I won’t explain to you in too much detail. The two figures you saw just now are part of me, and they appeared for the first time when my cultivation broke through to the Xiantian Level. At that time, their appearance was vague, but they became clear when my cultivation broke through to the King Level."

"The King Level," Situ Lingshan muttered to herself, and she could faintly guess their origin, which was related to Tang Xiao’s soul. After all, one would form a cultivation soul when their cultivation broke through to that stage, which is why she drew that conclusion. "To be honest, I felt overwhelming fear, extreme bloodlust, and intense killing intent from that red figure. However, the white figure gave me a different feeling; I felt immense security and calmness from it."

Tang Xiao nodded. "Everyone who has seen them says the same thing."

"I feel the red figure is similar to a war god, Mother." Situ Lingshan nodded in agreement with Taixu Wuxian. "However, I don’t know about the white figure, and such a figure only exists in legend."

Tang Xiao smiled faintly when Taixu Wuxian said that, as the red figure came from his war god physique. As for the white figure, it came from his celestial physique and bloodline.

Murong Xianyin inwardly sighed; she increasingly felt Tang Xiao was too extraordinary, and her daughter could not be compared with him. She was happy for her daughter, and she hoped Situ Lingxi would be happy with him.

Situ Lingxi hugged Tang Xiao’s arm and whispered. ’You have to tell me about those two figures later, okay?’

’Okay.’

After that, the five of them sat together and talked about light things.

Naturally, Situ Lingshan asked Tang Xiao many questions, specifically regarding his relationship with Situ Lingxi.

Tang Xiao answered all of Situ Lingshan’s questions matter-of-factly, and some of them made Situ Lingxi feel embarrassed.

Taixu Wuxian suddenly asked him. "Brother Xiao, is Huo Mianmian really with you?"

"Hmm?" Situ Lingshan turned to her son. "Do you miss Huo Mianmian that much?"

"Haha," Taixu Wuxian scratched his head awkwardly. "Mother, you know about my feelings for Huo Mianmian, right? There are so many beautiful women in this kingdom, but none of them interest me. If I want to marry in the future, I’ll only marry her."

"I know." Situ Lingshan looked at Tang Xiao. "Can you bring Huo Mianmian over?"

Tang Xiao thought for a moment. "I can bring her here, but you must remember that people from the Shangguan and Song Clans are still in this kingdom. If they find her here, it might have an impact on the relationship between the Taixu and Song Kingdoms."

"I know that, but you don’t need to worry about it." Situ Lingshan paused. "Moreover, you’ve handed Song Tianlin over to Mo Bing, so I’m sure Song Zhentian and Shangguan Qingyin won’t bother themselves with Huo Mianmian’s appearance in this kingdom."

Tang Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Did Emperor Xuanyuan tell you about Song Tianlin’s matter?"

"Yes."

"I see." Tang Xiao nodded in understanding. "Alright, I’ll bring Huo Mianmian here, but Brother Wuxian has to pick her up in front of the palace."

"I’ll pick her up now." Taixu Wuxian hurriedly stood up and ran out of the garden.

"Haha," Murong Xianyin laughed. "It seems you will be getting a daughter-in-law soon, sister-in-law."

"My son is older than Lingxi, but he has never had a girlfriend before," Situ Lingshan sighed. "My husband and I were always worried about his future, and we were anxious that he might never marry. Fortunately, Tang Xiao managed to find Huo Mianmian and bring her back to the kingdom, so we no longer need to worry about his future."

Murong Xianyin nodded. "Wuxian liked Huo Mianmian for a long time, but unfortunately, Dugu Cangxu moved faster than him. Coupled with the close relationship between the Huo and Dugu Clans, the two of them finally got engaged."

"Yes." Situ Lingshan sighed again. "If it weren’t for Shangguan Qingyue, Huo Mianmian would have married Dugu Cangxu long ago."

"Heh!" Situ Lingxi snorted. "The two of you no longer need to think about Shangguan Qingyue; she is currently serving punishment for all her past actions."

Situ Lingshan looked at Tang Xiao. "What did you do to Shangguan Qingyue?"

"I didn’t do anything to her; she simply became a servant in my private place." Murong Xianyin and Situ Lingshan were stunned by Tang Xiao’s words. "Honestly, I could have treated her more harshly, but her mistakes weren’t that serious. Even though she had ill intentions toward my wives, I managed to thwart her plans."

Situ Lingxi’s lips curled upward. "You didn’t see her expression, Aunt. She was truly pathetic, yet there was nothing she could do."

"You shouldn’t talk badly about her, Lingxi." Situ Lingshan reprimanded Situ Lingxi. "You would end up in the same situation as Shangguan Qingyue if you did anything to Mu Qingge in that forest."

Not daring to contradict her aunt, Situ Lingxi asked Tang Xiao. "Would you treat me like that if I did something to Mu Qingge?"

"You know about my problem with Yu Xiaoling and the others, right?" Situ Lingxi nodded, her body trembling slightly. "If you really did something to Mu Qingge back in the forest, your fate would be worse than Shangguan Qingyue’s."

"Phew." Situ Lingxi patted her chest. "Fortunately, I didn’t do anything to Mu Qingge; otherwise, I would have suffered even more than Shangguan Qingyue."

Tang Xiao shook his head with a smile. "You are lucky."

"Mother." They turned to Taixu Wuxian, who was walking side by side with Huo Mianmian.

Huo Mianmian felt awkward about the situation. "Queen Situ, I—"

"You don’t need to be so formal." Situ Lingshan pointed to an empty seat. "Please sit down and chat with us."

Huo Mianmian nodded and hurriedly sat down in an empty seat, but her face turned red when she noticed that Situ Lingshan and the others were looking at her with meaningful smiles.

"Mianmian, are you willing to marry my son?"