My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

The two teams just now came quickly and went quickly. Not even a cup of tea’s worth of time later, only Yun Ge and that young boy were left.

Lou Mu Yan snapped her fingers and addressed Yun Jin and the others, “Let’s return and hand in the mission.”

Xiao Zi Ang’s eyes swept across the two people whose expressions were exceptionally ugly and asked: “Mu Yan, we’re not going to compete with them anymore?”

Lou Mu Yan glanced at him faintly, “Do you think they can deal with a Tier 5 Demonic Beast with their strength?”

Xiao Zi Ang looked at the two again. They were both Sword Spirit strength, so he shook his head: “Naturally it’s impossible for the two to deal with Tier 5 Demonic Beasts.”

He was an Advanced-Phase Sword Spirit, but when he was slaying the ten Tier 5 Demonic Beasts earlier for the mission, he used items like pills, Spirit Treasures, Talismans and the like that he had on him. From time to time, he even had to rely on Lou Mu Yan and the others to barely be able to complete the mission. As for the two opposite, if they were to rely on their own strength, they definitely wouldn’t be able to complete the mission.

“Exactly, so why waste time with them here.” Lou Mu Yan walked towards a small path with Mo Yan in her arms, then made a hand gesture to the others: “Let’s go and hand in the mission.”

“Alright!” Yun Lan and the others also ignored the existence of Yun Ge and the boy and left together.

With tears of grievance and resentment in Yun Ge’s eyes, she took a deep breath and said to the young man beside her: “We’re just going to let them go like this?”

“Otherwise what do we do? The two of us aren’t their opponents at all.” The young boy had always been the master of deceiving good and fearing evil. Even if he secretly despised in his heart right now, he didn’t dare cause trouble for Lou Mu Yan in front of her. After he returned to the Imperial Capital, he had many ways to find the ground he lost today.

Yun Ge stomped her foot and glared at Lou Mu Yan’s back that had long disappeared, then turned around and headed in the direction Ji Han Xu went.

She was also considered an expert when she was training in the Empire Academy’s Secret Grounds, but only after entering the Glacial Mountain Range, did she realise she was, in actual fact, the very bottom of existence, and could only rely on Ji Han Xu. So if she didn’t want to be eliminated, she could only go find Ji Han Xu.

The young man gritted his teeth and followed in Yun Ge’s footsteps to find Ji Han Xu and the others together, but in his heart he had the decision to give up the Trial. With his strength, it would be as hard as climbing the Heavens if he wanted to seize one of the six places of the Trial.

Lou Mu Yan took the few people around waves after waves of Demonic Beasts, and it took only half a day to return to the wooden hut for the Trial Mission.

“Mu Yan, your Fire Cloud Mink sure is really powerful. Not only can it find Spiritual Stones and Spiritual Herbs, it can also help avoid Demonic Beasts at least hundreds of metres away. It was really worth that much ink-gold coins back then.”

Yun Jin couldn’t help but sigh with mixed emotions the moment he entered the wooden hut. Lou Mu Yan’s eyes were truly sharp. She could even see the potential in such a Spirit Pet—she was truly abnormal.

A smile rose on Lou Mu Yan’s lips and she stretched out her hand to smooth Mo Yan’s fur who was in her arms, “That’s only natural, how can my Spirit Pet be lacking?”

Xiao Zi Ang rolled his eyes, “Lou Mu Yan, I’ve discovered that you really don’t have any of the reservations that girls have.”

“So what?” Lou Mu Yan raised an eyebrow. Why must she have the reservedness that girls should have, “Even if I have a reserved side, I shouldn’t show it to you.”

“Then who’ll you show it to?” Xiao Xi Ang smiled like a curious little baby at Lou Mu Yan as he glanced at Chi Yi Xuan in his peripheral vision and found that he had stiffened.

Upon hearing Xiao Zi Ang’s question, Yun Lan and the others also curiously awaited Lou Mu Yan’s answer.

Lou Mu Yan took out a pot of Spiritual Tea and began to brew it. Her hand movements were elegant and methodical, and only after a while did she say slowly: “Of course I’ll show it to my future husband.”

“Pfft, Lou Mu Yan, you really have no shame. Just look at how old you are and you’re already thinking about your future husband.” Xiao Zi Ang laughed aloud.

Lou Mu Yan’s beautiful eyes lightly narrowed at Xiao Zi Ang, causing him to shudder. He immediately shut his mouth. When this woman plotted against someone, it came in sets. It was best that he didn’t offend her.

“Then what kind of husband does Mu Yan want to find in the future?” Yun Jin approached Lou Mu Yan and asked with a smile.

Lou Mu Yan was dazed for a moment. She seemed to have never thought about what sort of man she wanted as a husband in the future. In her past life, she was pursued by numerous men, as if schools of crucian carps in a river¹, but there was no appearance of a man that could make her heart beat.

She unconsciously rubbed the ice bangle on her wrist and a red figure surfaced in her mind. Then she chuckled and shook her head. Why did she think of that devilish man.

Her originally confused eyes instantly regained their clarity, and she said with a light smile: “Who knows about things in the future. Let’s talk about it when I meet someone who can make my heart beat for him.”

Her words were also equivalent to rejecting all the men present here. Although unintentional, but it had made the few, aside from Xiao Zi Ang and Lou Mu Bai, who were originally in high spirits, downcast.

Lou Mu Yan had actually faintly noticed that Yun Lan and Yun Jin were both slightly interested in her, but she didn’t feel any attraction to them, so it was impossible to accept them. As for Chi Yi Xuan, it was even more impossible.

For a while, the atmosphere in the wooden hut was a little gloomy. Lou Mu Bai drunk his tea as he stroked the blue and white porcelain teacup, the corners of his mouth curled up.

His younger sister was just too outstanding. He didn’t want to let her marry out so early either. Though he wondered just who could be worthy enough for his younger sister who was like a pearl—like a jewel—in the future.

Around an hour later, Yun Cang walked in from outside the wooden hut. Seeing these people sitting inside, he wasn’t surprised either. After examining their respective Demonic Beast corpses, he assigned the second Trial mission to them.

“Wonderful, congratulations for successfully completing your first Trial mission.” Yun Cang’s wrinkled old face revealed a rare smile. “You don’t need to wait for the others. You guys can just start the second Trial mission.”

Then he distributed a list for everyone, filled with many words. After the several people read through the list, he said: “This is the mission list for each one of you. You must find at least two-thirds of the items to pass and advance to the next part of the Trial. Less than two-thirds, then you’ll be eliminated and sent back to the Imperial Capital.”

Xiao Zi Ang stretched out his head and studied Yun Lan and Lou Mu Yan’s lists, and found that they were all different. He raised his head and asked Yun Cang: “Imperial Teacher, why do we all have different mission lists to complete?”

“Ha, of course your missions lists are all different. Although I said that you can still team up for the second Trial mission, but I didn’t say that your missions would be the same.”

Yun Cang swept over them with a look of fun in his eyes, then said: “Originally, the duration of this mission is still five days, but you all have completed the first Trial mission a day in advance, so I’ll give you an extra day’s time. Six days later, return here to hand in your mission.

“Let me remind you that if you form a team to look for items on this list one by one, then at most you could only complete the missions of two people. So this mission tests your individual survivability and adaptive skills.”

“Then doesn’t that mean we can’t form a team anymore?” Yun Jin furrowed his brows, “There’s so many mission items on this list, and there’s no marked map, so how do we find them?”

“Whether you want to form a team or not is up to you, but it’s only efficient if you complete this mission individually. So think about it yourself.”

Yun Cang smiled profoundly. “As for how you’ll search for the items on the paper, it all depends on your respective abilities, otherwise do you think it’s that easy to obtain one of the six places?

“Alright, after you prepare, you can start your mission.” As soon as Yun Cang finished speaking, in a flash, he disappeared from the wooden hut.

Lou Mu Yan held the mission list in her hands, and there was a smile brimming in the bottom of her eyes. The opportunity to individually go search for the Deep Orchid had come.

At the same time, a man who wore a silver mask and flamboyant red clothes also took two people into the boundary between the outer ring and inner ring of the Glacial Mountain Range. 

Translated product by May Our 梦 Come True

¹pretty straight forward—a lot of men pursued Lou Mu Yan. An idiom that comes from a historical event.

Note: Yay~ MX x LMY fans (including myself) will probably love the following few chapters. Just don’t complain about their relationship developing too fast because I’m here all for that development. XD