How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

Hei Yang nodded seriously, smiling as he patted his wife's head: "It's undeniable that Xiao Li is a little bit arrogant, but she is also very proactive and doesn't hide anything."

After marriage, she was almost entirely spoiled.

Don't let her constant bickering fool you; she's actually incredibly obedient. The only thing she'll bite you about is when she asks you to do chores or other strenuous tasks. Ahem…

"Actually, it might be because I like it too much and just can't hold back; I can never be proud of it..."

Hongli suddenly whispered a truth.

"Hehe, that's great."

Xingyun looked envious and couldn't help but ask, "If it weren't for the Five Elements Sect incident, would you still be together, or would you have remained friends and not broken through to the next level?"

"Hmm, this one..."

Hong Li's eyes darted around, she pondered for a few seconds, then nodded firmly and said, "Yes!"

"Eh?"

Xingyun was somewhat surprised: "Sister Hongli, are you so sure?"

"uh-huh."

Hongli replied matter-of-factly, "After all, when it comes to marriage, I can't think of anyone else but him..."

"hey-hey."

Hei Yang smiled smugly and said nothing more.

"Uh-huh——"

Xingyun covered her eyes with one hand and shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I can't listen to this anymore, or I'll start to feel sour..."

"Hehe, it's quite an honor to make Xiaoyun so jealous."

Hongli said with a grin, "But you can't envy someone who's a childhood sweetheart, Xiaoyun."

"What's wrong with that!"

Xingyun pursed her lips and defended herself, saying, "Elder Huole said that love and romance are only a part of life, and there are many other beautiful things in the world waiting for people to witness!"

While you're young and energetic, you should strive to improve yourself, enhance your abilities and qualities, and then you can see a more distant view!

If everyone neglected their spiritual practice and abandoned their ideals because of so-called love and affection, there would be no vibrant spiritual community as we see today.

Limited vision, lack of ambition, and inability to shoulder great responsibilities will only lead to a relatively unsuccessful life spent in obscure corners of society!

"?"

Hong Li slowly typed out a question mark.

"I have a feeling like I've been singled out..."

Hongli's forehead creased with several "well" characters, and she couldn't help but mutter, "Elder Huole couldn't argue with me, so he ran to you to secretly criticize me behind my back, huh!"

It started with a bunch of inspirational platitudes, but then it got increasingly aggressive, and they just stopped acting altogether!

"what?"

Xingyun was stunned. When she heard the elder say those words, she felt her blood boil and her fighting spirit soar. She hadn't paid attention to anything else. But when Sister Hongli said it like this, it seemed like she was really talking about the other person.

It shouldn't be... right?

Elder Huo Le is a kind and wise elder. Even when his disciples talk back to him, he calmly reasons with them and almost never loses his temper with the younger generation. He advocates a gentle approach to education.

No matter how you look at it, he shouldn't harbor such a deep resentment towards Sister Hongli, right?

"Haha, it must be that you're overinterpreting things, Sister Hongli!"

Xingyun chuckled awkwardly, trying to defend Elder Huole: "The elder definitely didn't mean that. I just chatted with him casually when I went to ask him about cultivation that day!"

"I won't listen, I'm good at identifying people. He's definitely secretly complaining that I took the sect's resources and ran away, and that he doesn't see the blood and sweat I've put in for the sect!"

Hong Li snorted softly, growing angrier the more she thought about it. A cloud of black mist slowly emerged from behind her: "No, my blood pressure is rising. I need to put Elder Huo Le in a sack on his way home and give him a good beating to vent my anger... Ah!"

"You better tone it down!"

Hei Yang tapped Hong Li on the head, then pulled her Shadow Demon ability back, scolding her irritably, "Can you please stop acting like a criminal all the time?"

"No matter what, you're now the head of a sect. Can't you be a little more composed like me?"

"You mean I should use my sect leader authority to secretly make things difficult for Elder Huo Le, and then use more official methods to retaliate against him?"

Hongli covered her head, shrank her neck and looked at Heiyang, tentatively whispering, "Um, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Although putting a sack over someone's head isn't exactly polite, at least it's a friendly, playful fight between friends, and it's perfectly aboveboard!

But to secretly sabotage someone's efforts is a bit much, isn't it?

"Who plays roughhousing with friends by stuffing them with sacks?! Where's the fairness in that? And you know you've gone too far?!"

Hei Yang was speechless: "You brat, don't try to twist my meaning here. Who told you to make things difficult for others?!"

What girl always talks about revenge?

If my parents hear about this, they'll definitely blame him for leading Xiaoli astray.

What? You're saying this girl was always up to no good?

I can't hear you, I can't hear you. Who told you to be someone's husband? No matter what she's thinking, it's all your fault, you brat!

Ha, Hei Yang doesn't need to think too much to know that he'll definitely end up being blamed.

He really worries himself sick over his little Li!

"In short, don't rush, stay rational, and think calmly."

Black Sun revealed his dead fish eyes and lectured, "All day long, stop thinking about crooked and evil ways..."

"Waaaaah, rationality! How can I be rational?!"

Hongli, having abandoned her idol image in front of Xingyun, skillfully acted cute and pitiful in front of Heiyang, saying, "Yangyang, you should know that Elder Huole, an elder, is secretly talking badly about me behind my back!"

Since he struck first, my retaliation should be considered legitimate self-defense!

"Wait, so what kind of weird nickname is Yangyang...?"

Hei Yang rolled his eyes at Hong Li, but didn't seem to mind his wife's way of addressing him. "Yang Yang" was just a nickname; she'd even called him "Dad" before... cough cough...

"Then tell me, how did he say bad things about you?"

Hei Yang looked at Hong Li and asked.

"He told me everything I'd done, isn't that just him insulting me?!"

Hongli's face was filled with grief and indignation.

"Oh, well, that doesn't necessarily mean they're talking about you..."

Hei Yang had a black line on his forehead.

"What do you mean 'not necessarily'? It's definitely me!"

Hongli, though indignant and defiant, retorted, "The negative example he gave was so outrageous. Is there anyone else in the Five Elements Sect besides me?"

Hei Yang: "..."

This girl is always very self-aware in some strange ways.

"Um, if you're really angry, you can secretly curse back behind my back..."

Hei Yang was both afraid that Xiao Li would go astray and beat up the elderly, and also afraid that his own Xiao Li would be wronged.

He was conflicted, and tentatively said, "This evens things out, right? We didn't have to put a sack over their head..."

"reject."

Hong Li snorted lightly, with an arrogant look that seemed to look down on everyone: "Do I look like someone who secretly curses others behind their backs?"

"Heiyang, stop trying to incite me to do this and that all the time! You're the one polluting my pure heart!"

"..."

Hei Yang's face darkened slightly, and he slowly pulled out a recording stone: "I'm really sorry, Xiao Li, it's all my fault for being so rude and lowering the standard of our family..."

"Hmph, it's good that you know."

Hong Li nodded in satisfaction: "But you don't need to blame yourself too much. Under my pure and kind influence, you have also... wait, what's that in your hand?!"

Hongli's gaze swept over the recording stone in Heiyang's hand, and an ominous premonition arose from the bottom of her heart. She heard a voice coming from the recording stone.

"Xiao Li, are you asleep?"

It was Hei Yang speaking softly, accompanied by the rustling sound of the blankets sliding.

"Hmm... I'm already asleep... If you need anything... Hmm... I'll tell you when I wake up... Goodnight..."

Then came Hong Li's slightly dazed and soft voice, which sounded unexpectedly cute, like she was being coquettish, compared to her usual way of speaking.

"Xiao Li? Xiao Li!"

Black Sun called out again, his voice slightly louder.

"Hmm...so what, ugh..."

The girl's voice gradually became irritable.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to wake you up."