The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  The man withdrew his gaze and his smile was getting gentler. His eyes seemed to reflect the silhouettes of those demons behind him, "You're welcome, Honored Sir. It's not the blade that I'm talking about actually."

  Not the blade? What's it then? Slightly knitted his eyebrows, Honored Sir did not continue on this topic and spoke to the crowd, "The clearance of the Sea of Blood this time is not just a blessing for Buddhism, but also for the Six Dao. Thanks to the Emperor, a miracle happened. Golden Lotus had gained her human form yesterday. Thus in order to express her gratitude, she will be reciting the buddhist scriptures for a hundred days and spread the blessings to the world!"

  The lady who was now a Buddha walked out amidst the billowing clouds as Honored Sir spoke. An aura of elegance radiated as she was in her flowing white cassock, like a blooming lotus with subtle fragrance in the air.

  The lady smiled with a tinge of shyness on her face and sanskrits echoed, "Emperor."

  "So this is Golden Lotus. Being raised up before the Buddha really makes her extraordinary. "

  "But her attainment is still too low, so as her ranking of Buddhism."

  "You shouldn't be making comparisons like this. Golden Lotus was born in Buddhism and gained her human form after being enlightened by the sanskrits. She is considered purer than other Buddhas who had gone through all the sufferings in the world. It is a well known fact that the Emperor has a particular fondness for those who are pure."

  "If that's the case, Phoenix was raised up in Buddhism as well. There were 33 strikes of Light of Buddha shone upon hell when she was born. It was the True Buddha who brought her into Buddhism. Though she didn't become a Buddha right away, she is purer than any of us."

  "I know she is pure, but we're talking about the number one in Buddhism. Honored Sir wanted to pacify Tian Dao and that's why Golden Lotus is here right now. You can't expect Phoenix to do this, am I not right?"

  "True indeed! After all, there's no one else with a higher ranking in Buddhism than Phoenix within the Buddha's gate."

  Even though she got the ranking in Buddhism through countless demon slaughterings, still nobody could surpass her.

  Phoenix tended to be quiet when she had something to eat. Matchmaking was never her cup of tea. It was just that Little Monk beside her kept on winking at her, which was obviously asking her to not fight with the Emperor.

  To be honest, Phoenix felt like she had not had any major conflicts with the Emperor before.

  Although he disliked her, so did she.

  Nevertheless, did they ever look like they were not getting along well?

  Phoenix tried to recall the time when she first met this man.

  There was quite a distance between them and with his inbred elegance, she thought they had always greeted each other with nods.

  Why must she be the one to start the fight in other people's eyes?

  Little Monk heard her doubts and laughed, "My lord, stop being such a hypocrite. You almost stabbed the Emperor a few moments ago. As for the greeting, it's basically an aloof and slight nod from afar. You call that a greeting, huh?"

  "I'm just following what he's doing." Phoenix tossed a piece of c.h.e.s.tnut cake into her mouth and chewed on it. She kept on smiling in a careless manner, "I greeted him the same way he greeted me."

  Little Monk glanced at her from left to right, "Yeah, I know it. The Emperor will nod to anyone he meets. But the Emperor does it in a pleasant manner. The way you do it, is sort of provoking. It's all depends on the temperament. You got it?"

  "I think my temperament is quite good. Can't you see that many from Tian Dao came and proposed to me?" Phoenix put her wooden chopsticks down. She felt the urge to fight for her looks.

  Little Monk chuckled, "That's because Tian Dao needs you to fight for them."

  "Okay, I understand now." Phoenix smiled in a rather malevolent manner, "It's the same concept like how Buddhism is trying to rope the Emperor in."

  Little Monk acknowledged her words in a mumble and held the wooden fish in his hands, "Anyhow, you have to behave yourself today, my lord. And those proposals from Tian Dao are useless. Your love is meant for the alleviation of the world's suffering, my lord."

  "Buddhism wants me to alleviate the world's suffering." Repeating this sentence, Phoenix snorted as her eyes turned cold, "What a good choice."

  Little Monk had no idea why did Phoenix raise to her feet all of a sudden, "My lord, my lord, where are you going?"

  "Mission completed. I'm going to go water the Bodhi tree and recite my sutras." Phoenix moved her hand and the scythe appeared in her palm again.

  Despite the vast mountains and lakes, there was always a silhouette from Buddhism, standing ramrod straight and lonely at the same time...

  Speaking of reciting sutras, Phoenix would really do it by sitting under the Bodhi tree in her usual languid posture. She would speak to the Bodhi tree every time she flipped a page.

  "You are the only one who is always by my side."

  "My trip to the magical realm this time had left me wounded, but it was an interesting place. I even saw some mermaids there."

  "But I can't stay there for too long, or else I will be grounded."

  "I felt like my hands are locked up. It feels bad, but it'll be worth it if you're able to transform into a human..."

  Phoenix fell asleep as she spoke. Her raven black hair along with the white robe were more than enough to outline a spectacular view.

  The Bodhi tree that had been motionless for million of years gave out a pleasant sound as if it was swaying in the breeze.

  That year, the Bodhi tree's response turned out to be a gesture of comfort.

  Chapter 814 - He Wanted Her

  Others did not know what was on Phoenix's mind. They thought that this time, there must already be a conflict between the Emperor of Tian Dao and the Phoenix of Buddhism!

  Therefore, in order to prevent them from meeting each other, Little Shami would lead the Emperor to another path every time they entered the Hall of Great Strength.

  Actually, the people from Buddhism did not only mean to create the opportunity for the Emperor to meet Golden Lotus.

  Even those from Buddhism would be stained with the ghoulish aura if they were to get involved with the clearance of the Sea of Blood.

  So, needless to say, those from Tian Dao would need to recite and chant sutras for a few days after doing so.

  Unexpectedly, the Emperor had agreed to cooperate, but every time he would come together with a black fog.

  Those were the times when Buddhism was not at peace.

  Phoenix did not have to slay anyone in the magical realm, so she just leaned against the Bodhi tree and looked at those black fog with one eyebrow raised. Then, she turned her head around and went back to sleep.

  Little Monk was responsible for sending vegetarian food to Phoenix. Originally, he could get back to his sutra chanting every time after sending the food.

  However, this time he saw that Golden Lotus was chanting sutras for the Emperor.

  The Emperor looked like he was not listening to Golden Lotus at all. In fact, he was not looking at anyone. Standing there elegantly, he threw some lotus seeds upward with one hand.

  The demons would then get closer to eat, making them look just like goldfish with watery eyes.

  At that moment, Little Monk realized that it was pointless to perform sutra chanting for the Emperor to get rid of the ghoulish aura. The Emperor himself could already tame the demons just fine.

  They were all being fed like goldfish, were there really such unsatisfied demons out there?

  That was what Phoenix saw when she was walking over while stroking her growling stomach.

  She was only there to take the bamboo box at first.

  But all of the Elder Buddhas who were chanting sutras had stopped after noticing her.

  At the same time, Little Shami who was following the Emperor and Golden Lotus gasped in shock.

  When the Emperor was done feeding,
he turned around and saw her too.

  There it went, everyone stood up immediately just to stop them from getting into a fight!

  In the meantime, Phoenix was only looking at the food inside the bamboo box. She was quite satisfied with the food as she was not a picky person after all. So, she was about to leave after getting her food.

  All of the Elder Buddhas disliked her presence while they were chanting sutras.

  Which was why she had been chanting sutras alone all these while.

  "Will they start fighting again?"

  "Just look, with the Emperor's personality, it's impossible for him not to take revenge from Phoenix for the matter during the Buddhism feast last time."

  "I've heard that the Emperor's revenge would normally be very harsh."

  "It's not only harsh, but look at the people who had trod on his toes, be it God or Buddha. Which one of them had ended well?"

  "Phoenix is not someone you want to mess with too. Nobody knows yet who is the last one standing."

  "It's close, they're getting closer!"

  Both of them were really close to each other.

  But it was a pity that there were no exciting battles of eye contact this time, and no one was getting into a fight.

  However, the atmosphere was very cold.

  All of a sudden, they seemed to be giving each other tit for tat.

  Little Monk pulled at the corner of Phoenix's robe while he chuckled awkwardly. He then looked up and said to Phoenix, "My lord, you walked to the right in order to greet the Emperor, right?"

  Greet? Phoenix raised her good-looking eyebrow at once.

  "Please, my lord, just agree on this, otherwise I will be punished," said Little Monk softly.

  Phoenix could not refuse the pleading of a child. So she set her gaze back to the Emperor and smiled slightly, "That's right, I'm greeting."

  All the Gods and Buddhas were used to their awkward meetings or even their fights.

  Greeting?

  What situation is this?

  Everyone's eyes lit up and they could not help but stare at both of them for their following conversations.

  The man was ignoring all of these, but his carefree eyes finally noticed something and his smile turned playful, "Oh? Since it's a greeting, that means you have to say something to me. So what do you have to say?"

  Say something? Phoenix was stunned temporarily as she did not plan to greet him at first… While thinking about this, she saw Golden Lotus who was behind the man and she asked instinctively, "Nothing much actually. But, are you here for a matchmaking feast again?"

  All the Buddhas were startled… Matchmaking feast? Matchmaking?!

  Little Monk lowered his head and sobbed. My lord, it would be better if you never spoke!

  "Matchmaking feast?" The man was grinning while bending over, his voice so deep and soft that only she could hear, "With who? I will consider it if it's with you. Because for some reasons, I would really love to destroy you."

  Phoenix looked up and smiled, "Seems like you're interested in a fight?"

  "About destroying, I mean it in another way…" With his bright eyes, the man's gaze fell on her collarbone under her long robe. At that moment, there was a hint of evilness on his handsome face.

  Phoenix furrowed her neat eyebrows, "Get away from me. I can't fight in these two days, pick another date instead."

  "You're under confinement again?" The man scoffed at her in an unusual way, "It's really better to lock you up."

  Phoenix felt that he was way more talkative today, but she ended the conversation because she was starving. So she left by going around the Buddha's gate.02.

  All the demons trembled in fear when they saw that.

  Golden lotus moved forward, looking gentle and beautiful, "Emperor, please don't take Phoenix seriously. She has been like that all these while, intolerable but kind-hearted."

  The man remained silent, but his smile widened.

  Since they had been with him for some time already, the demons knew the man better than anyone else.

  Even though they were already getting goosebumps from his smile, they would never guessed correctly what he wanted to do.

  When he left with an elegant pace, black fog was engulfing everything beyond the Trayastrimsa heaven.

  The man then said with a very low voice, "Do you all think that she should be locked up?"

  "She?" The demons thought the man was talking about Golden Lotus, "There's no need for that. After you complete the marriage, Emperor, Golden Lotus will be all yours."

  The man stopped at his pace as he was confused, "Golden Lotus?"

  "Yes." The demons were acting like tamed goldfish again.

  However, the man threw them a bomb at that time, "I'm not talking about her. I've always wanted the best… The Supreme Messenger, Great Lord Phoenix!"

  "Phoe, Phoe, Phoenix? Cough cough cough!" The demons were choked by lotus seeds, "Emperor, this, this probably wouldn't work."

  The man reached out his hand to grab one of the demons closer, "Do I still need your permission to get someone? Anyway, I'm not interested in marriage. I'm just wondering how she will look like if she was locked up. The scene surely will be very pleasing."

  All the demons thought at once that the Emperor must have gone insane.

  The next thought was that whatever this man wanted to do, he had never failed any of them...

  Chapter 815 - The Beginning Of A Close Relationship

  From that day onward, Little Shami was even more afraid that both of them would bump into each other again, so he tried to avoid them from being in Buddhism at the same time.

  And so, basically everyone in Six Dao, be it Gods or Buddhas, had known about the conflict between Phoenix and the Emperor.

  All of them tried to cooperate with Little Shami, avoiding them from meeting each other as best as they could too.

  Elder Deity White shook his head and laughed, "The two did not have such serious contradictions before. Although they disliked seeing each other too back then, they would at least give each other a courteous nod. How come they are so intolerable with each other now? They are just like the saying, 'a great man cannot brook a rival'."

  "Elder Deity, you should have known that the Emperor does not like tough women, which is why all the elder lady deities chosen by him are gentle and clean. Moreover, Phoenix is too trenchant in style, so it is just a matter of time for them to become even unfriendly to each other."

  "In my opinion, the Emperor should settle down with his marriage already. Both Golden Lotus from Buddhism and our Snow Mountain Goddess from Tian Dao are good options."

  "Speaking of this, there's also another good choice from the Dragon Palace. Her beauty is incomparable with others, I have always wanted to suggest her to the Emperor since a long time ago."

  "Wait a minute, I know a fairy from Mo Cang Mountain who has admired the Emperor for the longest time. Despite her beautiful appearance, she is also very talented, which makes her the best match for the Emperor…"

  The elder deities from Tian Dao were all speaking on their own behalf, causing the whole dome to be bustling with their opinions.

  However, the man who was sitting at the very top was not planning to join in their conversations. He was only sitting there casually with his legs crossed. But there was one thing that he was curious about.

  "Fishes." This was the nickname given to the demons by some Emperor not long ago.

  The black demons formed the shape of a goldfish immediately, "Please speak."

  "About me and my beautiful prey, do we look unmatched together?" The man raised one of his eyebrows, as if in doubt.

  The demons were all speechless and thought in their minds, Everyone in Six Dao knows that you both are enemies okay! What do you mean by looking unmatched together, you two had never seen anything eye to eye before! If we had not followed you around, we would have thought as well that you wanted to disable Phoenix every time you met her, but did not do so only because she be
longs to Buddhism. Of course, now we know that your actions will not be influenced by anything, but we never thought that you are having dirty thoughts toward Phoenix!

  "Why? Is my question very hard to be answered?" The man laughed mockingly while looking at them.

  The demons were trying very hard to maintain the goldfish form but still tried their best to speak in a peaceful tone, "It's really a little bit, unmatched."

  "Oh?" The man laughed again. The laugh looked meaningful, so deep that the demons had no idea what was on his mind.

  Actually what the man wanted was simple. Since everyone thought that they were not a match, he wanted to overturn everyone's mindset.

  So that all of them would stop troubling him with the matter of whom he should meet today and the day after that.

  The Emperor glanced at the portrait on the table again and a hint of impatience was shown in his gaze.

  But the impatience was hidden very well by him.

  On the second day when he was traveling to Buddhism, as Little Shami was about to guide him up the mountain, he suddenly changed his path.

  Seeing that, Little Shami got anxious, so he ran after the man, "Emperor, that path is full of obstacles. Please, please wait for a second!"

  It was indeed a rocky path.

  Because halfway along the path, there were uncountable betrothal gifts stacked on the roads.

  And behind those betrothal gifts stood Little Monk who was trying hard to stand on tiptoes because he was too short. He was talking to the God of Tian Shan who had come to propose, "Deity, please leave. Our lord still need to continue chanting sutras, she won't accept your betrothal gifts."

  "Little master, please inform once again. If Phoenix were to agree to this marriage proposal, she will be treated the same way in Tian Shan just as how Buddhism has been treating her. I believe Lord Phoenix will make the right choice, after all she is not young anymore." The God of Tian Shan was firm in his words as he glanced steadily toward Golden Lotus, the matchmaker.

  Golden Lotus laughed with a gentle voice, "That's right, little master, please inform your lord about this again. This deity is really a gentleman, he is good enough. Most importantly, he has a good temper which is a good match for Lord Phoenix."