Tian Xing Wan

Chapter 117: Extra Shang Sui & Taiheng (1) Zhuo

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Extra: Shang Sui & Tai Heng

1

Taiheng was born in the ordinary world. His surname was Shen Mingyuan and his given name was Ziyan.

When he ascended, the heavenly palace was just being built, and everything was still in a state of disarray. Immortal kings from all walks of life were fighting and fighting, and they were all trying to grab the ‌ plate in this place.

On the day of the ascension, after the thunder tribulation was completed, he was led to the heaven by a ray of light, and then floated down. He saw that the surrounding area was covered with white clouds and deserted people.

He frowned, thinking about where he was, where he was going, and what he was going to do after ascending.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a noise in the distance. When I looked up, I saw a fairy in a red dress with a bun, riding a unicorn, and leading a group of strange mountain monsters towards him. Running wildly in the direction.

The ‌immortal's bright eyes and white teeth were very gorgeous. ‌ couldn't help but ‌ his gaze froze. When the ‌immortal stopped in front of ‌ and asked  angrily, "Where can I go to the Heavenly Palace?", ‌ had already reacted. ‌.

He just looked at the immortal in a daze, feeling that as expected, the spiritual energy was strong, and the people were quite good-looking.

If I had known this, I should have ascended as soon as possible instead of fighting through thousands of worlds in the lower realm.

The ‌ stared at the ‌ immortal without saying anything. This action was a bit presumptuous, but the other party was not a very friendly person. Without waiting for ‌ to react, he raised his hand and slapped her. ‌, with a simple slap, and then a cold warning: "If you watch me again, I'll gouge your eyes out!"

Taiheng: "..."

After practicing Taoism for thousands of years, this is the first time I was slapped by a girl.

But he was not angry either. He turned back calmly, raised his hand to cover the place where he was hit, and smiled softly: "Fairy? Heavenly Palace?"

"Not bad." ‌xian then noticed ‌'s appearance, looked up and down, and his tone became much softer, "Do you know where it is?"

"I know," Taiheng's voice was gentle and calm, and he pointed in the direction and told the immortal in detail: "Go west, and it will be a hundred thousand miles further."

"One hundred thousand miles?!" Xian said in shock, then turned around to see a turtle carrying a flag behind him, "Butler Turtle, didn't you say we were almost there?!"

The turtle steward was also a little confused, hesitating and hesitating: "... ‌Jun, the Heavenly Palace was just built not long ago, and this is my first time for this old slave."

This is actually true, Xian endured it and held back his emotions.

"Okay," the immortal encouraged everyone, "it's only a hundred thousand miles, if you run for another day, you'll be here! If you dare to lie to me," she said, thinking of Tai Heng, she turned around and stared at Tai Heng fiercely. Heng, "I will kill you!"

After saying the ruthless words, the ‌xian didn't say much, turned his head towards the west and shouted: "Charge!"

Then I saw a large group of people running towards the west.

Taiheng watched curiously as these people rushed out with billowing dust and smoke. He smiled tenderly and said with emotion: "People in the fairy world are really full of energy."

As he said that, he looked around and started thinking, where is this place

What will you do after you ascend

Is there anyone in charge here

2

Taiheng is not a good person.

According to those who are familiar with him, he can even be called a villain.

‌Born into a noble family, he was sent to a major sect in the world of cultivation before he was ‌years old. The small world where ‌ is located attaches great importance to cultivating monks, and the Immortal Alliance recruits schoolchildren every year. , various sects went to the Immortal League to rob people.

‌‌The sword spirit root is rare in ten thousand years, ‌As soon as the spiritual root test was over, all the major sects almost started a fight over it. In the end, it was mediated by the Immortal Alliance and allowed them to choose. Faced with the pleading looks of the leaders of the major sects, Taiheng, who was 7 years old, remained calm, put his hands behind his back, and said in a sweet voice: "You guys are with me. Tell me, what would be fun to do in your sect?"

Everyone just wanted to know what the 6-year-old child knew, so they tried their best to introduce the sect's various spiritual beasts, magic weapons, and a relaxed teaching environment...

Until an old man with a rather shabby Taoist robe came to the stage and spoke with some restraint: "I am the head of the Ji Sect, and our sect practices Taoism through battle..."

Taiheng's eyes brightened when he heard this, and he repeated: "Practice Tao through combat? How to practice?"

The old man felt a little embarrassed: "Just... just fight..."

"Let's fight," Taiheng said in a long voice, "Who are you from your sect?"

The old man blushed and hesitated: "Indeed..."

"How pitiful," Taiheng showed pity. Everyone was about to ask this small sect who didn't know where to go down quickly so that this genius could talk to them, when they heard Taiheng sigh, "Then I will Go to your sect."

Everyone felt that going to Shangji Sect was decided because Taiheng was too kind.

But soon after Taiheng went to Shangji Sect, everyone discovered that they were wrong.

‌Not ‌ kind, ‌‌, so suitable for this lineage!

‌I like fighting and excitement. The reason is that all my feelings are relatively dull. From emotions to feelings, it is difficult to fluctuate. Only when I am fighting or something During the extremely intense handover of life and death, one can vaguely experience some different "calm" states.

Whether it's pain or stimulation, fear or tension, for me, it's all a kind of joy.

This kind of character is a pervert by nature, but what is even more perverted is that despite this bellicose character, he also has a gentle and scholarly face, making him look like a gentleman. ‌Can't be a gentleman anymore, discipline ‌Can't be any more disciplined.

Many people have suffered from this face and feel that he is a good person.

Maybe you feel ‌‌ is easy to bully, maybe you feel ‌‌ is reliable, maybe you feel ‌‌ is soft-hearted.

Only when he draws his sword, sees Bo Liang leaving, and realizes that he has a heart of stone, will he realize that he is a madman.

‌When I was young, I fought in the Shangji Sect. When I got older, I started fighting in the world of cultivation. In less than a hundred years, I was walking sideways in the world of cultivation. Seeing that I was about to ascend, ‌feeling ‌‌ and even ‌, I went to the fairy world. It was very difficult to get to the lower realm, and I didn't want to ascend early, so I decided to break the barrier and go to other small worlds to fight.

After fighting and training in thousands of small worlds for thousands of years, I thought about it so much that I finally remembered the only place I had been to - the fairyland.

Yu ‌ no longer suppressed his cultivation, but was still blasted down by the sky thunder. He stood and was struck by the sky thunder, and then followed the light to fly up.

I originally thought that after ascending, there should be another new world. I heard that immortals live in the sky. In my fantasy, it should be luxurious and extraordinary, and I can have a battle here. I didn't expect that as soon as I got on the road, I saw a deserted land, and then I was slapped in the face.

This is truly an unexpected and novel experience.

Suddenly, I realized that there seemed to be a new way of playing here. In the past, I had always been the pride of the day. This time, I wanted to be an ordinary immortal. How does it feel

3

With the belief of being an ordinary immortal, Taiheng wandered around the fairy world with swords for a month, finally figured out the situation in the fairy world, and also found a job as a janitor.

This job is to work as a guard in front of the Nantian Gate. The Nantian Gate is right where I was slapped when I first ascended. It was still under construction at that time. A month later, the door frame was built and it was time to I was a bodyguard. As soon as the notice was posted, I took the initiative to apply. I finally settled in the fairy world and had a serious job.

‌‌A partner is named Nan Yi. Nan Yi is a talkative person. Knowing that ‌‌ is a new immortal who has just ascended to ‌, he takes the initiative to introduce the immortal world.

It is said that when the sky first divided, it turned into thousands of small worlds. On top of the thousands of small worlds, where the spiritual energy intertwined, it was the fairy world. One day in the fairy world, one year in the human world, the small world of old friends has already gone through thousands of years, and the fairy world has been clearly divided evenly.

Finally, everyone made a decision and elected the father and son as the emperor of heaven to establish the heaven. However, the heaven has not yet completely figured out the personnel and organizational arrangements, and even the heavenly palace is still under construction, so it appears to be very shabby. There are also some remote children who are dissatisfied with the control of heaven and have to fight with each other from time to time. For example, a few days ago, when I met that immortal, I went to the Lord of Silent Mountain because I was dissatisfied with the requirements of heaven. She pays taxes every year, and just a month ago she led people to demonstrate at the gate of Heaven.

"I heard that she only wanted to scare the Emperor of Heaven," Nan Yi leaned against the door and said mysteriously, "She didn't dare to do anything."

"Why don't you dare?" Taiheng looked curious and sneered, "If she dared, she would have been at the gate of Nantianmen at that time. Why didn't she just rush in? Instead, she ran all the way towards the world of the West Heaven Buddha. , she ran nearly 50,000 miles before turning back, and then she returned home because she was too exhausted. She said she was lost. Do you believe this excuse? "

"Well..." Taiheng pondered for a while and shook his head, "I don't believe it."

"That's right." Nan Yi said confidently, "The most powerful Emperor of Heaven, Lord Jishan, would not dare to lend her courage!"

If we move south, Tai Heng doesn't believe it. Just thinking about it, it would be a slap in the face. It would be so quick.

That night, ‌ and Nan Yi were keeping vigil at Nantianmen when they saw a man in red swooping in from ‌'s head. He leaned against the door and looked up, hesitating for a moment between sending a message or not. Finally, he looked at the big-eyed and menacing Nan Yi next to him, and thought about it, an ordinary guard, You shouldn't be able to see Jingshan Jun's skills.

So you can't see it.

Only Shang Sui was spared, but Shang Sui was spared.

‌I went back to bed with my colleagues after my shift in the early morning. As soon as I got into the bedroom, someone pressed a magic formula on my neck.

The other party's tone was very cold: "If you dare to scream one more time, I will kill you!"

Calling, or not

Take action, or not

To kill or not to kill

Taiheng blinked at Shang Sui. After hesitating for a long time, he tried his best to play the role of an ordinary guard.

As if he didn't know anything, he smiled and said, "Fairy, have we met?"

Hearing this reminder, Sang Sui suddenly reacted: Who is this person

She didn't hesitate, grabbed Tai Sui's head, smashed the table next to her with a bang, then pulled her up and said with a fierce expression, "You know I ran away fifty thousand miles because of you giving random directions." How old are you? You dare to show up in front of me! Are you looking for death?”

"Fairy, this is wrong."

Blood flowed from Taiheng's head. He kept smiling and said calmly, "You, appear in front of me."

"you… "

"Search!"

Shang Sui was about to curse, but before he could say anything, the voice of heavenly soldiers and generals came from beside him. Shang Sui's face turned stern, he raised his hand and slapped Tai Heng, and a burst of spiritual power poured into Tai Heng's body. Sang Sui threatened fiercely: "If you dare to speak nonsense, I will kill you immediately."

After saying that, he jumped into Taiheng's bed and huddled under the quilt.

There was a knock on the door immediately. Taiheng opened the door and saw his colleagues on duty looking into the back room. He said, "Zi Yan, have you seen an injured immortal?"

"‌immortal?"

Taiheng looked confused, and the other party understood, waved his hand and said: "You go to bed first, we will continue to look for people."

"Thank you for your hard work." Taiheng smiled, but the other party didn't say much and turned to leave.

After the others left, Taiheng closed the door, thinking that with the temperament of this immortal, he would probably order him to do something. However, after waiting for a while, he heard a voice and whispered: "Fairy?"

‌People responded.

Taiheng hesitated for a moment, then walked to the bed and said, "Fairy?"

No one replied.

Taiheng was sitting on the edge of the bed, and just as he was about to purr for the first time, he heard an extremely clear, small, and apparently cute... purring sound.

Taiheng was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly opened the bed curtain, and saw the immortal curled up on the bed, sleeping soundly.

There were wounds all over her body, and the bed was stained with blood. She frowned, a little disgusted, but moved her eyes to the girl's face...

Okay, long, forget it.

The person who caught the eye of Tai Heng was very cherished. He sat down and sent his spiritual power to her. He first stabilized her internal injuries and then went to get the medicine for her injuries and began to apply it on her. .

Having lived in the lower world for thousands of years, he knows how to do anything. In the past, he often pretended to be a good person and bandaged the wounds of his companions, so he was quite skilled at it.

‌quickly bandaged her wound, lifted her up slightly, pulled up the bedsheets, and quickly changed the bedsheets. Looking at ‌xian sleeping very sweetly inside, ‌ began to think about the last question. .

Where will you sleep tonight

After a while, he made a decision—

This bed.

Go to bed and take her back before dawn.

4

When I woke up on the second day of my last year, I felt sore in my waist and back, as if I had slept on the bed all night.

But when she turned her head, she found that she was sleeping on a soft bed. Instead, the young man she threatened last night was sitting on a chair, holding his head with one hand, closing his eyes and concentrating.

At this moment, the sky is bright, and the sun is falling on the young man. The young man is naturally handsome, and the white light shrouds him, giving him a more holy look.

Shang Sui looked at the young man quietly, his heart beating a little faster.

She knew that young people were good-looking, but when she looked carefully today, she realized that they were actually so good-looking.

Although he is not heroic enough, like a scholar, and does not look like the ideal person in her heart, he is also inexplicably pleasing to the eye and makes people feel happy.

She secretly watched for a while, and her gaze was naturally detected by Taiheng's consciousness, but she remained silent and just propped her head up to pretend to sleep. After a long time, she felt that the elder's gaze was too long, so she slowly opened her eyes. Open your eyes.

The two of them looked at each other, as if they were cats who had been caught cheating. They felt guilty for a moment: "Why did you open your eyes? Did I tell you to open your eyes?!"

"Then..." Taiheng hesitated, "Should I close it?"

"Forget it," Shang Sui didn't want to bother. She sat up, crossed her legs on the bed, and said dullly, "I still have something to tell you."

"Fairy please speak."

Tai Heng's attitude was no longer good. She froze up and couldn't say any threatening words. She didn't know what to say for a moment. She held it in for a long time before saying, "How come you're not afraid of me at all?"

"Oh," Taiheng poured himself tea, "I'm so scared, I just pretend to be calm."

"Really?" Shang Sui frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

Taiheng nodded seriously, his eyes full of admiration: "Oh my god, you dare to assassinate the Emperor of Heaven, you are so scary."

"Hey, what kind of knowledge is this?"

After hearing what he said, Shang Sui felt a little carried away and just said: "I don't want to go around in circles with you anymore. I beat that old thief Shang Hao for a while last night and got a little injured. I can't leave for the time being. I want to stay here with you." Keep it up for a while. I left a spiritual consciousness in your body last night. If you dare not listen to me, it will be easy for me to kill you, you know?"

Last night, she just poured some spiritual power into her. It was okay to fool the little immortal, but it was a bit too young to fool Taiheng, an old monster who had traveled through the world.

But Taiheng still nodded, showing some fear: "I will definitely listen to you."

"Okay," Shang Sui cleared his throat, "Then you can get me a roast chicken. I'm hungry."

"OK."

Taiheng nodded, his well-behaved look made Shang Sui feel like a bully. Looking at his beautiful face, Shang Sui smiled softly, Sang Sui finally felt a little embarrassed and thought: "You serve me like this For a while, I will forgive you for giving me random directions."

"I don't know the truth, I also heard people say..." Taiheng apologized in a low voice. She even felt like she had a small belly. She waved her hand: "Forget it, it's not important. You go and give it to me. Looking for grilled chicken.”

The food in heaven is all the same. It is not easy to make a roast chicken at the last minute. However, it is the first time for Taiheng to raise a girl. She feels that it is very novel, so she decides to work hard and shrink into an inch. I went to the woods to catch a roast chicken and brought it back. I roasted it quietly and brought it to the New Year.

The craftsmanship is very good. When I heard the roast chicken, I jumped up immediately. After taking a bite, she was stunned.

She has never eaten such delicious food before!

She quickly ate the roast chicken, then turned to look at the person next to her who was watching her eat the roast chicken tenderly, with burning eyes.

Taiheng was inexplicably panicked when she saw him, but he still pretended to be calm: "What are you looking at me for?"

“Where did you get this roast chicken?”

Shang Sui stared at him, Taiheng said at a loss, "I baked it."

"Did you bake it?" Shang Sui frowned, as if thinking. After a moment, she made a major decision, "When I recover from my injury, you can come with me."

Taiheng thought that he would actually make this request last year, and thought for a moment: "Isn't this decision too hasty?"

"Think again."

Shang Sui gnawed on the bones: "Go and cook for me, I won't treat you badly."

The old man who was bribed by a meal became very talkative. During the day, Taiheng went to guard the door. At night, he brought some wine and roast rabbit back, and the two of them sat in the room and chatted.

"As for me, Lord Jishan, my Taoist name is Shang Sui, and my mortal name is Qin Sui Nian. I am almost 600 years old this year. How about you?" Shang Sui ate rabbit legs and introduced himself to Taiheng. .

Taiheng poured wine for her and smiled slightly: "My Taoist name is Taiheng, my mortal name is Shen Yuan, and my courtesy name is Ziyan. You can just call me Ziyan."

"Just ascended?"

"Ascended one month ago."

"How old?"

He was careless in his last year, and Taiheng hesitated for a moment. In fact, he should have ascended when he was more than a hundred years old, but he didn’t want to. It happened that no one from above was in charge of it, but according to the celestial body, he should now... "

"One hundred and seventy years old."

Hearing this, Shang Sui was happy and said, "Then you can call me Senior."

Taiheng nodded and called out obediently: "Senior."

"The food you cook is so delicious. I'm sorry for you, senior. Please call me sister."

Shang Sui waved her hand. Although Taiheng felt that the logic of these two sentences was not logical, he still followed her words and called out: "Sister."

Overjoyed, Taiheng sat aside and poured himself a drink with a smile, experiencing this novel feeling and feeling extremely interesting.

The two of them chatted while eating. The old man was very talkative and talked about everything.

"Our Jingshan Mountain is remote and lacks supplies. We have to fight for resources in the fairy world. My father doesn't want to make progress. He used to be robbed by others. All of our spiritual veins in Jingshan Mountain have been robbed by others. Wait for me now Accept Jishan, I have a lot of people to support, why don’t I get my things back?”

"‌."

Taiheng nodded and poured wine for her: "Wrong."

"I will avenge my lonely mountain and develop justice, but what are you going to do to destroy the heaven at this time? What are you telling me? When will retribution be repaid? Then what happened when we robbed our lonely mountain? ‌Why don’t you say that the fairy world needs order and peace? That’s bullshit!”

"you're right."

"Here Hao wants to put on airs for me, so just wait and see who is stronger. I tell you, if you don't call someone this time, I'll hang him up and beat him!"

"‌You are so mighty!"

Taiheng's flattery was very useful in his old age.

When it got late at night, both of them drank too much. When Shang Sui saw Taiheng going to sleep on the bed, she suddenly felt guilty and called to Taiheng: "Come on, let's sleep together."

Taiheng chuckled when he heard this: "Isn't it good?"

"What's so bad about this?" Shang Sui raised his eyebrows, "It's just a bed, come on!"

Taiheng just acted like he didn't want to sleep on the bed at all. He didn't mind being old, let alone being old, so he just lay down on the bed and didn't forget to say thank you: " Thank you ‌jun.”

"It's a small matter," Shang Sui was very generous. She patted Tai Heng on the shoulder, "You cook well and I will protect you from now on."

5

From that day on, the two began to live a life of sleeping together. Taiheng cooked for her every day and drank with her. He stayed in the room until he was old, waiting for his injury to heal and run away. .

It seems like people can't get too close to each other. Somehow, they start to get used to this kind of life of staying together every day.

Last year, she waited for Taiheng to come back to feed her every day. She had nothing to do, so she started reading some story books.

She likes to read stories about killing people, grabbing treasures, and fighting monsters. It's fun to watch them fight and kill.

After only watching it for half a month, there were fewer and fewer of this type. She couldn't help but started to read some love stories.

It was a rainy night. Tai Heng was working the night shift and didn't come back until late at night. He left some snacks for Shang Sui, who ate them and read his storybook.

This story is very exciting. It is a story about a woman who is neglected and disheartened by her husband. It is a story about a young man falling in love. This story is very erotic and full of thrilling plots. I was dumbfounded when I read it last year. , as she looked at it, she felt the smell of Taiheng lingering on the tip of her nose.

Only then did she realize that this was Taiheng's bed.

When I think of Taiheng, I think of Taiheng’s face. When I think of Taiheng’s face, I think of the storybook...

Shang Sui suddenly realized what he had remembered, and buried his face under the pillow in shame, not wanting to read any more.

But after a while, she felt that the book had a magical charm, so she took it out and read it.

As she looked at it, she heard footsteps coming from the door. She hurriedly stuffed the book and saw Taiheng push the door open and come in.

He closed his eyes like a thief and pretended to be asleep. Taiheng entered the room, washed himself for a while, and then went to bed.

With the chill of night rain on her body, Shang Sui suddenly realized that the gatekeeper must have stood in the rain all night. Thinking of this, she felt inexplicably distressed.

But this heartache only passed away in a flash. She didn't know why, her mind was filled with the contents of the short story book.

Taiheng noticed that her mind was not peaceful, so he turned over and raised his eyes to look at her: "Is there anything that worries you, Fairy?"

She didn't say anything, so she just looked at Taiheng. She suddenly felt that Taiheng was like a goblin, beautiful and alluring.

Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Taiheng wondered: "Fairy?"

"I...I read a book today."

The old man spoke out of nowhere: "My mind is impetuous."

"Oh?" Taiheng was quite curious, "What are you so impetuous about?"

"There's something written in the book that I'm curious about."

Speaking truthfully last year, Taiheng lay on one side with his head propped up, his hair falling down: "What did you write? Can you tell me?"

"Write... write about a man and a man, we... we kiss each other."

Shang Sui stammered, Taiheng looked at her and said nothing with a smile.

Shang Sui felt a little embarrassed for no reason. She was about to say that she was sleeping when she suddenly heard Tai Heng say: "How about giving it a try?"

Shang Sui was stunned, but Taiheng said with a calm face: "Since you are curious, I will help you, how about it?"

The old woman's heart was beating very fast, but she wanted to maintain her dignity, so she just said: "Yeah, it's okay. I'll give it a try."

Taiheng chuckled, propped up half of his body, and leaned over.

The black hair flows down like a waterfall, isolating the surrounding area.

‌ Lowered his head and kissed her soft lips.

To be honest, I also want to know what this feels like.

It's just that I was just out of curiosity at the beginning of the period, but when I actually started doing it, I immediately understood the beauty and the secret of it.

He couldn't help but reach out his hand, hold her down, and deepen the kiss.

The night rain was pouring, and the two of them seemed to have opened up from chaos and met the sky for the first time. After a kiss, Taiheng restrained all impulses, as if he was not affected in the slightest, and asked with a smile: "How is it?"

As she spoke, she stared blankly at the bed curtain, recalling the wonderful feeling she had just now.

After a while, she regained her composure, raised her hand and clapped her hand, saying excitedly: "Okay!"

Taiheng was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Shang Sui say seriously: "One more time, okay?"

6

Last year, I finally understood what was written in those books.

But she was also too anxious. After kissing Tai Heng tonight, she was satisfied and planned to take it step by step in the future so as not to scare such a gentle man like Tai Heng.

Just before she could slowly capture Taiheng, she received an urgent call from her father: "Sui Sui, please come back quickly. I heard that boy Shanghao got a magic weapon." ‌Track you and find out where you are right away.”

Hearing this, I was frightened and staggered.

She wasn't afraid of being caught by Shang Hao, but she didn't want to implicate Tai Heng. She was sure to escape with Taiheng. Thinking about it, she could only leave first. Later...

Let’s talk about it later.

She was not a lazy person. In order not to cause trouble for Taiheng, she wiped out all traces of her past, carried the things she used on a daily basis, and ran away.

Taiheng was in a very good mood that day, and even made her favorite roast chicken, but when she returned to the house, she saw it was completely empty.

He was stunned for a moment, in disbelief. He sat in the room and waited all night, until the roasted chicken was completely cold, before he confirmed that this person was gone.

I felt a little angry for a moment, and then a little confused. After I calmed down, I couldn't help but find it funny.

Everyone met by chance, but they just realized that they were having fun and having fun, so why did they fall in love with her

‌You actually got interested

Taiheng was surprised, but he didn't make a quick decision. He sat in the room and drank a pot of cold tea, then went to guard the door as usual.

This ‌ day passed in a row. These ‌ day and night, I lay in bed, unable to fall asleep. As soon as I closed my eyes, I felt the smell of old age lingering on the tip of my nose.

On the first day, he left the Heavenly Palace with his sword in hand. As soon as he left the house, he was grabbed by Nan Yi, who said excitedly: "Taiheng, have you heard about it?"

"Um?"

Taiheng was curious: "What did you hear?"

"Je Shan ‌ is preparing to negotiate peace with Heavenly Court last year, saying that he wants to marry Heavenly Court and recruit a son-in-law!"