"If he remains stubborn... then don’t bla , his mother, for being heartless!" Nangong Biyao’s beautiful face was cold, her eyes wide, revealing an endless, solemn aura.
「Qinglan Sect forbidden area, Coiling Dragon Abyss.」
"Blood Demon, why didn’t you question that boy about the identity of the woman in the coffin just now?"
Before the Demon Suppression Tower, Yuanyi couldn’t help but ask the being within.
"To stir up trouble unnecessarily will only invite disaster," the demonic voice from inside the tower, having shed its earlier arrogance, said with imnse gravity. "I vaguely recall that woman’s identity. She... is soone we cannot afford to offend! At least, not for now! Wait until I break this seal, bathe the Righteous Path of the Central Land in blood, and recover my full strength. Then, we shall go to the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Western Wilderness and pay her a visit!"
"We shall act according to the Blood Demon’s command!" Yuanyi knelt and kowtowed.
「anwhile.」
「Qinglan Immortal Sect, Dragon Head Peak, Shenxiao Palace.」
After Lin Xiao publicly admitted his relationship with Guo Yourong, the Elders and Sect Leader True Master Ziyun naturally couldn’t say much more. Having comforted Su i, they all offered their blessings as elders. Even Daoist Chisong, the habitually stern Chairman of Red Cloud Peak, announced he would personally deliver a wedding gift for Lin Xiao and Guo Yourong’s wedding the next day.
After all, in Qinglan Sect’s ten thousand-year history, there had never been such an openly declared and grand wedding announced to all its mbers. With the Demon Sect’s threat currently looming, everyone in the sect was uneasy. The wedding of Lin Xiao, the chief disciple, was thus a welco occasion to lift spirits.
Once Lin Xiao’s wedding was confird, all the remaining Chairn and Elders, except for five Supre Elders who had departed earlier, gathered for a vegetarian banquet in Dragon Head Peak’s dining hall.
Seeing that the hall was crowded and boisterous, and that Yuanyi, that old scher, was nowhere to be seen, Lin Xiao decided against ntioning Niu Batian for the ti being. He rely told True Master Ziyun a few things about his cooperation with Ye Xuan’er.
At the table, though he sat shoulder-to-shoulder with his Second Junior Sister, Yurong, their hands clasped, Lin Xiao’s eyes couldn’t help but drift towards his Master, Xiao Hongling.
Just as he’d expected, his beautiful Master was downing jar after jar of potent liquor. The two elders beside her, True Master Ziyun and Daoist Chisong, couldn’t dissuade her, no matter what they said.
She rely claid she was overjoyed that her disciple’s marriage was settled.
Heh, overjoyed, are we? Lin Xiao thought. I’ve fulfilled your wish this ti and am marrying Yurong. I sincerely hope you’re truly happy...
He sighed inwardly. Then, he stole a glance at Zhu Wanning in the distance.
He saw her red-rimd eyes staring blankly into space. Beside her, a dozen or so female inner sect disciples from Phoenix Caw Peak anxiously surrounded their Eldest Senior Sister. Martial Uncle Su, looking heartbroken, held her beloved disciple’s hand, murmuring sothing.
However, no matter how much those around her tried to console her, Fairy Zhu, known for her cold deanor, remained silent until her gaze inadvertently t Lin Xiao’s.
In that instant, their eyes locked.
At this mont, silence spoke louder than words!
At this mont, Lin Xiao’s mind drifted back to their last night trapped in the Secret Realm. They had been sitting side-by-side on a mountaintop, gazing at the moon.
She had blushed then, suddenly asking, "Senior Brother Lin, how do you say ’I like you’ in your hotown’s dialect?"
"It’s ’I fancy you’," he had replied after a mont’s thought.
"Alright! Wanning... fancies you! My Senior Brother Lin!" she had imdiately repeated.
At that mont, this cold and proud Fairy Zhu had seed uncharacteristically docile.
"So..." she had asked, leaning against his shoulder, "can this... be expressed with a hand gesture?"
"Sure," Lin Xiao had replied without hesitation, bending his hands to form a comical ’heart’ shape.
However, this girl had a peculiar sense of humor. His gesture had made her laugh for the entire night.
"Senior Brother Lin, Wanning will rember this gesture for a lifeti," she had finally said with great seriousness.
His thoughts gradually returned to the present.
Lin Xiao looked again at this girl with whom he had once perford the matrimonial bows.
Taking advantage of a mont when Yurong wasn’t looking, he made the ’heart’ gesture again.
She should... understand what this ans, right? I still like her, he thought.
The next mont, upon seeing his gesture, Zhu Wanning, who was opposite him, suddenly seed to co alive. Her beautiful eyes sparkled, and after a brief pause, she tearfully nodded at him!
Her reaction visibly relieved Su i and the others, who finally let out sighs of relief.
Wanning once said that if she sets her heart on soone, she will unconditionally believe their every word. So... my gesture just now must have eased many of her worries, Lin Xiao mused.
Thinking of this, his guilt deepened. After all, the hand he was currently holding was Yurong’s!
If only... if only there were a way for them to coexist harmoniously, with ... leading a united, loving, and joyful family dedicated to cultivation. How wonderful would that be!
Lin Xiao once again found himself entertaining this shaless notion.
"Eldest Senior Brother, are you still worried about Senior Sister Zhu?"
Just as Lin Xiao was lost in his tangled thoughts, he heard the voice of his Second Junior Sister, Yurong.
He tensed, about to explain, but she leaned against his shoulder and whispered softly, "Eldest Senior Brother, being able to lean on your shoulder like this, openly, in front of everyone... Yurong is already very happy. If... if you truly care for Senior Sister Zhu as well, perhaps I... I could accept..."
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