“Take this chance to reflect on yourself and start over. Begin cultivating again from scratch, and learn to temper your arrogance and impatience.”
Chu Feng had not chosen to kill him. The young man’s dantian had only been pierced through with sword qi; he had not cruelly shredded it apart. If the dantian were completely destroyed, then the man would truly be crippled for life.
If not for Holy Maiden Sister’s sake, he would never have shown mercy.
His clash with Lin Ruo had taught him one thing: when dealing with enemies, one had to be decisive and leave no room for hesitation.
This young man was merely a pawn. The one who truly disliked him was that Liu Family big eldest miss.
After witnessing Chu Feng’s display, the surrounding guards no longer dared block his path.
Even the Third Young Master, a late Third Rank cultivator, had been crippled…people like them, mere First and Second Rank trash, were even less worth mentioning.
With no one daring to stop him, Chu Feng smoothly arrived at the venue where today’s ceremony was being held.
Liu Xueyao wore a white palace gown, a sash tied around her waist fluttering gently in the wind. Her figure was graceful and slender, tall and elegant, her curves refined without being overly voluptuous.
Her rosy lips were soft and alluring, her skin flawless like jade and ice. Her peerlessly beautiful face could topple kingdoms, while her closed eyes made her appear as though peacefully asleep. Her bearing was transcendent, like an immortal fairy untouched by the mortal world, making it impossible to look away.
Standing before Liu Xueyao, Liu Shijing held a jade brush and gently dabbed a mark of vermilion onto her niece’s forehead.
It added yet another layer of charm to Liu Xueyao’s beauty.
This was the coming-of-age ceremony for the women of the Liu family, where an elder would place the vermilion mark upon the younger generation.
Afterward, an elderly man stepped forward holding a ceremonial proclamation and began announcing it to the heavens and earth, as well as to the ancestors of generations past.
All in all, the ceremony was complicated and the procedures unbearably tedious. Under normal circumstances, Chu Feng would have long since started nodding off. But Holy Maiden Sister was simply too pleasing to the eye; just watching her made time seem to pass quickly.
Of course, Chu Feng also spotted the Liu Family’s big eldest miss. She shot him a cold, sinister glance, clearly having already heard about what he had done earlier.
Once the ceremony was over, he planned to have Senior take him back to the Yaochi Holy Land and use the teleportation array to return to the demon race. As for this Liu Family, today would probably be the last day he ever stayed here. Naturally, he wasn’t afraid of them making things difficult for him.
At last, the ceremony finally ended, and Liu Xueyao immediately came to Chu Feng’s side.
Seeing Holy Maiden Sister’s appearance today, Chu Feng couldn’t help but praise her. “Holy Maiden Sister, you look absolutely beautiful today!”
A breathtaking smile bloomed across Liu Xueyao’s face as she replied with a trace of joy, “Thank you, Husband.”
Seeing this scene, even Liu Shijing was momentarily stunned. In the past, Xueyao rarely smiled. She had always been cold and expressionless. Yet ever since meeting this brat, her smiles had become more and more frequent.
With the ceremony complete, according to tradition, everyone should have happily gone off to the banquet.
But unexpectedly, Jia Tianfeng, the wife of the Liu Family head, directly blocked Chu Feng’s path. Her gaze was sharp and icy as she said, “According to the rules, only members of the Liu Family and invited guests may attend the ceremony. You, boy, are neither part of the Liu Family nor do you possess an invitation. On top of that, you crippled my third son’s cultivation. Shouldn’t you give us an explanation?”
The moment Jia Tianfeng spoke, the crowd that had been preparing to head for the banquet instantly stopped in their tracks.
Oh ho, who would’ve thought there’d be entertainment before the feast? Looks like there was a huge drama about to unfold.
“Does the Liu Family really have such a rule?”
“Do they? I’ve lived in the Liu Family for decades and this is the first time I’ve heard of it!”
“Tsk tsk, you don’t know? That boy offended the young miss some time ago. Madam is standing up for her daughter.”
“Hiss! Then this young man must have the worst luck imaginable. Madam and the young miss are both infamous for being venomous women. Even if he doesn’t die, he’ll at least be skinned alive.”
Chu Feng looked at the unreasonable woman before him and said calmly, “First of all, the Liu Family probably doesn’t even have such a rule.”
If they did, Senior would definitely have informed him before they departed this morning and even handed him an invitation along the way.
“As for me taking action, they attacked first. What I did was merely self-defense.”
“Then why did you cripple his cultivation in such a cruel manner, you vicious little brat?!”
Jia Tianfeng pressed aggressively.
The other members of the Liu Family, hearing the word “vicious” come out of Jia Tianfeng’s mouth, almost wondered if they had misheard her. This woman actually knew the words “vicious” and “cruel” existed!
The deeds committed by Jia Tianfeng and her daughter within the Liu Family could practically fill volumes of atrocities!
“Vicious? If—”
Before Chu Feng could finish speaking, the Liu Xueyao beside him turned cold-eyed, killing intent locking directly onto Jia Tianfeng. A bone-chilling sensation instantly spread through Jia Tianfeng’s entire body.
Smack!
Her legs went weak instinctively, and Jia Tianfeng actually dropped to her knees in front of Chu Feng.
Good lord, this was huge news!
The matriarch of the Liu Family kneeling before a young man….quite a few members of the Liu Family had already taken out recording stones to capture the moment. This was simply too satisfying!
“Uh…” Jia Tianfeng’s sudden kneeling left Chu Feng completely dumbfounded. “I don’t remember having a daughter as old as you. A goddaughter won’t do either.”
As everyone knew, the big shots all liked taking goddaughters. It was basically the same as keeping a secretary. As the saying went: when there’s work, the secretary does it; when there’s no work, you do the secre….ahem. In times when the big shots had nothing to do, a goddaughter was basically equivalent to a secretary.
But Chu Feng had no interest in taking goddaughters. Compared to that, taking a godmother suited his tastes far better.
“Pfft!”
Someone couldn’t hold back their laughter.
In an instant, Jia Tianfeng’s face shifted between green and pale with rage, clearly furious to the extreme.
“That’s enough.”
A deep, heavy voice rang out as Liu Tiancheng walked over.
The moment everyone saw Liu Tiancheng arrive, the laughter immediately stopped.
“Master, you have to stand up for me!”
Jia Tianfeng instantly pulled out a handkerchief and burst into tears, crying miserably.
Liu Tiancheng’s expression darkened. He had never expected Jia Tianfeng to make such a scene in front of so many people.
“This brat is nothing but an outsider! Not only did he cripple Third Lang, he even insulted me verbally. This is clearly showing no respect for our Liu Family at all!”
Jia Tianfeng immediately elevated the matter to the level of family honor and dignity. If Liu Tiancheng ignored it now, then the Liu Family would lose all face….especially with so many outside guests present today.
At that very moment, a magnetic voice rang out.
“Who said he’s an outsider?”
The crowd parted as Liu Shijing, dressed in flowing green robes, walked in.
“Second Sister, what do you mean by that?”
Liu Tiancheng asked in confusion.
But Liu Shijing’s next sentence directly left everyone present utterly dumbfounded.
“He is my cultivation partner, Liu Shijing’s Dao companion. He is not an outsider.”
“!!!”
This time, even Chu Feng’s jaw nearly hit the floor.
Senior, y-you… you’re joking, right?!
Is this really the same tsundere Senior I know?!
Liu Shijing appeared perfectly calm on the surface, but inside she was dying of embarrassment.
If she didn’t say this, then the matter would escalate into an issue concerning the Liu Family’s honor. When outsiders bullied them, the Liu Family would never back down.
But if she declared the brat to be the Liu Family’s son-in-law, then the matter became an internal family affair. No matter how big the commotion grew, it would still just be the Liu Family’s own business at most, it would merely count as airing dirty laundry to outsiders.
She also couldn’t say the brat was Xueyao’s husband. Everyone knew that the Yaochi Holy Maiden had entered a marriage alliance with the disciple of the Moonlight Sword Fairy. Claiming he was Xueyao’s husband would undoubtedly expose the brat’s identity.
So under the circumstances, the best solution was for him to become Liu Shijing’s Dao companion instead.
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