Jiang Xuan was momentarily dumbfounded by the sudden actions of Golden Spirit Cloud.
From what she had said, he quickly pieced together how things had ended up like this. To Jiang Xuan, it wasn’t that Golden Spirit Cloud was angry because she had been deceived. Nope! She was furious because in front of her, he had dared to “show affection”!
Clearly, there was something a bit off in her thinking—she had this twisted notion that if she couldn’t have him, then no one else was allowed either!
But at the end of the day, this whole mess was really Lan Xin’s fault for playing around with the script. Honestly, Jiang Xuan never had any intention of flaunting his love in front of Golden Spirit Cloud!
Right now, Jiang Xuan’s inner thoughts were like:
“Wait, where did little Xin run off to? I asked her to send Spirit Cloud back to the little wooden house and it feels like it’s been over a day since I last saw her… Is it possible she made a run for it?”
Meanwhile, hiding at the bottom of the lake, Lan Xin had concealed her aura long ago. Ever since Jiang Xuan encountered the thunder tribulation, she had been secretly keeping tabs on everything that was happening.
She knew full well that the thunder wouldn’t harm Jiang Xuan one bit. Originally, she planned to wait until he got through the storm, then she would show up and have a bit of a cuddle session in front of Spirit Cloud.
But just as she was ready to execute her master plan, that pesky Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon showed up and completely threw a wrench into everything!
Honestly, it wasn’t that she didn’t want to help her master, but if she stepped out, it would just draw attention to herself!
As Lan Xin panicked and brainstormed for solutions, she overheard them discussing how they wanted to see her master begging for mercy.
That’s when she realized how serious things had become.
“M-Master, I’m so sorry! To save you, I can only contact Lord Liu Yun now. I hope you won’t hold it against me afterward…”
With newfound determination, Lan Xin injected a bit of spiritual power into her transmission jade pendant.
But much to her annoyance, she waited forever, and no one picked up!
Over on the other side, at the Nangong Mansion.
A transmission jade pendant was lying on a table, blinking away like a frantic light bulb.
At this moment, outside the Great Jiang Imperial City, Nangong Liu Yun frowned slightly at the scene before her.
In front of her stood over thirty women, each wearing a mask. The weakest of them had at least reached the Martial King stage. And at the forefront was a girl who was clearly a Martial Master!
Nangong Liu Yun was baffled; she hadn’t sent out that many invitations! How could this many people just decide to show up at the Great Jiang Imperial City?
Could it be…?
As if thinking of a certain possibility, Nangong Liu Yun spoke coldly, “So you’re all here… looking for my husband?”
As soon as she finished, the leading girl slowly removed her mask. If Jiang Xuan were present, he would immediately recognize her as Xiao Hong Xin, the Deputy Pavilion Master, whom he hadn’t seen in ages.
“Dear Young Miss Nangong, it’s a pleasure to meet you! My name is Xiao Hong Xin, the Deputy Pavilion Master of Xuantian Pavilion. We are aware of your upcoming marriage and have come to offer our blessings. However… your fiancé happens to be the head of our pavilion. So, we kindly ask you to allow us to meet with him. Once we confirm his intent, we will sincerely congratulate you on your wedding…”
“Xuantian Pavilion? I never knew my husband had such a powerful backing behind him!”
Nangong Liu Yun’s eyes surveyed the crowd, but inwardly she mused,
“I can’t believe my husband has been secretly nurturing a harem behind my back. He’s really outgrown my apron strings! How come I rushed out without enough bags to carry all this back?”
But the one who was closest to her husband had to be this Deputy Pavilion Master. Perfect! She could use her to figure out what her husband had been up to behind the scenes.
On the outside, Nangong Liu Yun wore a pleasant smile.
“Of course, of course! Since you’re my husband’s subordinates, you’re more than welcome to attend this big wedding of ours. How about this, Deputy Pavilion Master? You come with me into the city. I am quite curious about the Xuantian Pavilion; we could have a good chat…”
“Of course, Young Miss Nangong, we’ll follow your lead. The rest of us will wait here for orders.”
Xiao Hong Xin had been helplessly watching Jiang Xuan get taken away by that bad woman due to her own weakness, a moment she regretted the most.
Later, she had gone to the Divine Martial Dynasty’s Xiao family with core members from Xuantian Pavilion to increase her strength. After becoming the new Xiao family leader, she took full advantage of their training resources and even obtained an emperor-level inheritance from an ancestor.
In just over three months, both she and the core members of Xuantian Pavilion had made tremendous progress. She had gone from being a Martial King to a full-fledged Martial Master.
Even as she boosted her strength, she also actively looked for Jiang Xuan’s whereabouts, but found nothing—until recently, she learned about Nangong Liu Yun’s upcoming wedding!
That’s when she discovered her dear pavilion master was right there in the Great Jiang Imperial City.
So, she hurriedly brought her core members and rushed over, only to be intercepted by Nangong Liu Yun!
Before confirming her pavilion master’s safety, Xiao Hong Xin had no intention of getting into a fight with Nangong Liu Yun. Hence, the earlier exchange took place, and she agreed to go into the city with Liu Yun.
She could see that Nangong Liu Yun was only at the Martial Ancestor level. With such a vast power gap, she had no concern for any tricks the girl might pull!
This time, her only goal was to retrieve her pavilion master, Jiang Xuan, by any means necessary.
……
Meanwhile, at the bottom of the lake, Lan Xin started getting increasingly frustrated after not receiving a response from the transmission jade pendant.
She even started to doubt whether her jade pendant had gone kaput after soaking in water.
If that were true, she had only one option left: to make a run for it to the Great Jiang Imperial City for help!
Just as Lan Xin made up her mind, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
“Well, well, hiding down here, are we? Hmm? A transmission jade pendant? No wonder there was some spiritual power leaking. Looks like you’ve been up to something!”
Golden Spirit Cloud had appeared before Lan Xin out of nowhere, and as she finished speaking, she casually crushed the transmission jade pendant in Lan Xin’s hand.
“Ah… don’t come any closer! It’s the master who deceived you; it has nothing to do with me…”
……
In no time, Golden Spirit Cloud dragged a bound-and-gagged Lan Xin before Jiang Xuan, casting him a rather unfriendly glare.
“Xuan, you’d better explain what’s going on with this Water Qilin! What is your relationship with her?”
Jiang Xuan simply replied, “………”
