Chapter 56

After the dual cultivation ceremony, Jiang Yuanchen and Murong Waner stood on a small hill outside the King Of Chess's mountain city, keeping watch.

"Taoist Priest, I heard that the King Of Chess's palace lost a treasure." A cool breeze rustled, and a cloud of water slowly floated across the sky. Jiang Yuanchen wore a dark red scholar's robe, and Murong Waner wore a bright red phoenix robe. When they stood next to each other, they looked quite compatible.

"Hm? Is that so? "Murong Waner turned her head." What did the King Of Chess's palace lose? "

Seeing that Murong Waner's expression was normal, Jiang Yuanchen said, "Fellow Daoist, when you went to the Fire Phoenix Mystic Realm a few days ago, which passage did you enter through? I destroyed the passage to Demon City, and it's impossible for Mount Langya to do the same. The other passages are not in the right positions. Considering the passage you entered, as well as the distance and route, you must have entered through the passage in the King Of Chess's mountain city, right? "

"…"

"Fellow Daoist, the Taoist Priest is very curious. What is it that requires you to put yourself in danger?"

"Fellow Daoist, I'm a Divine Dao cultivator!" Murong Waner suddenly smiled. "You've already guessed what it is, haven't you?"

"It really is that thing?" Jiang Yuanchen's expression changed slightly, and he held the Dragon-Tiger Ruyi in his hand. "Take it back, and the Taoist Priest will let bygones be bygones. How about that?" The cloud of water in the sky sprinkled a fine rain, and Jiang Yuanchen's robe was drenched.

"Do you think that's possible? That thing is a Divine Dao item, after all. "Murong Waner's back was facing Jiang Yuanchen, and the spiritual light on her body dodged the spiritual rain that Jiang Yuanchen had tried to descend. When the water dragons got close to her, they were all repelled. After taking three steps, she suddenly tossed a ball of yellow silk over. There seemed to be a palm-sized heavy object wrapped in the yellow silk.

He quickly caught it and opened it. It was a white jade stone with ten red marriage threads entwined within.

"I've refined this marriage stone for you. With it, you can avoid tribulations." Murong Wan'er turned into a yellow mist and disappeared into the ground. "That thing has already been sent back to Thunder Prefecture. Do you think I would have brought it with me?"

A voice came from afar. Jiang Yuanchen fiddled with the marriage affinity stone and sighed. "Fellow Daoist, you're still a Divine Dao cultivator after all."

Similarly, I'm an Immortal Dao cultivator!

With a single thought, the thread of love connecting Jiang Yuanchen and Murong Wan 'er immediately snapped.

Love was born from the heart. Both of them were rather rational people. Naturally, because they were on different sides, they each gave up on their own thoughts. The thread of love dissipated on its own.

Not long after, after Murong Waner left, a golden light flew out of the King Of Chess's palace. With Gong Yun's help, an arrow froze Murong Waner's body.

Then, Murong Waner sensed that someone from the King Of Chess's palace was coming to capture her. She endured the pain and pulled out the arrow from her chest. Then, she took out an item from her bosom and threw it into the air. "Old Master, fortunately, I'm prepared!"

She used an ice phoenix feather to cover her tracks and continued to escape into Thunder Province. Behind her, three protectors of the King Of Chess's palace chased after her …

On a hill, Jiang Yuanchen looked at Murong Waner's divine light in the distance. This fellow Daoist's luck is unfailing. It seems that the King Of Chess's palace will return empty-handed this time.

Then, he silently sensed his own soul. "There are only a few left."

There was only one thread of love left on the Intellectual Sword. Mu Qingyi was also a person with a strong moral character. She used the Five Abyssal Demonic Beast Rebellion to sever her relationship with Jiang Yuanchen. Jiang Yuanchen had helped her enter the Dao. That was kindness. Involving Jiang Yuanchen in her own love tribulations was the same as repaying kindness with evil.

Moreover, Jiang Yuanchen's words to her were still echoing in her ears.

"The world is very big. Roaming the East Sea in the morning and returning to the Cold Abyss in the evening, this is the free and unfettered path of us cultivators! What love? It's just the attitude of a little girl. How can it be what people of my generation want? "

Mu Qingyi's Dao heart was firm, and the threads of love naturally faded.

There was also Yao Lan's thread of love. After Jiang Yuanchen secretly matchmade her with Zhang Zihao, Yao Lan's thread of love also implicated her and Zhang Zihao. Jiang Yuanchen lost another tie.

Now, only Mu Qingshu's thread of love still entangled him.

"I really need to think of a way to deal with this thread of love!" Jiang Yuanchen silently thought, Little Junior Sister hasn't passed her tribulation. Is it because of this thread of love? This thread of love was the most persistent. Jiang Yuanchen didn't even dare to meet Mu Qingshu for a while.

It was drizzling in the sky. This was the method Jiang Yuanchen used to trap Murong Waner with his Rain Sword Intent. However, Murong Waner was prepared and easily escaped.

Dressed in a green silk skirt and green lotus shoes, Mu Qingyi came out with an ink umbrella to look for someone.

"Senior Brother?"

"Hmm?"

"Big Sister Murong left?" Mu Qingyi stepped forward and stopped Jiang Yuanchen with the umbrella.

"She left! This Fellow Daoist is indeed determined to revive the Divine Dao. "Jiang Yuanchen let out a long sigh." Let's not talk about her. Has your love tribulations been broken? "

"Yes." Mu Qingyi said calmly, "Senior Brother said that freedom is what we seek in cultivation. Once I've thought it through, I'll let go of my infatuation, resentment, and love."

To put it bluntly, she was no longer persistent. It was fate that brought them together. Even if they weren't, they would still be Senior Brother and Junior Sister. That was enough. On the road to longevity, love was not the only thing that accompanied one.

The two walked back to the King Of Chess Hall in silence. Jiang Yuanchen waved his hand to disperse the rain. Mu Qingyi put away the oil paper umbrella. "Senior Brother, there will be a place for me in the future where Chang Ming is!" Looking at the sky, Mu Qingyi pointed at Chen Xing's position and said to Jiang Yuanchen, "Yes, that's good."

"Hmm, okay." On that long and lonely road, it's a good thing to have another Fellow Daoist, isn't it? " Lin Zixuan, Zangyuan, Mu Qingwan 'er, Yuan Qing, and now Mu Qingyi was also a good thing.

Chen Xing naturally referred to Jiang Yuanchen.

"By the way, what do you think of that girl, Mu Qingshu?" Jiang Yuanchen thought of his last thread of love and asked.

"Senior Brother, how about listening to a story?" Mu Qingyi put her arm around Jiang Yuanchen's shoulder. Without waiting for Jiang Yuanchen to reply, she continued, "Once upon a time, there was a pair of sisters. The elder sister fell in love with a scholar. Later on, the scholar returned with a laurel, and the couple lived happily ever after. But good times didn't last long, and the elder sister died of an illness. When the scholar remarried, the younger sister took care of brother-in-law when he was at his saddest, so she married brother-in-law instead of the elder sister. "

"Di marriage?" Jiang Yuanchen froze for a moment, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Di marriage refers to a system in ancient times. Of course, there were still some places in the Spiritual State that carried out this system. Most likely, after the nobles married, if they still had a younger sister at home, they couldn't marry. Instead, they had to marry their brother-in-law along with their elder sister.

Seeing that Jiang Yuanchen seemed to have understood something, Mu Qingyi continued, "My younger sister and I didn't get along since childhood. After all, we didn't come from the same mother."

That's right, Jiang Yuanchen had also heard of palace infighting and such. Mu Qingyi and Mu Qingshu's mother had fought so fiercely in the past, it was only natural that they didn't have a good relationship.

"My younger sister's birth mother always suppressed us mother and daughter, so my younger sister always had to compete with me in everything."

So, in essence, that girl Mu Qingshu substituted herself for you? A flash of inspiration? Jiang Yuanchen instantly guessed why he couldn't figure out why he had met Mu Qingshu for the first time.

"Was she there when I enlightened you and helped you comprehend the Dao?" Moreover, my flute is missing. If it wasn't Mu Qingyi who took it, then it could only be Mu Qingshu who was secretly nearby.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Yuanchen sketched out a way to deal with Mu Qingshu. If the Great Illusion Realm didn't work, then he could only join hands with Mu Qingyi and use the illusion realm to lure her into the Heavenly Tribulation.

When the two returned to the King Of Chess Hall, they saw that the Golden Ship had already been prepared to go to Taixu Taoism. Many guests also boarded the spirit ship, presumably to attend the next wedding banquet.

Of course, Ouyang Yu and the others didn't come, finding an excuse to leave.

Jiang Yuanchen silently watched Ouyang Yu's back. His spiritual perception told Jiang Yuanchen that Ouyang Yu's actions seemed to be related to him.

"Senior Martial Brother, it's time to go!"

"Okay!" Jiang Yuanchen boarded the Golden Ship. Lin Zixuan steered the Golden Ship toward the Spiritual State with a ship full of guests. Along the way, Mu Qingyi and Yang Ling scattered flowers with flower baskets. From the Yan State to the Spiritual State, the two of them seemed to have an endless supply of flower baskets for them to squander.

In Taixu Taoism, Jiang Yuanchen used the connection with his incarnation to send a message to Elder Cao, who opened the mountain gate and created the White Cloud Gate to welcome them on the Golden Ship.

Overlooking the White Sun Mountain Range from the ship, one could see many Daoist Palaces scattered among the mountain range. They were uneven in height and brightness, but just by looking at the arrangement of these Daoist Palaces, one could guess that this was the arrangement of a large array.

At the wedding banquet, other than the guests being invited to their seats by Jiang Yuanchen himself, Lin Zixuan first brought the couple to the Ancestral Hall for the union ceremony.

The union ceremony in the King Of Chess Hall only followed the mortals' understanding of worshipping the heavens and earth, with Gong Yun and Lin Zixuan acting as the elders.

But Taixu Taoism did not care about this. This was a real ceremony for immortals. They kowtowed in the Ancestral Hall and filled in Gong Yu 'er's records on Li Wen's jade archive. From then on, their fates were linked, and they shared blessings and misfortunes.

The ceremony started early in the morning. At noon, a table was set up in the King Of Chess Hall, and at night, another table was set up in the Taixu Taoism Hall.

Although there was no ceremony of worshipping the heavens and earth, Li Wen's elder, Elder Li Jian, sat in the seat of honor. After receiving tea from Gong Yu 'er, he happily handed over his family's heirloom jewelry to Gong Yu' er. "Li Wen's mother gave this to me. She was afraid that this boy would become interested in worldly matters and wanted me to give this jewelry to his wife. Now, it's yours. "

Gong Yu 'er took the jewelry, thanked him, and started toasting everywhere.

Jiang Yuanchen and Mu Qingyi exchanged glances. On the way, the two discussed Mu Qingshu. He secretly called over Red Caltrop and whispered a few words into her ear, telling her to prepare something.

After Li Wen and Gong Yu 'er finished toasting their elders and Lin Zixuan and Yang Ling, Li Wen came over to toast Jiang Yuanchen. "Senior Apprentice Brother, let us toast to you."

The rules of Taixu Taoism were different from those of mortals. Gong Yu 'er did not need to sit in the bridal room and wait for Li Wen to lift the veil. Thus, the two of them toasted their friends in Lin Zixuan's hall.

"Senior Apprentice Brother, you played a big part in helping us get to where we are today." Gong Yu 'er blushed. The couple raised their cups and toasted Jiang Yuanchen.

"The two of you should not conceive any children for now," Jiang Yuanchen warned. Even Gong Yu 'er, who had a lively and straightforward personality, could not help but blush.

"The blood essence of the two of you is not strong right now. When the two of you reach the Elemental Transformation Realm, I will use spirit medicine to balance it and try to give birth to a spirit embryo in one go."

"Senior Apprentice Brother." Li Wen scratched his head in embarrassment. "Isn't it too early to talk about this? The ninth generation of disciples has not been registered yet. It will be a hundred years before we can conceive a child. "

"There is nothing wrong with making arrangements in advance."

After the two of them left, Red Caltrop finished what Jiang Yuanchen had asked him to do and took out Jiang Yuanchen's bone flute.

"Go and tell Junior Apprentice Sister Xuan Yue to act according to the plan." Xuan Yue was Mu Qingyi's Daoist name. Jiang Yuanchen had made up his mind to cut off Mu Qingshu's feelings and push her to quickly go through her tribulation.

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Mu Qingshu did not enjoy the banquet. She saw a deity at the banquet — Li Tianhao.

Li Tianhao was the deity that Jiang Yuanchen and Lin Zixuan had met. He had become a deity with the help of Jiang Yuanchen and Enlightened Master Yuwei. Later, Enlightened Master Yuwei told Li Tianhao that if he could become a Yin Master within a hundred years, he could enter Taixu Taoism and become a true disciple.

Li Tianhao had lived up to their expectations and become a Yin Master long ago. Under Jiang Yuanchen's guidance, Taixu Taoism had become a disciple of Taixu Taoism and entered a jade archive with Gong Yu 'er in the Ancestral Hall.

Mu Qingshu's heart was stifled. She watched as one disciple after another entered Tian Cang Peak to become a true disciple, while she herself was still unable to break through. No one could understand her anxiety.

The true standard for a true disciple was the Golden Core. Jiang Yuanchen and the other nine were merely exceptions. Now, the other disciples had all successfully attained the Golden Core. Mu Qingshu was the only one who was still stuck. It was too much of a dilemma. Apart from Li Tianhao, there was another disciple who had also moved to Tian Cang Peak — Chen Yan.

After leaving the banquet at Cloud Top Palace, Mu Qingshu ignored Mu Qingyi's company and strolled along the mountain path.

Suddenly, she heard the melodious sound of a flute. The melodious sound of the flute seemed to remind her of the past …