The battle in the sky above the Snow Palace lasted less than a quarter of an hour. The two had exchanged three moves, one of which was a sneak attack by Yi Tian.
At this time, Shi Chongmou looked at Yi Tian in disbelief. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.
After careful inspection, he saw that a corner of his Spirit Ring had been destroyed, and there was a small wound on his chest where his heart was, and blood was spurting out from it.
His whole body was faintly shining with golden light from the inside out, and he was sweating profusely. To be precise, he was being purified from the inside out. Not long after, he showed a bitter expression and frowned. His spiritual pressure suddenly rose.
The seal that Hao Yue cast on him to suppress his cultivation was broken in an instant, and Shi Chongmou's cultivation suddenly returned to the early stage of Yuanying.
Yun Mengyao and Hao Yue, who were not far away, hurriedly abandoned Jing Xue and teleported in front of Yi Tian. Jing Xue also flew behind Shi Chongmou and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Shi Chongmou wanted to answer, but he couldn't make any sound. Instead, Yi Tian, who was opposite him, used his spiritual power and shouted, "He was injected into his body by a relic left behind by a senior monk. If he practiced a righteous cultivation method, it will have a positive effect. If he practiced a demonic cultivation method, then he will be purified."
As soon as he finished speaking, a trace of golden light came out from Shi Chongmou's seven orifices. For a time, the grey spiritual energy in his body was forced out of his body. His spiritual pressure instantly withered, and his cultivation dropped from the early stage of Yuanying to the Jin Dan stage.
When Jing Xue saw this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Shi Chongmou, but when his palm touched Shi Chongmou, he felt a burning sensation on the surface of his palm, and then a trace of grey spiritual smoke was emitted.
After a while, the golden light in Shi Chongmou's Seven Apertures did not seem to be exhausted. Along with the rapid evaporation of the gray Spiritual Qi in his body, his cultivation level dropped again and again. From the Jin Dan Realm to the Foundation Realm, and then to the Qi Refining Realm, his 400 years of cultivation vanished overnight.
When there was no more golden light coming out of his seven orifices, Shi Chongmou's cultivation had fallen to the middle stage of Qi Refining. His body, which was originally shiny, quickly caved in like a deflated balloon. The skin on his face lost its elasticity, and wrinkles suddenly appeared.
In an instant, he looked as if he had aged seventy to eighty years. He was panting heavily from time to time, looking like an old man on his deathbed.
Shi Chongmou's parentage caused Jing Xue, who was standing to the side, to be secretly shocked. He immediately felt apprehensive and hesitated. He was just about to launch an attack.
At this moment, he heard Yi Tian speaking with fervor and assurance, "The Sarira of the Ninth Generation Eminent Monk is indeed extraordinary. It firmly restrains all the evil arts in the world. It's a pity that I've only found one. I said that I could defeat you in three moves. Do you believe me now? "
Shi Chongmou could no longer be bothered to argue. He only opened his mouth and said to Jing Xue, "Senior brother, take me away. That person isn't simple."
Jing Xue nodded. He extended his right hand to protect Shi Chongmou, and the two of them flew towards the Central Plane as a dark streak of light.
Before he left, he did not forget to glance at Yi Tian and said coldly, "The Snow Palace really does have a lot of connections. I'll remember this. I've taken the liberty to disturb you this time. As long as the mountains don't change, the rivers will continue to flow. We'll slowly settle the matter between my Righteous Alliance and the Snow Palace in the future."
Only when Jing Xue disappeared into the horizon did fairy Hao Yue let out a sigh of relief. Afterwards, she said to Yun Mengyao and Yi Tian, "Let's go down."
Yi Tian slowly descended from the cloud after hearing that. He just happened to discover Yun Mengyao behind him, so he quickly bowed to her. Yun Mengyao's lips twitched, and she sent a message to Yi Tian, "Senior brother Hui Tian or senior brother Yi Tian, how should I address you?"
A sliver of helplessness flashed through his eyes. Ever since Xuan Shuang made him stand out, he knew that he would be exposed sooner or later. It was just that no one said it out loud. Yi Tian could only reply indifferently to Yun Mengyao's direct question, "I'm Yi Tian. I'm only a fifth grade artificer." With that, he did not care if she believed him or not. He directly returned to the main hall of the Snow Palace with them.
Little did he know that Yun Mengyao's face flashed with a sneer behind him. She did not pursue the matter any further.
After returning to their seats in the main hall, everyone no longer looked at Yi Tian with disdain. Instead, they looked at him with deep fear and some suspicion. The most excited person was Shi Lingfeng, who sat at the same table as him. He would lower his head and ask Yi Tian about the origins of the Radiant Sword Technique from time to time. He even said that he wanted to spar with him.
Yi Tian knew that he had shocked Shi Lingfeng when he saw how excited Shi Lingfeng was. It seemed like the two of them had finally found a way to communicate further. After replying to him in a hurry to calm him down, he saw fairy Hao Yue stand up and say to the cultivators of Jin Dan, "Since Brother Yi has suppressed Shi Chongmou and everyone else has abstained, I announce that Xuan Shuang will be betrothed to him. Do you have any objections?"
The cultivators present all looked at each other helplessly. Since fairy Hao Yue had said something like that, there was nothing they could do to refute it.
Just when fairy Hao Yue wanted to continue, a voice suddenly broke the silence. Yi Tian said, "I do have objections."
Everyone immediately looked over. Several senses of their souls constantly swept past, wanting to know the reason. Afterwards, they heard Yi Tian say slowly, "I may have defeated Shi Chongmou, but I lacked the qualifications, so I didn't dare to accept fairy Xuan Shuang."
Everyone was immediately speechless when they heard that. What was going on? Someone else wanted to do everything they could, yet this person was trying to avoid it. He was not giving the Snow Palace any face at all.
A sliver of disappointment appeared in Xuan Shuang's eyes as she stood behind fairy Hao Yue. Afterwards, she asked slowly, "Brother Yi, why don't you tell me what you have to say? If it really is reasonable, I can accept it."
Fairy Hao Yue's expression changed several times before she nodded, "Yeah. Brother Yi, why don't you tell me what you have to say? My Snow Palace will definitely not make things difficult for you."
"I already have a partner," Yi Tian replied straightforwardly.
"Then you can divorce her and find another one," Hao Yue replied indifferently.
"My son's cultivation has already reached the Aurous Core stage. It's unreasonable to talk about divorcing my wife now. Moreover, I'm deeply in love with my Dao partner. Does the Snow Palace really want to forcefully separate us? I'm afraid that if word gets out, we'll become a laughing stock," Yi Tian explained.
"Then my Snow Palace can just take a step back and let Xuan Shuang be the main wife," Hao Yue said without hesitation.
Yi Tian's lips twitched. He said indifferently, "It's just that my age has already exceeded the limit stated on the invitation."
Fairy Hao Yue frowned and signaled for the attendant to take the stone. Yi Tian was annoyed that Hao Yue did not know what was good for her, but he remained determined. He extended his hand and directly touched the stone.
With a flash of light, the red light on the stone slowly turned orange, yellow, and finally emerald green. Only then did it stop. The color was much fainter than Shi Chongmou's, but it was proof that he was over three hundred years old.
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