Chapter 100 The Spirit Pill Can Be Forgone, the Senior Brother Must Die
"The command of parents, the words of matchmakers, this is not something you can go back on."
Qin Xian stared at her with burning eyes, sneering in his heart. After accepting his Qin family's sacred artifact as a betrothal gift, she still wants to escape the marriage? Simply wishful thinking.
He had long guarded against Chu Yao escaping the marriage, after all, Chu Yao had a prior record.
Even more troublesome was that Chu Yao was Jiang Yu's disciple. Without using some means, he feared it would be like fetching water with a bamboo basket—all for nothing.
"Senior sister."
Liu Ruyan immediately lost interest in the competition, flying to Chu Yao's face, her expression full of concern.
During this period, Chu Yao had cared for her like a gentle, understanding big sister.
Now she was being forced into marriage by an old immortal, and Liu Ruyan's killing intent boiled. If Chu Yao gave the order, she would immediately summon her willow branch.
"Rest assured, I am fine."
Chu Yao stroked her little head, her expression calm and composed, like a lazy yet seductive enchantress.
She, Chu Yao, was not some delicate young girl; the Qin family could not intimidate her.
"Despicable." Liu Ruyi's gaze was dark and gloomy, watching their intimate interaction, her teeth nearly grinding to dust.
Her sister was hers; whoever dared to compete with her, she would kill.
The crowd present looked at each other, watching the drama with keen interest.
A perfectly good competition had evolved into a Venerable Realm forced marriage, truly a shocking revelation.
After all, this concerned the mortal world's supreme being, whom they usually didn't even have the chance to meet.
"Chu Chong, to avoid long nights and many dreams, in my opinion, let's hold the Dao Companion ceremony today."
Qin Xian said with a deadpan expression.
Once the rice was cooked, he didn't believe this little enchantress could turn the world upside down.
Besides, what he valued was Chu Yao's beauty and status; it didn't matter whether Chu Yao was willing or not.
"Inappropriate."
Chu Chong shook his head. Chu Yao was his most beloved daughter, exceptionally talented, with a limitless future.
If they held the Dao Companion ceremony so hastily, how was this any different from giving away his daughter?
Did the Chu family still want to keep its face?
"Father, you are truly my good father."
Chu Yao looked at him, gritting her teeth.
She was already so outstanding, yet Chu Chong still wanted her to marry into an alliance. Was he not going to stop until he squeezed her dry?
"Yao'er, I am also doing this for the family, and besides, this has great benefits for you too."
Chu Chong frowned, not thinking there was anything wrong with what he was doing.
Qin Xian was not lacking; in appearance, cultivation, talent, he was the top choice, a dragon among men.
Moreover, the Qin family's ancestor had broken through to the God Fire Realm. If the Qin and Chu families formed a strong alliance, their combined power would surely reach a new level.
As for Chu Yao not liking Qin Xian, in his view, this was not a problem at all. At worst, they could each do their own thing after marriage.
Additionally, Chu Yao had a top-grade cauldron physique, and dual cultivation could make both parties' cultivation advance by leaps and bounds.
With so many benefits to the alliance, he truly couldn't understand why Chu Yao was so resistant.
Could it be that she didn't want to lose her status as the Chu family's direct daughter?
Thinking this, Chu Chong added, "Yao'er, even if you marry, you are still my daughter, and your status in the Chu family will not change."
"Hmph, who cares about the Chu family's power?"
Chu Yao snorted coldly, her face as cold as frost: "Father, your daughter will not marry. If you insist on forcing me, in the future, I will no longer provide supreme-grade pills to the Chu family. There are plenty of merchant associations willing to cooperate with me."
Her wings were already hard; she no longer needed to look at Chu Chong's face.
"You... you unfilial daughter."
Hearing this, Chu Chong was furious, his finger pointing at Chu Yao trembling.
Supreme-grade pills were such precious treasures, capable of bringing endless benefits to the Chu family. How could they be given to others?
"Father, call off the marriage."
Chu Yao's voice softened. Aside from being blinded by greed, Chu Chong had always treated her extremely well.
He had never shortchanged her in any aspect.
"Daoist Qin, I have many daughters. How about we change the alliance partner?"
Chu Chong looked troubled. In fact, he didn't initially want Chu Yao to marry into the alliance, but the Chu family had no one in the God Fire Realm.
And with endless wealth in his hands, under the semi-threat of the Qin family, he agreed without much thought.
He thought it was a mutually beneficial alliance, but who knew Chu Yao would be so resistant.
"No."
Qin Xian's expression turned cold. Although Chu Chong's several daughters were all good, all of them stunning beauties who could topple nations, they were not Jiang Yu's disciples.
That's right, by marrying Chu Yao, his ultimate goal was to use her connection to join the Star Temple and cultivate divine skills and secret methods.
Compared to eternal life, what was mere beauty?
He was not short of women.
"Since it's not possible, then you should go die."
At this moment, a clear voice rang out.
Gu Qing's face was excited; he had finally escaped Jiang Yu.
Heaven knows how crazed Jiang Yu was, torturing himself and others.
"Who are you?"
Qin Xian's face turned cold. A mere King Realm cultivator dared to challenge him.
"The one who will kill you."
Although Gu Qing was very grateful to Qin Xian for showing off his power, giving him a chance to leave, he still had to kill him.
"Good, good, good. Arrogant little brat, no matter who you are, I will cut you down today."
Qin Xian, angered to the point of laughter, raised his hand and pointed, intending to kill with one strike.
In his view, the gap between the Venerable Realm and the King Realm was like the difference between clouds and mud, an insurmountable level.
A Venerable Realm cultivator could crush a King Realm cultivator with a raise of their hand.
Gu Qing was equally unwilling to show weakness, unleashing the Star-Shattering Finger.
At the same time, Jiang Yu made her move, teleporting both of them into the starry sky.
After all, the power of a Venerable Realm's divine ability could destroy the world. If a great battle erupted here, everyone present would die.
Boom!
The two fingers collided, and the void erupted with destructive currents.
Qin Xian's heart churned with shock waves. How could there exist a King Realm cultivator who could fight back against a Venerable Realm cultivator? Although that was just his casual strike, it was still enough to shock the world.
What horrified him even more was that someone could effortlessly teleport him away. This person was at least a Saint Realm.
"Star-Shattering Finger, you are a disciple of the Star Temple, Gu Qing?" Qin Xian's expression was grave, and he began to consider retreat.
Among the young King Realm cultivators in the Great Qing Empire, there was only Gu Qing.
"It is I."
Gu Qing's phenomenon of the celestial stars all erupted, bathing in the light of the celestial stars. His own Dao methods resonated with heaven and earth, making him like a god who controlled the universe's stars.
By borrowing the power of heaven and earth, his combat strength instantly increased tenfold.
Against a Venerable Realm cultivator, Gu Qing did not dare to be the slightest bit careless.
He fully unleashed the Star God Fist, testing Qin Xian's strength.
"Hmph!"
Seeing this, Qin Xian, who had originally intended to make peace, let out a cold snort. Truly, if the tiger doesn't show its might, they take him for a sick cat.
With a wave of his hand, a Flood Dragon Spear appeared in his grasp. A heaven-shaking spear intent erupted from his body, as if it could pierce the firmament.
A single wisp of spear intent could shatter the stars.
Roar~
The long spear transformed into a flood dragon, each of its scales shimmering with the power of the Supreme Law.
He intended to heavily injure Gu Qing with a single strike. However, when their divine abilities connected, Qin Xian's pupils suddenly contracted. It was actually a tie.
Before he could react, countless great stars appeared in the void, rumbling as they turned, shimmering with the power of the Star Law.
"Danger~" Qin Xian had fought countless battles in his life, experiencing life and death.
Seeing Gu Qing's Star Battle God Fist, he instinctively felt a strong sense of crisis, his soul trembling.
But Qin Xian could not understand. How could a King Realm's divine ability threaten a Venerable Realm cultivator?
This defied all logic.
Thinking this, Qin Xian treated Gu Qing as a formidable enemy, summoning his defensive magic treasure and unleashing his strongest divine ability.
With a loud boom, the Great Annihilation of the Starry Sky swept forth, unleashing a storm of destruction.
And in the battlefield, where was Qin Xian's figure? Only two broken Supreme Artifacts remained, floating lonely in the starry sky.
"Hiss~"
The powerful experts of the Imperial Capital felt their scalps tingle.
Gu Qing had once again subverted their worldview.
This was no longer human. They would believe it if someone said Gu Qing was the young of a deity.
Gu Qing's Star Battle God Fist was incomparably powerful, as if it had gathered the combat power of ten thousand times, shattering all laws with a single force.
Even a Supreme, as mighty as one could be, was annihilated by a single punch from the boundless divine power, utterly unstoppable.
"He's dead... What are we to do now?" Chu Chong, beyond his shock, felt a sense of powerlessness.
Although Qin Xian was not killed by him, he died because of Chu Yao. The Chu family could not escape involvement.
If the Qin family's God Fire Realm ancestor pursued this, how could he handle it?
"Senior Brother is as terrifying as that~"
Liu Ruyan blinked, her expression filled with shock.
She had awakened three natal divine abilities and had thought she would eventually be invincible in the world, pushing aside all obstacles.
But she never expected someone to be even more of a monster than her.
"Indeed."
Chu Yao's beautiful eyes shone, her expression one of yearning, a desire for power.
Liu Ruyi's eyes turned dark and heavy. She could not accept that someone was more formidable than her.
"Ji Ning, let's leave quickly."
Gu Qing didn't even bother to collect Qin Xian's treasures. He sent a single voice transmission, summoned the Void Flying Boat, and fled for his life.
"Pfft!"
Jiang Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
At the same time, she felt a bit depressed.
Was it really that difficult to go shopping with her?
Did they not know she was the most brilliant pearl in the starry sky, whom countless people longed to meet but could not?
Why did Gu Qing find her so bothersome?
"Master, what's wrong with Gu Qing?" Liu Ruyan blinked, unable to understand why Gu Qing was fleeing as if for his life.
And why was Jiang Yu laughing for no reason?
"It's nothing."
Jiang Yu's beautiful eyes shifted. Gu Qing was gone, but weren't there still three disciples here?
"Fairy Chu Yao, is he really a true inheritance disciple?"
Someone from the crowd stepped forward, their expression shocked, and asked hesitantly.
Gu Qing had called himself a "mere" true inheritance disciple. How could he possibly believe that?
If this was a true inheritance disciple, how many prodigies like Gu Qing were there in the Star Temple?
"Sister Chu Yao..."
The peerless women gathered around Chu Yao also stared at her with burning eyes, their faces filled with fanaticism and a thirst for knowledge.
They truly wanted to know the background of Gu Qing and the Star Temple.
"He is indeed a true inheritance disciple, but..."
Chu Yao paused, a mischievous glint in her fox-like eyes, like a cunning fox spirit.
When the crowd was growing anxious, she finally spoke slowly: "However, he has slain a Saint Son. It would not be an exaggeration to say he is the most powerful prodigy in the history of the Star Temple."
"Hiss..."
"So that's how it is..."
The crowd suddenly understood. No wonder Gu Qing was so powerful. It turned out that even in the Star Temple, he was a standout figure.
"If only I could become his follower." This thought uncontrollably arose in the minds of the prodigies present.
"Sister Chu Yao, does Senior Brother Gu accept handmaidens?" A peerless woman beside Chu Yao asked, her face flushed and heart pounding, her voice a weak whisper.
To become Gu Qing's wife or Dao companion was something she dared not hope for, but to become his handmaiden, she was confident she was capable.
Following Gu Qing, her future might hold a great destiny.
Even if it didn't, it didn't matter.
Gu Qing's appearance was incomparably handsome, his temperament extraordinary, like a deity plucking the moon from the nine heavens.
Just looking at him every day would bring her joy, making every day a good day.
"I don't know." Chu Yao shook her head. She truly couldn't see through Gu Qing.
He was clearly a cultivation-obsessed demon, yet he was also lecherous.
So she didn't know if Gu Qing actually wanted a bed-warming handmaiden.
Thinking this, Chu Yao looked at the peerless young women beside her and sighed with emotion.
These few were all goddesses of the Eastern Domain, holy and saintly women in the eyes of countless male cultivators, who could only be admired from afar.
Now they were willingly degrading themselves, wanting to become Gu Qing's bed-warming handmaidens.
It truly confirmed the saying: where flowers are fragrant, butterflies will come; where the parasol tree is high, the phoenix will alight.
At this thought, Chu Yao felt a pang of inexplicable sourness in her heart.
She dared not imagine how wonderful Gu Qing's life would be, fawned over by so many peerless young women.
"Ruyan, I'm begging you as your mother. Can you introduce your sister to Gu Qing?" Jiang Qiuyue sent a voice transmission.
Actually, she didn't want to say this, but Liu Yuanzhong was pressuring her.
After all, Gu Qing was destined for a limitless future and held a transcendent status in the Star Temple. If they could befriend him, his cultivation path would be smooth.
Liu Ruyi was so outstanding, she would surely win Gu Qing's favor.
Her daughter was only lacking an opportunity to meet Gu Qing.
"I have already severed ties with you."
Liu Ruyan touched her small chest, feeling a pang of pain.
Although she had already decided to sever ties with the Liu family, hearing Jiang Qiuyue's request, she still felt unavoidably hurt.
They were both her daughters. Why was she so biased?
"Let's go. I will take you to purchase some supplies."
Jiang Yu glanced at the two of them, secretly shaking her head. Truly a pair of blind, profit-driven parents.
They mistook fish eyes for pearls. In the end, they would reap the consequences of their own actions, getting nothing and dying alone.
Thinking this, Jiang Yu performed a divination and brought the three to Cangming Mountain, where a great opportunity awaited them.
But...
Jiang Yu frowned. This opportunity was originally meant for Gu Qing as well.
Now that Gu Qing had run off, what was to be done?
She immediately took out a messaging jade to send a message to Gu Qing.
"Palace Master, it's just a minor opportunity. I don't need it. Besides, my junior sister Luo Li has urgent business with me. That's all." Gu Qing replied at extreme speed, fleeing even faster.
Gu Qing: "Junior Sister, where are you? I will come over to refine pills for you."
Luo Li: "Senior Brother, you finally remembered me? You didn't reply to my message. I thought you had fallen."
A wave of resentment washed over him... Gu Qing smiled indifferently: "Didn't I just get too absorbed in cultivation and forget? You are my junior sister. How could I not care for you?"
Was that really it...
Luo Li's willow-like brows furrowed. Why did she feel that Gu Qing's words were so unconvincing?
Forget it, she would choose to believe him one more time.
Luo Li: "I'm in Sunset Valley. I've sent you the coordinates."
Gu Qing: "Okay!"
Luo Li: "By the way, when will you arrive, Senior Brother? I'll go to welcome you."
"Senior Brother?"
"Senior Brother, are you dead, Senior Brother?"
Luo Li's eyes darkened, her flawless face twisting for a moment.
A terrifying Phoenix Nirvana Flame surged around her, her killing intent soaring to the heavens.
She had been tricked again.
Someone who didn't reply to messages should be burned alive with the Phoenix Nirvana Flame.
"The spirit pill can be forgone, the senior brother must die."
Luo Li truly hated Gu Qing for not replying to her messages.
Every time a glimmer of hope rose in her heart, it was instantly extinguished, causing her mentality to explode again and again.
If the senior brother did not die, it would be an affront to the laws of heaven and earth.
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