moment later, Leng Hanshuang opened her beautiful eyes slightly and saw that Wu Heng really hadn't done anything reckless. Instead, he was sitting down at the jade table again, eating the fruit with gusto. She breathed a sigh of relief.
But the strong masculine scent emanating from Wu Heng made her face flush and her heart pound. After finally calming herself down, she saw Wu Heng acting as if nothing had happened, engrossed in eating fruit right in front of her.
That damned bastard, how can he be so calm? He's shameless... Leng Hanshuang was both angry and amused. Wu Heng's good image of not taking advantage of others was shattered once again.
In fact, Wu Heng's heart was beating even faster than hers. He had never experienced anything between men and women before, so this young virgin naturally buried his head to hide his embarrassment.
"Ahem, my wife, you should go to sleep first!" Wu Heng said, trying to cover up his embarrassment.
"You bastard, who are you calling 'wife'?" Leng Hanshuang cursed angrily, completely disregarding her usual cold, aloof, and stunningly beautiful image as the Ice Palace Saintess.
Wu Heng grinned, "Alright, wife, go to sleep now."
"Shameless!" Leng Hanshuang was furious; she no longer knew how to stop Wu Heng from taking advantage of her.
"I can't call you this, I can't call you that, so what should I call you…" Wu Heng pretended to be aggrieved, like a child who failed an exam.
"Just call me by my name." Leng Hanshuang silently told herself to calm down, calm down...
"Han Shuang, go to sleep!" Wu Heng said with a smile, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Being addressed so intimately by a man was still hard for Leng Hanshuang to accept, but she realized that whenever she argued with Wu Heng, this shameless man would always find an opportunity to take advantage of her. So, she glared angrily at Wu Heng, and without thinking twice, she flung her sleeves and walked towards the jade bed in the palace, pulling down the gauze curtains beside the bed to prevent being spied on by that shameless man.
"You bastard, if you dare come near me tonight, I'll make you pay tomorrow when I've regained my strength!" With a chilling warning, Leng Hanshuang removed her outer garments and lay down on the bed. Her mind was in turmoil; the image of Wu Heng and his shameless smile were constantly flashing through her mind.
As an ancient divine being, Wu Heng's entire body was a magical artifact, and his pupils possessed astonishing power. Even through the gauze curtain, he could still vaguely see the alluring figure that was half-hidden.
With a smile to his heart, Wu Heng turned around, sat cross-legged on the ground, and thought to himself, "It seems that Leng Hanshuang is not as vicious as I thought. She is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. She usually pretends to be cold and aloof, but she is still an innocent young girl."
Calming his mind, Wu Hengxiu began practicing the Wu family's introductory manual, a nightly ritual he had diligently followed, though he had made no progress in decades. But rain or shine, he never gave up hope.
Strands of essence flowed through his body's meridians, eventually flowing into the Qi Sea condensed in his dantian. Every ordinary person who wants to become a cultivator must condense a Qi Sea in their dantian to store essence. When all the essence in the Qi Sea condenses into a substance, the Qi Sea will expand, which also means that the cultivator is about to break through the bottleneck.
The rising sun pierces the night sky, awakening life on earth.
A blinding ray of light shone into the room, and Wu Heng slowly opened his eyes, ceasing his martial arts practice after a night of rest.
Leng Hanshuang's eyes were still blurry with sleep, her bright eyes seemingly veiled in a light mist, making her exceptionally fresh, charming, and endearing. Seeing that Wu Heng had also just woken up, she knew that this "shameless scoundrel" didn't seem to have done anything wrong to her, and she felt much relieved.
A lone man and woman were alone in a room, but had nothing to talk about. Wu Heng simply closed his eyes again and entered a meditative state.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Wu Heng and Leng Hanshuang lived peacefully under the same roof. During this time, Wu Heng would only cause a little trouble when Xiao Yu brought him food. Otherwise, he would sit cross-legged on the ground.
Leng Hanshuang had recovered her strength and was fearless. She wanted to find an opportunity to teach Wu Heng a lesson, but to her surprise, he was unusually quiet. For the past three days, he had changed his usual behavior and acted like a gentleman, rarely even glancing at her, let alone giving her a lecherous look.
This left her with no reason to teach Wu Heng a lesson. Wu Heng stopped arguing with her, which made Leng Hanshuang feel uneasy, and she felt a slight sense of loss. During this time, she tried to talk to Wu Heng, but he only gave perfunctory answers. He acted like a wise and detached sage, which infuriated Leng Hanshuang, but she couldn't be rude.
Wu Heng wasn't stupid. Leng Hanshuang clearly wanted to find a reason to teach him a lesson. He had to stay calm and not be seduced by her beauty!
On the fourth day, Wu Heng finally received an invitation from the Ice Palace. The Heaven and Earth Pattern Array had been completed, and the two could now transfer the spiritual fire!
This formation consumed a great deal of manpower and resources from the Ice Palace. It was carved over three days and nights, and was composed of thousands of varied runes, tens of thousands of ordinary spirit stones, thousands of mid-grade spirit stones, and a dozen high-grade spirit stones.
Spirit stones are formed from the essence of heaven and earth. The energy they contain can help cultivators quickly recover their vitality, and they can also be used to inscribe array patterns. They are also the currency of the martial arts world. Spirit stones are divided into grades: common, medium, high, and excellent. The most precious are the holy and divine spirit stones. Even the most powerful families on the continent have very few of these grades in their reserves.
"What a grand scheme!" Wu Heng exclaimed in amazement as he approached the Heaven and Earth Pattern Array. Although the array was only ten square meters in size, the spiritual energy it contained was astonishing. Immortal mist filled the array, runes flickered, and the light was dazzling, like an otherworldly space where the void twisted and changed strangely.
Leng Shuangyue personally took charge of the formation. Dressed in white, with flowing hair and skin as white as jade, she stood at the center of the celestial array, exuding unparalleled beauty and grace.
With such a youthful and beautiful face, no one would guess that she is a peerless powerhouse who has lived for a very long time!
"Hehe, my mother-in-law is stunningly beautiful, unparalleled in her beauty, and her skin is even more delicate than that of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl!" Wu Heng praised.
Leng Shuangyue smiled charmingly and glanced at Wu Heng, "Smooth talker."
"Shameless!" Leng Hanshuang cursed, glared at Wu Heng, and took the lead in entering the Heaven and Earth Pattern Array. Wu Heng touched his nose, seemingly unfazed by the embarrassment, and followed her into the array.
Looking at this pair of bickering lovers, Leng Shuangyue was quite distressed. She shook her head helplessly and transmitted her thoughts to them, saying, "You two should calm down and try to enter each other's mindset. Don't have any thoughts of resistance, otherwise it may lead to the failure of transferring the spiritual fire!"
The two sat cross-legged facing each other, extending their palms to merge with each other's. They entered a wondrous state, their thoughts communicating instantly.
"Wu Heng, you'd better not let me think about those filthy things," Leng Hanshuang warned.
"Stop arguing now, be quiet!" Wu Heng suddenly became serious. He finally observed the Ice Soul Flame that had disappeared into his body. It was a dark blue flame that had settled in the area of his chest.
"The Ice Soul Frost Flame is the most yin and coldest thing in the world. When transferring the spiritual fire, you need to concentrate your energy. Don't let it take the opportunity to awaken and escape again, otherwise both of you will be in mortal danger!" Leng Shuangyue warned, then closed her eyes and concentrated her divine sense to control the entire array of heaven and earth.
The runes inscribed in the void began to move, and tens of thousands of spirit stones instantly lost their spiritual energy, turning into ordinary stones, all absorbed by the Heaven and Earth Rune Array. A dazzling light shot into the sky from the center of the array, seemingly about to pierce the clouds and shake the heavens.
"Remember, don't get distracted!" Leng Shuangyue shouted, her graceful body seemingly enveloped in divine light, pure and flawless.
Wu Heng vaguely sensed that the icy flames in his chest were beginning to awaken. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and the blood in his veins froze into icicles. He possessed the Xuanbing Divine Body, and even if he stood shirtless in the icy plains, he would not feel cold. Yet now, he was trembling with cold all over.
However, at this critical moment, an old man's roar came from the sky: "Palace Master of the Ice Palace, I, Nangong He, have come to pay my respects. Please come out and have a chat!"
The old man's voice was like thunder, the echo reverberating between heaven and earth, his cultivation level unfathomable!
"The patriarch of the Nangong family? Why did he happen to come to the Ice Palace at this time?" Leng Shuangyue was startled. She activated the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns automatically, warning Wu Heng and the other not to move rashly. The Flower-Transferring Array would run automatically!
She stepped out of the array, exchanged a glance with Zi Tong who was guarding the array outside, and then left together.
At this moment, only a few new female disciples of the Ice Palace were guarding the formation, and all four girls were in a panic.
"Why did the patriarch of the Nangong family suddenly come to the Ice Palace?"
"I'm not quite sure, but I've heard that Nangong Muhua of the Nangong family has long admired the Holy Maiden and has repeatedly come to propose, but has been politely refused by the Palace Master. Could it be that the news of Wu Heng's marriage to the Holy Maiden has alarmed Nangong Muhua? Is he here now to demand an explanation?"
Several female disciples were discussing amongst themselves when Wu Heng overheard them. He cursed inwardly, "Damn it, what is Nangong Muhua from the Nangong family doing here? Does he want to steal my wife?!"
"Wu Heng, you'd better be serious and stop overthinking." Leng Hanshuang secretly transmitted her voice, but she felt a strange sense of smugness when she saw that Wu Heng actually regarded Nangong Muhua as a rival in love.
Outside the Ice Palace, snowflakes drifted down, and the cold wind seeped to the bone. A gaunt old man, dressed in a loose robe, stood with his hands behind his back. His hair and beard were all white, his eyes were cloudy, and his skin was wrinkled, like an ordinary old man in his twilight years.
But his name resounded throughout the entire Tianyu Continent. He was the patriarch of the Nangong family, one of the five great families!
Behind Nangong He stood a handsome young man with a face like jade. Despite his young age, he was already a powerful figure on the continent at the third level of the Heavenly Realm. This person was none other than Nangong Muhua.
A few days ago, he heard that the goddess he admired, Leng Hanshuang, had married the useless divine body of the Wu family. He was extremely anxious and summoned his great-grandfather, Nangong He, to the Ice Palace to demand an explanation.
In Nangong Muhua's heart, only he was worthy of Leng Hanshuang on the entire continent. This proud young powerhouse probably already regarded Leng Hanshuang as his future wife and would not tolerate anyone else touching her.
Leng Shuangyue, dressed in white like a fairy descending to earth, appeared outside the Ice Palace, accompanied by Zi Tong and a senior elder of the Ice Palace.
"I wonder what brings Senior Nangong to the Ice Palace?" Leng Shuangyue asked calmly.
"Hmph!" Nangong He said without any politeness, "First, call out Leng Hanshuang and that brat Wu Heng!"
Leng Shuangyue's expression changed slightly, and she asked, "I wonder what business you have with my Shuang'er and Wu Heng, senior?"
"Leng Hanshuang is my great-grandson's fiancée, yet you secretly handed her over to a useless member of the Wu family. I'm here to seek justice for my grandson!" Nangong He was very assertive and unyielding, clearly a protective person.
"Well, my Shuang'er has not accepted the Nangong family's marriage proposal, so how can she be called a fiancée?" Leng Shuangyue said.
"Hmph, now you want to renege on your promise?" Nangong He was extremely assertive, his tone aggressive. He appeared to have no vital energy flowing through him, like an ordinary old man. However, the important figures of the Ice Palace were all alarmed, secretly warning everyone, "Nangong Hua's cultivation is now unfathomably high; do not act rashly!"
"Nangong He, how arrogant you are! You've come all the way from the Southern Region to my Ice Palace to cause trouble!" Suddenly, an old woman's voice came from the sky, making Nangong He's eyelids twitch.
Another extraordinary figure has emerged!