40: Chapter 40 The ceremony is completed

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire audience was in an uproar!

"Spirit Transformation Pill? That is something from legends! Does this brat dare to boast about that?"

Li Guidai seemed to see through their skepticism and chuckled.

"I know you all might not believe it!" Li Guidai seemed to see through their thoughts, his tone becoming playful. "But you should all have heard that a few years ago, I, Li Guidai, was a recognized trash who only broke through to the first level of Qi Refining at twenty-two! And my wife beside me, Zhuge Yue, was only at the third level of Qi Refining at the time!"

He reached out, gently and firmly taking Zhuge Yue's hand, and brought her to his side.

Zhuge Yue cooperatively released a trace of the majestic spiritual pressure of the ninth level of Foundation Establishment Great Circle, like moonlight pouring down, instantly suppressing the entire audience!

"And now!"

Li Guidai's own aura of the Foundation Establishment Great Circle, which was no less impressive, soared into the sky, reflecting brilliantly with Zhuge Yue's!

"We, as a couple, are already standing at the peak of Foundation Establishment! To be honest with everyone, after the wedding ends tonight, I plan to go into seclusion with my wife to charge towards the Golden Core stage!"

"Whoa—!"

Now, the crowd below was truly in an uproar! In just a few years, going from the early stage of Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment Great Circle, and even preparing to charge towards the Golden Core? This speed was unheard of!

To increase his persuasiveness, Li Guidai acted quickly, grabbing his mother Yang Xiaoqiao, who was cracking melon seeds below the stage; his father Li Jiantou, who was so nervous he was moving his hands and feet in unison; and his foster sister Yang Qingqing, who was trying to hide, and dragging them all onto the stage.

"If you don't trust me, you should at least trust them!"

Li Guidai wrapped an arm around each of them. "This is the number one sister of the North District, my mother, Yang Xiaoqiao! This is the model village chief of Jicai Village, my father, Li Jiantou! And this is the future Grand Steward of our Yuegui Pavilion, my foster sister, Yang Qingqing—oops, I mean, from the Mengchun Brothel!"

The spotlight instantly shone on these three.

Yang Xiaoqiao was dressed in a brocade robe, her demeanor composed. Facing the many gazes from below the stage, she showed no stage fright at all, even wearing a calm smile that seemed to say, 'What kind of storms haven't I seen?' The spiritual pressure of the second level of Foundation Establishment faintly radiating from her body was undeniable!

As for Li Jiantou beside her, he was miserable. This honest and simple village chief had never seen such a spectacle before.

Being watched by countless gazes, he stiffened like a piece of wood. He didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and the smile he squeezed out was uglier than crying. Only his cultivation at the sixth level of Qi Refining was genuine.

The funniest one was Yang Qingqing. Usually, she managed the Mengchun Brothel with sharp, capable efficiency, but that was all behind the scenes.

Now, being forcibly pushed to the front of the stage and becoming the center of attention, she instantly blushed beet red, wishing she could crawl into a hole in the ground. With her head lowered, her toes unconsciously grinding against the ground, the fluctuations of her eighth-level Qi Refining cultivation were somewhat chaotic due to her nervousness.

This contrast was so cute that many young disciples below the stage stared with wide, unblinking eyes.

"Did everyone see that?"

Li Guidai slapped his father's stiff shoulder hard, almost slapping Li Jiantou to his knees!

"In just this one month! My mother broke through from the ninth level of Qi Refining to the second level of Foundation Establishment! My father jumped from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level!"

"My foster sister even rushed all the way from the middle stage of Qi Refining to the eighth level! This is all real! Follow me, Li Guidai, and I dare not say anything else, but resources will be plentiful, and cultivation will soar!"

The crowd below looked at this "Li Family Strength Demonstration Team," especially Yang Xiaoqiao's mountain-steady aura and genuine Foundation Establishment cultivation, and the balance in their hearts began to tilt drastically.

Even if they didn't believe in the distant Spirit Transformation Pill, these thirty superior foundation establishment pills and the promise of rapid cultivation improvement were real temptations!

The crowd below looked at these living examples of "soaring cultivation," then looked at the thirty shimmering foundation establishment pills, and listened to the promises of the distant yet incredibly tempting essence solidifying pills, Creation Pills, and Spirit Transformation Pills... The previous bit of defiance and hesitation was instantly shaken by the immense benefits and prospects!

"Support Lord Li! Support the Li Family!"

"We are willing to follow you to the death!"

"Lord Li is mighty! Madam Zhuge is mighty!"

It was unknown who shouted first, but immediately there were many responders. Although how much of it was sincere remained to be seen, at least the verbal support was deafening.

Among them, the performance of the Kuang Family father and son was the most outrageous, worthy of being called the "Wolong and Fengchu of the bootlicker world"!

Kuang Dalei held his crotch, which was still aching faintly, with tears streaming down his face, his voice louder than anyone else's: "Lord Li! No! Dear Father! From now on, you are my, Kuang Dalei's, dear father!"

"My Kuang Family will be your beasts of burden for generations to come! Wherever you point, I will attack; I will have no complaints! Whoever does not submit to you, does not submit to my dear father!"

Kuang Quanshui was not to be outdone. He knelt on the ground, shuffled forward a few steps, hugged the edge of the stage, and cried out: "Dad—!"

This earth-shattering "Dad" was shouted with such genuine emotion and soul-stirring intensity that it directly made Li Guidai on the stage stumble. Hua Lulu and Kuang Bingbing below the stage were even more dumbfounded!

"Grandpa! Ancestor! From now on, I, Kuang Quanshui, am your most loyal lackey!"

"If you tell me to go east, I will never go west! If you tell me to catch a goose, I will never chase a chicken! I beg Grandpa to reward me with a foundation establishment pill, and then... see if you can reattach your grandson's manhood, Grandpa!"

The crowd: "..." This is too shameless!

"Alright, alright! It's the thought that counts!" Li Guidai quickly stopped the Kuang Family father and son from potentially spouting more shocking remarks and waved his hand. "Now, the auspicious time has arrived! My wedding, officially begins!"

Hua Lulu and Kuang Bingbing stood at the edge of the crowd, watching Li Guidai on the stage, surrounded by the crowd and seemingly glowing, their feelings complex to the extreme.

Their eyes flickered, not knowing what they were thinking.

As for Kuang Bingbing, she bit her lip, looking at the man who was once sleazy but now so domineering and strong that it made her heart flutter, her face burning.

Right in this fervent atmosphere, the master of ceremonies announced loudly:

"The auspicious time has arrived—!"

"The wedding replenishment ceremony for Young Master Li Guidai and Miss Zhuge Yue officially begins—!"

The noisy "Yuegui Pavilion" instantly quieted down, and the background music changed to a solemn yet joyous tune.

Li Guidai and Zhuge Yue walked hand in hand to the center of the stage.

"First bow to Heaven and Earth!" The two bowed to the sky outside the window.

"Second bow to the high hall!" They bowed to the excited and gratified Yang Xiaoqiao and Li Jiantou on the stage.

"Bow to each other!" Li Guidai and Zhuge Yue smiled at each other, their eyes full of affection, and bowed deeply to each other.

The moment the ceremony concluded, Li Guidai looked at Zhuge Yue before him, wearing her phoenix coronet and rosy-cloud cape, beautiful beyond words. He couldn't help but reveal a sneaky smile and leaned close to her ear!

Using a voice that only Zhuge Yue could hear, he chuckled, "Send to the bridal chamber—!"

Zhuge Yue's pretty face flushed crimson, and she glared at Li Guidai in shy annoyance, but it only made her appear even more charming and moving.