82: Chapter 82 Recalling the Past of Gongjin, Jiang Yi and Nangong Wan'er were captured!

Xiaoyao Peak.

Lu Chen lay sprawled on the grandmaster's chair, motionless in a lazy slouch.

The mountain-protecting Formation was fully activated, layered with twelve emperor grade Restrictions, so not even a fly could fly in.

He turned over and stared blankly at the Enlightenment Tree above his head.

His mind was filled with those two voices that had descended from the sky.

Jiang Yi, Nangong Waner.

These two names slamming into his mind were more potent than the medicinal strength of an immortal grade Medicinal Pill.

Lu Chen closed his eyes, not wanting to recall, but the more he didn't want to, the clearer the images became.

That was something that happened many years ago.

— —

That year, he had just achieved a Breakthrough to the Half-Saint Realm, high-spirited, feeling that the world was vast enough for him to walk sideways.

His Revered Master Ling Yuling tossed him a cross-domain teleportation token, telling him to go to the Central Region to gain experience.

Lu Chen went.

Not only did he go, but he also did something big.

He went around in the Central Region using the Jiang Family's banner to bluff and deceive.

The reason was simple—Cultivators in the Central Region were too snobbish and looked down on Cultivators from the Eastern Wasteland.

But as long as he reported the name of the Jiang Family, he was unimpeded everywhere, from high-end auctions to top-tier spiritual mines.

Lu Chen even boasted that he was the Dao Companion of the Jiang Family's Fairy.

This is what it means to be out and about; your identity is what you give yourself!

These words reached the ears of the Jiang Family's upper echelons.

The Jiang Family's Quasi-Emperor, Jiang Yi's older brother Jiang Yang, personally investigated his background.

Following normal logic, there was only one outcome—death.

But after Jiang Yang finished investigating, he fell silent.

Eastern Wasteland, Yunxiao Holy Land, Personal Disciple of Ling Yuling.

This talent was unique even across the entire Human Realm at that time.

The Central Region is also called the Zhongtian Domain.

One must know that only the Zhongtian Domain in the cultivation world is wealthy, yet there had been no Ascension for hundreds of thousands of years.

The various great clans and families in the Central Region have had their Legacies for who knows how many years, and some even declined and went to other domains to become local tyrants!

Those who could stay in the Central Region were not weak, but under the rules of the Heavenly Dao, they were becoming worse with each generation.

In the past 100,000+ years, only two people had cultivated and attained the Dao, and both came from the Yunxiao Holy Land: one was Lu Chen, and the other was his Revered Master!

The two of them were like exceptions, breaking the rules! And they were the only ones who had ever broken the rules!

Later, the great clans of the Central Region became increasingly anxious, starting to plunder Heaven And Earth Treasure from other domains to help their own descendants achieve a Breakthrough.

As for the major forces in other domains, although they were still strong, the major forces that could remain in the Central Region looked down on them, though that might not be the case a hundred years later.

Taking Medicinal Pill to extend Lifespan has a limit, and continuing to Cultivate leads to a dead end! All are dead ends!

Perhaps the top Old Ancestors of the major forces in the Zhongtian Domain from a hundred or a thousand years ago had already fallen, but no one knew! And they dared not let others know!

At the time, Jiang Yang did not take action, but instead brought this matter to Ling Yuling.

When Ling Yuling heard that her precious disciple was impersonating a Jiang Family son-in-law to swindle people in the Central Region, she was not angry, but instead felt this was an excellent opportunity.

The Jiang Family had a profound foundation, and if they could form a marriage alliance, it would be entirely beneficial and harmless to the Yunxiao Holy Land.

Thus, Ling Yuling personally went to the Central Region to meet with Jiang Yi's parents, Jiang Taixu and Ji Rushuang.

The two sides reached a consensus at the tea table—to betroth the Jiang Family Fairy Jiang Yi to Lu Chen.

When Lu Chen received the news, he was drinking in a spiritual wine shop in the Central Region.

He looked at the Jade Slip sent by Ling Yuling, and the wine cup in his hand shattered with a "pop."

"Revered Master, I was just boasting, you actually took it seriously?"

Ling Yuling's reply was only four words: "The wedding date is set."

— —

On the day of the engagement, Lu Chen was dragged by the back of his collar by Ling Yuling to the main gate of the Jiang Family.

He was wearing a brand-new crimson gold ceremonial robe, and the expression on his face was one of joy.

Although he hadn't met his cheap wife yet! But his wish had come true, he was getting a free ride!

The moment he stepped into the Jiang Family gate, the prompt sound of the check-in System from that time rang in his mind.

[Ding! Detected that the host has entered the check-in landmark: Ancient Jiang Family · Heavenly Spring Pool.]

[Check-in task: Soak in the Heavenly Spring Pool for one hour.]

[Reward: quasi-emperor grade Cultivation Technique · Desolate Ancient True Dragon Art.]

Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

A quasi-emperor grade Cultivation Technique, this was exactly what he needed.

The Heavenly Spring Pool was the most core cultivation Holy Land of the Jiang Family, usually only accessible to direct Bloodlines of the Jiang Family.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi was a hundred times that of the outside world; soaking for one hour was equivalent to ten years of hard cultivation.

The problem was—how to get in?

Lu Chen took advantage of the chaos of the engagement banquet and snuck out.

He used the Shadow Evasion technique, avoiding seventeen patrol Restrictions, three layers of guard Formations, and one gate-guarding Primordial Spirit Dog, successfully infiltrating the Heavenly Spring Pool.

The pool water was warm and full of Spiritual Qi, drilling from his pores into his bone marrow.

Lu Chen submerged his whole body in the bottom of the pool, leaving only his nostrils exposed to breathe.

It was too comfortable.

He planned to soak quietly for an hour, check in, and leave, without anyone knowing.

Then he fell asleep.

— —

He didn't know how much time had passed.

In his sleep, Lu Chen felt a weight pressing down on him.

To be precise, it was an extremely soft mass sitting on the lower part of his abdomen.

Out of a man's instinctive reaction, Lu Chen, in a half-asleep state, swept his hands upwards, hugging that soft mass into his arms.

His left hand wrapped around her waist.

His right hand pinched a mass that shouldn't have been pinched.

It was very elastic.

Lu Chen's brain hadn't fully woken up, and his fingers subconsciously pinched again.

A sharp scream exploded in his ears.

"Ah——!"

Lu Chen opened his eyes abruptly.

What met his eyes was an incredibly beautiful face—sword-like eyebrows, phoenix eyes filled with killing intent, black hair draped wetly over her shoulders, water droplets hanging on her skin.

The two stared at each other.

She was not wearing any clothes.

He wasn't either.

Lu Chen's right hand was still lingering in a position it shouldn't have been.

The air was quiet for three full breaths.

"You—"

Jiang Yi's voice squeezed out from between her teeth, her face turning red from her neck all the way to her earlobes.

She had originally planned to bathe and change before going to the front hall to see her never-before-seen fiancé, never expecting a stinky pervert to be hiding at the bottom of the pool.

Lu Chen finally reacted; he let go and took a step back.

"I, I, I—it's not what you think—"

Before he could finish, Jiang Yi drew her natal spirit sword from the Void Realm with her right hand.

Nine-tenths of the power of the Late Stage of the Saint Realm.

The sword light illuminated the entire Heavenly Spring Pool.

Lu Chen had just woken up, his spiritual power circulation was half a beat slow, and this sword struck his chest directly, shattering his protective armor and causing flesh to fly.

He was blasted out from the bottom of the pool, smashing through the dome of the Heavenly Spring Pool.

Fresh blood spilled all the way.

In mid-air, Lu Chen rummaged through his whole body, pulled out a random teleportation talisman from the System backpack, and crushed it without hesitation.

Space distorted, and he disappeared.

Jiang Yi's second sword slashed at thin air.

— —

The landing point of the random teleportation talisman was completely random.

Covered in blood, Lu Chen fell from the Void Realm, smashed through the roof of a tent, and fell heavily onto a bed.

This was the camp where the Nangong Clan of the Central Region was stationed.

This bed was the bed of the Nangong Clan's Fairy, Nangong Waner.

Lu Chen crashed onto the soft Nangong Waner, and his blood instantly soaked the snow-white bedding.

The wound on his chest was deep enough to see the bone, his consciousness was blurry, and he could only barely see an enlarged face leaning in front of him.

A melon-seed face, peach-blossom eyes, and a small mole at the corner of her mouth.

Those eyes stared at the blood-covered Lu Chen, without fear, without disgust.

Nangong Waner tilted her head and reached out to touch Lu Chen's face.

"Good-looking, the husband who fell from the sky is indeed good-looking, a heaven-sent good marriage, and he won't make me feel disgusted!"

She spat out two words, then pulled Lu Chen into her arms.

That night, Nangong Waner held the unconscious Lu Chen and slept for the entire night, not even caring about dirtying the sheets.

One must know that this woman had extreme mysophobia.

The next day, when Lu Chen woke up, he found himself locked in a secret room.

The door was locked, the windows were sealed.

Nine layers of Restriction Formations were stacked.

Nangong Waner pushed the door open with a bowl of nourishing soup, smiling gently.

"Awake? Don't be in a hurry to leave, recover from your injuries first."

Lu Chen really couldn't leave; his injuries were too severe. Jiang Yi's sword had carried the full force of the Late Stage of the Saint Realm, and he would need at least dozens of days to recover.

But Nangong Waner didn't give him ten days to recover.

She locked Lu Chen up for three full months.

In those three months, Lu Chen's injuries healed, but his waist was ruined.

He walked out holding the wall.

— —

Later, Jiang Yi came looking.

She didn't come to save anyone; she came to vent to her best friend, Nangong Waner.

Her fiancé had seen her naked in the pool, touched her all over, and then ran away.

She was ashamed, angry, and aggrieved, but this fiancé was someone she actually found quite pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Yi pushed open the door to Nangong Waner's room, starting with: "Waner, that fiancé of mine—"

Halfway through, she saw Lu Chen on the bed.

Lu Chen also saw her.

Both of them froze simultaneously.

Nangong Waner stood in the middle, looking from Jiang Yi's face to Lu Chen's face, then back from Lu Chen's face to Jiang Yi's.

"Oh." Nangong Waner nodded.

"So you are her fiancé."

She turned around and gave Jiang Yi a smile.

"That's perfect, I've already inspected the goods for you in advance, don't worry, the quality is good."

Jiang Yi drew her sword.

Two women in the Saint Realm started fighting in the room.

Lu Chen tried to run in the chaos but was slapped back onto the bed by Nangong Waner.

"You stay put."

The result that day was—the two sisters fell out.

Nangong Waner demanded that Lu Chen break off the engagement; she wanted him.

Jiang Yi refused to budge.

"He has seen me naked! Touched me all over! And even sat on top! If he doesn't marry me, how can I live!"

"I've given it too!" Nangong Waner hugged Lu Chen's arm and wouldn't let go.

Lu Chen cowered in the corner, not daring to say a word.

At that time, he was just a Saint Realm Cultivator, and they were crazy women.

— —

As for what happened later, Lu Chen didn't really want to recall.

He was snatched back and forth, and unable to resist, he had to play the zither for Jiang Yi in the morning and tidy the embroidery bed for Waner in the evening.

Afterwards, he relied on the System check-in to Cultivate desperately, praying every day that he could achieve a Breakthrough early and escape the clutches of these two Fairies who were older than him.

Jiang Yi and Nangong Waner fought for the position of the main wife for a hundred years, turning from best friends into sworn enemies.

Ling Yuling couldn't stand it anymore and proposed a compromise—wait until Lu Chen achieved the status of Great Emperor, then discuss the marriage.

Lu Chen cultivated with all his might and achieved the status of Great Emperor.

Then Ling Yuling entered the undying divine coffin.

Lu Chen seized the opportunity and announced directly:

"Revered Master's Lifespan is running out, he must Ascend to the Immortal Realm as soon as possible to investigate why no one has been able to Ascend to the Immortal Realm for hundreds of thousands of years."

"He wants to break this ironclad rule and save the many Great Emperors lingering in the divine coffin in the world."

Thus, the wedding was delayed again and again.

Pushed back for another nearly a hundred years.

— —

On the grandmaster's chair, Lu Chen sat up straight.

The memories were over, he remembered everything.

Lu Chen's heart felt so empty, recalling their fierceness, the world was bustling with traffic, he only wanted to embrace the Fairies!

PS: Thanks to "Brother Yun who loves eating jelly" for the Great God certification!

Thank you, you are my own brother, the little brother doesn't know how to do much, I will kowtow to you for blessings.

Orz Orz Orz

Also, I changed the book cover for this book, because the title on the original cover didn't match my title.

Writing a book for the first time, I didn't know the book title had to be within 15 characters, so they didn't match.