Arriving at Yunlan Sect

The disciples of the Yunlan Sect did not notice that although Yun Yun told everyone to remain calm, her heart was filled with grave unease. She vaguely sensed that these magical beasts had come for the Yunlan Sect. If this was not handled properly, the Yunlan Sect might be razed to the ground, and no one would escape death.

"Why? My Yunlan Sect has never offended the rulers of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Why have all four rulers come out in force?" Yun Yun could not understand it.

Although Yunlan Sect disciples inevitably slaughtered magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range during their expeditions, this was tacitly accepted by both sides' higher-ups. Humans could hunt magical beasts, and magical beasts could likewise kill humans in return. If one was unfortunate enough to be killed, it only meant they had been inferior in skill.

Moreover, such battles mostly occurred among the lower ranks. Once one reached the level of a Dou Zong Expert or above, deadly conflicts were rarely seen, because the destructive power of experts at that level was simply too great. Without restraint, the entire Dou Qi Continent might be shattered by their battles.

Thus, once one reached the Dou Zong realm, battles were usually fought in the sky. This minimized damage to the terrain and prevented the continent from suffering irreversible scars.

Yun Yun did not know why the four rulers had descended upon the Yunlan Sect, but regardless of the outcome, she would not sit and wait for death. At worst, she would die. If they wanted to destroy the Yunlan Sect, they would have to step over her corpse first.

With death already in her heart, Yun Yun silently raised her dou qi, ready to launch an attack at any moment.

What a pity. I'll never see him again. I wonder if he'll be sad when he learns of my death. Yun Yun suddenly felt a little despondent.

She had clearly accepted him and was only waiting for him to come to the Yunlan Sect to propose marriage. Yet instead of her beloved, she had been met by the four rulers of the Magical Beast Forest.

Perhaps this was fate.

"Roar!"

The Flood Dragon let out an earth-shaking roar. Then the Four Great Ninth Order Magical Beasts stopped in midair, only a hundred meters away from the Yunlan Sect.

"Look! Why are there people on them?" A sharp-eyed Yunlan Sect disciple suddenly spotted people atop the magical beasts and cried out in disbelief.

The others followed the direction of his finger, and sure enough, seated on the back of the ninth-order magical beast, the Golden Lion, was a rather handsome young man with a lazy smile on his face.

On the back of another ninth-order magical beast, the Purple Winged Golden Roc, sat a young girl in a pale green gown. She had a pretty face, looked around fourteen or fifteen years old, and had an outrageously curvaceous figure.

As a Dou Huang Expert, Yun Yun's eyesight naturally surpassed that of these low-level disciples. She immediately recognized the man on the Golden Lion's back, and could not help gritting her silver teeth.

That bastard! I was terrified just now, nearly scared to death. I had already resolved to die for the Yunlan Sect, yet before I could even do anything, I discovered that this whole pack of magical beasts was under that bastard's control.

Yun Yun was instantly furious. If there had not been so many Yunlan Sect disciples present, she probably would have already lost her temper.

"Hehe, is this supposed to be a show of force?" Yun Yun asked coldly.

"Haha, listen to yourself. How would I dare give you a show of force? I heard that your birthday is in a few days, so I specially made a trip to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to pick out a high-level magical beast as a pet for you. But these four all looked pretty good, so I caught them all and brought them here. Whichever one you like, I'll give it to you. Even if you like all of them, that's fine too." Xiao Xian hurriedly jumped down from the Golden Lion's back, then nodded and bowed to Yun Yun.

Everyone was utterly speechless.

How had such a shameless fellow become an expert? Could shamelessness itself be a method of cultivation?

"Hehe, Xiao Yun'er, did you miss me?" Xiao Xian asked with a lecherous grin.

"Bastard! Who are you calling Xiao Yun'er? If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll cut out your tongue!" Yun Yun snapped, her face flushed red.

"Look at you, getting shy again. Calling you that won't cost you a piece of flesh. Other women would beg me to call them that, and I couldn't even be bothered with them." Xiao Xian said with a smug expression.

He wiggled his brows repeatedly, making Yun Yun blush all the way to her neck. She wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

Hearing their conversation, everyone finally understood that this man was their sect master's lover—a thoroughly unreliable fellow whose cultivation was absurdly high.

How had their sect master fallen for such a shameless man? Could it really be as the saying went: women did not love bad men? To win a woman's heart, did a man have to be a little shameless and thick-skinned so that he could finally embrace a beauty?

Many male disciples of the Yunlan Sect seemed to have been enlightened. One after another, they decided that being too honest was useless. A man had to be smooth-tongued and act a little shamelessly to capture a goddess's heart.

Xiao Xian had no idea that his way of speaking and carrying himself had become remarkably popular in the Yunlan Sect. Countless disciples rushed to imitate him, and it actually became a popular trend.

At that moment, he clung to Yun Yun like a stubborn patch of dogskin plaster. His large hand tightly gripped her soft little hand. No matter how Yun Yun struggled, that powerful hand was like an iron clamp, firmly locking her hand in his.

After struggling several times, Yun Yun finally resigned herself to it and allowed Xiao Xian to hold her hand. Looking at his shameless grin, she could only roll her eyes.

"Hehe, let me tell you, these are all ninth-order magical beasts. The weakest is at the low ninth order, while the strongest has reached the high ninth order. They are all absolute overlords of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Although the Yunlan Sect rules the Gama Empire, it is nothing when placed in the entire Dou Qi Continent. With these magical beast rulers joining you, they can make up for the Yunlan Sect's lack of high-level combat power. Then the Yunlan Sect will rise in one leap to become one of the top forces on the Dou Qi Continent, and no faction will dare look down on it." As Yun Yun led Xiao Xian around the Yunlan Sect, he spoke to her with a serious expression.

Although the Yunlan Sect was a dominant force within the Gama Empire, so powerful that even the imperial family had to act according to its wishes, compared to the top powers across the entire Dou Qi Continent, it was at most a country bumpkin with some wealth, utterly unworthy of notice. Any random Dou Zong could cast the entire Yunlan Sect into eternal damnation.

Xiao Xian could not remain in the Yunlan Sect for the rest of his life, and Yun Yun, as his wife, naturally could not either. Since he would be taking away their sect master, he had to give them an explanation. Therefore, he decided to leave the Great Strength Demonic Elephant at the Yunlan Sect as its guardian magical beast.

The Great Strength Demonic Elephant was a mid ninth-order magical beast. Converted to human cultivation levels, it was equivalent to a fifth-stage Dou Saint. It was neither particularly high nor low, but in the entire Gama Empire, where there was not even a Dou Zong Expert, a Dou Saint was like a lofty deity.