Surging Tides from Every Side

The two fighting outside timed it perfectly.

As soon as the incense stick burned out, they Time Stop, glared at each other, and turned back into the temple.

On the surface, their clothes were neat and tidy, and no one could tell that they had just had a big fight. That's how well they maintained appearances.

When he looked back, Qin Yi Yu Shang still in the Cloud Realm and hadn't come out.

Gu Shuanglin asked the Uwabami Bird beside him curiously, "What's going on?"

"I don't know..." The Uwabami Bird shook its head. "The incense just went out, it will take time to come out."

"How long will it take to get out?" Gu Shuanglin was overjoyed, thinking to himself that he would have something to say if it took longer than expected.

Just as I was thinking this, I saw Qin Yi and Yu Shang come out together.

Their clothes were all neatly arranged, and no one was any less adept at maintaining appearances... except that Yu Shang was still secretly wiping the corner of her mouth, unaware of what she had just eaten.

No one cared what Yu Shang was eating anymore; everyone's attention was drawn to the feather in Qin Yi's hand, and they all froze in a daze.

It was a feather completely different from the feathers on Yu Shang's body. It was shorter than the palm of my hand, small and exquisite, with a lot of fine down, and looked very cute.

The High Priest was overjoyed. "It's definitely the first down of the Yu Shang!"

A group of female feathered people were overjoyed. "We've really found the first flush!"

The Twelve Guards Regiment surrounded Yu Shang, their little faces filled with envious joy. "Congratulations, Saintess! This is truly a joyous occasion!"

Yu Shang's face was full of shyness, and she was no longer as aloof as before.

This was indeed great joy for the Winged Human Race. It had been a very long time since they had truly encountered the First Feather Fate. It could be said that winning the previous three competitions was not as delightful and enviable as finding a feather like this.

This is a tradition that the Winged Human Race value highly. They hadn't planned to use it as an assessment before because they never expected anyone to be able to find the first layer of down in such a short time. That would have been a challenge, not an assessment.

As a result, someone insisted on organizing a match, and they actually found it! This made them so highly regarded by the female winged people that they wanted to replace them with their own bodies. It was a rare opportunity that hadn't occurred in tens of thousands of years. How envious they were!

From this moment forward, anyone who dares to say that Qin Yi cannot marry Yu Shang will be met with a retort from all the Yu-ren girls, "Get lost!"

Seeing Yu Shang blushing as she accepted the girls' blessings, Gu Shuanglin Li Jiuyou were dumbfounded. They looked at each other, both thinking "mmp" in their hearts.

They thought they had set up an insurmountable barrier for Qin Yi, making it impossible for him to find Chu Rong, so they could find a way to postpone or ruin the Marriage Recruitment and start a new one. But it turned out not to be an insurmountable barrier, but rather a match made in heaven that sealed the deal.

Gu Shuanglin almost wanted to strangle Li Jiuyou to death.

Li Jiuyou glared back. Weren't you just praising me? Why the grumpy look now?

He felt even more aggrieved. This trick wasn't his doing; it was taught to him by his superiors... Of course, when he received the order, he secretly praised the Young Master's wisdom, so there wasn't much to say...

Who knows if Qin Yi can actually find Chu Rong?

What should we do now?

There was nothing more to be done; the High Priest had already spoken. "Thank you all for your kindness in inviting Yu Shang to this grand event. Now that Yu Shang's husband has been chosen by fate, why don't you all stay and have a drink of wedding wine..."

Drink your sister's ass!

Gu Shuanglin Li Jiuyou turned around angrily and led their team away.

The High Priest continued from behind, "Three days from now, we will hold a banquet in Xun Wood City, inviting all races to witness this ceremony. Please, everyone, have a drink to celebrate."

Everyone's gone...

Somewhere in the underworld, Meng Qingying angrily smashed a cup. "I've never even hosted a banquet!!"

The others looked at her timidly. No one else possessed her ability to see into different realms, and they had no idea what the Young Master was angry about... The Young Master rarely lost her temper like this...

On a mountaintop, Xi Yue took a sip from her Wine Gourd and suddenly clapped her hands. "Isn't this great? Do you want Daoist Nun to perform a blessing? It's very orthodox."

An amused expression appeared on her face as she took out a jade pendant and called out, "My dear disciple, are you there?"

After a moment, Minghe's voice, distorted due to the long-distance communication Technique Method, came from the jade tablet. "What is it, Master?"

"Hurry up and come out of seclusion. Master has a friend who is getting married. Come and perform a blessing ceremony for him."

"Master, are you serious? When did our Celestial Pivot Divine Palace start offering this service?"

"Will you be my friend?"

"Why don't you just put on a Daoist robe yourself?"

"Master can't show up." Xi Yue said matter-of-factly, "If I have disciples, does that mean I have to do everything for them? Then what's the point of having disciples?"

"... Alright, I've already finished my seclusion."

"Hehe. Remember, don't say I sent you, or I'll kill you."

Minghe: "..."

"It failed?"

In the Uwabami Bird, Gu Shuanglin knelt on the ground, in front of him was a tall, Daoist-robed old man with a calm expression and an air of otherworldly grace.

Daoist robes are rare in the Great Wilderness. Although the Great Wilderness is also called the Land of Cultivation and Seeking the Dao, it is not in the sense of Daoism. Only a small number of people have taken this path because of occasional exchanges with Xi Yue and others. Most follow the methods of their own clans, while many others believe in Buddhism.

The old man possessed an incredibly powerful aura, having reached the pinnacle of the Qian Yuan realm.

If a person from China were here, they would feel that this old man's aura was somewhat similar to that of the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace, both lofty and distant, as if he were hanging in the sky, indifferently watching you.

The Celestial Pivot Divine Palace appears distant because the Daoist Arts it employs is one of gazing at the Milky Way from afar, a supreme and impartial perspective. This distance doesn't imply any aloofness or condescension. In fact, many Daoist practitioners, upon reaching a certain level, experience something similar.

This old Daoist is similar; his Qian Yuan is perfected, so it's not surprising that he has this sense of distance, and it doesn't necessarily mean that he comes from the Celestial Pivot Divine Palace.

A person at the peak of the Qian Yuan realm is, aside from a handful of those at the Wu Xiang level, among the most powerful in both the Divine Continent and the Great Wilderness. If there were a ranking of cultivation levels, someone at the peak of the Qian Yuan realm would definitely be in the top ten, although there are quite a few ties for the top ten...

That's enough to be a deterrent.

The Winged Human Race are incredibly powerful, and the fact that they can arrange marriages for people is not only due to the overall strength of their clan, but also mainly because their Clan Leader, Qian Yuan, is at the peak of his power.

With both elite combat forces and a large core of support, the Winged Human Race hold a high position in the Great Wilderness. In fact, if they were placed in the Divine Continent, they would be a first-rate sect, at least stronger than the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace. If one considers the existence of the powerful Dragon Son Wuxiang as their backer, they would be on par with the Witch God Sect in the Divine Continent.

The Uwabami Bird had the audacity to plot against the Winged Human Race, so it must have had a powerful backer, who seems to be this old man in the Daoist robe.

This person... theoretically, should be from Shenzhou. Logically speaking, there are only three ways to come to the Great Wilderness: first, through Wuxiang breaking the spatial barrier; second, through the Netherworld; and third, through Qin Yi's special Twisted Passage. All three methods involve the essence of dimensional travel, which cannot be easily achieved by someone at the Qian Yuan Perfection stage.

Perhaps it's through the Netherworld? But the Netherworld is fragmented and not interconnected. Even Myriad Images of the Universe Realms of Myriad Images of the Universe. Who else could travel between the two places through the Netherworld?

Where did this person come from?

Gu Shuanglin was explaining in a low voice, "I don't know where this human from China came from..."

"So what if they're from the Divine Lands? Who was it that confidently told me they'd calculated every possible test the Winged Human Race might Marriage Recruitment, and that they were guaranteed to win?"

Gu Shuanglin felt extremely wronged.

If Qin Yi hadn't interfered, he really could have won.

Xiang Ming is destined to be eliminated. Li Jiuyou, on the other hand, is competitive, but Li Jiuyou has inherent weaknesses; his ghostly Ghost Qi is not favored by the Winged Human Race. Judging from the situation, if it weren't for Qin Yi, Gu Shuanglin would almost certainly win. Whether Yu Shang likes him is another matter; arranged marriages aren't based on liking each other.

But man proposes, God disposes. Who knew that a Divine Land Human Race would suddenly appear out of nowhere, Winged Human Race would actually let him participate in the competition?

"I did my best." All he could say was, "The fact that this Divine Land Human Race was able to grant the First Strike Fate was something no one could have predicted."

"The Feathered One, Chu Rong..." The old man in the Daoist robe wasn't angry. After a moment's thought, he chuckled and said, "If the soft approach doesn't work, you should consider a hard one. Jianmu, Kunlun Void, boundless creations are before your eyes, all given to a single Divine Land Human Race. How can you be content with that?"

Gu Shuanglin clenched his fists tightly and said in a low voice, "Please help me, Your Excellency."

"Of course," the old man smiled with an air of otherworldly wisdom, "Isn't this precisely to help you...?"