Wu Gongling Would Not Remain a Nobody in This Life!

After returning to the central command tent, guarded by heavy troops and numerous cultivators, Shan Dongxing flung off Wu Gongling's arm, stamping his feet and clapping his hands. "General, you're muddleheaded! Of all people, why did you have to lay hands on her? She's already so old—was that really necessary?"

Wu Gongling waved him off. "Elder Shan, she still looked quite young. Delicate skin, fair and clean, with a charm you don't see in ordinary women. It truly stirred my heart. Elder Shan, I was just about to ask you something—could you propose marriage to the Heavenly Maiden Cult on my behalf?"

Shan Dongxing truly wanted to slap him across the face. "My General, propose what marriage? The Heavenly Maiden Cult's rules forbid romantic relationships. Once one enters the Heavenly Maiden Cult, one cannot marry. If I went to propose, wouldn't that be humiliating them? I might as well be looking to die."

"A vile custom! How can women be without men? What an utterly inhuman vile custom—it must be abolished!" Wu Gongling lamented, pounding his chest.

"You, you... Just wait and see how you'll clean this up!" Shan Dongxing pointed at him and berated him for a while before finally stomping away. There was truly nothing he could do about such a rogue.

He had to quickly arrange for the people of the Immortal Fellowship Pavilion to strengthen the defenses here, lest Hui Qingping come storming over and slaughter that bastard.

Once the outsiders were gone, the frivolity on Wu Gongling's face faded. He touched his damp clothes and shouted, "Change my clothes!"

His personal guards immediately brought him clean clothes and helped him change.

A short while later, Deputy General Jin Xiang hurried in and leaned close to ask anxiously, "General, I heard you touched that Elder Hui's