"A handsome man and a beautiful woman—a perfect match."
"Lord Luo and Miss Xue were made for each other."
With Luo Qingfeng leading the way, the people of the Great Qi Dynasty, freed from the burden that had weighed on their hearts, joined in the teasing.
Xue Bingxuan saw the gazes turning toward her and heard their jokes.
Her cool face flushed crimson, and she instinctively tried to pull free of the young man's embrace.
But with a beauty in his arms, Luo Yi had no intention of letting her go so easily.
He held her tightly against him and swept his gaze over the newcomers.
"Enough. Stop teasing. We can talk once we've dealt with things here."
He reluctantly released her and gave her a reassuring look.
Then he headed straight for the place in the Tianyan Sect Founder Hall where the woman might have kept her carefully collected treasures.
After finally killing her, Luo Yi naturally wanted to see what she had been hoarding.
If he killed an enemy without claiming the spoils, wouldn't he just be handing them to whoever came next?
He passed three statues of the sect's founders and reached a secret chamber deep within the hall.
More than a dozen treasures lay carefully arranged on shelves inside.
Anything the woman had treasured was bound to be extraordinary.
After all, she had enjoyed the Tianyan Sect's Cultivation Resources all to herself for ages. She would never have spared a glance for anything mediocre.
With a sweep of his hand, he gathered every treasure in the chamber into the Storage Ring on his finger.
Then Luo Yi turned to the scrolls neatly displayed around the chamber and soon spotted a familiar face.
"Huh. That Old Ghost who attacked the Great Qi Dynasty's Capital City really was