Arranging a Marriage, Worshipping Heaven and Earth!

Good heavens!

Pull up her skirt and spank her?

This kid!

What on earth is going through this boy's head all day long?

How did he even come up with such a way to discipline a wife?

And he looks so righteous and matter-of-fact about it, too!

Bo Saixi felt as if she were about to choke on her own laughter, while simultaneously feeling a deep sense of sympathy for Qian Renxue.

To be saddled with a fiancé like this—her future married life would likely be colorful and full of constant surprises!

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue stood before Li Qing...

The moment Li Qing's thought about pulling up her skirt to spank her hit her mind with crystal clarity, it was as if she had been struck by a bolt of heavenly lightning!

"Boom—!"

Her mind went completely blank!

Immediately following that, an indescribable heat, a mixture of extreme shame, rage, absurdity, and a trace of... a strange, fluttering sensation she refused to even acknowledge, surged from the soles of her feet to the top of her head like a volcanic eruption!

"You—!"

Qian Renxue jerked back a step, pointing at Li Qing with a trembling finger. Her beautiful face was as red as a boiled shrimp, so flushed it looked as if it might bleed!

Her violet eyes were wide open, filled with a mix of mortified fury and incredulous shock.

Pull... pull up her skirt... and spank her?!

This bastard!

A hooligan!

A lecher!

Shameless and vile!

He... he actually dared to profane her like this in his heart!

And he wanted to use such a method to discipline her?!

Qian Renxue felt as if she were about to explode!

In her twenty-one years of life, when had she ever suffered such an insult?

Even while lurking in Tiandou, facing those unscrupulous young nobles, she had never felt such an intense urge to tear someone to pieces!

However, her sudden, violent reaction appeared quite different to the oblivious Qian Daoliu and Li Qing.

Seeing his granddaughter pointing at Li Qing, her face flushed and her body trembling, Qian Daoliu assumed she was angered by Li Qing's silence or perhaps just shy and agitated by the talk of marriage. He hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Xiao Xue, don't be so worked up. Let Xiao Qing think it over carefully; after all, this is a lifelong commitment..."

Li Qing was also looking on, bewildered and innocent. He watched Qian Renxue's expression, which looked as if she wanted to eat him alive, and muttered to himself: What's wrong with her? I didn't even say anything. She asked if I was satisfied, and I was just considering it seriously, wasn't I? Why such a huge reaction? Could it be that she thinks I'm not giving her face because I'm taking too long? Tsk, a woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea.

Hearing Li Qing's innocent inner voice and catching the gazes of her grandfather and Bo Saixi, Qian Renxue suddenly realized she had lost her composure again!

She bit down hard on the tip of her tongue, using the pain to force herself to calm down.

She couldn't let it show!

She absolutely could not let him know she could hear his thoughts!

Otherwise, there was no telling how he would scheme against her or bully her in his mind in the future!

Right!

To change the future!

For the glory of the Angel God!

And for... the chance to get revenge later!

Endure! I must endure!

Qian Renxue took a few more deep breaths, forcibly suppressing the shame and rage that threatened to shatter her reason. She squeezed out a smile that was more painful than crying, tinged with a shy blush. Her voice still trembled slightly, but she kept it as steady as she could:

"It's... it's nothing, Grandfather. I was just... just a little nervous."

She looked at Li Qing, her eyes so tender they seemed to drip with water, and asked, "Brother Li Qing, have you... have you considered it?"

Li Qing looked at Qian Renxue's infinitely shy appearance. Although he thought her reaction just now was a bit strange, he didn't dwell on it.

He recalled his earlier analysis and felt the pros outweighed the cons. Especially the prospect of cultivating a god-level fighter and a supportive wife, and the future possibility of disciplining a disobedient spouse... it actually seemed... quite exciting?

Thus, under the expectant gaze of Qian Daoliu, the amused look of Bo Saixi, and the tender gaze of Qian Renxue, Li Qing nodded, a clean and refreshing smile on his face:

"Well, Sister Qian Renxue is so wonderful, naturally I have no objections. This marriage... I agree to it."

"Good! Excellent!" Qian Daoliu laughed, clapping his hands, the heavy stone in his heart finally dropping.

Bo Saixi also nodded with a smile, though that smile looked rather meaningful.

As for Qian Renxue, she let out a long, complicated sigh of relief, only to be immediately filled with a sense of tragic heroism for having boarded a pirate ship, and a burning determination to change the future and eventually turn the tables to discipline him in return.

Since the matter was settled, although it was rushed, the necessary ceremonies still had to be observed.

On Sea God Island, the etiquette of the Sea God was naturally held in the highest regard.

As the High Priestess and also representing the elder generation of the groom's side, Bo Saixi proposed that since both the elders and the couple had agreed, they might as well perform a simple ceremony to announce their union to the heavens right here in the Sea God Hall, in the presence of Lord Sea God, to formally establish their status.

To this, Qian Daoliu naturally had no objections.

Qian Renxue and Li Qing also nodded in agreement.

Thus, Bo Saixi led everyone to the open space directly in front of the Sea God statue.

She and Qian Daoliu stood on the left and right respectively, while Li Qing and Qian Renxue stood side by side before the statue.

"First bow, to the heavens and earth, for a union ordained by fate." Bo Saixi's ethereal voice echoed through the hall.

Li Qing and Qian Renxue exchanged a glance; Li Qing's eyes held a sense of novelty and a hint of mischief, while Qian Renxue tried hard to maintain her composure, masking the complexity in her eyes.

The two bowed in unison toward the direction of the hall's entrance.

"Second bow, to the deity, to pray for a blessed union." Bo Saixi continued.

The two turned to face the massive, awe-inspiring statue of the Sea God Poseidon and bowed once more.

However, just as their waists bent and they were about to complete this second bow—

A sudden change occurred!

"Hum—!!!"

The entire Sea God Hall shook violently without warning! It was not an earthquake, but the very space itself trembling!

An indescribable, magnificent, and terrifying pressure, sacred to the extreme and as primordial as the dawn of the universe, descended without warning!

The strength of this pressure was such that even Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu, both Peerless Douluos of the ninety-ninth rank, felt a palpitation in their hearts, an uncontrollable urge rising from the depths of their souls to prostrate themselves in worship!

Immediately following, two pillars of light, pure to the extreme and seemingly condensed from the most fundamental laws, tore through the indestructible dome of the Sea God Hall without warning, crashing down like a celestial river pouring from the heavens!

One pillar of light was a brilliant, dazzling golden, as if it could purify all darkness and evil!

Within the radiance, endless phantom angels circled and chanted, their sacred hymns resonating through the soul!

The other pillar of light was deep and vast, as if it contained all the waters of the world, a brilliant azure!

Within its glow, there were sounds of surging tides, the long cries of giant whales, and the phantoms of ten thousand acres of rolling waves rising and falling!

The two beams of light caused no destruction; they simply and dominantly enveloped Li Qing and Qian Renxue, who had just straightened up and had not yet begun their third bow!

The light was so blinding that even Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu had to squint slightly, channeling their Soul Power to resist the sacred pressure that pierced straight to the soul.

And when the light gradually receded, revealing the scene within, all four people present instantly turned to stone, their pupils shrinking, their faces filled with extreme shock and disbelief!

There, before Li Qing and Qian Renxue, where the two heaven-reaching pillars of light had descended, two figures had appeared silently and without anyone noticing.