It's Him

Acquired for the first time.

In the tavern.

Business was good.

Yi Feng casually found a seat by the window and sat down.

Not far away, two people got into a conflict over a single disagreement.

"What are you looking at?"

"What if I am looking at you?"

"Try looking again."

"I'll try it, then!"

Just like that, the two began fighting, more than enough to show how fierce the people of the Martial Realm were.

Not far away.

Shi Qingwu sat upright by the window with a cold expression. Dressed in black and silent as stone, she gave off an air that warned strangers to keep their distance.

Beside her stood a man in black, respectfully at attention.

After a long while, Shi Qingwu took a light sip of tea and gently set down her cup before slowly saying, "Speak."

"Yes."

The man in black answered respectfully. "The Great Elder and the others have already selected someone and are preparing your wedding. The date is three days from now."

A flash of icy light crossed Shi Qingwu's face.

Her delicate brows knitted tightly.

As the new generation's Sect Master of the Hundred Refining Sect, she had drawn the dissatisfaction of many because she was a woman.

Yet, wary of her strength and the methods she used to rule the sect, they did not dare stir up trouble openly.

The difficulty lay in a rule passed down by the founding ancestor.

If the one in charge of the sect was a woman, she had to marry within one year.

Her marriage partner had to either be a Rogue Cultivator with no sect or school, or someone from the Hundred Refining Sect.

This rule had been established to prevent the sect from changing hands one day.

And because of this very