The Fiancé Comes Knocking, Looking for a Fight

At the entrance to the Heavenly Emperor Palace.

Bai Yuer was still kneeling on the ground. A full year had passed, yet she had not risen once.

Her red feathered robe was covered in dust.

Her once fair and delicate face had lost all color, leaving her pale and weak.

Though Bai Yuer was a proud daughter of heaven and had the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire protecting her body, kneeling for an entire year without a single grain of rice had still left her extremely frail.

Over the past year, Jun Xiaoyao had entered and left the Heavenly Emperor Palace many times, yet he had never once given her a proper glance.

As time passed, Bai Yuer's heart sank ever deeper into the abyss.

She felt that Jun Xiaoyao might never forgive her.

That meant she could never obtain the Undying Medicine from Jun Xiaoyao, much less save her father, the Vermilion Bird Kingdom Lord.

Because of Jun Linglong's instructions, the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom had not informed Bai Yuer that the Vermilion Bird Kingdom Lord had received the Undying Medicine.

Bai Yuer had foolishly believed that all hope was lost.

It was as though she had sunk into a bottomless sea. She was nearly suffocating, and despair filled her crimson crystal eyes.

Just then, faint footsteps rang out.

Bai Yuer instinctively lifted her beautiful eyes to look, and her breathing nearly stopped.

The figure she had thought of day and night was actually walking toward her.

Jun Xiaoyao wore robes whiter than snow, immaculate and unstained. Divine radiance suffused his skin, casting off a luminous glow.

A year had passed, and Jun Xiaoyao was now nine years old. His figure had grown more slender and tall, while his features seemed carved by Heaven's masterful hand, already showing the beginnings of a peerlessly handsome face.

His expression was calm as he walked up to Bai Yuer.

Jun Linglong followed behind him.

"Greetings, Lord Divine Child!"

Bai Yuer's stunned expression carried a trace of delight.

After an entire year, she had finally waited for this day.

Jun Xiaoyao assessed Bai Yuer. She had grown much thinner, and she truly appeared to be sincerely repentant.

Still, Jun Xiaoyao made no statement. He merely looked at her indifferently.

Seeing this, Bai Yuer lightly bit her silver teeth, then heavily kowtowed three times before Jun Xiaoyao. "Lord Divine Child, Yuer knows her mistake. Please forgive Yuer this once."

Jun Xiaoyao said lightly, "It is good that you know your mistake. Get up. After all, I am not some kind of devil."

Jun Linglong could not help grumbling inwardly.

If you are not a devil, why did you make her kneel there for an entire year?

He had even already sent out the Undying Medicine, yet concealed it from Bai Yuer and let her continue kneeling.

He truly was an old devil.

"Thank you, Lord Divine Child." Bai Yuer struggled to rise, but both legs were numb, and she swayed weakly.

Seeing this, Jun Xiaoyao flicked a finger, sending a top-grade Saint Pill into Bai Yuer's hand.

Bai Yuer felt even more flattered and overwhelmed.

A top-grade Saint Pill could fetch an astronomical price in the outside world, yet Jun Xiaoyao had casually given one to her to consume.

For a moment, Bai Yuer felt no resentment toward Jun Xiaoyao. Instead, she felt a sense of gratitude.

She swallowed the Saint Pill and began recovering her strength.

A faint, cold smile curled at Jun Xiaoyao's lips.

The tactic of giving a whip before handing out candy was one he had mastered long ago.

The Saint Pill's effects were astonishing, and Bai Yuer quickly cast off her weakness.

However, when she thought of the severely ill Vermilion Bird Kingdom Lord, Bai Yuer clenched her jade-like hands, finding it hard to speak.

Being forgiven by Jun Xiaoyao was already an unexpected blessing.

How could she possibly have the nerve to ask Jun Xiaoyao to take out the Undying Medicine again?

Thinking this, Bai Yuer took a deep breath and bowed to Jun Xiaoyao. "Thank you for your forgiveness, Lord Divine Child. Yuer will take her leave."

Bai Yuer sighed deeply in her heart. In the end, she had still failed to bring back the Undying Medicine.

At that moment, Jun Linglong gave a soft laugh. "Bai Yuer, do you no longer want the Undying Medicine?"

Bai Yuer smiled bitterly. "Being forgiven by Lord Divine Child is already a stroke of fortune. How would Yuer dare to ask for more?"

"Then why don't you contact the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom?" Jun Linglong asked, her beautiful eyes shimmering.

Bai Yuer froze slightly, then took out a jade slip to send a message.

A message soon came back from the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

"The Jun Family delivered the Undying Medicine some time ago. It was all a gift from Lord Divine Child."

"Not only has the Kingdom Lord recovered from his injuries, he is now in seclusion, seeking to break through to a higher realm."

"It is all thanks to Lord Divine Child's boundless grace!"

These messages made Bai Yuer's mind go blank in an instant.

Then her face flushed with excitement, and she could scarcely believe it.

"Lord Divine Child, it was you..."

With blazing, excited eyes, Bai Yuer looked at Jun Xiaoyao, her voice choked with emotion.

"This Divine Child already said it—I am not some kind of devil." Jun Xiaoyao smiled faintly.

At that moment, Jun Xiaoyao's figure was deeply engraved into Bai Yuer's heart.

From the inside out, it was as though she had taken on Jun Xiaoyao's shape.

His mark was deeply branded upon her heart, impossible to erase for the rest of her life.

It was like someone drowning in the depths of despair suddenly seeing every hope fulfilled.

And all of that hope had been brought to her by Jun Xiaoyao.

"Yuer is willing to serve Lord Divine Child for the rest of her life, as a slave or a maid, never daring to disobey. If I violate this oath, may Heaven strike me down with thunder!"

Bai Yuer knelt before Jun Xiaoyao and declared resolutely.

If she had previously begged for forgiveness, then now she was sincerely submitting to Jun Xiaoyao.

And at that very moment, an angry voice rang out from beyond the Jun Family's mountain gate.

"Where is the Jun Family's Divine Child? What kind of ability is it to bully a weak woman? If you have the guts, fight me!"

The voice boomed like a thunderclap, shaking Heaven and Earth.

Many members of the Jun Family were alarmed.

A Jun Family guard came to report to Jun Xiaoyao.

"Reporting to Lord Divine Child, a young man outside the gate is causing trouble. He should be from the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom."

"Heh... it seems this fiancé still lacks any self-awareness..." Jun Xiaoyao sneered inwardly.

He said calmly, "Let him in. I will deal with this matter."

"Yes." The guard withdrew.

Meanwhile, Bai Yuer, still kneeling on the ground, turned somewhat pale.

Jun Xiaoyao had only just forgiven her, and now her fiancé had come to provoke him.

Was this not ruining everything for her?

At this moment, Bai Yuer actually felt a trace of resentment toward her fiancé, Xiao Chen.

"Lord Divine Child, I..." Bai Yuer was terrified and hurriedly tried to explain.

"It is nothing." Jun Xiaoyao waved a hand.

Before long, a handsome and refined youth clad in an Azure Dragon robe arrived.

When he saw Bai Yuer kneeling before Jun Xiaoyao, his eyes immediately widened, and furious killing intent surged forth.

No man could accept seeing his own fiancée kneeling beneath another man.

"Yuer, get up at once! How dare this man force you into such a state!" Xiao Chen shouted angrily.

"Xiao Chen, shut your mouth! How dare you show disrespect to Lord Divine Child!" Bai Yuer immediately rebuked him.

Xiao Chen froze, staring at Bai Yuer in disbelief.

"Yuer, I came to save you. Why are you speaking up for him?" Xiao Chen asked, confused and suspicious.

"Enough. I knelt willingly. Lord Divine Child was willing to forgive me, and I am happier than I can say. Why did you have to come here and stir up trouble?" Bai Yuer said coldly.

Originally, she had held a slight fondness for Xiao Chen, her childhood sweetheart.

Yet the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom had broken its promise and refused to give the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom the Undying Medicine.

She had asked Xiao Chen for help before. Xiao Chen had agreed to it, yet even now, there was not the slightest trace of the Undying Medicine.

Had Jun Xiaoyao not produced an Undying Medicine, her father might still be gravely ill and on the brink of death.

So between Jun Xiaoyao and Xiao Chen, who had truly shown Bai Yuer kindness?

"Yuer, how can you think that? Could it be that he forced you into thinking this way?"

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth, and the fury in his heart blazed even more fiercely.