Husband?!
Everyone froze when Hui Tianshuang addressed him that way.
The smiles on Hui Jiuyin and the others' faces instantly stiffened, and an inexplicable unease crept into their hearts.
Bai Qitian's brows knitted even tighter, his sharp gaze sweeping the surroundings.
"Why stand on ceremony with your husband?"
A calm, indifferent voice rang throughout the Heavenly Snake Holy Hall, as though descending from beyond the heavens.
Everyone immediately looked up. The void rippled like a lake struck by a pebble, strange waves spreading outward in rings.
At the center of those ripples, a handsome, composed young man in a black robe appeared and slowly stepped out, like a banished immortal emerging from an ink painting.
He stood there casually, yet seemed to become the center of heaven and earth.
His aura was seamless and restrained, unfathomable as an abyss, with a Dao resonance flowing around him that seemed to transcend all living beings.
He had appeared so abruptly that even Venerable Soul Nightmare, a Four-Star Dou Zun, had failed to detect the slightest spatial fluctuation beforehand!
"Who... who are you?!" Hui Jiuyin demanded sharply, alarm bells ringing in his mind.
His unusual constitution gave him an exceptionally keen sense of impending danger, yet he had noticed nothing before Chu Zhou appeared.
But the instant he saw Chu Zhou, he felt a threat that made his soul tremble!
Bai Qitian's pupils contracted slightly as well, his eyes fixed on Chu Zhou.
He could sense that this young man was anything but ordinary!
Chu Zhou ignored Hui Jiuyin. His gaze first lingered on Bai Qitian, a trace of coldness flashing in his eyes. "Admiring my woman only proves you have good taste."
"But coveting my woman and publicly forcing her to give herself to you? You've already given me a reason to