So no matter how heartfelt and sincere his words were, Xu Taiping would not waver in the slightest.
More importantly, why should he marry someone he had never met?
So never mind that this Elder Qu before him was not the real man-even if he were, Xu Taiping would never agree.
Thus, Xu Taiping said to Qu Shuang:
"Senior, marriage is ordained by heaven. Sister Ning Shuang will surely find a worthy match before she undergoes her Tribulation of Love."
At this, Qu Shuang gave a bitter smile.
"Young hero, I know full well that marriage cannot be forced. I ask only that, if you make it out of this Grotto-Heaven alive, you visit the Four Symbols Sect in Peerless Nether Heaven and meet my young granddaughter."
At this point, Qu Shuang looked at Xu Taiping with a trace of pleading.
"What do you say, young hero?"
Xu Taiping had intended to refuse outright, but the look in Qu Shuang's eyes softened his heart. He changed the subject and asked:
"Senior Qu, we only met for the first time today, and we've spent no more than an incense stick or two together."
"How can you be certain that I'm a worthy match for Sister Ning Shuang?"
Qu Shuang smiled gently at his words.
"Though This Old Man could not move his body earlier, his mind could still sense everything happening outside."
"Young hero, despite having only Spirit Refining Realm cultivation, you dared to risk your life time and again to help Pearl Relic and the others when they faced danger. That chivalrous heart of yours bears something of my own bearing in my youth."
Xu Taiping gave an awkward smile.
Meanwhile, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, who had been watching everything happening here, spared Qu Shuang no dignity as he complained