High in the heavens, a streak of sword light tore through the void, clashing with the air and sweeping the astral winds aside.
From afar, it looked like a crimson rainbow soaring between heaven and earth, its starting point unknown-
Yet in the blink of an eye, it skimmed over wave upon wave of the sea and arrived before them!
Then, as the sword light slowly withdrew, a handsome young Daoist appeared amid the clouds.
The Daoist's eyes were like stars, clear and keen. Auspicious clouds bore him beneath his feet, and a hazy jade light shone from his body. His bearing was solemn and profoundly still, like an ancient well in which ripples seldom stirred.
It was difficult for others to glean any of his thoughts from his face.
"..."
Amid the wavering light and shadow, Qiao Ting's gaze grew slightly dazed. A trace of inexplicable regret lingered in her heart, one even she could not quite explain.
When they first met in Golden Drum Cave, the man before her had plainly been grotesque and hideous in appearance, his cultivation lowly. In his wretched state, he had been no different from a dog that had lost its home.
Without the True Lord's protection, he would long since have returned to dust and earth. How could he possibly have survived?
Chen Heng caught the meaning in Cui Jingzhong's words. With a faint smile, he spoke first.
As for what followed, things had gone as Qiao Ting wished. Chen Heng had raised no objection to refusing the marriage; instead, he had nodded in agreement.
At those words, Chen Heng's expression turned solemn. A pill that could increase True Qi by thirty percent without deliberate refinement was worth a considerable sum wherever one went.
For a cultivator's soul, it was an exceptionally