Husband, the Magpie Bridge Is About to Open

Jiang Man had no idea what his own wife was called.

Her strength, her methods, her identity-he was completely in the dark about all of them.

He knew only that she was anything but simple.

The Peerless Heaven's Chosen Destiny alone had something uncanny about it.

He had never heard of something like that falling upon someone just from performing wedding rites.

Now Old Yellow Ox said her methods had reached them.

Although it was not as bad as her coming in person, it was still worrying.

After all, in this whole affair, she was the nominal victim, while he and Old Yellow Ox were the vicious demons.

Although he was a victim too, she would not see it that way.

Once her power came bearing down on them.

Their chances of survival would be slim.

"Does her power reaching us mean our location is about to be exposed?" Jiang Man immediately asked.

Old Yellow Ox shook his head. "She won't find her way here yet. However strong she is, she couldn't possibly find us this quickly.

"It's just that I acted against her back then, and now she's following the trail of the methods I used to exert an influence on me."

Jiang Man studied Old Yellow Ox.

He noticed things flickering across his body, brightening and dimming.

"Is this her doing?" Jiang Man asked.

"This is the price of getting you a wife," Old Yellow Ox corrected him.

Jiang Man froze, then immediately said, "Senior, I'm the one burdened with the Peerless Heaven's Chosen Destiny. I got the worst deal out of this marriage and could lose my life at any moment. You can't pin your injuries on me."

From these wedding rites, she had only gained a husband in name; her chastity was still intact.

He had not only gained a wife in name, but also a life-threatening Fate Pattern.

He was the most miserable one.

He would not carry the blame for Old Yellow Ox's troubles.

"She's trying to find her way here through me," Old Yellow Ox said calmly, glancing at Jiang Man.

Jiang Man fell silent for a moment. "What should I do?"

"Use your spiritual qi to respond to the things on my body," Old Yellow Ox explained. "Her methods have crossed too great a distance.

"Even in my weakened state, I can resist them.

"Right now, we're evenly matched.

"But to resolve this, I need you to resonate with them, then draw them out."

Jiang Man had no real doubts. After all, the man and the ox were grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

He then placed his hand on Old Huang's head and began using spiritual qi to communicate with the flickering things.

Because he had advanced too quickly, the weight of his spiritual qi made his body quite uncomfortable.

So he circulated it very carefully.

Soon, he sensed the flickering things.

They indeed carried an aura of destruction. Letting them remain inside Old Yellow Ox was extremely dangerous.

Jiang Man immediately linked them together, then drew them out of the body bit by bit.

Finally, all the flickering things settled into his palm, forming a Light Orb.

Jiang Man was rather taken aback. What sort of thing was this?

But before he could do anything, the Light Orb began to spread, and a voice burst into Jiang Man's mind. "Husband, the Magpie Bridge is about to open. I'll find you soon. What sort of funeral would you like?"

Jiang Man lowered his eyes, somewhat panicked.

"What's wrong?" Old Yellow Ox asked, letting out a breath.

Jiang Man told him exactly what he had heard, then asked, "Didn't you say the Magpie Bridge only opens once a year? Why is it suddenly about to open?"

Old Yellow Ox also fell silent for a while before saying, "She's deceiving you. Pay it no mind."

Jiang Man was not sure which of them was telling the truth. He merely asked curiously, "Senior, are you no match for her?"

"Hard to say. If I were in decent condition and launched a sneak attack, I'd still have a chance of winning." Old Yellow Ox considered for a moment, then continued, "But she's probably searching for my true name. If she finds it, we'll be in even greater danger."

"Then what do we do?" Jiang Man asked.

"The toad has already eaten swan meat. What else can we do?" Old Yellow Ox said coldly. "You'd better think about whether you can survive past a hundred days."

Jiang Man sighed. He had not eaten any meat.

But there was indeed no need to dwell on it.

Because as he was now, there was nothing he could do.

"By the way, if you survive later and join a sect, remember to bring me along," Old Yellow Ox said.

He then explained why.

He said that if that fairy could strike once, she could strike a second time.

If Jiang Man did not help draw out those Light Orbs, it would be in danger.

Jiang Man had thought he could gain a hold over the ox's weakness.

Unfortunately, Old Yellow Ox added that if they were not drawn out, not only would he suffer damage, but she might also discover their location.

Neither of them could escape.

For that reason, Jiang Man agreed.

Still, he had gained some of the initiative.

"Brother Ox, leave it to me from now on," Jiang Man said earnestly.

Old Yellow Ox glanced at Jiang Man, seemingly oblivious to the downgrade in his form of address.

The next day.

Jiang Man arrived at the Sixth Courtyard early in the morning.

Today was the day the scores and rankings would be updated.

He was also curious how many points he would have.

Although he had an estimate, if he had given himself away with the Qi Refining Method, his score would be a point or two higher.

Then there was his ranking.

At the Qi Refining Third Layer, his ranking would not be very high. After all, there was a two-year gap.

But watching his ranking rise.

Was still something he rather looked forward to.

And he was not the only one concerned about rankings and scores.

Everyone was the same.

Practically all the cultivators from the Azure Cloud Pavilion's rear courtyard had come.

"You're here, Jiang?" Little Fatty greeted him with a smile.

He remained confident and excited.

"Have you estimated your score?" Jiang Man asked curiously.

"Of course." Little Fatty nodded earnestly, all smiles. "My score is a height you'll have to gaze up at, but these are trivial matters. We needn't dwell on them.

"Let's look at what scores the top four got instead."

Jiang Man nodded with a smile.

From start to finish, Little Fatty never asked what score Jiang Man had estimated, and Jiang Man was in no hurry to mention it.

Once the rankings came out later.

Little Fatty would presumably come over and ask.

Soon, under everyone's expectant gazes, Zhao Leming entered.

Just as on his first visit, he carried quite a few sheets of paper.

They contained information on everyone in the Sixth Courtyard.

Their scores, rankings, and comments were all there.

Even their cultivation and cultivation method levels were recorded.

At this moment, the Sixth Courtyard was very quiet, everyone looking at Zhao Leming at the front.

They had all made progress over the past month.

They wanted to confirm their progress.

Zhao Leming was somewhat surprised. Part of the score was displayed by the books themselves, while another part was assessed by each teacher.

But there would never be much discrepancy.

So when he saw Jiang Man's score, he was extremely surprised.

He increasingly felt that his conjecture was true.

He was also glad he had not done anything more to him.

Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

He then handed out the papers.

They were distributed according to the previous rankings.

Soon, everyone had received a sheet.

Only then did Zhao Leming speak. "At noon, the Azure Cloud Pavilion will post the rankings in each courtyard. At the same time, the rear courtyard will also post the top fifty."

Hearing this, everyone grew expectant.

Those ranked highly in particular wanted to see whether they could make their courtyard's top ten and the Azure Cloud Pavilion's top fifty.

At this moment, Little Fatty leaned over and lightly nudged Jiang Man. "Jiang, what's your score? Let me see."

Jiang Man came back to his senses. As he was now, he could not make the rankings outside, so there was no need to pay them too much attention.

Right now, he should compare himself with Little Fatty beside him.

He smiled. "I haven't looked yet. What about you?"

Little Fatty went along with him. "I haven't looked either. How about we swap? Let you experience a high score?"

"Sure." Jiang Man readily agreed.

I asked for monthly votes on the wrong day. It should have been today.

I can only let things take their course.