The wedding ended, the bridal chamber awaited

Tushan Rongrong had long anticipated that Yun Yun would arrive today, so when the grand elder was preparing Medusa's wedding robes, she had asked her to prepare an extra set.

Back in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Tushan Rongrong had been the one to undress Yun Yun and treat her injuries, so she knew her measurements perfectly.

Showing Sister Rongrong Battle Through the Heavens had simply been Luo Yang's wisest decision. He did not have to worry about a thing; all he needed to do was cultivate and enjoy himself.

"Sister Yun Zhi..."

Although he could not see her face, the mere sight of Yun Yun's figure in her scarlet wedding robes left Luo Yang feeling a little restless.

Thinking back to those days in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Sister Rongrong treating Yun Yun's injuries had denied Luo Yang a glimpse of that tantalizing fan service. However, following Sister Rongrong's dating methods with a little combo had raised Yun Yun's affection for him even higher.

So much so that when he dragged her over to get married now, Yun Yun had agreed after some halfhearted resistance.

"You look so beautiful today..."

As Luo Yang spoke, he glanced at Gu He, who lay on the ground, with an utterly provocative, arrogant look.

It seemed he was saying it for Gu He's benefit...

No, it did not merely seem that way. He was deliberately saying it for Gu He to hear.

Fuck!

Gu He was so furious that his nails dug into his flesh, his teeth grinding audibly.

"Motherfucker, I... will kill you..."

Gu He's face twisted hideously, but his severe injuries made even the slightest movement hurt as though his heart and lungs were being torn apart. He could only watch, unable to do anything.

He had come to the Tagor Desert to obtain Heavenly Flames, only to fail to acquire them and have the woman he loved snatched away as well.

"Yun'er..." Gu He raised a hand toward Yun Yun, but those few meters felt as unreachable as the ends of the earth.

At last, his hand fell limply. Unable to endure the humiliation, his head drooped as well. If he did not look, it would not hurt so much.

Yan Shi, Feng Li, and Li Hu watched this humiliating scene and felt sorry for Gu He. Unfortunately, they could barely protect themselves, so how could they spare any attention for him?

Besides, their relationship with Gu He had always been one of mutual benefit; he had hired them as bodyguards with pills. In his current state, even surviving was in question. How could he possibly pay them?

"Xiao Yang, Gu He is, after all, an elder of our Misty Cloud Sect's Pill Hall..." Ultimately, Yun Yun was too softhearted. Unable to bear seeing Gu He in such a miserable state, she wanted to plead for him.

"Since Sister Yun has asked, I have to help... It's just that this is Shasha's territory, so it isn't my decision. You should find a chance to discuss it with her." Luo Yang had honed the art of passing the buck to perfection, shoving this troublesome matter straight onto Medusa.

If he agreed... Luo Yang really did not want to let Gu He off. Who told him to covet Yun Yun?

If he refused, it would upset Yun Yun...

There was no need to ask Medusa. She definitely would not agree.

"But..." Yun Yun wanted to say more, but Luo Yang had already taken the red wedding knot from Hua She'er and led her toward the wedding dais.

He gave her no further opportunity to plead for Gu He.

With his other hand, Luo Yang took hold of Medusa's red wedding knot.

Leading his two beautiful brides, he walked toward the wedding dais beneath everyone's gazes.

Luo Yang stealthily edged closer to Yun Yun and teased her under his breath. "Why don't you want to run away anymore? I haven't stopped you from leaving..."

Beneath her red veil, Yun Yun's cheeks reddened again, and her pearly teeth sank into her red lip.

If the occasion had not been inappropriate, she truly wanted to bite this bastard to death.

"You little bastard, just you wait..."

Teased by a young man so much younger than herself, Yun Yun was embarrassed and angry, but could only whisper a threat.

Luo Yang did not mind in the slightest. He even felt a sense of accomplishment. He simply liked seeing Yun Yun looking angry like this.

"Heh heh heh..."

"First, bow to the ancestors-"

"Second, pay respects to your elders-"

"Husband and wives, bow to one another-"

"The ceremony~ is complete!"

Night fell.

The bedchamber that had once belonged to the queen was now the bridal chamber of two... three newlyweds.

Luo Yang pushed the door open and entered. Two brides in red, their heads covered with veils, sat on the edge of the large bed with some distance between them, murmuring about something.

But the atmosphere did not sound quite right. The smell of gunpowder in the air was far too strong.

Luo Yang could smell it from a long way off.

Hearing the door open, Yun Yun and Medusa, who had been arguing about who knew what, hurriedly stopped, adjusted their sitting postures, and waited...

"My two little brides, have you been waiting long...? Your husband is here..."

Luo Yang closed the door and walked toward the large bed one step at a time, a lecherous expression spreading across his face.

"Hmph~" ×2

Hearing Luo Yang's roguish, rakish words, Medusa and Yun Yun actually snorted simultaneously in remarkable unison.

"Hm? Hmph!" ×2

Upon discovering that the other had spoken at the same time, they turned their heads and snorted again.

Neither would yield to the other.

If not for Luo Yang, they would have started fighting again long ago.

Watching the overt and covert rivalry between these two women, Luo Yang found it rather funny, and entertaining...

An amusing idea came to him, one that could ease their hostility toward each other while also satisfying a few little desires of his own.

"Move closer. Why are you sitting so far apart?"

Luo Yang pulled the two reluctant women together.

He grasped Yun Yun's and Medusa's red veils, one in each hand, and lifted them simultaneously.

"So beautiful..."

Although he had already prepared himself, when he lifted their red veils with his own hands and saw their lovely faces, his eyes still lit up, deeply dazzled by their beauty.

Both women blushed in unison again.

Although they were much older than Luo Yang, this was their first marriage, and they had no experience whatsoever.

"What were you talking about just now? Could you tell your husband...?" Luo Yang sat between them, wrapping an arm around each.

The two women made a few token struggles before letting Luo Yang hold them.

They were already married. What else could they do?

"Shasha, you go first."

Neither woman spoke, so Luo Yang asked Medusa on his left, affectionately nuzzling her jade-like neck as he did.

Medusa felt her neck tickle terribly. His potent masculine scent made her temperature keep rising and her heartbeat quicken.

In all her life, this was the first time she had been so intimate with a man.

To be precise, she had never been like this with a woman either.

"You... ask her..."

Medusa's voice trembled slightly. She turned her head away and passed the topic to Yun Yun.

The fourth elder had given her plenty of premarital instruction, its central principle being that she must obey her mother at home and her husband after marriage, and could no longer put on the airs of a queen.

Otherwise, given her former imposing manner as the Snake-People Tribe's queen, even if they were already married, she would have slapped Luo Yang long ago for daring to take such liberties with her.

"Yun'er, then you tell me." They were already in the bridal chamber, so Luo Yang no longer called her Sister Yun Zhi.

"I..." Yun Yun did not know what to say either.

After all, those words were a little...

"So neither of you will listen, huh?"

Luo Yang's expression hardened. He knew that if he did not lay down some household rules now, life at home would be difficult later.

Smack! Smack!!

Two crisp slaps rang out in succession inside the bridal chamber, their echoes continually reminding them of what had just happened.

"You!"

Yun Yun and Medusa looked at Luo Yang simultaneously, their faces filled with embarrassment and anger.

(A brief explanation of the term "collecting women": this book's setting concerns karma/fate. Only those with great fate or many karmic ties will be taken; other peripheral characters will not, such as Yao Ye and Yao Yue of the Jia Ma Empire, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue. However, their entries in "Luo Yang's Hundred Flowers Illustration" will be unlocked.)