"Breaking off the marriage was the feud of generations! How could you do something so muddleheaded, child?!"
Vast Yin Immortal Venerable transmitted to Chen Xun with the fury of one who hated iron for not becoming steel. "Do you know that your innate luck hangs suspended? It was already no easy thing for you to live to twenty. The Gu Family is willing to stabilize your fortune—how could your words be so ignorant of favor?"
Her expression was stern. She had heard every word Chen Xun had just said to that girl loud and clear. Gu Qingyan was the Gu Family's direct daughter; whether in talent, beauty, or bearing, she lost to no one.
Chen Xun lightly clenched his fist, looking as though he wanted to lose his temper but did not quite dare to.
He drew a soft breath. "Mas... Martial Ancestor, I know I have received the great grace of the sect, but this matter concerns not only me, but that Miss Gu as well. There are no feelings between us."
A trace of gloom hung on Chen Xun's face. He had lived for such long years already and had long passed the age of falling in love at first sight. Besides... the era of the Tai Yi Ancient Immortal Court had been a world-shaking tragedy.
He did not wish to leave behind any bonds or attachments.
Vast Yin Immortal Venerable rebuked him sharply. "If you are a disciple of my sect, take back what you just said. Do you know that something is wrong with your body? The heaven and earth of the Three Thousand Great Worlds cannot bear your Immortal Dao Talent!"
"Hm?" Chen Xun froze. "Where did that come from? What absurd tale is this?"
Even in the Post-Immortal Dao Era, he had never heard