Chapter 21 Wanting Someone: "I want his life!"...

"Besides turning into a bow and arrow or a net, what else can this little golden snake transform into?"

Cen Ying was very curious about her little golden snake. Bai Yuheng flipped her wrist, and a gentle little golden snake quietly poked its head out from her sleeve.

"It can transform into any weapon." Bai Yuheng was quite proud of her magical spirit. "It can change according to your combat state and situation. If it's melee combat, it can transform into a weapon suitable for melee combat, and the same applies to ranged combat."

"Wow! That's amazing!" Cen Ying's eyes lit up with amazement. "My dad also has a magical spirit, but it's a scorpion, and it's incredibly fierce! It attacks me if I touch it!"

Can I touch it?

"Of course." Bai Yuheng held the little golden snake in front of her.

"It's so beautiful!" Cen Ying exclaimed, picking it up with envy. "When will I be able to conjure my own magical spirit?"

Bai Yuheng smiled kindly and said, "Well... we'll have to wait until you break through to the next level."

"Sigh...that'll be a long time!" Cen Ying said regretfully. As she touched her, a mischievous idea suddenly came to her mind. She winked at Bai Yuheng.

"..." After receiving her signal, Bai Yuheng smiled helplessly and nodded. The latter, along with the little golden snake, quietly opened Cui Mingcan's door.

Not long after, a loud howl resounded throughout the entire He residence.

"Cen Ying! I'm going to kill you!"

Cen Ying came out carrying the little golden snake, laughing and shouting for help, running behind Bai Yuheng: "Yu'er, save me! Cui Mingcan is rebelling!"

Cui Mingcan emerged disheveled, carrying a machete. This was the weapon his master, the sect leader, had given him to choose when he was in seclusion; it looked like a kitchen knife.

"Cen Xiaoying, you're dead today!" Cui Mingcan brandished his large cleaver a few times, his brows furrowed and eyes narrowed.

Cen Ying poked her head out from behind Bai Yuheng, sticking out her tongue provocatively: "Nya nya nya..."

"You coward! You're even afraid of such a cute little golden snake!"

"Hmph! Try waking up and seeing a snake's face with its mouth open, its tongue flicking out, grinning at you! See if you'll be scared to death!"

Bai Yuheng: "..."

The two playfully teased her. Bai Yuheng sighed helplessly, then moved her fingers, and a golden rope bound Cui Mingcan.

"Well, Bai Yuheng, you traitor!" Cui Mingcan shouted angrily.

"Who is the traitor?" Cen Ying smiled smugly at him, and the next moment, she was also tied up.

"Yu'er, you!?"

"Hahahaha! Serves you right!"

"Alright, you two, we're still in the He residence, not in the Tianyan Sect. Be mindful of your image."

The two of them simultaneously snorted coldly at her: "Hmph!"

"..."

Bai Yuheng had no choice but to untie the two of them.

Just then, the same maid from yesterday came to invite them.

"Immortal Master, the wedding banquet is about to begin. The master invites you all to attend."

"Okay, thank you."

Cui Mingcan returned to his room in a huff and got dressed.

After the four of them gathered, they went to the front hall together.

The cannons roared, and the happiest children ran around shouting excitedly, "The groom is here! The groom is here!"

The wedding was a grand affair, and it was said that Master He spent 100,000 taels of silver to create a magnificent ten-mile-long red bridal procession for his only daughter.

"I heard that not only was Tang Xiucai not allowed to marry into the family, but all of his assets will also be given to his daughter and son-in-law to manage!"

"I don't know what stroke of luck Tang Xiucai had, but he went from a poor boy to the richest man in Furong Town in an instant, and even got a beautiful wife!"

"Hey, you're just being jealous! If you passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, you might even catch Master He's eye!"

"That won't do! I've met that Scholar Tang. He's not only incredibly handsome, but also very kind and polite! With your looks, forget about becoming a scholar, you'd have to think twice before even becoming the top scholar!"

"Hahahaha..."

Bai Yuheng and her group walked through the crowd, surrounded by the sounds of various people talking, including many sarcastic remarks.

The maid leading the way overheard this but remained unfazed. Cen Ying couldn't help but sigh inwardly, marveling at how well the He family managed their subordinates.

The group arrived at the front hall, where Master He was greeting the others. Bai Yuheng stopped the maid who wanted to go up and call him, saying, "We'll just look around here; there's no need to trouble Master He."

The maidservant bowed respectfully and said, "Yes."

The four stood for a while, and when the auspicious time arrived, the groom, dressed in a bright red wedding robe, greeted each person who came to offer their congratulations with a respectful bow.

Cen Ying was very interested in this kind of wedding custom in the mortal world, and pulled Bai Yuheng to watch it from beginning to end.

"What a lively day! The cheers can be heard from inside the manor."

Master He was very generous today, not only scattering wedding money and candy outside the mansion, but also setting up a three-day banquet in all the restaurants in town, so that anyone who wanted to go could have a drink of wedding wine.

Bai Yuheng nodded in agreement.

The group followed the guests for the entire time, when the same maid from before approached them again: "Esteemed immortals, could you please clear the way for my young lady?"

The maid explained to them how to clear the way.

After the honor guard departs, the person who walks at the front and scatters lucky charms is usually an elder in the family or someone close to the bride, scattering them from the bride's home all the way to the new home.

Originally, Gu Feng was supposed to come, but when Master He saw that he was in such a state, in order not to embarrass the He family, he wanted them to come instead.

Cui Mingcan excitedly raised his hand and volunteered: "Me! Me! Me!"

Cen Ying was too lazy to fight him for it.

"I've just learned a spell that I can use right now, so let me clear the way for your young lady!"

The maidservant bowed happily and said, "Thank you very much, Immortal Master! I will report to Master right away!"

The maid left happily, and soon after, Cui Mingcan was taken away by them.

The groom on this side also received the bride, and with the lighting of firecrackers and the deafening sound of gongs and drums.

Bai Yuheng and the other two followed in the crowd, watching Cui Mingcan throw the winning tokens.

"Is this person reliable?" Cen Ying couldn't help but have some doubts about him after the array incident the night before.

Bai Yuheng pondered for a while: "If it doesn't work, we can help him so that he won't be so embarrassed, and we won't lose face for our Tianyan Sect."

Cen Ying nodded, thinking that Cui Mingcan was more reliable and that nothing would go wrong.

Fortunately, Cui Mingcan had some ability and didn't make any mistakes along the way.

The He family decided to clear the road by circling around the main city.

Firecrackers lit up the road, and gongs and drums played all the way.

Suddenly, Bai Yuheng grabbed Cen Ying's hand, frowned, and looked around warily, saying, "There's a demonic aura."

Cen Ying nodded, smelling a sweet floral scent in addition to the smell of firecrackers: "It's Chun Tao and the others!"

"Cat Alley is ahead," Li Tiankuo suddenly said, gripping his sword in a defensive stance.

"..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a graceful figure appeared not far away, still wearing the same pink dress, holding something in her hands, and facing the wedding procession head-on without any hesitation.

The sound of gongs and drums stopped for a moment, then began to roar again.

"What's going on? Wasn't someone clearing the road ahead?"

"How dare anyone offend Master He?"

"Who exactly is that woman? Why is she blocking the wedding procession?"

"Could it be that Scholar Tang has gotten himself into some romantic entanglements?"

The onlookers speculated and craned their necks to watch the spectacle.

Petals fell from the sky.

"Huh? It's raining flower petals?"

The young children cheered and jumped up and down to catch the falling petals.

"Who goes there? Whose daughter is getting married today?" a matchmaker shouted at the people blocking her way.

Peony smiled sweetly: "Is it because your He family is getting married off that I can't ask for something?"

"If you want good luck, step aside first, lest you miss the auspicious time!"

"But what I want isn't a prize..." Peony sighed softly, her eyes sparkling with a smile.

"What would you like, young lady?" Tang Peiqian asked.

That's exactly what she was waiting for.

Peony slowly pointed to the groom riding a tall horse.

"I want you."

The onlookers immediately erupted in uproar.

"This is insane!"

"Could it really be that Scholar Tang got into this messy affair?"

"He doesn't seem like it at all! Scholar Tang is handsome and upright, and he doesn't seem like the type to be involved in worldly affairs!"

"Pah! All crows are black, men are all the same!" a woman spat.

"Hey, Mrs. Tofu, don't think so badly of others, okay? Not everyone is like your husband, taking the money meant for your child's life-saving treatment to a brothel and ending up dying on a woman's belly!" someone next to her retorted, their words full of malice, stabbing right into her heart.

The men around him burst into laughter upon hearing this.

The tofu lady glared at him fiercely.

"Hu Si, don't think I don't know about your dirty deeds! Does your wife know about the mistress you're keeping in Wutong Lane?"

Hu Si, who had been egging everyone on, froze.

"You have a tigress in your family and you still dare to keep a mistress? Aren't you afraid she'll skin you alive?"

"And you, Zhao Liu, you stole your father's savings for his coffin to gamble. Do you dare tell your mother?"

Zhao Liu glared at her fiercely.

Those who were just mocking her were afraid she would say something that would cause them trouble, so they all avoided her and left after saying a few harsh words.

The tofu lady showed no satisfaction at winning the argument. Her eyes were vacant as she stared at the peony in the middle of the road. She said, "I will let you pass as long as your groom bows to my good sister."

"madman!"

"Where did this crazy woman come from!"

Everyone around her said she was crazy.

"What? You don't want to? If you don't want to, then I'll just stand here." Peony stroked the peach wood box, truly intending to waste her time here with them.

Tang Peiqian frowned, not remembering whether he knew this person: "Who are you? I don't know you. Why are you ruining my marriage?"

"Does my lord really not remember?" Peony stood in the middle, smiling sweetly.

More and more petals fell from the sky, and in a few breaths, the woman standing in the middle of the road suddenly changed her expression.

"Ah! A ghost!"

The group lost all interest in watching and began screaming as they scattered in all directions, abandoning everything they had in their hands and running as far as they could.

The once crowded road instantly became empty, with only dowries and a few scattered people remaining.

Tang Peiqian exclaimed in surprise, "Miss Fang!?"

"What? So Young Master Tang still recognizes her?" Peony's face changed back to normal.

"Miss Fang has already..."

“She’s here.” Peony gently stroked the wooden box.

Tang Peiqian dismounted, stepped forward, cupped his hands, and asked, "May I ask what brings you here, young lady?"

“I told you, you need to go through the wedding ceremony with her.”

"..." Tang Peiqian said, "I'm sorry, I have no relationship with Miss Fang, and I already have a wife, so I cannot comply."

After saying this, he bowed again.

He Huilan stepped out of the bridal sedan chair, lifted her veil, and said to her, "Miss Peony."

Tang Peiqian led her by the hand to the peony and bowed from afar.

"Mr. Tang and his wife Huilan met Miss Fang."

Peony gave a mocking smile.

"What an enviable couple!"

Peony glanced at the tense group and laughed a few times: "Don't be nervous, I just want an answer. Now that I've asked, you can continue."

"stop!"

The sound of horses' hooves approached.

She saw Master He and Gu Feng leading a group of armed servants rushing towards her.

"Peony, I have treated you well, why do you want to ruin my son's marriage?!"

Peony glanced at Gu Feng, who was wearing a mask, and smiled.

"Master He, you've wronged me. I only came here wanting someone..."

Who do you want?

She stared intently at Gu Feng, her meaning unspoken.

A sudden chill ran down Gu Feng's back, and his pupils contracted. The petals that had been gently falling suddenly turned sharp and stabbed straight at him.

"!!!"

"I want his life!"

A thick vine pierced through the air, aiming precisely for Gu Feng's heart.

Gu Feng seemed frozen in place, unable to move, and could only watch helplessly as it stabbed towards him.

"!!!"

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