"Ginger, ginger lantern!"

Xia Houyu looked at Jiang Deng who suddenly appeared in front of him and asked in disbelief, "When did you come back from the Qiming Spirit Realm?"

Jiang Deng raised his eyebrows and said, "Guess?"

"snort!"

Xiahou Yu quickly calmed down, then resumed his usual arrogant demeanor. "Jiang Deng, how dare you trespass into my Xiahou Clan's residence! Aren't you afraid that I'll call for help?"

A hint of coldness flashed in Jiang Deng's eyes. "If I remember correctly, Liushui Peak was originally my residence, right? Your Xiahou family is quite good at occupying my place."

"You, you...wait!"

Realizing that Jiang Deng had no good intentions, Xiahou Yu had no intention of resisting. After all, he had witnessed Jiang Deng's strength with his own eyes at the sword-fighting conference.

He couldn't beat Jiang Deng that day, let alone today.

Xiahou Yu turned around and was about to run away when Jiang Deng suddenly stepped forward and struck him on the back of the neck with a knife.

Bang!

Xiahou Yu's eyes rolled back and he fainted immediately.

"Tsk, it's been so many days, and there's no progress at all."

Looking at Xiahou Yu lying on the ground, Jiang Deng crossed his arms and shook his head in disgust.

Originally, she planned to chop Xiahou Yu to pieces with her sword, but that would have been too easy for him. Although Xiahou Yu was a loser, he still had some uses, such as...

Since he thought marrying the Patriarch of the Pei family was so good, how could he let someone else snatch such a good thing away? Of course he had to come himself!

Jiang Deng chuckled and decisively threw Xiahou Yu into the Eight Gates World. Then he put on a ghost mask and a cloak of concealment, disguised himself as Xiahou Yu, and returned the same way.

Outside the cave.

Seeing Xia Houyu come back, Wang Shouwei felt a little strange, "Young Master, why are you here again?"

Jiang Deng, dressed as Xia Houyu, sighed softly, "After much deliberation, this young master feels that the marriage with the Pei family is a serious matter. I should persuade Auntie again."

Wang Shouwei couldn't help but be moved.

For the sake of the Xiahou family, the young master risked his life to persuade Xiahou Qingyu. He is really a good young master and will definitely become a qualified head of the Xiahou family in the future!

"Young Master, please."

Thinking of this, Guard Wang activated the formation without any hesitation and let Jiang Deng in.

The young master has come here several times in the past few days, so even if he came twice today, it is not considered too many.

"Um."

Jiang Deng smiled at the guard and walked into the cave with his hands behind his back.

As soon as he entered the cave, a sword energy with strong murderous aura attacked his face!

Jiang Deng subconsciously turned her head to avoid it and looked in the direction of the sword energy. She saw Xiahou Qingyu standing at the end of the cave, holding a sword and staring at her with murderous intent.

"Xia Houyu, I told you, if you dare to come in again, don't blame me for disregarding our blood relationship and killing you!"

"Well……"

Just as Jiang Deng was thinking about how to explain to Xiahou Qingyu that she was not Xiahou Yu and that she could not be discovered by the guards outside, Xiahou Qingyu had already rushed up on her own initiative.

The long sword in his hand pointed directly at Jiang Deng's neck!

If Jiang Deng was stabbed this time, he would not die, but his neck would probably be broken and bleed a little, and he would need a good meal to recover.

Jiang Deng felt sorry for the meal money, so he decisively dodged Xiahou Qingyu's sword.

"Open the door!"

Jiang Deng silently recited in his heart, and the strength of his arms instantly increased to the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, instantly overwhelming Xiahou Qingyu's strength at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm.

He pressed Xiahou Qingyu's shoulders with both hands and pushed her to the ground, firmly pinning her upper body to the ground so that Xiahou Qingyu could no longer raise her sword to chop people.

"Xia Houyu, how dare you humiliate me like this? I will kill you!"

Xiahou Qingyu was still resisting fiercely, his eyes almost red.

"Behave yourself!" Jiang Deng almost couldn't hold it in and could only yell.

The guard outside: "..."

If they didn't know very well that the people inside were an aunt and nephew, I'm afraid they would really think wrongly.

Inside the cave.

Jiang Deng held down Xiahou Qingyu's arms and legs while explaining to her through voice transmission: "Qingyu, calm down! I'm Jiang Deng, not that idiot Xiahou Yu!"

Ginger lantern?

Xiahou Qingyu was stunned for a moment. She carefully recalled the voice she had just heard, and it was indeed Jiang Deng's voice!

No wonder... She was saying why Xiahou Yu suddenly became so powerful, it turned out that it was all Jiang Deng from the beginning to the end.

For some reason, Xiahou Qingyu's eyes suddenly became moist, and she sent a message to Jiang Deng, "Jiang Deng... why are you here?"

Seeing that Xiahou Qingyu had completely calmed down, Jiang Deng hurriedly stood up and set up a barrier around him to prevent the guards outside from noticing anything wrong.

After doing this, Jiang Deng helped Xiahou Qingyu up, and the two sat at the table and started chatting.

"I heard you were in a bad situation, so I came to see if there was anything I could do to help."

"I..." Xiahou Qingyu lowered his eyebrows, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

"ah?"

Jiang Deng's mouth twitched. "They're forcing you to marry this old man, and you're still okay?"

Xiahou Qingyu said calmly, "Even if they insist on me getting married, the worst that can happen is that I will dominate the Pei family on the day of the wedding."

"It's not that I don't trust you, I just think they all know your temper. If the time comes, they might feed you some elixir or cast some magic on you, and you might not be able to control yourself."

“…Why?”

Xiahou Qingyu was so angry that her chest was heaving. "Just because I was born in the Xiahou family, do I have to be controlled by them? Why?! It wasn't my choice to be born in the Xiahou family!"

Xiahou Qingyu, who usually speaks little, spoke so much, which was unusual for him. It was obvious that he was extremely angry.

Seeing that Xiahou Qingyu was completely disappointed with the Xiahou family, Jiang Deng patted her on the shoulder and told her his plan. "We plan to kill the Xiahou Patriarch. By then, no one will be able to restrain you. Do you want to join our plan?"

"……good!"

Xiahou Qingyu agreed without much hesitation, "Jiang Deng, what do you want me to help you with?"

Jiang Deng leaned close to his ear and whispered a few words.

Xiahou Qingyu's eyes changed from hesitation at first to determination, "Okay... never mind, let's fight!"

"Okay," Jiang Deng nodded, stood up and said, "Then let's go to Old Ancestor Xiahou to discuss the wedding date. Let's set it for ten days later."

Xiahou Qingyu bit her lip. "But in ten days, will I really marry into the Pei family?"

"Of course not you, I have a more suitable candidate."

As he spoke, Jiang Deng took out the sleeping Xiahou Yu from the Eight Gates World.

Even in his sleep, Xiahou Yu still sensed Jiang Deng's ill intentions. His brows were furrowed, and he looked like he was not sleeping well.

Jiang Deng smiled mischievously, "Since Xia Houyu thinks marrying the Patriarch of the Pei family is so good, just let him marry!"