"Father, don't you feel that Master Zhu is particularly like a reclusive sage?" Meng Wanwan asked him.

Meng Xiuyi: "Don't overthink it. Young Master Helian just accidentally fell into the old masters' fishing net."

Meng Wanwan...

What luck?

Who else?

Meng Xiuyi picked up Meng Wanwan and patted her head: "Father will take you to see the marriage proposal."

"Alright!"

The Xun family's lotus festival lasts for seven days, and these seven days are also the days for choosing a husband.

The location for the marriage proposal was right on the lotus pond.

The method of choosing a husband was no different from the martial arts contest that Meng Wanwan remembered. As soon as Meng Wanwan approached the lotus pond, she saw two people soar into the sky. A huge column of water spun up from behind one of them. With a loud shout, the water column turned into a giant hand and slapped down on the other person.

The other person formed a hand seal, and a scroll unfolded before him. A giant hand slammed onto it, shattering both of them.

The spiritual energy shattered and scattered in the air. The person who created the scroll had somehow conjured a sword, which he thrust straight at the opponent's abdomen.

The opponent paused, barely dodging the attack, but due to the loss of energy, also fell from the air.

Just as that person fell, another person flew up, full of fierce momentum and high fighting spirit.

The crowd on the ground erupted in cheers.

Meng Wanwan asked in confusion, "Father, the world in the painting is neither real nor fake. Even if it's to decipher the mystery, shouldn't we be working this hard?"

Meng Xiuyi: "Listen carefully."

Meng Wanwan didn't know why Meng Xiuyi said that, but she still listened attentively.

Sure enough, she overheard many whispers, almost all of them about the legends of the Scrolls of the Heavens.

Yun Zhao whispered, "These people are all talking about the Scroll of the Heavens."

Chu You asked, puzzled: "Didn't Junior Sister and Master say before that none of us knew about the Scroll of All Heavens?"

Yun Zhao nodded: "Even if it's because of the Xun family's publicity, the people who enter the painting may not take it seriously."

Meng Wanwan: "Unless someone has explained to them exactly what the Scroll of the Heavens is, and these people really see it as a reward for entering the painting, is that why they're so enthusiastic?"

In this world, everyone knows who understands the Scrolls of the Heavens best.

As if just to verify her guess, Meng Xiuyi glanced at the game a couple more times and then said to the children, "Let's go."

"Uh-huh."

Meng Wanwan turned around and glanced at the entire venue again.

Because of her high vantage point, Meng Wanwan could see the faintly visible figure of a young girl in the waterside pavilion.

The girl seemed to know that someone was watching her, and she turned to look at Meng Wanwan.

Meng Wanwan was stunned.

It was a face devoid of both joy and sorrow.

A strange feeling lingered in my mind, and I couldn't shake it off.

Sure enough, Helian Xiao returned in the evening.

He quietly entered the Meng family's gate and said reluctantly, "Sure enough, those two people surnamed Baili are problematic. I contacted several cultivators I knew before, and they all know these two people, especially the one named Baili Chuan."

"When people first heard about the Scroll of All Heavens, they didn't pay much attention. But then this guy named Baili Chuan appeared and told them what the Scroll of All Heavens was."

"I've heard that it's a cultivation method that allows one to see through the secrets of heaven after practicing it." Helian Xiao seemed to be intrigued for a moment, but then he curled his lip in disapproval.

“From the time we came in until yesterday, not many of the cultivators from Ruhua actually participated in this so-called marriage proposal. But starting yesterday afternoon, the number of people participating increased.”

He emphasized, "Moreover, neither of them went."

He glanced casually at Meng Wanwan, then said to Meng Xiuyi, "The Xun family is going to entertain the cultivators who participated in today's marriage proposal tonight. I'm going to go and take a look later. Are you going?"

"I'll go!" Meng Wanwan immediately raised her hand.

Helian Xiao looked at Meng Xiuyi with a resistant expression.

Meng Xiuyi cupped her hands and said, "Then I'll trouble Young Master Helian to look after my daughter."

Helian Xiao thought this was outrageous: "Hey, your child is only two years old. You're really okay with her coming with me? Aren't you afraid something will happen?"

Meng Xiuyi smiled faintly: "I believe in Young Master Helian."

Helian Xiao jumped up: "No, no, no, I refuse, I'll go by myself, okay?"

Meng Wanwan jumped up and landed on Helian Xiao, laughing loudly, "No! No!"

Helian Xiao tried to pull Meng Wanwan down, but Meng Wanwan bounced around on him like a monkey.

"Take me there, take me there, or you can forget about getting your weapon."

Meng Wanwan made a threat.

Helian Xiao looked at Meng Xiuyi in despair, but Meng Xiuyi still nodded with dignified composure.

Yes, she's right.

Helian Xiao walked away with heavy steps, Meng Wanwan on his neck.

Yun Zhao was worried: "Master, how can you let Junior Sister go with him?"

Meng Xiuyi: "It's alright, let her go. The things in this painting are very similar to Niannian. Perhaps, this is her destiny."

After saying this, Meng Xiuyi straightened her clothes and stood up.

Yunzhao asked, puzzled, "Where is Master going?"

Meng Xiuyi: "Look at the moon."

Yun Zhao...

Don't think he doesn't know; he's secretly protecting the doll.

The Xun family is the wealthiest family in Fengling Town. From the perspective of this world, the Xun family is just an ordinary mortal family.

For an ordinary family to suddenly have a person with spiritual roots is truly an unparalleled honor.

So the Xun family has been very lively these days.

When Helian Xiao carried Meng Wanwan to the back gate of the Xun family, they could still hear the lively sounds coming from the front gate.

Meng Wanwan asked in surprise, "Aren't you going through the main entrance?"

Helian Xiao snorted: "Am I the kind of person who would joke about my entire life because of a rumor?"

With that, he leaped up and climbed over the wall.

What came into view was a cluster of low houses, from which came the sound of rustling voices.

Meng Wanwan jumped off him and looked around carefully: "This is the kitchen, right? Hey? Look, isn't there someone over there?"

"Mmm..." Meng Wanwan's mouth was suddenly covered, and her head was pressed down.

Then Meng Wanwan saw the person who was sneaking out of the kitchen get stabbed through the heart with a sword.

But the person who killed him vanished in an instant.

Meng Wanwan stared intently at the person lying on the ground and exclaimed in surprise, "It's Bai Changxue!"

Just as Helian Xiao was about to go down and collect Bai Changxue's body, a cry of alarm suddenly came from the front yard.

Helian Xiao grabbed Meng Wanwan, leaped up, and in a few bounds reached the roof of the front yard.

All that could be seen were the cultivators sitting around the tables set up in the front yard, and at this moment, all of them were spitting out blood.

The head of the Xun family and a girl in green stood in the middle of the courtyard, at a loss.

Suddenly, a firework exploded in the sky.

Meng Wanwan looked up, and seven-colored light shone on her face.

Helian Xiao whispered, "It's Tan Menggong's signal flare. It seems something big has happened."

After saying that, Helian Xiao formed a hand seal and created a barrier around himself, completely isolating the two of them from each other's presence.

Meng Wanwan also completely abandoned her playful thoughts and looked at the chaotic front yard.

Shortly after the fireworks went off, she saw a group of people descend from the sky and land directly in the Xun family's courtyard.

Someone shouted, "The Xun family, what a vicious scheme! They actually used the guise of a marriage proposal to gather us all together and poison us! This poison..."

"My spiritual power is locked!"

"Sure enough, there's something eerie about this painting..."

Just then, a delicate fragrance wafted in from nowhere and quickly spread throughout the entire venue.

"Hold your breath." Helian Xiao's face darkened slightly as he stared intently at the Xun family members below.

The people from Tanmeng Palace who had just entered also collapsed one by one.

Meng Wanwan gestured to Helian Xiao with her eyes: "Are you leaving?"

Helian Xiao frowned and shook his head: "I'm afraid we can't leave."

Niannian: "Master, this place is sealed off by a powerful barrier."