Chapter 327 Extra Chapter 8: Devotion [The Rain and Clouds Chapter]
The fact that Jiang Xiangyun's eldest son was forced into a Daoist partnership was an utter disgrace to him.
What's even more troubling is that, no one knows what methods Lu Liyu used, but the Daoist bond cannot be broken unilaterally. On the same day, Jiang Xiangyun received a message from Jiang Zhuan.
"You are the eldest son of the Jiang family, the future head of the Jiang family. How can you casually become a Daoist partner with someone else?"
"No matter what method you use, you must dissolve the Daoist contract within three months. In the past, you were young and ignorant, and we never stopped you from traveling around or cultivating the path of slaughter. But now you have grown up, and we have neglected this matter. We have now asked the clan to help you choose a daughter from a sect or noble family. Her talent, cultivation, age, appearance, and family background must be the best. Those miscellaneous cultivators outside are simply not up to par."
Jiang Zhuan's voice slowly disappeared from his mind.
The teahouse was bustling with people. Jiang Xiangyun put down his cup on the table and said to Yao Li, "Uncle, my grandfather sent me a message asking me to break off my Daoist contract within three months and then return to the Jiang family to await their arranged marriage."
Yao Li raised his head from under his straw hat. Wu Jiu, who had gone out to gather information, was not there, so he asked directly, "If you are unwilling, young master, I will take you away."
“If Old Wu hears this, your great-grandfather and grandfather will take your life tomorrow,” Jiang Xiangyun said with a smile.
Yao Li fell silent.
Jiang Xiangyun's parents' marriage did not follow the Jiang family's tradition. The Yao family was not even among the most prestigious families. The two were deeply in love and made vows of eternal love. However, not long after Jiang Xiangyun was born, his father changed his mind. He had countless concubines and many mistresses outside. In Jiang Xiangyun's memory, his father would not come home for ten days or half a month at a time. When he did come home, there would be endless arguments. Until the Yao family was abandoned by the Jiang family for some reason, his mother wrote a letter of divorce and committed suicide. Only Yao Li, who was away from home all year round, was left in the entire Yao family.
Yao Li entered the Jiang family and took the initiative to form a master-servant contract with Jiang Xiangyun in order to stay. He personally took care of the young Jiang Xiangyun by his side, but he was always cautious in his words and deeds and never overstepped the bounds.
“Uncle, no matter how far we went or how far we stayed away from the clan’s strife, we could never find peace.” Jiang Xiangyun kept stuffing the newly acquired magic weapon and the spirit stones allocated by the clan into Yao Li’s storage bag. “Now I understand that as long as I am still Jiang Xiangyun, I will never be able to get rid of the Jiang family. Rather than that, it is better to completely take control of the Jiang family.”
Yao Li said, "Your subordinate will obey your orders, young master."
Jiang Xiangyun smiled and said, "Rather than accepting their arrangement to marry a complete stranger, it's better to use this beggar to buy time. It's not too late to kill him when he's no longer useful."
Yao Li disagreed, saying, "This move is too risky."
Jiang Xiangyun laughed and said, "It can only drive those old fogies crazy."
Although he had made ample preparations, Lu Liyu's sudden appearance in the middle of the night still startled him.
The Xuan Yang Halberd was thrown, only inches away from the opponent's brow.
Lu Liyu raised her hand and said with a smile, "Young Master, please don't be angry. I was just passing by and had nothing to do, so I came to see you."
Jiang Xiangyun said, "You are covered in evil and turbid energy. Where did you come from, you demonic cultivator?"
"A demonic cultivator?" Lu Liyu's eyes, hidden behind her disheveled hair, darted around. She suddenly raised her hand to block the Xuan Yang Halberd in his hand, took a few steps forward, and approached him. She laughed, "Naturally, I crawled out of hell. Young Master, you cultivate the path of slaughter, while I am a demonic cultivator. Aren't we a match made in heaven?"
He stood extremely close to Jiang Xiangyun, forcing him to the edge of the table. He arrogantly slammed his hand on the table, trapping Jiang in his arms: "Or should I call you A-Yun?"
Before he could finish speaking, the messy hair in front of him was suddenly pushed aside, and a pair of scarlet eyes were unexpectedly exposed to the air. The sudden clear vision made him slightly startled.
Jiang Xiangyun saw the astonishment in his eyes and smiled, "You're really a man?"
His face was surprisingly delicate and clean, with a pair of almond-shaped eyes that were upturned at the corners. His scarlet eyes added a touch of evil to his appearance, but his handsome eyebrows and superior lips and nose suppressed this evil aura. He was a bit too beautiful for a man.
The beggar was probably very unhappy that others saw his face, and immediately became furious. He grabbed Jiang Xiangyun by the neck and slammed him onto the table, saying with a forced smile, "If you're blind, I might as well gouge your eyes out."
Jiang Xiangyun grabbed his wrist but found that he couldn't budge him at all. The difference in strength between the two was too great. He immediately used the Daoist Couple Contract that he had been studying for a long time in his sea of consciousness. The other party's movements paused slightly. He took the opportunity to force the other party to loosen his grip and laughed, "If you kill me, you won't survive either."
"It doesn't matter if you go blind." Lu Liyu let go of his hand and casually touched his face. "Having your face is enough."
Jiang Xiangyun's expression twisted slightly as he was teased, but at the same time he discovered the other party's weakness—this Daoist Couple Contract could restrain him, and it could also restrain the other party.
When had the young master ever suffered such a loss? He immediately retaliated. At first, Lu Liyu handled it with ease, but gradually he realized that the other party had many tricks up his sleeve. He had no choice but to take it seriously. He fought with his primordial spirit in the void and did not let the other party off the hook in reality either. As a result, his primordial spirit was caught off guard and merged with the other party in the void.
Lu Liyu secretly realized that she had gone too far and decided to leave immediately. Before leaving, she glanced back at Jiang Xiangyun and found that the young master's silver-white primordial spirit was incredibly beautiful and noble. She couldn't take her eyes off him.
Jiang Xiangyun, having likely never experienced spiritual communion with anyone, had no inclination to resist the overwhelming pleasure. Lu Liyu, on the other hand, maintained her rationality solely through her strong willpower, but—
The hand that had just brushed his hair aside was now tightly gripping a tattered cloth around his waist. His handsome face was filled with struggle and restraint, as if he were disgusted, yet also yearning.
Although Lu Liyu was neither interested in women nor men, this was still too attractive to an Eight Pavilion cultivator who struggled on the edge of life and death every day.
Lustful thoughts arise upon seeing beauty.
Lu Liyu chuckled and poked the other person's cheek: "You're the one who seduced me, A-Yun."
Then he pounced on her without any hesitation.
Young Master Jiang was not in his right mind, half willing and half resistant. Lu Liyu thought he was playing hard to get. Her scarlet primordial spirit, full of turbid energy, kneaded and flattened that beautiful silver-white ball in her sea of consciousness, and even forced it to take human form.
Jiang Xiangyun gritted her teeth and glared at him as if she wanted to kill him.
"Tsk, this is so boring." Lu Liyu thought that was enough, so she threw the person down and turned to run away, but before she could react, someone grabbed her waist, flipped her over, and pinned her down.
Just as he was about to make a move, Jiang Xiangyun transformed into a cloud of silver mist, finally abandoning his aristocratic pride and fiercely and angrily pressing himself against him.
...
Once they both regained consciousness, even though they were both completely covered by clothes in reality, it was still unavoidable that they felt awkward when their eyes met.
Lu Liyu dared to swear to heaven that he only wanted to use the Daoist Couple Pact to enter Songsui Tower. He never expected that on their third meeting, he would actually get a person's primordial spirit into their sea of consciousness.
"The taste is not bad." He was mainly being sarcastic, but in the current situation, the way he said it sounded strangely ambiguous.
Jiang Xiangyun sat at the table, trying to calm herself down. She picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, and pushed one of them towards him, saying calmly, "Let's talk."
"What do you want to talk about?" Seeing his expression, Lu Liyu became more interested.
"What do you want from the Jiang family?" Jiang Xiangyun said. "You don't need to rush to refute. First you formed a Daoist partnership, and then you wanted me to take you back to the Jiang family. Your intentions are obvious."
Lu Liyu took a sip of tea, stared at his fingers for a moment, and smiled, "I want a secret box from the Jiang family."
Jiang Xiangyun glanced at him with some surprise.
Lu Liyu finished his tea, which was sweet, and gestured to Jiang Xiangyun to pour him another cup.
So Jiang Xiangyun poured him another cup and said, "I can help you get the Heavenly Secret Box, but you have to do me a favor too."
Lu Liyu took another sip: "Speak."
"Do not break the Daoist bond within one year," Jiang Xiangyun said.
Lu Liyu teased, "What, young master, you've fallen for me? Is the feeling of spiritual communion quite enjoyable? Want to do it again?"
He held the teacup and tried to rub it against Jiang Xiangyun's face, but Jiang Xiangyun raised his hand to block his wrist. Lu Liyu used his hidden strength to press his wrist down on the table, and he used his skillful strength to lift it up. The two fought tacitly for more than ten rounds without any spiritual power, and the water in the teacup did not spill. Instead, Lu Liyu took his arm and drank the tea.
“Okay.” Lu Liyu put down the teacup and, before leaving, pointed to his lower abdomen as if by some strange impulse. “Your Yuan Dan is missing a small piece. If you want to advance your cultivation further, you’d better find something to replace it.”
After saying that, he swaggered away.
Jiang Xiangyun didn't respond, and it was quite a while before she got up and left the room.
A moment later, the table suddenly turned to dust, and the inn where they were resting was instantly shattered into pieces.
Jiang Xiangyun stood in front of the ruins of the inn and said to Wu Jiu, "Compensate the owner with spirit stones at the original price. Also, check if anyone is injured. If so, compensate with spirit stones for their treatment. Don't give anyone cause for gossip."
"Yes, young master." Wu Jiu responded and left.
Yao Li asked, "Young master, is that the beggar here?"
Jiang Xiangyun nodded: "With my current cultivation level, I can't kill him yet, but he does know about the Jiang family's Heavenly Secret Box."
Yao Li said, "Young master, it's best to be careful."
Jiang Xiangyun laughed and said, "Uncle, what did my mother see in my father back then? Why was she so determined to be with him?"
"Face." Yao Li said expressionlessly.
Jiang Xiangyun sighed helplessly and turned to walk out of the city: "Sometimes it is indeed understandable."
Yao Li, holding his sword, listened in utter confusion.
"Uncle, have you ever communicated with someone in spirit?"
"..."
"Could it be the influence of the Daoist Couple Pact?"
"..."
"He's not even a tenth as good as my seventh brother. Could it be that he's cast a spell on me?"
"..."
"It was just a momentary impulse."
"..."
"Uncle, say something."
"Watch where you're going."
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