Chapter 49
The next day, Li Ziqing issued a telepathic command, which informed all the sects in the Immortal Realm of an extraordinary event.
The Celestial Venerable is actually going to forge a celestial bond with his own disciple?!
This matter caused a great uproar among the various sects in the Immortal Realm, and was discussed extensively.
None of the immortals expected that Li Ziqing, the most likely candidate to become a god in the immortal realm over the past thousand years, would fall in love, and the person he would be bound to in immortality was none other than his own disciple, the little princess of the Phoenix Clan—Feng Yingning.
In the Qiwu Palace.
With a loud crash, Dan Yao smashed her medicine bowl upon hearing the news.
Since her immortal bones were shattered during the sect competition, she has had to drink nourishing medicinal soup every day. Even so, she can still feel a deep, bone-chilling pain every time she circulates her spiritual energy.
In recent days, her skills have not only failed to improve, but have instead stagnated.
It wasn't until she obtained a cultivation technique from the man in black that allowed her to defy fate and quickly repair her immortal bones that her health improved significantly.
At this moment, her usually innocent almond-shaped eyes gradually became shrouded in darkness.
When the news broke that Li Ziqing was about to form a celestial bond with Feng Yingning, she panicked.
[Master...how could he possibly form a celestial bond with that vile woman, Feng Yingning?]
[Even though I love my master so much...]
Dan Yao was so angry that she tried to communicate with Li Ziqing telepathically, but received no response.
He had no choice but to ask a few disciples from his sect who were on good terms with him, and confirmed that the matter was a done deal. He even heard that the ceremony to establish the alliance would be held on a chosen date.
*
Heavenly Sword Cliff, Inner Gate.
Upon withdrawing his spiritual consciousness, Wen Chaosheng coughed violently. His dark blue robes accentuated his dejected state as he stared blankly at the Heavenly Mystery Disc floating in mid-air.
Wen Chaosheng had calculated his destined person years ago, but the divination chart predicted that he and his destined person would not have a good relationship and would inevitably suffer a calamity.
If he wants to avoid this calamity, he must miss the last sect competition.
However, he was confident in his intelligence and believed that he could easily overcome any calamity.
Isn't this just his own fate? Wen Chaosheng wanted to see what his fate was like.
He then went to participate in the sect's grand competition, until he saw that peerless person.
Wen Chaosheng thought to himself: This is my destiny, this is my fate. It is precisely because she is my destined one that this calamity has become my destiny. If all else fails, and I cannot break free from this calamity, then forming a good relationship with her would be another way to resolve it.
A prodigy who achieves early success must fight against fate and destiny.
After the sect competition, he calculated that Ying Ning was actually in the mortal realm.
He then followed her to the mortal realm. Before descending, he gave himself a hint: his purpose in going to the mortal world was to find his destined one and avoid missing out on Yingning.
He found her.
Unfortunately, life in the mortal world is fleeting, passing in the blink of an eye, and this brief memory ends in boundless pain.
His life ended in the Celestial Master's Mansion, beside her.
And she ended her own life with her own hands.
At this moment, Wen Chaosheng desperately wanted to see Yingning, to ask her if she remembered things in the mortal world, if she remembered the time they spent together in Youzhou, and he also wanted to ask her another question.
Did I hurt her at the time?
But he didn't dare.
*
Qiyang Palace.
Xi Yunliu barged in: "A'Ning, are you going to form a celestial bond with Li Ziqing?"
Upon hearing this, he rushed over.
When Yingning walked out of the palace gate, she saw him with a nervous expression.
"You know about this?"
"Are you really going to form a celestial bond with Li Ziqing?"
Xi Yunliu thought he and Yingning had a very long time ahead of them, but now Li Ziqing has suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
How could he just hand over Aning to someone else?
"Mmm." Yingning conceded.
"Why? You two have only had a master-disciple relationship for a hundred years, Aning. Did Li Ziqing force you?"
Ying Ning stared directly at Xi Yunliu, her eyes filled with indifference: "I grew up by my master's side since I was a child. My first set of martial arts techniques was taught by my master, and my first sword was also a gift from my master."
"He is a high and mighty immortal, and the matter of forging immortal bonds is entirely up to him. How could I possibly control it?"
Although she didn't directly admit that Li Ziqing had forced her into this situation, Xi Yunliu could tell from her words.
"A-Ning, if you don't want to, I can help you!" Xi Yunliu held Ying Ning's shoulders tightly.
"Liu Yun, can you really..."
Seeing the woman's struggle, Xi Yunliu spoke directly:
"Yes, I will fulfill all of Aning's wishes."
After Yingning returned to the palace, Xi Yunliu was still standing there, staring at her departing figure.
The matter of forging a celestial bond...
Xi Yunliu seemed to have thought of something, and a cold smile appeared on her lips.
What I'm about to do is not only for myself, but also for Aning.
How could his sister, Ah Ning, possibly form a good relationship with someone else?
A dark, turbulent aura surged in Xi Yunliu's eyes, and his entire being exuded an extremely cold and sinister aura. For a moment, he seemed to have transformed back into the once-powerful Demon Lord of the Demon Realm.
*
Just as one person left, another arrived.
Yingning strolled through the courtyard of Qiyang Palace and happened to bump into the fox beauty admiring the scenery alone, waving a green-feathered palm leaf fan.
"Little Aning, your luck with suitors is almost catching up with your senior brother's." Qi Lianzhi glanced at Ying Ning with his foxy eyes and teased her.
"Why haven't any fairies come to see me these days? Could it be that I've passed my youthful years?" With that, he produced a silver and jade mirror from who-knows-where and carefully examined his beautiful face.
He let out a long sigh, as if he had seen something.
"Time waits for no one."
"Senior brother is in his prime, and his appearance and demeanor are among the best in the immortal realm."
"If you lament that you are getting old, and others find out, I'm afraid many fairies will be heartbroken."
"Little Aning, you've actually learned to tease your senior brother now." Qi Lianzhi pretended to be angry.
"Senior brother, getting angry will cause wrinkles."
Upon hearing this, the fox beauty was so frightened that she picked up the mirror again to check if she really had wrinkles.
Yingning saw a very familiar person in front of Qiyang Palace. The events in the mortal world had only happened a few days ago, but seeing Wen Chaosheng's haggard appearance this time felt like a lifetime ago.
"Fellow Daoist Wen." She gave a greeting befitting a peer.
Upon hearing her address, Wen Chaosheng's expression shifted between sorrow and joy before he slowly spoke.
"Ah... Miss Aning, I heard that you are about to form a celestial bond with the Immortal Venerable."
Wen Chaosheng had been suppressing his longing and worry for the past two days and dared not come to see her, but after hearing news of Ying Ning today, he immediately rushed over from Tianjian Cliff.
That's good, she's still alive.
"Hmm, is Fellow Daoist Wen here to offer his congratulations?" Ying Ning raised her eyes, her expression remaining impassive.
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