"Uncle-Master Qingxuan, my pet has been found. Now that this matter is settled, I should be going." Xu Nian's indifferent and distant attitude left Qingxuan feeling uneasy.
It was especially painful to witness how she treated those little fat pigs.
“Junior niece, I’ll go with you.” Qingxuan wouldn’t give Xu Nian a chance to shake him off.
Previously, he was only her senior martial uncle, so he couldn't openly follow her.
Now that the relationship is different, he has a reason to stay with her.
"Please do as you please, Uncle Qingxuan." Xu Nian, carrying Yuanbao, stepped out of the secret realm under her oil-paper umbrella.
Qingxuan watched her retreating figure, then looked at his own chest, knowing that trying to gain sympathy was useless, so he could only take out the pill and swallow it.
The originally frightening wound healed instantly under the effect of the elixir.
As soon as she stepped out of the secret realm, before the people outside could even surround her, dark clouds began to gather in the sky. A group of cultivators stared at her in horror. They had come so fast, and when they retreated, they wished they had grown another pair of wings.
"Host, you're about to reach the Nascent Soul stage." Yuanbao transferred the treasures in the system space to Xu Nian's storage space, then jumped off Xu Nian's shoulder and stayed far away from the tribulation clouds.
It doesn't want to be struck by heavenly tribulation.
It loves to eat roast suckling pig, but it doesn't want to become roast suckling pig.
Xu Nian stood beneath the clouds of tribulation, took out an oil-paper umbrella, and faced the dark, oppressive sky alone.
Black tribulation clouds flashed with lightning, and crackling arcs of electricity struck the earth from time to time, shattering and sending stones flying, creating an invisible fear and pressure on those undergoing tribulation.
Xu Nian was not afraid. When the first lightning tribulation came down, she waved her oil-paper umbrella and took the initiative to meet the tribulation.
As bolts of lightning struck down, Xu Nian was engulfed by the lightning, but Qing Xuan knew that Xu Nian was alright.
Not only that, her aura has become even stronger, and she is taking steps towards becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Qingxuan looked at Xu Nian under the tribulation clouds, his face turning extremely ugly. How could this be?
Her cultivation advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, which means that her ruthless path has taken another step forward.
This was not the result he wanted at all; she was further away from him.
Qingxuan's eyes were bloodshot with rage. Thinking of the contract in his hand, he closed his eyes and gave a self-deprecating smile.
Indecisive and prone to worrying about gains and losses.
He became her Daoist partner long ago after signing a contract with her in the secret realm, unlike now when he is nothing at all.
He was too greedy, always trying to use gentler methods to make her willingly agree to become his Daoist partner.
But he was the one who forced her at first, so how could she willingly agree to his proposal?
His mind was clear, but Qingxuan's eyes became dark and lifeless.
As the final lightning tribulation descended, Xu Nian put away his natal magic weapon and used his pure physical body to meet the deadly heavenly lightning.
"Xu Nian." Qingxuan's pupils shrank. To use her physical body to meet the heavenly lightning was tantamount to courting death.
Without time to think, and disregarding the taboo that outsiders cannot interfere with the heavenly tribulation, he swung his Gentleman's Sword, unleashing a sword aura that slashed at the lightning tribulation pouring down from the sky.
Seeing this scene while undergoing the tribulation of lightning, Xu Nian couldn't help but curse Qing Xuan inwardly for meddling.
But the tribulation clouds in the sky had already dispersed, and the sky was bathed in rosy light. She had successfully passed the tribulation, and the nascent soul within her body had transformed into a primordial spirit.
As soon as Xu Nian landed, her wrist was grabbed tightly, with such force that it seemed as if someone wanted to crush her wrist.
She frowned and said, "Uncle-Master Qingxuan, please let go."
"Why did you use your physical body to take the heavenly lightning? Were you courting death?" Qingxuan asked painfully. The thought of Xu Nian possibly dying under the heavenly tribulation sent chills down his spine.
"This has nothing to do with you, let go." Xu Nian struggled for a moment, signaling Qingxuan to release her.
"None of my business?" Qingxuan chuckled softly. He looked at the impatience beneath the woman's cold expression and felt a tightness in his chest.
"Niannian, how could this have nothing to do with me? I am your husband!" Under Qingxuan's feet, spirit stones were quickly placed, and in a short while, a contract formation was formed.
"Qingxuan, let go! What are you doing?" Alarm bells rang in Xu Nian's mind, and she had a feeling that the formation under her feet was not a good thing.
"Niannian, become my Daoist partner. You have no choice today." Qingxuan muttered incantations, and the array beneath his feet shone brightly.
"No, let me go." Xu Nian's pupils contracted, and spiritual energy burst forth from her body. An oil-paper umbrella appeared in her hand and stabbed towards Qing Xuan.
She wanted to interrupt Qingxuan's marriage ceremony.
Qingxuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and the aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator spread out, suppressing Xu Nian while also intimidating the surrounding cultivators.
He certainly didn't want anyone foolish enough to interrupt everything.
Xu Nian watched as Qing Xuan finished uttering the last syllable, and the contract was complete.
The formation converged into two orbs of light, which entered the foreheads of the two individuals respectively.
Xu Nian felt as if a brand had been branded onto her primordial spirit.
It felt neither painful nor itchy, yet it was etched into her soul.
"Niannian, you're mine now." Qingxuan hugged Xu Nian and smiled triumphantly.
"Why? Why did you do this?" Xu Nian asked blankly.
“Niannian, I love you! I want to cultivate with you, but you’ve never liked me. I’ve tried to win you over slowly, but you’re too disobedient.” Qingxuan’s hand touched the woman’s eyes, wiping away the tears that were about to overflow.
He still had a gentle expression, but his actions were chilling.
"So you did this intentionally in the secret realm?" Xu Nian asked coldly.
"Yes, if I don't do that, Nian Nian will fall for someone else. How can that be?"
"You can only be mine, you'll be mine for life." Qingxuan's extreme words silenced Xu Nian.
She had only met him a few times, so why did he like her?
Qingxuan stroked the cinnabar mark between Xu Nian's eyebrows; this was their Dao covenant. "Niannian, from now on, when others see this, they will know you have a Daoist partner."
"Qingxuan, it's just a contract. You don't really think you can bind me with it, do you?" Xu Nian said with a provocative smile.
"Niannian, don't say anything that makes me unhappy, or you won't be able to bear the consequences." Qingxuan sighed and used his spiritual power to seal the woman's mouth.
He knew she was unwilling to accept it, but what could he do?
He will not let her go; when she appears before him, she is destined to have nowhere to escape.
Qingxuan pulled the little fat pig over, looked it up and down, and determined that it was just an ordinary piglet.
He really couldn't understand why Xu Nian would choose such a useless thing as a pet.
However, since Xu Nian liked it, he couldn't very well throw it away in front of her.
She was already dissatisfied with him, and if he also lost her pet, she would probably completely ignore him.
"Niannian, I'll take you on a journey across the world. Once we've had our fill of fun, we'll return to the Seeking Immortality Sect to hold a ceremony to formally become Daoist partners," Qingxuan said to himself.
He took Xu Nian's hand and led her away without allowing her to resist.
Yuanbao floated in mid-air, baring its teeth and claws, scratching at Qingxuan's back, but the distance was too far to cause any real damage.
"Little thing, if you dare to bare your teeth at me again, believe me, I'll cut off all your claws and cook them." Qingxuan's threat was very effective. Yuanbao didn't want to lose its claws, so it could only hug itself and look at its host with a wronged expression.
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