According to the rules that Bai Tan mentioned, on the wedding day, the bride and groom are not allowed to see each other before the ceremony, so Li Rushi was arranged to stay in another room to wait to get married... no, wait to get married.
It was already dark, the sun was setting, and the room was no longer bright. Bai Tao went to look under the cabinet by the door, took out two red candles, put them in the candlestick and lit them. In an instant, the hall was as bright as day.
Li Rushi changed into her wedding dress, and Bai Tao helped her adjust the corners of her clothes and selected various accessories for her. Li Rushi had no objection to anything, but when Bai Tao wanted to put a crown on her head, she turned her head away. The handsome man in red clothes said helplessly: "Miss Bai Tao, I have short hair and can't wear a crown, so let's just leave it like this."
Bai Tao shook her head, "That won't do. As the saying goes, when a couple gets married, they should love each other without a doubt. On the wedding night, the groom's hair crown should be taken off by the bride herself. How can he not wear it?"
Li Rushi's eyebrows moved slightly: "Then I will wear the red veil, and let Miss Bai Tan wear the hair crown. After all, it is us who are getting married, so what does it matter if they are the bride and groom? Isn't this okay?"
Bai Tao blinked in confusion, as if she had heard such a theory for the first time. However, she knew that Li Ru was joking, so her attitude became tougher. She stretched out her hand to stroke the tassels on Li Ru's jade pendant, and said with a sweet smile, "That won't do. It's against the moral code. The groom should just wait here quietly. I'll come to pick you up when the auspicious time comes."
The last pull obviously took some strength, and Li Rushi felt that her belt was almost pulled off by her.
Bai Tao left with the tray, and Li Rushi waited until she was far away before changing out of her wedding dress, putting on a set of casual clothes inside, and then a bright red outer robe. It was not her fault that she was prepared for both situations, she really had to be on guard, hoping that this wedding would be over quickly without any complications, so as to avoid the occurrence of "the bride's bare hands and bright red clothes".
[Oh, come on. My husband looks really good in this outfit!]
[Although this is a fake marriage, it is still enough to make people care. Woohoo, I always feel like my husband is going to belong to someone else soon! ]
[Wait, honey, what are you doing? You're hiding a sword in your sleeve...??? Why are you doing this on your wedding day? ]
[The above person doesn't understand, right? This is called being prepared. Who knows what those women are thinking? What if they want to harm my husband? ]
[You're right. We should be on guard against others. It's better to be cautious. I always feel that Bai Tan looks weak, but I don't know what kind of tough guy he is! ]
Li Rushi saw the discussion about her hidden sword in the comments, blinked, took out the small sword from her sleeve and waved it in front of the game screen, and said, "Are you talking about this?"
"This small sword is for self-defense. There are all kinds of people in this temple, and for ghosts, good and evil are just a thought away. We don't know what will happen in a while, so let's prepare first. This small sword is what I used when I practiced swordplay when I was young. Although I haven't used it for more than ten years, it's still quite sharp. I hope I won't need it in a while."
The small sword had a simple, steady and heavy shape, which was different from the "Wait a Mind" style sword she had displayed before. It did not look very sharp, but... the scabbard of Shui Jin that day completely concealed the edge of the small sword, and it could only be seen from the subtle details for a moment.
What the audience didn't know was that when Li Rushi was mobilizing her spiritual power to take the sword from the mustard seed space, the "Qie Man Xing" in her mustard seed capsule had already started to make noises, circling around her soul, just clamoring for its master to take it to the battle. Li Rushi quickly hugged her big baby into her arms and said, "Ah Xing, Xiaoying is more suitable for that kind of occasion than you. I will definitely take you with me when the real battle comes."
After coaxing the older one, she went to coax the younger one. Although Sect Leader Li was usually very aloof, she actually had no idea what to do when facing her own spirit sword. She turned around and said to Luoying Sword, "Xiaoying is the most obedient, right? You just stay quietly in my sleeve for a while. If I don't move, you don't move either, okay?"
The Luoying sword is different from the Qie Manxing sword. The Qie Manxing sword was forged with the best materials and was born to be a magical weapon, while the Luoying sword gained a faint consciousness purely because it had been in Li Rushi's hands for several years and had the help of Li Rushi's sword energy. The materials it was forged with were there, so it was naturally inferior to the Qie Manxing sword. It was often chased and beaten by Qie Manxing because Qie Manxing was jealous of it. However, it was a very honest sword and never took it to heart. It would only run into its owner's arms and rub against him when its owner thought of it.
Who doesn't like an obedient child? Li Rushi naturally loved Luoying, but in Qie Manxing's eyes, Luoying was just too lazy, so Li Rushi always had a sword on his waist and a mustard seed bag on the other. He would only put them together when he really didn't have enough spiritual power. However, Qie Manxing also needed to rest for a while, so they actually got along quite well these days.
No matter what, Luoying was looking forward to the master's call. He followed his master out happily and quietly stuck to his sleeve. But...why did the master look like a boy now? The smell on his body was obviously the master's?
Ah, this question is simply too complicated for a sword spirit. Luoying's scabbard hummed twice and then stopped moving. It wants to cherish every minute and every second with its master.
About an hour later, the sky became completely dark. Li Rushi saw the lamplighter walking towards him from a distance. In the front row was Bai Tao, who was wearing a pink skirt. The smile on her face was genuine. She seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness from an hour ago. She greeted him with a smile.
Li Rushi always felt something was wrong. Generally speaking, shouldn't the groom pick up the bride? How could it be the other way around? However, this was someone else's territory, so Li Rushi couldn't say anything. What she didn't expect was that Bai Tao really gave her a red veil.
Li Rushi: "What do you mean?"
Bai Tao smiled charmingly: "The bride said that if the groom wants to wear a veil, it's fine. Weddings are simple anyway, and we don't care about those red tape. Just make sure you two are happy." She glanced at Li Rushi and saw that his expression didn't change at all. She secretly said in her heart: I don't know why Sister Bai Tan is interested in this icy man, but the smile on her face remained unchanged: "What do you think, groom?"
Li Rushi thought for a moment and said, "It's not right. This is the bride's red veil. It should be taken off when she enters the bridal chamber. How can you just send it to me? You should send it back to the bride."
Bai Tao and the lantern girl both laughed: "Okay, since you guys are bickering, we girls are the ones who are tired... How dare we disobey the groom's order? I'll have someone send the veil back right away."
Li Rushi smiled, said thank you, and followed Bai Tao towards the main courtyard.
Bai Tan had told her before that the wedding ceremony should be kept simple, so there would not be the usual bridal sedan chair and fire basin. They would just clean up the courtyard in the middle of the temple, and put tables, chairs, fruits, incense burners and red silk on it. It was extremely simple.
When Li Rushi arrived, Bai Tan, wearing a wedding dress and a red veil, was already standing in front of the hall. The lamplighters beside her were all sitting in the seats for guests. Even Yang Liu and Xie Jingshan, who was sitting reluctantly, were there, as well as Qiong Xin and Chai Junquan. Everyone was there in good order.
The auspicious time had arrived, and Bai Tan didn't seem to want to say much. She already held a red silk in her hand. Li Rushi walked forward and held the other end of the red silk. Bai Tao, who was waiting on the side, saw this and started singing, calling it: Three Bows.
For some reason, Bai Tan's kneeling movements were a little stiff. The more Li Rushi looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he stopped kneeling, turned his palm, and lifted the red veil in front of him.
Sure enough, something was wrong. The person in front of him was not Bai Tan, but the dying Bai Zhi!
Seeing that the truth was revealed, a trace of ferocity emerged on Bai Tao's face. The women holding the lanterns all stood up, turning their lanterns into weapons and pointing the lamp poles straight in the direction of Li Rushi.
"Give up, Cong Lang." Bai Tan walked out slowly from the team of lantern-bearing women: "As you said, this is my home ground, you can't escape, just get married and stay here, I promise not to hurt them in the slightest. Isn't that good?"
Before Li Rushi could say anything, Xie Jingshan couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Bah, you still want to eat swan meat? It was because you said you wanted to save your sister that Li Cong agreed to this fake marriage. Now you are playing dirty tricks on me? If you want to keep Li Cong, you have to see if you have the ability to do it!"
Bai Tan moved his fingers, and a trace of nobleness flew towards Xie Jingshan's arm, and he gently scolded: "You little brat, you don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is!"
The Shadow Sword sensed the master's impatience, and the short sword was unsheathed in an instant, shattering the ghost energy. Bai Tan felt the sword energy, turned back suddenly, and his voice was no longer weak: "Cong Lang, do you really want to be my enemy?"
Li Rushi rolled up the sleeves of her wedding dress and said calmly, "No, it's you who wants to be my enemy."
This was a fight between a big ghost and a swordsman. It was obvious that Bai Tan was not proficient in martial arts. Although his moves were fast, his strength was not accurate enough. For Li Rushi, who practiced sword swinging 10,000 times a day, these flaws were enough.
When the Falling Shadow Sword fell again, the sword energy cut Bai Tan's arm. Bai Tan's ghost power was not much to begin with, and he had used some of it to prepare for today's wedding ceremony, and he also used his ghost power to protect Bai Zhi's ghost body, but he could no longer hold on. She half-knelt on the ground, and there were already some bloodstains on her moon-white shawl. The lamp-bearing women who relied on the great ghost's ghost power to reveal their bodies were also affected, and many of them had ghost lines on their faces.
Li Rushi signaled to Xie Jingshan and others with his eyes that they should run away as soon as they had time. If they were caught by the NPC, they would have to bear the consequences themselves.
Everyone understood that when gods fight, mortals should give in, but Xie Jingshan refused to leave. In his opinion, the woman in white, the one called Bai Tan, attacked his arm with something, and Li Cong also cut her arm with the sword when he fought back - Li Cong must be avenging him!
Even in such a dangerous situation, Xie Jingshan still felt happy in his heart. Li Cong, you are really great. I didn't miss you in vain!
However, something unexpected happened. What neither he nor Li Rushi expected was that a woman holding a lantern in the distance hid behind the rockery in the yard and turned a stone bead on the rockery. In an instant, a big hole appeared in the yard. Li Rushi was caught off guard and fell down.
Bai Tan's eyes were heavy, and she used the remaining ghost power to throw the other players out. These people were too much of a hindrance here, affecting her plan. Anyway, judging from Li Cong's appearance, he didn't seem to care about them. It was useless to keep them, and killing them would bring bad karma, so she should just drive them out.
Li Cong, Conglang, I don't want to hurt you, but I have no choice. You just look down there and suffer a little, and I will naturally let you up when the time is up.
Don't... blame me...
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Li Rushi was dizzy when she fell, but luckily she had rich combat experience and reacted quickly, using her spiritual power to support her body and avoid falling flat on her butt. However, the place below was indeed quite deep, and it was different from the height of the well bottom in Yangjia Town. It seemed like another underground world. When you looked up, you couldn't see the sky, and you couldn't see the edge of the surroundings.
Hmm? No... Why is there a scent of flowers in the air?
Li Rushi's eyebrows twitched, and she followed the scent of the flowers. Her movements were so urgent that she herself didn't even notice it.
Could it be you, Zong Li?