He opened his eyes and saw a mirror reflecting his own face.
In the mirror, he was wearing a red wedding robe, and there was a maid behind him tidying up his messy white hair.
"What's going on?"
Lu Tianjiao was filled with shock, then instantly perked up.
Not only was he not injured at this time, but there was no sign of the five-clawed golden roc where he was. There was only peace and joy.
The maid behind him was also stunned and asked, "What's going on, son-in-law, today is your wedding day?"
"Wedding day? Is the bride Xiao Ling?"
Lu Tianjiao was shocked again and had some vague guesses.
The maid smiled softly and nodded, "Yes, son-in-law, you are so lucky. Even at your age, you are still favored by our clan leader."
Upon hearing this, Lu Tianjiao gritted his teeth and fell into deep thought.
How could he accept that he was going to marry Xiao Ling directly after waking up from a coma? And judging from the situation, he was obviously marrying into the family and was about to become the son-in-law of Xiao Ling's sect.
"Where is Xiao Ling? I want to see her."
Lu Tianjiao's face looked grim. Not to mention that he had not yet made up his mind to marry, even if he wanted to marry, he would not be so casual.
The maid couldn't help but get anxious and tried to dissuade him, "Sir, the clan leader is still entertaining guests in Qing'an Hall. You are going to get married in a while. How can you go to find her now?"
Lu Tianjiao did not answer, but stood up and walked away.
"Uncle! Uncle!"
The maid was extremely anxious, but she did not dare to use force to keep Lu Tianjiao.
The Qing'an Hall was filled with guests and decorated with lights and colorful lanterns.
Xiao Ling wore a more masculine red wedding gown and raised her glass to invite guests from all directions. For a while, congratulations were heard everywhere.
After that, some people drank and some people chatted, it was very lively.
Not long after, Lu Tianjiao, who was supposed to show up at the wedding, strode into the hall. He looked around the hall and found Xiao Ling, who stood out from the crowd.
Xiao Ling's face looked a little ugly, and he asked in a deep voice: "Why are you here?"
He was forcibly dragged over to become a son-in-law before he even agreed. Lu Tianjiao was in no mood to be polite. He gritted his teeth and questioned, "Miss Xiao, marriage is a big matter that affects your whole life. How can you treat it like a joke?"
Xiao Ling did not give in at all, and snorted coldly: "Child's play? In your opinion, this room full of guests and ten miles of red dresses are child's play?"
"Lü Tianjiao, let's not talk about the agreement we had earlier. What's more, if I hadn't rescued you at that time, you would have died and been buried in Guanling Mountains. What qualifications do you have to talk nonsense here?"
The guests looked at each other, not quite understanding what was going on.
Lu Tianjiao's face became increasingly ugly. At that time, Xiao Ling gave him time to find the pulse spirit by himself, and did not stipulate that if he failed, he must marry Xiao Ling.
"Miss Xiao, I will never forget your life-saving grace, but I'm sorry that I can't agree to your marriage!"
With his weakness being exposed, Lu Tianjiao had no words to express his pain and could only bow his head.
As soon as these words came out, the guests present were even more shocked. Lu Tianjiao was just an old country man. He didn't know how many lifetimes he had to cultivate to be favored by Xiao Ling, but he actually refused to marry Xiao Ling? "Lu Tianjiao! At this point, do you really think you have the right to refuse me?"
Being rejected in public, Xiao Ling seemed very angry and his face was completely gloomy.
Lu Tianjiao remained motionless, lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Sorry."
He knew that with his current abilities, he was powerless to resist Xiao Ling, but his heart would never change.
"Lü Tianjiao! Do you still think you are the sword immortal of the past and can seek so-called true love?! Do you really think that I, Xiao Ling, will marry no one but you and have always been thinking about your talent in swordsmanship?!"
"I'm telling you, you're a piece of trash! Your cultivation is completely wasted, yet you're still holding on to your pride and ambition!
"I, Xiao Ling, am the leader of a sect. It is your blessing that you are willing to marry me, not my force!!"
Xiao Ling's face was full of hysterics, and every word he said deeply hurt Lu Tianjiao's heart.
"Feel sorry."
Lu Tianjiao lowered his head again and said the same thing.
He was going to reject Xiao Ling in the first place, so even if he was verbally humiliated, what complaints and grievances could he have? "Get out! Get out of here!!"
"The exit of Yunshan Mountain is to the north. Leave here and never let me see you again!!"
Xiao Ling's eyes were filled with hatred, as if he was about to attack Lu Tianjiao in the next moment.
"Lu Tianjiao, goodbye."
Without saying a word, Lu Tianjiao took off his red robe, turned around and left.
"Stop right there!"
Hearing this, Lu Tianjiao stopped at the entrance of the palace.
"Lü Tianjiao, answer me, why did you reject me like this?"
Xiao Ling didn't understand why Lu Tianjiao would reject her love given his current situation.
"Miss Xiao, the love that Lu seeks is far from this."
Lu Tianjiao sighed with regret and walked out of Qing'an Palace.
In fact, he has never had any pride, and he doesn't need any confidence to pursue the so-called true love. He just longs for a sincere relationship that can allow them to trust each other's souls.
A thousand years have passed, and Lu Tianjiao has long been unsure of his love for Xiao Ling, and he cannot accept this method of proving that Xiao Ling is his true love.
If I hastily agree to Xiao Ling, it would be irresponsible to her and to myself.
As soon as Lu Tianjiao left Qing'an Palace, Xiao Ling followed him out.
At this moment, she had changed from a tough-minded clan leader to an ignorant girl seeking love.
Xiao Ling's eyes were filled with tears, and she choked up and shouted, "Lü Tianjiao! If you really leave, no one will be able to rebuild your spiritual veins for you in the future!"
The reason for rejection is difficult to explain, but in the end it is still far from true love.
However, Lu Tianjiao clearly said back then that she was his true love.
"Miss Xiao, Lu said that I would have no regrets even if I died."
Lu Tianjiao shook his head without stopping.
He no longer fears death, so how could he succumb to this?
Looking at Lu Tianjiao's back as he walked away, tears welled up in Xiao Ling's eyes.
She expected Lu Tianjiao to turn around and look at her again, but Lu Tianjiao did not stop for a moment.
"Lü Tianjiao, don't forget it!!!"
"I!"
"happiness!"
"joyous!"
"you!"
Just like back then, Xiao Ling's voice resounded through the sky, filled with the affection she had always had.
Lu Tianjiao's heart trembled, but he clenched his fists and did not stop.
He was naturally well aware that Xiao Ling's shameless words were mostly harsh in tone.
Although he didn't understand why Xiao Ling said such harsh words, nor did he understand why her attitude changed so quickly, Lu Tianjiao was no longer in the mood to find out the reason.
Because no matter what, he would not agree to marry Xiao Ling in this way.
Lu Tianjiao walked northward step by step, and he could no longer hear Xiao Ling's voice.
Soon after, a door with a faint light came into view.
His intuition told him that as long as he stepped through this door, he would be able to return to Hanjia Village and resume his previous life.
However, when he arrived in front of the door, Lu Tianjiao hesitated.
Although he had no intention of agreeing, Xiao Ling was sincere after all. Would his decisive refusal make Xiao Ling too sad? As he was thinking, Lu Tianjiao suddenly noticed something.
His spiritual roots that had disappeared for a thousand years had unexpectedly been restored at some point, and contained a sharp golden power that had never existed before.
Although Lu Tianjiao was still a mortal at this time, he was able to practice again.
"What's going on? This power is definitely created by the spirit of the Five-clawed Golden Peng."
Lu Tianjiao's face changed slightly, and he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
At the same time, outside Guanling Mountains.
There is no such thing as a ten-mile red wedding, and no such thing as a house full of guests.
Xiao Ling, covered in blood, was in a formation, and the corpses of monsters around him had already piled up like a mountain.
The five-clawed golden roc king had already escaped from the Azure Dragon Chuiwu formation, and together with many monsters, he frantically besieged Xiao Ling's defense formation.
Xiao Ling, covered in wounds, was nearly dying. She no longer had the strength to maintain the formation and could only watch it break apart bit by bit.
"Asshole, I'm almost dead, and you still don't want to marry me"
Xiao Ling's voice was choked with sobs, and tears left two marks on her blood-stained face.
With her strength, she naturally couldn't escape from the siege of all the monsters in Guanling Mountains. She could only use the defense formation to temporarily save her life and use most of her spiritual power to send Lu Tianjiao away.
The previous scene was just an illusion she created, hoping to marry Lu Tianjiao before she died.
Since Lu Tianjiao had rejected her so cruelly, she could only say something unpleasant so that Lu Tianjiao would think less about her in the future.
Crack! Crack! At this moment, the array protection crackled and then disintegrated into nothingness.
"Human! Die!"
The Five-clawed Golden Roc King, whose anger had been accumulating for a long time, did not pause for the moment. He flapped his wings and rolled up a hurricane that seemed to be able to tear apart the space as he roared away.
Xiao Ling had tears in her eyes. She was unable to struggle and closed her eyes to welcome death.
The next moment, she didn't feel any pain.
He opened his eyes in confusion and saw a thin figure blocking his way.
The Five-clawed Golden Peng King laughed in anger and said coldly: "Human, you dare to go back?!"
“我看今天，谁敢动她！”
吕天骄声音冰冷，堪堪重塑灵脉的他，居然已有与五爪金鹏王对峙的威势。
萧灵先是震惊，内心旋即便被恐惧填满。
“吕天骄你这蠢货！能跑干嘛还要来送死啊？！”
吕天骄灵脉才被重塑，即便仰仗当年剑法能与五爪金鹏王对峙，也不可能战胜观令山脉所有妖兽。
最重要的是，以剑法为傲的吕天骄，此时手里连一柄剑都没有。
“死与不死，一试便知！”
吕天骄面色凝重，胜算再低，他也不可能任由萧灵因自己而死。
“好！很好！”
“若你今天能胜我，让你二人走又如何？”
五爪金鹏王愤恨之余，却也没有轻蔑，反倒颇为欣赏吕天骄的骨节。
它让满山妖兽尽数退离，单独与吕天骄对峙。
萧灵脸色发白，事已至此，她也只能把希望寄托于吕天骄获胜。
“吕天骄，接剑！”
萧灵主修阵法，储物戒指内虽没有极品灵剑，但还是留着一些普通灵剑。
吕天骄伸手握住剑柄，浑身气势陡然一转。
头顶天，脚踩地，一身铮铮傲骨，便如直刺苍穹的利剑。
萧灵神色恍惚，此时的吕天骄，仍然是一副苍老之躯，却已有千年前的剑仙风采。
五爪金鹏王率先出手，它没有直接发起声势浩大的攻击，而是将一对巨爪当做灵剑，与吕天骄比试原始的力量、速度、技巧。
吕天骄单手持剑，速度快到难以置信，凭借极少数的灵力使出足以媲美蜕凡境的力量， 锵！锵！锵！ 金属碰撞声不绝于耳，一人一妖短时间内竟是不分高低。
可惜，吕天骄灵脉终归堪堪重塑，看似不分高低，实则力量在迅速减退。
他很快落入下风，被五爪金鹏王恐怖的力量打的节节败退。
“一剑封喉！”
被逼到绝境后，吕天骄身形往后一退，猛地斩出一道锐利无比的剑光。
剑光有着摧枯拉朽的威势，落在五爪金鹏王周身，却只像是一阵微风。
“招式不错，可惜没有力量，只会是花把势。”
五爪金鹏王看出吕天骄的力竭，身形退至上空。
换做以往，它或许留吕天骄一命，待到吕天骄修为有所恢复再战，但是今日，它必取吕天骄与萧灵的性命。
“到此为止了，我来让你看看，什么才叫招式！”
五爪金鹏王比较欣赏人族以弱博强的技巧式战斗，研究过诸多适用于金鹏的招式，今天总算可以在吕天骄这里真正验证威力。
只见它振动双翼，利爪摆出一个不伦不类的架势，猛地斩出数道锐利金光。
吕天骄身形急速往后倒退，举剑试图格挡金光。
当啷！灵剑应声而断，根本无法阻挡五爪金鹏王的力量。
吕天骄脸色难看，五爪金鹏王的可笑招式，不过是仰仗力量碾压，对战斗没有半点实际帮助。
以他的剑法，但凡有灵武境的灵力，但凡有一柄好剑，战胜五爪金鹏王并非没有可能。
可惜世间没有太多机会重来，下一道金光随之而来。
吕天骄已经没有灵剑格挡，硬挨这道攻击，必死无疑。
眼看他就要被斩成碎尸，一直在远处观战的萧灵闪身出现，拼尽全力以后背替他抵挡着锐利金光。
“萧姑娘！！”
吕天骄瞳孔微缩，萧灵也是强弩之末，如何能承受五爪金鹏王的攻击？
萧灵没能抵挡太久，很快便被锐利金光击碎防护，身体如离弦之箭般被击退，背后被斩出数道深可见骨的伤痕。
她倒在废墟之中，生机如风中残烛，随时都会丧命。
吕天骄不顾一切冲了过去，五爪金鹏王也没有出手阻止。
“萧姑娘！萧姑娘！”
吕天骄跑到萧灵身边，根本不敢触碰满身是伤的萧灵，只能抱着最后一丝期颐拼命呼唤她。
此时他才发现，不止是背后的伤，萧灵全身都是被妖兽撕裂的伤口，几乎快要没有人形。
而这些，全都是为了救他，否则以萧灵的阵法，独自全身而退绝对不是问题。
萧灵气若游丝，眼底神采逐渐溃散。
“你这负心汉，是在为我而哭吗.”
她看得到，吕天骄眼里含着泪水，满脸都是担忧与惶恐。
“我、我”
吕天骄两眼含泪，声音颤抖，内心愧疚与悔恨如汪洋般翻涌。
为一份真爱，萧灵携带重塑灵脉秘法而来，可他不仅没有回应萧灵的爱，反倒让萧灵陷入此般境地。
如此作为，有什么资格求得真爱？他根本算不上一个男人。
“傻瓜，别哭了.”
“至少在最后，我能跟你死在一起.”
萧灵声音虚弱至极，艰难想要去抓住吕天骄的手。
吕天骄说过几遍死亦无悔，如今见识到他的真心，萧灵也是死亦无悔。
吕天骄却没有动作，他一直以来苦求的真爱已经在眼前，可他心里的愧疚，让他快要没有胆量承受。
萧灵见状又哭又笑，泪水落在了血泊中。
“王八蛋，你这王八蛋，下辈子绝对不要再遇到你了.”
任谁都能看出，两人已到穷途末路，也已互证真心，吕天骄一个大男人，居然还在这里迟疑不定。
“萧姑娘”
看到萧灵即将身死的惨状，吕天骄低了低头，突然想起当年姜止戈的话。
所谓真爱，为何需要这么复杂呢？已经到这种地步，为何他还在迟疑？
“我吕天骄当了一辈子逃避的懦夫，可是这次，我至少也要男人一回。”
吕天骄抬起头来，目露沉重，气势再度有所转变。
“惺惺相惜就到此为止吧，这是你们自找的。”
五爪金鹏王已经不耐烦，周身威势凝聚，准备结束两人的性命。
它再度舞动巨爪，斩出数道肉眼可见的恐怖罡风。
吕天骄深吸一口气，灵脉自体表浮现，汹涌灵力在其中翻腾。
“这是什么？！”
向来无所畏惧的五爪金鹏王顿感心悸，难以置信的看着吕天骄。
为雕琢出媲美人族的武技，它研究过人类修炼体系以及武技神通的原理，却是第一次目睹如此有违常理的景象。
千年前，吕天骄修为尽废，看似整日饮酒消愁的他，剑心实则从未泯灭。
以凡人之躯，悟剑千年，只在今夕一朝。
“剑！”
“来！”
韩家村内，一柄锈迹铁剑破空而出，径直刺向观令山脉。
准备推门而入的韩常愣在原地，差点被那股剑势惊掉下巴。
“我的天，尘老头儿.”
“你该不会真的是吕剑仙吧？”
观令山脉内，吕天骄伸手接过铁剑，苍老身躯以肉眼可见的速度蜕变，周身威势节节攀升，瞬间冲散五爪金鹏王的罡风。
炼体期，灵武境，道种境，元海境. 入圣境！半帝境！ 天轮一转！天轮二转！天轮三转！ 天空响起一道道枷锁破碎的声音，等同天地秩序的大道之威席卷整方天界。
天轮九转，剑尊半帝之境！ 天界之中，无数强者回首望来，满脸不可思议。
五爪金鹏王目光呆滞，此时它从吕天骄周身剑意感受不到凌厉或是杀意，而是一股不容亵渎的神圣。
残破之躯，悟剑千年，不修灵气，以剑入道。
万剑之首，谓之剑帝，而他，只差临门一脚。
吕天骄依旧是单手持剑，轻轻一挥，却是斩出席卷整方观令山脉。
一剑之下，未有妖兽丧命，只让它们肝胆欲裂，无不低头跪伏。
“谢过剑尊不杀之恩。”
五爪金鹏王缓过神来，他并没有屈服于威势，低头致谢都有点勉强。
“一取一还，日后有我吕天骄，必保你金鹏一族无忧。”
吕天骄没有多说，御动灵剑背起萧灵，身形转瞬消失在原地。
三日后，韩家村内。
萧灵意识逐渐恢复，眼睛还没睁开，便已在周遭闻到一股弥漫已久的酒臭味。
她起身打量一眼四周环境，瞬间意识到什么。
“吕天骄！你这负心汉在哪儿？！”
萧灵大喊着冲出门外，一眼便看到坐在院内架着二郎腿，就着小菜往嘴里灌酒的吕天骄。
吕天骄神色波澜不惊，笑着招呼道：“萧姑娘，你醒了？”
“吕天骄，赶快回答我，当时你为什么还不愿意接受我？”
萧灵银牙紧咬，满脸的愤愤然。
对于吕天骄的年轻容貌，她没有感到多少惊讶，当日昏迷之前，她已经看到吕天骄立地入道的情景。
“我不是也说了，我要做个男人？”
吕天骄摇头一笑，怀抱愧疚接受萧灵濒死的爱意，他还算什么大丈夫？
Xiao Ling's heart trembled when he heard this. Could it be that Lu Tianjiao was saying that he had decided not to avoid this affection anymore? "Lu Tianjiao, what do you mean? Explain it to me clearly!"
After she came to her senses, Xiao Ling couldn't help but snort coldly. She didn't want such an unclear answer.
"Um, what does it mean specifically? I've already said it, anyway, it is just like that."
"Lü Tianjiao!!!"
Xiao Ling gritted his teeth, looking like he was about to hit someone.
Lu Tianjiao was embarrassed, but he couldn't avoid it anymore. He hesitated for a long time before he smiled and said, "Miss Xiao, I feel guilty. If I accept your love in that way, how can I continue to hold the sword?"
"If you don't mind, I am willing to spend the rest of my life to make up for it and let you accept me."
It is indeed a bit embarrassing to say these words directly out loud.
If it weren't for Xiao Ling's help in reshaping his spiritual veins, and if Lu Tianjiao hadn't witnessed Xiao Ling's affection, it would have been impossible for him to attain enlightenment before his lifespan ran out.
At this point, he no longer had any reason to avoid Xiao Ling's love.
By the time Lu Tianjiao finished speaking, Xiao Ling's eyes were already full of tears as she looked straight at Lu Tianjiao.
"Lu Tianjiao, you are really a bastard!"
Xiao Ling was crying and cursing, but the fact that she rushed over and hugged Lu Tianjiao proved that she had accepted Lu Tianjiao.
She waited for a thousand years to hear Lu Tianjiao say this.
"It's a pity that you have to live with a bastard for the rest of your life."