Chapter 1083: A Strange Encounter in the Fairy Temple: Du Bingyan

Chat group.

Liu Che: "I've now unified Asia and am preparing to have my army conquer the rest of Earth—the Han Empire is about to be established!"

Su Xiao: "You're fast!"

Liu Che: "It's been three years already on my side."

Nakanishi Miku: "Three years? I've only passed a few weeks here! But I've spent over a year in the Profound Heaven Realm."

Hu Yifei: "Over a year?!"

Komi: "Wait, Miku, you've already blown it?"

Shihōno Kyouko: "Of course, last time I went, I met the Nakanishi five sisters."

Su Xiao: "Oh? Kyouko-san went too? Young Master Taixuan is so lucky."

Zhang Taixuan: "Flattery, flattery. By the way, Miku, has your mother gotten used to it?"

Nakanishi Miku: "She has."

Su Xiao: "Young Master Taixuan, you revived Miku's mother too?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Mm. Just a casual thing."

【Ding, chat group activity increased. New members are now joining.】

【Ding, the number one beauty of Yangzhou has joined the chat group.】

【Ding, the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain has joined the chat group.】

【Ding, the talented woman of Wei has joined the chat group.】

Nakanishi Miku: "New members? I wonder what interesting world they're from?"

Xia Chuan Zhenliang: "Interesting world? Aren't our worlds interesting enough?"

Nakanishi Miku: "Monsters are fun, but they're not cute. I still prefer Pokémon-style spirits."

Su Xiao: "That's easy! With Young Master Taixuan's abilities, he can just mold you a spirit on the spot."

Nakanishi Miku: "That'd be too boring. I still prefer naturally grown ones."

Komi: "You've got quite the demands."

Fairy Temple.

Outside, rain pattered heavily; thunder rumbled dully.

Du Bingyan carried her own sorrows, her spirits low.

At this moment, she wore a festive red veil, obscuring her view of the outside.

Of course, she had no wish to see it.

What difference could the outside world make?

Ever since her parents agreed to the marriage, forcing her to wed into the Qi family to bring luck to their young master, she was doomed to leap into the fire.

In this era, marriage was never a matter of personal choice.

Men were bound by it, but women even more so.

Parents' orders, matchmaker's words.

This was the social rule—anyone who dared challenge it would be brutally crushed by society.

【Ding, the Multiverse Chat Group invites you to join. Do you accept?】

Suddenly, a voice rang out in her mind.

Du Bingyan startled, whispering in a clear voice: "Who is it?"

"Your voice is so lovely, sister!"

As she spoke, another lively voice chimed in: "There's no one else here—let's just take off the veil."

"Are you the Li family's Young Lady?" Du Bingyan paused, then asked.

Yangzhou was neither small nor large; only a few families bore names and surnames.

Recently, the only marriage taking place was between the Li and Du families—Du Bingyan easily deduced the speaker's identity.

"Mm." Li Yu's tone was bright. "Don't call me Li family's Young Lady—call me Yuhu. We're from the same place; no need for such formality."

Hearing this, Du Bingyan's mood lifted slightly.

Meeting someone from home in a foreign land was naturally a great joy.

Though they were still not far from Yangzhou.

But the fate awaiting her weighed heavily on her heart; encountering someone from her own place eased her sorrow a little.

"Yuhu sister, didn't you hear any voice?" Du Bingyan asked cautiously.

Li Yu blinked in surprise: "Voice?"

"Yes." Du Bingyan gently lifted the veil, revealing her face—immediately lighting up Li Yu's eyes.

She herself was a famed beauty of Yangzhou city.

Yet compared to Du Bingyan before her, she felt she paled by a third.

That face was exquisitely lovely, skin as white as jade, eyes glimmering with tender emotion, as if they could steal a man's soul.