Chapter 152: The Wedding Day?

The Hun Eye had always known how to do this, and having previously Concealed Heavenly Secrets for Ye Chen, it was already well-practiced, so this time it took only a few breaths to Conceal Heavenly Secrets for him.

After Concealing Heavenly Secrets for Ye Chen, it fell back into slumber once more.

Ye Chen said nothing upon seeing this; after all, the recovery of the Hun Eye's strength was a great asset to him.

"Esteemed Founder, you must be searching for my location right now, aren't you?"

Thinking of this, the coldness on Ye Chen's face grew ever more pronounced.

At this moment, the Esteemed Founder had already found the old ancestor and asked him to divine Ye Chen's location.

"Why do you care so much about an ant?"

The old ancestor of the Gu Sun family was utterly baffled; for a Grand Formation Stage Esteemed Founder, why bother caring about an ant? In less than a hundred years, to what heights could a mere ant grow?

He knew of the grudge between Ye Chen and the Esteemed Founder, but he did not know that they had formed a Heavenly Dao Oath—and had successfully established one at that. Had he known, he certainly would not have acted like this.

Seeing the disdainful look in Old Ancestor Gu Sun Feng's eyes, the Esteemed Founder hurriedly spoke up to explain:

"Old Ancestor Feng, there is something you do not know. That brat has formed a Heavenly Dao Oath with me and our clan, and the Heavenly Dao Oath has already been established."

"Old Ancestor Feng, you know how harsh the conditions for a Heavenly Dao Oath are: either both parties are of similar strength, or the gap in strength is vast and the weaker party has sufficient talent to reach that possibility within the stated timeframe—only then will it be established."

After the Esteemed Founder finished speaking, Old Ancestor Feng instantly lost his composure.

"Why didn't you tell me about something this important sooner!"

Old Ancestor Feng roared in anger; after he finished, the Esteemed Founder's face was full of helplessness.

"Back then, when I invoked Old Ancestor Gu Sun Lei's phantom, it was to completely obliterate that brat. Old Ancestor Gu Sun Lei even used his Devouring Void Flame, and I never in my wildest dreams imagined that the brat could survive it."

After the Esteemed Founder finished, Gu Sun Feng cursed the two of them as useless trash.

"Now the hundred-year deadline is nearly upon us. If he hasn't died, he will surely come to fulfill the Heavenly Dao Oath. He is probably already in the city, or perhaps will appear at the grand ceremony three days from now. You go and make preparations in a moment—you must thoroughly kill him this time."

Gu Sun Feng said darkly.

Looking at Gu Sun Feng's expression, the Esteemed Founder's body trembled involuntarily from fear.

Though he was a Grand Formation cultivator, there were vast differences even among Grand Formation cultivators. Moreover, Gu Sun Feng had entered the Grand Formation stage long ago, and his strength far exceeded his. If he himself had not also entered the Grand Formation stage, he would not even have had the right to converse with Gu Sun Feng.

"I will begin divining that brat's location now. If I can divine it, you will immediately send people to kill him. But I estimate that is highly unlikely."

"He has not leaked a single whisper in nearly a hundred years; he must surely have some method to Conceal Heavenly Secrets, making him difficult to locate."

Gu Sun Feng spoke while his hands began the divination.

The Esteemed Founder stood before Gu Sun Feng, not daring to move an inch, not even daring to breathe heavily.

As time passed, the expression on Gu Sun Feng's face grew ever more solemn, until finally he suddenly opened his eyes—but they were filled with confusion.

"Strange, truly strange. Not even a trace of aura. What a supremely brilliant method."

Gu Sun Feng could not help but praise.

The Esteemed Founder standing before him inwardly grumbled, "Old Ancestor Feng, is this really the time to be saying this?"

At this, Gu Sun Feng also could not help but sigh.

"It seems I cannot find his location."

"Then shall I go down and make arrangements now, to guard against any surprises three days from now?"

"You may. By all means, lay down an inescapable net then, so that even with wings he could not flee. If he has any sense, he would not choose that day to act—but what if he does?"

Gu Sun Feng said coldly.

"Yes."

The Esteemed Founder replied respectfully.

He finished speaking and prepared to leave, but just as he was about to turn and depart, Gu Sun Feng suddenly called him back.

"Wait."

Hearing Gu Sun Feng's voice, the Esteemed Founder turned and bowed, asking, "What is it, Old Ancestor Feng?"

"When the time comes, you may invite all the clans on good terms with the Gu Sun family to come together. If any surprise arises then, with their assistance, the risk can be minimized."

After Gu Sun Feng finished, the Esteemed Founder replied, "Yes."

The Esteemed Founder finished speaking and departed from Gu Sun Feng's secluded cultivation grounds.

Gu Sun Feng watched the Esteemed Founder's retreating back, his eyes brimming with killing intent.

"Ye Chen… you had best not come, or else I will surely ensure you die without a burial place."

Gu Sun Feng finished speaking, his aura instantly withdrew, and he re-entered his cultivation state.

Three days was but a blink of an eye for a cultivator; time passed quickly, and today arrived—the day of the Esteemed Founder's wedding, and also a day of celebration.

On this day, a festive atmosphere spread through the Gu Sun family; nearly every cultivator in the city had come.

There were also some clans on good terms with the Gu Sun family who had traveled great distances solely to congratulate the Esteemed Founder.

The Esteemed Founder of the past would certainly not have received such treatment, but now he was Grand Formation, a top-tier mighty expert of this realm!

The Esteemed Founder, clad in a red robe, was receiving one guest after another who came to the Gu Sun family.

Suddenly, the nine-layered sea of clouds churned as if boiling, and rosy light poured down from the depths of the firmament, condensing into twelve gilded archways before the white jade steps.

In an instant, everyone's gaze was drawn in.

They saw azure larks carrying moon-cassia branches sweep past the cloud layers, the scattered starlight transforming into red silk that filled the sky, shrouding the entire Heavenly Ruin Secret Realm in joyous hues.

When the Purple Heaven Sect Master stepped onto the Immortal-Welcoming Platform atop his lifebound sword, he saw the twelve-petaled golden lotus of the Southern Sea Buddhist Kingdom break through the void and arrive.

The arhats wielding demon-subduing pestles were wreathed in flowing golden light, and from their chanting floated udumbara blossoms that turned into crystalline shards of jade upon landing on the cloud-patterned brocade carpet.

"A harmonious-union tree carved from millennium jade marrow—a fitting wedding gift."

The Nine-Tails Elder of Qingqiu of the demon realm gave a light laugh, foxfire dancing at his fingertips as he handed the jade chest containing Northern Sea Mystic Ice to the ceremonial official.

Behind him, the twelve demon kings carrying the vermilion-lacquered gift chests suddenly jolted, and two horned dragons soared skyward, intertwining among the clouds into the shape of a double-happiness knot.

All of this was incredibly lively, yet amid this grand wedding, where there was joy there was also sorrow.

"Young miss, it is time for you to depart."

In the bridal palanquin, a woman dressed in a great red wedding robe sat upright; beneath the red veil lay her sorrow she could not hide.

"I don't want to marry."

Yun Yun spoke softly.

Her tone was so helpless.

She is brother; over these three days she tried every possible way, yet could not alter her fate of marrying Esteemed Founder.

Her heart... died.

She originally intended to end her life that day, but the family elder seemed to have foreseen this outcome, thus sealing her cultivation, to the point that she could not even do it herself.

"I... Ye Chen..."

As Yun Yun spoke, she lifted her head, looked through the bridal palanquin toward the outside, and said, "I am about to be married; where are you now?"

In Yun Yun's eyes lay sorrow.

She did not know that, in a corner unnoticed by anyone, a young man in black clothing coldly observed all of this.

"Gu Sun family... are you ready to accept the great gift I have for you?"