Chapter 16

The Sect Master Su, whose face remained grim throughout, returned to the sect.

He immediately summoned Su Chen and the others, and told everyone everything that had happened today in the Ye family's main hall.

Upon learning that the Ye family patriarch had specifically demanded that she marry the Ye family's young son, Second Sister Su Lingxue's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

Just thinking about having to marry an idiot, her slender jade fingers clenched tightly; without realizing it, her nails dug into her flesh, and blood trickled down along the lines of her palm.

Lady Su's suppressed anger flared up instantly, making her whole body tremble: 'He wants Snow to marry his family's idiot son?'

"This is a threat against our Profound Heaven Dao Sect; do they really think that by cozying up to the Star Pavilion they can act high-handedly!"

"Once our daughter marries into the Ye family, her safety and future will be wholly under the Ye family's control; if our sect ever shows any sign of movement, Snow will surely be persecuted! I absolutely oppose this marriage! It's utterly impossible!"

Second Sister Su Lingxue also felt extreme resistance inwardly; that Ye family's foolish young master is not only naturally dim-witted but also has a cruel habit of tormenting people—rumor has it that over the years, dozens of maidservants have died at his hands.

She had originally intended to say something like refusing to go, but as soon as she thought of the sect's current situation...

"If, if I were to marry into the Ye family..."

"it would buy time for my brother and father, steady the Ye family patriarch and Ye Xuan; if my brother could smoothly get through this half month, then… then I could endure it, I can do it, it's fine."

Su Lingxue drove all fear from her heart, forced a faint smile onto her pretty face, and said to her parents: "Father, Mother, the Ye family now has the backing of the two colossal powers of the Central State Dynasty and the Star Pavilion, already showing the momentum of the top force in the Eastern Wasteland; I don't know how many sect holy maidens wish to marry into it—this is a heaven-sent blessing for a daughter, and I am not afraid!".

"My daughter is willing to marry into the Ye family..."

"Second Sister, I know what you're thinking, I won't agree!" Su Chen directly cut her off.

He knew all too well that this second sister of his would sacrifice even her life as long as he could stay alive.

How could someone who is utterly devoted to him not move him? Su Chen is no cold-blooded heartless person—how could he remain unmoved?

How could he not be moved by it?

A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he looked up at his father: "Father, that young master of the Ye family is naturally violent and tyrannical."

"Moreover, the Ye family patriarch's move is vicious enough—while he speaks of an alliance between the two families on the surface, behind the scenes he is eyeing our Profound Heaven Dao Technique; although this technique's rank is indeed somewhat low, unworthy of being the sect's supreme art of our Profound Heaven Dao Sect, it certainly won't be given away for free to the Ye family."

"They still want to marry into our family, merely thinking that with Second Sister in hand, when Ye Xuan returns they won't fear our refusal to pass on the technique."

How could the Sect Master Su not know that as well?

Just after visiting the Ye family once did he realize that his previous self had been nothing more than a frog in a well, his vision narrow.

Even on the surface alone, they have no fewer than three Martial Ancestors.

Moreover, the Central State will certainly not send only Martial Ancestors; even a Martial Venerable may appear in person, and with our sect's meager numbers we would need at least three Martial Venerables holding the fort.

For years the Ye family has been nothing more than a border town in the Eastern Wasteland; if not for some ancestral connection to the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, they would likely have long since fallen into obscurity.

But now, however…

Never mind, never mind.

Once in power, even the chickens and dogs ascend to heaven!

After producing a qilin-son like Ye Xuan, they have forgotten the former kindness of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect.

Just because of a matter involving two juniors, they are unwilling to let things escalate to this extent.

"Chen'er, the Ye family now is nothing like before; the situation is stronger than us, and that Ye Xuan, seeking to reforge his Dao heart, will surely fight you—alas! Although you are already a Martial Venerable, Father still feels uneasy!" Sect Master Su said with a solemn face, his eyes filled with regret; he thought that today's situation should have been avoided by exterminating the Ye family root and branch.

"Father, if a Martial Venerable isn't enough, what about a Martial Saint or Martial Emperor?!" Su Chen remained calm: "Besides, Father, Mother, and Second Sister—our urgent priority is to break through and raise our cultivation; as for the Ye family, rest assured."

Only then did Sect Master Su recall the breakthrough pill; after seeing the Ye family's power, he understood that strength reigns supreme, and he said solemnly: "Chen'er, Father will go first to break through."

"As for the Ye family and your Second Sister, just hold them off as best you can; I'll come out of seclusion when I'm done."

"Father, did the Ye family patriarch say when he intends to marry Second Sister?" Su Chen glanced at her, saw Second Sister tightly gripping her skirt, and continued asking.

Sect Master Su said: "I only said I'd return to discuss it with your mother first; I haven't given a definite answer, but the Ye family's focus is clearly not on your Second Sister, but on your cultivation of the Profound Heaven Dao Technique, and on Ye Xuan needing you to reforge his Dao heart—that is the core of our Profound Heaven Dao Sect."

"Hmm." Su Chen already had a plan in mind.

He immediately turned his gaze to the worried Second Sister Su Lingxue and instructed: "Since their target is the technique and me, there is still a chance—Second Sister, do not worry."

"Tomorrow, when Father enters seclusion to break through, we will spread the word that Second Sister learned Father intends to expend his essence and blood to assault the realm, that his cultivation went deviant and was half-ruined, needing at least half a month to recover; we will then postpone the marriage with the Ye family—surely they have not yet become so shameless as to come snatching people, though I actually hope they do."

"And Father, you should break through to Martial Venerable as soon as possible."

Second Sister Su Lingxue looked at her resolute brother, her lips moved as if to speak, but she held back, leaving only a feeling of sourness and emotion.

"And what about you?" Now that his son has broken through to Martial Venerable and possesses the supreme inheritance at his side, he himself need not worry.

"If this goes smoothly, his breakthrough to Martial Venerable, plus his son and his wife, would make three Martial Venerables; even facing the Central State Dynasty plus the Star Pavilion, under the protection of the sect's grand formation they could still defend themselves safely."

Su Chen lifted his eyes to meet his father's gaze filled with concern and gravity, then instantly showed a confident smile: "Father, do you still not trust your son? I am now a genuine Martial Venerable; rest assured, in as little as ten days or as long as half a month I will surely make whatever the Central State Dynasty and the Star Pavilion lot vanish from the Eastern Wasteland."

"And don't forget Ye Xuan—first destroy his flesh, then annihilate his soul, so he disappears completely."

"If it weren't for insufficient points right now, Zhou Cheng would love to wield an extreme Dao imperial weapon and bloodbathe the Ye family, the Central State Dynasty, and the Star Pavilion—those major powers."

"What about the villains?"

"Who said villains can't be protagonists?"

"On what grounds do you, a beauty, come to sleep?"

"I'll exterminate the clan and suffer the consequences!"

Sect Master Su had long learned from Lady Su about the supreme inheritances Su Chen had obtained.

The longer the time, the faster the comprehension, the more one learns, and the quicker the cultivation rises.

Half a month, to a cultivator, is but a snap of the fingers.

"Good, whether it's as long as a month or as short as ten days, Father will come out of seclusion then, and we'll join forces to give them a sound thrashing!" Sect Master Su looked at Su Chen with a relieved expression, then placed a hand on his shoulder: "My son has truly grown up; he can now stand on his own."

"If nothing unexpected happens, this time the Eastern Wasteland will be reshuffled."

"Yes! It should indeed be reshuffled."

"We want all other powers to know that the Profound Heaven Dao Sect has not declined; who taught them to break ground on the head of the Tai Sui?"

"In the dead of night."

"Su Chen does not need to cultivate; with his Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, a heaven-defying physique, he naturally absorbs the world's mystic qi without deliberate meditation."

"He lay on his side in bed, tossing and turning, occasionally opening his eyes to glance at the moon outside the window."

Or maybe think it over—do I still have any loopholes?

Protagonists are often like unkillable little cockroaches.

After his father enters seclusion, the Ye family will surely send people to constantly monitor them; he must secretly deal with these troubles.

His older sister and mother also need to raise their cultivation level.

Also, there is the soul of the number-one expert of Central State on Ye Xuan's body.

Who knows—at a critical moment, a ghost might possess!

We must eliminate similar hidden dangers.

Looks like we still need to hurry; before Ye Xuan returns, we must equip ourselves—cultivation, mystic weapons, mounts.

"Creak!"

In an instant, the sound of the room door being pushed open rang out.

"Thud thud!"

Su Chen's heart jumped, his divine sense swept—although the other wore a human skin mask that could block any detection, how could it possibly escape his perception?

Indeed, a graceful figure appeared in his field of vision.

Liu Liyan, wearing a black robe, carefully closed the door.

Relying on his perception, as if opening X-ray vision, he walked straight to Su Chen's bedside.

Seeing Su Chen's eyes slightly closed, as if sleeping deeply, she then removed the mask.

Breathing resumed.

"Ah Chen, I've come to see you."

"Tonight I came early on purpose to supervise your cultivation, fearing you might go into qi deviation; I didn't expect you to sleep in. Liu Liyan's eyes were full of tenderness, her lovely eyelashes unblinking as she gazed at Su Chen's face."

"Her beautiful eyes delicately engraved his features, so obsessed and deep, love reaching the marrow!"

"She extended her delicate, white lotus-like arm, then used her slender jade hand to gently and tenderly grasp Su Chen's hand."

"Ding!"

"Points increased by 2."

"Points increased by 6, 8, 10..."