Chapter 33: Bestowal

Su Chen lightly coughed, his eyes full of warmth, feigning calm as he rubbed his chin and said in a low voice, "Don't panic, don't panic, my fiancée is generous when she acts; I didn't know she was still a little rich woman before."

Liu's mother turned her head in shock, glancing at Su Chen once.

Seeing Su Chen speak, his eyes filled with sincerity and earnestness, his face piled with many smiles; he actually could have such a radiant smile?

Rewarding isn't done this way; at this rate, the Purple Yang Sect's foundation will eventually be squandered.

Upon thinking this, Liu's mother felt a tingling scalp, and she threw a divine sense transmission from the Princess of the Central Dynasty at Su Chen unchanged; though she kept a straight face, why did the corners of her mouth curl up?

"Hmph, just indulge her well; I estimate even the foundation of your Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect isn't enough for her to squander; this is a divine sense transmission from the Princess of the Central Dynasty, hurry and hand it to her."

"Hurry up, otherwise this half month's sect income of mine will all be spent by her rewards."

……

Several days later.

Ye Family, the Princess's residence.

The Princess of the Central Dynasty personally arranged a female cultivator's alchemy gathering; this alchemy gathering invited the holy maidens and noble daughters of all major clans and sects in Heavenly Origin City, and all who received the invitation felt doubly honored.

After all, the Princess hails from the Central Dynasty, her status is noble, and she rarely associates with others.

Holding such an alchemy gathering is still the first time.

On the participant list for this alchemy gathering, not only does Liu Liyan appear, but even Lin Jianran, whose family background is somewhat inferior, is included.

"Elder sister, the Holy Maiden Liu has basically not attended any banquet in recent years; did you send a divine sense transmission for her to return?" The man wearing a gold-pattern flood dragon robe lightly sipped his tea, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes.

The Princess angrily glared at him and said, exasperated by his lack of competitiveness, "Do you really want her to join the Star Pavilion and then flirt with your brother-in-law?"

"You, you, looking like you haven't seen people for eight lifetimes; even if it's a Bodhi Holy Body, before awakening it's nothing but a useless body."

The man's voice carried a magnetic tone as he revealed a faint smile.

His robe was embroidered with a five-claw flood dragon, as if it had come alive; the black brocade robe enhanced his entire demeanor, making him transcendently refined.

As they are twin siblings, the Princess understands her brother better than anyone.

All this strife is merely a surface phenomenon.

Actually, his cultivation of the Void Thought Manual seizes women's yin, using lustful women as furnaces.

Ye Xuan took a liking to Liu Liyan's Bodhi Holy Body, and he likewise took a liking to it.

The Prince rubbed the dragon-pattern ring on his hand, concealed the desire in his eyes, and gently said, "Elder sister, can the Imperial Younger Brother achieve the eighth layer of the Void Thought Manual? If so, inheriting the Central Dynasty's throne would entirely depend on the elder sister."

"If the Bodhi Holy Body can serve as my furnace, the Void Thought Manual will surely advance further; besides, my brother-in-law is already a successor of the Star Pavilion, and with a sister like a celestial fairy beauty by his side, he certainly wouldn't look down on Liu Liyan's vulgar and mundane nature."

"If my Void Thought Manual can rise straight to eight layers, even without backing from any power, the lord of the Central Dynasty can only be me!"

In the Central Dynasty, all those who have inherited the throne throughout history have possessed extraordinary talent in cultivating the Void Thought Manual.

This time, hearing from the elder sister about a woman possessing a Bodhi Holy Body, of course this was intentional; also there is the Princess's private motive, from Ye Xuan's transmission she could sense that Ye Xuan paid special attention to this woman.

She, born into the imperial dynasty, has an extremely strong desire for control; she dislikes the men she takes an interest in being involved with other women, so she wants to use her younger brother's hand.

Originally, the cultivators of the Central Dynasty wouldn't need to go to such lengths to deal with someone, but in order to maintain her image in Ye Xuan's heart, they had no choice.

"So, elder sister, everything now relies on you."

The Prince pushed two eighth-grade Spirit-transforming Pills toward the Princess, his eyes filled with entreaty: "Ruined the engagement between the Holy Maiden Liu and Su Chen; it must be done before Ye Xuan's brother-in-law descends into the Eastern Wasteland Region, forcing the Purple Yang Sect to break off the engagement."

"Su Chen is merely a native of the Eastern Wasteland; even someone like Lin Jianran, whom he loves to death, relying on the elder sister's charm, it's hardly a struggle to capture him."

The Princess helplessly glanced at the Prince, keenly catching the strong lust hidden in his eyes.

That mixture of longing and restraint was too intense.

It suffices to show how much he wants to seize Liu Liyan and make her his own.

His cultivation of the Void Thought Manual hit a bottleneck; given his talent, unless aided by a benefactor or encountering a heaven-defying opportunity, he will remain stuck for life, unable to advance beyond the seventh layer of the Void Thought Manual.

However, the appearance of Liu Liyan, who possesses a Bodhi Holy Body, undoubtedly gave him great hope; moreover, he could use Liu Liyan as a furnace, making it not impossible to reach even the tenth layer of the Void Thought Manual, which has had no predecessors or successors.

Although he is a prince, he is merely a bastard born of the emperor's drunken consort and a lowly maid, with no background to speak of; to seize the throne, he can rely only on talent and strength.

"Princess, the alchemy gathering has begun."

"Holy Maiden Liu, upon learning that you invited Miss Lin, decided to come; she has accepted this alchemy gathering, and she is already nearly arrived at the alchemy hall."

The Princess extended her jade hand toward the two elixirs floating in the air, waved her hand, and stored them in her storage ring.

Afterwards she rose, dignifiedly adjusting her skirt, and said to the Prince with a smile like a blooming flower, "What did I say earlier? Holy Maiden Liu will definitely come."

"Sixth brother, look at how your elder sister handles things."

"It's just Su Chen; if it weren't for Brother Ye Xuan planning to keep him to reforge his Dao heart, crushing him would be as easy as pinching an ant to death."

The Prince echoed with a laugh, casting a glance that said, "Leave it to you."

Until after the Princess was escorted away by the maidservants, the smile that usually hung on his face suddenly vanished, his gaze returned to coldness, and with a hint of gloom, his five fingers clenched tightly on the stone table made of basalt, leaving five deep fingerprints.

He thought,

Su Chen, you had better know your limits.

Otherwise, hum…

……

A few years ago, Su Chen went out to train with his father and had not yet returned to Heavenly Origin City; Liu Liyan was still young, not yet fully grown, but at that time she steadily ranked among the top three on the Eastern Wasteland Beauty Ranking, and every time she attended any banquet, she would stun the entire crowd.

After Su Chen broke off the engagement, the clans of Heavenly Origin City and the various sects of the Eastern Wasteland all mocked and ridiculed Liu Liyan; moreover, due to her special cultivation method, her originally obsidian-like pupils were affected by the technique and turned into blood-red eyes.

Furthermore, she originally didn't enjoy socializing, so from then on she simply didn't even bother to leave her door.

Now, having been invited to the alchemy gathering, she makes her debut!

All around, not a sparrow chirped.

All the discussion ceased at this moment, countless pairs of eyes simultaneously fixed on the peerless woman moving lightly with lotus steps in the void.

Three years have passed, she remains radiant, her appearance even surpassing before by three parts.

A single layer of white veil, covering just right.

"This is the sole Holy Maiden of the Purple Yang Sect, Liu Liyan, the one previously called off her engagement by the Young Sect Master Su, right?"

Could Young Sect Master Su's eyes be… blind? But Holy Maiden Liu is the Eastern Wasteland's number one beauty, outshining all female cultivators there!

Tch, wearing a veil—could it be that she's disfigured and ashamed to show her face? Otherwise, if she truly is the rumored beauty who outshines the Eastern Wasteland, how could Young Sect Master Su have broken off the engagement?

What good is being pretty? She was just dumped by Young Sect Master Su. said the girl in blue clothes sourly.

Moreover, some people know that Liu Liyan's engagement was broken off; most likely the Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect saw that she had contracted some unknown ailment, and those blood-red eyes are the best proof.

As Liu Liyan walked in mid-air, lotus flowers blossomed beneath her feet; she lightly touched the ground with her jade feet, like a fairy descending to the mortal world, and landed.

She lightly raised her beautiful willow-leaf eyebrows.

Her gaze, slightly cold, swept over the girl in blue clothes; then she smiled faintly, and unintentionally dropped a string of bracelets onto the ground…