Chapter 184: The Miserable Plight of Liu Qingyan

Luo Yunshang added, "They have been here for two days already. I tried to drive them away, but I couldn't; they insist on seeing you."

"I asked them what it was about, but they wouldn't say, insisting they must see you first."

"Yan Dongping left three hours ago, saying she had urgent business and would come over once it was finished."

A sharp light flickered in Lu Tianyu's eyes: "Their backer is the Joyous Union Heaven Sect; why come looking for me?"

"Let's go, let's go take a look."

In the East Emperor Clan's reception hall, Lu Tianyu saw the haggard-looking Liu Qingyan and Zhang Xiaocui.

He got straight to the point: "What do you want with me?"

Upon seeing that it was Lu Tianyu who had arrived, Liu Qingyan and Zhang Xiaocui were momentarily delighted, but their expressions quickly turned grim.

Their knees went weak, and they knelt down immediately: "We beg Young Master Lu to save our lives!"

"If Young Master Lu can intervene, our entire Liuli Sect is willing to be given to Young Master Lu as a dowry!"

Before coming, Yan Dongping had already instructed them on what to say.

A cold sneer appeared at the corner of Lu Tianyu's mouth: "Save your lives? What relationship do you have with me?"

"You have obtained the protection of the Joyous Union Heaven Sect; who would dare take your lives? Unless they have a death wish."

He did not help the two of them up.

Liu Qingyan had long since had no relationship with him, and he had even killed Shen Zhuofeng to save Liu Qingyan's life.

Although it was requested by Xiao Cui and done as a matter of convenience when killing Shen Zhuofeng, it was still saving Liu Qingyan.

Zhang Xiaocui was Lu Wenbin's woman; he did not know that Lu Wenbin had likely gone into seclusion these past few days to cultivate, preparing for the Changheng Academy selection, and had not come out.

"Wuwuwu!"

Liu Qingyan covered her face and began to cry: "Young Master, you do not know, after you killed Tian Shiguang, his older brother Tian Daguang came and treated the Liuli Sect as his private property."

"Every day he selects several women to serve him in bed, and the Sect Master has to serve him every day, and she is also subjected to his 'harvesting yin to replenish yang'."

"Young Master, you also know that the Joyous Union Heaven Sect cultivates evil arts; he seeks women just to increase his cultivation. On the surface, it is a marriage alliance with our Liuli Sect, but in reality, it is not."

"Once he finishes harvesting and supplementing, he will just pat his butt and leave, and he will also have others from the Joyous Union Heaven Sect come to harvest us."

"From the very beginning, they came with this intention, wanting to squeeze our Liuli Sect dry and then just walk away, not caring about our lives at all!"

"We beg Young Master to save our Liuli Sect from fire and water; from now on, all the women of our Liuli Sect will be the Young Master's!"

There was one thing she had not mentioned: she came here specifically to avoid Tian Daguang's pestering.

Tian Daguang had asked Liu Qingyan to serve him, but how could Liu Qingyan be willing? She had no choice but to find an excuse to leave, telling people to tell Tian Daguang that she had to take the Changheng Academy exam.

Tian Daguang had temporarily let Liu Qingyan go this time.

But he had also made a harsh threat: Liu Qingyan must return to serve him immediately after finishing the selection, otherwise, he would harvest all the women in Liu Qingyan's family to replenish his yang.

Liu Qingyan was very clever; she knew that since Lu Tianyu had not immediately driven them away, there should be room for negotiation in this matter.

Lu Tianyu was slightly startled: "The women of the entire sect will marry me? You really managed to think of that."

"Do you take me for a stud, or do you think I am a man who is greedy for wealth and lust?"

He shook his head slightly: "Yan Dongping should have realized long ago that the Joyous Union Heaven Sect cannot be relied upon; their people are all hungry wolves who eat people without spitting out the bones."

"Under such circumstances, you still formed a marriage alliance with them; how is that any different from courting death?"

As he spoke, Lu Tianyu looked at Liu Qingyan: "If my guess is correct, the person who formed the marriage alliance with Tian Shiguang was you, right?"

Liu Qingyan shuddered instantly.

She had not expected Lu Tianyu to guess it so quickly.

Previously, she had indeed wanted to take the initiative to form a marriage alliance with Tian Shiguang of the Joyous Union Heaven Sect.

Although she was hailed as the number one beauty of the Changheng Star Domain, the fact that she was engaged to Lu Tianyu was known to everyone.

After she took the initiative to break off the engagement with Lu Tianyu, everyone naturally knew about it as well.

If this had been before her engagement to Lu Tianyu, there would have been no shortage of people from the ten great sects looking for her.

But after such an engagement and a breakup, no one came to propose to her.

People from large sects were all concerned with face; how could they have any involvement with such a 'second-hand woman'?

Moreover, although this woman was beautiful, her sect was too poor, and forming a marriage alliance would be a burden.

Only a sect like the Joyous Union Heaven Sect was willing to form a marriage alliance with them.

Seeing Lu Tianyu being intimate with Guo Zhuying, Liu Qingyan harbored resentment and contacted Tian Shiguang of the Joyous Union Heaven Sect.

For this reason, she had specifically cultivated the Liuli Sect's forbidden technique, the Blood-Thirsty Winter Yin Art.

It could not only break the cultivation method of harvesting yin to replenish yang, but also enhance her own cultivation realm by balancing the Spiritual Energy generated during the union of man and woman.

Liu Qingyan's original intention was to rely on the Joyous Union Heaven Sect and then suppress Lu Tianyu.

But she never imagined that Lu Tianyu would actually become a disciple of Gui Sheng Xie Yi, leaping over the dragon gate and finding a great backer all at once.

The moment she heard this news, she felt as if the sky had collapsed.

If she had known this earlier, why would she have wronged herself to go find Tian Shiguang, and why would she have wronged herself to cultivate some Blood-Thirsty Winter Yin Art?

Even if she had to kneel and beg, she would have restored her relationship with Lu Tianyu, even if Lu Tianyu did not accept her.

She could have married more women from the Liuli Sect to the East Emperor Star Domain; then, if something happened to the Liuli Sect, Lu Tianyu would not ignore it.

Now it was too late; the price to be paid was much higher than before, and there was no guarantee of success.

Liu Qingyan had a bitter look on her face: "Yes, I wanted to rely on the Joyous Union Heaven Sect, and the Sect Master was of the same mind."

"Our Liuli Sect is the weakest sect in this remote star domain. We are all women, and our qualifications for cultivation are average. If we did not rely on other sects, we would be bullied everywhere."

She had a miserable look on her face: "The women of our Liuli Sect were all taken into the sect by the Sect Master out of pity. Once we enter the sect, it is decided that we are tools for marriage alliances, existing for the survival of the sect."

"I am the same, as is everyone, including the Sect Master and the elders. In this man-eat-man world of cultivation, if we cannot become strong ourselves, we will be devoured if we do not rely on a sect."

"We are also helpless."

"Back then, when I formed a marriage alliance with you, it was also because I saw your future; you had great potential!"

As she spoke, she began to wail again, "Wu wu wu."

At this moment, his heart ached to the extreme; the past was too painful to look back upon.

If she had firmly followed Lu Tianyu back then, even if she could not become a Dao Companion with Lu Tianyu, it would not be so difficult to come seeking protection now.

Emotions are a double-edged sword; handled well, one rises to success, but handled poorly, one not only suffers ruin but also gets cut and may even die because of it.

Lu Tianyu let out a cold snort: "That is a matter of the past; logically speaking, the good or bad of your Liuli Sect has nothing to do with me."

"However, for the sake of our past acquaintance, I will give your Liuli Sect a chance."

"Gather everyone in your Liuli Sect who has the aptitude for alchemy and bring them to me; if they can satisfy me, I do not mind giving you a hand."