Chapter 146

"How can you call this meddling? That is the lady who bowed with me in marriage!" Mengchen pointed at Yuechan below, arguing his case reasonably to the Tianhu girl.

"Give it a rest! You may think of her as your wife, but in her eyes, you're nothing more than a shameless scoundrel!" the Tianhu girl said with a look of disdain.

"Smack... watch your mouth!"

Mengchen swung his hand, landing it squarely on the Tianhu girl's shapely buttocks.

"You..." The Tianhu girl glared at him with resentment, a flush of crimson spreading across her enchanting, bewitching face.

She was filled with indignation; if she weren't unable to beat him, she would have pinned him to the ground and spanked him until his bottom blossomed.

Mengchen ignored her visible dissatisfaction, shifted his gaze downward, and said calmly, "Enough! Let's see how the situation develops first."

Below lay a small lava lake, where the magma churned, with faint traces of divine radiance still drifting about.

Clearly, not long ago, some kind of divine treasure must have existed within this small lava lake.

"It seems she gained something here and was targeted because of it," Mengchen thought to himself after noticing this.

At this moment, Yuechan was surrounded by three humanoid men with prominent horns; they looked at her with lecherous intent, their expressions filled with lust.

All three were dressed in brown robes and each had a pair of deer antlers on their heads; their features were actually quite refined!

The three were likely triplets, as their faces were extremely similar.

Noticing their utterly disgusting lecherous gazes, the holy fairy gritted her teeth in anger.

Ordinarily, anyone who dared to harbor improper thoughts toward her would have already become a ghost beneath her feet.

But right now, she appeared exceptionally grave; although she hated these three to the core, she dared not act rashly because she could sense that their aura was terrifying and beyond her ability to defeat—they were all peak-stage Liezhen Realm experts, on the verge of stepping into the Venerable Realm.

If it were just one, it would be manageable, but there were three of them, which was beyond her strength to overcome.

"Little beauty, obediently hand over the precious medicine, and perhaps my three brothers and I will be a bit gentler later. Otherwise, the magnificent prowess of the three heroes of the Lu clan will leave you unable to walk," one of the three said with a lecherous grin.

As soon as these words were spoken, before Yuechan could respond, Xiyao, standing to the side, cursed with hatred, "These three are truly detestable; they deserve to die."

Hearing this, Mengchen looked back, recalling the scene where she was hunted by the people of the Divine Flame Sect. He figured she must have suffered plenty of verbal abuse from those people back then, which was why she was now so filled with righteous indignation.

Initially, upon hearing the three men's words, Mengchen had felt a hint of surprise, but seeing Xiyao so incensed, he found it difficult to show it.

Consequently, he also said with disgust, "Indeed! These three are truly outrageous; they deserve to be executed by all."

Xiyao turned to look at Mengchen, revealing a unique expression.

The Tianhu girl on the side saw this and remarked pointedly, "Some people are even more outrageous! I'm afraid their various deeds are even worse than these three. To think there's actually a naive girl looking at him with stars in her eyes—what a waste."

Mengchen naturally understood the implication behind the Tianhu girl's words, but he didn't take it to heart. Some of his own actions might have been excessive, but he had a bottom line, whereas the three below clearly had none.

"To compare a righteous person like me to those three lecherous thieves! You truly deserve a spanking!"

With that thought, Mengchen swung his hand and delivered a loud, resounding slap to her bouncy, shapely buttocks.

Xiyao, watching from the side, didn't find it inappropriate at all; instead, she covered her mouth and giggled. She had understood what the Tianhu girl meant by "naive girl," so seeing her get spanked made her laugh out loud.

"Yuechan is about to lose her patience and attack," Heizi's voice suddenly rang out. His attention had remained fixed below, and he hadn't paid much heed to the antics of Mengchen and the others.

The previously indignant Tianhu girl, just as she was about to explode, shifted her focus immediately upon hearing this. Clearly, her level of "concern" for Yuechan was quite extraordinary.

Mengchen and Xiyao also looked down. Yuechan stood silent, her body glowing with crystalline divine light. The displeasure in her heart was suddenly released, and a cold, piercing aura rapidly spread.

Her two jade arms swept through the air, forming mysterious hand seals. Ten heavenly passages were opened in an instant, spewing out auspicious light, with small, doll-like versions of Yuechan sitting cross-legged within them, chanting Daoist hymns. "Wow, haha! So many little beauties..." one of the three men said, his tone dripping with frivolity.

"Swoosh..."

As Yuechan changed her hand seals, the ten small figures chanting within the heavenly passages flew out, instantly growing to the same size as her true form.

Each of them unleashed their own offensive techniques, charging toward the three men.

"Hmph! If you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, then come and meet your miserable fate!" another man declared.

Immediately, the divine power within the three surged out simultaneously, their overwhelming aura crushing and instantly shattering the ten heavenly passage figures that were attacking them.

"Pfft..."

The moment the figures were shattered, Yuechan suffered a backlash and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Almost instantly, the three men flashed forward, each unleashing ruthless attacks aimed at Yuechan's vital points.

Facing the siege, Yuechan moved like a fairy, her body wrapped in crystalline divine light. Like a swimming dragon, she skillfully dodged the attacks and quickly put some distance between them.

An existence on the verge of the Venerable Realm is not so easily dealt with. The three men quickly turned, their divine light blooming instantly as runes flickered. Three giant deer with monstrous, towering auras manifested and crashed toward Yuechan.

Sensing the killing intent closing in from behind, a flash of red light erupted from within Yuechan. A Zhenhuang flapped its wings, and a sharp, piercing cry rang out, shaking the heavens.

"Zhenhuang Precious Technique!" The three were startled simultaneously, but they quickly realized that the technique was incomplete and its power was not very strong.

"Roar!" The next moment, another world-shaking divine light erupted from within Yuechan, and a True Dragon soared into the sky.

"True Dragon Precious Technique! But it's still incomplete. This alone won't save you." At this point, although the three were slightly surprised, they didn't take it seriously.

"Little beauty! You'd better just surrender! Hand over the treasure, hand over the techniques, and offer yourself up."

"Wishful thinking!" Yuechan said coldly.

She then moved both hands, unleashing the True Dragon and Zhenhuang simultaneously. Her divine power was vast, her aura surging like a tide, whipping up a sky full of flying sand.

"Combine!" the three shouted in unison. The three giant deer they had unleashed merged instantly, becoming even larger and more imposing in aura.

"Boom..."

The giant deer collided with the combined dragon and phoenix attack, erupting with a deafening roar that caused the ground to crack with deep, long fissures and the high sky to tremble violently.

"The situation is not looking good! Even though the dragon-phoenix combo is strong, the strength of those three is clearly a cut above Yuechan's. I'm afraid she's going to lose," Heizi muttered, watching the battle below.

Hearing his analysis, Mengchen nodded and said, "Indeed! If Yuechan were at the same cultivation level as them, the outcome might be uncertain, but as it stands, she is bound to lose."

"Brother Mengchen! Are you not going to intervene? She is the one you married, after all." Xiyao looked at Mengchen, speaking with a hint of hidden reluctance.

Although she understood in her heart that Mengchen had married her previously to take revenge on the Butian Sect, Yuechan had, after all, bowed in marriage with him.

In truth, Xiyao had thought it through clearly: for a hero like Mengchen, having multiple wives in the future was likely unavoidable, so she might as well accept it gracefully.

Now that her sect had fallen and her relatives were gone, she was all alone. That Mengchen could keep her in his heart and not abandon her was already a great blessing; how could she show the selfish attitude of a small-minded woman and try to possess him exclusively?

His talent was peerless, and he was destined to reach the pinnacle in the future. At that time, he would surely be favored by countless fairies, so it was better to open her heart and support him, letting him forge ahead. Perhaps only in this way could they get along easily and comfortably.

(End of chapter)