"Big guy, my father told me that as long as I marry you, he will give you the Soul Nexus Lotus Platform."
Luo Qingniao's face flushed slightly, making her look even more charming. She wanted to reach out and hold the man's hand again, but she was worried he would find her lacking in modesty. Thus, she could only toy with a strand of her hair in deep shyness.
"My... my father also said that as long as we have a child together, he will offer the item with both hands, wishing you success in fulfilling your heart's desire."
At the mention of having a child, Luo Qingniao's cheeks grew even redder.
Cangshu Bai looked over. "So, this matter of marriage is a consensus between you and your father."
Luo Qingniao stared at the tips of her toes, too shy to look up at him. Naturally, she failed to notice the world-destroying storm quietly brewing in his eyes.
"Father said this method is the best of both worlds. As long as you are willing to marry me, it proves your heart belongs to the Azure Sky Sect, and only then will you be considered a part of our sect. Otherwise, he would never give such a supreme treasure to an outsider."
"I... I had no other way either, so I could only agree to our marriage."
"Besides, besides... I truly like you."
He said, "Do you know that above the Void Piercing Realm, conceiving offspring is exceptionally difficult?"
Luo Qingniao nodded with red ears. "Father said that only when you have a child connected by blood will you have ties and truly belong to the Azure Sky Sect. Although conceiving a child will be very difficult, I think if a hundred years won't do, then a thousand years. One day... we will eventually have a child."
Clutching the corner of her clothes, she mumbled, "When the time comes and you have the Soul Nexus Lotus Platform to awaken Big Sister Mu, I will also teach our child to respect her properly."
Luo Qingniao added, "Even though I have never met Big Sister Mu, I feel she must truly love you just like I do. I believe she and I can definitely get along well. Father said I must be your official wife and she can only be a secondary wife, but in private, I will treat her as an older sister and will absolutely never use my status to bully her in the slightest."
She considered herself understanding and considerate of the big picture, fully believing that her concession and tolerance would eventually warm the heart of the man before her. Little did she know that in Cangshu Bai's ears, every single word was extremely grating.
Suddenly, Luo Qingniao's neck was gripped by a powerful force, lifting her feet off the ground.
She didn't even see how Cangshu Bai moved. She only felt a bone-chilling hostility envelop her entire being. A sharp pain struck her throat, and her breathing was instantly cut off.
The heart that had just been speaking softly of concession and tolerance was now filled only with suffocating panic. She widened her eyes, staring at the man who was now inches away from her.
That usually aloof and indifferent face was now covered in a heavy gloom, without a trace of warmth in his eyes.
Her face turned a deep red as she struggled to voice out, "Big... Big Brother..."
Spend hundreds or thousands of years to have a child with her, just so he could be given the supreme treasure to awaken his wife?
How ridiculous.
She actually didn't know that waiting for Mu Ran for five hundred years had already meant enduring heart-wrenching pain day and night, driving him almost entirely into madness.
Yet she delusionally wanted him to wait another thousand years.
A handkerchief appeared in Cangshu Bai's hand at some unknown point. A hand formed of condensed black spiritual energy used the handkerchief to wipe his other hand. His movements were slow and methodical, but the handkerchief was already stained with blood.
Expressionlessly, he actually wiped his hand so hard that it nearly peeled off a layer of skin.
But as if that still wasn't enough, he turned what should have been a perfectly intact hand into a bloody mess.
That was the hand that had touched Luo Qingniao not long ago, when his body was occupied by Wumu.
For the first time, Luo Qingniao felt such a clear threat of death. Amidst the suffocation, her face turned increasingly purple. She shed tears, looking pitiful and utterly bewildered as she stared at the man who had shown her tenderness just a short while ago.
"Wh... why..."
However, the man couldn't be bothered to spare her another glance, nor did he intend to say another word to her.
Suddenly, a voice towering with rage came from the horizon, "Cangshu Bai, let my daughter go!"
It was Luo Yuntao rushing over with the people of the sect. The heavily injured Wumu was still struggling to follow behind.
"Cangshu Bai, have you forgotten that your heart's essence blood is still with me!" Wumu raised his hand, and a drop of red blood floated in mid-air.
He wanted to use this to kill Cangshu Bai and make up for his mistakes.
However, that drop of essence blood suddenly erupted with a chilling aura, transforming into a streak of light that shot into the sky in the blink of an eye.
By the time the blue streak of light dove back down, it had already become a flood dragon capable of swallowing the heavens and destroying the earth.
Wumu didn't even have a sliver of time to react. In just a short breath, he was viciously bitten by the flood dragon's massive jaws. His head instantly shattered, flesh and blood splattering everywhere.
His body fell limply into the dust, devoid of any signs of life.
The flood dragon shook off the bloody froth and slowly circled back to Cangshu Bai's side. It lowered its massive head, its vertical pupils rolling with a hint of dissatisfaction, as if complaining that he had actually let it be stifled into a tiny drop of essence blood and manipulated by such ants for so long.
Cangshu Bai casually tossed aside the bloodstained handkerchief and raised his hand to gently stroke the huge, ferocious head of the flood dragon. His movements were gentle, as if comforting a docile little beast.
The flood dragon looked at its master's bloody, mangled hand and rolled its eyes.
Tsk, this guy is torturing himself again.
Luo Yuntao was terrified out of his wits and roared fiercely, "Cangshu Bai, if Qingniao suffers even the slightest harm, my Azure Sky Sect will definitely grind your bones to dust!"
Cangshu Bai didn't even lift an eyebrow. He merely raised his hand indifferently and casually tossed.
A figure was lightly thrown over by him.
"Your daughter, returned to you."
Luo Yuntao was both shocked and furious. He hurriedly flew forward to catch Luo Qingniao, but the moment he touched her, his expression changed drastically.
A chilling and bizarre power actually followed his daughter's meridians and backfired directly onto him!
Only then did he realize in shock that Cangshu Bai had long since planted a blood curse killing array inside Luo Qingniao's body. Waiting only for him to touch her, he would instantly be infected by this killing curse, heavily injuring him as well.
"You... you actually tampered with her body!"
It was the Blue Luan Soul Jade that Cangshu Bai had retrieved. When Luo Yuntao used it to repair Luo Qingniao's soul, the blood curse hidden on the jade transferred onto Luo Qingniao.
Luo Yuntao's vital energy surged wildly, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Staggering backward while holding his unconscious and dying daughter, his eyes were filled with monstrous hatred. "Cangshu Bai, you are so vicious!"
Cangshu Bai said, "You broke the contract first, and then you and your daughter forced this marriage upon me. What I, Cangshu Bai, hate the most is being forced by others. When dealing with people like you, I will only be more ruthless and absolute."
A streak of ink-black cold light tore out from the void and landed in his palm.
It was a long spear, pitch-black all over, with dark patterns faintly flowing along its shaft. The chilling aura was as biting as the cold iron of the Nine Underworlds, and a point of cold light at the spear tip seemed capable of piercing the heavens and penetrating souls.
"Your Azure Sky Sect has repeatedly insulted my wife. Today, I will ensure that the Azure Sky Sect no longer exists in this world."
At the same time, in a silent small world where the water met the sky.
Green waves rippled gently, and clouds and mist drifted like gauze. Within this isolated secret realm, the person who had been slumbering for a long time suddenly opened her eyes.
