The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

When Shen Yifei heard the words "second brother-in-law," he almost choked on his breath and quickly covered Ao Ting's mouth.

But it was too late.

Ao Ming and Jing Ci stood up at the same time!

Jingci's voice changed, "Ting'er, what did you just call him?"

Seeing that things were going badly, Ao Ting grabbed Shen Yifei and ran outside, saying, "Mother, this isn't my fault, you can ask Second Sister!"

Just as they reached the doorway, the two crashed into an air wall. With two loud thuds, they bounced back and fell to the ground.

As the two got up, Jingci was already in front of them. "Ting'er, what did you call him just now?"

Ao Ting stammered, "Mother, I...I am..."

"What is it?"

"It was just... something I said offhand..."

Ao Ting knew the reason was far-fetched as soon as he said it, and was about to make up another one.

Shen Yifei quickly interjected, "Your Majesty, it's like this. I had drinks with His Highness once, and we had a very pleasant conversation. The Second Princess was also present at the time, and His Highness joked about me and the Second Princess, calling me 'Second Sister's Husband.' It was all a joke..."

Ao Ting nodded repeatedly, "Yes...yes...yes, Mother, I was just joking, I just called her that offhand."

Jing Ci could easily see through their lies, but she didn't expose them on the spot. She glanced at Shen Yifei and smiled slightly, "Sect Leader Shen, since you've come to the Dragon Palace, please stay a few more days. Ting'er, please take good care of Sect Leader Shen and don't neglect our distinguished guest."

"Yes...yes, Mother, rest assured, I will certainly treat the Second..." Ao Ting almost blurted out again, and quickly corrected himself, "...treat Sect Leader Shen well!"

After saying that, he grabbed Shen Yifei and slipped out.

Stepping out of the side hall, Ao Ting wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Second brother-in-law, you're really something! You managed to smooth things over even in front of Father and Mother. I'm truly impressed!"

"Third brother, these are minor matters. The succession in three days is a major event. Keep your eyes peeled and your spirits up, don't let us down at this crucial moment!"

"Don't worry, brother-in-law, I've already figured out what to do! Come on, I'll take you to the guest room to rest."

The two walked along the crystal corridor. Ao Ting pointed to a pavilion in the distance and said, "Second brother-in-law, you'll stay there tonight. It's the Wanghai Pavilion, the best guest room in the Dragon Palace."

After Ao Ting escorted Shen Yifei to Wanghai Pavilion, they agreed to go to the treasure vault the next day to pick out some treasures, and then he went to attend to other matters.

The Wanghai Pavilion truly lived up to its name. Built of deep-sea white jade, its windows faced the endless ocean, where one could see colorful schools of fish swimming outside.

The interior was extremely luxurious, with a large coral bed covered with brocade bedding, which Shen Yifei found very comfortable.

"Master, this Dragon Palace is truly magnificent." Liu Mengli floated out of the cauldron, circled the room, and touched the luminous pearl on the wall. "Master, I want to take one out and put it in my room."

"Sting around like this makes us look like thieves. Tomorrow we'll go to the treasure vault and take whatever we want!"

"Great! Tomorrow I'm going to decorate my and Xinghe's little house! I want to make it like a dragon palace, with luminous pearls everywhere."

Shen Yifei hadn't seen what the Myriad Things Cauldron looked like in a long time. He took a look with his divine sense and found that the Myriad Things Cauldron was full of vitality.

The distant mountains were already clearly visible. Liu Mengli said that she had tried to go and take a look, but her current level was not high enough. It seemed that the mountain was still under the protection of everything.

However, some pavilions and towers on the mountain are already clearly visible, and they are quite large. Each mountain has various kinds of buildings, and the highest one seems to have a palace-style building of considerable size.

Shen Yifei wasn't in a hurry, since it all belonged to him anyway.

He glanced at Sun Huan, who was still trapped in the alchemy room. The guy's spiritual power had recovered quite a bit, and he looked like an insect entangled in a spider web inside.

Shen Yifei is now looking forward to seeing Ye Qianqiu again. If he can break through to the Tribulation Transcending Realm, he is confident that he can kill Ye Qianqiu with the Long Sky Sword!

After leaving the Cauldron of All Things, Shen Yifei and Liu Mengli chatted casually for a while, when they suddenly heard someone coming upstairs.

"It's a woman! Master, it seems your brother-in-law has arranged something for you tonight. I'm outta here."

After saying that, Liu Mengli returned to the Myriad Things Cauldron.

As the footsteps drew closer, Shen Yifei felt a surge of nervousness. This unreliable Ao Ting was blatantly assigning people to him; what if Ao Ying found out?

To make arrangements, one must leave the Dragon Palace.

Immediately afterwards, there was a knocking sound on the door.

Hearing the door open, Shen Yifei immediately jumped out of bed. "It's Ao Ying!"

He hurriedly opened the door, and the face he had been longing for appeared before him.

She wasn't wearing a veil, and her eyes were red, clearly from crying.

"Miss Ao? What are you doing..." Shen Yifei was only halfway through his sentence when Ao Ying walked in and closed the door behind her.

"Shen Yifei".

Shen Yifei sensed something was wrong. "What's wrong? What happened?"

Ao Ying walked up to him, stared into his eyes, and asked, "I'm asking you, are you willing to marry me?"

Shen Yifei's mind went blank for a moment, and he stood there stunned as if he had been struck by lightning.

He had considered this possibility, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly, especially since it was Ao Ying who took the initiative to speak up.

"Miss Ao, what's wrong with you...?"

Ao Ying interrupted him, "Just tell me, are you willing or not?"

Shen Yifei took a deep breath, suppressing his wildly beating heart. "Yes, of course I'm willing. From the first moment I saw you, I wanted to marry you."

Upon hearing this, Ao Ying's eyes reddened even more. She bit her lip and said, "Alright, then marry me tonight."

"tonight?"

"Yes, tonight. Now, immediately, right now."

Shen Yifei was still processing what had happened. "What exactly happened? You have to let me know!"

Ao Ying was silent for a moment, then walked to the bedside and sat down. "Father and Mother just spoke with me."

"What did you talk about? Was it about me removing your veil?"

"Yes, they asked me about the veil, and I told them everything. My father mentioned a prophecy I made when I was a child."

"Prophecy? What prophecy?" Shen Yifei thought all those fortune tellers and prophetists were fake! Including the old man who gave him a reading—now that he thought about it, he was just trying to scam him out of his elixirs!

Ao Ying looked up at him. "A wise man once said that I will marry a demon in the future. Only in that way will my future be limitless."

"Demons?" Shen Yifei thought to himself, since he had the blood of the Demon royal family flowing through his veins.

"My father said that the sage's prophecies are always extremely accurate." Ao Ying's voice trembled slightly. "I don't want to. I don't want to marry a demon."

Shen Yifei was speechless.

He didn't know how to answer.

I can't exactly tell her that I'm a half-human, half-demon.

"So I think, before my father forces me, if you marry me, I'll never be able to marry a demon again! You've removed my veil, so you have to take responsibility for me!"

Shen Yifei felt uneasy after hearing these words.

Ao Ying made herself marry him in order to avoid marrying a demon.

He didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

"Miss Ao, Second Princess, I have something I'd like to ask you..."

"You said that if you don't agree, I won't see you again after tonight."

Why?

"Because I'm going to kill you!"