Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

Yun Ping looked at Su Wubin, who was struggling in mid-air, and recalled what Jiang Shaoguang had told him earlier. He snorted coldly and threw the other man aside like trash.

He didn't kill him, nor did he cripple Su Wubin; he merely temporarily severed some of his meridians, rendering him unable to move.

Jiang Shaoguang had said not to make a big fuss about it.

Just as Yunping was about to say something, a figure suddenly descended from the sky.

He was an elderly man with long white beard, wearing a magnificent Taoist robe, and with a hunched back, who looked to be about sixty or seventy years old.

Possessing the ability to traverse the air, he is surrounded by gusts of wind upon his appearance, indicating that his cultivation level is extraordinary.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the old man's Taoist robe belonged to the Three Heavens Academy, a major power in the Extreme Heaven Domain. Such a background was definitely extraordinary.

"What's going on?!"

The old man landed inside the Duan family compound, looking at Duan Meixuan, who had been slammed into the ground and was covered in blood and gore. He then glanced at the guests kneeling all over the ground and Duan Duxiu, who was trembling with fear.

Seeing his old friend in such a state, the old man was immediately shocked, thinking, "Isn't this a wedding? Why has it turned into this?!"

"Old Li! Old Li!"

Duan Duxiu, as if he had found a lifeline, frantically called out his old friend's name.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuangang swiftly moved forward, only to find that the eldest prince of the Lantian Empire was pointing a gun at Duan Duxiu.

"What...what on earth is going on?!"

Li Xuangang was really dumbfounded. He was only a little late, so why did the wedding turn out like this?

Duan Duxiu quickly grabbed Li Xuangang's sleeve, placing all his hopes on this benefactor from the Three-Day Academy.

"Old Li...only you can save us now...aren't you from the Three-Day Academy...Quick! Quickly, go and persuade that senior for me..."

"senior?"

Yes! Yes!

Duan Duxiu was so frightened that he even changed how he addressed Yun Ping. He now realized that if Duan Sheng and Chu Aotian were indeed invited by him, then they were in deep trouble this time!

He's nowhere near as imposing as before; he's scared half to death, his features almost contorted.

"It's impossible to explain this in a short time, Lao Li... you should go and persuade him to make an exception for the Duan and Su families!"

Li Xuangang looked in the direction Duan Duxiu pointed and then saw the white figure.

In an instant, the old man's face turned deathly pale, even more so than Duan Duxiu's, as if he had been struck by lightning. He stood frozen in place.

It's him!

Why him?!

Duan Duxiu didn't know, Su Wubin didn't know, but Li Xuangang knew it all perfectly well!

This is the guy who almost destroyed the Emperor's Pavilion and scared the Heavenly Dao back!

advise?

What can we use to persuade them?

Li Xuangang turned around and glared angrily at Duan Duxiu. Before his old friend could react, Li Xuangang slapped Duan Duxiu across the face.

With a single palm strike, Duan Duxiu was sent flying, spitting out blood.

"You bastard...you...you...you'd better kowtow right now!"

The slap left Duan Duxiu completely dazed. Before he could even react, Li Xuangang pressed his head down, made him kneel, and faced Yun Ping, kowtowing repeatedly.

boom! boom! boom!

Each strike was harder and heavier than the last.

Everyone stared in disbelief at this incredible scene. No one would have imagined that this senior from the Three Heavens Academy, who had suddenly appeared, would look at Yun Ping as if he were a ghost or a god!

"Ok?"

Yunping seemed to have noticed the old man from the Three Heavens Academy as well. He turned his head and glanced at him.

Upon noticing Yun Ping's gaze, Li Xuangang trembled and immediately kowtowed, fearing that he might inadvertently anger this god of death!

At the same time, he was cursing Duan Duxiu and Su Wubin in his heart. Of all people to mess with, he had to mess with this guy!

He'd rather be an enemy of the Heavenly Dao Elder than have anything to do with this guy!

"okay!"

Yunping shouted impatiently, which startled Li Xuangang so much that he immediately stopped, but his head was still pressed against the floor, and he dared not look up at Yunping.

He was afraid, but Duan Duxiu, who had been forced to kowtow countless times by him, was even more afraid!

Someone even the Three Heavens Academy fears... what kind of person must that be!

Good heavens!

Isn't he just a simple nouveau riche?

Yunping didn't even look at Li Xuangang and the other man who were kowtowing to him; he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"I've said all this not to prove how great our Yuntian Academy is, I just want to tell you..."

"If we really follow your standards, your small Su family is not worthy of my Shaoguang."

"However, it seems that even disregarding family conditions and focusing solely on the individual..."

Yunping's gaze fell on Su Yu, who was standing motionless like a puppet, and he sighed, seemingly with dissatisfaction and sorrow.

"But it's still not quite there yet."

If Su Yu is able to break through that shackle in the end... perhaps Yun Ping would be happy to accept this apprentice's wife, and the courtyard might welcome a new family member.

They would throw a banquet for the two of them, and late at night they might even secretly hide outside the door to eavesdrop on their sweet nothings, watching the fireworks under the night sky, drinking wine and chatting with them.

Originally... all of this would have turned out well.

But in the end, Su Yu gave up struggling and chose to accept her fate as a puppet.

She was just a little short; she lacked only that tiny bit of courage to stand up to the world.

Su Yu is simply a tragic and cowardly person.

Perhaps she really wasn't good enough for him.

Inside the arena, no one dared to speak.

Su Wubin lay on the ground, completely unable to comprehend what had happened, but he knew very well that he was no match for the young man in white.

He wasn't, Duan Duxiu wasn't, and even Li Xuangang, who came from the Three Heavens Academy, wasn't.

That young man in white...

Who is it?

This issue is no longer important to him.

The terror displayed by Yunping and Yuntian Academy was beyond their ability to withstand.

Regret?

How could they not regret it? They wished they could go back to the beginning and give their past selves a resounding slap!

But where in the world is there a medicine for regret?!

"Wait...wait...senior...senior!"

Su Ziyan knelt beside Su Wubin, her beautiful face filled with fear and a forced smile. At this moment, she was no longer the arrogant person she had been before, and she looked at Yun Ping with a fawning expression.

“We…we can marry our daughter off, you see…this…this should be alright, right? Since—since they love each other, if it works out, it…it wouldn’t be so bad…”

"My daughter wasn't feeling well just now. After she rests for a few days, we'll take her there ourselves. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Su Wubin no longer dared to refute. He immediately changed his previous attitude and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Yes...yes, senior...since your disciple likes my daughter, we...we can marry her off in a few days, without any betrothal gifts!"

"No...no, we'll give it to you...we'll give you all of your dowry, please calm down, don't get really angry! Even if my daughter isn't good enough for your esteemed disciple..."

"If all else fails, she can become your concubine! Yes! Our Yu'er can become the concubine of your esteemed disciple... How about this... that should be alright, right..."

Upon hearing this, Yunping's expression did not soften; instead, it grew even colder.

Because the couple's actions were treating their daughter as a commodity to be traded, rather than as a real person.

His face turned cold, and before he could say anything, a slightly weak voice came from behind him.

"No need..."

He turned around and, like everyone else, focused his gaze on the young man who was slowly getting up from the ground.

Jiang Shaoguang looked at the wound on his chest, gave a bitter smile, and looked at Su Yu again with eyes full of sorrow and unbearable pain.

"No need." Jiang Shaoguang's tone, though he tried his best to sound calm, still couldn't hide the deep sorrow hidden within. "It's no longer necessary... I finally understand..."

"Perhaps from the very beginning, what I cherished was just that fireworks display..."

Fireworks that vanished in an instant, never to be seen again since.

"teacher……"

Jiang Shaoguang spoke weakly, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

He forced a smile, then turned to look at his fellow disciples who were blocking his way and threatening Su Yu with magical artifacts.

"Let's go..."

……

Yunping slowly turned around, helped Jiang Shaoguang up—who was so weak she could faint at any moment—then raised his head and looked at the Su and Duan families kneeling on the ground, his gaze chilling.

He had promised Jiang Shaoguang that he would not take action.

When we came, it was true; when we leave, it should be true as well.

But Yunping wasn't so kind. Everyone has a nature, and even an old rogue is human; he has his own nature too.

Unfortunately, he was a willful person to begin with.

boom!

He stomped his foot on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, a terrifying wave, invisible to the naked eye, swept across the entire Duan family compound.