"Please forgive us, Master Gu Zhen. Ya Lan is still young and ignorant. She just couldn’t see the bigger picture. Master Gu Zhen, please calm down."
Gu Zhen’s gloomy eyes were filled with contempt and arrogance.
He was the disciple of ’Revered Flames’ of the Rain Palace. Besides, he was also a dignified Mid Nascent Soul Realm cultivator with Fourth Revolution pill refinement techniques. Now, since he has set his eyes upon a Gold Core Realm lady like her, how could she be allowed to reject him!
Although Ya Lan was a member of the Lost World Palace, she was only one of the most common underlings. Furthermore, this matter was a private matter of the Ya Family.
Since the Ya Family had all agreed to marry off Ya Lan to Master Gu Zhen, how could there still be any reason for her to refuse?
"If you don’t marry me, I’ll see to it that the Ya Family will definitely be annihilated!" Gu Zhen threatened with a cold menacing tone.
His threatening remark made Ya Lan smile hopelessly.
Deep inside, she was reluctant to marry him. However, it seemed like fate didn’t want her to have the right to choose.
Marry, I’ll just marry him... How could I, a mere lady at the Early Gold Core Realm, have the right to reject the request of a divine messenger of the Rain Palace? Moreover, he is also a Fourth Revolution Pill Master...
Ya Lan didn’t say much. She raised her head and shifted her gaze towards Gu Zhen. Gradually, they became calm and composed.
She did not dare to resist her fate, but she despised Gu Zhen to the marrow of her bones.
For no reason, she suddenly recalled the figure of a young man in front of her eyes.
That year, a young boy who was covered in blood came to the southern tower and claimed himself as Zhou Ming.
That year, Ya Lan offered to sleep with him with a coquettish expression and tried to be his partner in dual-cultivation. However, she was rejected by him.
Looking back, I find myself really laughable.
Today, that man has become a supreme being of the Endless Sea. He probably might not even remember that there was once a lady who had secretly fallen in love with him.
"Fine, I’ll marry him..."
Ya Lan smiled bitterly and nodded her head.
Immediately, Gu Zhen revealed a sarcastic smile.
" Weren’t you acting stubborn and brave just now. So Why? Why did you change your mind and become willing to marry me now? Very well. This is how you should behave. If you obey my commands, I assure you that I will bring you to seventh heaven every day and night!"
Inadvertently, Gu Zhen’s eyes flashed with indecency.
Originally, the reason why he came to the Lost World Palace was to execute his master’s order of placing a new ’chess piece’ here.
In the past, the three tower masters were all pawns of Revered Flame. However, they had been killed by Ning Fan and the Green Phoenix Flame was lost. Now, the reason why Gu Zhen came here to cause trouble was just to place a new pawn.
As he was approaching Ya Lan step by step, Gu Zhen sneered and raised his hand. He pointed his finger at her head. Without a doubt, he wanted to plant a mental seal on her.
Ya Lan’s delicate body shivered and her eyes turned somber with despair. If she marries Gu Zhen as a concubine, she would still have some freedom.
However, if she were to be planted with a mental seal, she wouldn’t be just a concubine but a cauldron and a toy.
"No..." She gently moved backwards, trying to avoid him. The hopelessness within her eyes intensified.
Reluctant. She was reluctant to be planted with a mental seal by others and be treated like a slave.
"If you dodge again, I’ll kill you!"
Gu Zhen’s finger missed her head and his eyes turned grim. The subsequent finger he pointed towards Ya Lan showed no mercy to her at all. It burnt with flames, carrying the power of a Nascent Soul Realm attack. This time, not only did he want to plant a mental seal on Ya Lan, but also seriously injure her as punishment for her defiance.
The power of the flames on his finger was strong. Even the three Nascent Soul Ream cultivators of the Ya Family didn’t dare to block the attack.
Just as that finger was about to touch Ya Lan, a figure of a man in white robes appeared ethereally in front of her with a chuckle, blocking her from the incoming attack. Then, he gave her a calm smile.
"Miss Ya Lan, it has been a long time. How have you been since we last met?"
*Puff*
The white-robed young man was just standing there without revealing any of his aura force. Even so, Gu Zhen felt fearful for no reason, as if the young man in front of him was an invincible ferocious beast.
When his finger neared the young man, the flames on his fingertip were suddenly extinguished. All of them were absorbed by the Stele of Sun and Moon.
*HISS*
Immense shock filled Gu Zhen. He was unable to see through the young man’s cultivation base. Thus, he only thought that the latter was just a brat who liked to act as a hero to save a beauty.
When he briefly studied the young man’s bone age, he realized that the latter had yet to exceed four hundred years old. A mere cultivator of such a young age shouldn’t be able to attain the Nascent Soul Realm no matter how hard he tries. Thus, there is nothing much to worry about.
Gu Zhen muttered inwardly.
It can’t be wrong! This white-robed young man is definitely just a Gold Core Realm cultivator!
Furthermore, this man must have some kind of mysterious treasure that specially restrains flames. That’s why he could absorb all the flames on my finger attack.
"Hmph! Insignificant skills! A mere Gold Core Realm cultivator dares to act as a hero in front of me? You’re just courting death!"
Gu Zhen’s gaze turned gloomy and he pushed out both of his palms. Six clouds of multi-colored Fourth Grade spiritual flames blasted out from him, turning into six columns of fiery light that shot towards the young man. It was obviously an attack that was aimed to end his life.
Ordinary Nascent Soul Realm flame cultivators who were able to simultaneously control three clouds of Fourth Grade spiritual flames would be considered as talented. However, this Gu Zhen was actually able to control up to six different types of flames at the same time. It was enough to show how profound his technique in manipulating flames was.
Usually, if Gu Zhen displays his technique in controlling six groups of flames in public, there would certainly be a lot of people who would marvel at his profound control of flames.
However, when he displayed the same technique this time, no one was surprised, as if all the cultivators there had become dumb and petrified. None of them seemed to be able to think straight.
Gu Zhen’s gaze swept across the surroundings and found that the eyes of all the onlookers were focused on the white-robed young man while most of their expressions were filled with fear.
As for Ya Lan, she covered her red lips with her bare hands. Her beautiful and tearful eyes glinted with excitement and disbelief.
Gu Zhen was astonished by everyone’s reaction.