104: Chapter 104 Nangong Wan'er Arrives at the Door, Former Best Friends Expose Each Other's Dark Secrets

At the Jiang Family, the Twelve-layered Emperor-grade Array had already been withdrawn.

A purple streak of light tore through the Void Realm from the southeast.

A white jade-like hand reached out from the rift, holding a gold-leafed visiting card between its fingers with four characters written on it—Nangong Waner.

The Jiang Family Elder on duty saw the words on the card clearly; his mouth opened and then closed again.

Nangong Waner did not enter through the main gate.

Carrying Spirit Treasures, Spirit Medicines, and three emperor grade Medicinal Pills, she first went to visit the two Old Ancestors in the Jiang Family's back mountain.

Nangong Yingxue, a legitimate daughter of the Nangong Family who married into the Jiang Family tens of thousands of years ago, was now a Jiang Family Enshrined Elder at the Pseudo-Emperor Seventh Level.

Nangong Yaoguang had married into the Jiang Family even earlier, wed to one of the Jiang Family's Old Ancestors; her current strength was unfathomable, having stepped onto the threshold of the Great Emperor tens of thousands of years ago.

Nangong Waner sat in the two Seniors' courtyard for less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Before the tea was finished, she had already vanished.

Nangong Yingxue put down her teacup and glanced at her own Old Ancestor.

Nangong Yaoguang emerged from the undying divine coffin, a hint of realization appearing on her aged face.

"She didn't come to see us."

"She came to snatch a man."

Nangong Yingxue sighed. "Should we stop her?"

Nangong Yaoguang shook her head, lay back down on the edge of the divine coffin, and closed her eyes.

"Why stop her? It's better to lend a hand. That kid Lu Chen is the only Great Emperor of this era; whoever snatches him gets him."

"If our Nangong Family can tie him down even a little, the Family will have one more layer of security. We are people of the Jiang Family, but the Nangong Family is our backing."

She paused, then opened one eye again.

"The Jiang Family has the same idea. It's a tacit understanding between everyone; let the juniors cause their own fuss."

Nangong Yingxue gave a wry smile. "But what about Jiang Taixu and Ji Rushuang's side..."

"This old woman will go have a cup of tea with them." Nangong Yaoguang stood up from the edge of the coffin.

"The children will have their own fortunes. We old bones just need to take care of the Family's Legacy."

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The Jiang Family's main peak, the wedding chamber courtyard.

Nangong Waner's arrival came without any warning.

A purple shadow descended from the sky, and the aura of the Ninth Stage Quasi-Emperor exploded without reservation. All the red silk lanterns in the courtyard were shattered, and 'double happiness' paper scraps flew everywhere.

The candied fruit in Ye Qingxian's mouth fell out.

She looked up to see a woman in purple robes standing at the courtyard gate.

Her long hair was loose, the corners of her eyes slightly upturned, with a small mole at the corner of her mouth; the look in her eyes sent a chill down Ye Qingxian's spine.

"Jiang Yi!"

Nangong Waner's voice pierced through the emperor-path Restriction of the wedding chamber, enunciating every word.

"Hand over my man!"

There was silence in the wedding chamber for three breaths.

The door was kicked open from the inside.

Jiang Yi rushed out, lifting her skirt.

Her hair bun was loose, her wedding dress was untied, and the frog button on her left shoulder was only half-fastened; her skin below the collarbone was partially visible.

"Nangong Waner!"

Jiang Yi's voice was cold enough to freeze and crack the Void Realm.

"You vixen, you still dare to come and ruin my good moment?!"

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Inside the wedding chamber.

Lu Chen sat on the wedding bed, looking down at his torn collar and the several nail marks on his shoulder.

He took a deep breath, pulled a spare undershirt from his sleeve, and changed into it.

[Thank you, Nangong Waner. Better late than never.]

[If you were a quarter-hour later, even my last pair of underpants wouldn't have been saved.]

He tied his belt and tidied his hair.

[I used to Cultivate with all my might, and my first step upon succeeding was to cut off my feelings for my beloved, all so I could reach the Great Emperor realm and be lawless and do as I pleased.]

[I didn't expect that even as a Great Emperor, I would be forced; I couldn't beat her, I had no choice, I accept it.]

[It seems my goal still has a long way to go.]

It was already chaotic outside.

Lu Chen walked to the door, leaned against the frame, crossed his arms, and watched the two women confronting each other in the courtyard.

Nangong Waner stared at Jiang Yi's disheveled clothes, her peach-blossom eyes narrowing into slits.

"Jiang Yi, you're shameless! You actually tried to force yourself on him!"

Jiang Yi sneered, the taixu sword held horizontally before her, its purple-gold blade reflecting half of her face.

"Better than you taking advantage of him when he was severely injured and unconscious, dragging him to bed to use as a body pillow and forcefully taking him! You psychopathic germaphobe!"

Nangong Waner's expression changed.

This matter was the biggest secret in her heart.

Back then, when Lu Chen was severely injured and unconscious during a tribulation in the Central Region, she had dragged him back to the Nangong Family and held him in bed for three days and three nights; only she knew what had happened during that time.

"Shut up!"

Nangong Waner retorted, her voice rising several degrees.

"And what about you? Seducing him naked in the Heavenly Spring Pool! Sitting on him! Even your bellyband fell onto his head! And yet you act pure! Act reserved! Act shy!"

Jiang Yi's face instantly turned crimson.

The taixu sword hummed, purple-gold Sword Qi exploded, and three cracks appeared on the wall of the wedding chamber behind her.

"Nangong Waner! That was an accident! The pool water was too slippery!"

"Slippery? You, a person at the Pseudo-Emperor Ninth Level Peak, could slip in a pool? Who are you trying to fool?!"

"You!"

The auras of two Pseudo-Emperor Ninth Level Peaks collided in the air above the Jiang Family, the fluctuations of Law scattering all clouds within a thousand-zhang radius.

Ye Qingxian squatted in the corner, covering her mouth with both hands, her eyes darting back and forth.

[Heavenly Spring Pool? Body pillow? Bellyband falling on his head?]

[What level of gossip is this? All the storytellers in the Central Region combined couldn't come up with a script like this!]

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The Jiang Family back mountain.

By the time Nangong Yaoguang and Nangong Yingxue arrived, Jiang Taixu and Ji Rushuang had already activated a sound-isolating barrier.

Jiang Taixu's old face was flushed red.

Ji Rushuang was expressionless, but the tips of her ears were red.

Nangong Yaoguang walked over, a hint of embarrassment on her aged face.

"Little Jiang, Little Ji, this..."

Jiang Taixu waved his hand. "Don't say it, it's embarrassing."

Nangong Yaoguang nodded. "It is indeed embarrassing."

The four Old Ancestors looked at each other and tacitly added two more layers of sound-isolating barriers.

Ji Rushuang spoke in a low voice, "As long as Lu Chen doesn't run away, let them make a scene."

Nangong Yaoguang followed up, "Our Nangong Family feels the same way. If both families can tie down this Great Emperor, there will be security for the next ten thousand years."

Jiang Taixu was silent for two breaths, then muttered, "The children will have their own fortunes."

The four Old Ancestors reached a silent understanding.

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In the courtyard.

The two women had escalated from exposing dirty secrets to a standoff with drawn swords.

The Sword Qi of the taixu sword and the nangong sword intertwined in mid-air, the purple-gold and dark purple lights causing the heavens and earth to change color.

Lu Chen finally moved.

He walked out from the door frame and stood between the two.

He didn't use a Great Emperor's aura to suppress them; he just stood there.

"Enough."

Two words, not loud, but both imperial weapons of the utmost path fell silent simultaneously.

Jiang Yi and Nangong Waner looked at him at the same time.

Lu Chen took out two items from his sleeve.

A long spear, pitch-black all over, with patterns on the shaft that faintly echoed with the roar of a Dragon.

A long saber, its blade snow-white, with the light of Law shimmering at the edge.

Two emperor grade Spirit Treasures, in an ownerless state and full of spirituality; if nurtured with one's innate Divine Power, both could be promoted to imperial weapons of the utmost path.

He handed the spear to Jiang Yi and the saber to Nangong Waner; these two were rewards from the previous sign-in System.

"Betrothal gifts."

He didn't say a single extra word.

The two took them, their Phoenix eyes trembling slightly.

Silence for three breaths.

Jiang Yi spoke first, "I am the primary wife."

Nangong Waner sneered. "On what basis?"

"The marriage contract came first."

"The feelings came first."

The two were about to argue again.

Lu Chen raised his hands and pressed down on their heads, one for each.

"Both are officially wed, both are primary wives. I have no such thing as equal wives or concubines here."

Jiang Yi and Nangong Waner looked up at him simultaneously.

"I came to the Central Region this time precisely to resolve these matters. I won't cancel the engagements; I will take responsibility for everyone."

In the back mountain, inside the sound-isolating barrier.

Jiang Taixu put down his teacup and nodded.

Nangong Yaoguang also nodded.

The corner of Ji Rushuang's mouth finally curled up slightly. "This kid actually has some sense of responsibility."

Nangong Yingxue added, "Both families can gain something; at least there will be no worries for ten thousand years."