174: Lu Yuan, who confronted the Gu family with reason and persuasion, was the one who truly understood their culpability!

"As for that Xiao Fan... I will absolutely not marry him! Even if the Family forces me, I will not comply!"

"I hope, Sister... you can keep this secret for me and not tell the Qin Family."

Hearing these words, Qin Mengyao was stunned.

She looked at the woman before her who dared to defy her Family for love and even risked escaping her marriage; instead of blame, a deep sense of admiration arose in her heart.

There was even a hint of envy.

If she had possessed such courage back then, why would she have wasted twenty years?

"Rest assured, little sister."

Qin Mengyao took Ji Yaoguang's hand, a sincere smile appearing on her face: "I will never reveal a word of this."

"Besides..."

A flash of coldness crossed her eyes, directed at Xiao Fan.

"Actually, I am not optimistic about that marriage either."

"That unfilial son... is simply not worthy of you."

"Unfilial son?" Ji Yaoguang was taken aback.

"To tell you the truth," Qin Mengyao gave a bitter smile, "Xiao Fan is that good-for-nothing son of mine."

"Ah?" Ji Yaoguang's cherry lips parted slightly, her face full of shock.

She had not expected that Xiao Fan was actually Qin Mengyao's son.

This relationship... was it a bit messy?

Qin Mengyao seemed to notice her awkwardness, waved her hand, and said indifferently: "Little sister, you don't need to care about those worldly ethics."

"Although Xiao Fan was born to me, his deadbeat father was a despicable villain, and I never had much affection for him."

"Returning this time and seeing his self-righteous, hopeless behavior, I am even more disappointed."

"The engagement was just set, and he couldn't even keep an eye on his fiancée, letting her run away. It's simply a disgrace to me!"

The more Qin Mengyao spoke, the angrier she became, hating that he wouldn't improve.

"In comparison..."

She looked toward Lu Yuan, her eyes full of obsession: "Only a peerless hero like Brother Yuan is worth entrusting our lives to."

"Little sister, you have good taste."

Ji Yaoguang felt a bit embarrassed by her words, but she also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's good that Sister can understand."

"However..." Ji Yaoguang's brows furrowed slightly, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes: "Although Sister is willing to hide it, the wedding date in three months is approaching. If I don't appear by then, the Ji Family and the Qin Family will surely be furious."

"At that time, I fear it will bring great trouble to Big Brother Lu."

After all, those were two great Longevity Families with deep foundations, especially the Ji Family, which still had a Mahayana Old Ancestor.

Hearing this, Qin Mengyao smiled mysteriously and patted the back of her hand.

"Little sister, you underestimate Brother Yuan too much."

"Three months?"

"With Brother Yuan's Prodigy-like growth speed, let alone three months, I fear that in another month, he will possess the strength to suppress everything!"

"At that time, whatever Ji Family, whatever Qin Family, they will all have to bow their heads obediently before him!"

Hearing this, Ji Yaoguang remembered the scene where Lu Yuan smashed the Body Integration Early Stage Kunpeng to death with one cauldron in the Shattered Star Sea, and her heart steadied.

"Sister is right, I was overthinking it."

...

Just as the two women were talking.

"Boom!"

The Void Realm outside Kunwu Mountain suddenly fluctuated violently.

A vast, domineering, and terrifying pressure filled with endless rage descended from the sky, slamming fiercely into the newly formed Yuantian Yin-Yang Array.

"Thud!"

The light curtain of the Formation merely rippled, fully neutralizing that impact.

"Who is it? How dare you attack my Qingyun Dao Sect?!"

The Thousand Mechanisms Sect Master, Sect Master Yuhua, and other Refining Void Great Powers flew into the high sky at once, shouting angrily across the Formation.

Outside the Formation, two huge black war-ships were floating in the air.

Standing on the bows were two figures with terrifying Auras.

Gu Family head, Gu Xuanji!

Gu Family Fourth Old Ancestor, Gu Yandao!

Two Integration Peak experts!

"Lu Yuan! Get out here!"

Gu Xuanji's face was ferocious, his voice like rolling thunder, spreading throughout the entire Kunwu Mountain range.

"Your Qingyun Dao Sect has a lot of nerve!"

"How dare you destroy my affiliated Sect, the Taiyin Ancient Sect, and snatch the Yin and Yang Dragon vein!"

"If you don't give an explanation today, I will level your Kunwu Mountain and leave no one alive in your Qingyun Dao Sect!"

Although the Gu Family had lost in the battle for Kunwu Mountain, they had held a grudge and constantly sent people to monitor the movements of the Qingyun Dao Sect.

When they learned that the Taiyin Ancient Sect had been wiped out and even the Dragon vein had been extracted, Gu Xuanji was completely enraged.

Although the Taiyin Ancient Sect was nothing much, it was, after all, an affiliated force of the Gu Family.

This was not just about snatching resources; it was a slap in the face of the Gu Family!

"Whoosh!"

Lu Yuan's figure appeared out of thin air above the Formation, looking at the furious Gu Xuanji with a calm expression across the light curtain.

"Explanation?"

Lu Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, a cold smile curling on his lips.

"What kind of explanation does the Gu Family head want?"

"The Taiyin Ancient Sect killed my Qingyun envoy first and insulted my Sect later."

"I wiped out their entire Sect; it is reasonable and justified, a matter of heaven and earth."

"Bullshit!"

Gu Xuanji was furious: "The Sect Master of Taiyin has already sent me a message. It was clearly your envoy who used his power to bully others and even wanted to forcefully seize the Saintess!"

"Oh?"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow: "It seems the Gu Family head doesn't believe it?"

"Very well, I have always reasoned with others."

He casually tossed out a memory stone.

Hum!

A light curtain unfolded in the air.

In the scene, there was only the segment where "Chen Yan" was slapped to death by the Sect Master of Taiyin, spitting blood and looking utterly miserable.

As for the earlier part where Chen Yan provoked him, it had long been cut by Lu Yuan, edited cleanly.

"See that?"

Lu Yuan pointed at the screen and said righteously: "My Sect's envoy went to invite them to observe the ceremony with good intentions, but was cruelly killed by this old thief!"

"A life for a life, a debt to be repaid."

"Gu Family head, do you still want to stand up for such a murderer?"

"You..."

Gu Xuanji looked at the scene, trembling with rage, knowing it was taken out of context, but unable to find any flaws.

"Good! What a sharp tongue!"

Gu Yandao's face darkened as he stepped forward: "Even if there was a reason, your actions were too ruthless!"

"Wiping out a whole Sect and extracting their Dragon vein—this is the behavior of the Demonic Path!"

"Demonic Path?"

Lu Yuan sneered: "If people don't offend me, I won't offend them. If people offend me, I will cut the weeds and eliminate the roots."

"This is the rule of my Qingyun Dao Sect."

Having said that, Lu Yuan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and an Aura not inferior to the Integration Peak burst out.

"If you two are here to drink tea today, I welcome you."

"If you are here to find trouble..."

He pointed at the Formation under his feet, his tone carrying a hint of contempt.

"You might want to weigh whether you have the strength to break my Mountain Protection Array first!"

"Arrogant!"

Gu Xuanji laughed in anger: "You think a mere Formation can stop my Gu Family?"

"Lu Yuan, you overestimate yourself too much!"

"Since you are stubborn, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Boom!

Gu Xuanji formed seals with both hands and sacrificed a primitive, pitch-black cauldron engraved with Dragon patterns.