243: Lu Yuan's Wedding Robbery

Surrounded by a group of Qin Family attendants, Xiao Fan strode off the Cloud Vessel with his head held high.

At this moment, he wore a red robe, his posture was tall and straight, and a confident, appropriate smile hung on his face.

It had to be said that after some careful dressing up, coupled with the unique temperament brought by the Immortal Golden Core, he truly looked like a dragon among men at this moment, attracting the side-glances of many female cultivators.

"Is this the Xiao Fan who is marrying into the Ji Family? He looks like a man of talent."

"I heard he possesses the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body Bloodline; although it's only a remnant, his potential is extraordinary."

"To be able to marry the Ji Family's second Young Miss, this kid really has dog-shit luck."

Listening to the discussions around him, the vanity in Xiao Fan's heart was greatly satisfied.

He straightened his back and walked step by step toward the high platform in the center of the square, where the ceremony was to be held.

"The auspicious hour has arrived! Please bring in the bride!"

Following the Master of Ceremonies' loud shout.

From the direction of the back mountain, a long rainbow paved with purple Qi extended outward.

Atop the long rainbow, several maidservants carrying flower baskets scattered petals across the sky.

Amidst the rain of flowers, a peerless beauty dressed in a Phoenix Crown and Ceremonial Robe walked slowly with graceful steps.

It was Ji Yaoguang.

Today, she was breathtakingly beautiful.

Lifelike golden Phoenixes were embroidered on her bright red wedding dress, seeming as if they would take flight with her every movement.

She wore a Nine Phoenixes Facing the Sun Crown, and the hanging tassels obscured half of her face, yet added a touch of mystery and haze.

The glimpse of her snow-white chin and vermillion lips was enough to make heaven and earth lose their color.

Her ethereal and noble temperament was highlighted to the extreme at this moment, like the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens descending to the mortal world.

The entire venue instantly fell silent, everyone's gaze focused on that figure, their eyes filled with amazement.

Xiao Fan was even more dazed.

He screamed frantically in his heart: "This is my wife! This is my, Xiao Fan's, woman! So beautiful! Simply perfect! For her, any amount of humiliation is worth it!"

He had even forgotten Gu Qingxue and all his unhappiness; only the woman before him, who was about to belong to him, remained in his eyes.

"If I can have such a wife in this life, what more could I ask for!"

Xiao Fan took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and with the most perfect smile on his face, prepared to welcome his bride.

However...

When Ji Yaoguang stepped onto the high platform and stood before him, she didn't give him a single look, not even a glance from the corner of her eye.

Her gaze passed over Xiao Fan, passed over the crowd, and looked toward a certain point in the Void Realm, her eyes carrying a hint of determination and expectation.

"Ji Yaoguang, are you willing to become Xiao Fan's Dao Companion, to share honor and disgrace, and to stay together through life and death from now on?" The Master of Ceremonies' voice rang out.

The entire venue held its breath.

Ji Yaoguang slowly raised her head, her cold voice, amplified by spiritual power, spread throughout the entire Void Divine Island.

"I am not willing."

These four words were like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's ears.

The smile on Xiao Fan's face instantly froze, and his whole body stiffened in place, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over him from head to toe.

"Wh... what?"

He suspected he had misheard.

Ji Kongnie's expression also changed. He stood up abruptly and shouted sternly, "Yaoguang! What nonsense are you talking?! Today is your big day, with so many guests watching, how can you be allowed to cause such a scene?!"

Ji Yaoguang turned around and looked directly at her father, her gaze not backing down in the slightest.

"Father, I am not making a scene. From the very beginning, I never agreed to this marriage.

I, Ji Yaoguang, have long since given my heart to someone else. I will marry no one but that person! And I certainly won't marry this stranger I've only met once!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue was in an uproar.

"Heart belongs to someone else? This is a public breaking of the engagement!"

"The Ji Family has truly lost face now!"

Xiao Fan only felt a buzzing in his head, as if something had shattered.

That was his dignity, his pride, and his Dao Heart.

"Heart belongs to someone else... Heart belongs to someone else..."

He looked at the woman who had haunted his dreams, but now she felt incredibly strange and cruel.

"Yaoguang... why? I am devoted to you, for you I..."

"Shut up!" Ji Kongnie was furious and interrupted Xiao Fan's words. A Mahayana Late Stage pressure directly enveloped Ji Yaoguang: "Impudent! Marriage is the command of parents and the word of matchmakers! Today, you will marry whether you want to or not! My Ji Family cannot afford to lose this face!"

Having said that, he was about to take action to forcibly suppress Ji Yaoguang and force her to perform the wedding ceremony.

Just then...

*Buzz—*

The Void Realm around Ji Yaoguang suddenly rippled like water.

A slender and powerful hand reached out from the Void Realm, gently resting on Ji Yaoguang's fragrant shoulder, pulling her into a warm embrace.

Immediately after, a figure in clothes as white as snow slowly emerged, standing between Ji Yaoguang and Ji Kongnie.

The man had a handsome face and an extraordinary temperament, with a faint, somewhat disdainful smile hanging at the corner of his mouth.

"Family Head Ji, what a grand display of power."

Lu Yuan's voice was calm, yet it clearly reached everyone's ears: "Forced melons are not sweet. Since your daughter is unwilling, why must Family Head Ji force her? Pressuring your own daughter like this is somewhat unbecoming of a Longevity Family's grace, isn't it?"

The moment they saw the newcomer, the entire venue fell into a dead silence.

"Lu... Lu Yuan?!"

Someone cried out in shock.

And Xiao Fan, standing to the side, felt as if he had been struck by lightning the moment he saw Lu Yuan appear. His eyes instantly turned blood-red, and a wave of sky-high hatred and despair surged into his heart.

Him again!

This Devil Head again!

He took away Gu Qingxue, took away his mother, and now... he even wants to take away this last hope, this wife who was about to be married?!"

"Big Brother Lu!"

Ji Yaoguang looked at the man beside her, and her eyes instantly radiated an unprecedented brilliance—it was happiness, reliance, and undisguised love.

This call of "Big Brother Lu" was like a sharp blade, ruthlessly stabbing into Xiao Fan's heart, completely crushing his Dao Heart!

Witnessing this scene, Ji Kongnie's face instantly turned as dark as water. A Mahayana Late Stage violent Aura erupted like a volcano, making the entire Void Divine Island buzz and shake.

"Impudent!"

Ji Kongnie's hair stood on end with anger. He pointed at Lu Yuan and shouted sternly, "Lu Yuan! You look down on my Ji Family too much! Today is my Ji Family's big day, yet you dare to publicly snatch the bride. Do you truly think my Ji Family has no one and will allow you to bully us as you please?!"

"You think you can come and go as you please? What kind of place do you think you've made my Ji Family into!"

Before his voice had even faded, two elders with white hair and beards behind him stepped forward, their Mahayana Middle Stage cultivation released without reservation.

The three of them surrounded Lu Yuan and Ji Yaoguang in a triangular formation, their Qi locked on, and the Void Realm was distorted out of shape by this terrifying pressure.

*Buzz—*

In Ji Kongnie's hand, that ancient void mirror suddenly burst with divine light.

With three Great Ascension Stage powerhouses working together to drive it, the power of the Transcendent Spiritual Treasure was fully activated.