213: Chapter 212 Clearing the Field

The wedding banquet was held as scheduled.

A massive open-air banquet was set up outside the Immortal Artifact mine, with a hundred tables lined up.

Spirit Fruit and fine nectar were served like flowing water, making the scene so lively that it didn't seem like the perilous Hengyu Mountain Range, but rather like someone holding a grand sect ceremony.

There weren't many people, but there weren't few either.

Many of the Bai Family's enemies and competitors came, and the Zuo Family even sent their Patriarch in person.

He was beaming with joy, as if he were attending his own happy occasion.

"Emperor Xiao is truly a Dragon among men. You have only been here for a few days since your Ascension, yet you have already established a foothold in the Baiduan Mountain Range. This Zuo admires you."

The Zuo Family Patriarch laughed and cupped his fists. Behind him followed several young and beautiful women from the Zuo Family, casting flirtatious glances.

Xiao Ye, dressed in a bright red wedding robe, sat at the head of the table and returned the salute with a smile: "Patriarch Zuo is too kind. Please take your seat. Today's wine and food are simple, so I hope you will not mind."

The Zuo Family and the Bai Family had been fighting for hundreds of years.

Now that the Bai Family had suffered one setback after another, the Zuo Family Patriarch was incredibly satisfied.

Once seated, he began drinking and toasting with several other patriarchs who also disliked the Bai Family, having a grand time.

During the banquet, the hosts and guests were all enjoying themselves.

A-Zhu and the other brides beside Xiao Ye also appeared one by one to offer toasts, drawing cheers from the entire hall.

Someone with a sharp eye noticed that all dozen or so female Cultivators were of exceptional beauty and possessed extraordinary bone structure, and couldn't help but click their tongues in secret: This Emperor Xiao's speed at taking concubines was actually faster than seizing Immortal Artifact mines.

Just as the atmosphere was reaching its Peak— "Boom!"

A terrifying wave of energy descended from the sky, shaking the entire banquet and sending cups and plates flying everywhere.

Bai Ri, accompanied by over a dozen Bai Family Elders, stood suspended in the air.

His pressure as a Peak True Immortal descended like Mount Tai, enveloping the entire Immortal Artifact mine.

"Xiao Ye! You killed my second brother, seized my Immortal Artifact mine, and still dare to hold a grand wedding banquet! Do you think my Bai Family has no one left?!"

Bai Ri was furious, his gaze like a blade as he swept across the guests.

His tone was chilling: "Today, whoever dares to offer congratulations to this scoundrel is an enemy of my Bai Family!"

The banquet instantly quieted down.

Many Cultivators from smaller factions changed their expressions slightly and quietly put down their wine cups.

Xiao Ye slowly stood up, his wedding robe reflecting the Immortal Qi in the mine, his expression as calm as water.

"Bai Ri, your second brother's skills were inferior, so if he died, he died. If you insist on seeking justice for him, I will accompany you to the end."

He took a step forward, and the vast aura of the Dao of Strength surged out like a tide, blocking Bai Ri's pressure.

"You are courting death!"

Bai Ri roared, brandishing a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact.

The blade light was like a waterfall, carrying the Dao of Water as he slashed at Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye did not dodge or evade.

His figure suddenly erupted, and the slaughtering immortal sword left its sheath.

The Sword Qi streaked across the sky.

With the addition of the Dao of Strength, the sword momentum was like a shifting mountain range, striking straight onto Bai Ri's immortal blade.

The power of the two Daos collided, causing Immortal Qi to explode.

The energy wave swept in all directions, and the entire mine was trembling.

"You... what kind of Dao is this?!"

Bai Ri's pupils constricted.

His figure was knocked back several yards, and the hand holding the blade trembled slightly.

Xiao Ye did not answer.

The sword momentum swirled, and he merged with the sword.

Like a meteor streaking across the sky, the second sword strike had already fallen.

Bai Ri gritted his teeth and blocked again, only to be knocked back once more.

The webbing between his thumb and index finger split, and blood flowed out continuously.

The third sword.

The fourth sword.

The fifth sword.

Each sword strike was like a mountain, and each blade parry was like a tide.

Bai Ri's immortal blade was covered in cracks, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and he was forced into a continuous retreat.

The watching Cultivators were dumbfounded—Bai Ri, a Peak True Immortal, was actually being suppressed by a Middle Stage True Immortal with no power to fight back?

"How is this possible..."

Bai Ri roared, unleashing a strike with all his might, attempting to reverse the decline.

Xiao Ye's eyes suddenly brightened, his heavy pupils focusing.

A beam of death shot out silently, striking Bai Ri directly between the eyebrows.

Bai Ri's movements stiffened, his pupils dilated, and the immortal blade in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang."

His entire body collapsed slowly, devoid of any vitality.

The entire venue fell into deathly silence.

Xiao Ye put away the slaughtering immortal sword, turned around, and walked back to the head table.

He picked up his wine cup and smiled slightly: "The banquet was disturbed, and I have spoiled everyone's mood. Someone, open another hundred tables! Today, we shall not stop until we are drunk."

"Good!"

Someone shouted first, and then the entire hall erupted in cheers.

The Zuo Family Patriarch was the first to raise his cup, laughing heartily: "Emperor Xiao is mighty! From now on, the Bai Family will be nothing but a joke!"

The banquet became lively again, even more so than before.

Many factions that had been watching from the sidelines stepped forward to offer toasts and show goodwill, and several patriarchs of noble families even brought their most outstanding daughters, proactively proposing marriage.

"Emperor Xiao, this old man has a granddaughter in my family, eighteen years of age, and gifted with intelligence. I wonder if Emperor Xiao is interested..."

"Emperor Xiao, my niece's cultivation has reached Perfection of the Earth Immortal realm, she is beautiful as a flower, and skilled in all the arts..."

"Emperor Xiao..."

Xiao Ye held his wine cup, refusing no one, and laughed heartily: "With everyone's kindness, how could I, Xiao, refuse? Since the virtuous niece and your daughters are willing, then let them all stay."

For the next half month, the wedding banquet never stopped once it began.

Xiao Ye took eighteen concubines in a row.

Every day firecrackers blared, and every night red candles glowed brightly.

The mine was livelier than during the New Year.

The Zuo Family Patriarch sat at the table, watching the line of brides offering toasts, his mouth twitching slightly: "Emperor Xiao's efficiency... I have lived for over a thousand years, and this is the first time I have seen a wedding banquet turn into a recruitment fair."

A patriarch nearby spoke up gloomily: "A recruitment fair is too slow; he is running a chain operation."

"..." The patriarchs were silent for a moment, then raised their cups in unison.

The major factions of the Baiduan Mountain Range were still watching, but one point had gradually become a consensus—this Emperor Xiao would likely truly establish a firm foothold in this region.

In the Immortal Artifact mine, the red silk and lanterns were hung for two full months before being taken down.

This time, Xiao Ye had "plowed" through all eighteen concubines one by one, day and night without stopping; the Immortal Qi in the mine was almost diluted by a third by his Yang Qi alone.

A-Zhu held her slightly protruding belly, leaning against the wall of the Immortal Cave with a look of satiation: "Emperor Xiao, your combat power is even fiercer than when you seize Immortal Artifact mines."

"Seizing Immortal Artifact mines relies on the sword, but this work relies on the waist; it's different."

Xiao Ye tied his robe, stretched his old waist, and smiled with satisfaction: "Now that they are all pregnant, it is time for me to free up my hands to do serious business."

"Serious business? Seizing the Bai Family?"

A-Zhu's eyes lit up.

"That's right."

Xiao Ye picked up the slaughtering immortal sword, strode out of the Immortal Cave, and ordered the Heavenly Immortal leader waiting outside: "Pass down the order, gather the troops, and sweep the Bai Family."

The Heavenly Immortal leader shuddered and asked with a trembling voice: "My Lord, are you intending to..."

"Clear the field. All of the Bai Family's properties in the Hengyu Mountain Range should change owners."

Ever since Bai Ri and Bai Bian suffered consecutive defeats, the Bai Family clan had been severely weakened, with only a few Early Stage True Immortal clan Elders struggling to hold things together.

The dozen or so Immortal Artifact mines originally in the Hengyu Mountain Range were already in a state of panic, with lax defenses.

Xiao Ye led his team to first take down the nearest Immortal Artifact mine.

The guards outside the mine were still on duty.

When they looked up and saw the sky filled with figures pressing down, before they could even release a transmission talisman, they were kicked away by A-Zhu's leg whip, crashing heavily against the wall of the mine tunnel and fainting.

"This mine belongs to me now. People of the Bai Family, leave on your own, or I will send you away."

Xiao Ye stood above the mine tunnel, his voice not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of every Bai Family Cultivator.