416: Golden Core Family

One month later.

An Yunxi held her Core Formation ceremony at the Liu Family residence in Great Sun City in her capacity as Liu Xuan's Dao Companion; guests were as numerous as clouds, and the entire city celebrated.

The Liu Family officially had a Golden Core True Person presiding over them, becoming a Golden Core Family in name and in reality.

Previously, the Liu Family had the support of several Golden Core True Persons, but in name, these Golden Core True Persons were all outsiders. An Yunxi, having publicly announced herself as Liu Xuan's Dao Companion, was the first true Golden Core of the Liu Family.

Actually, Yue Li was also a Golden Core True Person, but her Golden Core had been transformed from a False Core by Liu Xuan, who had painstakingly polished away the Impurities bit by bit. In the eyes of outsiders, she was still merely a False Core True Person.

On the day of the ceremony, countless large, high-grade Flying Boats arrived successively above Great Sun City, their majestic Aura making all the Cultivators in Great Sun City tremble with fear.

Over a dozen Golden Core True Persons arrived, and even those Nascent Soul True Lords from the South Courtyard sent people to deliver congratulatory gifts.

Although True Lord Haoran did not come, his natal spirit beast, the Hanyue Demon Lord Yue Chen, arrived in person and presented a pile of precious treasures, giving the Liu Family plenty of Face.

Although the ceremony was held at the Liu Family residence, the Liu Family felt as if they could not get involved; most matters were arranged by people sent by Yun Miao, leaving the Liu family members with nothing to do.

It was clearly a Liu Family celebration, yet it was made to look as though he, Liu Xuan, was marrying into the Family. Most of the people sent by the high-ranking big shots from the South Courtyard greeted the sisters An Yunxi and An Yunmiao, with few paying him any mind.

Liu Xuan did not really care. Regardless of whose Face they were looking at, it was enough that the Liu Family received the benefits. It just so happened that he did not want to be too high-profile in dealing with these people.

Liu Xuan did not care, but An Yunxi did!

As the protagonist of the ceremony, she seemed not to care about the ceremony at all, instead constantly accompanying Liu Xuan by his side, appearing like a little woman who lets Liu Xuan make all the decisions.

When speaking with others, she always identified herself as a Liu family member and Liu Xuan's Dao Companion; any disrespect toward the Liu Family was to be her enemy.

Besides herself, An Yunxi also pulled in her sister An Yunmiao, and at the critical moment of the ceremony, publicly announced the relationship between the Liu Family and the An Family, hoping that everyone would take care of them in the future.

With this statement from the two sisters, most of the difficulties the Liu Family would have encountered in their future development instantly vanished. Originally, some families that had conflicts of interest with the Liu Family had to reconsider how they interacted with the Liu Family.

...

Zhengqi Tower.

True Lord Haoran did not attend his daughter's Core Formation ceremony, but he constantly checked the letters sent from there.

"Boom~"

The letter in his hand suddenly turned into ashes and drifted away. He secretly thought to himself that not going in person was the right decision; otherwise, he would surely have been angered again.

"Academy Head, the matter you ordered to be investigated has been cleared up!"

A Golden Core True Person bowed as he entered the room and reported, "Liu Xuan did indeed have dealings with the Peach Blossom Sect forces very early on. The intelligence organization he founded, Lingshu Pavilion, has been active in the Peach Blossom Sect for many years."

"Not long ago, the Liu Family suddenly acquired a batch of high-grade Bloodline Spirit Beasts, all of which became the natal contract beasts of Liu Xuan's."

"These Yao Beasts all came from under the Peach Blossom Demon Lord, not from the Demon Court."

"Aside from this, no deeper connection between Liu Xuan and the Peach Blossom Sect has been found. The Liu Clan Merchant Alliance has always been very disciplined in how they do things."

"Understood, you may leave!"

True Lord Haoran waved his subordinate away. He held a delicate talisman pen in his hand, rubbing it gently, his eyes flickering with indecipherable light.

Ever since he saw the phantom of the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's Divine Soul emerge from between Liu Xuan's brows last time, he had been trying to figure out the specific relationship between the Peach Blossom Demon Lord and Liu Xuan, as well as the purpose behind the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's actions.

Unfortunately, the results were not significant. The Peach Blossom Demon Lord had nothing unusual about her, and Liu Xuan even less so; nothing could be found.

It seemed as if it were truly as Liu Xuan had said: the Peach Blossom Demon Lord had simply taken a fancy to Liu Xuan's good looks, and desired nothing else.

"Forget it! As long as there is no connection to the Demon Court, there is no need for me to be her enemy."

If not for the connection of his daughter Yun Xi, he would not even bother with such a trivial matter.

The general trend of the Peach Blossom Sect was basically set. Unless the Demon Court started a full-scale war in advance and spared no cost to protect the Peach Blossom Demon Lord, it would be impossible to change the outcome.

Liu Xuan was merely an Early Golden Core Stage True Person; regardless of what relationship he had with the Peach Blossom Demon Lord, he could not shake the overall situation.

True Lord Haoran ordered his trusted subordinates to keep an eye on the movements of Liu Xuan and the Liu Family, and he would no longer concern himself with the rest.

His eldest daughter, An Yunmiao, had been sent by him to protect Yun Xi for a period of time; even if the Liu Family had crooked intentions, they could not accomplish anything major.

...

Great Sun City.

Liu Family residence.

Liu Xuan and An Yunxi's honeymoon was about over, and he restarted his great cause of having children.

"Yun Xi, the most important thing for you right now is to Cultivate properly and focus on settling your foundation. Although Dual Cultivation is good, you must not become addicted to it; you cannot handle it!"

An Yunxi cast a sidelong glance at Liu Xuan. "Fine! Senior Sister is not an unreasonable person. You were able to make an exception for me for nearly a month, and I am already very satisfied. From now on, everything will follow the rules."

An Yunxi understood that it was impossible to have Liu Xuan's exclusive favor, and she had never thought of having it. What she wanted to do most right now was to bear a child for Liu Xuan as quickly as possible.

"Senior Sister is so sensible!"

"Come, your husband will make an exception and reward you one more time," Liu Xuan said with a smile, kissing her smooth forehead.

Just as Liu Xuan was preparing his next move, he suddenly sensed an abnormal fluctuation in the grand formation.

At the same time, An Yunmiao, who was a guest at the residence, also sensed the abnormality.

"Roar~"

With a bear's roar, the Nascent Soul stage Demon Lord Fatty transformed into a streak of black light and shot into the sky, confronting an old man.

"Boom~"

A golden light flashed across the sky, and Fatty flew backward, spinning in place twice, feeling somewhat bewildered!

"What strong force!"

A pair of bear eyes on Fatty ignited with raging fire, his Battle Intent surging as he intended to have a big fight.

"Stay there and don't move!" A fire-red figure blocked in front of him, saying coldly, "Don't force me to whip you!"

After saying this, An Yunmiao flew into mid-air, cupped her hands in salute to the old man, and said respectfully:

"Greetings, Senior Zhou. I did not know of your arrival and have offended you; I hope you will forgive me."

Zhou Qingwei waved his hand. "Little girl of the An Family, I am not here to find you."

His figure flashed, appearing on the terrace of the top floor of a great hall below, and he said to Liu Xuan, who had come out dressed, "I am here to find Little Friend Liu."

An Yunmiao followed with a flash, instantly appearing beside Liu Xuan, blocking half of her body in front of him, saying neither servile nor overbearing:

"Senior Zhou, Liu Xuan is my father's Disciple, my Junior Brother; you cannot take him away."

"Who said I wanted to take Little Friend Liu away?" Zhou Qingwei's expression sank. "I am, after all, a member of the Gentlemans Academy. Even if I were to take him away, I would absolutely not do it so stealthily."

An Yunmiao thought about it and realized it was true, so she hurriedly stepped back half a step, bowed, and apologized: "It was this Junior who misunderstood!"

Zhou Qingwei ignored An Yunmiao and instead looked at Liu Xuan with a chuckle. "Little Friend Liu, it is fine if you do not want to go to the Central Plains with me for now. We can discuss the Dao of Artifact Refining, right?"

After Zhou Qingwei left last time, he could not help but carefully study the great sun flying boat again, as well as many Magical Artifacts produced by the Liu Family Artifact Refining Workshop. The more he looked, the more exquisite he found them; many places gave him inspiration he had not had before.

Therefore, he came to Great Sun City specifically this time just to see what level Liu Xuan was actually at, and where he learned so many novel methods.