Miss Ouyang stroked his face and said with justified pride, "I've taken a fancy to you. I'm going to marry you into my family."
Chongming quickly replied, "No way. Marriage is a major event and can't be decided casually. Besides, there's no affection between us..."
Miss Ouyang flexed her wrists, and the joints cracked, sending shivers down one's spine.
She said haughtily, "Now there's a strict investigation on people with unknown identities. Since you can't produce your travel permit, you'll be detained. Fortunately, I saved you. It's not too much for you to marry me to repay the favor of saving your life, is it?"
Chongming shook his head repeatedly. "No. If I had known I'd have to marry you, I wouldn't have entered this city."
Miss Ouyang decided to tempt him with benefits. "My Ouyang family is one of the immortal - cultivating families here. We won't treat you badly. And there's faint spiritual energy around your body. I guess you're a cultivator who was injured in a battle. If you marry into my family, I'll give you a lot of nourishing spiritual pills, which you can't get elsewhere."
Chongming was both amused and exasperated. "Please behave yourself, miss. I already have someone I love."
Miss Ouyang's face changed. "You won't accept a toast but ask for a forfeit. Men, tie him up and throw him into the woodshed."
At this moment, a short and fat middle - aged man rushed out in a hurry, beaming with joy. "Daughter, you've always had high standards. Now that you've finally taken a fancy to someone, don't let him get away."
He directly took out a talisman and pasted it on Chongming's forehead.
Caught off guard, Chongming was hit, and his eyes became dull.
Miss Ouyang couldn't help asking, "Dad, what's this?"
Master Ouyang laughed heartily. "This is a puppet talisman I bought. I saw spiritual fluctuations on this kid. I'm afraid he'll run away if we lock him in the woodshed. But after pasting the talisman, he'll be our puppet, and we can do whatever we want with him."
Miss Ouyang put her arm around Chongming's waist and pinched his face. She said reluctantly, "I want him alive for the wedding night. I don't want him to be so dull and stupid."
Master Ouyang smiled brightly. "Okay, okay, okay. I'll listen to you. We'd better not delay. You two will consummate the marriage tonight."
In the evening, Yaohua appeared in Green City. Just as she was about to further trace her master's aura, she heard the sounds of suona and firecrackers nearby.
From the discussions of passers - by, it seemed that a local big family was holding a wedding.
An inexplicable uneasiness welled up in her heart. She followed the aura into the Ouyang family and was shocked by what she saw.
The woman in the wedding dress was wearing a phoenix coronet and a red shawl, with a red silk in her hand.
At the other end of the silk was a man of peerless beauty. There was a talisman pasted on his forehead, and he was about to bow with a vacant look in his eyes. It was Chongming!
"First, bow to Heaven and Earth!"
The master of ceremonies sang.
Yaohua wanted to step forward to stop them. Looking at the puppet fluctuations emitted from the talisman on Chongming's forehead, her mind raced.
If she made a hasty move, the person behind the scenes might control Chongming and use him to blackmail her. So she had to let Chongming get rid of the puppet talisman first.
Miss Ouyang bent down happily and controlled Chongming to perform the ceremony.
A look of painful struggle appeared on Chongming's face. But how could a mortal body resist the power of the talisman? He could only bend down inch by inch in despair.
"Wait!" Yaohua stepped forward. "I don't agree to this marriage."
As she said this, her tears flowed instantly, looking extremely pitiful.
Everyone present was startled by her shout.
Taking this opportunity, she rushed in front of Chongming and quickly tore off the talisman. "You heartless scoundrel. Didn't you promise to come back and marry me? Why are you getting married to someone else?"
Master Ouyang didn't expect someone to disrupt the wedding. After a brief moment of stupefaction, he winked at the people around him. "Hurry up and drag this troublemaker out!"
No one could ruin his daughter's wedding!
The servants swarmed forward, looking fierce and trying to drag Yaohua away.
Yaohua's expression changed. "Who dares?"
The aura of the Phoenix bloodline was released. Ordinary people who had never practiced were directly crushed to the ground by this pressure.
After the talisman was removed, Chongming regained his senses.
He held her hand. "Don't worry. I'll only marry you."
Yaohua had only shouted that to confuse people. Now seeing him answer seriously, her cheeks flushed slightly.
"How dare you flirt on my wedding day?" Miss Ouyang lifted her red veil, her eyes full of anger. "You're just small cultivators. How dare you provoke my Ouyang family? Men, attack!"
She didn't care about the identity, status, or marital status of the man she had forcibly snatched. As long as he was good - looking, it was enough.
Several cultivators stepped forward at her order, and she herself took out a statue. "Immortal Qingyun, please step forward and help your disciple eliminate the demons!"
Yaohua just waved her sleeve, and those cultivators fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Master Ouyang couldn't help being a little scared. He stammered and threatened, "My daughter is the closed - door disciple of Immortal Qingyun. If you dare to disrupt her wedding, you're doomed."
Chongming's face darkened. "I'd like to see what kind of background this Immortal Qingyun has and how he disciplines his disciple!"
"You have a big mouth." Miss Ouyang said disdainfully. "Do you think you can judge my master at will?"
A faint shadow slowly emerged from the statue. "Who dares to offend my disciple?"
The shadow had white hair and a long beard, looking full of immortal aura. As he spoke, he slowly opened his eyes. But when he saw Yaohua and Chongming, his words suddenly stopped.
He stammered, "God Chongming? Why are you here?"
Yaohua sneered. "I was wondering who Immortal Qingyun was. It turns out you're the guardian of the Library Pavilion back then. After the Demon Rebellion, everyone thought you were dead, but you've become a local tyrant here and even allowed your disciple to forcibly snatch a man!"
Immortal Qingyun was stunned.
His disciple had actually tried to snatch God Chongming?
Miss Ouyang was also stunned. All along, the image of Immortal Qingyun in her eyes had been extremely lofty. But now, that image was completely shattered!
She couldn't help asking, "Master, do these two have a great background? Why are you so scared?"
Immortal Qingyun glared at her fiercely, cursing inwardly. "Please forgive us, two lords. I'll surely discipline my disciple well in the future."
Yaohua was about to say something else, but Chongming waved his hand to stop her. "Forgive others when you can."
She could only stamp her foot angrily. She pinched a spell in her hand, and spiritual power burst out. Everyone was shaken to the ground by this wave of energy, and then she and Chongming disappeared without a trace.
The two landed on a nearby mountain peak. Below the mountain, there were small bridges and flowing water, and on the mountain, there were pine, bamboo, and cypress trees. It was extremely beautiful and peaceful.
Yaohua asked anxiously, "Chongming, why did you appear at the Ouyang family's wedding?"
With his cultivation, it should have been easy for him to break free from that ordinary talisman. But now he was completely like an ordinary person, which worried her very much.