"Brother Xiao Ming..."
As Xiao Ming felt surprised and puzzled, Su Qingyue's eyes turned slightly red upon hearing him call her name.
With a murmur, Su Qingyue couldn't suppress her emotions and impulsively threw herself into Xiao Ming's arms.
This scene left the onlookers dumbfounded.
"What the hell is going on?!"
"Isn't that Su Qingyue from Jade Maiden Peak? Why did she jump into Xiao Ming's arms?!"
"Damn it, why does she get to hug my treasure without any ladylike restraint? Let go of Xiao Ming and let me go first!"
"Hahaha, ladies, did you see that? This is how a real woman should act. If you see a man you like, just hug him. Don't be as reserved as a man."
"Damn, it's those little fairies again, always causing a scene here."
"Gousheng, get my seven-foot silver spear ready. I want to challenge these two weirdos and let them see if they're worthy!"
"Hiss, I remember now."
"That Su Qingyue is also from Liuyun City. Rumor has it she's Xiao Ming's fiancée and visited the Xiao family with her senior sister a few days ago."
"Who would've thought that the younger brother from Taiyi Sacred Land would want to inherit his brother's engagement and take Su Qingyue into his harem..."
"What the hell, inheriting an engagement?"
"Isn't it like, 'Don't look back, sister-in-law, I'm my brother's kind'? Xiao Ren is truly a beast!"
"......"
After a brief silence, the area around the mountain gate erupted in an uproar, with many disciples from the sacred land starting to gossip.
Upon learning about Su Qingyue and Xiao Ming's relationship, the uproar reached its peak in an instant.
Many female disciples began to slander Xiao Ming, angrily condemning him as a scumbag.
After all.
One moment he was being ambiguous with Feng Xianhuang, and the next he was enjoying the warmth of his fiancée.
If such a scumbag fell into their hands, they would make his life a living hell, forcing him to lean against the wall even to go to the bathroom at night!
Of course.
In the eyes of many male disciples.
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Xiao Ming was undoubtedly at the pinnacle of life, not only with monstrous cultivation and combat power but also with a cold junior sister and a gentle fiancée.
He even had a terrifyingly powerful and beautiful master.
This was the kind of support a man should have... ahem, I mean, the kind of backing!
"Ahem, aren't you two going a bit too far?"
Feeling the gazes around and hearing the strange remarks, Yun Ling couldn't help but cough dryly to remind the couple embracing in front of her.
"Girl, how come you're at Fuyou Sacred Land? Weren't you going to the Cangxuan Realm?"
Hearing Yun Ling's reminder, Xiao Ming pulled Su Qingyue away and asked with some confusion.
"It's a long story. Let's talk somewhere else..."
Su Qingyue smiled upon hearing this, her face slightly flushed as she took Xiao Ming's hand and happily headed towards Jade Maiden Peak.
Seeing this, Yun Ling couldn't help but shake her head and reluctantly followed with her movement technique.
"What?"
"The powerful figure who took you from your home was actually a deacon elder of the Nine Nether Demon Gate, intending to use you as a catalyst to refine the Taiyin Profound Pill?"
The group arrived at a pavilion halfway up Jade Maiden Peak. After hearing Su Qingyue recount the events, Xiao Ming's face showed shock and an uncontrollable killing intent.
Su Qingyue had a special constitution since childhood, with closed meridians that made it difficult to cultivate like normal people and would suffer from the backlash of yin energy from her meridians.
Even Tongtian realm experts were helpless in this situation.
Because forcibly sealing it would only lead to Su Qingyue's death.
Fortunately, the Xiao family and the Su family were old friends, and Xiao Ming had a good relationship with Su Qingyue since childhood.
At the age of ten.
Once, when Su Qingyue visited the Xiao family, she fainted from the yin energy backlash, and Xiao Ming used his pure yang power to help her neutralize the yin energy and resolve the crisis.
From that time on, Su Qingyue followed him around, saying she wanted to marry him when she grew up.
Hearing Su Qingyue's words back then, Su Yuanshan and Xiao Tiance, in a drunken moment at the banquet, arranged their engagement.
Over the years, Xiao Ming took good care of Su Qingyue, often using his pure yang power to suppress the backlash, gradually developing feelings for her.
But the pure yang power could only alleviate the backlash, not fundamentally solve the problem.
So the Su family had been seeking a solution for Su Qingyue over the years.
Until more than half a year ago.
Su Qingyue found Xiao Ming, saying a mysterious expert from the Cangxuan Realm's Xuanyin Sect had come to the Su family.
They had a way to completely cure her meridian issues, but she had to follow them to the Cangxuan Realm for three years of cultivation.
Xiao Ming didn't think much of it at the time, believing it to be a good thing.
Unexpectedly.
The mysterious expert who came to the Su family turned out to be a deacon of the Nine Nether Demon Gate, intending to use Su Qingyue as a catalyst for alchemy?!
"Yes, that day... I thought I was doomed, but then I met my master."
"My master killed that demon sect witch in a few moves, rescued me from the alchemy cave, and then took me as a disciple, bringing me to Fuyou Sacred Land."
"If it weren't for my master passing by that cave by chance, I might never have seen Brother Xiao Ming again."
Seeing Xiao Ming's shocked and murderous expression, Su Qingyue's face showed a hint of sweetness.
It seemed...
Even after having that junior sister, Brother Xiao Ming hadn't forgotten his childhood sweetheart.
Though he was a bit of a flirt, she was still very happy!
"Fortunately, you were blessed with good fortune; otherwise, I would have been heartbroken."
Xiao Ming smiled slightly upon hearing this, habitually patting Su Qingyue's head, feeling as if he had returned to more than half a year ago.
"Fortunately, Brother Xiao Ming was also blessed with good fortune; otherwise, Qingyue wouldn't be able to see you now."
Feeling Xiao Ming's head pat, Su Qingyue's expression turned complex.
This made Xiao Ming pause slightly.
Realizing that Su Qingyue was referring to his fallout with the Xiao family.
"I'm sorry, Brother Xiao Ming. When you broke with the Xiao family, Sister Yun Ling and I were about to find you. If we had arrived a bit earlier, maybe you wouldn't have felt so helpless..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Life is unpredictable, and who can foresee the future? Besides, I'm perfectly fine now, aren't I?"
Before Su Qingyue could finish, Xiao Ming waved his hand to interrupt her.
"Let's not talk about that."
"Who is your master at Fuyou Sacred Land? I should meet her sometime to thank her for saving you, little girl."
Afraid the atmosphere might become awkward, Xiao Ming immediately changed the subject.
This left Su Qingyue feeling a bit embarrassed, unsure of how to respond.
Because she suspected that Peak Master Ling Ruoxuan, her master's sister, might have something going on with Brother Xiao Ming.
If they met, something bad might happen.
"Her master... is me!"
Just as Su Qingyue was feeling conflicted, a voice rang out, and a figure appeared in the pavilion like a ghost.
This made Su Qingyue and Yun Ling's faces change, and Xiao Ming instinctively looked at the figure.
The next moment.
Xiao Ming's expression changed drastically, his pupils dilated, and he looked like he had seen a ghost.
"It's... it's you?!"
What the hell?
Su Qingyue's master was Ling Ruoxuan?!
Does that mean, before coming to Fuyou Sacred Land, he had slept with her master?!
"No, no!"
"They look very similar, but they're not the same!!"
"How am I supposed to explain this?!"
Realizing the person in front of him was slightly different from Ling Ruoxuan, Xiao Ming's mind was in chaos as he speculated internally.
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