Chapter 1217: Chapter 1217: I Want Her
"Is it him?"
Xiao Yi looked at that illusion, whispered in his heart, and then showed a look of realization on his face.
The surrounding guests mostly had a look of confusion.
Only the two old Family Heads and Mr. Qin instantly had faces as cold as frost.
"Yun Shang." The Old Master Guu gritted his teeth and said, "You haven’t forgotten this person yet?"
Mr. Qin’s face was as angry as a dark cloud, "Yun Shang, 20 years have passed, and you still can’t erase his shadow?"
"Tell me, how exactly am I inferior to him?"
Today’s wedding banquet has undoubtedly become a farce.
But Mr. Qin is already at the point of uncontrollable rage.
It was a kind of extreme anger that couldn’t be suppressed.
"In terms of family background, he is just a martial artist from a small region; while I am the son of the Family Head of the Qin family of the Four-direction Domain."
"In terms of talent, I have already stepped into the rank of Martial Arts Emperor; and as for him, humph, I’m not underestimating him, but he is probably still a waste, stuck in the Saint King Realm."
"As for you, for a full 20 years, I have never given up one bit, treating you consistently as always; and him? Disappearing without a trace, never returning, he’s just a coward."
"In what aspect am I inferior to him?"
Mr. Qin’s voice was hoarse and strained.
Each sentence seemed to be shouted with utmost force.
Yet, this hoarseness and pent-up resentment did not bring about any change in Guu Yunshang’s expression.
Her gentle face, pale as it was, carried a trace of a bitter smile.
"In every aspect...you’re not as good," Guu Yunshang slowly uttered a few words.
"You..." Mr. Qin glared, wanting to shout something, but Guu Yunshang spoke a few sentences first.
Guu Yunshang’s voice suddenly turned cold, "Since you secretly injured him and ruined his martial arts talent back then, you have become my enemy, Mr. Qin."
"You knew?" Mr. Qin’s face instantly showed surprise.
"Of course." Guu Yunshang’s gaze turned to the Old Master Guu, "I even know that it was my father who secretly helped Qin Zong."
Qin Zong, that is Mr. Qin’s given name.
"What?" The Old Master Guu’s pupils contracted.
"Heh." Guu Yunshang’s lips curved with a hint of pride, "So, afterwards, I also destroyed my own martial arts talent, forever trapped in the Saint King Realm."
"You..." The Old Master Guu’s face instantly filled with anger.
The formerly renowned Heavenly Talent even abandoned her gift, no wonder she has been stuck at the peak of Saint King Realm for many years.
"You... ugh." Qin Zong’s face flushed crimson, then he spewed a mouthful of blood, evidently from anger.
"20 years, a full 20 years, even if he is now a waste, I still can’t compare?"
"Hahaha, good, very good, well done, Liu Cangmang."
Qin Zong looked at the illusion, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Indeed, that illusion emerging from the jade pendant resembled Liu Cangmang.
No wonder Xiao Yi felt a sense of familiarity with this aura.
Liu Cangmang, once the number one Heavenly Talent of the Wind Saint Territory.
Xiao Yi had met him once in the Wind Saint Territory, but never saw him again, so naturally wasn’t that familiar with his aura.
However, after seeing the illusion’s face, he recognized it.
This illusion seemed much younger than when Xiao Yi last saw Liu Cangmang in the Wind Saint Territory.
But it was clearly Senior Liu Cangmang.
"If you are unwilling today, why did you agree to Father?" The Old Master Guu’s face was extremely complex.
Maybe anger, guilt, or exasperation...
"Heh." Guu Yunshang chuckled, "Since Father wanted an alliance marriage with the Qin family, he tried to persuade me with both emotion and reason, so I could only agree."
"The thing Father wants me to do, I have done today, but I will do what I have to do as well."
The promise to Father, naturally, meant the marriage to Qin Zong; what she had to do, was today’s self-infliction.
Guu Yunshang was smiling, but her face already bore a lifeless, desolate look.
"Not good." The Old Master Guu’s expression suddenly changed.
"Auntie." At this moment, Fang Muxue forcibly broke free from Xiao Yi’s restriction and hurried over.
The prohibition Xiao Yi set wasn’t very strong and hadn’t lasted long.
If not for this unexpected event just now, Guu Yunshang and Qin Zong’s bowing ceremony would have long been over.
"Auntie." Fang Muxue’s face was already stained with tears, "Didn’t you say you won’t wait for that person any longer?"
In her view, she would prefer Guu Yunshang not to wait for that person anymore, rather than go on a path of self-destruction.
"Yes, indeed I won’t wait any longer." Guu Yunshang let out a bitter laugh, "I will wait for no one."
Once the words fell, Guu Yunshang struck her heart gate with a palm.
Fang Muxue’s face instantly changed in shock.
"Hmm?" Xiao Yi furrowed his brow.
With keen reflexes, he grabbed Guu Yunshang’s wrist.
"You...you want to go back on your words?" Guu Yunshang’s eyes instantly turned cold, glaring at Xiao Yi.
The so-called reneging naturally referred to the promise Xiao Yi made earlier, that he wouldn’t save her a second time.
"No." Xiao Yi shook his head.
In fact, he already knew Guu Yunshang had the intent to die.
The jade pendant was just an ordinary one, containing a trace of primordial power, a speck of Liu Cangmang’s illusion.
Once the jade pendant was crushed, it was beyond repair.
When Guu Yunshang broke the jade pendant, it was akin to severing her hope of waiting, and her intent to die was born.
It is not to say that previously, Qin Zong was in an absolute rage, shouting.
Rather, it would be more accurate to say that it was Guu Yunshang, who had the intent to die long ago, endured for 20 years, waited in vain with deep sorrow, and erupted today regardless of consequences.
"Sigh." Xiao Yi sighed, "Senior Yun Shang, do you remember the word ’wait’ I mentioned."
"Waiting is heavy, pressing down a lifetime."
"But how do you know, the person you are waiting for is also finding it easy, better off than you."
"If you wish to wait, how do you know whether the person far away, whom you’re waiting for, is also waiting?"
"Waiting holds great weight, not pressing just one life, but the lives of two people."
"Waiting for what?" Guu Yunshang weakly asked.
Xiao Yi replied softly, "You wait for him, he might also be waiting for you."
"However, rather than waiting, I am more inclined to set out to seek."
Xiao Yi shook his head, sending a surge of primordial power into Guu Yunshang’s body.
"Your body is very weak, don’t speak anymore, and take a rest."
After saying this, Xiao Yi supported Guu Yunshang with one hand, and looked towards the Old Master Guu.
"Old Master Guu, you said earlier, whatever I need in the future, the Guu family would not refuse, does that still stand?" Xiao Yi asked.
"Of course." The Old Master Guu nodded.
"That’s good," Xiao Yi nodded, "I want her."
Xiao Yi said this, looking at Guu Yunshang.
"What?" The Old Master Guu’s eyes widened.
"Huh?" There was an uproar in the surroundings, followed by odd looks.
Fang Muxue and the maid both opened their mouths wide, their gazes at Xiao Yi somewhat strange.
Guu Yunshang, however, was momentarily stunned.
Qin Zong instantly burst into rage, his already flushed face turning black.
"Boy, what did you say? Are you looking for death?"
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First update.
