The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife

Chapter 294: Chapter 154: Foolish Child

"Because I have had my suspicions about her for a long time, over the past few months, I have continuously been using the power of the Li’an Demon Sect to secretly investigate all the information related to her, and now I finally have some clues."

"Before coming on this trip, I was already prepared with two plans. If today, by using the power of the demonic fetus, I still couldn’t hear Haitang’s inner thoughts, then I would choose to reveal this secret to prove my words."

More secrets? The guests were quite surprised. To be honest, it seemed like today’s wedding couldn’t be completed.

The faces of the Daoist Palace cultivators didn’t look good. The faces of the cultivators from the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion and the Gu family were even more awkward and uneasy. They wanted to stop Qingqing from continuing to speak, but they had no justifiable reason, nor did they dare to act recklessly.

Chu Xuan stared intently at Qingqing, waiting for her to reveal the final secret.

Gu Haitang’s face was filled with despair. She vaguely guessed what Qingqing wanted to say.

They heard Qingqing solemnly say, "Gu Haitang’s surname isn’t even Gu!"

"That’s right, Chu Xuan, she’s hiding even this most basic fact from you. Her surname is Shangguan, and her backing cultivation family isn’t the Gu family, but the Shangguan family!"

"Correct, the Shangguan family is the descendant of the former Profound Celestial Sect. Their ancestor is the former [Profound Silence True Monarch] Shangguan Yu."

"After leading the righteous cultivators to besiege and kill the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable in the Land of Demon Destruction, Shangguan Yu avenged his great enmity, resolved his heart’s burden, and ascended during tribulation."

"But the Profound Celestial Sect still existed, and their members suffered heavy casualties in three wars between righteousness and evil, with their vitality greatly damaged. Once the sect leader was gone, they simply disbanded the sect and became the reclusive Shangguan family."

"In the old days, when the Profound Celestial Sect was still around, they were allied with the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion. Even after the Shangguan family retired, the two sides still maintained contact and secretly collaborated."

"In fact, the current status of the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion owes much to the Shangguan family’s clandestine assistance."

"That being the case, it was completely natural for the Shangguan family to send Shangguan Haitang to cultivate at Purple Heaven."

Qingqing looked towards the upper seat and asked, "I dare ask Master of the Floating Clouds, before this marriage could succeed, did the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion or the Shangguan family ever reveal the truth to you?!"

The Master of the Floating Clouds remained silent, and the faces of the Daoist Palace masters looked even more unpleasant.

Several members of the Shangguan family shook their heads repeatedly, while Jade Mingzi sighed deeply.

He had long wanted to speak up, but the clan elders of the Shangguan family clung to their old ways, claiming it was the clan rule passed down by the ancestor, instructing them to act secretly and not to easily expose their existence, insisting that Purple Heaven keep their secret.

They even said they would personally visit and explain it to the Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace in the future, but the result was just...

Hearing this, Chu Xuan fully understood who the demon the Shangguan family was scheming against was.

He had held back his tumultuous emotions the entire time, forcing himself to endure, no matter how painful or sad, swallowing his broken teeth with the blood.

Only because today countless people were watching, he didn’t want to cause too ugly a scene and disgrace the sect.

At this moment, Chu Xuan finally shed tears, covering his face, crying and laughing at the same time.

"Good, good! What a Shangguan family, what a Shangguan Haitang."

His voice was choked, like the wailing of the cold monkey and the dark bird.

Seeing this, Jiang Yiyi, the junior sister, the junior brother, and others close to Chu Xuan showed worried expressions.

Primordial Monarch Taixu also sighed lowly, who knows what he was thinking.

Gu Haitang, no, Shangguan Haitang, felt nothing in all her nightmares was as terrifying as today’s events.

She cried, shaking her head, murmuring, "Chu Xuan, I love you, I really never wanted to hurt you, please trust me this once."

Qingqing made her final strike, shouting:

"Shangguan Haitang, do you dare to swear to the heavens that you’re not part of the Shangguan family?"

"Do you dare to swear to the heavens that you never deceived Chu Xuan?"

"Do you dare to swear to the heavens that you never passed on Chu Xuan’s information to your family?"

"I, I..." Gu Haitang gritted her teeth and said to Chu Xuan, "Although I did those things, I didn’t..."

Chu Xuan, still in tears, lowered his right hand, his eyes red, trying to release his left hand which was tightly grasped by Gu Haitang.

Gu Haitang was almost on her knees, begging, "Chu Xuan, don’t let go of my hand."

But Chu Xuan coldly pried her fingers open, one by one.

Even when he was stabbed by Qingqing with a sword through the heart, Chu Xuan wasn’t in as much pain as now.

All along, he believed Haitang truly loved him, with an unconditional love.

Until now, Chu Xuan truly felt the taste of being betrayed by the one he loved most.

Their relationship from the start was a plot, and now with the truth revealed, he felt a chill to the bone, wondering if his existence had already been exposed to the Shangguan family.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, Chu Xuan," Gu Haitang knelt on the ground, sobbing, "I should have told you all this sooner."

"Please, trust me one more time."

Chu Xuan gave a sorrowful smile, "For you, senior sister apologized to me, and I ruthlessly rejected her feelings, but what did you repay me with?"

"For you, Qingqing begged me for forgiveness, yet I cruelly refused her, not even looking back, but what did you repay me with?"

"For you, I was willing to cut ties with other women, determining to love only you in this life, but what did you repay me with?"

"I trusted you immensely; I believed you gave me the same trust, but you kept deceiving me, even betraying me, time and again, and you still want me to believe you now?"