Volume 1: The Decline of the Yue Family Chapter 73: Forced Marriage [Please collect and recommend]

  Yue Cheng remembered that the last time he saw Yi Qian, she was at the Three-Star Dou Ling level. Two years had passed, and under the nurturing of Qing Yang Men, her cultivation should have improved rapidly as well. Perhaps she was already at the Six-Star or Seven-Star Dou Ling level now.

  Although Yue Cheng now has the power to contend with six-star and seven-star Dou Ling, there is still a year left, and it's possible that Yi Qian will break through to the Dou Wang cultivation, and what Yue Cheng wants is not just to have the power to contend, but to be able to defeat Yi Qian and avenge his deceased brother, as well as regain face for the Yue family.

  Yue Cheng plans to break through to the fetal breath period as soon as possible, refine a few magical artifacts he used before, and defeat Yi Qian with the magical artifacts, which won't be difficult.

  "Yue Cheng, you seem to have deceived another woman's heart, how shameless and despicable." A soft voice echoed in Yue Cheng's mind, it was the long-absent Yao Xuan.

  "What? You're awake. By the time you recover your physical body, I'll definitely be the first to shamelessly take advantage of you." Yue Cheng's divine sense replied.

  "Downstream." Yu Xuan said with a hint of resentment: "This should be Zuosheng Island of the Gemini Sea, right?"

  Yue Cheng didn't pay much attention to Yao Xuan's words and said, "That's right, this is Zuo Xing Island."

  "Ah..." Yao Xuan let out a soft sigh, the depths of the Double Sea Domain was her home. She had thought that returning to her family would provide a way for her to heal her injuries, but now she only had her soul left. If she were to return to her family in this state, it would be dangerous instead. Her clansmen who didn't submit to her would definitely take the opportunity to harm her. Thinking of all this, Yao Xuan couldn't help but feel a little downhearted.

  "What's wrong?" Yue Cheng couldn't help but ask, feeling Ya Xuan's loss. Even the usually hot-tempered Ya Xuan had moments of loss.

  "It's nothing, just thinking of some things, by the way, I've had a question for you all along." You Xuan said.

  Yue Cheng said, "What's the problem, ask away." As for Yao Xuan, Yue Cheng was no longer as guarded as he had been initially. With his own cultivation entering the late stage of the Open Bright period, Yue Cheng was confident that he now had enough spiritual energy to contend with Yao Xuan. If they were to compare their spiritual energies again, he wouldn't be afraid anymore.

  "I sense that the aura around you is quite unusual, and your body also seems to be special. What kind of aura have you been cultivating?" Yao Xuan asked Yue Cheng with a puzzled expression.

  Yao Xuan was hidden in Yue Cheng's mind, so she naturally had more contact with Yue Cheng than others. She had never met anyone with such a strange aura before, and she could also feel that Yue Cheng's body was exceptionally special.

  Yao Xuan didn't know that Yue Cheng's cultivation was not based on the Dou Qi of this world, so she naturally couldn't recognize it. Moreover, Yue Cheng's physique had been transformed by the pure blood of the Dragon Emperor's Vein, and his physical strength was far more powerful than that of ordinary magical beasts.

  "I said it, but you won't understand. Maybe later you'll know." Yue Cheng didn't know how to explain to Yao Xuan either, and he believed that for the time being, it couldn't be explained anyway. After all, true energy and cultivators were too unfamiliar to this world.

  "Hmph" You Xuan snorted at Yue Cheng in a bad mood, then continued to cultivate in his mind. She had to hurry up and recover her spiritual power to evolve.

  The next day, Yue Cheng was practicing when a maid from the Sima family knocked on his door and said that Sima Changping had invited him to the main hall to discuss some matters.

  "It can't be that I'm going to marry Sima Yanran, right?" Yue Cheng thought to himself before tidying up his attire and hurrying to the main hall.

  When Yue Cheng arrived at the hall, he found that the hall of the Sima family was filled with people, many more than usual when something happened. Moreover, these people seemed to be all direct descendants of the Sima family, and many of Sima Yanran's elders were also present.

  As soon as Yue Cheng arrived at the hall, he was warmly pulled by Sima Changping to sit beside him. With Yue Cheng's current status, sitting next to Sima Changping didn't receive any opposition or dissatisfaction from anyone, including the two elders who initially opposed Yue Cheng and Sima Yanran, who now wore a hypocritical smile on their faces.

  After sitting down, Yue Cheng felt that everyone was sizing him up, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Sima Yanran who was sitting not far away, only to see Sima Yanran also looking at him with a red face. Yue Cheng felt that things were getting stranger and stranger, as if something was related to him.

  Yue Cheng's guess was surprisingly correct, and then Sima Changping's next words almost made Yue Cheng jump in surprise. It turned out that Sima Changping really wanted Yue Cheng and Sima Yanran to get married as soon as possible. This is not surprising, now Yue Cheng is the object of pursuit for many young women, Sima Changping was afraid that if they delayed, something would change, so he convened a family meeting, and everyone in the family unanimously agreed to let the two get married as soon as possible. And Sima Changping still didn't know that Yue Cheng and Sima Yanran were fake.

  "This, Uncle, means that..." Yue Cheng looked at Sima Yanran with a sly gaze. Although Yue Cheng also liked Sima Yanran, but to get married now, Yue Cheng hadn't even thought about it. Liking someone was one thing, getting married was another matter altogether.

  "Yanran, what's your own opinion?" Sima Changping asked Sima Yanran, he had only discussed with the family members and forgot to ask his daughter's opinion.

  “Th...” Sima Yan was speechless for half a day, her face becoming even redder. In front of the whole family, she couldn't reveal the truth, and involuntarily glanced at Yue Cheng before saying: “Father, I've already discussed it with Yue Cheng, let's just do as he says.”

  Sima Yanran had no choice but to kick the ball back to Yue Cheng. Originally, Yue Cheng didn't know how to answer Sima Changping, so he let Sima Yanran speak, but now this difficult problem was back on his own shoulders, and he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

  Yue Cheng looked at Sima Yanran, who had already lowered her head, and thought to himself: "Such a beautiful woman can't be rejected outright, but I don't want to really get married either. I need to think of a good idea."

  "Uncle, it's like this, Yanyan and I have discussed it and we've decided to get married after I graduate from the Douqi Academy," said Yue Cheng.

  Yue Cheng thought for a long time and didn't know how to answer, so this difficult problem was pushed onto the Dou Qi Academy again. Yue Cheng suddenly discovered that the name of the Dou Qi Academy was very useful.

  Upon hearing Yue Cheng's response, Sima Yan felt worried that Yue Cheng would agree to get married immediately in front of her family members. If that were the case, she really wouldn't know what to do and might even have to pretend to be true. However, after hearing that Yue Cheng didn't take advantage of the situation to make things difficult for her, Sima Yan felt inexplicably disappointed.

  "It turns out that you can actually get married first." Sima Changping and the members of the Sima family also felt a little disappointed when they heard Yue Cheng's answer. If this dragged on for too long, what if Yue Cheng changed his mind? A good son-in-law like him wouldn't be easy to find.

  "Uncle, this is what Yanyan and I have agreed on. After graduation, we will get married immediately. Yanyan, isn't that right?" Yue Cheng said to Sima Changping, then looked at Sima Yanyan with a serious face on purpose.

  "Yes, Father, after Yuexin graduates, we will get married right away." Sima Yanran could only say this to Sima Changping.

  "By the way, Uncle, I was thinking of returning to Dou Qi Academy in these two days." Yue Cheng said to Sima Changping, he was looking for an opportunity to bid farewell to Sima Changping.

  Simen Changping heard that Yue Cheng was about to leave and felt a little reluctant, saying: "What's the hurry? Can't you stay for a while longer?"

  Yue Cheng replied: "The leave I requested from the college is almost up, so I can only return to the college first."

  When she heard Yue Cheng say that he was leaving, Sima Yanran couldn't help but look at him, her eyes filled with a complex gaze, and the disappointment in her heart grew even more intense.

  "Yue Cheng, in a few days it will be the time for the Deep Sea to open. Recently, all the alchemists have come to Zuoxing Island, some are here for the Alchemist Grand Prix, and most of them are here for the Deep Sea. It seems like a pity that you're hurrying back to Douqi Academy." Sima Changping said with some regret.

  "When is the deep sea open?" Yue Cheng was puzzled, and it was actually something that no one had ever mentioned to him before.

  "You don't know about the Deep Sea Opening, do you?" Looking at Yue Cheng's puzzled expression, Sima Changping was somewhat astonished. Such a big thing as the Deep Sea Opening and there are still people who don't know about it. The outsiders left on Zuoxing Island are all waiting for the Deep Sea Opening, so they can make a good profit when the time comes.

  "Uncle, I really haven't heard of anything about the deep sea," said Yue Cheng, seeing Sima Changping's reaction, Yue Cheng felt that this deep sea seemed to be not so simple.

  Simachangping said: "The Deep Sea and the Alchemist Competition are both held once every ten years, with the Deep Sea opening half a month after the Alchemist Competition." He paused for a moment before continuing, "The Deep Sea is actually an endless sea area on the left side of Zuoxing Island. Normally, some Dou Masters, Alchemists, and Mages can only hunt sea monsters in the outer sea areas because the monsters in the Deep Sea are too powerful, with even some sixth-grade monsters inside."

  "In the depths of the ocean, there are countless precious medicinal materials and treasures. However, inside also live powerful magical beasts. Every year, numerous alchemists, martial artists, and magicians lose their lives in the deep sea. Later on, the Lingjing Sect isolated the deep sea and decreed that it would only be opened once every ten years." said Sima Changping.

  Yue Cheng listened to Sima Changping tell the story of the deep sea, but didn't carefully figure out the specific situation. He only heard that there were countless precious medicinal materials and treasures inside, which was what interested Yue Cheng the most. What Yue Cheng lacked right now was precisely medicinal materials and treasures.

  In a week, it will be the day when the Deep Sea is open, and the opening time is half a year. Yue Cheng calculated that he still had one year left for his three-year appointment with Qingyang Gate, which was just enough to rush back in half a year. So, Yue Cheng decided to take a look at what kind of demon beast was in the sea.

  After leaving the main hall of the Sima family, Yue Cheng went out to investigate the specific situation of the deep sea. Although he heard Sima Changping say it once, he still didn't quite understand. Since he decided to go to the deep sea, it would be better to get a clearer understanding of the deep sea.