Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 229 168: Take Them All

"Just as I thought..."

Ling Changqing muttered to himself.

'The Yu siblings must have already guessed my identity. They're just not exposing me on the spot to maintain secrecy.'

'They know, and I know they know. So, Yu Qingyang's proposal is basically forcing a showdown.'

'If I refuse, it's hard to say what will happen next.'

'The Yu siblings might not make things difficult for me, but I can forget about leaving Dragon Soul Valley this easily.'

'Never mind the Female Cultivators from the Liuying Family; the Cultivators from the other seven powers all have their own designs on me.'

'Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for me to leave here alone and unscathed.'

"Fellow Daoist Wang?"

Yu Yalan's warm, voluptuous body leaned in, her large, limpid eyes fixed on him.

Ling Changqing glanced at her and smiled faintly.

"Sister Yalan, do you really want me to agree? If I do, then you and your sister will both be mine!"

A blush crept onto Yu Yalan's beautiful face, but she still summoned her courage to reply.

"If you're interested, Fellow Daoist, it's not out of the question... as long as you agree to stay with the Yu Family."

Yu Youqin leaned in as well, her delicate hand gently taking his arm. Her lovely face was bright red, and though she was too shy to speak, her actions said it all.

In the distance, the gazes of Flow Shadow Ice Cicada and Liu Ying Meng Luan grew even colder. The same was true for Mu Yunxiu, and even Tang Qingwan was no exception.

Although they didn't know what those two fox spirits were saying, their feminine intuition told them something bad was happening.

Ling Changqing sighed and replied via Divine Thought.

"So, you saw through me after all? Perhaps this is fate, then?"

"So... Fellow Daoist Ling Changqing, you're agreeing?"

Yu Yalan said, beaming.

From this unfamiliar Cultivator's heaven-defying display of Destiny, she had realized something was amiss.

No matter how powerful the Deep Sea Dragon Race was, it was impossible for them to have two heaven-blessed prodigies possessing great Destiny at the same time.

Therefore, this Dragon Race Cultivator using the alias Wang Chang'an was, in fact, the legendary Child of Destiny, Ling Changqing.

It was a classic case of searching high and low for something, only to stumble upon it without any effort.

"If I dared to refuse, wouldn't you all just take me back by force?"

"Of course we would!"

Yu Yalan said with a look that suggested it was only natural.

An unprecedented opportunity was right before her eyes. If she didn't seize it, was she supposed to just hand it over to someone else? Only an idiot would do that!

"Alright, then. It's a deal."

Ling Changqing gave the fishing rod in his hand a light tug and reeled in another piece of Quasi Rank Four Spirit Gold material.

Yu Yalan immediately let out a sigh of relief. She thought it would take much more persuasion, never expecting him to agree so decisively.

After quickly exchanging a few words with Yu Qingyang and Yu Youqin, a blushing Yu Yalan turned back to Ling Changqing and said:

"Since you've made your choice, Husband, then how about... we sign the marriage contract now?"

It wasn't her fault for being so eager. There were simply too many covetous eyes watching them. To prevent any complications that might arise from delays, it was best to finalize things as soon as possible.

"Now isn't a good time. If they see, they'll definitely get suspicious and try to stop us."

Ling Changqing said, shaking his head in refusal.

'Are you kidding me? I've already written a marriage contract for the Female Cultivators of the Liuying Family. If I do it again, how am I supposed to handle the fallout?'

'Besides, I'm just feigning compliance with them. As the proud, heaven-blessed ladies of the Nine Great Families, they would never agree to share a husband under normal circumstances.'

Yu Qingyang frowned. His gaze swept over the teams of Cultivators from the other families before he finally nodded.

"Fine. We can always take care of it after we leave here."

Yu Youqin thought for a moment, then undid her collar. She reached a delicate hand between her snowy peaks and pulled out a Golden Jade Pendant, still warm and carrying her scent.

Face flushed red, she secretly pressed the pendant into Ling Changqing's hand.

Yu Yalan followed suit, taking out a sachet she kept close to her body and giving it to Ling Changqing.

In exchange, the two of them took a pair of Jade Pendants from Ling Changqing's waist and the Jade Ring from his hand as keepsakes.

"Once things here in the Meteor Fall Abyss are settled, how are we going to get out of here?"

Ling Changqing asked. Given the current situation, leaving wouldn't be easy.

Yu Qingyang said, "That's not a problem. I've already contacted another group of our family's disciples and told them to hurry here as reinforcements."

As long as enough of their family's kinsmen showed up, they wouldn't have to worry about the Cultivators from those other families causing trouble.

Of course, if a fight did break out, sacrificing a group of their disciples would be a worthy price to pay, as long as they could get Ling Changqing safely to the Yu Family camp.

Ling Changqing nodded and said no more. 'This will do for now,' he thought. 'Once I've plundered all the opportunities here, I'll just slip away quietly.'

For the next two days, the Meteor Fall Abyss was deceptively calm, but a turbulent undercurrent flowed beneath the surface.

Two waves of reinforcements from the Yu Family arrived one after another, totaling over three hundred people.

A group of Female Cultivators from the Liuying Family also arrived. Combined with those already present, their total number now exceeded four hundred.

In addition, varying numbers of Cultivators from the Mu Family, the Feng Family, the Yu Family, and other families also arrived successively.

On more than one occasion, Female Cultivators from these family groups found excuses to secretly approach Ling Changqing, trying to strike up a conversation and subtly inquire about his background.

Others promised him all sorts of incredibly generous rewards, attempting to lure him into changing his allegiance.