4 Plans
Just like that, the ceremony between the marriage of Xia Qingyue and Xiao Che has ended. No one liked it so things quickly went back to normal.
Although no one liked it, they couldn't exactly oppose it. This is between people who play an important role in their city, compared to them, their opinions are irrelevant.
Of course, there are still people who think otherwise.
"It's nice to see you here, Fairy Xia." Xiao Tulong greeted the bride.
He was the one who poisoned Xiao Che but unfortunately, it didn't work and the wedding still continued.
This made him despair. How could that trash marry Xia Qingyue? Only he, Xiao Yulong, is worthy of her!
Just because their marriage happened, it didn't stop him. In his view, Xiao Che is still trash and it'll only be a matter of time before Xia Qingyue will become his.
That's why he's here now. After seeing that Xia Qingyue was practicing alone, he immediately approached her with the intent of wooing her.
"Xiao Che is not here. Please leave." Xia Qingyue said coldly and turned around.
After experiencing Jiao Heng's strength yesterday, she decided to put her mind to practicing again.
Although she was suppressing her cultivation base, she believes that she wouldn't go down that easily, especially against someone from a Nascent Profound Realm.
She, who was in a True Profound Realm, was suppressed? She can't believe it!
It only means one thing, Jiao Heng is stronger than what his cultivation tells.
Coming to this conclusion, she wants to continue her practice as soon as possible.
"Hahaha, I'm not looking for Xiao Che…" Xiao Yulong pretended to laugh.
"Please leave."
'It seems that I need to get a little forceful.' Hearing this, Xiao Yulong was angry.
"Fairy Xia, how about a little spar?" He didn't wait for her to answer and immediately jumped forward with the intent to touch her.
Xia Qingyue only looked at him coldly before waving her hand.
*Slap*
A chilling air entered his body before a palm hit his face, sending him down the ground.
*Bang*
"W-What?" Touching his face, Xiao Yulong's eyes landed on the palm that just slapped him.
'Impossible! How could she beat me? I'm at the 3rd level of the Nascent Profound Realm, two levels above her.' He thought in shock.
He may have been holding back but he shouldn't be defeated that easily.
"If there's nothing else, please leave." Xia Qingyue didn't even look at him and said,
"Hehehe, I was holding back just now. Let me show you my true power, Fairy Xia." Xiao Yulong felt humiliated.
As he was gathering his profound energy, Xiao Yulong heard a voice behind him.
"Ah, there you are. Xia Qingyue, right? Let's fight." Xiao Yulong turned around in anger. Who dares interrupt him?!
"Who are you? Do you know that you are bothering us?!" Xiao Yulong didn't even wait for the person to answer before jumping at him.
Anyway, it's also a way for him to vent about the previous loss he had from Xia Qingyue.
Maybe she will get impressed once she sees his true strength.
"Huh?" Looking at the person jumping at him, Jiao Heng was dumbfounded.
Who's this guy?
"Don't know you so…" Jiao Heng side stepped in order to avoid his attack before grabbing his face and slamming him to the ground.
"Ugh…." Xiao Yulong didn't even realize what happened and passed out.
"Sigh…" Looking at the random dude he didn't know, Jiao Heng sighed before turning his attention back to Xia Qingyue.
Xia Qingyue narrowed her eyes after seeing this. She barely saw what happened. As Xiao Yulong was getting closer, she saw him grabbing his face before he was slammed into the ground.
This just confirms her suspicion, Xiao Yulong is a cultivator from 3rd Stage of Nascent Profound Realm but got beaten by someone who was supposed to be only at 1st level of the same stage.
He is also hiding his strength, she thought.
"What do you want?" She asked, a little curious.
"I already said didn't I? I want to fight. Surely, surely you also want to avenge your previous loss no?"
Aside from testing his strength, Jiao Heng is also planning to create some connection with her.
Who knows, it might be useful later on.
Xia Qingyue was about to refuse but remembering what happened, she gritted her teeth before nodding.
Jiao Heng didn't see her frustrated expression due to her veil but seeing that she nodded, he backed away slightly before putting a stance.
Xia Qingyue did the same and is planning on using her full strength immediately.
After seeing his performance against Xiao Yulong, she thought that he must be on the same level as her.
He looks only a few years older than her. In their sect, she's already a rare talent at sixteen years of age.
It wouldn't be strange if he's on the Late Stages of Nascent Profound Realm, or even True Profound Realm.
Seeing this, Jiao Heng was mildly surprised. It seems that she won't be arrogant in this fight.
He gave a faint smile before rushing forward.
Time to test his new skills.
—
"I wonder what my wife is doing." Xiao Che muttered while holding a basket.
After waking up, he immediately goes back to their room only to be caught by his wife.
He explained what happened but she didn't say anything much and just left.
Of course, he could tell that something is wrong with his wife.
Upon this realization, Xiao Che is now on his way to appease her.
After arriving at where his wife is cultivating, he saw something completely unexpected.
"Brother Heng?" Xiao Che exclaimed.
Both Jiao Heng and Xia Qingyue are now in an ambiguous position that he's not familiar with.
One thing is for sure though, his wife is not enjoying it.
—
Few minutes earlier.
After Jiao Heng rushed forward, Xia Qingyue surrounded herself with cold energy with the intent of intercepting him.
She witnessed his speed yesterday, in her view, the best way to quickly take him down is to meet him head on.
Jiao Heng snorted seeing this and did a front flip before slamming his leg on her.
*Bang!*
Her jade hands met his energy infused leg which made her staggered a bit.
Seeing this, Jiao Heng didn't waste any time before grabbing her shoulder and did another flying armbar on her.
*Thud*
"Y-You..!" Xia Qingyue was quickly put down on the ground.
She tried standing up but to no avail, his weight makes her helpless.
As she was about to explode all her energy, she heard a familiar voice calling her.
"Qingyue!"
"Oops." Hearing Xiao Che's voice, Jiao Heng muttered before letting go of Xia Qingyue.
"Brother Heng, what are you doing?!" 'Xiao' Che stood in front of his wife as if protecting her.
As if because he really can't protect her from Jiao Heng.
"It's just a spar, you can ask her." Jiao Heng shrugged.
"Qingyue, is that true?" 'Xiao' Che turned to his wife and asked with concern.
Instead of answering him, Xia Qingyue just stood up and walked to Jiao Heng.
"H-How? You were not this strong before. How did you do it?" She asked in surprise, the veil that had been covering her face earlier had been lost in their battle.
She already fought him and suspected that he should be at the later stage of Nascent Profound Realm.
Even so, she shouldn't lose that quickly, especially to the same move twice.
Xiao Che looked at his wife dumbfounded. His wife has always been cold, even to him. This is his first time seeing her with such a surprised expression.
"I guess I'm just talented." Jiao Heng looked at his nails and said casually.
Although his current cultivation level is at 3rd Stage of Nascent Profound Realm, with the help of the secrets, his combat prowess is far above it.
In his estimation, he could fight with late stage True Profound Realm with no problems.
Xia Qingyue couldn't find a way to refute that.
"How old are you?"
"18,"
Xia Qingyue blinked after hearing that. That's… surprised her even more. She didn't feel that he's lying.
She stood there for a few seconds before walking back to her inn. This was a psychological blow to her.
"Hey, are you alright?" Jiao Heng felt strange seeing her like that so he asked.
Xia Qingyue looked at him for a few moments before nodding. She still finds it unbelievable.
Seeing that he didn't ask any questions, Xia Qingyue continued walking away. This fight and losing two times to the same person made her realize the difference between the sky and the earth.
Ever since her mother left, she only had one goal and that is to find her.
Maybe it's because she didn't practice enough?
Shaking these thoughts out of her head, Xia Qingyue went back to continuing her practice.
Seeing that there's nothing to do anymore, Jiao Heng also left the area to continue practicing.
He's now at 3rd level of Nascent Profound Realm, it won't be long before he reaches True Profound Realm.
Meanwhile, Xiao Che was just left there, still holding his basket.
What just happened?
—
"Hmm, what weapon should I use?" After leaving, Jiao Heng came back to the courtyard and pondered.
As a normal person, he once fantasized about wielding a weapon and sweeping through the battlefield.
So of course he'll use a weapon.
Originally, he was also planning on following the Heavy Sword path.
The combination of its size and weight is good to deal with his enemies, whether it's offense or defense.
Due to his physique however, he suppressed this idea.
Unlike Yun Che who has both the physique of the Great Way of the Buddha and Dragon God, he has none of it.
He could also try to clear the Dragon God trials but it still depends if his theory is true or not.
Back then, he had questions about how no one managed to get the Dragon God Legacy despite it being there for thousands of years.
Surely someone would be acknowledged?
But no, no one was chosen until Yun Che.
This is not just for the Dragon God but even the Phoenix God trials.
You punished your descendants for years just because they made a slight mistake but acknowledge someone who killed millions of people due to his revenge righteous?
Worst part is that they are just collateral damage and have nothing to do about the people who killed Yun Che's master.
In short, they were innocent.
Just because of what? Yun Che let his lover who he sexually abused and tormented kill him?
No matter how you look at it, there's an obvious bias about how the divine spirits choose their successors.
In this case, it must be the successor of the Heretic God.
Not strange considering their relationship. Count the bullshit prophecy about the saviour of the Primal Chaos and the Ancestral Goddess' scheme, it's obvious that the world will favor Yun Che.
This is something that he doesn't have. Even if he takes the Heavy Sword path, he would need to find a way to improve his physique or else the weapon will just do more harm than good.
As for the Great Way of the Buddha, he already thought of ways to get it. Since he didn't have the Sky Poison Pearl, he couldn't make any relevant connections with Jasmine.
He could try to kill Yun Che and steal the Sky Poison Pearl but can he really do it? If he survived, which he has a 90% chance of doing, he'll make an unnecessary enemy.
It's not Yun Che that he was wary but Jasmine. If he showed any malicious intent towards him, the Star God Princess might retaliate for the sake of protecting her host.
This is ignoring his bullshit luck bestowed by the Mirror of Samsara.
Fortunately, he didn't need to kill Yun Che, he already thought of a way to establish a connection with her while also finding a way to sever their connection.
Bribery.
Jasmine now lacks a body, and he knows where the locations of the things she needs to build one.
If he can contact her and exchange favors for those things, then it would be really useful to his side.
A Divine Master backing him up.
"Why am I even thinking this? Jasmine is not even awake yet." Jiao Heng shook his head to clear his mind.
This is one of his flaws, he over thinks a lot.
He didn't know if it would be useful but more often than not, he tends to find things that are not favorable to him.
Well, that's back home. In this world, he has the freedom to do what he pleases as long as he has enough strength.
"What a wonderful world." Jiao Heng took a deep breath and looked far away. Compared to the restrictions in his old world, the money, academics, rules, laws. This world is obviously better.
This is the thing he desires the most.
Freedom.
"Maybe that's why I'm here? Because I'm sick of my life?" He said bitterly. He was quite the achiever but it didn't make him happy.
The more he achieves things, the more pressure he feels and the more he needs to work harder.
That's why he also loves reading fictional tales. Even for just a moment, he could see freedom from the perspective of the protagonists.
"Unfortunately, I'm not a protagonist. Then again, in our life, we are the protagonist of our own story, but we are also the side characters to others as well." Remembering a quote from a book he read, Jiao Heng chuckled.
That's right. Who cares if he's not the protagonist? As long as he's free, he does not need it.
Especially in this world, being a protagonist just gives you misery.
Standing up, Jiao Heng stood up to go outside the city. He remembers that one of the things Jasmine needs is just near the Floating Cloud City.
Now is the best time to grab it.
