His hand began to wander again, touching and caressing her waist, his long and cool fingers touching her skin, causing Sui Ning to shiver all over and feel a tingle in her heart.
She struggled weakly, trying to turn away, but her hands were powerless to push him away, and her long legs occasionally kicked him.
The crisp and pleasant sound of the silver bell on her ankle was like an aphrodisiac. Xie Changzhou felt his mind go blank, and the repressed desire that had been suppressed for thousands of years was about to be released.
After thousands of years, he finally kissed his moon.
Such a vivid and stunning person was whimpering in his arms, and only he could touch and see her.
“Sui Ning, Sui Ning…”
His voice was low and hoarse, and his hand, which was causing havoc inside her clothes, slowly moved up and touched the belt behind her. His fingertips were nimble, and he easily untied the belt on her back.
“Xie Changzhou!”
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Xie Changzhou struggled to say, “It’s nothing, Sui Ning.”
He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down. The sweet scent on Sui Ning’s body entered his nostrils, and his heart was beating wildly.
It’s not time yet. Just endure a little longer.
Soon, very soon, he would be able to do the things he had wanted to do for tens of thousands of years.
Those things he had desired since ancient times.
The impulse within him finally subsided slowly, and he hoarsely said, “I’m sorry, Ningning.”
Sui Ning was already dressed, hesitated for a moment, and then approached him, her eyebrows slightly furrowed in concern.
“Xie Changzhou, what’s wrong with you? You seem… different, changed in many ways.”
Xie Changzhou paused, his throat rolling, and turned his head to look at her.
Her gaze was focused and gentle; she was still the same gentle and brave Sui Ning.
She was different from the cold and indifferent person in his memories.
She was just Sui Ning.
Only he remembered the past.
It had been tens of thousands of years, and he couldn’t involve her in this conflict anymore.
“Xie Changzhou, what’s wrong with you?” Sui Ning frowned as she asked him.
Xie Changzhou took her hand and straightened up, his breathing gradually calming down.
He whispered, “It’s nothing; don’t worry.”
Sui Ning looked at him with a complex expression. Even though his appearance was exactly the same, she felt a sense of unfamiliarity.
“Xie Changzhou,” she spoke softly, her voice cold and serious, “What are you hiding from me? What did
you experience during the time you disappeared? And where did the snow demon go? Why were you suddenly free from the cold poison?”
There were too many things she wanted to ask, like why his blackening value suddenly increased and why he had to treat her that way.
Xie Changzhou’s gaze paused; the smile at the corner of his mouth froze for a moment, but in an instant, he adjusted himself back, still the warm and gentle Xie Changzhou.
“I’m fine, Ningning; don’t think too much about it.”
Sui Ning furrowed her eyebrows and said, “Xie Changzhou, answer my questions; don’t evade the important matters.”
Xie Changzhou’s shallow eyes were deep and dim, and his smile was slightly colder.
Sui Ning held his gaze without backing down.
Finally, Xie Changzhou was defeated and lowered his head to meet her gaze. He said softly, “Ningning, when I disappeared, I was indeed with the Snow Demon. She helped me cure my cold poison.”
He paused here, pursing his lips, before continuing, “She’s dead.”
“Snow Demon is dead?” Sui Ning was somewhat surprised.
The Snow Demon was at the level of crossing the Tribulation, almost on par with Xie Changzhou at that time. Who could have killed her?
Was it Xie Changzhou?
Before she could ask, Xie Changzhou shook his head and said, “It wasn’t me who killed her. I’ll tell you how she died, but not now.”
“Ningning, give me some time, and I’ll tell you everything.”
She felt a warm and cool sensation on the back of her hand as he grabbed and clenched it.
Sui Ning’s eyes cooled, but Xie Changzhou’s expression remained calm. His earlier loss of control had already disappeared.
Her gaze changed several times, but her heart suddenly sank.
Xie Changzhou must have experienced something, and it must be something related to her, or he wouldn’t have kept it from her and made her worry alone.
She remembered what the snow demon had said to her when they first met.
The snow demon called her a goddess.
Her heart suddenly sank. How could such a coincidence occur? The goddess Yanheng looked just like her, and she could even slay ancient demon beasts.
Could it be… that she really had some kind of relationship with Yanheng?
Her fingertips trembled, and Xie Changzhou noticed. He tightened his grip on her hand, and the slight pressure brought Sui Ning back to her senses.
“Ningning?”
Sui Ning snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head quickly. “It’s nothing. If you don’t want to tell me, I won’t ask anymore.”
Seeing that Xie Changzhou was unwilling to talk to her like this, she understood that once he had made a decision, no matter how much she said, he might not tell her.
Moreover, she had some guesses in her heart.
Sui Ning lowered her head, her long eyelashes shading her complex eyes from view. Xie Changzhou could only see the furry top of her head.
A trace of coolness passed through his eyes, and his gaze dimmed slightly.
He understood Sui Ning extremely well. Her intelligence was exceptional, and she must have sensed something from his previous behavior.
Xie Changzhou’s brows furrowed; there was a slight weight in his heart.
The wooden plaque of the Limitless Sword Sect at his waist grew warm, emitting a faint glow. He glanced down for a moment, his eyes suddenly turning cold.
“Ningning, there’s something I need to attend to. Rest for now.”
Just as Sui Ning was about to raise her head, he had already released her hand and hurriedly left the room, his tall figure towering and his white robes trailing behind him.
She was somewhat stunned. What had happened?
She pondered for a moment and eventually clenched her teeth, ready to follow him. She got up and took out her clothes from her Qiankun bag (T/N: spatial bag) to put them on.
Before Sui Ning could reach the door, her steps suddenly became heavy. The silver anklet on her ankle emitted a radiant light, firmly locking her feet as she tried to step out of the doorway.
She refused to believe it and tried to walk forward with great effort, but it felt like there were thousands of pounds weighing down on her feet, preventing her from taking a single step.
After attempting several times, she was drenched in sweat, with tiny beads of perspiration covering her forehead.
She looked down at the silver anklet on her ankle, the radiant light flickering. The three small bells on it rang without any wind, producing a clear sound. In Sui Ning’s eyes, it seemed as if they were mocking her.
Sui Ning gritted her teeth and tentatively took a step backward. The force that had restrained her suddenly disappeared. She easily moved her legs.
Sui Ning: “…”
It turned out that she could only go back, not out.
System: [… It’s over; the imprisonment scene has already happened.]
Sui Ning’s mouth twitched as she leaned down and desperately tried to remove the silver ring on her ankle. It seemed to be attached to her body, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t remove it.
She wanted to gather her spiritual energy to open it, but her dantian was calm.
She couldn’t use her spiritual energy either.
System: [It was originally an ordinary bracelet, but Xie Changzhou put a restriction on it…]
So it would limit her spiritual energy and prevent her from leaving the designated area.
Sui Ning’s breathing became a little rapid as she stared at the large door in front of her with reluctance.
The system advised her: [Don’t struggle; you have no chance of unlocking Xie Changzhou’s restrictions. Just sleep.]
Even if she was afraid, she knew that the system’s words made sense.
Xie Changzhou had said that he would unlock it for her after they got married, which clearly meant that he wanted to trap her.
Her eyes deepened, so she turned around.
She climbed onto the bed and went straight for the soft bedding. It was filled with Xie Changzhou’s refreshing pine fragrance. She used to feel refreshed when she smelled it, but now she just wanted to punch him hard.
What kind of righteous light was he shining before? He was acting like a blackened and sickly person.
*
As Xie Changzhou stepped into the Mingjing Hall, the spacious hall was crowded with people. Several peak masters were negotiating with them, trying to get them to quiet down.
However, the effect was minimal, and the hall was still noisy.
Xie Changzhou had a plain appearance, and his spiritual energy hit the drum outside the hall with a loud boom.
A dull and heavy sound rang out, and the few people who were arguing suddenly quieted down and looked towards the hall’s entrance.
At the entrance, Xie Changzhou stood tall and still with a cold and indifferent expression, his eyes clear, cold, and sharp like a curve, wrapped in a wind and snow-like aloofness and indifference.
He quietly looked at them, and the previously noisy crowd suddenly became silent, feeling as if they were stripped naked under his gaze and feeling embarrassed and awkward.
The crowded crowd slowly made way for him, and Xie Changzhou walked through them, sat down on the high platform, and looked down at the people with his indifferent gaze.
“Did you all come because you received the wedding invitation?”
The people below looked at each other and hesitated, and no one came forward to speak.
Xie Changzhou coldly spoke up, “Isn’t that the case?”
An old man with a white beard, Elder Lei Xuzi of the Thunderbolt Sect, gritted his teeth and stepped forward.
Lei Xuzi bowed to Xie Changzhou on the high platform and said, “Greetings, Jianzun.”
Xie Changzhou nodded slightly, his eyes still calm.
Lei Xuzi stood up, his eyes shining brightly, and said like a bell, “Jianzun, we did indeed come because of your wedding invitation.”
He met Xie Changzhou’s cold gaze, and although the person in front of him was not even half his age, he couldn’t help feeling his back chill and his body tremble.
But why didn’t he feel this way before?
Xie Changzhou remained silent, looking at him with a calm expression.
Lei Xuzi gritted his teeth and continued, “Jianzun, this marriage cannot happen!”
Xie Changzhou’s gaze suddenly turned cold, and although his expression remained unchanged, still indifferent and cold, his eyes seemed capable of freezing people to death.
Lei Xuzi knelt down on the ground and bowed his head to the ground. “Jianzun, there are constant rumors outside that Miss Sui Ning is colluding with the demons. She took Shen Jie away in front of Elder Guan and Master Ji and spent three days alone with that demon.”
“Even Elder Guan was killed. At that time, Master Ji and his disciples saw her with that demon, and even when Master Ji was about to kill her, the demon saved her and killed Master Ji. If Jianzun marries her, it will cause turmoil in the Changming Sword Sect and the Piaomiao Sect. If we lose the support of these two major sects, what will happen to our cultivation world?
Immediately, a large group of people kneeled down in the hall, all demanding that he give up his marriage to Sui Ning.
Xie Changzhou slowly stood up, standing alone on the high platform, his back straight, and coldly looking down at the elders of various sects kneeling below.
He spoke coldly: “How are you going to treat me in order to make me hand over Ningning?”
His voice was icy and devoid of any emotion, but it made the elders in the hall shiver.
For a moment, no one answered, and the hall was silent.
Xie Changzhou lifted his chin slightly, suppressed the smile on his lips, and said coolly, “Ningning saved Shen Jie for me. She did not kill Guan Liuzhuo. Guan Liuzhuo was killed by Ji Zhiwu, regardless of whether you believe it or not.”
“Furthermore,” he said with a cool smile, “no one can stop me from marrying whoever I want.”
“Do you want me or the so-called harmony among sects? Go back and discuss it yourselves.”
The elders were all stunned, and Lei Xuzi looked up at Xie Changzhou on the high platform in disbelief.
He looked down on them with a cold and stern gaze; his eyes, which had been warm and gentle in the past, were now full of chilliness. His thin lips were tightly pursed, and his strong aura was fully released, as if he had reached the late stage of crossing the Tribulation. The powerful pressure oppressed the people below.
Their backs trembled, and their scalps tingled.
Lei Xuzi and Xie Changzhou locked eyes and finally understood that their Jianzun had changed.
Completely changed.
Xie Changzhou, who had been warm, gentle, and compassionate, had changed. If it had been the old Xie Changzhou, how could he have said these things?
He had always regarded saving the world as his responsibility and regarded the survival of the cultivation world as more important than life itself. Even though he had been indifferent and cold in his dealings with them, he had always been polite and respectful.
But now his whole body’s resentment and coldness are almost impossible to conceal, even by forcing them to choose.
Either he, the White Jade Sword Saint, or the harmony of their sects
His meaning is also very clear. He firmly stands on the side of Sui Ning. If they want to force him to hand over Sui Ning, he will leave the cultivation world with Sui Ning.
If they still want him to protect the cultivation world as the Jianzun, then they must give up the harmony they have been insisting on, even if it means going against the Changming Sword Sect and Piao Miao Sect.
Xie Changzhou stood on the high platform, looking coldly at the people below.
After a long silence, Lei Xuzi bowed to him and said tremblingly, “We were wrong. I believe in Jianzun’s words.”
As soon as he spoke, the others also echoed.
Even if there was still resentment in their hearts, they knew which was more important.
Xie Changzhou had already reached the late stage of crossing the tribulation, and he was half of the entire cultivation world. If he were to be an enemy of the cultivation world, then they would be truly finished.
As for the Changming Sword Sect and Piao Miao Sect, even if they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to openly rebel against the cultivation world; otherwise, they would not be tolerated by both the cultivation world and the demon clan.
However… the sects that had been peaceful for a thousand years could not avoid internal strife.
*
At night, the full moon rose high in the sky, and a cool breeze blew.
When Sui Ning’s consciousness was hazy, a soft voice came into her mind.
“Heng’er…”
She frowned. Who was Heng’er?
The voice was particularly gentle, and she felt as if her body was being gently touched. Then a woman’s voice came.
“Heng’er, not having seen your birth is a regret for the Mother Goddess.”
When she heard that voice, her nose suddenly became sore, and she suddenly felt like crying.
A gentle male voice sounded: “Heng’er, the father god and mother goddess split half of their divine power into the divine jade. It will accompany you for thousands of years. If you really encounter a calamity, I hope it can protect you.”
“Heng’er, from now on, you are the only god.”
She woke up suddenly, facing the hanging curtains and smelling the familiar fragrance of cold pine.
It was a dream.
A real dream that still made her heart race.
“Ningning, did you have a nightmare?”
A warm and mellow voice came from beside her, and she was hugged into a warm and cool embrace.
Sui Ning was startled. Xie Changzhou was actually lying next to her?
Xie Changzhou’s slender hand lightly patted her back. Sui Ning was wearing thin clothes when she fell asleep because of the hot weather. She even untied the belt of her inner cloth in a daze.
Now being held in his arms, her skin was tightly pressed against his. Her face suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly tightened her own belt.
“No, no,” she said somewhat stutteringly, not knowing what to say.In a place she couldn’t see, Xie Changzhou’s eyes were deep and dark, and his spiritual energy gathered on the hand that was pressed against the back of her head. Warm and gentle spiritual energy flowed into Sui Ning’s body.
He was very careful and deliberately did not let Sui Ning know.
Sui Ning only felt the heat in her body gradually calming down, and she rubbed against Xie Changzhou’s chest, feeling somewhat comfortable.
She was almost falling asleep when she heard Xie Changzhou’s voice above her head.
“Ningning, did you just dream?”
Sui Ning furrowed her brows and carefully recalled what had just happened, but her mind was blank.
She replied confusedly, “No, I didn’t dream just now.”
Xie Changzhou chuckled lightly and patted her back with a warm and cool hand. “Good, go to sleep.”
He lowered his head and gently kissed the corner of her lips, then hugged her in his arms.
His embrace was as cool as jade, satisfying Sui Ning, who buried her head in his arms.
Sui Ning’s anger always dissipated quickly, and she soon forgot about wanting to hammer Xie Changzhou during the day.
Smelling the familiar scent of pine, she quickly fell asleep.
Xie Changzhou’s emotions were complex in his eyes, and his clear and elegant face was cold and icy. He lightly kissed Sui Ning’s furry head.
He murmured something softly, his words dissipating in the quiet room.
The fragrance in the room was burning.
*
As the wedding date approached, Xie Changzhou became busier and busier.
The wedding of cultivators was similar to that of humans. The bride’s dress needed to be handmade by her family, but Sui Ning was alone, and Xie Changzhou couldn’t bear to see her tired from making her own wedding dress.
He personally learned how to make the wedding dress. He was intelligent and could learn at a glance. From then on, the lofty White Jade Sword Saint rarely left his house, and he personally sewed a wedding dress that made Sui Ning almost cry.
On the day of the wedding, when Sui Ning saw the wedding dress, she felt her heart tremble, and her entire soul trembled.
The wedding dress was fiery red, made of high-quality silk embroidered with gold edges, with phoenixes embroidered in lifelike detail using gold thread. The complicated hem was layered, and the waist was tied with embroidered hibiscus, outlining her slender waist.
This was all meticulously crafted by Xie Changzhou, stitch by stitch.
The golden crown and jade hairpins he prepared were all extremely exquisite and gorgeous. It’s unknown how long he searched for them.
She wore a phoenix crown, and the draping veil covered her face, revealing her beautiful features in a vague and mysterious way.
As soon as she stepped out of the room, a pair of slender and shiny hands reached out. The bones were distinct, and the red sleeves made his skin appear even whiter.
She paused and placed her hand on his.
He immediately tightened his grip and gently led her outside.
The clear sound of the silver bell on her ankle or the rustling of the veil on her phoenix crown collided with each other, echoing in Xie Changzhou’s heart.
Under the high steps in front of the Mingjing Hall, there were dozens of miles of red decoration. Sui Ning couldn’t see the surroundings clearly, but she could hear the bustling congratulatory sounds and feel the various kinds of spiritual energy around her.
Xie Changzhou had invited almost all the prominent families to come.
He took her hand and slowly walked up the high steps.
Lu Guan, dressed in a blue robe with a smile on his face, called out loudly, “Quiet!”
The bustling crowd quieted down, and thousands of eyes stared at the two people on the high platform.
The bride’s dress, like flowing clouds, outlined her graceful figure. The hem of the dress dragged on the ground, gently swaying with each step.
And the rare sight of Jianzun in a red robe, wearing a large red wedding gown, with black hair tied up with a jade crown, made his tall and straight figure not like his usual gentle self but rather enchanting, making people’s hearts tremble.
Lu Guan raised his hand and called out, “Bow to heaven and earth.”
Xie Changzhou took Sui Ning’s hand and slowly bowed down.
“Kneel to the parents.”
Sui Ning and Xie Changzhou had no elders, so they both bowed to the sky and earth.
“As husband and wife, bow to each other–“
The two faced each other and slowly bowed. Xie Changzhou’s tall phoenix crown collided with Sui Ning’s, causing him to laugh lightly.
Sui Ning’s face turned red.
“As the ceremony concludes, we enter into a marriage contract.”
A golden curtain slowly appeared in the space between them, elegantly displaying a few lines of text.
“Bound by destiny, day and night, until death do us part, we vow to love and cherish each other for eternity. Husband: Xie Changzhou. Wife: Sui Ning.”
Sui Ning knew what this was. It was a marriage contract passed down from the heavens, originally called a soul contract. It was sealed with one’s own blood, leaving an imprint on the soul.
Even if they were separated by thousands of miles, they could still clearly sense each other’s condition.
But only those who truly loved and trusted each other could successfully seal their soul imprints.
“Sui Ning, it might hurt a little; bear with it.”
His clear voice soothed her.
Sui Ning nodded, then felt a slight sting in her chest. It disappeared in an instant as a warm, spiritual energy rushed into her body, calming the almost imperceptible pain.
Two drops of blood flew towards the marriage contract in the void, staining their respective names.
The dim text slowly turned golden and then burst into a bright light. Sui Ning clearly felt something unusual in the depths of her soul.
She could feel Xie Changzhou in front of her.
It wasn’t a sensory perception—not something seen or heard. It was the collision of two souls protecting each other.The marriage contract is sealed.
Lu Guan shouts loudly, “The marriage contract is sealed! Congratulations to the Sect Master and Sect Master’s Wife on their joyous union!”
From now on, Sui Ning becomes the sect master’s wife of the Limitless Sword Sect.
Sui Ning and Xie Changzhou exchange glances. She can’t clearly see his face, but she can vividly sense his passionate gaze.
Suddenly, she bursts into laughter.
***
As the sky darkens, Xie Changzhou leaves early.
He’s never been fond of crowds, especially on the night of his wedding. The person he’s been longing for all this time waits for him alone on Wenjian Peak.
Ah Yan was taken away by Lu Guan earlier, leaving only him and Sui Ning.
He walks slowly to his small courtyard. As he reaches the door, an inexplicable nervousness grips him.
After so many years, he finally marries the person he’s been longing for, for millennia.
He likes her so much.
The burning imprint on his soul reassures him that he’s not dreaming; all of this is real.
He walks through the outer room, entering the spacious inner chamber.
His slender hand rests on the door before gently pushing it open, revealing Sui Ning seated inside.
Her wedding gown outlines her delicate waist. The cascading veils conceal her lovely face, and the hand on her knee is tangled with his when he steps in.
“Sui Ning,” he says, his voice both burning and hoarse.
Sui Ning’s fingertips tremble slightly, and her heart beats like thunder in her chest, responding to him with a muffled “Yes.”
A faint scent of pine wafts in, and the veils lift, revealing her hidden face.
Her complexion is fair and exquisite, with rosy lips and pearly teeth. Blush lightly adorns her cheeks, and her lustrous black eyes are charmingly watery.
Xie Changzhou’s eyes suddenly dimmed and became deep.
He had seen her in wedding attire twice before, once because of a ghost groom, but this time she was wearing the wedding dress he had personally made for her.
Sui Ning felt a bit shy and lowered her head, unable to look at him.
“Ningning, you’ve worked hard,” Xie Changzhou said as he took off her phoenix crown and gently smoothed out the soreness on her neck.
Sui Ning replied quietly, “It’s nothing.”
Xie Changzhou smiled lightly and turned to bring two cups of clear wine.
He handed the cup to her and said, “It’s a human custom; the cup represents the unity of the husband and wife, never to be separated for generations to come.”
Sui Ning trembled slightly as she took the cup from him, and her fingertips touched his, sending shivers down her spine.
They embraced each other, facing each other’s eyes, and she closed her eyes in a tremble.
They were so close that the sweet fragrance from her body mixed with the scent of wine and entered his nostrils. Sui Ning took small sips of the wine, her long eyelashes drooping like a small fan, covering her face.
Xie Changzhou’s throat was dry, and his clear eyes were deep and dark.
As soon as Sui Ning finished her wine, Xie Changzhou took the cup from her hand.
She was stunned, her pupils shrinking in surprise as she looked at him.
His throat rolled, and his deep gaze looked at her with a hint of redness at the corners of his eyes, showing his obvious feelings.
Sui Ning’s long eyelashes trembled gently, and she could feel his gentle hand caressing her cheek.
His voice was hoarse and low, making her heart tremble.
“Ningning.”
He leaned down and kissed her lips.
XC is Ji Hu??? He’s waited millennia for her??