Chapter 397

As Lord Dongxuan spoke, he glanced at Patriarch Dongfang and the woman beside him with significant eyes. Elder Dongfang struggled to maintain his composure under Dongxuan’s scrutiny. However, the woman exhibited an impressively thick skin, remaining unfazed.

Not only that, this woman was also covertly observing Li Su. “This situation is indeed Xue Niang’s fault. I brought her here specifically to explain Xiao Xue,” acknowledged Elder Dongfang despite his embarrassment. Lord Thunder Sword asked Li Su, “Li Su, what are your thoughts?”

He feared that Dongxuan, the Revered Lord, or someone from another sacred place might intervene again, so he directly addressed Li Su. At this moment, within the Li Family residence, all the cultivators attending the wedding focused on Li Su, eager to know his response.

Over the years, these cultivators had naturally become aware of the conflict between the Sect Leader and the Dongfang family. With Li Su’s ascent, this matter had become widely known in cultivation. Amid everyone’s scrutiny, Li Su finally spoke. “Elder Dongfang, may I ask, what are your intentions?” However, Li Su looked directly at Elder Dongfang.

Elder Dongfang spoke sternly, “Xue Niang and Dongfang Ping will publicly apologize to Xiao Xue. Additionally, they will be confined for five hundred years. Furthermore, we offer two thousand pieces of high-grade spiritual stones and ten rare spiritual treasures as compensation to Xiao Xue.” “Dongfang Fu, you didn’t mention an apology earlier!” retorted the woman disdainfully.

Elder Dongfang’s face darkened as he glared at the woman. “Regardless, I won’t apologize to her. Dongfang Fu, don’t forget, if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have even passed the first calamity!” The woman remained unfazed, showing no signs of weakness. Patriarch Dongfang’s expression became even more gloomy, and Lord Thunder Sword frowned.

As a powerful tribulation master, Lord Thunder Sword genuinely wanted to improve relations with Li Su during this visit. Even if unable to win him over, the goal was to avoid offending. After all, a reincarnated immortal possessed terrifying potential with an incredibly rapid growth rate. Furthermore, Li Su had garnered the favor of numerous sacred places vying to be in his good graces.

In this situation, even if he appreciated the Purple Gold Holy Son, he didn’t want to make himself a powerful enemy. When a reincarnated immortal grew up, even a sacred place could not confront them directly. The Purple Gold Holy Land paved the way for the reincarnated immortals, and the Lord of Thunder Sword understood its reasoning.

The last encounter between the Purple Gold Holy Land and Li Su didn’t result in a significant feud. In fact, the Purple Gold Holy Land ended up at a disadvantage. This made the Lord of Thunder Sword see an opportunity to improve relations. So, upon learning about Li Su’s intention to marry the sect leader, he persuaded the Dongfang Ancestor to join and resolve the grudge.

If the conflict could truly be resolved, it would be a two-fold benefit—establishing friendship with Li Su and appeasing the Eastern Family. However, unexpectedly, the woman whom the Dongfang Ancestor married caused another issue. Despite the formidable strength of the Lord of Thunder Sword, he might have underestimated the complexity of the situation.

“Isn’t it just a spiritual root? Yue’er’s First-Grade Holy Spiritual Root, coupled with the Innate Dao Body, is the true appearance of an immortal. As for Li Su, I haven’t provoked him. Dongfang Fu, what are you afraid of?” The woman shouted again. This sudden change surprised everyone; it was an unforeseen turn of events for them all.

In the eyes of ordinary cultivators, the Dongfang Ancestor was a true powerhouse, and half of the sacred land relied solely on him to sustain the Eastern Family. In the cultivation realm, the Dongfang Ancestor was equally renowned and could be considered a legendary figure of his time. However, this legendary figure, in full view of everyone, could not control even his own woman.

He was rejected and questioned in person by his own woman. “Interesting.” This thing had become interesting. Even secular women, except for those who were particularly arrogant, would not refute their men in public like this. As for immortal cultivators, there were some arrogant ones, but not many. There were even fewer arrogant ones who were particularly powerful.

After all, the stronger one’s power, the more emphasis one places on cultivating character and temperament. Their character tended to be stronger compared to ordinary individuals, and women like this were quite rare. Therefore, this woman’s current behavior could be described as extremely arrogant and domineering. Moreover, it seemed foolish. However, Li Su could not help but feel that this woman might not be foolish intentionally but rather deliberately acting this way.

“Intentional.” “This is intuition.” As the power of the ‘Great Dream Record’ grew stronger, perhaps due to practicing immortal techniques, Li Su’s intuition became more and more accurate. This woman probably never intended to apologize to the Sect Leader from the beginning, nor did she intend to reconcile with Li Su.

Now, she said these words deliberately to destroy Lord Thunder Sword’s move to ease the relationship with Li Su. Moreover, this woman probably wanted to add fuel to the fire and completely strain the relationship between Li Su and the Purple Gold Holy Land!

As for why this woman dared to speak to the Dongfang Ancestor in such a manner, she likely had her own backing or support.

From her words, it could be seen that Dongfang Ancestor successfully crossed the first tribulation and even obtained her assistance. This could also explain why Dongfang’s Ancestor indulged her so much. Even if a woman was exceptionally beautiful, for her to cause such turmoil within her own family, it was unlikely for a powerful figure who had crossed tribulations to indulge her to the extent Dongfang Ancestor did.