Free Web NovelAfter Yuwen Cuojin obtained the Marriage Tree seed, he did not announce it, pretending nothing had happened and went to the Dashang Royal Mausoleum.
Due to their meticulous plan, they successfully seized the Life and Death Cycle Formation and used it to reverse life and death, resurrecting an ancient Qiongqi from the Hundred Beast Hall.
Afterward, everything progressed unusually smoothly; the Qingyuan Sect was annihilated, but he attributed all the credit to Situ Ding.
With the Path of Marriage seed, fame, fortune, and power struggles within the Demon Summoning Sect were merely fleeting clouds.
As long as he refined it, what in the world could he not obtain?
Yuwen Cuojin even used an injury as an excuse to abolish his own Dao, and after his Realm fell, he resigned from his position as Deputy Leader and retreated to the mountains.
Many years passed.
The Marriage Tree seed remained dormant, as if it had lost all vitality; if not for the Dao never perishing, Yuwen Cuojin would have suspected it was already dead.
During this time, that mountain forest was indeed desolate at first, but gradually, refugees fleeing war and chaos migrated there, slowly developing into a village.
Perhaps the days of secluded cultivation were too boring, or perhaps it was because he had not been a member of the Demon Summoning Sect for many years, but he actually felt that the ordinary life of a Mortal also held a different kind of flavor?
After he settled in the small town, a few more years passed.
That day, apricot blossoms were in a light rain, and the green mountains were hazy.
As Yuwen Cuojin was drinking, he happened to see a woman crossing the bridge with an umbrella; at that moment, a voice in his heart said, 'Are you willing to transform into a stone bridge, enduring five hundred years of wind and five hundred years of rain, just to exchange for her one crossing?'
He responded without hesitation:
"I am!"
After returning home, he discovered that the Marriage Tree seed had sprouted a green shoot.
An epiphany arose in his heart: those who control marriage must be lovers.
Upon discovering this, he, who had thought that self-abolishing his Realm was a foregone conclusion and that he would never again have hope of Controlling Mystery in this life, was overjoyed and saw hope anew.
He began to pursue the woman, but unfortunately, he only knew how to kill and set fires, and was completely ignorant of matters of love.
Although the woman treated him as an ordinary friend, that period became the brightest scenery in his life.
Another three years passed.
As usual, he brought apricot blossom wine to the small bridge where they first met; this time, the woman suddenly drank all the wine and said she was returning to Penglai.
"I hope when I revisit this old place, I can still see you," she said.
She probably thought I was a Mortal, and that mountain birds and fish do not travel the same path?
Although it was a misunderstanding, the difference was not great.
Once one enters the Demon Summoning Sect, one is a member of the Demon Summoning Sect for life; although overseas Penglai rarely interferes with matters of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, their attitude towards the Demon Summoning Sect is even more resolute than that of other Righteous Path sects.
However, Yuwen Cuojin did not give up; he still had a reliance—the Path of Marriage.
'Wouldn't it be fine if I reached the Seventh Realm of the Path of Marriage?'
The woman left, and the growth of the Marriage Tree stagnated, but he had already comprehended a new method from the Dao seed.
The love of others could also make it grow.
However, after leaving the small town, he realized that true affection is hard to find in the world.
"They spend every day together, yet they don't love each other? What scoundrels!"
"How can this young girl's affection be divided into so many parts? And each part given to different people."
"He promised to return and marry her after passing the imperial examination, but how did this boy's love disappear... oh no, it transferred? Bah!"
"You two have children who are eight years old, yet you have no love?"
At first, Yuwen Cuojin was greatly shocked; how could Mortals play games more elaborately than the Demon Summoning Sect?
But what bothered him more was that his progress became increasingly slow.
"This kind of courtesan probably will never understand what love is..."
One day, Yuwen Cuojin passed by a brothel, shaking his head and intending to leave, but by some strange coincidence, he discovered something.
He seemed to be able to draw others' threads of marriage to himself... especially those loves that were not firm to begin with.
After his 'matchmaking' transferred them to himself, even courtesans would become fiercely devoted to him.
It didn't even necessarily have to be women.
He found a shortcut to controlling the Path of Marriage.
Initially, only Mortals with wavering wills fell in love with Yuwen Cuojin, then warriors, and the Realm of the targets grew higher and higher, until several high-ranking officials of Great Shang's Zhen Prefecture sects became devoted to him.
Unconsciously, his power had already matched that of the Demon Summoning Sect, he was only one step away from the Seventh Realm, and he was showered with immense affection.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with this.
Those with unwavering love in the world were inherently rare; he gave those who didn't understand what love was an opportunity to experience it. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
But after experiencing the Senior's Peak life, he quickly found it boring again.
Everyone he controlled had fallen in love with him, but what about himself?
Vaguely, he recalled that small town, that small bridge, that year of light apricot blossom rain... that woman with the umbrella.
Yuwen Cuojin, having changed his appearance, went to Penglai to propose marriage; the speed with which the woman agreed was even beyond his expectations, and he didn't even need to use the divine power of the Marriage Tree.
Even if he had used it, it would have been useless; firstly, the other party's love was already unwavering.
Secondly, the object of the other party's unwavering love was already him.
On the day of the wedding, in the bridal chamber, he asked the doubt in his heart.
"When did you..."
"In the small town, but unfortunately when we met again, it wasn't in the small town."
As her words fell.
'Pfft—'
A sharp sword pierced his chest, ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) freezing all his hot blood.
Yuwen Cuojin was first filled with infinite shock, and then resignation.
It turned out he himself didn't understand what love was either.
Controlling Mystery is hard to kill, unless he dies willingly... Thump—
Thump—
Footsteps echoed far into the empty underground palace.
"Since that woman had already fallen in love with Senior Yunlu, why did she kill him with her own hands on their wedding day?"
Situ Ding couldn't help but ask.
Many in the Demon Summoning Sect were very curious about the disappearance of the Path of Marriage; what kind of great taboo and great secret was hidden within it?
Even an existence like Situ Ding didn't know, perhaps only the Sect Leader, his old self, knew a little.
Just now, a sect member couldn't help but ask, after all, Qin Yuzhi was also a Sect Leader, albeit a former one.
But precisely because of this, she might understand the matter more clearly, or even have experienced it personally.
Qin Yuzhi also did not keep it a secret, telling them the process frankly.
Senior Yunlu died on his wedding day at the hands of the person he loved.
"Yes, since they loved each other, why did it end this way?"
"Senior Yunlu finally met someone who truly loved him without the need for the Marriage Tree, so why was he killed?" ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
"I thought he had retired with his beloved, but I didn't expect him to die on his wedding day..."
The mood suddenly shifted; the Demon Summoning Sect members were all caught off guard, and the question marks in their hearts not only didn't shrink but popped out of their heads.
"Because that female Senior from Penglai was an obsessive person; how should I describe such a person...?"
Qin Yuzhi thought for a moment, seemingly searching for the right adjective, then her eyes lit up:
"That's right, in Xiao Mo's words, she's a yandere."
"..."
The Demon Summoning Sect members looked at each other; so this story was considered a secret not because it hid some mystery.
But because it was too outrageous, and even if recorded, it would be suspected of being made up?
"Wait, who is the Xiao Mo you just mentioned...?"
Situ Ding suddenly reacted.
