Chapter 7: The Grand Wedding
The grand wedding took place in the mortal realm, within a small, elegant pavilion. Inside the hall, several white-bearded elders sighed heavily. "Are we to keep this from Yu Jing forever?" "He'll discover the truth eventually, and he'll surely resent us. That child from the Zhan family is so pitiful—are we truly going to stand by and watch him die? Wouldn't that betray the Lord of Changya Mountain?" The mention of this matter weighed on every heart present, a deep and unspeakable sorrow. On the day of the great battle between immortal sects, Pei Yu Jing, under his master's orders, had retrieved the Xihe Divine Sword from the dynasty's covetous grasp. Severely injured at the time, his thoughts had turned immediately to his fiancée on Changya Mountain—he wanted to return to save Zhan Yunwei. Madam Pei had stopped him, her lie smooth and practiced: "Yunwei has already retreated with the Lord of Changya Mountain." "Mother didn...
