I Only Marry Widows-Chapter 342 - 54: Paying Respects to Young Master Wushuang
Chu Zhihe said indifferently, "So what?"
Qi Zhiyuan locked eyes with her. In the woman’s eyes, there wasn’t the slightest hint of emotion, as if she wouldn’t care even if she actually died.
As time ticked by, Chu Zhihe’s complexion grew paler. Her mana within her had been exhausted, and her vitality and lifespan began to burn away.
Qi Zhiyuan watched her hair at the temples turn gray, wrinkles increasing at the corners of her eyes, and felt as if a knife had stabbed into his heart.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
He howled in pain, then waved his hand, withdrawing all his magic, tightly closing his eyes.
"If you want to enter the Brocade Palace, then kill me!"
"As long as I’m dead, no one will stop you anymore."
Freed from its constraints, the Qinghe Sword let out a clear buzzing sound before transforming into a beam of white light, landing in Chu Zhihe’s palm.
"You’re really not going to step aside?"
Qi Zhiyuan just kept his eyes closed, "Living is only pain; might as well end it all by dying."
Puchi!
Crimson blood splattered as the cold sword blade pierced violently through the left side of the chest.
Puchi!
Chu Zhihe grabbed the sword hilt and suddenly pulled the blade out, blood gushing from the wound like a fountain.
Qi Zhiyuan staggered backward, then fell to the ground. Crimson blood flowed from the wound, streaming wantonly as he gazed at the somewhat pale sky with wide eyes.
Chu Zhihe walked past him like that.
In the final moment, she still spared him, not directly stabbing the sword into this man’s heart.
After all... he was the one person in this world who truly treated her well.
Chu Zhihe walked step by step into the Brocade Palace.
Lu Chengfeng had already sensed it during her confrontation with Qi Zhiyuan and had felt the power of marriage entwined in her primordial spirit with himself.
"So, the person acting against me in the dark was her?"
A Tao essence rune formed within the sea of consciousness between Lu Chengfeng’s brows. At this point, he had mastered a total of 108 scrolls of Tao Scripture.
Even in the Tao Vein, he was qualified to enter.
Regarding the conflict outside the Brocade Palace, he did not intervene; after all, it was an internal dispute among the Elders of the Tao Vein.
Of course, everything changed the moment Chu Zhihe stepped into the Brocade Palace.
The entire Celestial Law-Controlling Sect, top to bottom, didn’t know how many people were focusing their attention here. Many still didn’t understand what had happened up to that point.
They didn’t even know why Qi Zhiyuan and Chu Zhihe had a conflict, to the extent that Chu Zhihe would draw her sword against Qi Zhiyuan.
"Elder Chu went directly to the Brocade Palace; could she be planning to take action against Yi Wushuang?"
"Junior Sister Chu is too reckless; how can she just rashly charge into the Brocade Palace? Does she think that way she can kill Yi Wushuang?"
"Should I go stop them now?"
The other two Elders of the Tao Vein, Han Zhishen and Zhao Zhijing, turned their gaze here, feeling somewhat uneasy.
"No need, I’ll personally go stop her; we can’t let her act so recklessly." Zhang Zhijing sighed, then vanished like a gust of breeze.
...
By now, Chu Zhihe had already stepped into Yi Wushuang’s Qilin Garden. This garden has three main halls: Treasure Hall, Golden Scale Hall, and Brocade Palace.
As soon as she stepped through the garden’s main gate, a gentle breeze swept past her, manifesting the figure of Zhang Zhijing.
"Junior Sister, don’t mess around, come back with me."
Seeing him, a mocking expression appeared on Chu Zhihe’s face, "You’re just in time."
With a clang, she drew her sword from its sheath, the blade glistening with immortal light, its dazzling sharpness stinging the eyes, a rare Divine Sword.
"This sword was the result of our travels together in the past; those years I gave myself to you and thus had Tiange."
"All these years I’ve adored you, and yet you’ve ignored me and our child."
"Now, it’s time to end this."
Zhang Zhijing frowned, "Whatever you have to say, say it when we get back; why let others see a joke here?"
Bang!
An incredibly harsh loud noise, and the sword in Chu Zhihe’s hand suddenly showed densely packed cracks.
The material used in this sword was extraordinarily rare, even hard to break by other divine weapons, and now it turned to this state for one reason only.
"You’re mad, why would you sever your own life-bound Divine Sword?" Zhang Zhijing’s face turned extremely grim, "Do you know what the consequences of this will be?"
"What consequences? Even if I shatter my soul, what does it matter to you?" said Chu Zhihe, lifting her hand sharply to chop at the blade.
Keng!
With the sword’s wail, the immortal light from the sword exploded, and the Divine Sword snapped in two.
Puchi!
Chu Zhihe suddenly spat out a mouthful of bright red blood. Having used True Yin Fire just now had already caused her severe injuries, and now with the life-bound Divine Sword broken, even her primordial spirit was damaged.
Her body trembled slightly, blood still seeping from her mouth, but she spoke in a reserved tone, "Back then, I named this beloved sword Qinghe, and now that the blade is broken, so too is our love and loyalty."
Zhang Zhijing was completely stunned. He was someone innately indifferent to emotions. Passion and desires were like a breeze, barely affecting him.
Originally, he became a Tao companion with Chu Zhihe due to the serendipity of having a child together. Otherwise, with his nature, it was impossible for him to have a Tao companion.
Yet now, facing Chu Zhihe, with her face ashen, hair slightly graying at the temples, lips stained with blood, he felt an unprecedented strange sensation.
"This... is this pain?"
Chu Zhihe no longer cared about the man beside her. So many years had passed, even Chu Tiange was already twenty years old; the mother and son had depended on each other, living together for so long.
Now, all the love and hate dissipated with the breaking of the Qinghe Sword.
She stepped past the stunned Zhang Zhijing, ignoring the gazes of the various Tao Vein and Martial Vein Elders surrounding her, or the eyes of the servants and maids in Qilin Garden.
She walked through the Treasure Hall, Golden Scale Hall, and finally arrived before the Brocade Palace.
At this time, even Yi Mingshu appeared soundlessly above the Brocade Palace, concealing his presence so outsiders couldn’t notice.
"It seems this fishing trip really stirred the Tao Vein."
"But then again, Chu Zhihe is after all Chu Tiange’s biological mother. Considering her son’s future, it wouldn’t be surprising if she does something reckless."
Yi Mingshu’s expression was indifferent. His intention of letting Yi Wushuang enter the Tao Vein was to bait for Law Enforcement, provoking those Tao Vein Elders into making impulsive actions.
Only then could he stand on the high moral ground and righteousness, boldly cleansing those dissenting voices against himself and the Yi Family in the Tao Vein.
"Chu Zhihe is one of the five chief Elders of the Tao Vein, and importantly, she is also Chu Tiange’s mother. If this woman can be captured, there would be much to gain."
"By holding onto Chu Zhihe, Chu Tiange would have to comply voluntarily..."
In his palm, a faint compass spun, countless runes circulating within, seemingly evolving the star constellations of the heavens, past and future.
However, the next moment, his face froze, as if he’d seen a ghost, eyes widened, and the compass conjured by the spell in his hand exploded.
"What’s... going on?!!"
Chu Zhihe walked straight to the front gates of the Brocade Palace, then suddenly dropped to her knees with a thud, making three solid kowtows, before prostrating on the ground.
"Your subordinate Chu Zhihe, pays respects to Young Master Wushuang."
"From this day forth, willing to obey your commands."
"No complaints as a servant or maid."
"I implore Young Master to accept!"
These words, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, left all the Sect Elders and True Inheritance disciples observing this place bewildered.
Countless people choked on their tea, countless rubbed their ears, and countless were left in a stupor...
"What???"
"What the hell is this?!!"
"Is this a ghost?"
