The Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad pondered for a long time before secretly following.
During this period, he had been living a life like an immortal, feasting on spiritual liquid and spiritual dishes, his cultivation having recovered to the early stage of the Demon Emperor realm.
He was envious of Fan Jingxing's betrothal gifts and harbored ulterior motives.
"Brother Fan, let's have a chat."
The Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad chased after the wedding procession and said to Fan Jingxing with a smile.
He looked at Fan Jingxing as if he were a fat sheep.
"Brother Toad, are you planning to help Brother propose?"
Fan Jingxing frowned slightly.
Having an Emperor-level expert accompanying them was certainly prestigious.
However, the Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad had a terrible reputation, having once been an enemy of humankind. Although he had reformed and followed Mr. Ji, thus being completely cleared, his sudden appearance was still not ideal and might attract unnecessary trouble.
"Brother Fan, since the Duan family is blind, why bother with them? I have several nieces who are fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged. They are all of marriageable age and are definitely good candidates for贤妻良母 (wise wife and good mother). I wonder if Brother is interested?"
The Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad revealed his intention.
This fellow was actually trying to intercept the marriage, intending to marry his nieces to Fan Jingxing.
The ultimate goal was, naturally, this cartload of betrothal gifts.
"I love Miss Duan alone in this life, and I will marry no one else."
Fan Jingxing said with deep affection and righteous refusal, but then his tone suddenly changed, "Of course, if... if Sister Duan allows me to take concubines in the future, we can discuss it then."
Upon hearing this, the Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad wished he could slap this shameless person to death.
It turned out that this guy's devotion and loyalty were all fake. He was already eyeing what was in the pot before even finishing what was in his bowl.
Truly shameless!
Huineng volunteered, saying, "This humble monk can immediately renounce monastic life and get married. We can join hands to seize Mr. Ji's betrothal gifts. However, the passage to the demon realm is broken, which is difficult. But we can get engaged first, establish our status, and then find an opportunity to marry later."
"Pah, trying to trick Mr. Ji's betrothal gifts? I am ashamed to be associated with you."
The Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad cursed angrily.
Although this method seemed good, deceiving Ji Mo was courting death. How dare he do such a thing?
Hong Qiantu, upon hearing this, felt a sense of kinship with the Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad. This old bald donkey had slandered him before, and now he was getting his comeuppance.
"It was just a joke, it can't be taken seriously. How dare I deceive Mr. Ji? Consider these words as if I never said them."
Huineng's heart trembled, and he quickly took out a ninth-grade spiritual pill and handed it to the Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad.
This was to avert disaster with wealth.
To obtain this pill, he had coaxed A'li for a long time. He never expected that it would end up benefiting a toad.
The Arid Ancient Soul Devouring Toad swallowed the pill in one gulp, signaling that the matter was over. Only then did Huineng breathe a sigh of relief.
The group continued on their way to the Duan family.
...
The Duan family manor was located at the foot of Red Rock Mountain, nestled by the mountains and water.
The Duan family could be considered a prominent clan, with several Spirit Emperors among their ancestors, holding considerable influence in the Southern Domain.
At this moment.
Several figures and a dilapidated wooden cart slowly appeared at the manor's gate.
The guards at the gate looked up and felt as if they were facing a great enemy.
They immediately shouted, "Fan Jingxing, you still dare to come to the Duan family to cause trouble? Are you not afraid of death?"
At the same time, someone had already secretly gone to report, asking for the Duan family's experts to come and deal with the situation.
Fan Jingxing was a Spirit Saint. These guards were putting on a brave front. Although they shouted loudly, they did not dare to act rashly.
Last time, Fan Jingxing had injured and crippled quite a few people.
"What do you mean by causing trouble? I'm here to propose. Haven't you seen the cartload of extremely valuable betrothal gifts I brought?"
Fan Jingxing patted the boxes on the wooden cart and shouted, "Call my father-in-law and brother-in-law out. Let's have a good talk."
"This is your so-called betrothal gift?"
The guards looked at the shabby wooden cart, on which several boxes were piled, covered with a red cloth, making it impossible to tell what they were.
But it was clearly not anything valuable, otherwise, why would it be loaded in such a crude wooden cart, and even pulled by a giant turtle?
As a Spirit Saint, no matter how poor Fan Jingxing was, he could at least get hundreds of carts of fine carriages, precious horses, silks, and satins, right?
What was the meaning of such a shabby display now?
It must be that he was almost beaten to death last time, and this time he was deliberately trying to humiliate the Duan family.
"As expected, he's here to cause trouble, seeking death!"
More than a dozen guards drew their weapons, looking at Fan Jingxing with murderous intent.
"Fan, we spared your life last time. If you don't know what's good for you and dare to come here and act wild, we won't spare you this time."
A voice boomed, and two figures, one old and one young, flew from the manor like shooting stars.
These two were the Duan family patriarch, Duan Cheng, and the second son of the Duan family, Duan Guqing.
Duan Guqing had a full beard and looked like a raging lion, with a fiery temper.
Among the people who had insulted Fan Jingxing last time, he was the most arrogant and overbearing. As soon as he arrived at the scene, he attacked without hesitation.
He slapped out with his palm, his mid-stage Spirit Saint realm aura unreservedly unleashed.
A palm print, ten meters large, appeared out of thin air, crashing down like a small mountain, enveloping everyone.
Huineng raised his eyelids, curled his lips in disdain, his body blazed with Buddhist light, and with a flick of his sleeve, he blocked the powerful palm strike.
"Peak Spirit Saint realm!"
Duan Cheng's eyes narrowed. Fearing that his son would be at a disadvantage, he rushed forward to assist.
But Xuan Ao's figure turned into an afterimage and collided with him without mercy.
Boom!
The two figures collided, and the surging airwaves swept in all directions, knocking all the Duan family guards to the ground.
"Peak Demon Saint!"
Duan Cheng felt his blood surge. He suffered a hidden loss when facing Xuan Gui and was repelled over a hundred meters.
On the other side, Duan Guqing let out a scream and was sent flying back by Huineng's palm strike, completely unable to resist.
Fortunately, Huineng did not strike with full force, only administering a minor punishment.
"So you found helpers, no wonder you dare to be so presumptuous. Do you really think two peak Saints can run amok in the Duan family?"
Although Duan Cheng's expression was solemn, he was not panicked.
The Duan family still had an elder in seclusion, who was a half-step Spirit Emperor, enough to deal with them.
"Don't be smug, just wait. I'll have the elder come out of seclusion and kill you all."
Duan Guqing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face contorted with ferocity.
He was accustomed to being arrogant and overbearing. He had always been the one bullying others; how could he be bullied by outsiders at his own doorstep?
"Wait, I'm not here to cause trouble today, but to propose."
Fan Jingxing spoke, saying, "Last time, you said I couldn't afford the betrothal gifts. This time, I've prepared a small token of my appreciation. Although it's not very valuable, it's full of sincerity."
"Full of sincerity? Just this cartload of junk?"
Duan Cheng's face turned very ugly. Using trash as a betrothal gift was clearly intended to insult the Duan family.
Killing intent filled his eyes.
Duan Guqing could no longer stand it and shouted, "Father, stop wasting words with him. Please have the elder come out of seclusion and finish off that Fan guy..."
Just then.
Fan Jingxing grabbed the red cloth covering the wooden cart and gently pulled it.
Instantly.
Dazzling rays of light flashed before the eyes of everyone in the Duan family.