...No. We t first, didn't we? We're supposed to be friends. Why are you siding with the Central Earth Princess? Wait a minute! How did you get taller than ? Are you really Lee Encai?!
The crowd murmured in agreent. "That makes sense!"
"A concubine trying to rebel against the primary wife? This is outrageous!"
"State Preceptor, I strongly recomnd that you have her executed... no, banished!"
"Banish her! Banish her!"
Originally, so had wanted to call for her execution, but then they rembered she was the princess of the Sunset Country. There are no small matters in diplomacy, so it was better not to kill her. The greater good had to be considered.
Shatana panicked. "State Preceptor, please don't drive away! Let stay by your side, I beg you! I don't want to go back. I don't want to be a tool for the gods..." she pleaded, her voice choked with desperation. She wept pitifully, tears streaking down her face as she turned to Jiang Mulu, apologizing and admitting she was wrong, even saying she was willing to be the lesser wife.
Jiang Mulu maintained a calm expression as she spoke to Lin Tang's manifestation. "My dear husband, it's your decision. If you want her to stay, I truly don't mind."
Lin Tang pinched her cheek, saying with a hint of annoyance, "Today is our wedding day. Why would I keep another woman here? What would people think?"
"Oh? So you an you could keep her so other day?"
"I won't be keeping her on any other day either!" Lin Tang's manifestation turned to Shatana, his voice cold. "Shatana, I don't wish to see blood on my wedding day. Get out, and don't ever let see you again. Otherwise, I promise, I will kill you the next ti I see you!"
Shatana's head drooped in dejection, all the strength seeming to drain from her body. "State Preceptor, you know what awaits if I return to the Sunset Country. My fate will not be a good one. Must you truly be so cruel and heartless?"
Lin Tang's manifestation couldn't be bothered to waste any more words. He ignored her and turned to the officiant. "Sir, please continue."
"Heh, heh, hehehehehe—" Shatana let out a mournful laugh, then whispered, "I'm sorry to have disturbed you."
Then, utterly distraught, she turned and left.
Seeing this, Lee Encai poked the real Lin Tang in the waist and gestured toward the departing Shatana with her chin. "This is a great opportunity to take advantage of her vulnerability. Why don't you quietly follow her and make her fall in love with you instead?"
"What are you talking about? You want to cuckold myself? I don't have such a bizarre hobby." Lin Tang shook his head, respectfully declining.
"Tch, cuckold yourself? Do you really think she's in love with your 'State Preceptor' identity?"
"Who said it has to be true love for a betrayal to count as cuckoldry?"
Just as the defeated Shatana was about to leave the hall, her body suddenly stiffened. She turned around like a marionette on strings and began walking back toward Lin Tang's manifestation, her movents completely beyond her own control.
Her expression was one of terror. "State Preceptor, quickly, save ! I can't control myself! I... I... AHHH!"
She let out a piercing scream as two trails of blood-red tears stread down her cheeks. Just like that, her once clear, pearl-like eyes went blind.
"Ah, my eyes!" she shrieked. "It hurts! It hurts so much!"
The wedding guests cried out in unison, clutching their own eyes as blood began to trickle from them as well. For a mont, no one could see anything, and panic erupted.
"Hmph! Eye of Truth, you dare to cause a scene at my wedding?" Lin Tang's manifestation roared, moving to shield Jiang Shan and Jiang Mulu. At the sa ti, the imnse national power within him surged forth in an overclocked state. With Jiang Shan, a supre being, under threat, the national power was naturally stimulated. Using Lin Tang's body as a dium, it erupted with multiplied force!
ROAR!
A Five-clawed Golden Dragon erupted from the crown of Lin Tang's head, soaring to the ceiling. With a single sway of its body, it swelled to hundreds of ters in size, bathing everyone in a golden light that instantly soothed their pain and restored their sight.
Shatana's expression turned as cold as an iceberg. When she spoke, the voice that erged was not her own. It belonged to the Eye of Truth. "Long Tianji, I admit you now possess the qualifications to speak with as an equal, and I am willing to form an alliance with you. As long as you agree to take in and dote upon this Faith Body, I can guarantee I will not use this as an opportunity to enslave you. On the contrary, through this thod, you can receive my blessing, granting your eyes the mighty Divine Power to see through all illusions! Furthermore, I require you to hand over the Yin Yang Mirror. It is not sothing you are equipped to possess at this ti, you..."
"You're so damn long-winded! SHUT THE HELL UP!"
Lin Tang's manifestation finally lost all patience. He unleashed the full force of his Nascent Soul power without reservation, striking out with the intent to obliterate the Eye of Truth along with Shatana's body.
Putting everything else aside, the re fact that one of the many assassins who had hunted his family years ago was a subordinate of the Eye of Truth was reason enough. He would never stoop to collaborating with It. To hell with this alliance!
Not wanting to destroy the wedding venue, Lin Tang focused his punch into a single point, targeting only the space around Shatana. Not even a single floor tile was damaged.
Of course, the Eye of Truth was no pushover. "Foolish," It comnted with cold indifference.
Shatana's blinded eyes rolled back in their sockets, and two laser-like beams of light shot out, rging into one as they collided with Lin Tang's punch. It vainly attempted to use the resulting shockwave to kill everyone in the hall.
Lin Tang would not allow it and instantly moved to contain the destructive shockwave.
Seizing the opportunity, the Eye of Truth tore open a spatial rift and vanished through it, taking Shatana's body along.
"Where do you think you're going? Perfect timing. I'll use you to test my new sword! TAKE THIS!"
Lin Tang's manifestation hurled his blood-grooved flying sword. It plunged into the spatial rift, moving through the distorted space as easily as a fish in water.
Previously, when Lin Tang relied on his Nascent Soul Stage cultivation to tear through space, each teleport covered a relatively short distance. But this flying sword, now fused with the Shura Sword... good heavens! A single teleport could span hundreds of kiloters!
This was to be expected. After all, the Shura Sword had once been able to teleport its previous master, the Sacred Lord Langhuan, thousands of kiloters at a ti. This was actually a step down from its peak.
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