Given the close relations between the Bai and Li families, no one thought there was anything amiss.
"No need to look further, that Li Xiu certainly won’t co to the Divining Celestial Secret ceremony by himself, how would he dare show up alone." Bai Ying said with a chuckle.
She was in a particularly good mood today. A couple of days ago, she had been directly confronted by Li Xiu and even got thrown out. She didn’t know what he had said to Li Qingyi.
After Li Qingyi returned, she asked what was discussed, but Li Qingyi brushed her off and didn’t reveal anything, only saying it was about magic spirits, which made Bai Ying even more furious.
The Bai Family intentionally had Bai Ying, who was around the sa age as Li Qingyi, get close to Li Qingyi, hoping Bai Ying could leverage the emotional foundation built since childhood to beco the person Li Qingyi is closest to and trusts the most.
Bai Ying had always worked towards this, becoming Li Qingyi’s childhood friend and close companion.
Over the years, Bai Ying also used her influence on Li Qingyi to do a lot for the Bai Family.
Earlier, she purposefully provoked Li Xiu, seeming reckless and ignorant, but it was actually driven by interest, just to keep Li Qingyi from getting too close to Li Xiu, which wasn’t in the Bai Family’s interests.
But Bai Ying always thought she could influence Li Qingyi, and now it seed her influence wasn’t as significant as she had imagined. At least regarding Li Xiu, she couldn’t sway Li Qingyi, which made Bai Ying even more hostile towards Li Xiu.
In Bai Ying’s view, today was undoubtedly going to be a day when Li Xiu would be utterly humiliated, so her mood was extrely pleasant.
"They’re here... they’re here... my dad brought the Demon Armor group..." Seeing the orderly team entering the Temple of Heaven, Bai Ying was in high spirits, pulling Li Qingyi’s hand and saying excitedly.
Under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t be so excited, but today was different.
While Bai Ying was eagerly watching, she noticed sothing odd.
At the front of the Demon Armor Master team entering the Temple of Heaven were indeed two people, but none of them were Bai Wanli.
With Bai Wanli’s ball-like large figure, he would be recognizable from afar.
Yet the two at the very front of the Demon Armor Master team weren’t fat, and one was even a woman in a red short skirt and leather boots.
The smile on Bai Ying’s face gradually froze. She realized sothing was amiss, and when she looked closer at who was leading, her face turned pale, more uncomfortable than eating a fly.
"How can it be him?" Bai Ying couldn’t believe it; why was the person leading the Demon Armor group to the ceremony Li Xiu, and not her father Bai Wanli?
Li Qingyi was initially surprised seeing Li Xiu lead the Demon Armor Masters in, then she smiled slightly, thinking to herself, "This person indeed always has surprising moves. I wonder how he convinced Bai Wanli to give up the chance to lead the Demon Armor group for the Divining Celestial Secret ceremony."
Not just Li Qingyi, but the mbers of the other great families and the six groups were also surprised and had complex expressions seeing Li Xiu lead the group in.
"That Li Xiu is indeed not simple." Han Minghui slightly squinted her eyes, constantly watching Li Xiu.
After Li Xiu and Sha Chu led the Demon Armor group into the venue, it wasn’t long before soone announced the start of the Divining Celestial Secret ceremony.
At first, there were so sacrificial rituals, which were quite complicated, but fortunately, there was a priest to direct them, and as long as they followed the instructions, there were no major issues.
Li Xiu kept looking around, but he didn’t see the Chairman anywhere. Even after the initial sacrificial rituals ended, the Chairman of Longevity Heaven hadn’t appeared.
"This is strange. For such a sacrificial ritual, shouldn’t the Chairman be the leading figure? Why hasn’t he shown up?" Li Xiu was full of questions.
As Li Xiu was pondering, he saw Great Elder dressed in a sacrificial robe ascend the stage, first offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, then turning to the audience to speak: "The Heaven’s Gate trembles, a magic spirit is about to erge. The Chairman has gone to personally suppress it. Today’s Divining Celestial Secret ceremony will be presided over by ."
As soon as Great Elder said this, the expressions of many family mbers and group mbers below changed.
The Heaven’s Gate is the greatest calamity for Longevity Heaven. Every ti a magic spirit erges from it, it causes significant impact, even death, to many people.
The last ti the Heaven’s Gate trembled, the Grand Elder died defending it. It can be said that every tremble of the Heaven’s Gate strikes fear into everyone in Longevity Heaven.
Li Xiu was also worried; Wan Chaocun and Old Blade were inside the Heaven’s Gate. If sothing went wrong, they might be in danger.
"There’s no need to worry. With the Chairman personally handling the situation, such magic spirits are of no consequence." Great Elder said loudly on the stage, holding an octagonal wooden box. "The Divining Celestial Secret ceremony now begins. This is the word personally penned by the Chairman. Today, we will use this word to divine the celestial secret and extend the fate of Longevity Heaven..."
After these words, Great Elder opened the octagonal wooden box, took out a scroll, and slowly unfurled it, showing the side with the written word to everyone in Longevity Heaven.
Everyone was astonished when they saw the word written on the scroll.
Li Xiu focused his gaze and saw a large "Spirit" character written on the scroll, with a smaller line of words next to it.
Li Xiu carefully observed and saw the small line read, "This word divines the marriage fate of my youngest daughter, Li Qingyi."
Li Xiu was taken aback and looked at Li Qingyi among the Li Family team.
Not only Li Xiu, but everyone’s eyes were on Li Qingyi, extrely surprised by this.
No one expected that the Divining Celestial Secret would be used to divine Li Qingyi’s marriage fate.
Using the Divining Celestial Secret, which occurs once every sixty years, for a woman’s marriage prediction, and that too in front of everyone, even Li Qingyi, with her calm deanor, couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy.
All the clan leaders, elders, and the Commander had smiles on their faces, seeming to be relieved.
"Divining marriage is good; Qingyi is indeed of marriageable age." An elder chuckled while stroking his beard.
Others echoed the sentint, thinking that divining marriage was the best option, as long as it wasn’t about them.
Great Elder, holding the scroll written by the Chairman, turned and walked into the Longevity Hall. As he entered, the hall doors closed, and soon the jade bead at the top of Longevity Hall lit up, sending a beam of light straight into the clouds.
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