"First bow to heaven." Xiao Ruolan stood in front of the two, holding a bunch of incense as she acted as the one performing the ritual.

In this world of the continent, it was usually priests who would perform these rituals, but it was only for mortals. Cultivators would normally do it themselves. After all, how could a mere mortal priest be worthy of perofming ion front of cultivators?

The moment Xiao Ruolan spoke, Lin Yue immediately made a bow.

Yang Ze, who was standing awkwardly and trying to find out where heaven was, felt a pull on his shirt. Looking down, he was greeted by Cang Yue's angry glare.

"Gulp." Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he immediately followed suit, before taking a bow.

"Now bow to the earth."

Xiao Ruolan's voice echoed once again, and this time, Yang Ze didn't hesitate; he immediately took a bow together with the woman by his side.

"Now bow to the parents."

The moment Xiao Ruolan uttered those words, Lin Yue's body stiffened.

Yang Ze noticed it as well. In his mind, he thought about how the only family Cang Yue had was her mother, who chopped off her sister's head.

He wanted to console her, but wasn't able to find suitable words. In the end, he gently reached out towards Cang Yue before taking her hand into his.

"...." Lin Yue, who was lost in her train of thought,s suddenly felt a warm hand holding her cold hands as her body shivered. She wanted to pull off her hand instinctively, but somehow managed to hold herself back. Instead, she too applied pressure, holding Yang Ze's head tightly, afraid of letting it go.

Yang Ze felt her nervousness as he simply let out a gentle smile before looking at Xiao Ruolan.

"What if we don't have parents?"

"In that case…" Xiao Ruolan thought for a moment before answering in her usual cold tone.

"In that case, make a heavenly oath to take care of each other… Never leaving each other alone. No matter the circumstances, you two will be there for each other. You will not fight amongst yourselves, and you love each other."

The moment Xiao Ruolan finished speaking, Yang Ze felt Cang Yue's hand stiffen. But he didn't think too much about it and attributed it to her nervousness.

"Sure." Without any hesitation, he immediately patted his chest and made a heavenly oath.

"I will take care of my wife. Forever loving her, not betraying her and not fighting with her. I will be there for her when she needs me. I will never let her face any difficulty by herself and protect her even if it costs me my life."

Yang Ze's heavy oath wasn't just for the heavens, but for himself as well.

This was a new beginning of his life. Now he finally had someone he could call family. Now he finally had someone whom he wanted to protect, wanted to take care of. He finally had someone with whom he was willing to spend the rest of his life.

He had decided to protect it at all costs.

The moment Yang Ze made the heavenly oath, he felt a shackle in his body that soon disappeared. And in that instant, Lin Yue, who was standing beside him, turned her head to take a deep look at him.

In response to his wife looking at him, Yang Ze merely let out a gentle smile.

"Your turn." Xiao Ruolan, with incense in her hand, now directed her gaze towards Lin Yue.

Lin Yue's body trembled as she controlled her raging emotions.

"I too…" She spoke in a hoarse voice. "I, too, make the oath that I will take care of my husband and never do anything to let him down."

Though Cang Yue's oath was somewhat short, Yang Ze didn't think too much about it.

"Now, bow to each other." Xiao Ruolan spoke again.

This time, both Yang Ze and Lin Yue turned to face each other before bowing to each other.

"On the third lunar month of the Crimson calendar at the time between morning and noon, I, Xiao Ruolan, personally oversee this sacred act of marriage."

Xiao Ruolan began to speak in a grave tone, her voice sending reverberation throughout the pond.

"Now, exchange the cups of wine."

Speaking till here, she brought a plate with two cups of wine towards Yang Ze and Cang Yue.

And just when Yang Ze was about to pick it up, Xiao Ruolan held his hand.

"Wait." Xiao Ruolan took out a small two-inch needle from her robe before pointing it towards Yang Ze.

"Put a drop of your blood in this wine glass."

Although Yang Ze was confused as to why, he didn't question it. This was a cultivation world… a world completely different from his own. It was natural for them to have their own set of rules.

He simply nodded in response as he pricked his finger, dropping a drop of blood in one of the wine cups.

"Your turn." Xiao Ruolan then slid the needle towards Lin Yue, who also followed suit without any hesitation.

"Please exchange the cups now."

Picking up the cup, Yagn Ze looked at Xiao Ruoln awkwardly. What was he supposed to do now? Was he supposed to drink it, or was he supposed to give it to Cang Yue?

"Hahaha."

While he was standing there confused, Lin Yue's soft laughter sounded in his ears.

Looking at Cang Yue, who was gently laughing with her hand covering her face, Yang Ze turned red with embarrassment.

"Here… Like this." After laughing for a few seconds, Lin Yue gently shook her head as she picked up the wine cup in which she dropped her blood and raised it towards Yang Ze's lips.

It was only then that Yang Ze understood what to do.

He too followed suit, raising the cup of wine in his hands up, towards Lin Yue's lips.

The two of them looked at each other and then, without any hesitation, drank the wine in a single gulp.

*Phew…

Yang Ze, who hated the wine, couldn't help but narrow his eyes as he felt a burning sensation in his mouth that travelled down his throat to his stomach, as his face flushed red and his eyes a bit hazy.

Lin Yue, on the other hand, was much better. She simply let out a breath before licking her lips and nodding to Xiao Ruolan.

"Then let's start the next process." Without any hesitation, Xiao Ruolan immediately made the two of them sit down before arranging a few items around them.

Yang Ze could have used his internal energy to dissipate the effects of the wine, but chose not to.

This was his marriage and perhaps the only time in his life he was ever going to drink. For a moment, he wanted to live in the moment, not even wanting to wake up.

In less than a few minutes, Xiao Ruolna managed to arrange items all around both Yang Ze and Lin Yue in a complicated pattern.

Then, without any hesitation, she nodded ot Lin Yue, who in response tightly held Yang Ze's palm as both of them began to utter some obscure chants.

Yang Ze, who was dizzy could't hear them clearly. He just thought that it was some necessary ritual and sat quietly, waiting for it to be over.

During this time, he felt Cang Yue's fingers entwining around his own as she held his hand gently.

As the two of them chanted more and more, Yang Ze felt as if another shackle had appeared in his body.

He just thought that it was akin to something like a heavenly oath and didn't pay much attention to it.

With every passing moment, Yang Ze felt the shackle seemed to be connecting him to someone else.

Even in his dizzy state, he understood with whom.

It connected him to his wife beside him.

The connection was weak at first, but with every passing moment, he felt more and more connected to Cang Yue.

He could feel her nervousness, her excitement and her embarrassment.

It was such a wonderful feeling… sharing her emotions like this. For a moment, Yang Ze didn't want to wake up from this state.

"Share another cup of wine with each other."

And just when this feeling was at its peak, he heard Xiao Ruolan's voice in his ears.

Without any hesitation, he pricked his finger, dropping his blood into the wine, followed by Lin Yue as the two of them shared another cup of wine.

And at this moment, Yang Ze truly felt drunk for the first time.

He felt the world around him blurry and couldn't control his body. If not for Cang Yue's hand holding him, he would have perhaps fallen into the pond.

Lin Yue, on the other hand, felt a shackle in her body that connected her to Yang Ze.

She could feel his embarrassment, his happiness and his excitement as well as a blazing hope for the bright future ahead.

She merely glanced at him once before nodding to Xiao Ruolan again.

"The Husband and Wife should share a kiss." Xiao Ruolan spoke in a cold voice, but anyone familiar with her could feel the slight tremor in her voice.

"Umm…" Even though Yang Ze was tipsy, he still heard her clearly. With a nod, he turned to look at Cang Yue beside him.

"Wife." This was the first time Yang Ze called her with such intimacy.

"..." Lin Yue's body trembled for a moment as she gritted her teeth and replied in a soft voice.

"Husband."

The two of them looked at each other briefly before Yang Ze took a step forward, standing just an inch away from Lin Yue's stiff body.

He then looked above him, gazing at her face and slowly using his toes to lift himself up.

But even with this, he couldn't reach her neck, much less her face and share a kiss.

Yang Ze wanted to turn his head away in embarrassment and even use his flying ability to lift himself up to reach Cang Yue's face.

But before he could even do it, Lin Yue, who was standing stiff a moment ago, suddenly lowered her head, directly coming face to face with Yang Ze.

The two pairs of eyes looked at each other in silence as the two of them gradually inched closer to each other like magnets.

"....."

"....."

The next moment, their lips finally met as both their bodies trembled in response.

Partly it was due to the fact that they so lovingly shared a kiss, and partly because of their shared emotions. They could feel each other's nervousness, anxiety, embarassment and excitement.

It was something that was completely foreign to them.

Feeling the cold touch on his lips, Yang Ze slowly came back to his senses as the effect of the wine began to wear off.

Lin Yue too awkwardly placed her lips upon his, wondering if it was enough or not.

But before she even had time to think further, she felt Yang Ze's tongue skillfully parting her lips before reaching inside her mouth and finally playing with her tongue.

"Ummm…" In that instant, Lin Yue's eyes went wide with disbelief. She almost clenched her teeth to chop off Yang Ze's tongue. But in the end, held back.

As her eyes glanced at the otherworldly face in front of her, kissing her, a sense of sudden ecstasy overwhelmed her as she too began to reciprocate Yang Ze's feelings using her own tongue to fight back.

The two of them seemed to be engaged in a battle as one played with another's tongue, each one failing to gain an advantage. And it was at this moment that Yang Ze suddenly caught an opening as he suddenly sucked on Lin Yue's tongue, making her body tremble.

Lin Yue, who was about to fight back, suddenly felt an overwhelming rush of information in her head as her eyes went wide with disbelief.

She didn't even realise when their tongues left each other, and their lips parted ways.

She was still engrossed with the sudden outburst of information in her head.

'Supreme Dao Body…'

'Eternal Youth…'

The more Lin Yue understood, the more shocked she became as her eyes towards Yang Ze began to change from excitement to fervent. If not for the time and place, she would have immediately jumped upon him.

'What luck.' At the same time, she was almost laughing maniacally in her heart. Who would have thought that her impulse to marry this little bastard would result in such a pleasant surprise?

'No wonder…' It was only now that she understood why Cang Yue and Lin Wan were so fixated on him.

It was only now that she understood why these two outstanding women would keep a man by their side.

Earlier, she thought it was due to his heavenly appearance.

It was only now that she realised the true reason.

"Congratulations." And while she was lost in her train of thought, Xiao Ruolan's voice echoed in her ears.

"The two of you are husband and wife from now on."

Yang Ze, who was finally back to his senses and no longer drunk, almost jumped in excitement.

He finally has a wife... He finally has his better half.

"I should gift her something." Yang Ze didn't know whether the husband and wife of this world share gifts with each other, but it didn't stop him from doing so.

His first thought was the newly merged item that he had been looking forward to,

Without any hesitation, he suppressed the excitement in his heart as he looked at the small cauldron in front of him, waiting for a new item to appear, but even after waiting for a while, nothing seemed to change.

"What the…" Yang Ze couldn't help but narrow his eyes, wondering if something went wrong.

He looked at the screen in front of him, which didn't change in the slightest.

There was still a blue window with a row of text in front of him, displaying the same information.

[Mission: Marry Cang Yue in the next fourteen days.]

"What's going on?" Yang Ze couldn't help but furrow his brows as he gazed at the screen. Didn't he just get married? Why was this damned thing still asking him to marry Cang Yue?

And just when he was wondering what was going on, a bright pillar of white light appeared out of nowhere on the horizon, directly connecting the sky and earth.

And in that instant, Yang Ze felt a sense of fear and loss that he had never felt before.

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