Villain: I Can See Destiny

44: Chapter 44: The Nine Phoenix Facing the Sun Armor, a Celestial Artifact, as DowryThe next day, at the main seat of the banquet.

Young Master Xiao Zimo sat on his chair, lost in thought.

Remembering what happened this morning, he couldn’t help but find it amusing.

This morning, when he went to her sleeping quarters, he discovered that Xiao Xianyun was already gone, leaving only a letter behind.

The letter stated that he shouldn’t think that just because he had seen her body, she would marry him.

It also demanded that he forget about what happened last night and warned him that if he dared to kiss her without permission again, she would make him pay.

At the end of the letter, a small fist was drawn.

Young Master Xiao Zimo could already imagine the expression on her Face as she wrote the letter and how flustered she must have looked running away overnight.

He found this side of Xiao Xianyun rather cute.

If, before, it had been purely for the sake of Luck.

Then now, he truly had a sliver of affection for this tsundere cousin.

But liking her was one thing; if, before he achieved a Breakthrough to the Saint Realm, he hadn’t found a suitable target, and by that time, Xiao Xianyun still hadn’t fallen for him.

Then he could not be blamed for being ruthless and using her as a sacrifice to the heavens to break through his realm, even if there really was a supreme existence behind her.

He did not believe that in this Upper Realm where Immortals no longer existed, there was anyone who could defeat the Thirteenth Ancestor.

Even if there was an existence equal to the Thirteenth Ancestor, so what?

Before the Thirteenth Ancestor, weren’t there twelve other Old Ancestors?

Today’s banquet was peaceful and calm, without a single ripple.

Seeing that Xiao Yi did not challenge Young Master Xiao Zimo today, the crowd was not surprised.

After all, the combat power Young Master Xiao Zimo displayed yesterday was truly terrifying; even Lei Xu had been taken out in a single move.

If Lei Kun hadn’t intervened, he might have already died.

Who was Lei Xu? He was the existence ranked second on the Heavenly Dao Academy combat power rankings!

In a sense, he was the existence with the second-highest combat power in the entire Upper Realm for the Dao Heaven Realm.

It was understandable that Xiao Yi chose to give up.

Seeing that Xiao Yi did not come to challenge him today, Young Master Xiao Zimo actually breathed a sigh of relief, though it wasn’t because he was afraid of losing.

Rather, as the true master of the Xiao Clan, he still had to consider the Xiao Clan appropriately.

It was, of course, best to preserve the myth of the Double-Pupil’s invincibility.

Time ticked by second by second, and Young Master Xiao Zimo found himself becoming increasingly restless.

The others were also growing quieter, as if they were waiting for something.

One stick of incense passed, two sticks of incense passed, a quarter of an hour passed.

Suddenly, a woman came stepping on the clouds from the distance.

One moment she was on the horizon, and the next, she appeared above the banquet.

The woman had exquisite features, sharp phoenix eyes, skin as white as porcelain, surpassing frost and snow, and vermilion lips. She wore a soft battle dress, draped in a golden cloak, and her beautiful hair was tied with a black ribbon.

Her body was suffused with intense Evil Qi, like a female war god who had just returned from the battlefield.

In the sky, Sikong Ruoyun looked at Young Master Xiao Zimo’s jade-like, handsome Face and was dazed.

At this moment, Young Master Xiao Zimo was so full of vitality and gentle; it was truly hard to imagine that he would one day become the Devil Head who would slaughter the entire Upper Realm.

While Sikong Ruoyun was observing Young Master Xiao Zimo, Young Master Xiao Zimo was also observing her.

Their gazes met in the air, as if a single glance spanned ten thousand years.

Young Master Xiao Zimo’s heart skipped a beat, and he grew increasingly restless.

The name ”Ruoyun” floated into his mind involuntarily.

Young Master Xiao Zimo’s heart produced a trace of palpitation; it was a feeling that even Nangong Yi could not give him.

”Empress Ziwei.”

Young Master Xiao Zimo forcibly reined in his focus and greeted Sikong Ruoyun.

”Zimo, you can just call me Ruoyun.”

Sikong Ruoyun snapped out of her daze and said softly to Young Master Xiao Zimo.

Her demeanor stunned Xiao Chenyi, who was standing to the side: ”Sikong Ruoyun actually has a side like this? Is the domineering and arrogant Empress I know a fake?”

At this moment, Xiao Chenyi felt immense admiration for his son.

”Ruoyun.”

Young Master Xiao Zimo blurted out, as if he had called her that countless times before.

Sikong Ruoyun smiled and nodded, then said: ”I, Sikong Ruoyun, am engaged to Young Master Xiao Zimo today, and I offer three Emperor Weapons and the entire Dongyang Ancient Domain as my dowry!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue was shocked!

Three Emperor Weapons! These were not ordinary Emperor Weapons; many veteran longevity families didn’t even have one.

Sikong Ruoyun, you are so extravagant, does your Old Ancestor know about this?

At this moment, the forces of the longevity families truly understood the gap between them and the Immortal clans; Emperor Weapons were the foundational heritage of their clans.

Yet the other party was actually giving them away as a dowry.

Not to mention that it also came with an entire Ancient Domain.

Regarding this, the people of the longevity families were overthinking it; even for an Immortal clan, three Emperor Weapons would be a painful loss, as there were gaps even between Immortal clans.

Some Immortal clans even had less heritage than the longevity families, having declined to the point where only the name remained...

Of course, such Immortal clans were not among those invited by the Xiao Clan this time.

Compared to the shock of others, Lei Kun’s Face turned completely green, and he cursed inwardly: ”Mo Yan, you trash, I gave you the power of an Ancient Domain, and you couldn’t even hold off the Ziwei Immortal Dynasty for a month!”

Lei Kun was actually wronging Mo Yan; when the Ziwei Immortal Dynasty attacked the Dongyang Ancient Domain, the other forces in the Dongyang Ancient Domain only helped resist for the first few days.

Later, seeing that the Lei Clan had no intention of helping, let alone resisting, some forces even directly rebelled to curry favor with the Ziwei Immortal Dynasty.

After all, who the master of the Dongyang Ancient Domain was had nothing to do with them; in any case, it couldn’t be them.

Therefore, except for the forces with significant ties to the Undying Divine Empire, the other forces didn’t put in any effort at all; those who didn’t drag them down were already considered to have a conscience.

Hearing this shocking dowry, Young Master Xiao Zimo remained calm; in terms of heritage, the Xiao Clan had never feared anyone.

His purple extreme sword was an Emperor Weapon.

However, since the other party valued this engagement so highly, he could not lose Face for the Xiao Clan in front of other Immortal clans.

”I, Young Master Xiao Zimo, am engaged to Sikong Ruoyun today, and my betrothal gift is the Nine Phoenix Rising Sun Armor, an Immortal Artifact,” Young Master Xiao Zimo said calmly.

The information contained in these calm words was earth-shattering.

An Immortal Artifact! In this world where Immortals no longer exist, it was a well-deserved weapon of mass destruction and the foundation of an Immortal clan’s existence.

Most Immortal clans only had one, which was their well-deserved strongest foundation.

Upon hearing this, the other Immortal clans, including some members of the Xiao Clan, could not help but look at the Xiao Clan Chief, Xiao Chenyi.

They all thought Young Master Xiao Zimo was crazy; this was not the way to save Face.

Under everyone’s gaze, Xiao Chenyi finally spoke: ”Young Master Xiao Zimo’s intent is the intent of the Xiao Clan.”

Once these words were spoken, everyone turned their gaze to the high-level members of the Xiao Clan present, wanting to see how they would object.

But they actually had no objections at all, silently expressing their approval of Xiao Chenyi’s words.

Was Young Master Xiao Zimo’s status in the Xiao Clan really this high?

In an instant, everyone present listed Young Master Xiao Zimo as the person in the Upper Realm who absolutely could not be provoked, bar none.

The middle and lower-level members of the other main branches of the Xiao Clan finally realized that they had never really had a chance at the position of the Xiao Clan’s Young Clan Chief.

Many people from Xiao Xianyun’s branch wore bitter expressions; no wonder the higher-ups hadn’t held onto the matter of the bone-digging incident back then.

How was Young Master Xiao Zimo just a Young Clan Chief? Even the Xiao Clan Chief couldn’t compare to him, right?

Giving away an Immortal Artifact just like that, and the high-level members of the Xiao Clan didn’t even object—he was practically the Old Ancestor of the Xiao Clan!

Among the guests, only the person involved, Sikong Ruoyun, appeared quite calm.

It was as if she were not surprised that Young Master Xiao Zimo’s status in the clan was so high.

Seeing Sikong Ruoyun so calm, Young Master Xiao Zimo’s heart sank slightly.

”Is her Heart-Nature already so high that she is unmoved even in the Face of an Immortal Artifact, or did she know something from the very beginning?”

But regardless, he still had one more thing to announce today.

”There is one more thing I must tell everyone.”

Young Master Xiao Zimo composed his expression, looking serious; it was clear that he attached great importance to what he was about to say next.