Chapter 51: The Elopement

"Of course you can!"

Chu Lingyun's beauty was not the slightest bit inferior to Fairy Yunyao. If he could win even a sliver of her favor, it would be a tremendous blessing. The male disciple agreed without hesitation.

Entering the Immortal Sword Sect, a gigantic stone monument stood in the center of the plaza, with a massive sword thrust directly into it.

"What is this?" Chu Lingyun asked with curiosity.

"This is the Sword Monument, the supreme treasure of our Immortal Sword Sect. Legend has it that it was left behind by a sword immortal. As long as we can comprehend sword intent from the Sword Monument, our cultivation will soar, allowing us to become peerless sword immortals and ascend to the position of the Sect Master of the Immortal Sword Sect."

"Cultivation will soar?"

Chu Lingyun caught only the four most crucial words. If she could comprehend the Sword Monument, wouldn't that allow her to reach the Nascent Soul realm and then make her request to her master?

Hehehe.

Chu Lingyun could not help but chuckle.

"How does one go about comprehending the Sword Monument?" Chu Lingyun looked up and asked the male disciple.

"Junior Sister," the male disciple said with a somewhat troubled expression, "to comprehend the Sword Monument, one must first be a disciple of the Immortal Sword Sect, and moreover, a sword cultivator. I see not a single trace of sword intent on you, Junior Sister, so I'm afraid..."

"A sword cultivator?"

Chu Lingyun's expression turned disappointed. After taking Chen Xuan as her master, Chen Xuan had only given her a manual titled *The Heavenly Frost and Ice Technique* and a Saint-grade superior-tier Winter Solstice Fan.

Consequently, the martial arts techniques she had chosen from the Scripture Pavilion were entirely suited to the Winter Solstice Fan.

She knew nothing of swordsmanship at all.

"Is swordsmanship that difficult to cultivate?" Chu Lingyun asked again, still unwilling to give up, as she wanted to reach the Nascent Soul realm as quickly as possible.

And then...

Hehehe.

"The path of the sword is extremely arduous. It requires a completely pure mind. The most formidable sword cultivator in the entire Great Xia Nation is our Sect Master, Jian Batian, whose cultivation has reached the Nascent Soul realm."

"It seems it really is difficult."

However, Chu Lingyun would not give up. Once she finished her current task, she would return to comprehend the Sword Monument.

"Junior Sister, the wedding is about to begin."

In the plaza before the main hall of the Immortal Sword Sect:

Hundreds of disciples from across the entire sect had gathered here, their gazes fixed on a man and a woman emerging from the grand hall.

The woman had changed into a red bridal robe, with willow-leaf eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, a purple-cyan treasured sword hanging permanently at her waist.

She possessed a striking and heroic demeanor.

As for the man, he was simply a man.

They were none other than Fairy Yunyao and Ye Fan.

"Younyao, starting today, you are my cultivation partner." Having pursued Yunyao for several years, he had finally achieved his wish today. Ye Fan reached out to take Yunyao's delicate hand.

"Young Master Ye."

Younyao evaded his touch and said with solemn gravity once more, "I said it before—only when you give me the Pristine Spirit Saint Fruit will I agree to become your cultivation partner."

"Hhahaha,"

Ye Fan chuckled softly, retrieving a green fruit the size of an apple from his storage ring. The fruit emitted an exquisite fragrance that refreshed the mind and uplifted the spirit upon the mere inhalation: "The Pristine Spirit Saint Fruit is right here. Once you and I are joined as cultivation partners, it will be yours."

Younyao clenched her delicate fists tightly within her sleeves.

The Ye family was insatiably greedy and utterly devoid of gratitude, and Ye Fan's natural aptitude was ridiculously poor; it had taken the consumption of countless heavenly treasures just for his cultivation to reach the initial Foundation Establishment stage.

Yet she herself had already reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.

And yet, she was forced to submit and marry him.

She was unwilling.

However, thinking of Jian Batian, who had suffered severe injuries and desperately needed the Pristine Spirit Saint Fruit to heal, her grip loosened.

"Very well, then let the ceremony proceed quickly."

"Hahaha, no problem."

Ye Fan signaled the nearby disciples to hasten the wedding ceremony while holding up the Pristine Spirit Saint Fruit in his hand and proclaiming loudly, "Today, with the Pristine Spirit Saint Fruit as my betrothal gift, I take Fairy Yunyao as my cultivation partner, announcing this to the entire world."

"Such a waste..."

"My Fairy Yunyao, she's actually marrying a Foundation Establishment trash."

"I know this Ye Fan; his aptitude is utterly abysmal, and his Foundation Establishment cultivation was entirely piled up using resources. He is simply unworthy of Fairy Yunyao."

"Pfft, the man has a good family background. You're all just sour grapes because you can't have her."

"Exactly. This is the Pristine Spirit Saint Fruit, a legendary treasure comparable in value to a Saint artifact. If you can produce such a treasure and join with someone as a cultivation partner, you'll never run out of resources for the rest of your life."

"I want to marry him too."

"Yunyao is about to fly up the branch and turn into a phoenix."

The disciples of the Immortal Sword Sect buzzed with discussion. Some were envious of Ye Fan because Fairy Yunyao possessed a flawless spiritual root and breathtaking, peerless beauty.

Yet far more envied Yunyao.

This was because Ye Fan's family background was even more lofty and untouchable; becoming cultivation partners with Ye Fan meant never having to worry about resources on the path of cultivation ahead.

The corners of Ye Fan's mouth curved upward.

He was now a member of an ancient clan. What kind of woman couldn't he marry? No matter how proud Yunyao was or how many times she had rejected him in the past, wasn't she now obediently marrying him?

"I object to this marriage!"

Suddenly, a voice rang out from within the crowd, and the entire gathering instantly fell silent, everyone stunned in disbelief.

"No way, is someone actually trying to crash a wedding?"

"The groom is a big shot who brought out the Pristine Spirit Saint Fruit! Who has the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard to dare hijack Ye Fan's bride?"

"I heard Ye Fan comes from some ancient clan."

"What is an ancient clan?"

"An ancient clan is a faction on par with the Holy Lands."

"A Holy Land! Someone dares to hijack a bride from a Holy Land? Have they gone mad?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan also frowned. Ever since he recognized his ancestors and returned to the Ye family of the ancient clan, no one had ever shown him disrespect.

Yet now, someone actually had the audacity to come out and stop the wedding?

"Who objects?!" Ye Fan swept his cold gaze across the crowd.

Within the crowd:

A male disciple of the Immortal Sword Sect had his mouth wide open, staring in astonishment at the beautiful, gentle young woman beside him.

"I object!"

The surrounding people stepped back, revealing Chu Lingyun's exquisitely beautiful figure.

"No way, the bride-snatcher turns out to be such an ethereally beautiful fairy."

"This fairy's appearance is not the slightest bit inferior to Fairy Yunyao."

"Such a stunning fairy actually fancies Fairy Yunyao too? Just how great is Fairy Yunyao's charm?"

The crowd was struck dumb with amazement.

They had originally thought that the person objecting was some ignorant, reckless young man, but it turned out to be a peerless fairy.

Yunyao was also dumbfounded.

When she first heard someone object, she had been somewhat curious as to which of her previous suitors was bold enough to crash a wedding.

Only to find it was a fairy she did not even know.

Did she fancy her as well?

"It's you!"

When Ye Fan caught sight of Chu Lingyun, his expression instantly turned panicked, but remembering his current family background, his heart settled once again.

"Ye Fan actually knows her. Could it be that she came to object to this marriage because of Ye Fan?"

"Is she a suitor of Ye Fan?"

"It must be. Ye Fan belongs to a legendary ancient clan; it's completely normal for him to have suitors."

The crowd came to a sudden realization.

So Chu Lingyun's target in crashing the wedding wasn't Yunyao, but Ye Fan.

Chu Lingyun was incensed.

What kind of vision did these people have, actually thinking that her target for crashing the wedding was Ye Fan?

In which universe was he worthy of her?

Only a peerless expert like her master was worthy of her.

"Ye Fan,"

Ignoring the surrounding onlookers, Chu Lingyun glared at Ye Fan with a chilling gaze, "Isn't it about time you paid back the resources you owe my master?"