Chapter 3681: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (20)
Chapter 3681: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (20)
How could Situ Xun be so cruel? That was her mother, and yet he said he wanted to whip her mother’s corpse. He didn't care about her emotions at all, didn't care about her feelings at all.
The look in Qin Nianzhi's eyes as she looked at Situ Xun carried sorrow, as well as some hatred, some bewilderment, and heartache.
The surrounding martial world figures all clicked their tongues in succession. They never expected there to be such a history. The previous demonic cult leader was actually poisoned to death by Qin Song's wife.
And now to drag out a corpse that had been dead for many years to whip it—this was truly extreme.
Even more people were astonished that Qin Song had actually kept the corpse until now. It truly gave people chills. The person was dead, yet she wasn't allowed to be laid to rest in the earth. Even if he loved his wife deeply, it should not go this far, right?
This was making it so that even the soul of the deceased couldn't find peace.
Situ Xun looked at Qin Song leisurely and said chillingly, "If I do not whip the corpse of this venomous woman, it will be hard to relieve the hatred in my heart."
Situ Xun raised his hand, signaling his subordinates to directly smash the ice coffin.
Qin Nianzhi looked at Situ Xun with pleading eyes. "I beg you, do not do this. Do not harm my mother, I beg you."
"I can spare your mother from harm, but I have one condition. That is, you are not allowed to marry, and you must come with me," Situ Xun stated his demand. His goal was to disrupt this wedding banquet. Qin Nianzhi was the daughter of the woman in the ice coffin.
There were some things she still needed to repay. How could she marry someone else? He wouldn't permit Qin Nianzhi to marry another man without his permission.
Here it comes again, here it comes again.
Why could this man not consider her feelings for once? Every time, he used this kind of method to force her.
Ning Shu: …
How had she become part of the gossip-eating masses again? Why was her screen time so little? She was the groom, for goodness sake.
Presumably, everyone was focused on the corpse-whipping, completely ignoring a groom whose bride was being snatched.
"Stop it, do not smash it." Qin Nianzhi saw the people from the demonic cult holding hammers to smash her mother's ice coffin. If it were smashed open, her mother's remains would be exposed, her corpse whipped, and she would become a laughingstock in the martial world.
"Halt." Situ Xun looked at Qin Nianzhi. "Have you thought it through? Have you decided to come with me, or have your mother's corpse whipped?"
Qin Nianzhi's chest hurt a lot. Her sword wound hadn't healed to begin with. Stimulated like this, the wound began to bleed fresh blood again, gradually soaking her wedding dress.
"I, I…" Qin Nianzhi was so conflicted she felt like dying. She roared at Situ Xun, "Why don't you just kill me!?"
"How could I bear to kill you?" Situ Xun smiled slightly. "You are my boss. I could kill anyone, but how could I bear to kill you?"
Ning Shu smiled slightly. Was that a critical hit to the heart? Sure enough, Ning Shu saw that Qin Nianzhi's expression was somewhat bizarre.
No matter how good someone was to you, you wouldn't take it to heart. Yet if someone who was very, very bad to you suddenly treated you just a tiny bit better one day, you would weep tears of gratitude.
Father Qin couldn't bear for his beloved wife to suffer such an insult, nor for his daughter to suffer such coercion. With an ashen face, he charged toward Situ Xun to snatch the ice coffin.
However, Situ Xun had brought many people this time. Perhaps due to the failure last time, Situ Xun had brought almost all the numerous experts of the demonic cult this time.
If it were just the Wanjian Manor alone, they truly might not be able to defeat them.
What Situ Xun dreaded wasn't Qin Song, whose body was half-buried in the earth, but rather Ning Shu, who remained expressionless the entire time, seemingly adopting an attitude of ‘matters of no concern to oneself are hung up high.’
Father Qin didn't gain any advantage by charging over. Moreover, within a few exchanges, he was injured by Situ Xun, falling to the ground unable to get up, vomiting blood. This made Father Qin's face turn even more pale and gray.
"Father…" Qin Nianzhi hastily ran toward her father, crying and shouting. "Are you alright? Father, do not scare your daughter, Father."
Qin Nianzhi shouted mournfully at Situ Xun, "Exactly how far do you have to go before you are satisfied? I can go die! I can die in my mother's place, atone for my mother's sins!"
Seeing Qin Nianzhi like this, Situ Xun's eyes flickered slightly, and he said indifferently, "I do not need you to die. Did you not want to atone for your mother's sins? Then starting today, you will be the slave of me, Situ Xun. Otherwise, your father will die today, and your mother's corpse will be whipped."
Carrying her sword, Ning Shu slowly walked out and said to Situ Xun, "Did you forget about me? I am, after all, the groom today. If you want to snatch my wife and kill my father-in-law, you have to ask me if it is allowed."
Situ Xun sneered. "You are overthinking a bit too much. You have not even completed the ceremony yet, how can you be husband and wife? Do not randomly add drama for yourself."
Ning Shu, who was carrying her sword, completely ignored Situ Xun and went straight for the ice coffin to snatch it. If too much time passed, the ice coffin would melt, and the corpse inside would be exposed anyway.
"Hold him back! Do not let him snatch the coffin," Situ Xun hurriedly ordered his subordinates. He didn’t dare to underestimate Ning Shu's combat power.
Ning Shu was like a wolf entering a sheepfold. She possessed boundless strength. The sword qi she released made it impossible for people to defend against.
Ning Shu mobilized the qi in her internal core and lifted the ice coffin forcefully. The ice coffin instantly flew toward the sky. Ning Shu leapt up, supported the ice coffin with her hand, and directly snatched the ice coffin into her possession.
Situ Xun's face looked incredibly ugly. This man was Qin Nianzhi's betrothed. Men would compete with each other in strength, especially when fighting over a woman.
Situ Xun tried to snatch the ice coffin Ning Shu was holding up. The two of them engaged in a fierce tangled fight, and the surrounding people watched with great satisfaction. They saw Ning Shu supporting the ice coffin with one hand while fighting Situ Xun single-handedly without losing the upper hand.
The strength of the head disciple of Wanjian Manor exceeded everyone's imagination.
Ning Shu released a surge of sword qi. The sword qi was extremely fierce, forcing Situ Xun to evade. Otherwise, meeting it head-on would cause him to suffer a loss.
This gave Ning Shu an opportunity. While supporting the coffin with one hand, Ning Shu placed the coffin in front of Qin Nianzhi and Father Qin, saying to Qin Nianzhi, "Junior Sister, I have snatched your mother’s coffin back. You no longer need to suffer Situ Xun's coercion, and you do not need to leave with him."
"Uh…" Qin Nianzhi's expression was somewhat bizarre. She nodded and said, "Thank you, Eldest Senior Brother. Thank you for not letting my mother suffer the humiliation of having her corpse whipped. Thank you."
"There is nothing to thank me for. Can we continue with the wedding bows now?" Ning Shu looked at Qin Nianzhi and asked.
"Eldest Sister Brother, with such a thing having happened…" Qin Nianzhi's expression was hesitant.
She originally thought it was a dead end, but she never expected a sudden turn of events. Now that her mother's ice coffin was back, it seemed there truly was nothing left that could threaten her.
"Are you worried about Situ Xun causing trouble? Rest assured, with me here, he cannot do anything to you. I will protect you," Ning Shu said with a smile.
"Right, perform the wedding bows," Father Qin said weakly.
Situ Xun burst out laughing. "I am sorry, but you might still not be able to perform the wedding bows. Because I smeared poison on the ice coffin. Nianzhi, your eldest senior brother is about to die from the poison acting up."
Ning Shu: Drama queen…