Qian Xunji led the wedding procession to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. At Yu Luomian's home, he brought Yu Erlong, dressed in a wedding gown, into the wedding carriage. The carriage slowly made its way towards the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
Sitting in the wedding carriage, Qian Xunji looked at the indifferent Yu Erlong beside him and smiled, "Cheer up, today is our joyous day."
Yu Erlong questioned angrily, "You broke up Xiaogang and me, forcing me to be with someone I don't like. Do you think I can be happy?"
Qian Xunji smiled faintly and retorted, "I just think you should be a little happier. It's not that I care whether you're truly happy or not. Smile for me, or else—"
He didn't love Liu Erlong; he merely lusted after her body. Of course, he also coveted the golden eggs that Yu Erlong, along with Yu Xiaogang and Flender, would lay for him.
"You—" Liu Erlong's expression froze, then she forced a fake smile.
"That's right, you must be obedient," Qian Xunji said.
Liu Erlong's face once again returned to its original Zombie Face (zombie-like expression).
On the way to Spirit City, a figure descended from the sky, landing in front of the wedding procession.
Qian Xunji looked closely and saw it was Flender, the Flying Corner of the Golden Triangle.
A flicker of emotion crossed Liu Erlong's stiff face.
Flender stood in front of the wedding procession and said to Yu Erlong, "Erlong, tell me, are you being forced?"
"I'll come save you right away." With that, Flender flew towards Liu Erlong.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others were about to stop him, but Qian Xunji immediately restrained them.
Because no one stopped him, Flender got closer and closer to Liu Erlong. Liu Erlong also reacted, shaking her head repeatedly.
As Flender approached Liu Erlong and reached out to grab her, Qian Xunji extended his hand. A vortex of extreme darkness condensed in his palm, forming a terrifying, devouring suction force that pulled Flender's body into Qian Xunji's grasp.
"An ant trying to shake a tree." Qian Xunji threw Flender's body out like trash.
Flender fell outside the wedding procession, bleeding profusely. Then, he looked at Liu Erlong, his eyes filled with determination, and once again spread the owl wings on his back, charging towards Qian Xunji.
He completely disregarded the terrifying disparity in power between them.
Flender was once again thrown out by Qian Xunji, his injuries growing more severe.
"No, stop, Boss Flander, stop!" Liu Erlong cried.
"Heh heh." Qian Xunji once again used his dark power to pull Flender into his hand, looking at Liu Erlong playfully, and said, "It seems your friend cares a lot about you."
"Perhaps he guessed what I'm using to threaten you, so he's here to seek death," Qian Xunji said.
Upon hearing this, Yu Erlong looked at the half-dead Flender in Qian Xunji's hand with shock and said, "Boss Flander, you shouldn't be like this!"
Flender spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "I know, it's Xiaogang and I who have implicated you. If Qian Xunji hadn't used Xiaogang and me to threaten you, you wouldn't have to obey him like this."
"No, it's not like that." Yu Erlong shook her head repeatedly.
"Hehehe, yes, it's not like that." Qian Xunji said, spoiling the mood, "Flender, do you think if you die, Liu Erlong can escape my control? You think too highly of your importance in Liu Erlong's heart."
"You, what do you mean?" Flender said, shocked.
"Even if you die today, I can still use Yu Xiaogang to manipulate her. Unless Xiaogang also comes here to seek death like you, then I'll have no choice but to send you, the Golden Triangle, to hell as a pair of ghost lovers. What a pity, you have the courage, but Xiaogang doesn't. It's better to live a wretched life than die a good one," Qian Xunji said.
"Qian Xunji, you... you bastard! Cough cough, pfft—" Flender spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his eyes utterly dim.
Qian Xunji's words, how could he not know them? In Erlong's heart, Yu Xiaogang clearly held more weight. The reason he still came to seek death so resolutely was simply because he hoped Erlong's shackles could be lessened.
But he also knew that in Liu Erlong's heart, Yu Xiaogang held more weight.
"Qian Xunji, let Flender go, or I'll kill myself right now!" Liu Erlong said to Qian Xunji, her eyes red.
"Don't you care about Xiaogang anymore?" Qian Xunji said.
"Of course I care," Liu Erlong said, tears in her eyes, "Of course I hope he can live well, but if you don't let us live, it's better for the three of us to die together and be ghost lovers on the Road to the Yellow Springs than to be humiliated by you."
After saying this, Liu Erlong said to Flender, "Boss Flander, go. I hope you and Xiaogang can live well. Don't you still have an ideal you haven't accomplished? Go, go fulfill the dream in your heart. I don't want to hear or see news of you seeking death anymore. If you die, I don't want to live either."
Hearing Yu Erlong's words, Flender's expression froze, and he said painfully, "Erlong, because of me and Xiaogang, you've suffered."
"No suffering, no suffering, Boss Flander. As long as you and Xiaogang live well, I'll be content." Liu Erlong said with tears, "I'm sorry, I didn't choose you back then."
"It's okay."
Qian Xunji flicked his hand, throwing Flender away and interrupting their earth-shattering interaction.
This was also Qian Xunji's goal; he didn't want Flender to die just like that. What a wonderful golden goose that lays eggs! Killing the goose to get the egg is not advisable.
[Liu Erlong's resentment +50000]
[Flender's resentment +50000]
[Liu Erlong's resentment +50000]
Flender was thrown by the roadside, and the wedding procession continued. Qian Xunji said, "Oh, what a devoted man! Your Boss Flander is willing to die for you, even knowing he's no match for me, he still wants to rescue you. But what about Yu Xiaogang, the one you chose? He doesn't even have the courage to appear before me. I really don't know why you chose a twenty-ninth-level good-for-nothing back then and abandoned Flender, who was so devoted to you and willing to die for you."
Yu Erlong said, "Xiaogang is not a good-for-nothing! The man I chose wouldn't do such a meaningless act of seeking death. He knows he's not your opponent right now, but he understands how to endure. One day, he will—"
He will find a disciple who can practice his theories, train him, and then overthrow your tyrannical rule of Spirit Hall.
Liu Erlong didn't say the last sentence because she was worried that revealing Xiaogang's intentions would alert Qian Xunji and thus harm Xiaogang.