Ding Fan looked at Fang Ruohan nervously standing in the corner. At this moment, she couldn't reveal her identity as several Earth Level Experts were lying in ambush outside. It could be said that every movement here was under surveillance from outside, so Ding Fan dared not make any rash moves.
"******, this really sucks..." Ding Fan cursed under his breath as he considered how to get to the bottom of what had actually happened to Fang Ruohan.
Ding Fan, in a rough manner, took off his upper garment. He barbarically tore it into strips and roughly bandaged his wound while Fang Ruohan just stood aside, saying nothing.
"Damn it... it really ruins the mood..." Ding Fan looked at his injured arm and spat fiercely as he spoke.
Although Ding Fan seemed very displeased on the surface, he felt that the wound had actually helped him,
As Ding Fan was carrying Fang Ruohan inside, he was thinking about how to bluff his way through entering the bridal chamber. With this wound, he wasn't worried about raising suspicions from the people outside.
Fang Ruohan, seeing Ding Fan treating his wound without showing any intentions of assaulting her, heaved a sigh of relief quietly.
However, since entering, Ding Fan had been swearing profusely, a typical rough man. Given that the opponent's cultivation was high, if he really wanted to make a move on her, she probably wouldn't stand a chance to resist.
"Please let me go, I already belong to another man... As long as you let me go, whatever you want, I can try to satisfy!" Fang Ruohan asked cautiously.
"Damn it, you have a man, why the hell are you inviting intimacy..." Ding Fan pretended to be angry as he spoke.
"My man is a very powerful figure. If he knows that you're trying to possess me, he would never let you go!" Fang Ruohan said.
"Damn it, who am I ever afraid of! What's his name!" Ding Fan said.
Ding Fan was truly tired. He had to think carefully before saying each word. He had to act convincingly and also probe into Fang Ruohan's situation.
"My man is called Ding Fan... I'm not lying to you. He has taken me into the forbidden lands of Zhangjiajie. If you let me go, my man will surely thank you properly."
Ding Fan was speechless for a moment. When did he become this Fang Ruohan's man?
Ding Fan then acted as if he was deep in thought. "Zhangjiajie's forbidden lands? People have been exploring it for years, but I've never heard of anyone who has made it out... What proof do you have that your man entered there?"
"Look at this..." Fang Ruohan said, as she took out a jade box from her storage ring.
This jade box was exactly what Fang Ruohan had brought out from the forbidden lands. The words 'Forbidden Lands' were engraved on the box.
Ding Fan pretended to take the jade box and then acted like he was utterly astonished.
"If you let me go. I will give you some treasures that I brought out from the forbidden lands..." Fang Ruohan, seeing some change in Ding Fan's reaction, continued from the side.
Ding Fan didn't immediately agree with what Fang Ruohan suggested, instead he pretended to be lost in thought.
Fang Ruohan, at this point, hesitated no longer and took out a dragon ring from her storage ring. This dragon ring was found within the forbidden lands.
"If you agree, this is yours... and this is just a down payment."
Ding Fan pulled out the ring right away. "Okay, I agree..."
Outside in a grove near the courtyard.
"Aunt, Fang Ruohan has started bribing the Big Beard," the handsome young man said earnestly as he came to Fang Zhiyao's side.
"Bribing?" A slight smile formed on Fang Zhiyao's lips.
"Aunt, from the Big Beard's attitude, it seems he's somewhat tempted by Fang Ruohan's bribery," the handsome young man said.
"It seems I had overestimated that Big Beard," Fang Zhiyao snorted coldly.
"Then aunt, what should we do next?"
Fang Zhiyao smiled subtly. "We'll just pretend we don't know anything. It's their marital affair; why should we worry?"
The handsome young man nodded. "Understood, aunt..."
With that, the handsome young man turned and left.
After he left, Fang Zhiyao, still with a smiling expression, gazed at the crescent moon in the sky.
"Mother, aren't you reassured with me here?" Fang Zhiyao still didn't turn around, only continued to watch the night sky.
"I haven't seen you in a few days, my Zhiyao, and you've become even more capable... even noticing my presence," a soft voice rang out, and a middle-aged beautiful woman appeared behind Fang Zhiyao.
"Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on the old man?" Fang Zhiyao turned to look at the beautiful woman.
"He won't be out of his retreat for at least another ten days. It's boring guarding in Qilian Mountains, and I couldn't stop worrying about you, so I came to check on you... I heard halfway here about the Upper Xuan Sect leader's daughter holding a martial contest for marriage... Quite the buzz indeed!" the beautiful woman said.
Fang Zhiyao smiled smugly. "Mother, this time I handled things without leaving any loose ends!"
The beautiful lady chuckled. "Then you must tell me how you managed to make it so watertight."
"First, I organized a martial arts competition for Fang Ruohan under the guise of the Upper Xuan Sect, and it was during the auction in Longxi, lasted two days. So now, there are hardly any people in the world who do not know about Fang Ruohan's competition for marriage…" Fang Zhiyao explained.
The beautiful lady looked at Fang Zhiyao but said nothing.
Fang Zhiyao continued, "I created a stir on the outside, and I believe tomorrow, even more people will know that Fang Ruohan was married off to a man named Zhou Ran…"
"Tomorrow, I just need to take them to the Menghan Underground Palace at the foot of the Qilian Mountains. It's customary for the direct descendants of the Upper Xuan Sect to enter the underground palace for ancestral worship on their wedding. The moment they step into the underground palace, the matter of the thousand-year-old Bodhi Seed going missing will be pinned directly onto them. Then, if an opportunity arises to kill both Zhou Ran and Fang Ruohan, with no witnesses left, who would then suspect that I took the Bodhi Seed…"
Slap, slap… Hearing this, the beautiful lady couldn't help but burst into applause.
"Zhiyao, you have the same meticulous mind as your mother... It seems you've really grown up, I don't have to worry about many things anymore!"
Fang Zhiyao smiled smugly again. "Mother, once Fang Ruohan dies, her deadbeat mother will definitely be implicated. Then, in front of father, no other woman will be able to compete with you for affection…"
The beautiful lady laughed even harder. "What a perfect 'killing two birds with one stone'... Not bad at all…"
"Mother, Fang Ruohan and her daughter will never have a chance to turn things around…"
"However, Zhiyao, the Bodhi Seed is a treasure of the world. You must not consume it by yourself. I've already spoken to Elder Jiuzhen. You must wait for him, as with his help, you will be able to absorb the Bodhi Seed without problems." The beautiful lady spoke.
"Elder Jiuzhen?" Fang Zhiyao slightly curled the corners of her mouth. But, she did not say much. "Alright, mother, you should go back to the old man first. I've got things under control here… There needs to be someone watching over there too."
The beautiful lady gave a few more instructions before turning to leave.
At that moment, Fang Zhiyao turned to look towards a small courtyard not too far away.
Inside a room in the courtyard, the light was still on, Fang Zhiyao gazed at that light.
"Fang Ruohan... you will never be my match!"
At that moment, Ding Fan was sitting cross-legged in a corner, and Fang Ruohan too was seated on the bed with her legs crossed. However, Fang Ruohan was holding a knife in her hand.
Fang Ruohan and Ding Fan had already agreed, and Ding Fan would help Fang Ruohan bluff her way through. In return, Fang Ruohan would give Ding Fan some treasures.
Ding Fan played along with Fang Ruohan's plan. At the moment, he pretended to be coveting the treasures in Fang Ruohan's hand, not daring to make a move against her.
Ding Fan sat cross-legged, extending his Divine Sense outward, also keeping an eye on the situation outside.
Initially, Ding Fan intended just to monitor the movement of outsiders, but unexpectedly, his Divine Sense caught the conversation between Fang Zhiyao and the beautiful lady.
Now with strong cultivation, it was no exaggeration to say, within a mile radius, if Ding Fan wished, he could even hear two flies conversing.
This time, it was no exception to overhear conversations outside in the woods.
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It was known that the Bodhi Seed was heralded as Grade Nine Spirit Grass.
There was a time in the Cultivation World when Ding Fan risked his life for a Grade Eight Spirit Grass! In the Cultivation World, Grade Eight Spirit Grass is extremely rare, let alone the value of a Grade Nine Spirit Grass on Earth!
From the words of the beautiful lady and Fang Zhiyao, Ding Fan could tell that it was definitely Fang Zhiyao who had stolen the Bodhi Seed. And then she had concocted this whole martial matchmaking scheme.
Tomorrow, once Fang Zhiyao takes him and Fang Ruohan to the Underground Palace, the Bodhi Seed was likely inside there. If Ding Fan and Fang Ruohan get inside,
and if Fang Zhiyao kills them both and then burns their bodies, then from then on, everyone in this world would think it was him and Fang Ruohan who had stolen the Bodhi Seed.
At that point, the real villain Fang Ruohan would go scot-free, and no one would pin the loss of the Bodhi Seed on him.
Ding Fan pondered for a moment. Staying put now would only mean resigning to fate.
Before he and Fang Ruohan entered the Underground Palace tomorrow, there would be many guards. To avert Fang Zhiyao's malicious plan, escape was the only option now…
Only if he and Fang Ruohan never visited the palace could they avoid any suspicion. Right now, this was the only way to safeguard both Fang Ruohan's and his own life!
Ding Fan made up his mind.
However, at that moment Ding Fan did not plan to act; he decided to wait, to wait for the dead of night…