Martial Peak

Translator: Silavin & Tia

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“Lu Qiu allowed the marriage, and as I did not wish to delay the matter any longer, I planned for the wedding to be held in a month. It’s a pity that one cannot predict the Heavens’ will; Lu Qiu sent a message half a month later saying that San Niang had disappeared. Naturally, I was furious. I went crazy at Dream Gate and injured many people; however, it was later verified that San Niang had vanished for no reason. It wasn’t the doing of Dream Gate. Fire Dragon Palace and Dream Gate searched for San Niang’s whereabouts for years after that, but there had been no leads whatsoever.” Li Jiao gave a wry smile, “It was as if she had vanished off the surface of Star Boundary. It was very strange indeed. This matter was such a huge deal back then that everybody in the Northern Territory knew about it. It was extremely embarrassing for me.”

Li Jiao was the Palace Master of Fire Dragon Palace, as well as a Third-Order Emperor Realm Master; therefore, it must have been quite humiliating for him to be involved in a marriage scandal like that. Yang Kai could almost imagine how Li Jiao had felt at the time.

[No wonder he went crazy at Dream Gate in his rage. If I had been in his shoes, I wouldn’t have been able to hold back either.]

“Up until today…” Li Jiao let his sentence trail away. Turning to look at Lu San Niang, he fell silent for a moment before sighing again.

It couldn’t be helped. They had been mutually in love at the time, but the woman he used to love now had a daughter of her own. Thus, he couldn’t help feeling heartbroken at the sight. Even though three hundred years had passed, some things could not be smoothed out with time. Li Jiao did not know why or how Lu San Niang vanished back then. He also did not know how she turned up in this Small World. More than anything else, he did not know whose child that girl was.

When he heard her voice earlier at the teahouse, he had simply thought that it sounded familiar. It wasn’t until that sinister and vicious-looking man kicked her to the ground that Li Jiao saw her face clearly and acted out of shock and rage.

The woman who had been betrothed to him had disappeared for three hundred years. Moreover, she had given birth to the child of another man. Any man would simply not be able to bear such humiliation.

It was only because it was Yang Kai that Li Jiao bothered to explain the situation. If it had been any other person, he would not have revealed such embarrassing secrets. In any case, it was not the first time he was humiliated in front of Yang Kai so he was already used to it.

“Big Brother Li…” A low voice rang out from the side. Lu San Niang had finally stopped sobbing. Wiping her tears from the corners of her eyes, she called out to Li Jiao.

Yang Kai choked and nearly burst into laughter. [‘Big Brother Li’!? I can’t believe that there are people in this world who address Li Jiao in such a manner! Moreover, it’s such a beauty too! He sure has pretty good fortune in love!] Unfortunately, now was not the time for laughter thus he hurriedly picked up a teacup and placed it by his mouth.

On the other hand, Li Jiao looked shaken. He turned to look at Lu San Niang with turbulent emotions, but what came out of his mouth was a sneer, “Are you going to stop pretending now?”

Lu San Niang did not look up as she whispered, “I was too ashamed to meet you. That’s why I didn’t dare to admit that I know you.”

“Oh, so you know that you should be ashamed to meet me?!” He coldly snapped. Li Jiao was feeling extremely vexed. At first, he wanted to ridicule and humiliate her to vent the anger that had been simmering in his heart for so many years; however, he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue again when he saw her bleak and miserable appearance. At the same time, his face became slightly distorted.

forced a smile at him, “I really

her face and he no longer had the heart to blame her for anything else

I won’t have any complaints even if you want to beat me, scold me, or even kill me. It’s just…” While speaking, she turned to look at her daughter with eyes that

to hear those words and all the goodwill and gratitude she felt for Li Jiao vanished from her heart instantly. She jumped up, spread her arms wide in front of Lu San Niang, and shouted, “Don’t bully my

on the table, he shouted, “When have

jumped in fright, blinking several times as pea-sized tears slid down her cheeks. Despite trembling uncontrollably, she

much like you?!” Li Jiao felt a little speechless. His words and tone had been a little harsh

her daughter’s arms down, coaxing her in a gentle voice,

no longer dared to challenge

San Niang continued, “Big Brother Li, you should leave as soon as possible. That person won’t let things go so easily now that you beat him up. If you don’t leave now,

won’t show him any mercy

rather uneasy inside. Half-Dragon City was simply too strange. He would never have placed himself

however, it doesn’t matter how strong you are in this

that’s so,

said, “Sister San Niang, you don’t

Li Jiao’s shoes, he knew that this matter was a

question. Rather, it might be more accurate to say that he seemed scared of asking. He was probably worried about what

twitched as he picked up his teacup and took a sip. Despite how calm he acted on the outside, his hand

Yang Kai to ask that question so forthrightly, so a trace of shame surfaced on her face and she lowered her head, “It happened so long ago. I don’t

be bothered to keep up with pretences anymore. His expression sank immediately and he shouted, “In other words, the feelings you showed me

one to encounter this situation, they would not have remained calm either. Just thinking about the marriage

it!” She abruptly lifted her head with all her strength as her tears came rolling down her cheeks again, “The feelings I had for you were genuine! I wanted to marry you, Big

way she looked caused his heart to soften again and his ferocity subsided considerably as he quickly said,

result, the rage in his heart that had cooled flared up again and he stood up and spat, “Fine! You don’t need to tell me. I won’t force you.

Jiao had overcome so many other challenges over the years so by now, he could take what came his way in stride. His cultivation

around to leave though, Lu San Niang grabbed his

else do you want?” Li Jiao looked down

explaining in a soft voice, “I… was

He simply stood there without moving and did not mention leaving again