After the great ship docked, Soren confirmed that this was not the Demon Continent.
It was merely an island of moderate size, approximately several hundred square kilometres.
The island was veiled by great mountains, with green waters and lush mountains, verdant and flourishing, clusters of flowers in full bloom, the scenery incomparably beautiful.
After disembarking, the Demon Continent princess boarded a magnificent grand carriage. That androgynous great beauty, Zhuang Zhixuan, rode a horse alongside to escort her. It seemed she was Wanwan’s personal bodyguard.
Several hundred Demon Continent experts, their entire bodies hidden within black cloaks, disembarked one after another, following behind Wanwan’s carriage.
Soren had a horse to himself, arranged to the right of Wanwan’s carriage, as if he and Zhuang Zhixuan were the left and right guardians.
Seeing Soren, Zhuang Zhixuan did not glance over once, her expression still cold.
But Soren noticed that her earlobes had already taken on a faint blush of red.
At this moment, Soren further discovered that this woman’s skin was exceptionally good, as smooth and delicate as jade. Her facial features were also very refined, absolutely a one-in-ten-thousand great beauty. It was only the two-inch short hair, the perpetually stern face, and the martial artist’s fitted attire that made her appear androgynous.
A height of 1.8 metres would be a supermodel on Earth.
But here, it was simply too tall. However, Soren could dimly recall her pair of long legs, truly an unprecedented pair of superlative beautiful legs, straight and rounded, long and firm, fit and powerful. On Earth, they would absolutely qualify to be rated as the number one beautiful legs by a magazine.
The crucial point was that this pair of long legs was filled with power. They could truly snap a person’s waist.
This was absolutely a sexy, fiery stunner.
Seeing Soren scrutinising her without restraint, Zhuang Zhixuan’s gaze turned cold, glaring fiercely at Soren, not concealing her killing intent.
However, though her gaze was fierce, her neck had long since turned completely red.
“Oh, already flirting then,” said the Demon Continent princess Wanwan. “Lord Soren, very soon our third contest of wits will arrive. This will truly decide your life or death. While you are still alive these few days, why do I not let Zhuang Zhixuan serve you? She cannot do other things, but she certainly has the skill to spread her legs and let you mount her.”
These words were explicit, but humiliation already showed in Zhuang Zhixuan’s eyes.
Soren smiled and did not speak.
These past days, Soren had thought some matters through, but some matters he had not.
Wanwan said she kept him alive because a cat catches a mouse and wants to play with it for a while before killing it. That was false.
She kept him alive for another purpose.
For this kind of demoness to toy with him for a while before killing him, to first **** to vent her hatred, that was not impossible.
But she would not have gone to the trouble of bringing him thousands of miles to this mysterious island in the Western Sea.
Furthermore, she said she wanted to match wits with him, to see who was more clever, that she took delight in hunting clever men, wanting to defeat them before killing them.
Originally, Soren had believed this, because the obsessive heart of clever people was quite normal.
But in the second contest of wits, she had cheated, winning through a very dishonourable method.
This allowed Soren to see that she was also not doing this for any contest of wits with him. She had another purpose.
But what exactly that purpose was, he truly did not know.
However, it should be revealed very soon.
The roads on this island were built very wide, very flat, even entirely paved with stone slabs.
Soren was greatly astonished. Such a not particularly large island, and they still built such luxurious roads?
Following the mountain road all the way, they walked for fully several tens of miles, finally reaching the mountaintop.
Next, it was entirely descending mountain stone roads.
At the mountaintop, Soren could not help but look down to investigate, then was literally frightened out of his wits.
This island was surrounded by high mountains on all sides, with a basin in the middle.
In the centre of the basin, there was an incomparably tall pagoda reaching to the heavens! Entirely built of stone, it was fully more than eight hundred metres high, only slightly shorter than the surrounding high mountains.
An eight-hundred-metre tall giant pagoda, it even exceeded the Burj Khalifa, Earth’s tallest building, and exceeded the height of most mountain ranges.
In this world, it was a completely impossible architectural miracle.
Moreover, the Burj Khalifa was built using modern engineering and modern architecture.
Yet this eight-hundred-metre tall pagoda reaching to the heavens before his eyes was entirely built of stone.
Very obviously, this was not something the current civilisation of this world could construct. This was yet another relic of an ancient civilisation.
There were many relics of ancient civilisations in this world, but the vast majority had already completely vanished into smoke and dust.
After all, the most recent ancient civilisation relic was already tens of thousands of years old.
The only reason it could be preserved until now was because there was the energy of a Dragon Seal relic holy object within, guarding it, thus remaining indestructible for ten thousand years.
Soren concluded that within this giant pagoda reaching to the heavens, there was a Dragon Seal holy object!
Thus, the purpose of the demoness Wanwan not killing him, but instead bringing him to this secret island, became abundantly clear.
Wanwan said, “Count Soren, Dragon Seal relic holy objects in this world are extremely rare. One might not be found for decades or centuries. Even if ancient civilisation ruins are discovered, the Dragon Seal holy object within cannot be obtained. Yet you, by chance, obtained two.”
Then, she waved her jade hand, “The first time, in the Blood Case Mystery City, you not only successfully escaped, but also revived Yan Yan who had fallen into a coma. The second time, on Rock Island you were thrown into a ten-thousand-zhang abyss, yet came back from the dead. Why this was so, others do not know, but I can guess. You should have obtained a Dragon Seal relic holy object, correct?”
Soren nodded, “Exactly so.”
Instantly, the Demon Continent princess Wanwan giggled, “You truly are remarkable. It seems you have a natural affinity with Dragon Seal relic holy objects. And this pagoda reaching to the heavens before us is an ancient civilisation relic. I discovered it several years ago, even building several hundred miles of mountain stone roads here. I do not know how many times I have entered this pagoda. The number of people I have sent inside is certainly no fewer than several thousand, yet not a single person has come out alive.”
Then, Wanwan looked towards Soren, “It just so happened that Zhi Li spent an astronomical price to have me kill you, so I simply intercepted and kept you, to have you help me find the Dragon Seal holy object within this pagoda reaching to the heavens.”
“Count Soren, this is our third contest of wits. If you help me find the Dragon Seal holy object, you win, and I will spare your life, and bestow upon you my personal bodyguard Zhuang Zhixuan by my side.”
“Oh, it is Zhuang Zhixuan, Xuan of the Xuanji star.” Wanwan said, “Because she cultivates the martial arts of my Demon Continent, her martial arts are very, very high. She should exceed your Yan Nai’er by her side. Having her follow you, she can both be bedded and fight, how wonderful. She is a one-in-ten-thousand super great beauty. It is only my wicked amusement that made her cut her hair to only two inches. When she grows her hair long, she will be even more devastatingly beautiful.”
As Wanwan spoke these words, the Zhuang Zhixuan by her side, oh no, Zhuang Zhixuan’s face twitched slightly, a flash of unwillingness and humiliation passing through the depths of her eyes.
“How about it?” Wanwan said, “Help me find the Dragon Seal holy object within, and I will spare your life, and gift you this martial arts expert great beauty Zhuang Zhixuan.”
Soren said, “It is a deal!”
“It is a deal!” Wanwan smiled.
…
Zhi Capital Royal City!
These days, the greatest matter in the entire royal city was Gui Xingfu marrying off his daughter.
Because Ling Ao had risen like a comet, Gui Qinshao became the object of envy for all noble ladies in the royal city.
Almost everyone was discussing this marriage.
And after Gui Qinshao severed her emotional ties with Soren, she also quietly awaited the arrival of the wedding day.
At this time, she could not be said to be particularly happy, but she was relatively at peace, also carrying a touch of anticipation.
Despite her ill-fated love for Soren, because of the hostile relationship between their two families, it was destined to be without result. Moreover, Ling Ao treated her so well, her father treated her so well, she could no longer willfully let them down.
She certainly would not know that her father Gui Xingfu, for the sake of profit and power, had already decided to sell her to Zhi Li.
Although Zhi Li had repeatedly spoken of it as ** rights, Gui Xingfu was very clear that with Zhi Li’s greed, he would certainly occupy Gui Qinshao for a long time.
And although Ling Ao found it difficult to accept, ultimately under Gui Xingfu’s persuasion, he also half-pushed and half-yielded accepted it.
Moreover, Gui Xingfu had spoken a word that struck right to his heart. Gui Qinshao was not doing it willingly, so he did not completely count as being cuckolded. This reasoning was very self-deceptive, but it was better than having nothing at all.
In a secret chamber, Ling Ao and Gui Xingfu were secretly conferring.
“Qinshao’s temperament is so fierce. If she discovers that the one in the bridal chamber is Prince Zhi Li, she will definitely go on a rampage,” Ling Ao said. “Perhaps at that time, it will bring great calamity.”
Gui Xingfu said, “Rest assured, a sleeping drug has been placed in the nuptial wine you drink. After she is sent into the bridal chamber, she will be in a daze, unable to distinguish whether it is you or Zhi Li.”
Ling Ao’s heart was desolate, trembling, “So… so… it is well!”
…
Time passed, four days slipped by in a flash.
The wedding of Gui Qinshao and Ling Ao officially arrived!
On this day, all the nobles and all the aristocrats of the entire Furious Wave Kingdom were present.
Except for the three families of Zhi Yan, Soren, and A Shi Liren, the entire ruling class of the Furious Wave Kingdom gathered at the Seaside Count’s residence.
Compared to the wedding of Tu Liyang and Tu Lingduo, the wedding of Ling Ao and Gui Qinshao was even more grand.
Still the future king, the current actual ruler of the Furious Wave Kingdom, Prince Zhi Li, served as the master of ceremonies.
The entire Seaside Count’s residence was a cluster of flowers, fine wines and delicacies, guests arriving like a weaving shuttle.
This scene truly made one feel that the Seaside Gui Clan was thriving, like flowers upon brocade, fire boiling oil.
Outside was already bustling, music urging.
Within the makeup secret chamber, everyone inside had been sent out. Only Gui Qinshao was alone.
She sat before the enormous mirror, gazing at herself in the mirror.
This mirror was made by Soren. Her heart was especially moved.
“So beautiful…” she could not help but sigh in her heart.
Truly so beautiful. At this time, she was as gorgeous as a ball of flame.
At this time, she even felt that she should be more beautiful than Zhi Yan, the most beautiful person in the world.
Then she thought, she did not know if Soren would attend today’s wedding.
Then, she quickly cast this thought aside. Since she had already severed emotional ties with him, she should not think wildly anymore. She should wholeheartedly become Ling Ao’s wife, striving to love him. Just as after her mother married, she wholeheartedly loved her father.
The music outside was already urging more urgently. Everyone was waiting for the bride to appear.
The bowing ceremony would very soon begin.
“Gui Qinshao, from today onwards, you are someone else’s wife. You can no longer act recklessly.”
“Although Brother Ling Ao is not as outstanding as Soren, he is the man who treats you best in the world. He loves you so much, you can no longer let him down.”
“For the sake of your own happiness, you must thoroughly forget Soren. From now on, love your husband wholeheartedly.”
Facing herself in the mirror, Gui Qinshao told herself this again and again, or rather, warned herself.
The music outside sounded again, more urgent.
This was urging the bride to hurry out to bow. The groom and all the guests were growing anxious.
Gui Qinshao took a deep breath, then stood up her incomparably sexy and alluring delicate body, preparing to walk outside.
And just at this moment, a petite and charming maidservant walked in.
Gui Qinshao said unhappily, “Who are you? Did I not say so? I will go out myself. No one is to come in and disturb me.”
That petite maidservant quickly stuffed over two items, an extremely exquisite dagger, and a pill.
Then, with the fastest voice, she said, “Your father and Ling Ao have already sold your bridal chamber ** to Zhi Li. After you drink the nuptial wine in a moment, you will fall into a daze. Then Zhi Li will appear in your bridal chamber, sleeping with you again and again.”
With that, this petite maidservant quickly departed. From beginning to end, her appearance lasted only a few seconds.
And Gui Qinshao, hearing this passage, was as if struck by lightning, completely unable to believe her own ears.