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Chapter 241 Xiao Huohuo's Wedding (Part 2 Combined!)
"Your son greets his father!"

As soon as Xiao Huohuo bowed in greeting, Xiao Yuanzheng quickly helped him up.

"Huo Huo, something's happened to the Xiao family..."

After telling the other party about the situation of the Xiao family, Xiao Yuanzheng then shared his analysis.

"Huo Huo, your grandfather's accident was most likely a scheme by those two old dogs. They probably wanted to use someone else to do their dirty work and seize power!"

"You must leave the Xiao family right now and seek refuge with your eldest and second brothers, or you won't be able to leave!"

Xiao Yuanzheng has three sons. His eldest and second sons are cultivating in top-tier sects, while only his youngest son, Xiao Huohuo, stays by his side.

Now that he's thinking of sending his youngest son, Xiao Huohuo, out of the Xiao family, he'll have no more worries and can try to fight against the Xiao family's eldest and second elders.

"Father, I won't leave. I have a trump card that can help you. I want to help you rescue Grandfather!"

When Xiao Huohuo spoke, he revealed his cultivation level.

At this point, why is he still hiding his cultivation level?
"Huo Huo, what is your cultivation level?"

After Xiao Yuanzheng realized Xiao Huohuo's cultivation level, he was somewhat incredulous for a moment.

"Father, my cultivation has already reached the sixth level of the Golden Core stage..."

Xiao Huohuo briefly explained her situation to Xiao Yuanzheng, and then Xiao Yuanzheng agreed to let her stay.

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Meanwhile, on Cao Meng's side, the An family's wedding procession finally arrived at the Xiao family's territory.

Upon learning of the situation, Xiao Yuanzheng quickly led his men to the scene.

"Fellow Daoist An, what is the meaning of this?"

While Xiao Yuan was questioning the An family, his eyes kept scanning the An family's side, trying to find traces of his father, Xiao Sen.

"Xiao Yuanzheng, the An family and the Xiao family have agreed to a marriage alliance, so today we are here to fulfill the marriage agreement and to send off the bride."

With Cao Meng and his party aboard the flying boat, the task of negotiation naturally fell to the third elder of the An family.

Honestly, when the Third Elder of the An family said those words, every word he uttered was like a slap in the face, hurting and humiliating everyone in the An family!
The shame of sending ancestors, elders, grandmothers, mothers, wives, and daughters to marry into other families weighed heavily on the hearts of every Anjia resident; this shame was too humiliating for them.

If it weren't for the saying "better to live a wretched life than die a good death," they would have committed suicide long ago.

The only thing that made the third elder of the An family feel better was that after Cao Meng finished drinking the wedding wine, he would carry out a blood feud against the Xiao family, which would allow the An family to save some face.

"Uh~"

The members of the Xiao family twitched at the corners of their mouths. Originally, the marriage proposal they had made was for An Yingji.

But now, the people sent by the An family are all old men or old women. The only slightly younger women are all mothers.

Is the An family here for a marriage alliance? They're clearly just here to disgust us!

What troubled the Xiao family even more was that, although the An family lacked sincerity, the An family had sent their patriarch, elders, and future wife to their marriage partner.

If you say the other party is sincere, your sincerity is somewhat disgusting!

"Xiao Yuanzheng, hurry up and go to the wedding, otherwise if the person above blames us, our An family and your Xiao family will both die."

The third elder of the An family noticed Xiao Yuanzheng's puzzlement and offered a reminder.

Of course, the An family's third elder did not mention Cao Meng's plan to use blood to refine the Xiao family.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuanzheng turned his gaze to the flying boat above the An family's group, and then asked the third elder of the An family:

"Third Elder of the An family, what is the condition of my father?"

Xiao Yuanzheng had figured it out; the An family had now been controlled and suppressed by the people from the flying boat. All he wanted to know now was whether his father, Xiao Sen, was alive or dead.

"Nephew Xiao, I don't know about that. You'll have to ask the person upstairs!"

The Third Elder of the An family watched as Xiao Sen was crushed into a bloody mist by Shi Shi, but could he say these things in front of Xiao Yuanzheng?
What if it affects the marriage alliance and makes Cao Meng unhappy?
Moreover, the Third Elder of the An family felt that keeping it from Xiao Yuanzheng was for his own good, to avoid hurting him. In any case, after Cao Meng's blood refinement of their Xiao family, the father and son could be reunited.

Xiao Yuanzheng: You're actually a pretty nice person!

Xiao Yuanzheng wasn't stupid. From what the third elder of the An family said, he could roughly guess that his father's condition was not good.

Just as Xiao Yuan was about to lash out, Cao Meng and his party disembarked from the flying boat.

"The Xiao family, how can they have no manners at all? They're practically uncultured and ignorant beasts!"

Cao Meng was furious when he saw that the Xiao family had not prepared any betrothal gifts or wedding preparations.

Hongqi, who was leaning on Cao Meng's shoulder, felt offended and wronged.

"Get Xiao Huohuo out here right now to greet his bride!"

Cao Meng's angry roar contained a certain amount of his imposing aura, causing many of the weaker members of the Xiao family to bleed from the corners of their mouths.

Even Xiao Yuanzheng, who was at the half-step Nascent Soul stage, was not having an easy time.

"Sir, I do not know where my father is now?"

Despite Cao Meng's intimidating presence, Xiao Yuanzheng sternly questioned him, demonstrating that he was still a filial son.

Who is your father?

Cao Meng didn't know Xiao Yuanzheng, so how would he know who Xiao Yuanzheng's father was?

"Senior, his father is Xiao Sen, the patriarch of the Xiao family, the same Nascent Soul stage cultivator from yesterday!"

The third elder of the An family knew that his chance to shine had come, so he quickly reported it.

"So it was that guy who was courting death yesterday. He's dead. My condolences!"

Upon hearing what the Third Elder of the An family said, Cao Meng suddenly realized that Xiao Yuanzheng and Xiao Sen did indeed resemble father and son, but both of them had a death wish.

However, Cao Meng still took pity on him and informed him of Xiao Sen's death, advising him to take care of himself and not to hold back his grief.

Everyone present except Xiao Yuanzheng felt awkward upon hearing Cao Meng's words.

Is this supposed to be comforting? It's clearly gloating!
"I demand that you pay for my father's life!"

"Thunderbolt Fist!"

Upon hearing the news of his father's death, Xiao Yuanzheng was enraged. He mobilized all his spiritual power and threw a powerful punch at Cao Meng, carrying the force of a thunderbolt.

As he threw that punch, Xiao Yuanzheng seemed to see Cao Meng die and him avenging his father.

Imagination is wonderful, but reality is cruel!

The innate Geng metal energy formed a barrier to protect Cao Meng, and Xiao Yuanzheng's full-force punch could not shake the innate Geng metal energy in the slightest.

"How can this be?"

Xiao Yuanzheng was having trouble accepting the outcome, but what he couldn't accept was yet to come.

Just as Xiao Yuan was confused, Cao Meng grabbed his fist. His self-proclaimed invincible iron fist was as crunchy as a potato chip in Cao Meng's hands.

"Kaka!"

With a forceful pull, Cao Meng shattered Xiao Yuanzheng's right arm into pieces on the ground.

Cao Meng raised his hand, and the innate Geng metal energy condensed into a hook in his hand. He swung the hook and mercilessly pierced Xiao Yuanzheng's collarbone. Then a chain appeared in his hand.

Cao Meng hung Xiao Yuanzheng up and began to mock him:
"Killing someone at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage is as easy as slaughtering a chicken or a dog for me. How dare you, a mere half-step Nascent Soul stage cultivator, fight me?"

To put it nicely, Xiao Yuanzheng's behavior was commendable; he dared to challenge the strong.

To put it bluntly, it's overestimating one's abilities, it's stupid, it's just being tired of living and looking for death!

"My Xiao family is an affiliated force of the Star Pavilion. You killed my father, and the Star Pavilion will not let you get away with it!"

Although Xiao Yuanzheng had lost an arm and was hanging in mid-air, there was no fear in his eyes. Instead, he threatened coldly, "Don't talk so high and mighty. What so-called affiliated forces are just dogs kept by the Star Pavilion."

I don't think the Star Pavilion would bother me, Cao Meng, over a dead dog!

Xiao Yuanzheng's threatening words could only frighten ordinary people; they wouldn't be enough to scare Cao Meng.

Just as the female demon said, the old living Buddha is still inspecting Buddhist temples in the Eastern Region, so Cao Meng can continue to use his power for a while longer.

If Cao Meng were to visit Xingchen Pavilion now, the other party would probably have to treat him to good food and drink and send him several girls to serve him.

Although Cao Meng wanted to kill him, he didn't. After all, Xiao Yuanzheng was Xiao Huohuo's father, and the other party was going to have a wedding banquet soon.

"Release my father!"

With a stern shout, Xiao Huohuo made a dazzling entrance, pushing through the crowd!

"You must be Xiao Huohuo, right?"

Although Cao Meng had never met Xiao Huohuo, the latter's inherent flamboyance made it clear that he was a chosen one.

"It is indeed me, Xiao Huohuo!"

Xiao Huohuo readily admitted it, showing off a little.

Cao Meng wasn't angry at Xiao Huohuo's showing off. Instead, he pointed at the old woman on the wedding carriage and smiled at her:
"Groom, these are all your brides. Please sign for them quickly so you can get married and pay your respects to heaven and earth, lest you miss the auspicious time."

Today is Xiao Huohuo's big day, so Cao Meng naturally won't hold a grudge against him over such a small matter. After all, it's only reasonable for him to show off a bit on his big day.

Xiao Huohuo felt disgusted just looking at the old women brides arranged by Cao Meng. They were all so old, wasn't this just deliberately disgusting and humiliating people?
"You villain, you've gone too far!!"

Faced with Cao Meng's humiliation, Xiao Huohuo was furious. He couldn't understand what he had done to offend Cao Meng, that the other party would target him like this.

"It seems you're not going to cooperate. Fine, then forget it. Cao Meng isn't the kind of person who forces people to do things against their will!"

As Cao Meng spoke, the True Fire of the Sun ignited in his hand, and the True Fire of the Sun climbed up the chains in his hand to Xiao Yuanzheng's body.

凸(艹皿艹)！！

Xiao Huohuo uttered a national treasure, saying that the sun's true fire had even burned his father. How could Cao Meng call this not forcing someone to do something unreasonable?

"Alright, I'll get married and pay my respects to heaven and earth!"

Under Cao Meng's coercion, Xiao Huohuo had no choice but to accept the humiliation and agree to marry the old woman in order to save Xiao Yuanzheng's life.

Although it's a bit old-fashioned and still junk, at least it's a woman's item.

Xiao Huohuo has now agreed to marry the old woman, but Cao Meng has changed his mind.

"Xiao Huohuo, I know you have trouble making choices, so I'll be merciful and help you choose one!"

As Cao Meng spoke, he pointed to an old man. Yes, it was an old man, and this old man was the second elder of the An family.

Originally, Cao Meng wanted to arrange a kind older sister who was a thousand years old for Xiao Huohuo, but the other party didn't know what was good for her, so now he could only arrange an older brother who was over a thousand years older for her.

"You're going too far!"

Xiao Huohuo was furious. He was a normal man and had no homosexual desires. This was an insult to him!
"Okay, I admit it!"

Just as Xiao Huohuo was about to lose his temper, he looked at Xiao Yuanzheng being burned by the true fire of the sun, and finally sighed and chose to give in.

It's just about getting married to an old man, not about entering the bridal chamber.

He endured it for his father's sake!

"Keep everything simple, you two can go and do your wedding ceremony right here!"

Cao Meng felt that there were many people outside, so everyone could serve as witnesses, and it would be lively.

At Cao Meng's instruction, the third elder of the An family quickly dragged the second elder of the An family off the wedding carriage.

He then took off the wedding robes from the First Elder and threw them to Xiao Huohuo.

Xiao Huohuo could only put on her wedding dress and then begin the act of consummating their marriage.

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

As Xiao Huohuo was bowing, she noticed Cao Meng holding a jade brick pointed at her, and questioned him:

"what are you doing?"

Xiao Huohuo's intuition told him that the jade stone in Cao Meng's hand was a tool similar to a photographic stone.

"none of your business!"

Such an interesting thing, Cao Meng naturally wanted others to share it, so he used the Asking Immortal Machine to shoot a video and posted it in the Hehuan Sect's takeout group to share with the sect members.

Foodies in the food delivery group were enjoying the gossip from afar, having a great time.

After Xiao Huohuo and the second elder of the An family finished their mutual bows, the ceremony was finally completed, and the two officially became Daoist partners.

Becoming a Daoist partner with an old man over a thousand years old will be an eternal disgrace for Xiao Huohuo.

"You traitor Cao, can you release my father now?!"

Hearing the mocking laughter around him, Xiao Huohuo suppressed his anger and demanded that Cao Meng release the people.

Cao Meng said indifferently, "No rush, let's talk about it in your wedding night!"

"That traitor Cao has gone too far!"

Xiao Huohuo realized that he had been tricked by Cao Meng, and he was furious.

"Huo Huo, don't worry about me, just get away from here. He's been humiliating you the whole time!"

Extremely weak, Xiao Yuanzheng said to Xiao Huohuo, thinking that Xiao Huohuo had been humiliated time and time again because of him. At this moment, he really wanted to self-destruct to prevent Xiao Huohuo from being humiliated because of him.

But now he has lost an arm, his collarbone is hooked by chains, and his entire life is in Cao Meng's hands. Even if he wanted to self-destruct, he would be powerless to do so.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Huohuo said to Cao Meng:

"You traitor Cao, I'd like to make a bet with you. If I can withstand three of your moves, you'll release my father, how about that?"

This was the only way Xiao Huohuo could think of to save Xiao Yuanzheng, so he decided to take the gamble with Cao Meng.

"You know, even Xiao Yuanzheng, who was only half a step into the Nascent Soul stage, was easily captured by Cao Meng. Where did Xiao Huohuo get the guts!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the onlookers began to discuss it, believing that Xiao Huohuo's bet was self-inflicted humiliation and tantamount to courting death.

Xiao Huohuo sneered inwardly. He wasn't just at the third level of Qi Refining; he was a genuine sixth level Golden Core cultivator.

He felt that with his cultivation at the sixth level of the Golden Core stage, plus his teacher's help, he should be able to easily withstand three of his opponent's moves if he caught them off guard.

As long as he can withstand three moves from his opponent, his father, Xiao Yuanzheng, will be safe and sound.

Xiao Huohuo felt that the matter was basically settled, but he overlooked something very important.

"Are you out of your mind? Do you even have the right to negotiate?"

Cao Meng wondered if Xiao Huohuo had lost his mind. He, Cao Meng, wasn't one of those idiot villains. Why should he bother with Xiao Huohuo's unreasonable demands?

"I think you're just too scared?"

"So this is what the number one genius of the Hehuan Sect is all about!"

Xiao Huohuo mocked and ridiculed him, thinking that Cao Meng was simply afraid and dared not gamble with him.

As expected, apart from Xiao Huohuo, there was no other second genius in the Eastern Region Dao Continent; everyone else was just a nobody!

(End of this chapter)