Let me explain, it's not what you think.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

The wedding of the Li Huo Sect was a grand affair, with lanterns and decorations adorning the entire mountain gate, creating a joyous atmosphere that belied any sense of forced marriage.

Guests from various powerful forces arrived in an endless stream, including members of the royal family, the Xuantian Sect, and various sects of the Dali Dynasty.

The one from Xuantian Sect was Venerable Lingyun. She descended from the flying boat with several disciples, dressed in plain clothes, her face aloof.

Lu Chen stood among the congratulatory guests, looking at the magnificent platform in the distance, adorned with red silk.

Two chairs covered with red velvet were placed on the high platform. Dan Chenzi stood beside the chairs, dressed in a bright red wedding robe.

Strangely, there was no joy or expression on his face; his lips were flatly pursed, and he seemed to be looking at something.

"Hmm, I heard that Dan Chenzi has been pursuing Qinglan for a long time, right? Why doesn't he seem happy at all today that he's getting married?"

"Lu Lang! How dare you speak like that! That's my master! How can you call her Qinglan! You should also call her master!"

Tantai Qingxue stomped on Lu Chen's foot in dissatisfaction.

Now, her cultivation level is no higher than Lu Chen's, so she can only act coquettishly like this. If it were before, she would definitely be jealous and cling to him!

"Oops, slip of the tongue! I was just curious about Dan Chenzi!"

"Actually, I don't know why. He used to be willing to be my master's dog, but now that things have really come to this, he's unhappy!"

Tantai Qingxue also shook her head.

Lu Chen: "..."

He always had this inexplicable feeling that something was wrong.

But soon, the auspicious time arrived.

Yue Qinglan was helped out of the palace by two maids. She was wearing a bright red wedding dress, a phoenix crown, and a red veil that covered her face.

The wedding dress had a very long train that trailed on the ground.

She deliberately walked very slowly, looking in a certain direction with each step—the direction where Lu Chen was.

The room was full of guests, but no one uttered a sound.

Everyone knew what was going on at the wedding, so no one wanted to say a word at this moment.

The members of the royal family sat in the front row, their faces expressionless.

Emperor Tang Xin, in particular, was further mocked by those who were already secretly laughing at him because Su Ningxin had given birth to another child at some unknown time.

So at this moment, his face looked as sour as if he had swallowed a fly!

Su Ningxin also arrived, but she looked indifferent, as if she didn't care about anything that was none of her business.

However, when she looked at Lu Chen and Yue Qinglan, her expression was still somewhat unnatural.

She seemed to know something.

Venerable Lingyun sat on a side seat, holding a teacup. His gaze fell on Yue Qinglan, then shifted, and finally landed on Lu Chen.

Lu Chen met that gaze.

Lingyun stared at him for a couple of breaths, her lips moved slightly, but she didn't make a sound; however, her mouth movements were very clear.

"Little Lu, remember to behave yourself, don't embarrass our Xuantian Sect!"

Then she looked away, as if nothing had happened.

Then, the wedding began.

Yue Qinglan was helped up to the high platform and stood next to Dan Chenzi.

The emcee cleared his throat, about to speak...

"Wait a minute."

A voice boomed from the crowd, not loud, but clearly heard by everyone present.

All the guests turned to look in the direction from which the sound came. A young man stood up from his seat; he was not tall, had a handsome face, and sat up straight.

Li Fei.

Lu Chen was a little confused.

He didn't know why Li Fei was there, nor why Li Fei stood up. He only knew that things were starting to develop in a direction he never expected.

In the original story, Li Fei should still be in the desert at this point, dealing with the snake people, and shouldn't be here.

And from the very beginning, Yue Qinglan had planned everything. She had Lu Chen stand up during the oath-taking ceremony and say that she could not agree. Then, she would forcefully grab her and romantically elope with her, taking her away from the sect!

But now, before Lu Chen can even make his move, a Cheng Yaojin has suddenly appeared out of nowhere!

Li Fei walked out from the banquet, passed through the dumbfounded guests, and walked step by step to the foot of the platform. He stood still, looked up at the bride on the platform whose head was covered by a veil.

The audience was silent.

Yue Qinglan gripped the cuffs of her wedding dress tightly. Her face, hidden beneath the phoenix crown, was expressionless, but she lightly stomped her foot under the hem of her dress.

It wasn't panic, it was frustration, it was resentment, it was because the person she had planned to meet for so long hadn't stepped forward, and instead, it was someone she had almost forgotten.

Li Fei stood below the platform, looking at the red veil.

"Sect Leader Yue, you cannot marry him."

The room erupted in uproar.

The royal family members frowned, and the elders of the Li Huo Sect stood up, glaring angrily at Li Fei!

They were all on good terms with Dan Chenzi, after all, he was a remarkable alchemist.

In an instant, the spiritual pressure from everyone pressed down like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing down.

The pressure of the Nascent Soul stage, three times in total, fell simultaneously on a young man in the late Golden Core stage. Anyone else would have been kneeling long ago.

But Li Fei didn't kneel; his back remained straight, and there wasn't even a drop of sweat on his forehead.

It was the Cangxuan Daoist in the ring who was shielding him. Others couldn't see it, but Lu Chen knew that it was the faint golden spiritual light inside Li Fei's body, exactly the same as the one he had seen in the Monster Mountain Range last time.

"Who do you think you are, junior? What right do you have to meddle in the affairs of the Li Huo Sect?"

The one who spoke was an elder in a gray robe sitting in the front row. He had white hair and beard, a gaunt face, and a pair of triangular eyes that revealed a fierce glint.

Li Fei looked at the elder, his voice not loud, but it carried clearly throughout the entire hall.

"I am nothing, but I am a friend of Sect Master Yue."

"Friends?" another elder sneered.

"You, a mere late-stage Golden Core cultivator, dare to be friends with Sect Master Yue?"

Li Fei's face flushed slightly, but he did not back down.

"I'm making this clear today: Sect Leader Yue doesn't want to marry. She's being forced. You're forcing her to marry someone she doesn't love. How can you have the face to invite so many guests to this wedding?"

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

The guests whispered among themselves.

Some people watched the show with wine glasses in hand, their faces bearing a subtle expression that said, "Finally, someone has said it out loud."

At this moment, Dan Chenzi stood on the high platform, and finally an expression appeared on his face.

It wasn't joy, it was anger. He was so angry that his ears turned a deep liver color, and the veins on his forehead bulged out.

One Lu Chen wasn't enough, now some nobody's showing up to steal the bride. Doesn't he have any pride?

"shut up!"

Dan Chenzi walked down from the high platform and stood in front of Li Fei. He was half a head taller than Li Fei and looked down at him from his superior position.

"You're saying she doesn't want to get married? Who do you think you are? How many days have you even known her? What gives you the right to speak up for her?"

Li Fei looked up at him, his gaze unwavering.

"I haven't known her for long, but I can tell she's unwilling. The way she looks at you is no different from how she looks at a stone."

Dan Chenzi's face changed from liver color to purple.

Because lies don't hurt people, but the truth is the sharpest knife.