"Pinpoint teleportation?"

When they saw Mu Xue and Mu He being whisked away by a surge of the Power of Space, the expressions on Huangfu Jun and the others’ faces darkened.

Even though he had Niu Kexin and didn’t think much of Mu Xue, for the pair to leave on their own without permission was a clear show of contempt.

Niu Kexin was also startled, and a bitter feeling welled up inside her.

She hadn’t expected Mu Xue to have a way to escape, and what’s more, Mu Xue had clearly never intended to take her along.

After all, she had helped her avoid the humiliation of an incestuous union.

But what did she get in return? Mu Xue had taken advantage of the moment when Huangfu Jun’s group was focused on her to just slip away.

Moreover, Mu Xue had made no effort to hide the schadenfreude and mockery in her eyes just before she left.

’Is this what they call repaying kindness with cruelty?’

"Can you find the teleportation node and track their position?" Huangfu Jun asked the three cloaked figures, his face cold.

The three cloaked figures conferred for a moment before shaking their heads.

One of them said, "Reporting to the Young Master, that was a one-time-use pinpoint teleportation. The node self-destructs upon use. Unless an expert at the Immortal Level intervenes, we won’t be able to find their exact location."

"Damn it!" In a fit of rage, Huangfu Jun slashed out with his sword. A distant hilltop was sliced clean off, and innumerable trees and plants were pulverized into dust.

"There’s no need to be angry, Jun. She recognized us instantly, so she must be from a noble family in the Imperial City. We’ll have plenty of time and opportunities to root her out," Huangfu Yu said.

"We have more important things to do right now. Have you contacted that servant of yours?"

After venting his anger with that single strike, Huangfu Jun’s expression softened considerably. He nodded. "I’ve contacted Shi Hao, but that useless fool had an arm severed by Emperor Li. He’s gravely injured."

Huangfu Yu said, "You can’t blame him. Who would have thought that a backwater like the Mortal District would have a Secret Technique that blesses one with great fortune? Come on, let’s go find him directly."

Then, Huangfu Yu turned to the three cloaked figures and ordered, "Establish a coordinate beacon here. Have everyone else come through."

Following his command, each of the three men produced a metal cylinder as thick as an arm. They fitted the pieces together, forming a pillar about ten feet tall.

THUD!

The metal pillar was driven into the ground.

The three men began to form hand seals and chant an incantation, circling the pillar as they did.

"Open!"

Three low shouts rang out in unison as they simultaneously pressed their palms against the pillar.

Instantly, a blinding beam of light shot upward from the top of the pillar, piercing the heavens.

Before Niu Kexin’s astonished eyes, a massive ring of light appeared where the beam ended.

The ring of light expanded rapidly until it was the size of a great lake!

RUMBLE!

A colossal object slowly emerged from the ring of light.

It was an impossibly vast Flying Magical Artifact, so large that it blotted out the sun, and it was impossible to take in its full scale with a single glance.

Pavilions, halls, and luxurious structures stood upon it in dense, orderly rows. Countless figures moved among them, each radiating a powerful aura.

This wasn’t just a Flying Magical Artifact; it was clearly a floating city!

Niu Kexin had to admit she was stunned.

"How do you feel now? Still have faith in that husband of yours?"

At some point, Huangfu Jun had appeared before Niu Kexin, standing less than five feet away.

Niu Kexin jumped in alarm, quickly backing away.

A fragrant scent wafted into Huangfu Jun’s nose. He took a deep, intoxicating sniff.

"Ahh... What a pure natural fragrance!"

Huangfu Jun’s eyes lit up. "With a scent this pure... are you truly a married woman?"

He might have only been in his early twenties, but due to the unique nature of the Huangfu Family’s Cultivation Technique, he had taken no fewer than eight thousand women to his bed, if not ten thousand.

Furthermore, every one of these women possessed superior talent, and there was no shortage of true geniuses among them, some with special bloodlines.

Thus, just by catching her scent, he could tell that the purity of Niu Kexin’s constitution was frighteningly high.

It far surpassed that of even the most prized maidens who were still virgins. She didn’t seem at all like a woman who had already been with a man.

"Why would I lie about something like that?" Niu Kexin said coldly.

She was already prepared. If Huangfu Jun tried to force himself on her, she would immediately burn her Essence Blood and detonate her Dantian, leaving not even a corpse behind.

Huangfu Jun waved his hand dismissively. "It doesn’t matter. From this day forward, you are my woman—Huangfu Jun’s woman. Not a plaything, but my wife!"

The hundred-percent compatibility of their True Essence fluctuations meant his future was destined to be intertwined with Niu Kexin’s.

The Huangfu Family’s Cultivation Technique followed the natural Dao. It was a path of Yin Yang Union, which was said to grant invulnerability to all techniques.

However, the prerequisite was finding a member of the opposite sex with whom one was a hundred-percent compatible.

Without it, the Yin Yang Union devolved into a one-sided Yin Yang Replenishment, which violated the natural Dao.

This was why the Huangfu Family hadn’t produced a true Immortal in many years.

Despite how often he spoke of mortals and immortal destiny, the truth was that one would be hard-pressed to find a single true Immortal in the entire Hall of Envoys.

The ’Immortals’ they spoke of were actually just Demi-Immortals who had surpassed the Void Realm.

To Huangfu Jun, Niu Kexin was his key to becoming an Immortal. ’What does it matter if she’s a virgin or not?’

"Give up that dream. I will never be your woman."

During their exchange, Niu Kexin had already broken the seal Mu Xue placed on her Cultivation. Her True Essence was primed and ready, waiting for the moment she would need to end her own life.

Hearing this, Huangfu Jun, surprisingly, wasn’t angry. "It’s fine if you refuse me now. I won’t take it to heart. After all, you grew up in the Mortal District and don’t yet understand how magnificent the outside world is. Once I’ve killed your husband and taken you away from this place, you’ll naturally change your mind."

He didn’t force the issue with Niu Kexin, not because he was some kind of gentleman, but because he wanted to conquer her.

After all, Niu Kexin was different from other women; she was the person who would spend the rest of her life with him.

No man wants to have to force himself on his wife every time they are intimate.

This was also one of the main reasons his older brother, Huangfu Yu, hadn’t resorted to forceful measures with Liu Ruyan either.

He believed that no one would refuse such a wonderful future and destiny.

Unfortunately for him, he had underestimated Niu Kexin’s devotion to her love, and he had even more grievously underestimated the "husband" he so disdained—Mo Qi.

"Let’s go. Once we’ve taken care of our business, we’ll go and meet this husband of yours."

A glowing ray of light descended from the Flying Magical Artifact, forming a staircase. Huangfu Jun made a "please" gesture.

Seeing that Huangfu Jun wasn’t going to use force, Niu Kexin breathed a sigh of relief. Unless she had absolutely no other choice, she didn’t want to be eternally separated from Mo Qi by death.

"You’ll regret this," Niu Kexin said, then walked straight up the staircase and onto the Flying Magical Artifact.

Escaping or resisting was clearly not an option. As long as they didn’t try to violate her, Niu Kexin didn’t mind playing along for the time being.

She believed that Mo Qi would come to save her, just as he had at the Niu Residence, appearing like a great hero.

"Heh," Huangfu Jun scoffed.

’What an ignorant woman!’