45.

The master of ceremonies, Yang De, sped up the wedding process and exclaimed in a squeaky high voice: "The bride and groom, go into the bridal chamber…. distinguished guests, please go to the banquet."

In the midst of the sound of gongs and joyful drumbeats, the couple who many were watching finished their rituals of worship and started to walk towards Yang Ze's small courtyard. The bridal chamber was the room where Yang Ze used to live before being exiled into the outer house. It had been decorated entirely in red. The carpet on the floor was finely embroidered with a dragon and phoenix that flew upon clouds, an auspicious symbol for a blissful marriage. The room full of red silk also contained a large auspicious sign and two red candles were shining brightly between a golden lamp. The dragon and phoenix engraved on the candle seem to sway in the twinkling light. The flickering candle touched upon a golden glaze curtain and seemed to fill the room with dreamy hazy colour. It was isolated from the outside world and gleamed in such a way that would make one's eyes soften.

Cang Yue's maid escorted her to sit in her bed and then soundlessly stepped out of the room while closing the door. The room became silent and they could only vaguely hear the soft sound of their breathing.

Cang Yue sat there quietly, soundless and motionless. Yang Ze did not approach her but instead stood near the doorway and stared past it with a shadowy look in his eyes.

"Being mocked and disrespected during your own wedding, you must be really upset, right?"

Yang Ze glanced to his side and hesitantly spoke: "You can take down that phoenix coronet now. That thing is too heavy and if you wear it for too long, it will become uncomfortable."

According to the wedding traditions of Yuyang City, the groom must take off the coronet for the bride. A while back, as he was trying to help her off the carriage, she stung his hand with her cold qi. Yang Ze didn't want the same thing to happen again, so he didn't go forward to touch her. Besides, he did not think the cold Cang Yue would even be willing to accept his offer if he were to actually try to help her with her coronet.

After a slight pause, Cang Yue raised her hands and silently took off the phoenix coronet. At that moment, a beautiful breathtaking face appeared in Yang Ze's line of sight. As she raised her charming eyes and met Yang Ze in contact, he immediately became stunned…. A pair of indescribable magnificent eyes met his. It was as if the world's essence lay deep within her eyes. Not even the world's most brilliant painter nor the most precious of words could accurately portray her beauty. Her jade-like skin and creamy face were as white as snow under the dim lights in the room. Her lips were like the world's most delicate petals and her nose was of the most beautiful of sculpted white jade, high and proud with an innate nobility.

"Your reputation precedes you." Yang Ze murmured, measuring her with his unblinking eyes. A pair of beautiful eyes peered back at him.

Cang Yue was called the number one beauty in Yuyang City but if anyone were to say that she was the one number beauty in a ten thousand miles radius, Yang Ze would not dispute that claim. He could not think of anything that would surpass this beautiful spectacle before his eyes.

A girl whose every movement and smile could move the world was born in little Yuyang City. And this girl has become his wife today…. Yang Ze could not help but question the authenticity of his reality.

"And you are not what the rumours say nor what I had imagined as well."

Cang Yue rose and the touching curve of her body was exposed as she approached Yang Ze. Her eyes shone like water as she slightly parted her lips: "Rumors say that you couldn't practice cultivation or martial arts. Because of that, you have a weak physique and low self-esteem since you only stay at home. Your only friend is that old man who takes care of you. There isn't anything on your body that could be counted as an advantage."

After a long pause, she spoke again.

"However, your personality is completely different from what the rumours claimed you to be."

Cang Yue stopped at a distance of three steps before Yang Ze as she stared straight at Yang Ze with her beautiful eyes: "Although you deliberately hide and pretend your true character, I sensed your arrogance ever since I laid my eyes upon you. You are completely the opposite of those rumours. Earlier at my place, I froze your hand with my qi, but your calm reaction surprised me. If your hand wasn't so still, I would have doubted that I failed to use my power. In the wedding hall, you were mocked during such an important occasion but it only looked like you weren't bothered in the slightest. Your expression and heart rate showed no signs of abnormal fluctuations at all. It is difficult to achieve that mental state of mind even for a Qi Guiding expert!"

"When you look at me, there isn't even a trace of possessiveness or lust."

"Your inability to practice is a fact but your true personality and state of mind have fooled everyone." Cang Yue whispered, as her boundlessly deep eyes stared at Yang Ze.

'Holy shit.'

Yang Ze almost jumped up in surprise before looking at Cang Yue in front of him.

With Cang Yue that close to him, one would usually be in ecstasy when in the presence of the perfume of her floral scent but Yang Ze could not be bothered to be moved by that. His heart had completely gone in shock as he stared back at her in surprise. It was true, he was indeed a proud person regardless of who he was in the presence of because all things aside, he was a powerhouse at the realm of peak Qi Guiding. Anyone living in Yuyang City at the moment was not on par with him. Even after his rebirth, his state of mind stayed the same. He did not deliberately set out to appear that way but it was the natural attitude of his previous life.

What Cang Yue said had perfectly described his personality in one go!

On the road from the Cang family back to the Yang family, he always thought that she held him in contemptuous disregard for she was a heavenly treasure and he was the mud on the floor that people despised. It was a typical common thought. But he had never been aware that she had been watching him during their journey back. Yang Ze suddenly saw Cang Yue in a new light as he looked into her extremely beautiful eyes. Those clear eyes that saw through his mind and heart in meticulously fine detail left him in shock.

You know! This Yang Ze with two memories of experience was a person that could not be moved in the face of all the world's heroes and even in the face of death! Yet she already saw through him!

Was she really only a girl who had just turned twenty-six!?

How can this twenty-six-year-old girl possess such a monstrously keen eye and mind?

Yang Ze had a suspicion that maybe Cang Yue was like him, a person reincarnated into this world!

"Are you enduring it?" Cang Yue asked after a pause.

"Enduring it?" Yang Ze didn't understand what she even meant.

Cang Yue's beautiful eyes narrowed as she suddenly lifted the jade-like palm of her hand and stretched out two fingers to touch his chest. Suddenly, a cool but not entirely cold aura hit Yang Ze in the chest and spread throughout his body. As Yang Ze was about to ask her what she was doing, the cold feeling instantly disappeared and Cang Yue opened her mouth before speaking in a disappointed tone.

"Shattered meridians, inferior roots. No wonder you aren't able to practice."

"Meridians? Roots?" To Yang Ze these words seemed like rocket science. Right now, his strength came from his plug-in. As for how it worked, he wasn't in the mood to explore it yet. This was something that changed the course of his life, he wasn't going to just pry it open before even having the slightest bit of understanding towards it.

"A pity." Shaking her head, Cang Yue sat on the bed. The only noteworthy thing about the person in front of her was his mental state. Other than a calm and collected disposition, there wasn't anything worth noting.