Meanwhile, Sheng Fan and the other key members of the holy sword clan were staring at the masked guy, who had calmed their fears with his arrogant words and even convinced the Lu family to leave the gifts behind.
Especially Sheng Fan, he was staring at the small box containing the pill he will use to break through the bottleneck that is preventing him from ascending to higher realms; his eyes were no longer filled with disappointment at his daughter marrying an arrogant man, but with gratitude.
Profound pills, particularly the nine elemental pills, are the best he could think of, but obtaining them would require him to travel a long distance and spend a large sum of money.
MoShen sat back in his seat, waiting for Sheng Fan to say something. Meanwhile, Sheng Fan was staring at the pill, and his heart is filled with gratitude for the same elegant masked guy who appears to fall in love with his daughter.
Sheng NuJian caught a glimpse of MoShen and her heart began to race, wondering if MoShen would truly be her true husband in the future. Now that everything was done, how the hell was she going to break the news to her clan that Riley was just acting?
His clan will be furious, not because the Lu family did not marry her, but because she has given them false hope that she will take away.
'I wonder how much money I'll make from acting?'
MoShen despised the way the public focused on him, but his mind was on the wealth, not her body; he wouldn't mind getting all the holes out there if he wanted, but his mind isn't that corrupt to build a harem he can't keep.
"Thank you, Riley."
With a smile, Sheng Fan said.
MoShen simply nodded and tilted his head to NuJian, waiting for her to inform her parents before something irreversible occurred.
[I'll tell them right away, but are you prepared for the backlash?]
NuJian sent him a mental message. Then he nodded, not caring if the family did shit, as long as he gets paid, he'll gladly leave if they ask.
"Father, I sincerely apologize."
NuJian stood up, her clear eyes a little watery, and her voice was sad as she said those words, which surprised everyone except MoShen.
"What exactly is it?"
"F.Father, everything was just a show I put on, R.Riley isn't really interested in me."
Everyone's ears rang with the word, and they couldn't believe it after witnessing everything that had just happened.
MoShen, unfazed by their blank expressions, was looking around aimlessly, contemplating how to advance his cultivation and amass enough wealth to establish his sect.
He didn't even feel sorry for NuJian, who is constantly fidgeting and bowing to her parents; she couldn't have started it if she knew what was going to happen.
Her father and mother were the ones who suffered the most because she was their only daughter; she is 23 and already considered ripe for marriage, but she prioritizes cultivation over finding a partner for herself, even going so far as to hire a fiancee to keep her potential husband at bay.
They were so dissatisfied with her behavior, not knowing what had triggered some sense of anti-romance in her brain.
"I knew you weren't going to fall for that arrogant brat from the start, and you really disappointed me this time."
Sheng Fan jumped up from the throne-like chair and yelled angrily. Sheng Jian simply shook her head bitterly, while the rest of the clansmen and women looked at their young miss indifferently, unsure what to say or do.
"Hey, old man, I'm allergic to noise; could you please turn it down a notch?" While speaking to the enraged Sheng Fan, MoShen covered one of his ears.
"You brat, shut your mouth."
Before he could finish his sentence, he considered the profound pill that actually belonged to MoShen; if he angered the lad, he might as well return the pill; it was already too late when MoShen stood up from his chair and glared at him.
"Give me the pill back!"
MoShen shamelessly extended his hand, causing the clan to look at him strangely; he is so shameless to ask for something he gave to someone without regard for his dignity.
Sheng Fan apologized, but finding another five elemental pill would take a long time.
"I'm.."
"I need the pills back right away, no questions asked."
'Hah, now I have to return the pill because I called him a brat.' Sheng Fan's heart was broken.
The pill was returned to MoShen, and as he held it in his hands, the energies that came with it made him smile; now he understood why everyone was so excited at the sight of it.
'If I put it up for auction, this same pill could fetch more than a million spirit stones.' MoShen smirked as he kept it inside his ring, then turned his back and gallantly exited the hall.
He came to a halt two buildings away from the main one and leaned against the wall, waiting for Sheng NuJian to finish her talks and give him his pay so he could leave the holy sword clan and begin his life as a man free of any sort of system mission.
Sheng NuJian emerged from the hall thirty minutes later, a gloomy expression on her face, and walked to MoShen, whom she had seen.
"My work is done here."
"This is it: 2.5 million midgrade spirit stones, a protective talisman, and a few spirit artifacts."
When MoShen took the spatial ring from her, he was taken aback by the number of spirit stones and spirit artifacts.
He intended to leave the hall after taking it and wearing it on his finger, but when he felt the soft hands of Sheng NuJian holding onto his clothes, he turned to look at her and saw her face flushed as she asked.
"I made a promise that if you help me, you can have me."
MoShen looked at her with a smirk on his lips.
"Hey, little miss NuJian, I don't have any time to covet your body, my wife can only be the most beautiful goddess."
He then left, leaving NuJian with an inferiority complex because her beauty had just been looked down on.