What! The Wives in My Dreams Are Real?

The young man’s voice rang throughout the hall, causing the two elders who were about to kneel to stop mid-motion.

They remained standing, bowing their heads even lower, trying only to make themselves as inconspicuous as possible.

They truly had been backed into a corner.

One was the former Sect Lord, and the other was the new master.

Even though they had already made their choice in their hearts, being squeezed between the two still felt unbearably uncomfortable.

Sensing the unusual atmosphere in the hall, Ye Yu realized something in Lieyang Gate was wrong and stepped forward, standing shoulder to shoulder with Zhu Xincheng.

The small gesture warmed her heart.

Zhu Xincheng gave the assembled elders a cold look.

“Can anyone give me an explanation? Who is this man? Why is he sitting here? And why are you all here?” she asked.

In Zhu Xincheng’s mind, these people were the trusted pillars of the Divine Alliance, relied upon and constantly rewarded. Even if she had been away for two days — or two hundred years, two thousand years — they should have guarded Lieyang Gate for her.

Yet now, in her absence, they had allowed a stranger of the divine clans to occupy the central seat and openly hold a banquet in the main hall.

Was this not a betrayal of her as Sect Lord?

“You owe me an explanation.”

At her words, the elders’ faces darkened, but each remained mute, refusing to offer even a single word of explanation.

The man on the central seat stood and said calmly, “I will answer these questions for you.”

“First, let me introduce myself. I am Cai Banjian. To be honest, I was surprised to see you. It seems Wu Zhen didn’t keep you. He really is a useless man.”

Upon hearing that, Zhu Xincheng narrowed her eyes.

“You know Wu Zhen?”

A mocking smile played across Cai Banjian’s face.

“Of course I know him — we were fellow disciples.”

Cai Banjian then recounted the earlier events.

A thousand years ago, he and Wu Zhen had both been elders of the Qianji Divine Alliance. At that time, the Qianji Divine Alliance and Lieyang Gate fought a great war in Jiujie Valley. Afterward, the Qianji Divine Alliance was utterly wiped out, while Lieyang Gate rose in reputation and gained prestige in the ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) God Realm.

But Cai Banjian and Wu Zhen’s fates diverged. Wu Zhen had survived the great battle by a fluke. Cai Banjian had never even gone to Jiujie Valley.

When the two divine alliances clashed, he had been traveling and accidentally entered a secret realm, escaping the massacre unscathed. Years later, when Cai Banjian emerged from the secret realm, everything had changed. The Qianji Divine Alliance was gone.

Cai Banjian was close to Wu Zhen, so when he came out he immediately contacted him to ask what had happened. The miraculously surviving Wu Zhen told the whole story and begged his friend Cai Banjian not to seek revenge for the alliance. He had already fallen deeply in love with Lieyang Gate’s Sect Lord, Zhu Xincheng.

Looking at his friend acting lovestruck and embarrassed, Cai Banjian had scoffed. Avenging a ruined alliance held no interest for him. He had joined the Qianji Divine Alliance merely for a name and a living — there were no unbreakable bonds of friendship or love. Let the alliance perish; he did not care.

On matters of indifference, Cai Banjian was unrivaled.

He turned to continue his cultivation; after his adventures in the secret realm he expected breakthroughs were only a matter of time.

But Wu Zhen would not give up. He grabbed Cai Banjian’s shoulder, insisting on guidance: how should he court the woman he loved?

Cai Banjian spread his hands. “You don’t know any of that? Why should I? Go away!”

His curt words upset Wu Zhen, but Cai Banjian, though hard-mouthed, was soft-hearted, and soon began offering advice to his friend.

“To make a woman fall for you, you must be powerful. Otherwise it’s all useless. And it’s not enough to be strong — you must be handsome, interesting, wealthy...” He rattled off dozens of requirements until Wu Zhen was dumbfounded.

Cai Banjian paused. “What? You can’t do any of that? Then let affection grow over time. Find a chance to get close to Zhu Xincheng, stay by her side day and night, let your love transform her. How about that?”

Those words enlightened Wu Zhen. He immediately began to plot and came to regard Cai Banjian as his master of strategy. Even when they were apart, Wu Zhen would regularly report his progress in courting Zhu Xincheng to his friend. He was obedient to a fault.

So Cai Banjian already knew that Wu Zhen had been secretly staying close to Zhu Xincheng.

Two days ago, when Wu Zhen made his move, he passed the news to Cai Banjian. Without hesitation, Cai Banjian came to Lieyang Gate, took control of the Divine Alliance, and became the new master.

The process had seemed simple, but Cai Banjian had exerted considerable effort. For example, he quelled the crisis at the God Stone Mine. Because Zhu Xincheng had been taken by Wu Zhen, the God Stone Mine had been attacked; if Cai Banjian had not intervened, the place would likely have fallen. He suppressed the threat with absolute force and announced that Zhu Xincheng had perished and that he would assume the mastership.

“Anyone who obeys will live; anyone who resists will die. The choice is simple: choose life or choose death.”

To be frank, Lieyang Gate had many diehard fans of Zhu Xincheng. Cai Banjian therefore carried out a bloody purge, slaughtering five elders and dozens of divine clan members to seize control.

As for why Zhu Xincheng had supposedly perished, Cai Banjian, knowing Wu Zhen’s possessiveness, figured that if Zhu Xincheng had fallen into Wu Zhen’s hands she could not have escaped; declaring her dead made it easier to pacify hearts. With deliberate planning, his operation had proceeded very smoothly.

Thus today’s scene had come about. The few elders who remained obedient to him had already begun feasting with the new master. In fact, the entire Divine Alliance had accepted Cai Banjian’s presence.

“So you, Zhu Xincheng, appearing now is extremely awkward.”

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