Am I not a nascent saint demon cultivator?

Moments later, in Mofeng City.

Inside a mansion.

Zhao Yunxuan sat upright in the main seat, her jade-like fingers twirling a strand of hair, her beautiful face settling down as if she were lost in thought.

Seeing this, Shi Han, who was sitting on the futon below, showed an apologetic expression and said, "I'm sorry, Yunxuan, I didn't expect those people to be so ungrateful and to have let your good intentions go to waste."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yunxuan suddenly looked over, her eyes appearing extremely cold and sharp.

When Shi Han saw that look in his eyes, he trembled slightly, feeling a chill run down his spine.

But soon, Zhao Yunxuan's cold and sharp gaze faded, as if what had just happened was just an illusion, and she revealed a smile, "It's nothing, they just lack vision. Shi Han, you must be tired too, go and get some rest."

After speaking, Zhao Yunxuan waved her hand, signaling Shi Han to leave.

Upon seeing this, Shi Han didn't think much of it, said a few more words, and then left.

When Zhao Yunxuan saw that the other party had completely left, the smile on her face disappeared, replaced by endless coldness. She bit her nails with her teeth.

"I never expected that those lowly cultivators would not choose to join the Ziyu Zhao family, but instead took a huge risk and chose to cut ties directly."

At this point, Zhao Yunxuan's face darkened completely. Originally, according to her plan, with Shi Han as a cover, those lower-level cultivators would have no reason to refuse.

To her utter surprise, the other party refused decisively, even at the risk of losing a huge reputation, which made Zhao Yunxuan's original plan come to naught.

"Well, since those lower-level cultivators refused to participate in Shi Han's wedding and even chose to sever ties with him, it will inevitably cause a huge blow to their reputation and they will even be despised by the outside world. So, we have achieved our basic goal."

Zhao Yunxuan murmured something, and her expression improved slightly, but it wasn't much better.

The reason she agreed to Shi Han's request to become his son-in-law and was willing to marry him was because she had learned through the Ziyu Zhao family's channels that there were two quite capable cultivators in the small group formed by these lower-level cultivators.

It is even said that they performed quite well in the attack on Tianhe Tower by demonic cultivators, especially the cultivator named Xu Yun. It can be said that the reason why Tianhe Tower did not suffer huge losses was related to him.

After learning this information, she intentionally or unintentionally approached Shi Han. She learned that he was Xu Yun's sworn friend, and then she began to plot to marry Shi Han and, incidentally, bring Xu Yun to the Ziyu Zhao family.

As long as she succeeded, her status in the Zhao family would improve, so Zhao Yunxuan took it very seriously. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

Even so, if Xu Yun and the others are unwilling to attend Shi Han's wedding, or even sever ties with him, then his reputation will suffer a huge blow, and his future promotion in the Muyun Chamber of Commerce will be much more difficult.

In this way, their development was contained, preventing them from siding with the Qingchuan Liu family and from becoming too powerful, which could lead to them seeking revenge.

"Next is the wedding."

Zhao Yunxuan murmured, her face showing neither joy nor dissatisfaction, only a slight regret for not achieving a satisfactory result.

If possible, she would naturally want to marry Xu Yun, after all, he is not only a Class C Guardian, but also a Talisman Master, and based on his performance in Tianhe Tower, his abilities are probably more than that, so his future is bright.

However, based on the information I have gathered, the other party is very reluctant to contact the people of the Ziyu Zhao family and the Qingchuan Liu family, obviously not wanting to get involved in the struggle between the two Foundation Establishment families.

Therefore, Zhao Yunxuan had no choice but to settle for second best and approach Shi Han, thereby indirectly bringing Xu Yun to her side. Coincidentally, Shi Han was interested in her and wanted to take things further, so the two hit it off immediately.

Although they ultimately failed to win over Xu Yun and the others, they did manage to halt their advancement within the Muyun Chamber of Commerce, thus preventing trouble for the Ziyu Zhao family. That could be considered a merit.

With that in mind, Zhao Yunxuan put aside her distracting thoughts and began to plan other things.

.......

In the blink of an eye, several days have passed.

Inkwind City.

Xu Yun walked down the street, heading to Tianhe Tower as always to provide the drawn talismans.

During this period, the conflict between Yuan Tianzong and Tianming Palace has intensified, even subtly affecting the righteous and demonic forces of Yuan Kingdom, creating a scene of great chaos.

As a result, the prices and demand for various strategic resources in Mofeng City continued to rise, and Tianhe Tower, run by Wen Xinlan, was naturally not to be outdone.

Even after being attacked by demonic cultivators, the place was quickly renovated and resumed normal operations. However, some facilities for refining magical artifacts, pills, and other strategic resources were damaged and could not be repaired in time.

Xu Yun simply returned to his cave and continued to have the other banner spirits draw talismans, earning a considerable amount of spirit stones.

"That's the person, right?"

"I heard that Zhao Yunxuan, the fairy of the Ziyu Zhao family, is about to marry a Ding-level retainer of the Muyun Chamber of Commerce. That Ding-level retainer is named Shi Han and seems to be a decent person. It's just a pity that he has befriended a bunch of heartless scoundrels."

"Yes, when these people saw that their sworn friend had become successful, they kept asking that Young Master Shi to support them. When Young Master Shi refused, they even broke off relations with him. They are truly a bunch of opportunistic bastards."

As Xu Yun walked down the street, some sounds occasionally drifted into his ears. Fortunately, his spiritual sense had improved considerably, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to hear them.

Even so, Xu Yun remained unfazed. As expected, after they severed ties with Shi Han and refused to participate in his wedding, all sorts of voices from the outside world came rushing in.

With the instigation of the Zhao family of Ziyu, all sorts of slanderous and fabricated facts came one after another, which were difficult to explain because they had really severed ties with Shi Han.

As a result, Xu Yun and his companions suffered setbacks to varying degrees during this period, and encountered numerous obstacles in the missions they took on.

Even though some people knew the inside story, they dared not speak out, because the Zhao family of Ziyu was powerful and no one dared to offend them.

"The Zhao family of Ziyu, Shi Han... I'll remember this debt."

Xu Yun ignored the voices around him, silently vowing in his heart that when the time came, he would make them pay the price.

With that thought in mind, Xu Yun arrived at Tianhe Tower and stepped inside.

"......."

As Xu Yun entered Tianhe Tower, some cultivators and elders he had previously dealt with quietly glanced away, appearing unwilling to make contact.

Clearly, these people knew what had happened to Xu Yun's small group, considered him a greedy and treacherous person, and were unwilling to continue communicating with him.

Xu Yun paid no attention to this and went straight to the depths of Tianhe Tower, where Wen Xinlan was sitting behind the counter as always.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you've arrived."

To Xu Yun's surprise, when Wen Xinlan saw him, she not only did not try to avoid him, but greeted him as usual, as if she had never heard of those things.