"The Goddess of Huadu, Bai Aoxue, is getting married!
The wedding will be held at Liuli Villa tomorrow!
We welcome all celebrities and media from every sector to come and cover the event!"
A crowd had gathered in front of a shopping mall in Huadu. They stared up at the giant screen displaying a curvaceous and stunning woman with long hair, shaking their heads one after another.
"Who is this fat-headed, big-eared man?"
"You don't even know? That's Young Master Zhu, Zhu Han of the Four Great Families. He's insanely powerful, worth hundreds of millions."
A look of undisguised disgust flashed across the young woman's pretty face.
"What? Didn't the eldest miss of the Bai Group vow to remain unmarried for life? How did she suddenly end up marrying this guy?"
"My childhood goddess has just been ruined by a pig!"
"What right does this blockhead have to marry the goddess of Huadu?"
"Have you got a death wish? Watch your mouth before someone hears you."
"Hey? Lin Fan, wasn't Bai Aoxue your favorite? Your goddess is getting married today, how come you aren't sad at all?"
Lin Fan was lounging comfortably on his delivery bike. He pulled off his helmet and spat out the blade of grass he had been chewing on.
"Sad? I'll have you know Bai Aoxue slept with me yesterday! Not bad, actually!"
Liu Tao wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced at Lin Fan, and stammered, "What?!"
He immediately burst out laughing, clutching his stomach.
"Hahahaha! Fan, what did you say? Did thinking about Bai Aoxue drive you crazy? We're just ordinary food delivery guys—we can't even get close enough to see her face, let alone touch her hand! Besides, you couldn't afford one of the goddess's socks even if you worked for a lifetime!"
"Exactly! Lin Fan, stop talking nonsense! I admit you're handsome, but our lives are what they are. We should just find some ordinary girl to marry and have kids!"
"Is that so? There's no point talking to a bunch of idiots like you!"
Lin Fan opened a can of beer and chugged it down.
As his voice trailed off, his friends finally noticed that there were indeed bite marks on Lin Fan's neck.
"Not bad, kid, you've finally had some action lately! Keep dreaming, though—that's Bai Aoxue!"
Recalling the evening three days ago, he had received an urgent delivery order from an establishment called the Dragon-Tiger Gang. The address was Room 888 at the luxury Huadu Garden Hotel. He had made several unanswered phone calls, and when he tried to deliver it in person, he was blocked at the door. Frustrated, he simply scaled the outside of the building barehanded and reached the twenty-eighth floor in one minute. Inside sat three burly, rough-looking men alongside a breathtaking woman in a white dress—none other than Bai Aoxue, the youngest daughter of the Huadu Bai Family.
Not only did she live up to her name, but her looks were enough to set any man's heart racing. Bai Aoxue had already consumed a great deal of alcohol, yet those men kept pushing more drinks on her under the guise of signing a contract. Seeing that she was about to be taken advantage of, Bai Aoxue snatched up a wine bottle and smashed it right over the head of the leader sitting in the middle.
The leader let slip that Bai Aoxue had already swallowed the first cup of Joyous Love Wine, a poison that only their Dragon-Tiger Gang could neutralize. The Dragon-Tiger Gang happened to be one of the factions that had hunted down the Lin Family years ago. Ten years ago, Lin Fan's father had been severely wounded and vanished without a trace by treacherous plotters just as he was on the verge of breaking through the State of Non-Action. Taking advantage of the chaos, the other three major gangs had struck at the heart of the Lin Family, and his mother had lost all contact while protecting his younger sister. Thus, the Tianzhong Sect, head of the Four Great Families, had fallen.
As the sole surviving son of the Lin Family, Lin Fan had received all of the sect's secret manuals and martial arts techniques from his father, who seemed to have had a premonition, along with strict instructions to revive the Tianzhong Sect.
Lin Fan had immediately smashed the door down and disposed of those men in a few swift moves. On the way back with Bai Aoxue, however, she suddenly began coughing up blood halfway through the journey. Weeping, she begged Lin Fan to save her, explaining that she was the only person in the Bai Family capable of negotiating with the Dragon-Tiger Gang. Unwilling to take advantage of someone in distress, Lin Fan knew that the Joyous Love Powder produced by the Dragon-Tiger Gang was always a deadly poison meant to subjugate innocent women. Left with no alternative, he had no choice but to sacrifice his virginity to purge the poison from Bai Aoxue's system.
However, because Bai Aoxue had exceeded the golden window for treatment after being poisoned, he had only managed to clear about two-thirds of the toxin. After forty-eight hours, certain side effects would still manifest. Furthermore, Bai Aoxue possessed a naturally icy constitution, meaning that whenever the side effects flared up, they would threaten half her life and require timely treatment.
Remembering that night of tenderness, Lin Fan still found the woman rather amusing. He had been in Huadu for three months now, and his cultivation of the Latent Dragon Mental Art had reached its peak, putting him on the verge of breaking through to the Supreme Realm. When that time came, he would take the Imperial Divine Token and go find his parents. If not for the sake of easily locating the whereabouts of his Junior Sister, he wouldn't have bothered maintaining this disguise until now.
Just then, a dark shadow flashed across the sky, and a secret letter alongside the Imperial Divine Token materialized in Lin Fan's hand. Lin Fan unfolded the blank sheet of paper and swept his "Heaven's Eye" gaze across it, instantly grasping its hidden message.
"The three-year betrothal has come to an end. Please assume your position as the tenth young master of the Tiansian Sect—the Tiansha Shura—and lead the daughter of the Jiang Family to restore the Tiansian Sect to its former glory."
Lin Fan destroyed the sheet of paper, making a silent vow in his heart.
Meanwhile, back at the Bai residence, Bai Aoxue returned home dressed in a wedding gown, looking utterly exhausted. Her eldest brother approached her with a beaming smile and pulled her over to pour her a cup of tea.
"Little sister, how did you treat Young Master Zhu? Did you secure the investment?"
"Look at who our sister is—getting together with Young Master Zhu is a blessing we must have cultivated over three lifetimes!"
"With how pretty our little sister is, getting a billion-dollar investment out of him should be a walk in the park!"
Deep inside, Bai Aoxue was boiling with anger. "Big brother, I'm tired!"
"Stop right there!" Bai Ziyan grabbed Bai Aoxue by the arm. Sensing that something was amiss, he spun her around and struck her across the face with a backhand slap. "Did you refuse to sleep with Young Master Zhu yesterday?!"
"Little sister, have you lost your mind? You are the only hope for our Bai Family! The company's profits in Huadu have been declining day by day, and Young Master Zhu has connections with the Four Great Families—he is the only one who can save us. If you don't keep him happy, the Bai Family will be wiped out by Young Master Zhu in a matter of minutes!"
"That's right, Fourth Sister, you've let us down terribly. Marrying him will bring our company a full billion in investment. No matter what, you have to go through with the wedding tomorrow!"
Bai Aoxue clutched her bruised cheek as tears instantly streamed down her face. "Are you guys even my brothers? You don't care about my feelings at all! I don't like Young Master Zhu!"
As Bai Aoxue wept bitterly, her vision suddenly went black and she collapsed to the floor.
At that moment, Bai Tianxiong rushed back from outside, looking frantic. "Well? Have you sorted out the company's investment? Is Xiaoxue back yet?"
Her eldest brother, Bai Aoting, stepped forward to support their father. "Xiaoxue is back! But she didn't get the investment."
"What? Why did Xiaoxue faint again? She is the hope of our Bai Family! Quick, call the miraculous physician!"
Ten minutes later, the miraculous physician Qiu Shu arrived at the Bai residence.
"Doctor, you must save my youngest daughter! She has been physically weak since childhood and was born with internal cold poison that no one has ever been able to cure. Everyone said she wouldn't live past twenty."
Qiu Shu wore a grave expression and shook his head.
Bai Tianxiong nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood. "How is it? Is heaven truly determined to destroy my Bai Family?"
"The young miss's chastity has been taken! Most of the cold poison has been purged, but she still needs ongoing stabilization treatments from the person who removed it."
"What?! Anyone capable of neutralizing millennium-old ice poison must belong to one of the Four Great Families! Wonderful! My daughter's cold poison is cured, and our Bai Family has hope! Quickly, wake the young miss up, ask her who that person is, and find him immediately! The future of our Bai Family depends entirely on him."