Itachi left the two twitching and drooling bodies of Xiao Yulong and Xiao Yang on the floor, promptly returning to his own residence.
It wasn't the right time to cause a commotion, right before his wedding.
As Itachi spoke to his grandfather about how he should arrive at the wedding, with them deciding on riding in a carriage, an angry cry rang out from the direction of Xiao Yulong's residence.
"Long'er!!!!!"
Accompanying this cry was the sound of a loud rumbling, as if destruction was being wrought on the surroundings of that area.
Itachi laughed internally.
"Clearly that old bastard Xiao Yunhai has discovered Xiao Yulong and Xiao Yang. At least today, thanks to my grandfather he won't cause us much trouble since its my wedding day, and anyway he would never suspect me, a cripple who can't cultivate."
With these thoughts in the back of his head Itachi prepared for his wedding with Xia Qingyue who was reportedly a great beauty. He felt a sliver of anticipation, albeit not much.
He was focused on the pursuit of power in this life foremost, and things such as sentimental values and relationships would come second.
As he went to the Xia family manor for the wedding, he saw many guests and people from Floating Cloud City making their way towards the Xia family manor to witness the wedding, however Xiao Yunhai, Xiao Yulong's father, did not appear to be there.
Itachi heard a thunderous roar as he arrived, which he quickly realised was one of Yun Che's only true friends, Xia Yuanba, a mammoth of a child already reaching 2 metres at 15 years old, sensing his arrival.
"Xiao Che!!!!"
Feeling himself being wrapped in a bear hug Itachi smiled wryly before patting Yuanba on his back and promising to talk later after the wedding.
Reluctantly Yuanba nodded before bidding him farewell for the time being.
Itachi arrived and the process and wedding went as planned smoothly progressing to the stage where Xia Qingyue revealed herself, coming down the aisle.
She was wearing a veil, however her beautiful body was still on display, however Itachi was not encapsulated by her beauty.
Xia Qingyue progressed through the vows, as did Itachi, before they sealed their matrimony after finishing their vows.
It was a very quick process and quickly everyone filed out of the Xia family manor after it was finished, with a banquet taking place afterwards.
During the banquet Itachi sat with Xia Qingyue, and was surrounded by many people he didn't know, except for his grandfather and Xia Qingyue's father, Xia Hongyi.
Itachi saw how happy his grandfather was throughout the entire meal and he knew that was because of him being married to the most beautiful girl in the city, Xia Qingyue.
Throughout the banquet Xia Qingyue never spoke a word, during the entire meal Xia Qingyue was a like a block of ice, cold and unfeeling, and even after Itachi followed her back to her bedroom, to spend the night with her after the banquet, she remained ice cold the entire time.
This created an awkward situation where Itachi and Xia Qingyue were sitting silently within the girl's bedroom, on her bed.
Suddenly, Xia Qingyue spoke, out of no where, breaking the awkward silence.
"This marriage... is merely to satisfy my father and your father's agreement. I am sorry to say we will not truly be married in the full sense as we will not make love nor we will truly be close, however the outside world will not need to know that and therefore you should be satisfied."
Having said this Xia Qingyue appeared to be preparing to sleep.
The old Yun Che would have been incredibly pissed off by this, however Itachi merely felt a surge of discontent, which he quickly suppressed, albeit he still responded saying:
"As if I care, I was merely following through with our father's agreements as well."
Laughing in derision Itachi swiftly left the room after saying this, leaving Xia Qingyue shocked for a second before she promptly regained her icy exterior demeanor.
Itachi left the room with Xia Qingyue and promptly headed for the back mountain of the Xiao Clan, a place where he felt like he could be alone and compose his thoughts.
As he meandered through the back mountain looking for a quiet spot, Itachi saw something which shocked him.
On the floor there was a young girl, seemingly 13-14 years of age, with shocking red hair and an ethereal, beautiful appearance, even more beautiful than Xia Qingyue.
Itachi was curious about her and approached her purely on a whim, however when he got close she suddenly opened her eyes and moved at an incredible speed, before latching onto his finger and biting into it, sucking a portion of blood out of his body.
Having done this, this mysterious red haired girl then disappeared into the... Sky Poison Pearl that had fused with his body!
This caused great shock to Itachi as he was unsure how she was able to sense that he possessed the Sky Poison Pearl, and even more so how she was able to enter it.
Inspecting the Sky Poison Pearl Itachi saw that the girl was currently fast asleep inside.
Not knowing anything about this girl's origins or why she had been passed out on the back mountain of the Xiao clan Itachi left the back mountain and decided to return to the Xia manor and simply go to sleep, and think about this event the next day.