Chapter 306: I'm Here to Marry You!
Boom—
Above the Ice Emperor's Palace, the space was instantly pierced by an irresistible force. All the soul beasts looked up, waiting for someone's arrival.
The next moment, a red figure stepped out from the spatial passage, his laughter spreading across the entire core of the far north. Even the ever-falling snowflakes halted, and all the clouds were wiped away as brilliant sunlight fell upon the snow.
"Ha ha ha ha, Xue'er, my wife! I, Du Qian Jue, am here to marry you!"
Deep within the Ice Emperor's Palace, Xue Linglong, dressed in a gold and red bridal gown and covered by a red veil, heard Du Qian Jue's voice.
"This big fool." Xue Linglong smiled gently, a tear rolling down her cheek. Yes, you have come to marry me.
"Why are you crying, my Xue'er?" Du Qian Jue's voice, tender yet teasing, suddenly sounded, and the next second, Xue Linglong found herself in a warm and broad embrace. Xue Linglong shook her head without speaking, but tears kept falling from her eyes.
Du Qian Jue gently lifted her face, kissed away her tears, and then deeply kissed her red lips. "Today, you should be happy, because today you are the happiest person!"
"And the same goes for the future!"
After lifting Xue Linglong in a bridal carry, Du Qian Jue laughed and walked out from the Ice Emperor's Palace. His figure was then seen by everyone.
The red veil covered her snow-white hair, topped with a golden phoenix hair accessory that seemed ready to soar.
Under the veil, through its hazy cover, one could faintly see her flawless, divine face. Her magnificent gold and red wedding gown, embroidered with dancing phoenixes, complemented the noble and majestic golden five-clawed dragon on Du Qian Jue's outfit.
Even as she was held in a bridal carry by Du Qian Jue, nothing could hide Xue Linglong's inherently proud and aloof demeanor.
However, in front of Du Qian Jue. All her pride and aloofness turned into tender gentleness.
"Lift the palanquin!" The seven hundred-thousand-year soul beasts immediately took the ice palanquin into the sky, accompanied by two Ice Phoenixes and two Ice Winged Hawks.
Their ice crystal-like feathers shone brilliantly in the sunlight. "Congratulations on the Ice Emperor's wedding!" The voices of the soul beasts from the far north converged together, deafening.
Du Qian Jue, holding Xue Linglong in his arms, heard her soft and pleasant voice. "Thank you, my people."
The flying ice palanquin finally stopped in front of Du Qian Jue and Xue Linglong. Du Qian Jue stepped out, still holding Xue Linglong, and stepped onto the palanquin.
"Let's go!" The ice palanquin soared into the spatial passage.
At the sect. Under the expectant gaze of the crowd, the sect's powerful figures who had gone to fetch the bride were the first to fly out from the spatial passage, followed by two hundred-thousand-year Ice Winged Hawks.
Then, the ice palanquin, carried by seven hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, slowly flew out from the passage. Through the openwork carvings, Du Qian Jue and Xue Linglong could be seen sitting inside the palanquin.
Following the palanquin were the other two Ice Phoenixes and four representative ferocious beasts from the far north: the Titan Snow Demon King, two Ice Bi Scorpion Kings, and an Ice Bear King. "This is our dowry for the Ice Emperor."
The Titan Snow Demon King stepped forward, handing a tray to Du Busi. Besides various ice-attributed herbs, the tray also contained nine small "ice sticks" radiating a rich aura of ice-attributed natural energy.
"What is this?!" Du Busi looked at the nine ice pillars in surprise. "Ten-thousand-year Ice Marrow? A'Tai, why do you have so much of this?" "It's to prepare a good dowry for you, Ice Emperor.
The Ice Bi Scorpions, the Ice Bears, and I almost turned the far north upside down, dug many holes to find the Ten-thousand-year Ice Marrow Cavern, but alas, we found only nine sticks." A'Tai scratched his head and said with a smile. "
May the Ice Emperor and our Lord have a long and happy life together." A'Tai also sent his blessings from the far north, preparing a dowry for Xue Linglong. Despite Du Qian Jue's previous acquisition of forty-five sticks of Ten-thousand-year Ice Marrow making it seem common, each stick of Ice Marrow is as potent as a magical herb.
For instance, with just three sticks, Ling Luochen had a high chance of elevating her ice attributes to the ultimate level. A'Tai's dowry, compared to what Di Tian and the Evil Eye Empress provided, was even more significant.
"Thank you, A'Tai," Xue Linglong said, moved.
Then, the palanquin landed at the foot of the sect's main peak, and Du Qian Jue, carrying Xue Linglong, stepped out onto the red carpet, which stretched for thousands of meters.
By now, the carpet was flanked by a sea of people, all watching Du Qian Jue at the starting point. Standing at the end of the carpet were Du Busi, Di Tian, Jin Peng, and the Evil Eye Empress among other strong figures.
"Let's walk this path together, so that we may walk hand in hand in the future, forever united." Du Qian Jue spoke tenderly. Xue Linglong gently struggled within Du Qian Jue's embrace to stand by his side and took his hand. "I'll walk with you." The two looked into each other's eyes, seeing their reflections in the other's gaze, the tenderness in their eyes, their hands tightly clasped. "Okay." Smiling, they walked step by step on the red carpet, listening to the cheers of countless people around them, passing through a shower of rose petals scattered from the sky.
"Forever united!"
This was the grandest wedding in the history of the Douluo Continent, an unprecedented gathering of almost all the continent's powerhouses and a historic meeting between humans and soul beasts.
Du Qian Jue and Xue Linglong not only received blessings from all human powerhouses on the Douluo Continent but also from all powerful soul beasts.
This wedding was unprecedented. And perhaps, it will remain unmatched. Du Qian Jue and Xue Linglong circulated among the peaks, drinking with all the guests, accepting their envy and blessings, the wine continuously rolling down their throats, congratulations echoing around them. At night.
A slightly tipsy Du Qian Jue returned to that familiar courtyard. Pushing open the door, his beloved sat quietly by the bed edge. With a slight tremble, Du Qian Jue gently lifted the veil covering Xue Linglong's head, revealing her shy, blushing face beneath.
"From now on, you are my wife," Du Qian Jue looked deeply into Xue Linglong's ice-blue eyes. Xue Linglong nodded gently, leaning into Du Qian Jue's embrace.
"My husband..."
(End of chapter)