—Additionally, according to the official investigation, Grand Celestial Master Lucian and Master Diviner Fu Xuan secretly registered their marriage, though it has not been publicly announced.
"Fu Xuan...? What? She was involved, too?" Yao Guang muttered in disbelief, feeling the situation become even more absurd. "Marriage registration, huh? Let me see..."
Her curiosity got the better of her, so she began searching Fu Xuan's marital records, and soon enough, she found them.
"No way... they really are legally married? When did that little girl even make her move?"
Yao Guang's common sense was shattered once again.
Regardless, this matter needed to be seriously divined first, so without delay, she quickly laid out her divination hexagrams and performed a divination on Fu Xuan.
Unfortunately, although the rest of Fu Xuan's background was fine—easy to divine—whenever the details involved Lucian, the divination ended up failing, yielding no result at all.
"I must report this to the Marshal immediately... Even the think tank of the Yuque has been affected..."
Immediately after muttering this, Yao Guang promptly contacted Marshal Hua, and thus, all the Arbiter-Generals held another internal online meeting.
[Hua: Everyone, there's news from the Yuque. Like the previous cases, the former Yuque Master Diviner, Jingtian, has been resurrected. Yao Guang has verified his identity.]
[Huaiyan: Ohoho, isn't that wonderful? Congratulations to the Alliance for gaining another powerful figure.]
[Yao Guang: It's the same as before—related to Lucian. Even the Yuque's think tank now records his existence, but I have no memory of him myself.]
[Xuanquan: Incredible... Luckily, it benefits the Alliance, or else, this would be a real headache.]
[Feixiao: Normal. You'll get used to it.]
[Yueyu: General Yao Guang, please pass my regards to Master Diviner Jingtian—welcome back to life.]
Yueyu honestly hadn't expected Jingtian to be resurrected.
It seemed that Lucian had quietly accomplished something significant again in recent days without her knowledge. And this also made her wonder which woman had her heart stolen by him this time, her fate rewritten as a result.
[Yao Guang: Both Jingtian and the think tank said that during the Third Abundance War, Lucian summoned the Reignbow Arbiter's projection, annihilated the Abomination army, and brought about a grand victory to the Fanghu. Xuanquan, does the Fanghu show any change?]
[Xuanquan: What grand victory? I mean, the East Sea Delve is still a wasteland and the deceased victims still deceased—what victory are you talking about?]
Xuanquan glanced at the surveillance feed of the Xianzhou Fanghu's East Sea Delve, showing a ruined area of several hundred meters.
Back then, the Sky-Shattering Lux Arrow shot by the Reignbow Arbiter had blown up one-fifth of the Xianzhou Fanghu, and to remind future generations of that tragedy, the 'Third Abundance War Reignbow's Road Museum' was built upon the ruined East Sea Delve.
'Last time, Yueyu also said the Fanghu had victory. Now Jingtian says the same thing... Why hasn't anyone in the Fanghu come back to life then?' Xuanquan thought with a slight envy. 'If only the Fanghu could experience what the Cangcheng experienced...'
It should be noted that the vidyadhara couldn't reproduce normally and could only rely on reincarnation to sustain their race.
Sadly, during the Third Abundance War, many vidyadhara had died, resulting in their diminishing numbers.
Now, they had no choice but to hide away and recover in seclusion.
If they could be like the Xianzhou Cangcheng, where all their citizens got back to life, Xuanquan didn't even dare to imagine how great that would be.
"General, I found two files in the treasury, but I'm not sure if they're genuine."
As Xuanquan was still lost in thought, imagining the great fortune that had happened to the Xianzhou Cangcheng also happening to the Xianzhou Fanghu, her Chief Counselor interrupted her thoughts and handed her two contract documents.
"What's this?"
Xuanquan looked down and saw the words 'Debt Contract' written on top.
As she read the first document, it was a debt contract with Koolur, with the debtor being the Xianzhou Fanghu and the creditor being Lucian.
And to her surprise, the second document was also a debt contract, but this time with the Xianzhou Yuque, with the debtor being the Xianzhou Fanghu again, and the creditor still Lucian.
'What on earth? When did we ever have a debt?' Xuanquan thought in disbelief, feeling completely dumbfounded. 'And to him, of all people? I've never even met him!'
Looking closer, the content was actually identical—during the Third Abundance War, Lucian had supported the Xianzhou Fanghu at great expense, and the Fanghu voluntarily agreed to bear the cost of his aid.
However, since they couldn't settle the payment at once, they signed a debt contract for installment repayment.
'Ridiculous! Why did the Cangcheng get free miraculous resurrections, but the Fanghu got into debt? It's unfair!'
Xuanquan couldn't help but complain bitterly in her heart.
'Don't tell me next time he affects someone again, or another Abundance war breaks out, the Fanghu will end up in another debt...?'
What made this worse was that the contracts actually bore the personal seals of the Vidyadhara High Elder and herself as the Xianzhou Fanghu's Arbiter-General.
In other words, they were debts personally acknowledged by her and Glaciator Marum.
Even though the Xianzhou Fanghu hadn't changed one bit, now they somehow owed two massive debts to Lucian.
'No! I'm not acknowledging these! Not even if it kills me!'
It was truly bullshit!
They hadn't gained any benefits—why would they pay?
[Xuanquan: Yao Guang, you asked what kind of change the Fanghu got? Hah, the ruins are still ruins, the dead are still dead, but now we have two damn debts! We owe Lucian two huge debts, and we can't even pay them!]
[Huaiyan: General Xuanquan, language.]
[Jing Yuan: Debts? How did that even happen?]
[Yueyu: ...]
Yueyu didn't dare respond because she still remembered clearly that one of those debts had been signed under her persuasion.
Of course, the debt was signed and agreed to by the Xuanquan in her so-called second life, and the current Xuanquan remembered nothing of it.
[Xuanquan: Both debt contracts said it was during the Third Abundance War, to save the Fanghu, the Fanghu voluntarily reimbursed the expenses. And both of them even got my and Glaciator Marum's seals on it—don't you think that's absurd?]
[Huaiyan: Well... if it's got your and Glaciator Marum's seals, that's hard to dispute.]
[Xuanquan: Don't care. I'm not acknowledging it. We broke, can't pay. Unless Lucian helps rebuild the Fanghu or resurrects my people.]
[Feixiao: Don't say that—you know he could actually do it.]
[Xuanquan: If he can, that'd be great. If he rebuilds the Fanghu and resurrects my fallen brethren, I'll even become his concubine!]
[Jing Yuan: What?!]
[Feixiao: What?!]
[Yueyu: What?!]
[Teng Xiao: What?!]
[Huaiyan: General Xuanquan, please watch your words. Have some dignity for the Alliance. You're an Arbiter-General.]
[Yao Guang: Ahem, the concubine thing isn't important. Let's set that aside. What's important is... Lucian has a marital relationship with someone from my Yuque, so he's one of ours. You all better not try to steal him.]
[Feixiao: What did you just say?! Marital relationship?! With who?!]
[Yueyu: Yes, spell it out! Who's he married to?!]
[Yao Guang: I know you two are in a rush, but calm down first. First of all, the marriage registration is official—you can verify it through the Alliance database if you don't believe it. Look.]
Yao Guang displayed the screenshot of Lucian and Fu Xuan's marriage certificate for everyone to see.
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Inside the Seat of Merlin's Claw, Feixiao and Yueyu both stood up abruptly, looking completely stunned.
Yueyu: "Feixiao, looks like someone broke into our family."
Feixiao: "Yueyu, I'm not letting this slide."
Neither of them could have imagined that such a devastating surprise could come out of nowhere.
Yueyu: "No way—we need to register our own marriage with him too, or we'll be a step behind."
Feixiao: "You're right. We need to call him over to the Yaoqing and register our marriage, make him part of the Yaoqing."
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"W-Why on earth is Diviner Fu involved in this...?"
Inside the Seat of Divine Foresight, as soon as Jing Yuan saw the screenshot of Lucian and Fu Xuan's marriage certificate, his jaw almost hit the floor.
He couldn't help it.
They'd just been drinking and chatting last night, and from what he saw, Fu Xuan and Lucian had clearly been just ordinary friends, so how had they suddenly become husband and wife in just a few hours?
It was so absurd!
However, he remembered that Fu Xuan should still be in that mysterious condition where she lost consciousness and couldn't be touched at all, so how could she suddenly become Lucian's wife in that moment?
Could it be that Lucian had done something to her during that time?
No matter how he thought about it, Jing Yuan couldn't find any answer, so the only way was that he needed to confirm directly with the people involved.
As the other Arbiter-Generals continued conversing with each other, Jing Yuan immediately called Fu Xuan, trying to check if she was back to normal.
[Hello, General? What do you want?]
Hearing Fu Xuan's voice, Jing Yuan confirmed—she had recovered.
"Hey, Diviner Fu, let me ask—did you really register your marriage with Lucian at the Yuque?"
[Huh? How did you know?! No, wait, who told you that?!]
"It's true..." Jing Yuan muttered in disbelief, then calmed himself before responding. "Well, General Yao Guang showed me your marriage certificate..."
Right after saying this, he immediately sent the screenshot of the marriage certificate to Fu Xuan.
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Inside Lucian's room, soon after closing Jing Yuan's call, Fu Xuan's phone vibrated, and a message popped up from him.
[(Attachment: Screenshot of Marriage Certificate)]
Seeing this message, Fu Xuan quickly downloaded the attachment, then opened it, revealing an image.
—Lucian & Fu Xuan - Marriage Registration Status: Approved (Star Year 8072)
Upon reading the line written on the marriage certificate, Fu Xuan's lips curled upward instantly, looking relieved as well as happy.
In the next moment, her fingers tapped swiftly on the phone screen, replying to Jing Yuan.
[Fu Xuan: Thanks, General. You really saved me a lot of trouble!]
Right after sending this message, Fu Xuan lifted her head proudly, swinging her phone toward Jingliu's face with a smirk, her eyes curling into crescents as she looked at the face of her 'rival.'
"Look at this solid proof! I'm really Lucian's lawful wife!"
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