"Xiao Yu!"
Mrs. Liu rushed over, lifted Liu Shiyu up, and was overcome with grief.
"Saintess, please calm your anger, please calm your anger."
Liu Tianxiang knelt on the ground with a thud, continuously begging for mercy.
"Scram!"
The Celestial Sword Saintess snorted coldly.
"Yes, yes, we will leave immediately."
Liu Tianxiang breathed a sigh of relief, luckily managing to cover his daughter's mouth in time before she could utter those words, or the day might not have ended well.
He quickly stepped forward, picked up the unconscious Liu Shiyu, and hurried away with Mrs. Liu.
The five Top Grade Saintesses exchanged glances and fell into a brief silence.
The atmosphere on the scene became oppressive once more.
No one dared to speak, not even taking a deep breath, for fear of unwarranted disaster.
Everyone knew what Liu Shiyu wanted to say, and they also knew that the five Top Grade Saintesses were indeed angry. Any extraneous action at this time might become the target of their wrath.
Father Xia glared fiercely at Mrs. Xia, blaming her for speaking thoughtlessly and turning the atmosphere so tense.
Mrs. Xia also felt regretful and couldn't understand what had come over her to make such a lousy suggestion.
However, the five Top Grade Saintesses did not oppose it, either.
It was all Liu Shiyu's fault, otherwise, the five Top Grade Saintesses wouldn't have been angry.
Xia Feng looked at the five Top Grade Saintesses, unsure of how to speak.
In everyone's eyes, the silence of the five Top Grade Saintesses was a sign of anger.
In fact, they were engaging in a secret transmission, communicating covertly.
Yu Siya transmitted her thoughts: "I think right now, we shouldn't be arguing about who will marry our husband and who's the first wife. Instead, we should find a way to equip our husband with suitable martial arts."
"Indeed, we've left the Sacred Land unauthorized to come to Xingyu City. Once the Saint Master finds out, we'll surely be summoned back and might even face punishment. Before we leave, we must leave our husband with a supreme skill," Lin Wanqing also transmitted her thoughts.
"We certainly can't pass the martial arts of our five Sacred Lands to him; otherwise, it would bring him trouble," Zhao Lingxuan furrowed her brow and transmitted.
For this reason, none of their bridal gifts included the sacred techniques of their respective Sacred Lands.
Earlier, promising to use their Sacred Lands' Holy Techniques as bridal gifts was just a temporary lapse in their judgment due to mutual arguments.
"Ladies, in the dream, the Supreme Technique that our husband cultivated was obtained in the Celestial Dragon Mountain Range, east of the Northern Border. Shouldn't we search there, and whoever finds it can marry our husband, what do you think?" Wang Yuwei suggested.
"We don't have a problem, but those five in the Southern Border might not agree," Li Qingxue transmitted her concern.
"Why bother with them? They're so far away that by the time we find the Supreme Technique, pass it to our husband, and marry him, they might not even have arrived yet," Yu Siya transmitted with a laugh.
"Alright, it's settled then," Lin Wanqing transmitted.
"But before that, we should first find a set of martial arts suitable for our husband to cultivate right now," Zhao Lingxuan transmitted.
"How about the martial arts of the Bull Subduing Sect? Conveniently, their sect leader is also here, and in the dream, our husband rose to prominence after joining the Bull Subduing Sect," Wang Yuwei transmitted.
"Agreed!"
The girls concurred.
Immediately, the five Top Grade Saintesses turned their heads simultaneously toward the crowd, looking at the Sect Leader of the Bull Subduing Sect.
Niu Zhan was startled, gulped, and said, "Well, Saintesses, I—I didn't say anything."
Wang Yuwei said calmly, "It's about Bull Subduing, isn't it?"
Bull Subduing?
Niu Zhan's mouth twitched and he said, "Purple Thunder Saintess, I am Niu Zhan."
"Come over here."
Wang Yuwei said.
Niu Zhan dared not hesitate, hurried over, and asked respectfully, "What are the Saintess's instructions?"
Wang Yuwei glanced at Xia Feng, gave a sweet smile, then turned to Niu Zhan and said, "He is my husband. You should pass your sect's ultimate martial arts to him, right?"
"What?"
Niu Zhan was dumbfounded, looked at Xia Feng, hesitated, and said, "Purple Thunder Saintess, your husband is sixteen and only a Martial Disciple. I'm afraid he's not quite suitable for our sect's ultimate skill."
"Hmm?"
Wang Yuwei raised her eyebrows.
The other four Top Grade Saintesses also glared angrily.
"Ah! Suitable, very suitable, I'll pass it to your husband right away."
Seeing this, Niu Zhan immediately changed his expression, flipped his hand, and a simple and ancient secret manual appeared. He handed it over to Xia Feng with both hands and said, "Young Master Xia, this is the Bull Subduing Sect's ultimate skill, an unparalleled lower grade martial art, the Bull Subduing Technique. As long as you have sufficient aptitude, it's enough to cultivate up to the Yellow Tier Ninth Layer Martial Venerable Realm. Sir, please accept it with a smile."
"This isn't appropriate, is it?"
Xia Feng hesitated.
On the Celestial Essence Continent, martial arts and techniques are divided into Low Level, Intermediate, High Level, Top Level, Unparalleled, Emperor Level, Saint Level, Divine Level, with each level further subdivided into lower, middle, upper, and top grades.
He was well aware of his talent, struggling even with cultivating low-level lower-grade martial arts, let alone unparalleled martial arts.
It's certainly not suitable.
Niu Zhan silently rolled his eyes but, glancing at the glaring five Top Grade Saintesses, hurriedly said, "No, no, no, it's very suitable. Please, sir, you must accept it with a smile."
Even as he said this, his heart was bleeding.
This was the Bull Subduing Sect's ultimate skill, which even sect disciples must undergo rigorous selection to cultivate.
Now, for the first time, he was handing over their ultimate skill himself, imploring someone to cultivate it.
Those present were also dumbfounded by this scene.
A Middle Grade Sect's sect leader, a strong figure at the Martial Venerable Realm, was humbling himself to request a youth of mediocre talent to cultivate their ultimate skill.
This is just insane.
Wang Yuwei smiled and said, "Husband, since the Sect Leader of the Bull Subduing Sect is so generous in giving, you should accept it."
Generously giving?
Were it not for your coercion, who would be willing to give their ultimate skill to someone of mediocre talent?
Niu Zhan silently rolled his eyes again but dared not show any hint of it on his face, nodding repeatedly with a smile, "Yes, yes, please, sir, you must take it."
"Well, alright."
Xia Feng eventually accepted it, contemplating returning this unparalleled martial art to the Bull Subduing Sect once the five Top Grade Saintesses were gone.
"Thank you, Young Master."
Niu Zhan handed the Bull Subduing Technique to Xia Feng, repeatedly expressing his gratitude.
Begging someone to cultivate their sect's ultimate skill, yet still thanking them—Niu Zhan felt he might just go insane.
Li Qingxue said, "We have matters to attend to and must leave for a few days. During this time, stay at the Xia Family to ensure their safety and coach our husband in cultivation."
"Yes, Celestial Sword Saintess."
Niu Zhan, although unwilling, did not dare to say a single word against it.
Had it been just one Top Grade Saintess, he might have been able to decline.
But with five Top Grade Saintesses, he had no will to resist.
Let alone the five Top Grade Sacred Lands backing them, just the five Top Grade Saintesses alone were potent enough to obliterate his Bull Subduing Sect.