Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

The '妖女' (demon woman) the old man was referring to was naturally Wen Ying.

After all, the incident of Wen Ying infiltrating the Ling family, bewitching the family head, and stealing the Ling family's treasure, the 'Twilight Spirit Sword,' had always been a source of resentment for everyone. Therefore, seeing Wen Ying appear at this time made them so angry.

At this moment, they seemed to have given up on besieging Chen Tian. Instead, at the elder's signal, they formed a formation and surrounded Wen Ying.

"Oh, this is truly interesting."

Seeing their attention diverted, Chen Tian was happy to relax, crossing his arms in front of his chest and watching everything with interest.

"Esteemed seniors, I have not come here this time to be your enemy, but to atone for the mistakes I made before. I hope you can give me a chance to reform!"

Facing the siege of these ten-odd people, Wen Ying took a deep breath and sincerely said, neither haughty nor humble.

Wen Ying hoped to use her sincerity to gain everyone's forgiveness, but unfortunately, her beautiful wish ultimately fell through.

Just after she finished speaking, the leading elder immediately sneered and said disdainfully, "Demon woman, stop pretending here. You have already deceived our Ling family once. Do you think you can deceive us a second time? Our Ling family isn't that stupid. Come, capture her!"

The old man didn't seem to want to waste words with Wen Ying. After shouting loudly, he called everyone forward to capture Wen Ying.

Seeing the Ling family members converging on Wen Ying, about to capture her, Chen Tian didn't show any surprise, nor did he step forward to help. He knew it wasn't his turn to act yet. Besides, the situation was becoming more and more interesting, and he didn't want to spoil such a good show.

Sure enough, at this critical moment, Ling Zizhe dragged his sickly body forward, stood in front of Wen Ying, and shielded her behind him.

Seeing this scene, the Ling family members present were obviously shocked, and they all stopped, their faces showing surprise and doubt, not knowing what to do.

The elder called 'Qi Bo' even darkened his face and coldly shouted at Ling Zizhe, "Young Master, what do you mean by this? Could it be that you want to protect this demon woman?"

Hearing the elder's unkind tone, Ling Zizhe smiled wryly, but when he turned his head and glanced at Wen Ying, as if he had made up his mind, his expression instantly became firm, and he solemnly said, "Qi Bo, to be honest, Wen Ying is already my wife."

"What?!"

Ling Zizhe's words were like a bombshell, shocking the Ling family members so much that they nearly lost their minds. Especially Qi Bo, who was so angry that he was about to explode, "Young Master, do you know what you're saying? This demon woman infiltrated our Ling family, stole the 'Twilight Spirit Sword,' and was even found to be a member of the 'Demon God Sect.' Such a heretic cannot be allowed to live!"

Although the Ling family was not large, it had always prided itself on being a respectable and upright family. Therefore, when they heard Ling Zizhe say that Wen Ying was his wife, everyone's faces showed deep shock.

It seemed that, to them, this was a very embarrassing and shameful matter.

Although Ling Zizhe wanted to protect Wen Ying, because he was honest and naturally tongue-tied, he anxiously opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Seeing this, Wen Ying took the initiative to walk out from behind Ling Zizhe, stepped forward, bowed gracefully to everyone, and said, "I was indeed wrong last time, and I don't want to defend myself. However, after meeting Liulang, I have resolved to turn over a new leaf. Therefore, in order to make up for my mistakes, I specially sneaked back into the 'Demon God Sect,' risked great danger to steal the Twilight Spirit Sword again, and followed Liulang back to return the sword, hoping to gain your forgiveness."

With that, Wen Ying flipped her hand, and a treasured sword shining with colorful light appeared in front of everyone.

Chen Tian was also seeing the 'Twilight Spirit Sword' for the first time, and he couldn't help but curiously examine it.

The sword was about seven feet long and made of an unknown material. The blade was as crystal clear as crystal, and a wisp of colorful light gathered into a mist, surrounding the sword. Under the sunlight, it shone even more brilliantly.

"This… This really is the Twilight Spirit Sword! ?"

Seeing the long sword that Wen Ying took out, Qi Bo, who had originally been furious, instantly froze, his eyes fixed on the sword, as if he were living in a dream.

Wen Ying bit her lip, as if making a great decision, and held the Twilight Spirit Sword in both hands, kneeling in front of Qi Bo with a 'plop,' biting her lip tightly, and said, "It's all my fault. Punish me as you see fit!"

"Heh, interesting!" Seeing Wen Ying like this, Chen Tian showed an amused expression.

Although he had only spent a few days with this woman, Chen Tian had discovered that she was an extremely strong-willed person, so he was a little surprised to see her kneeling down.

However, this also proved that this woman really liked Ling Zizhe.

The Ling family members originally wanted to reprimand Wen Ying, but who would have thought that it would end up like this? So, for a moment, they were unsure of what to do and had to look at Qi Bo, as if waiting for his opinion.

Qi Bo looked at Wen Ying kneeling on the ground for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed. He raised his left hand, took back the 'Twilight Spirit Sword' from her hand, and said, "Hmph, I'll spare you this time. We'll wait for the family head to return, and he will decide your fate."

These words seemed very ruthless, but Wen Ying and Ling Zizhe were very happy after hearing them, because this indirectly meant that Qi Bo had let them go.

"Wen Mei, quickly get up!"

Putting away his uneasy thoughts, Ling Zizhe took a step forward and helped Wen Ying, who was still kneeling on the ground, up. After that, he said to the old man, "By the way, Qi Bo, isn't my father at home?"

"The family head saw that you had been gone for many days and hadn't returned, and he was afraid that something had happened to you, so he took people to look for you. But now it seems that his worries were unnecessary. Not only are you safe and sound, but you're also living very comfortably…"

As he said this, Qi Bo's eyes kept scanning back and forth between Ling Zizhe and Wen Ying, his tone full of teasing.

After hearing this, Wen Ying and Ling Zizhe's faces were immediately covered in shame, and they quickly lowered their heads.

However, seeing the expressions of the two, Qi Bo shook his head and sighed softly. Then, as if he had thought of something, he turned around and looked at Chen Tian, and asked suspiciously, "In that case, who is this…"

The old man finally remembered that there was still a Chen Tian beside them!