Lu Qingyang was squatting on a remnant stele in the Sword Tomb, gnawing on a chicken leg, when the bronze mirror suddenly reflected the Third Prince's single-horned Evil Jiao sweeping across the sea.
He spat out a chicken bone, hitting the bare-bodied Sword Spirit: "Are you rushing to a wedding? Let's spar another day!"
The Qingming Sword pried open the Seal of the Ancient Battlefield, and Sword Qi enveloped him, sending him straight towards the East Sea arena—the light of the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl in the hands of the clam-girl was three times brighter than the half-jade pendant in his embrace.
"Marrying off a son-in-law and giving him a cuckold's hat? This Young Lord is a professional successor!" Lu Qingyang roared with disdain, stomping his foot forcefully.
The Qingming Sword shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, striking directly at the incense table.
With a loud 'bang', the incense table was instantly overturned, scattering wood splinters and incense ash everywhere.
The Qingming Sword, propelled by inertia, continued its flight, its tip precisely piercing the 'Son-in-Law's Code' that the Third Prince had just finished writing.
In an instant, ink splattered, blooming like black flowers in mid-air.
A few drops of ink happened to splash onto the words "Gift the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl" on the golden list, as if by fate.
Just then, Lu Qingyang suddenly felt a burning sensation from the jade pendant in his embrace, as if something restless was stirring within it.
His heart jolted, and he looked down to see the jade pendant trembling slightly, emitting a faint glow.
Even more surprising to him, the jade pendant suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, like the brightest star in the night sky, so brilliant it was impossible to look at directly.
And at the moment this light shone, the jade pendant and the fallen star sword stele at the array eye of the arena produced a strange resonance.
The fallen star sword stele had originally stood there silently, as if it were just an ordinary decoration, but at this moment, it seemed to have been awakened, trembling slightly.
As the jade pendant's light continuously strengthened, the fallen star sword stele's trembling also became more violent, and an invisible force seemed to be echoing between the two.
Although this force was invisible and intangible, one could truly feel its presence.
It was like an invisible bond, tightly connecting the jade pendant and the fallen star sword stele.
Under the influence of this force, the jade pendant's light grew even stronger, and the fallen star sword stele also seemed to be gradually awakening, emitting an ancient and mysterious aura.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyang's heart stirred, and he immediately acted on instinct.
He flashed, like a ghost, closing in, and swiftly threw out a Stinky Tofu Talisman.
The Talismanic Incantation shot out like lightning, accurately sticking to the referee's eyes.
The referee only felt his vision suddenly go black; he couldn't see anything.
And in that instant, Lu Qingyang's fingertips shot out like lightning, swiftly and with lightning speed, snatching three array-pattern Spirit Stones.
A roar came from the seabed, and a Demon Abyss crack exploded in the direction of the Ancient Battlefield.
As soon as the poisonous mist of the nine-headed Xiangliu emerged from the crack, it was frozen into an ice sculpture by the profound ice chains of the Sea-Suppressing Pagoda on the arena.
Lu Qingyang took the opportunity to kick away the leopard-print belt of the Red Serpent Gate's Young Lord: "Brother, are these underpants wholesale from the Yi Hong Courtesan House?"
The bronze mirror revealed the fire lotus remnant map in the belt's secret pocket, which fit perfectly with the jade pendant's Texture.
"Return my sect's Sword Stele!" Elder Bai Mei of the Myriad Sword Sect arrived on his sword, and Sword Qi, like the Heavenly River overturning, struck towards the arena.
Lu Qingyang pulled the Third Prince in front of him as a shield, and the Sword Qi grazed the Dragon's horn, shaving off half a golden scale: "This hairstyle suits your cuckold's hat perfectly!"
He flicked the golden scale into the Demon Abyss, and the sounds of Xiangliu gnawing on the scale made the Sea-Suppressing Pagoda shake.
The starlight leaking from the cracks in the pagoda body happened to reflect the fire lotus remnant map in Lu Qingyang's embrace.
He feigned a dive to save the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl box, but the Qingming Sword in his sleeve pierced through the mechanism at the bottom of the pagoda.
In the gushing rain of Spirit Stones, half of a Sea-Stabilizing Pearl rolled towards the Demon Abyss, which he caught with a smelly sock: "This smell is authentic!"
However, the light from the other half of the pearl revealed a bronze coffin deep within the Sword Tomb, and the Witch Clan Talismanic Incantation on the coffin lid was identical to that on the jade pendant.
The Third Prince roared, transforming into his Dragon form, and his Dragon tail swept away half of the arena.
Lu Qingyang stuffed the fire lotus remnant map into the clam-girl's bustier: "The betrothal gift can be credited for now!"
As he turned to dash towards the Sword Tomb, the fallen star sword stele suddenly exploded, and the Sword Qi rainbow that burst forth combined with the fragments of the Sea-Suppressing Pagoda to form a key shape.
He stepped on Xiangliu's snake head to leap up, and the key precisely inserted into the bronze coffin's lock hole.
The moment the coffin lid sprang open, the golden plaque of the arena transformed into a Myriad Soul Banner that covered it.
Lu Qingyang, clutching the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl, rolled into the coffin, and the water-repelling spell on the Witch Clan Incomplete Manual automatically triggered, enveloping him as he shot out of the sea.
The jade pendant in his embrace suddenly flew towards A Luo's silver bell necklace, embedding itself to form a complete map of the East Sea Eye.
"No more bets!" He scattered "9.9 Marriage Agency" flyers at his pursuers, and the flyers turned into Food-Eating Ants upon touching water.
By the time the ants, having gnawed through the Myriad Soul Banner, spelled out "Lu Qingyang was here," the bronze coffin had already carried him crashing into the East Sea market's pawn shop, where the fire lotus remnant map on the counter was igniting the Third Prince's distress Talismanic Incantation.