Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 649 - 294, I didn’t bring a betrothal gift [seeking support]

The esteemed guest bearing the Hou surname, coupled with what Master Moxuzi said a few days ago.

Zhao Qingxue was now certain that the visitor was Hou Yuxiao, because her master was well-informed about her affairs and the recent movements in both Hexi and Hedong, all under the surveillance of Ziqing Holy Sect. As Moxuzi's favorite disciple, Zhao Qingxue was also privy to this information.

Despite being well aware of why he would propose marriage at this time,

Zhao Qingxue still couldn't help feeling a bit excited, a smile she couldn't suppress gracing her lips. Without realizing it, her pace quickened, and scenes of her few encounters with Hou Yuxiao began to surface in her mind.

During their first clash by the Tongtian River, she hadn't known that it was Hou Yuxiao, only considering him a formidable character named Fang Jinghong;

The second time was in Wanyang County City. This time, she saw through "Fang Jinghong's" identity and even brought him along with several experts from The Righteous Path to slay demons in Tongling.

It was then that their fated connection began.

As a disciple of the Taoist school, she naturally believed in predestined fate.

But three years ago, when Master Moxuzi predicted her destiny,

her first reaction was disbelief.

In Xuzhou territory, the first man she encountered would definitely have the character Xiao in his name.

And that man would be her emotive calamity.

It sounded quite like a fantastical tall tale!

Even after arriving in Zhaoyang, when she learned that Ren Feng, Fang Jinghong, and Hou Yuxiao were all the same person, and knew that her master's prediction was correct, she still didn't feel that Hou Yuxiao would become her love disaster, since they were practically strangers to each other.

However, when Hou Yuxiao rescued her from Gu Chenfeng's clutches and bluntly told her about the Life and Death Entwining Love Gu, and also reminded her that she might develop some unwanted feelings, she had to admit she felt somewhat infuriated at that moment. Yet, she couldn't deny that her inner rejection of her master's prophecy had started to waver.

Still, she deliberately avoided Hou Yuxiao, wanting to prove her master's guess wrong.

But the third time, which was the last occasion, at Yunmeng County City,

The unexpected appearance of Hou Yuxiao saved her from Hou Zhan's hands.

Zhao Qingxue could distrust her master's prophecy, but she couldn't fool her own heart. When she saw Hou Yuxiao transform into Fang Jinghong, she realized she had never truly forgotten him over the past year.

Afterward, she faked being intoxicated by an aphrodisiac, wanting to test Hou Zhan's reaction, and to try again with Hou Yuxiao. Seeing him resolve the aphrodisiac intoxication as calmly as he had saved her from Gu Chenfeng's hands, Zhao Qingxue felt an indescribable mix of loss, joy, and a touch of admiration for her master's precise prediction of fate.

All these feelings compounded, true or false she couldn't tell, but one thing she was sure of was that in her heart, there was undeniably a thread of emotion.

Zhao Qingxue briefly slowed her pace, extended her delicate wrist, and watched a transparent Gu insect merrily swimming around. Observing the crystal-clear Gu, feeling that she could extinguish its life at any moment, her gaze suddenly revealed a hint of complexity.

After much thought, she still tucked the Gu back away.

The Taoist saying goes, destiny is inescapable.

If it is her own calamity, then she must face it herself.

She had made up her mind back in that dilapidated temple outside Yunmeng County City.

Her eyes gradually firmed, and her pace quickened once more.

Since her master took charge of Lingyuan Governor's City with the Taishang Taoist disciples, the Sword Control Bureau, formerly located at the city's heart, naturally became Ziqing Holy Sect's place of command. As Zhao Qingxue approached the entrance, she realized she had been almost running the whole way and inwardly cursed herself.

She took a moment to calm her emotions, then approached the entrance; two guarding disciples came to meet her as soon as they saw her.

"Senior sister, the venerable elder is waiting for you!"

"I know, I'll go in by myself."

After entering, Zhao Qingxue walked straight along the main path and soon reached the main hall of what used to be the yamen. She wasn't yet close when she heard Master's hearty laughter.

"Now that's unusual, to have three suitors in one day, and all three bearing the surname Hou. It seems many have taken a fancy to my precious disciple!"

Three suitors...

And all of them with the surname Hou?

The confusion on Zhao Qingxue's face was fleeting; she immediately realized who the people were besides Hou Yuxiao and her expression darkened.

The surname Hou was rare, but she had recently come into contact with two such families.

One was the Hexi-based Hou Clan of Hou Yuxiao.

The other was the Wuwei King, Hou Jing.

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She might not know as much about the latter's dealings with the sect as Master Moxuzi did, but she was somewhat informed; besides Hou Yuxiao proposing to her, it could only be them.

"Qingxue, come in!"

Zhao Qingxue straightened her clothing, composed her tumultuous emotions, and stepped into the hall; as soon as she did, she felt three intense gazes from both sides focusing on her, stirring her emotions once again and causing her cheeks to flush.

Hou Yuxiao caught every change in Zhao Qingxue's expression, feeling a certain masculine pride in his heart, though his eyes betrayed a deeper complexity.

The Rakshasa Holy Sect had given up on Xiayuan Dao, and just like all other forces associated with it, the Hou Clan effectively lost the protection of the Holy Land.