AST 1580 - Marriage, Becoming the Guardian of the Sea King’s Palace (1/2)

Qing Shui had also thought about what Yiye Jiange said. The women at his side were ever-changing, or rather, it could be said that they all kept moving ahead. They weren’t just pretty bystanders and they didn’t want to stick to a man. Mainly, the cause for this was that there were several women at Qing Shui’s side.

All of them had now found their own paths and Qing Shui also didn’t reject this. It was a good thing to have some appropriate distance. Yet, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, as it was common for a man to wish that his woman relied on him.

“I’ll support you no matter what you do, but you’re forever my wife. My embrace will be open for you eternally so you can return to my side when you feel tired.” Qing Shui rustled her beautiful hair.

“Are you angry?” Yiye Jiange raised her head, looking at Qing Shui.

“Why would I be?” Qing Shui looked at her in a daze. He thought he had handled it properly this time and all of his words were from his heart.

“Don’t they say that men like to keep their women close?” Yiye Jiange looked at Qing Shui shyly.

“That... aren’t you doing that right now?” Qing Shui laughed, looking at their intertwining bodies.

“Little Scoundrel, you really only know how to talk nonsense.” Yiye Jiange said to him.

After a few words of teasing, Qing Shui said: “I love you and everything about you. I’ll stand by your side no matter what you want to do. Also, I can come find you if I miss you. Don’t they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder? Right, I still haven’t held a marriage ceremony with you.”

“I don’t care about that, I’ll just do it if you want to.” Yiye Jiange shook her head.

“We can’t skip this. It’s my good fortune that such a good girl wishes to marry me. You tell me. Shall we hold it here or back home?” Qing Shui said solemnly.

Yiye Jiange couldn’t help but laugh when she heard Qing Shui refer to her as a girl. She looked at him, saying, “We’re already husband and wife. I really don’t care about those things.”

Qing Shui saw that she was serious and thus nodded.

Yiye Jiange smiled, saying, “Get up or else it’ll turn dark by the time we do.”

“We won’t need to get up if it turns dark.” Qing Shui kissed her face once and then the both of them dressed up properly.

Qing Shui took Yiye Jiange outside but she felt puzzled and immediately said, “I’ll make food for you.”

“Wait a moment. Let me show you a place.” Qing Shui pulled her towards the rear court, because he wanted to look for a hill.

Qing Shui came in front of the hill and felt amazed when he discovered two huge stone statues. They were stone statues of a man and woman entwining, the scene quite vague yet vivid with grace.

“This is the Husband and Wife Stone. It’s said that if a man and woman come here to make a wish, they’ll become husband and wife thereafter.” Yiye Jiange smiled at Qing Shui.

Qing Shui laughed and pulled her close, “With the Heaven and Earth as witnesses, and all living things as matchmakers, today, we pledge to become husband and wife in front of the Husband and Wife Stone!”

Yiye Jiange didn’t like public displays, but their marriage needed some kind of announcement at least.

Yiye Jiange looked at Qing Shui with happiness, nodding, “I never knew you could be so mindful sometimes. Good.”

Qing Shui knelt down while holding her hand: “Today, with the Heaven and Earth as witnesses and the Sun and Moon as matchmakers, I, Qing Shui, and Yiye Jiange hereby become husband and wife. From today, no matter what happens, we’ll never leave each other, and be faithful till death.”

“With the Heaven and Earth as witnesses and the Sun and Moon as matchmakers, I, Yiye Jiange, and Qing Shui hereby become wife and husband. From today, no matter what happens, we’ll never leave each other, and be faithful till death.”

Qing Shui and Yiye Jiange didn’t make some kind of vicious oath because he felt that there was no need to. An oath actually didn’t have much binding power. A person who’d betray an oath could make any kind of vicious oath he’d wish to. Hence, a true oath was something made in the heart. The ceremony Qing Shui performed today was a kind of spiritual harmonization, and also a kind of sublimation.

“Jiange, you’re my wife from now on.” Qing Shui stated his feeling happily while holding her hands.

“Husband!” Yiye Jiange called out to him with a alluring blush on her face.

Qing Shui looked at her in a daze. That deep emotion of love made her lower her head from shyness. Recalling the past, the scene when he first saw her appeared in his mind.

She seemed like a fairy untainted by sin. Her strength was powerful and she was extremely pure. Qing Shui couldn’t have any selfish thoughts when he had seen her because she had saved him and his family. He was a person who returned his favour and debts. Therefore, he told himself that if Yiye Jiange were to ever face any trouble, he’d even die to help her.

In order to save Qing Shui, Yiye Jiange had accepted Qing Shui as a disciple. They became a bit closer due to this layer of relation, but Qing Shui had never had any dirty intentions because he felt that he didn’t deserve her.

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Yiye Jiange’s expression softened as she saw Qing Shui stare at her blankly. She waved her hands in front of him to interrupt his thoughts, “What are you thinking?”

“When I thought of you, I felt an unspeakable sense of satisfaction. Feeling that no one is as blessed as me. Fortunately, I’m a man or else I would’ve died from the regret that I could only keep looking at you but do nothing.”

“No good words are to be expected from a scoundrel.” Yiye Jiange reached out to hit Qing Shui’s head. She realized the ambiguity in the words he spoke.

“You’re already my wife, so don’t think you can run away in this lifetime.” Qing Shui pulled her, taking a walk at the hill.