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Chapter 136: Extra: Dao Bonding Ceremony (1)

Holding fast to the principle of being true to one's heart and pledging to only be with the other in their entire lifetime – to the cultivation world, bonding oneself to another as a Dao Companion was a serious affair that could not be reversed. Unlike ordinary people, they could not divorce just because they couldn't continue living together or found the other displeasing to the eye. The cultivation world's Dao Bonding Ceremony had to be witnessed by heavenly law, and no matter whether one lived to a hundred or thousand years old, they only had one chance.

Therefore, the cultivators who came into more and more contact with the culture of the human world pretty much all liked using their identification cards in the human world to get a marriage certificate at the Civil Administration Bureau. Yet, they didn't dare to rashly hold a Dao Bonding Ceremony.

Because a cultivator's life was too long, and the temptations of the mortal world were too great.

It was precisely because of this that the cultivation world was so shocked that Zhuang Qing wanted to have a Dao Bonding Ceremony with a dead yao cultivator.

But their shock meant nothing when they saw Fu Li standing along the corridor. The cultivation world could create puppet people that weren't too far off from the real person, but these puppet people didn't have thoughts or a soul, and definitely couldn't be like this 'Fu Li' walking along the corridor and speaking so vivaciously, with a smile as bright as a living person.

But they personally saw Fu Li's physical self die and his Dao extinguish, so how was he alive?

These cultivators were clearly astounded on the inside, but on the surface, they still maintained a smile, not daring to reveal any strange expressions. It was fortunate that these cultivators weren't actors, otherwise the acting industry was done for, thought Fu Li.

"It's been hard on you, coming this far. Please take a seat in the inner palace," Fu Li straightened his celebratory clothes and made his way to Zhuang Qing's side. Linking hands with him, he did a 'please' gesture at everyone.

The poor cultivators opened their mouths, but didn't know what to say. Even if they didn't believe it, they had no choice but to admit that the Fu Li standing before them was alive and well. He wasn't a puppet, nor was he a projection created by human technology.

For a moment, they couldn't quite decipher what was real and what was illusion. Were they dreaming? Or had they entered some scary fantasyland?

The sect leader of the Fields Sect looked down at Zhuang Qing and Fu Li's intertwined hands. There were a myriad of thoughts and emotions in his heart, but when they reached his mouth, what came out was the word 'congratulations'.

Nobody understood why Fu Li daoyou had revived despite dying, but none could voice this question. Reviving after death was not a principle that existed under the Heavens; if there was, an immense price must have been paid. They'd rather not ask so that their conscience might be more at ease.

"You are still a match made in Heaven, may your hearts be everlasting and your love eternal," The sect leader of the Fields Sect bowed deeply to Fu Li. This one bow was his thanks to Fu Li for saving their lives.

Fu Li smiled and returned a half-bow. He made a 'please' gesture. "Please take a seat in the inner palace."

"Thank you," The sect leader of the Fields Sect bowed again before leading the rest into the inner palace. Grand decorations adorned the interior of the golden flying palace. The attendants created from magic devices were vivid and lifelike; if not for their reticence and lack of life force, those from the Fields Sect would have thought them real.

The dragon clan was hot on the heels of the Fields Sect. Back when the Qing Xiao Sect held a birthday banquet, the enormously arrogant dragon race dispatched only one representative per clan. But this time at Zhuang Qing's wedding banquet, everyone in the dragon clan turned up, from the old to the young. It was just that their faces wore what strongly appeared to be forced smiles, as if they had gone broke.