Chapter 13 — The Poor Bridegroom Is the Supreme One

Just as Khinh Vy had been waiting in the entourage at the tomb gate for half an hour, Dịch Thần felt a sudden, powerful blast of dark aura from deep within the valley, carrying a terrifyingly familiar aura - that was the breath of Vực Hoàng Tuyền, an aura that during his hundreds of years at the top of the Nine Heavens World, he had only felt it through ancient records and never personally encountered it.

"This is not good," he thought to himself, his face changing color in an instant. Without thinking further, he rushed straight through the tomb gate, disregarding the rules that prohibited men from entering the area reserved for women. His moving speed was so fast that Bạt Sương could only see a shadow passing by like a gust of wind.

"Brother!" Bạt Sương called out in panic, but there was no time to stop him. He gritted his teeth and hurriedly followed, silently praying that nothing too serious would happen.

Dịch Thần rushed into the dense fog, without needing to use his naked eyes to find direction - with the profound cultivation of a Supreme Nine Heavens Realm, he could directly feel the chaotic aura swirling in space, easily determining the exact location of the source causing this abnormality. In just a few short breaths, he had traversed a distance that would take a normal group of people several minutes to cover.

He found Vân Nhi and two maids standing huddled together in the fog, panicking and not knowing which direction to look for his lady. "Where is Khinh Vy?" He asked urgently, his voice unable to hide the rare urgency.

"Dude, miss... miss is lost ahead, we can't find you anywhere," Vân Nhi replied, her voice shaking with tears.

Dịch Thần did not wait to hear more and continued to rush forward, where he felt the vortex of air was strongest. Just a few moments later, through the thick curtain of fog, he saw Khinh Vy being gradually swept by an invisible vortex of air towards a dark crack in the ground. Her hands had completely slipped from the clinging tree, her body was floating and tilting towards the edge of the cliff.

"Khinh Vy!" He shouted, his speed was so fast that it no longer resembled that of a normal mortal. In that moment, Dịch Thần had no time to consider hiding his identity. His entire body burst into a brilliant golden light, the True Yuan power from deep within his body - the remaining unlost power - exploded violently, forming a protective aura around him as he rushed straight into the midst of the chaotic vortex.

He reached out and grabbed Khinh Vy's wrist right at the moment she was about to be completely swallowed into the dark crack. A terrible opposing force passed through his arm, as if Vực Hoàng Tuyền himself was trying to snatch his prey. Dịch Thần gritted his teeth, put all his remaining True Yuan strength into his arm, a roar rang out from deep within the ground, the invisible vortex gradually weakened and then disappeared, as if it had just been completely subdued by an overwhelming force.

Khinh Vy was pulled firmly into his arms, both of them fell backwards, away from the edge of the dangerous cliff. She lay in his arms, panting, her whole body trembling because she had just experienced a near-death moment. When she raised her head to look at him, she was stunned by the scene before her eyes - Dịch Thần's entire body still had a layer of golden aura that was gradually disappearing, his eyes at that moment shone a deep golden color, completely different from the normal black eyes she was used to.

"You..." she whispered, unable to believe what she just witnessed.

Dịch Thần looked at her, his eyes gradually returning to normal, but his expression revealed indescribable complexity - both relieved that he had saved her in time, and worried because he knew that he had just revealed a part of his power that could no longer be hidden. "Madam, are you okay?"

"I... I'm okay," Khinh Vy replied, her voice still shaking, but her eyes gradually regained alertness, looking straight at him with intense scrutiny. "But you just now... what was that? That light, those eyes..."

At that moment, Bạt Sương also rushed to the spot. Seeing the scene before him, a trace of deep worry flashed across his face before he could hide it. "Brother, is ma'am okay?"

Dịch Thần helped Khinh Vy stand up, his eyes looking at her with a rare hesitation. "Madam," he said, his voice low, "I know you have many questions, and I understand that, after what just happened, I cannot continue to stay silent anymore. But I ask you to give me a little more time, so that I can prepare carefully before telling the whole truth. This is not only my own secret, but also involves the safety of many others."

Khinh Vy looked at him, filled with countless mixed emotions - surprise, curiosity, and even a bit of vague fear at the mysterious things she had just witnessed. But most of all, she felt the sincerity in his eyes, the genuine concern for her, not any other calculation.

"Okay," she finally nodded, her voice regaining composure, "I will wait for you. But you must promise me that when the time comes, you will tell me the whole truth, without hiding anything."

"I promise," Dịch Thần replied, his eyes firmly looking straight at her.

After making sure Khinh Vy was safe, the group quickly returned to find Vân Nhi and the two maids. Fortunately, the dangerous vortex completely disappeared after being suppressed by Dịch Thần, and the thick fog gradually thinned, revealing the familiar stone path leading to Khinh Vy's mother's grave.

On the way back to Ngan Phu, Khinh Vy sat quietly in the car, her mind reeling with countless thoughts. She remembered the brilliant golden light surrounding Dịch Thần, his deep golden eyes instantly pouring all his strength to save her - it was not an ordinary martial art that a mortal could practice, but like a kind of supernatural power, far beyond her understanding of the world.

"Who are you anyway?" She once again asked herself that question, but this time, instead of just simple curiosity, she had a firmer belief in her heart than ever. Whoever Dịch Thần was, whatever strength he had, he did not hesitate to risk his life to rush into a deadly and dangerous place to save her, revealing the secret that he had clearly tried to hide very carefully up until now. That, to her, was more precious than any answer he could give.

As for the person who plotted this plot, when the news that Khinh Vy had safely returned to Ngan Palace was transmitted, Khinh Tuyết stood silently in her private room, her face pale and bloodless. "It's impossible," she muttered, "no one has ever escaped the vortex of the Black Mist Valley, and yet..."

A vague fear began to creep into her heart, although she still could not clearly understand the real reason behind this failure.

She quickly called the manager who arranged to activate the vortex to ask why. "You have assured me that no one has ever been able to escape from that vortex once caught in it, so why was she still able to return unharmed?"

The manager bowed his head, his expression equally bewildered. "My lady, according to what the northern group has surveyed, the vortex's suction power is strong enough to sweep away anyone who falls into its sphere of influence, without exception. Perhaps... perhaps someone has intervened with some kind of power that goes beyond normal understanding, to be able to resist that vortex."

"Power beyond common understanding?" Khinh Tuyết muttered, her eyes gradually becoming gloomy. In her mind, the image of Tạ Dịch Thần suddenly appeared, the poor and anonymous person that she had always looked down upon, now suddenly becoming a terrifying unknown that she could not predict. "Go, immediately inform my mother, we need to discuss the plan again. Perhaps, Khinh Vy's poor husband is not as simple as we think."

That night, in Triệu Nhã Trân's private room, mother and daughter sat facing each other in flickering candlelight, the atmosphere heavier than ever. For the first time, since the beginning of their plot to compete for the position of the right woman, both of them felt a real insecurity - that their opponent was not only Khinh Vy with her unexpected wisdom, but could also be some force hidden behind her poor husband, a force that they could not completely grasp or explain.