Love in Pavilion Episode 35 Recap
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Wangquan Hongye slashed open the gates of Divine Fire Villa with his sword aura and stepped in slowly, dragging his sword. Most of his hair had turned white. Jin Renfeng didn’t recognize him at first, but Dongfang Huaizhu had already recognized him through that familiar sword aura. Jin Renfeng launched Divine Fire at him, which Wangquan Hongye blocked with his sword. However, since this sword wasn’t the Wangquan Sword, it instantly disintegrated into dust after blocking the fire.
Jin Renfeng believed he was no threat and launched another burst of Pure Solar Flame. Dongfang Huaizhu instinctively stepped in front of Wangquan Hongye to shield him. Yet, the anticipated heavy strike never landed—the Wangquan Sword descended from the sky, easily neutralizing the Divine Fire. Then, the four Guardians of Wangquan Manor—Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning—descended from above to protect Wangquan Hongye and Dongfang Huaizhu.
Jin Renfeng was not afraid in the least, but what followed gave him pause: the steward of the Wangquan family, Steward Fei, entered with all the elite younger generation of Wangquan Manor. The strength of Wangquan Manor and Divine Fire Villa were evenly matched. With the Wangquan Guardians and all the elite young cultivators present, even someone as formidable as Jin Renfeng could not hope to come out on top.
Steward Fei made such a grand entrance, yet declared that Wangquan Manor was only here to propose marriage—to take Jin Renfeng’s cousin, Chu Ri Huaizhu, as a wife. Naturally, Jin Renfeng was unwilling to hand Dongfang Huaizhu over. But when Steward Fei laid out the stakes clearly, Jin Renfeng, no matter how resentful, could only allow the Wangquan family to take Huaizhu away.
To conceal Dongfang Huaizhu’s identity as the eldest daughter of the Dongfang family, Steward Fei referred to her as Chu Ri Huaizhu, leaving Jin Renfeng, now head of Divine Fire Villa, with no excuse to stop them. And for Wangquan Hongye, marrying her as a concubine was a last resort. The ceremonial procedures for a principal wife were overly complex, and Jin Renfeng could easily disrupt things at any point.
Taking her as a concubine simplified everything—an eight-carriage sedan was enough to bring her away, the simplest and most direct solution. Steward Fei fulfilled his promise to Wangquan Hongye, and Hongye upheld his word by raising the Wangquan Sword and officially becoming the new head of the Wangquan family.
Though marrying her as a concubine was the only feasible way to resolve the situation, all ceremonial formalities for Dongfang Huaizhu’s marriage were carried out according to those of a principal wife. After joining Wangquan Manor, her status within the family was no different from that of a principal wife. That day, the strongest swordsman Huaizhu had ever met held the strongest sword in the world—but he no longer had the heart of a swordsman.
After the wedding, Huaizhu had two things she wished to ask of Steward Fei. Before she could even speak, he had already guessed that the first must be related to Qinlan. He had already dispatched people to search for Dongfang Qinlan everywhere, and arranged for a niece of similar age to stay hidden in a secluded location.
The Wangquan Guardians and four elite patrol squads rotated in secret to guard the place, creating the illusion that Qinlan was being protected inside, so no one else would continue searching for her. The other matter was that Huaizhu wanted to investigate the origin of the Blood Exchange Technique of the leech demon clan and how Jin Renfeng had learned it. Steward Fei brought all the texts related to the Blood Exchange Technique for her to study.
Through these ancient records, Huaizhu discovered that although the Blood Exchange Technique could extract spiritual blood from the Dongfang lineage, the blood was non-regenerative. Even a small wound could potentially claim Jin Renfeng’s life. Huaizhu plotted an assassination, but hadn’t expected Jin Renfeng to be wearing armor. She managed only to slash his hand before being severely injured by him. When Jin Renfeng attempted to kill her, Wangquan Hongye appeared and blocked the strike for her.
He then counterattacked and wounded Jin Renfeng. Jin Renfeng aged rapidly, turning into an old man in moments. The cost for Huaizhu was a grievous injury and a frail body. Because the younger elite generation of the Yiqi Alliance had been wiped out, their strength declined significantly. The demon clans seized the opportunity to invade, and countless cries for help rained down on Wangquan Manor like snowflakes.
Everyone was waiting to see how the swordless heart of the new head of the Wangquan family would respond to the crisis. Wangquan Hongye constantly tried to stop the conflict between humans and demons, but no matter how hard he fought, he could never eliminate them all. The peace he yearned for between humans and demons was forever out of reach. He had sacrificed everything to prevent the Black Fox from entering the world, only to face this outcome. Wangquan Hongye began to doubt himself, and could no longer merge with his sword.
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