Chapter 7 - Challenge!
"What? Don"t tell me that you"re so naive that you think our young lord Ling Yun would approve of such an engagement?" He Yuan said full of sarcasm seemingly as if he had heard a hilarious joke.
The three brothers from the He family frowned. Who was He Lingyuan? He was the number one genius of the entire Wuhuan Empire. How could a girl like her who hadn"t even awoken her profound veins deserve him?
The three family heads Wu, Zheng, and w.a.n.g, all stopped drinking their tea mid-sip. They just stared at Lin Haoxue with an incredulous gaze. Why would she say such a thing? Could it be that she really didn"t understand the gap between her and He Lingyuan?
He Lingyuan was a newly risen genius cultivator of the Wuhuan Empire. His profound veins awoke at the age of six and after three years of acc.u.mulation, he stepped into the Profound Pract.i.tioner realm at the age of nine! Furthermore, he had broken through two more realms - the Profound Master and Profound Grand Master realms before twelve years old. Afterwards, he became a genuine Profound Grand Master realm cultivator, and the Saint Emperor Academy even personally invited him to study at their academy.
Now he was seventeen years old, and he had already transcended the Profound Ancestor realm and had broken through to the Profound Spirit realm. He had become a Profound Spirit realm cultivator not just in name but in reality. He was the youngest Profound Spirit cultivator in the history of the Wuhuan Empire.
As for Lin Haoxue, except that she had a beautiful face, there was nothing more to talk about. Her profound veins hadn"t even awoken by the age of twelve! The two of them were as different as the white moon and mud. What was funny was that Lin Haoxue wasn"t willing to give up this engagement.
"He didn"t approve of it so that means it doesn"t exist?" Lin Haoxue"s voice didn"t have any emotion to it. She bowed her head low so n.o.body could see her expression, and everyone just took it as she was having a final struggle besides being ashamed.
"Miss Lin, you know that only those who have enough strength are able to choose what they want," This time it was the Wu Haiping, the family head of the Wu family, who spoke. He put down his teacup and continued his words indifferently, "I"m sorry that your strength isn"t good enough for you to choose the engagement you want."
He finished his sentence and felt a gaze from Zheng Shiling and w.a.n.g Xunyuan, but kept drinking his tea as if he had said nothing.
That"s right. In Taixing town the Wu family and the Lin family couldn"t be compared with each other, but why did the Wu family keep picking on the Lin family?
"Strength?" Lin Haoxue repeated slowly. She raised her head and stared at He Yuan instead of Wu Haiping and said, "So if my strength exceeds He Lingyuan, does that mean that he can"t break the engagement?"
"Uh…?" Lin Haoxue"s sudden sharpness surprised He Yuan, making him shocked and speechless.
"Is that how it is?" Lin Haoxue raised her voice and stared at He Yuan who was in front of her.
"Yes, it is like that," He Long who was next to him spoke when he saw He Yuan was stunned, "But..."
"Alright, I"ll mark your words." Lin Haoxue interrupted He Long"s words. She knew what he might want to say, therefore she didn"t want those words brought up again to hurt her grandpa. Noticing the expression on her grandpa"s face worsening, Lin Haoxue stood up and gave a glance at all those people who thought they were watching a joke of a person.
"I don"t care about the engagement with the He family. Even if he is the genius you said, he is absolutely worthless to me."
"How dare you be so harsh!" He Long and all the others" expressions changed. The three of them all belonged to He Lingyuan and were absolutely loyal to him. As for He Lingyuan, he was the genius from the He family, and his appearance had increased their reputation throughout the Wuhuan Empire. Therefore, he was treated as the treasure of the family. They simply wouldn"t endure their idol being looked down on like this, especially by such trash.
"I"m being harsh?" Lin Haoxue"s cold voice sounded out, "So you humiliate our Lin family and that isn"t harsh? I wouldn"t care if this was just about rescinding the engagement, but who told you that you can transfer an engagement?"
"How could that be humiliating? If the Lin family and the He family join in marriage there would only be benefits for you. On the basis of the reputation of our He family, we could shield your entire family. Don"t become unable to differentiate good from bad!" He Yuan"s face had turned red from defending himself, and he lost his former beaming, friendly look.
"Shielding... Did we ask for such a thing? Our Lin family can help ourselves. We don"t need your humiliation of a name to shield us," Lin Haoxue replied coldly.
"You…"
He Yuan was about to keep speaking but was stopped by He Long. He Long looked at Lin Haoxue, "What do you want us to do so that you all will agree to rescind the engagement?"
Before they came here, the young lord reminded them again and again that no matter what price they needed to pay, as long as they could cancel this ridiculous engagement of his, it wouldn"t matter.
"Of course I will agree to that since I don"t really care about it. Just why do we need to suffer such humiliation? Your behavior has brought shame to our Lin family. How can you make my grandpa face all this scorn? How can you give me face?"
"Then, let"s just say that the Lin family asked to cancel the engagement first. This should be fine for you, right?" He Long spoke. This was because if they announced such a thing to the public then of course n.o.body would believe it. Their young lord will get what he wanted, and the He family wouldn"t lose anything.
"I know what you"re thinking. Even if you say that I asked for this, n.o.body will believe it."
"What do you want then?"
"I want a fair chance. Tell He Lingyuan that I challenge him at the Wuhuan Profound Immortal Ceremony in three years. There I will announce to the public that we have canceled the engagement!"
"Relying on yourself!?" He Bao who had always admired his young lord was furious with what she said.
"Yes, by relying on myself. You"re doing this because you think I"m rubbish and not qualified for your young lord. But don"t forget that I"m merely twelve years old but my profound veins have already awoken, and I"ve also become a Profound Pract.i.tioner. In three years n.o.body can say for certain that I can"t catch up to him!"
Her profound veins had awoken and she was already a Profound Pract.i.tioner? Everyone turned silent all of a sudden from shock. That moment, Lin Haoxue"s tiny body exploded with an impressive aura, making it hard for the people in the hall to ignore her. Exactly, she was merely twelve years old and she already was a Profound Pract.i.tioner realm cultivator.
In the living room, the Zheng family and the w.a.n.g family felt shocked but also nodded their heads because of her courage. But the Wu family was embarra.s.sed and just groaned coldly without saying anything.
"You want a fair chance? Sure!"
"You have the authority to decide for him?"
"If you can take ten of my skills, I will definitely promise you on behalf of our young lord," He Long was furious since the young lord asked them to solve this problem peacefully. However, he didn"t expect that she had already stepped into the Profound Pract.i.tioner realm and that her att.i.tude was so firm.
This kind of arrogance shown by someone who was previously trash was a pain to deal with because of her overbearing att.i.tude. Now, they could only teach her a lesson so that she wouldn"t be even more arrogant. Even though he, a Profound Grand Master, was going to fight a Profound Pract.i.tioner, and it was beneath his dignity, for the sake of his family"s reputation, he didn"t care about it much.
"Alright! It"s hard to fight here, let"s go outside!"
Beyond everyone"s expectations, Lin Haoxue agreed without any hesitation.