Shun
Long's feet just touched the main hall and as the big 3m(9ft) doors opened, all
eyes inside suddenly turned in his direction.
As
soon as Shun Long entered the hall apart from his parents sitting at the main
seats, he also noticed 3 elders of the Lin family and a middle-aged man all
dressed in black clothes with blue stripes on their chests and sleeves sitting
inside, along with a young and relatively pretty girl who was with them, with
her back straight as she was seated on her chair, but unfortunately because of
the 'straight posture' she had adopted, people would instantly notice her flat
chest.
Everything
looked normal at first glance, but Shun Long's past life experience had allowed
him to pick on even the most indiscernible of hints, and from their body
language how they had seated themselves a fair distance away from Shun Fang and
Shun An while being the only guests here, Shun Long understood that this matter
had more to it than what meets the eye. After all the reason that Shun Long had
survived alone for so long in his past life, was mostly because of his ability
to judge people's intentions based on their slightest movements or gestures.
Shun
Fang and Shun An looked at Shun Long with a gentle gaze, but deep inside, Shun
Fang's eyes held a trace of horror.
''Could
it be that there is actually a problem and that's why Long'er didn't leave his
room for all these days?'' he asked himself, afraid of finding out the answer
as that may send him directly, from the heaven he has been experiencing these
days, to the deepest depths of hell.
It
was only natural that Shun Fang hypothesized that there was a problem with Shun
Long's cultivation and that he hadn't yet entered even the 1st rank
of qi circulation, otherwise how could his body possibly not emit any aura, if
he had already reached it?!
Even
if Shun Long had intended to conceal his aura, Shun Fang assumed that as a peak
rank 9 earth level cultivator he would have seen through it, and since he
didn't feel anything now that Shun Long had entered the main hall, he naturally
felt that his son must have met a problem.
Deep
inside him, all these days he and Shun An were patiently waiting, hoping for
their son to enter at least the peak of rank 1 in qi circulation, if not the
early rank 2, but what he saw now was different to what he expected and that's
why he had assumed that some problem must have occurred in Shun Long's
cultivation session.
Shun
Long had noticed the trace of shock that flashed inside his father's eyes but
acted as if he didn't even notice anything and smiled at him as he asked
''Father
did you ask for me?''
''Nephew
Shun has indeed grown even more handsome since the last time we met,
congratulations hahaha, in the future you will definitely have droves of
beauties waiting for you''
The
main hall instantly turned silent and even a pin drop could be now heard.
Shun
Fang's face frowned and the look in his eyes darkened as he looked at the
middle aged man from the Lin family who had just spoken, and with a voice that
betrayed his anger he questioned him
''Lin
Shang what the f..k do you mean by that?''
Shun
Fang had instantly noticed the meaning in Lin Shang's words. Shun Long would
finding some beauties but not someone that belonged in the Lin family.
Had
these idiots come to ask him to annul the engagement?
Of
course the pretty girl sitting beside Lin Shang was Shun Long's fiancee in
name, and also Lin Shang's daughter, Lin Wu.
Lin
Wu was already 15 years old, just one year younger than Shun Long, and as the
daughter of the Lin patriarch she had already reached the rank 5 peak of qi
circulation.
Lin
Shang was slightly ashamed, but as he thought of his gem of a daughter being
stuck in a patch of crippled crap that couldn't cultivate, along with some
other matters that had recently popped up, he steeled his resolve and said as
he stood up from his seat
''Brother
Fang please listen to me, I know that Wu'er has been engaged to Shun Long for
many years and that Shun Long definitely expected to marry her but some matters
have occurred so I could only shamelessly come and ask you to please call off
the engagement'' Lin Shang said and then continued in one breath
''Actually
Wu'er has decided to take the entrance test of the 'floating cloud sect' that
will take place 1 month from now in the palace of the imperial capital. The
'floating cloud sect' will send their elders to personally come and accept
outer court disciples. Everyone knows that your son is crip..*cough* *cough*
unable to cultivate due to his meridians, so it would be for the benefit of
both of our children to call of the engagement don't you agree? After all they
will be people of 2 different worlds, now that Wu'er will enter the 'floating
cloud sect' and while your son won't be able to cultivate, my daughter will
definitely end up leaving the 'Sky Fortune kingdom' this time.''
F..K
OFF to the side and don't call me brother Fang!' Shun Fang said furiously, his
eyes having turned red from his fury, with veins bulging around his temples.
His hair was flying behind him in the air as he unleashed his pressure and
revealed his aura of a peak rank 9 earth level cultivator, suffocating everyone
inside the hall as he laughed and said
''HAHAHA,
you shamelessly come and beg me to call of the engagement? HAHAHAHA, you are
right, you are truly shameless and your face is so thick that my hand would
probably redden from slapping you. Did you think that my house is a place that
your tiny Lin family can act as they please at?
How
many times did you come over the years, and by using your status as in-laws of
my family did you SHAMELESSLY BEG ME to help create formations in your home so
your family's territory doesn't get annexed by high earth rank level experts?
WHO
was the person who begged me on his knees 6 years ago to have his daughter
betrothed to my son?
And
now you want to 'shamelessly' beg me to cancel their engagement instead of
divorcing you so your daughter's reputation doesn't get tarnished? HAHAHAHA!''
Shun
Fang laughed furiously and mockingly as he looked at the head and the 3 elders
of the Lin family, whose faces had all turned deep red and their fists were all
tightly clenched underneath the table, unknown if it was shame or fury that
they were feeling.
Shun
Long then took a step forward towards the Lin family and Shun Fang instantly
retracted his pressure allowing them to breathe, as Shun Long looked at the
young girl and asked
''What
do you think?''
An
elder from the Lin family with a long beard then raged as he stood up and
shouted
''Audacious.
This is not a place for children to..''
But
before he could even finish his sentence, Shun Fang's aura burst out again and
the elder that was only at the middle stages of the earth level was instantly
swept off his feet from the pressure, and started coughing blood nonstop, as he
dyed his clothes and beard red and his body flew in the air, crashing right at
the center of the wall opposite to him, and the sound of bones cracking was
heard as he crashed and then collapsed to the ground twitching.
''This
is not a place for you to speak so shut your mouth'' Shun Fang said arrogantly
as he looked down from his seat, his gaze stabbing directly at the members of
the Lin family.
Shun
Long then looked at his 'fiancee' as he was expecting her to answer his
previous question and although this flat chested girl didn't dare to look at
Shun Fang, she was still bold enough to raise her eyes and meet Shun Long's.
Shun
Long understood everything from her gaze that was screaming arrogance and
pride, as well as ''I am superior to you and hence I look down on you''.
Unknown
where he had found the courage or the strength to speak from, Lin Shang opened
his mouth that was already leaking blood from the corner of his lips, thanks to
the unrelenting pressure that Shun Fang had put them under until he said ''Shun
Long you should cons..''
*pfft*
Lin
Shang couldn't even finish his sentence before he ended up spurting a mouthful
of blood, that coincidentally landed on his daughter's and dyed half her face a
deep red color.
Shun
Long didn't even glance at him or his daughter, after he had noticed that
contemptive gaze earlier in Lin Wu's eyes. He just turned around and shook his
head as he walked towards the exit of the main hall and said in a heavily
relieved tone as he patted his robes ''Thank God, for I almost ended up
associating with a bunch of trashes this time. Father, destroy this
engagement.. destroy it 'completely'. ''