Three-Year Agreement Stakes Escalate

Not only was Xiao Yan waiting for Su Qingyun's reply.

Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders were also watching Su Qingyun. If word got out, no one in Wu Tan City would believe that with just one glance, they would be willing to entrust the clan's honor and disgrace to this Banished Immortal-like youth.

The old father even revealed a thoughtful expression: It seemed that Yan'er trusted, even relied on, this Banished Immortal youth greatly. Their relationship was far from ordinary. This was truly wonderful. The Xiao Clan was safe this time! "I have no intention of joining the Misty Cloud Sect, nor do I intend to become engaged to you. After all, I have known her for barely an hour—how could we possibly have deep feelings for each other? Xun'er and I have known each other for ten years. If we are talking about feelings, I'm afraid no girl is closer to me than she is."

"Xiao Yan, your marriage agreement with Nalan Yanran is a matter between your two great families, as well as a private matter between the two of you. It should not involve me. I believe in you. You have the ability to handle this properly."

Su Qingyun finally spoke. He patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and gave his response.

Then he turned back and said coldly, "Young Miss Nalan Yanran, please have some self-respect."

His excessively handsome face and immortal-like temperament had attracted far too many unwanted admirers, leaving him with no small amount of psychological trauma during his childhood.

Thus, Su Qingyun still had a sense of self-protection. A woman like this was clearly lusting after his body. He could not act like a lick dog, running eagerly over to "share a night of passion" just because a woman beckoned to him.

Su Qingyun had principles of his own!

Besides, he and Xiao Yan could be considered friends. Nalan Yanran was Xiao Yan's fiancée. Even if the two had no feelings for each other and had not yet married, as long as that bond and relationship remained, Su Qingyun could not agree with Nalan Yanran's proposal.

Otherwise, would he not be acting without righteousness or loyalty, betraying his brother? The moment Su Qingyun's words left his mouth, Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders all nodded, their appreciation for this Banished Immortal-like youth growing even stronger.

At once, Xun'er's previously puffed-up eyes curved into beautiful crescents, and a blissful smile appeared on her face. The young man's words warmed her heart beyond measure.

Brother Qingyun had just said that no girl was closer to him than she was! Oh heavens!

Um~ Was Brother Qingyun confessing to me?

() This feels so nice, so happy~

Deep feelings?

How deep exactly?

Could Brother Qingyun be hinting at something?

Deep~ feelings~ Should Xun'er get to know Brother Qingyun more deeply?

Xun'er had already slept while hugging Brother Qingyun, and had even secretly kissed him, though that had been several years ago.

After she turned ten, Xun'er's body began to develop, her Small Delicate Chest gradually grew larger, and she began having those days every month that girls had. Brother Qingyun stopped sleeping with her.

That had left Xun'er frustrated for quite some time. Now, upon hearing Su Qingyun's unintentional sweet words, the obedient girl began to entertain new thoughts: In a little over a year, Brother Qingyun would be an adult, right? Once he became an adult, they could get married and have their wedding night~

At that thought, Xun'er's face could not help flushing crimson.

She was very much looking forward to it~...

After hearing Su Qingyun's words, Xiao Yan's heart was filled with excitement. This was Brother Qingyun's trust and respect for him! This time, Xiao Yan neither twisted his face into a ferocious expression nor flew into a rage on the spot. Under Su Qingyun's influence, he had become a comparatively rational and mature person. He knew that shouting himself hoarse and roaring in anger would solve nothing.

Xiao Yan looked at Nalan Yanran, then unexpectedly tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of his robe. He bit his finger open and wrote several lines in blood upon it.

Soon, the blood letter was complete. He held it before Nalan Yanran and said coldly:

"Young Miss Nalan, you should know how humiliating it is for the other party when a woman breaks off an engagement on the Dou Qi Continent. I have thick skin, so it does not matter much to me. But my father! He is the head of a clan. If he agreed to your demand today in front of these elders and stewards, how could he continue to lead the Xiao Clan afterward? How could he still establish himself in Wu Tan City?"

"If Young Miss Nalan merely wishes to dissolve the marriage agreement, then Xiao Yan can grant your wish. This is the Letter of Divorce I wrote. It is the Xiao Clan that does not want you. I, Xiao Yan, am divorcing you. Take this Letter of Divorce, and from now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other."

"What? You said you're divorcing me?"

Seeing the blood-written Letter of Divorce in Xiao Yan's hand, Nalan Yanran's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief. With her beauty, talent, and background, she was actually being directly divorced by a useless good-for-nothing from a minor clan? This sudden turn of events felt far too unreal to her.

"Can't I divorce you?"

"What right do you have to divorce me? This is an insult to me, a slight against the dignity of the Misty Cloud Sect and the Nalan Family!"

"Young Miss Nalan, could it be that you are the 'Double Standard Woman' Brother Qingyun once told me about? You coming to the Xiao Clan to annul the engagement is reasonable and justifiable, and your arbitrarily annulling your engagement with the Xiao Clan is only natural—but when I divorce you, it is an insult? When I divorce you, it is a slight?

Fine. Very fine indeed. As expected of the Heaven's Proud Daughter of the Nalan Family and the Misty Cloud Sect."

Xiao Yan said coldly.

Over the past few years, Su Qingyun had been living in seclusion at Falling Immortal Stream. He was often bored, so he frequently chatted with Xiao Yan.

Su Qingyun naturally knew that Xiao Yan was also a transmigrator and should be able to understand his way of thinking and worldview. Thus, Su Qingyun had told Xiao Yan some modern stories, including one about a "Double Standard Woman." It had left a deep impression on Xiao Yan, who found it rather novel.

Later, Su Qingyun became certain that even though Xiao Yan had transmigrated from Earth, he did not possess the soul of a modern person! Because so often, he simply could not get Su Qingyun's jokes!

When Su Qingyun mentioned Five Consecutive Lightning Whips to him, he asked whether it was some powerful Dou Technique. It sounded very strong.

At that moment, Su Qingyun watched Xiao Yan logically and meticulously refute Nalan Yanran. He was somewhat surprised, but also greatly comforted.

A few years ago, Xiao Yan had still been an impulsive youth. He could not endure others' mockery and would even rush forward to fight, but because his cultivation had regressed, he was often beaten badly.

With Su Qingyun's encouragement and guidance, the youth had matured greatly.

Nalan Yanran was left somewhat at a loss by Xiao Yan's question, and his words also woke her up.

Yes, she could not accept being divorced—so how could the other party accept her coming to annul the engagement? But the girl was, after all, the Heaven's Proud Daughter of the Jia Ma Empire's greatest power. Faced with the cold laughter and rebuttal of a useless good-for-nothing who possessed only Dou Zhi Qi Stage Three, she still found it difficult to accept.

Moreover, at this point, the engagement had to be annulled whether she liked it or not!

"Xiao Yan, you should know that on the Dou Qi Continent, the strong are revered. Since you cannot accept my annulling the engagement, and I cannot accept your Letter of Divorce, then let us settle this with strength!"

"You are now merely a useless good-for-nothing at Dou Zhi Qi Stage Three, completely unworthy of fighting me. Three years—I will give you three years. I will wait for you at the Misty Cloud Sect. Three years from now, you and I will duel. The victor will annul the engagement of the loser. The winner will have the final say. Do you dare accept?"

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river! Never bully a young man because he is poor! Three years from now, I will come find you and settle this matter!"

"Fine, but I have one more condition: for the Three-Year Agreement, if I win then, Su Qingyun must marry me, Nalan Yanran!"

"What did you say?!"