Surging Public Sentiments

As soon as Qun Yushu said this, everyone was dumbfounded.

Who was Qun Yushu?

His second uncle was the head of the Qun Family, his father was the Prefect of Jiang Ling, stationed in the Jing Xiang military town. He was young and had already changed jobs twice, and was expected to reach the legendary Foundation Establishment level in his lifetime. The women who wanted to marry him could line up all the way from Jiang Nan to Yang Zhou.

But theoretically, Qun Yushu's wife could only be a noble lady from a family of equal status, even a daughter of an Esteemed Class family was not qualified, at least from the Vermillion Gate Four Surnames.

Marrying Qun Yushu could be said to be a one-step ascent to heaven. Not to mention the trivial matters of having no worries about food and clothing and enjoying wealth and glory, even if the woman was determined to follow the path of The Herald, the Qun Family could leak a little resource to ensure the woman's second job change. As long as the woman had enough talent, guaranteeing a third job change was not a problem.

But marrying a Black Belt woman with no family background?

However, when everyone saw Jiang Shi's face, they felt they could understand Qun Yushu's impulse. Many even showed regret, regretting that they hadn't taken the lead yesterday and missed the beauty.

Shang Xin Lei and the others didn't speak either. Although they also planned to recruit Jiang Shi, if Qun Yushu used the position of principal wife as a bargaining chip... they really couldn't offer more favorable conditions than that.

Five seconds passed, thirty seconds passed, a minute passed.

Jiang Shi didn't speak, only practiced her blade.

Was she not listening, or did she hear but not answer?

The atmosphere became extremely awkward, especially since Qun Yushu was still kneeling on the ground. He slowly stood up, silently staring at Jiang Shi. In this situation, not to mention a Noble Class child, even an ordinary person would probably be ashamed and angry if they were ignored like this. Therefore, Jie Yuanshao stepped forward, ready to stop Qun Yushu from lashing out at any moment.

"No, it's too beautiful." Qun Yushu suddenly sighed: "I was a little angry at first, but I can't get angry looking at this face. Still can't marry her home, otherwise I'll always be angered by her but can't get angry, I'll definitely be tormented to death."

Qian Gongyu nodded repeatedly behind him, Jiang Shi was really annoying, but there was no way to be angry with her!

"Jiang Shi." Chen Lincuan said loudly: "I represent the Chen Family and want to talk to you, can you move aside for a while?"

Jiang Shi didn't speak, only practiced her blade.

Chen Lincuan was not a playboy like Qun Yushu, he valued his own and his family's reputation very much. Jiang Shi's attitude directly darkened his face, and Jie Zilong had to step forward slightly, blocking between him and Jiang Shi.

The guests behind were all incredulous, daring to publicly ignore the Qun Family's young master and the Chen Family's elder, this, this, this... this was courting death! However, many people were gloating, they had long been displeased with Jiang Shi, a 'madman' who surpassed everyone else with her Black Belt status.

The people at the bottom should honestly be servants, why jump up and get in everyone's way?

Just as the atmosphere was gradually becoming tense, Jiang Shi suddenly stopped training.

She seemed to have just woken up from a dream, glanced at everyone: "Are you looking for me?"

"Yes." Qun Yushu praised: "I am honored to see the beauty dancing with the blade, it is like 'fleeting clouds concealing the moon, and a floating breeze returning the snow'..."

"If there's nothing important, then I'll continue training."

"Quickly announce your Secret Realm method from the Wandering Star Forest!" Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted loudly: "Everyone here needs your Secret Realm method to conquer the Secret Realm. If you hide it and plan to eat it alone, you are offending all the Noble Class and Esteemed Class families here!"

Qian Gongyu didn't even need to look, she knew it was Luo Weijin stirring up trouble. But Luo Weijin's words were just an introduction, and others immediately followed suit—

"Yes, yes, everyone can enter the Wandering Star Forest anyway, there's no loss in sharing the Secret Realm method."

"The higher everyone's score, the better the rewards, which is equivalent to strengthening the Liang Kingdom. We can't hinder the development of the Liang Kingdom for personal gain, Jiang Shi, you have to consider the overall situation."

"We don't want it for free, we can compensate."

"The Jie Family and Shang Family can't get the benefits and then prevent us from improving, right?"

Although she had expected it, Shang Xin Lei was still a little overwhelmed by such a turbulent public opinion.

Not only because they were outnumbered, but also because the Wandering Star Forest was truly special—it had limited time each year, but no limit on the number of people, so no one could monopolize this Secret Realm, and the more people who explored it, the better.

If a hundred people participated in the Secret Realm, they could obtain a hundred rewards; if ten thousand people entered the Secret Realm, they could obtain ten thousand rewards!

It was only natural that Qun Yushu and Chen Lincuan valued Jiang Shi so much. If Jiang Shi really possessed a secret method, then she would be equivalent to a strategic national treasure, capable of obtaining immeasurable and enormous resources from the Wandering Star Forest every year!

'This is troublesome...' Shang Xin Lei thought, 'Even if Jiang Shi says she doesn't have a secret method, they definitely won't believe her. Until they dig out Jiang Shi's heart to see, they will hunt Jiang Shi like vultures.'

Putting herself in her shoes, Shang Xin Lei didn't know how to break the situation. No, if she possessed a secret method, she wouldn't have participated in the Wandering Star Forest so arrogantly from the start. She would at least be at the Third Revolution level before coming, and preferably recruit three other Third Revolution experts to form a team of four to participate in the Wandering Star Forest and frantically farm points. At that time, what could even dozens of Noble Class Esteemed Classes of the Liang Kingdom do to her?

But Jiang Shi came to participate in the Wandering Star Forest without even reaching the First Revolution. With such low strength and no friends or family background, it would be strange if others didn't harbor covetous thoughts.

She really couldn't understand why Jiang Shi, who clearly had such talent, didn't know how to bide her time and develop in a low-key manner. Wouldn't it be better to develop quietly? Why take such a risk?

Forget it, although I haven't received a letter from my family yet, I should protect her first.

The Jie Family will not stand idly by either. At least until the Wandering Star Forest ends, we are on the same side.

"I refuse."

Jiang Shi lightly pushed the blade, gripped the hilt, and stepped forward, from the shadows into the light.

"Come on if you want to fight."

The noise suddenly died down, and then, like a compressed spring, the crowd erupted with ten times the amount of curses as before. Slander, insults, and angry rebukes intertwined, as if to curse Jiang Shi to death.

Jiang Shi didn't speak, but took another step forward, the White Iron Straight Blade already drawn slightly—

"Whoever dares to speak again is an enemy of the Qun Family!"

Qun Yushu's roar instantly controlled the scene, and Shang Xin Lei and Jie Yuanshao also stood in front of Jiang Shi, preventing the latter from taking further action.

"Finally quiet, really, I was clearly talking to Jiang Shi just now, you guys disturbed my chat with the beauty, I'm very vengeful." Qun Yushu spread his hands and sighed, instantly easing the previously chaotic atmosphere. He turned to look at Jiang Shi: "Jiang Shi, you don't like nonsense, so I'll make it simple—I represent the Qun Family, inviting you to become a Qun Family Offering."

"The Qun Family Offering receives a monthly salary of three thousand Spirit Jade, a reward of five tokens for self-defense, access to the Qun Family's internal Secret Treasury, and a Qun Family token to travel through eighteen Secret Realms of the Liang Kingdom. I won't go into detail about the benefits of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. I'll just say one thing: the Qun Family's only requirement for the Offering is to go all out to step into the Third Revolution."

"The Qun Family will not ask you to hand over the secret method, and no one will force you to hand over the secret method after you become a Qun Family Offering. Jiang Shi, what do you think?"