Breaking Off the Engagement!

Lu Yang began to consider whether or not to tell his senior sister about the fabricated story his master had made up.

If I tell my senior sister, Master will definitely get a beating. But if I don't tell her, she might think I'm in cahoots with Master.

"My master is on one side, and my senior sister is on the other. It's a difficult choice," Lu Yang sighed, feeling caught in the middle, torn between two equally undesirable options.

He took out a coin and decided to leave the choice to fate.

Lu Yang flicked the copper coin lightly, and it made a crisp sound as it spun rapidly in the air like a sphere. The three of them kept their eyes on the coin, looking up and down repeatedly.

Plop.

It's the front.

"It seems the heavens are against my master."

"Senior Brother Lu, let's try again," Li Haoran advised. He had heard Elder Zhou Xin complain about the Silent Daoist being unreliable when he was soaking in lava.

However, no matter what, the Sect Master is still the Sect Master.

Lu Yang nodded. In fact, he didn't want to inform on anyone, so he flicked the copper coin away again.

If the coin lands on the ground, it's reversed.

Li Haoran sighed; the Sect Master had escaped this calamity.

Lu Yang sighed from the side, "It seems fate is against my master."

"Wait a minute, Senior Brother Lu, why is it that you're telling Senior Sister both ways? How can we prevent her from knowing about this?"

"Of course, when the coin is standing upright."

Seeing Li Haoran in a daze, Meng Jingzhou explained to him, "Think about it, there are two possibilities when a coin lands: it lands flat or it lands upright, right?"

"Right."

"So there's a 50/50 chance that Lu Yang won't tell Senior Sister about this, and that's already a pretty high chance."

Lu Yang wore an expression that said, "I really like Meng Jingzhou."

Li Haoran's eye twitched. "Senior Brother Lu, if you want Master to die, just say so. Why go through all this formality?"

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou felt a pang of nostalgia for Man Gu; if it had been Man Gu earlier, they would have believed him long ago.

As the three talked, they arrived at Li Haoran's old house.

The old horse stopped, Li Haoran dismounted first, showing the two of them his home. "Please look, my two senior brothers. Although it's a bit dilapidated, it holds many memories of my childhood. I remember often climbing the tree in front of the door when I was little."

"... Junior Brother Li, I don't think your home can be described as 'somewhat dilapidated'."

Li Haoran turned his head and saw the Li family's old house being demolished.

"Where is my home?!"

I've only been away from home for a little over a year, how come my home is gone?

"Hey, isn't this the young man from the Li family? I heard you've made something of yourself and gone to the Ask Dao Sect?" An old man recognized Li Haoran.

"Uncle Zhang, where is my home?" Li Haoran asked hurriedly upon seeing an acquaintance.

"Hmm? Didn't your parents tell you that to celebrate you becoming a disciple of the Ask Dao Sect, your family sold your old house and moved to Chunyuan Street?"

"... Is this really a celebration of me becoming a disciple of the Ask Dao Sect?" Li Haoran covered his face with one hand, somewhat helplessly.

Following Mr. Zhang's directions, the three of them finally found Li Haoran's real home.

Before entering the house, Lu Yang secretly sent a telepathic message to Meng Jingzhou: "Have you prepared a gift for your parents?"

"I've been prepared for a long time. I have many good things in my identity jade token. What about you?"

"Before I came here, I went to the mission hall and exchanged some pills and heavenly materials and earthly treasures."

After they finished talking, the two got out of the car, relieved.

Before Li Haoran could even knock on the door, he heard a strange woman's voice coming from inside the house.

"I will absolutely not agree to this marriage!"

"An arranged marriage since childhood? Was it with my consent?"

"Don't even think about getting me to acknowledge this marriage!"

Then came Li Haoran's father's voice. "This marriage was all agreed upon..."

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou exchanged a glance upon hearing the commotion; things didn't seem to be going very well.

Li Haoran frowned, pushed open the door, and deliberately said loudly, "Mom and Dad, I'm home!"

Pushing open the door, a couple stood in the courtyard, looking somewhat bewildered, as if the situation had taken them by surprise. They were Li Haoran's parents.

The woman arguing with Li Haoran was a beautiful young woman who looked to be about the same age as Li Haoran.

Behind the girl stood a beautiful female cultivator, whose features bore a resemblance to the girl's. It was unclear whether she was the girl's older sister or mother.

"Haoran is back?" Li's parents were overjoyed to see Li Haoran return home.

"Mom and Dad, let me introduce you. These are my two senior brothers from the Ask Dao Sect, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou."

"Hello, Uncle and Aunt." Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou greeted them with warm smiles and presented the gifts they had prepared beforehand.

"You're here, why bring anything?"

"I just bought these on the way here, they're not worth much."

After some polite refusals, Mr. and Mrs. Li accepted the gift.

"You're Li Haoran?" The girl frowned as she looked at Li Haoran. To be fair, Li Haoran was handsome and quite good-looking, but the girl couldn't stand the sight of him now.

"Who are you?" Li Haoran also spoke to the girl in a harsh tone.

Fearing the conflict would escalate, Li's parents quickly introduced them, "This is Qin Yanyan, and this is her mother, Su Yiren, the expert who saved us."

Within the spiritual space, the Immortal Fairy let out a soft exclamation. "This Su Yiren is quite something; she's Integrated Body Realm Cultivator."

There are many extraordinary individuals in the Central Continent, Lu Yang has never heard of many Integrated Body Realm Cultivators.

Let alone Lu Yang, even Meng Jingzhou, who was born into the Meng family, couldn't recognize all the Integrated Body Realm Cultivator.

"Body Integration Realm?" Lu Yang was surprised. Was Junior Brother Li really that valuable? Integrated Body Realm Cultivator not only saved Li's parents but also arranged a marriage between them when they were still babies.

Lu Yang couldn't see anything particularly noteworthy about Li Haoran besides his Fire Spirit Root.

He neither suddenly went from being a genius to a cripple, nor did he do anything strange or say anything odd.

The Immortal Fairy teased, "You're quite valuable too. That little girl Yun Zhi personally arranged your marriage with Lanting. If it really works out, you'll have a whole bunch of the Body Integration Realm standing behind you."

Lu Yang rolled his eyes and didn't respond to the Immortal Fairy's words.

Qin Yanyan sized up Li Haoran: "I heard you're from the Ask Dao Sect, and you were ranked fifth in your class. How embarrassing! A person with a Fire Spirit Root can only be ranked fifth."

Li Haoran thought about the first four: one had Sword Spirit Root and was personally taught by the senior sister, whose Law Technique talent was comparable to the senior sister's; one had a single Spirit Root and came from the Meng family, the largest Aristocratic Clan; one had Ascension Immortal Body that was even rarer than a single Spirit Root; and one was a descendant of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe. It didn't seem so shameful for him to rank fifth.

Man Gu was the last of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe. Legend has it that the last person of a race will gather all the fortune of that race.

It would be strange if he could even compare to the previous four, wouldn't it?

"Let me give you a piece of advice: the engagement is off, so we can all live in peace and meet again in the future. If you refuse..." Qin Yanyan said, a cold smile appearing on her face. The consequences of refusing were self-evident.

What if I refuse?

Qin Yanyan continued to sneer, unsure how to threaten Li Haoran if he refused.