The moment those words were spoken, the lively atmosphere fell utterly silent.
What kind of occasion was this?
How could anyone dare to speak so rudely at a time like this?
The Chen Family? Which Chen Family?
Many people didn't understand at first. They all looked bewildered, completely at a loss.
But when they heard the words "Chen Family," everyone from the Liu Family felt their hearts jolt.
They're here!
People from the Chen Family had actually come?
The Liu Family Head looked toward the Third Elder and saw that his expression was grim as well. Clearly, he hadn't expected anything to go wrong.
The King of the Great Zhou Kingdom, however, seemed much calmer, as if this situation had been within his expectations.
"How dare you!"
"Who dares to speak so rudely?"
"Do you know what kind of occasion this is today? Who gave you the right to speak?" The chief eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and scolded him.
"If I hadn't come..."
"How else would the Liu Family's Eldest Young Lady regain her innocence and freedom?"
Chen Yunxuan's words caused an uproar. Innocence and freedom?
There was so much to read into that. Could it be that the Liu Family's Eldest Young Lady had already...
"Utter nonsense!"
"Whoever you are, have the guts to show yourself!" The Fifth Prince's face was full of fury.
With all eyes on them, whether those words were true or not, they would have a huge impact on Liu Mengyan—and on him, too.
From now on, people would surely gossip about them behind their backs.
No one cared whether it was true. They only cared whether the story was juicy.
Chen Yunxuan flashed out of the crowd and appeared before the platform.
When they saw how young Chen Yunxuan was, everyone stared in surprise. He was just a kid, and he was this young? Was he trying to get himself killed?
"Chen Yunxuan? So it's you."
"Why are you insulting me?" When Liu Mengyan saw Chen Yunxuan, her eyes blazed with anger.
"What? Was I wrong?"
"You haven't forgotten the contract between your Liu Family and my Chen Family already, have you?"
"As the Family Head's daughter, you, Liu Mengyan, are bound by that contract to marry into my Chen Family."
"And now you're engaged to another man. What do you call that?"
"Betraying your marriage vows?"
"Breaking your word?"
"If that wasn't the case, why did you come to my Chen Family back then and demand the contract?" Chen Yunxuan said with a cold laugh.
"The Chen Family! So that's which Chen Family he means. I'd almost forgotten about that."
"Right, now I remember. Back then, the Liu Family was a vassal of the Chen Family. To secure their place under the Chen Family, they made a contract that the daughter of every Family Head would marry into the Chen Family."
"But didn't the Chen Family fall into decline long ago? Is that contract still valid?"
"Who knows what really happened? Maybe the Liu Family simply forgot all about it."
"I can't believe the Chen Family would show up under these circumstances. This isn't a wise move. The kid might be acting tough for a moment, but he could bring ruin down on the entire Chen Family."
"Hmph. Just a young man who doesn't know the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth!"
In everyone's eyes, the Chen Family was no longer what it once was. A junior like Chen Yunxuan could hardly cause any waves.
Throwing caution to the wind just to feel good for a moment was no wise choice.
So what if he got this out of his system? Could the Chen Family bear the consequences?
"Hahahaha!"
"I never expected the Chen Family to have such an interesting young man in this generation."
"What's your name?"
The King of the Great Zhou Kingdom laughed aloud. No one could tell whether he was pleased or displeased.
"Chen Yunxuan."
"Oh? Did you come here alone?"
The King of the Great Zhou Kingdom was testing him, trying to find out how many people the Chen Family had brought and what they intended to do.
After all, no one knew where the Chen Family members were. Even his own people hadn't managed to find them.
Most importantly, had the legendary Old Ancestor Chen and that talking dog come to the capital?
Chen Yunxuan looked at the King of the Great Zhou Kingdom, his gaze resolute and wholly unafraid.
"I'm just here to deliver a gift. I'm enough on my own," Chen Yunxuan said with a smile.
"So what gift are you delivering?"
"The contract between the Liu Family and the Chen Family?" the King of the Great Zhou Kingdom asked.
"Of course not."
"What I'm here to deliver... is a letter of divorce!"
At those words, everyone gaped in shock. He was crazy! That kid had to be crazy!
If he'd returned the contract, the Great Zhou Imperial Family might not have been so furious. But what was this letter of divorce?
Delivering a letter of divorce at someone's grand engagement celebration? Wasn't that just asking to die?
"What did you say?"
"A letter of divorce?"
"I've never been betrothed to anyone in your Chen Family. What gives you the right to..."
Halfway through, Liu Mengyan couldn't bring herself to continue. There had been no betrothal, but the contract had undeniably existed. It was no different from a betrothal.
"Chen Yunxuan, did you come here today just to humiliate me and my Liu Family?" Liu Mengyan glared at Chen Yunxuan through clenched teeth, wishing she could devour him alive.
"Those who humiliate others will be humiliated in return."
"Your Liu Family broke its word first, and you, Liu Mengyan, betrayed your marriage vows."
"My Chen Family will have nothing to do with someone like you. We wouldn't want you even if you begged."
"This letter of divorce is my engagement gift to you both!"
"I hope you don't mind. After all... it's the thought that counts."
"Wouldn't you say so?" Chen Yunxuan said with a cold laugh.
"You're asking for death!"
The Fifth Prince could no longer hold back. He sprang into the air and charged straight at Chen Yunxuan.
"You think you're worthy of fighting me?"
Chen Yunxuan glanced at the Fifth Prince with disdain, then threw a punch and sent him flying.
"What?"
"How is that possible?"
"The Fifth Prince is so young, yet he's already reached the ninth layer of the Essence Condensation Realm. He's one of the strongest among the younger generation in our Great Zhou Kingdom."
"Chen Yunxuan looks about the same age as the Fifth Prince, yet he defeated him with a single punch?"
"What cultivation level is he at? Why can't I see through him?"
"Holy crap, I just realized I can't see through his cultivation level either."
"He's only in his teens. Could he have already reached the True Qi Realm?"
"Impossible. I'm in the True Qi Realm myself, and even I can't see through him."
"What? Even someone in the True Qi Realm can't see through him?"
Chen Yunxuan's attack left everyone stunned. No one had expected the Chen Family to produce such a monstrous talent.
"First layer of the Transcendent Realm?"
"How old are you?" asked Wei Tianfeng, one of the Grand Elders of the Shangqing Sect and the Fifth Prince's maternal grandfather.
"Sixteen."
Sixteen?
A sixteen-year-old in the first layer of the Transcendent Realm?
How was that possible?
Just how had he cultivated? He'd reached such a realm at only sixteen?
The one even more shocked was Liu Chengfeng. He clearly remembered that when he'd been at the Chen Family's home, Chen Yunxuan had only been in the Essence Condensation Realm.
How long had it been? Two months?
He'd broken through from the Essence Condensation Realm to the Transcendent Realm in two months?
"Am... am I dreaming?"
"Damn, I've never heard of a sixteen-year-old in the first layer of the Transcendent Realm."
"Forget our Great Zhou Kingdom. Even across the entire Northern Domain, he'd be one of only a handful of such geniuses."
"If Chen Yunxuan grows up, will anyone in the Northern Domain be able to match him?"
"Too bad he revealed himself too soon."
"The Imperial Family won't let a tiger return to the mountains!"
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