Does Young Master Lu Dare Spar with Me?

It was perfectly normal not to remember his own wife's voice, alright?

Especially since, in his Previous Life, he had never made phone calls with Mu Xue. Whenever Mu Xue wanted to see him, she came straight over. If he was researching something in his secret chamber, Mu Xue simply blasted open the secret chamber.

Then she would tell him that in two days, she was going to stroll around the town and remind him to come out of the secret chamber.

Lu Shui looked at the now-abandoned secret chamber and, without a second word, started fighting Mu Xue.

Besides, there was a difference between a phone voice and a real voice. It was already no easy feat for him to recognize Mu Xue within two sentences.

"Who I am is none of your concern." The voice from the other end was ice-cold. "You only need to tell me: is the Lu Family going to the Mu Family to break off the engagement?"

Lu Shui smiled faintly.

"Did your father never teach you to speak politely?"

"You..."

However, Lu Shui did not wait for the person on the other end to say more before adding,

"But I can tell you. In two days, I will personally pay a visit to the Mu Family. Await this Young Master's esteemed presence."

With that, Lu Shui hung up. At a time like this, he could not let the other party speak. They were surely feeling suffocated.

Furious enough to explode, huh?

That was exactly what he wanted—to make the other party explode with rage.

"Serves you right for blasting my secret chamber."

After that, Lu Shui paid no further attention to the matter. Still, he was rather curious that Mu Xue had actually called to ask about it.

A child was a child. At the slightest incident, she became frantic and had to dig to the root of it.

He remembered that Mu Xue had not owned a phone before their marriage.

If he, Lu Shui, had Integrated into the Era, then Mu Xue had been utterly ignorant of worldly affairs.

She did not even know what a phone was.

Yet in this life, she was actually using one. It seemed the matter of breaking off the engagement had dealt her quite a blow.

But if the blow was not hard enough, it would not be interesting.

While thinking, he had already arrived at his parents' residence. His excellent mood immediately soured.

Mu Family.

Inside the room, a girl held a phone in her hand, still maintaining the posture of making a phone call.

She pressed her lips together, then finally lowered the phone.

The hand that lowered it trembled slightly, as though the phone weighed a thousand pounds to her.

Yet as the phone descended, it slowly vanished into nothingness.

At last, the girl's hand came to rest gently on her lap. She sat there with dignified poise, silent and wordless.

A moment later, an ice-cold voice came from the girl's lips.

"I'll kill you."

Qiao Wuqing sat in the Main Hall and looked at the Third Elder.

"It seems Brother Lu ultimately does not think much of our little girl."

He had come this time precisely for this matter.

Upon hearing that the Lu Family was going to break off the engagement, he naturally would not let such a golden opportunity slip by.

As long as they formed a marriage alliance with the Lu Family, the benefits to the Qiao Family would be immense.

Yet he had been rejected as soon as he arrived.

The Third Elder shook his head.

"That is not the case. Rather, this time, the Lu Family intends to select a marriage candidate from the Heavenly Pool River."

Qiao Wuqing asked in surprise,

"The Heavenly Pool River?"

The Third Elder nodded.

"Yes. If judged by talent, the little girl of Brother Qiao's family qualifies. The Lu Family has no reason to reject her.

"However, this time is different. Lu Gu's Dao Companion, Dongfang Liyin, possessed astonishing talent, yet she ultimately gave birth to a Lu Shui.

"This shows that exceptional talent does not necessarily produce exceptionally talented descendants.

"Therefore, this time the Lu Family plans to find someone with decent Cultivation Talent and strong comprehension.

"And the Heavenly Pool River is the place that best displays one's comprehension."

Qiao Wuqing looked at Lu Buzheng and said,

"So this time, the Lu Family has set its sights on the top member of the Young Generation at the Heavenly Pool River?"

The Third Elder nodded.

"Yes. Or rather, the woman ranked first among the female cultivators."

Qiao Wuqing shook his head with a smile.

"But has Brother Lu considered whether the other party would be willing to join the Lu Family?

"The Lu Family may be formidable, but Lu Shui is ultimately far too ordinary."

He did not call him a waste because the Lu Family needed to save face as well.

Saying it aloud would only make him seem foolish.

But his meaning was clear. Not everyone needed to form a marriage alliance with the Lu Family, nor was everyone willing to marry into the Lu Family.

There were not many who could stand evenly matched with the Lu Family, but there were certainly not few either.

The Third Elder did not mind and merely said,

"That is precisely why I cannot agree to Brother Qiao's request."

Qiao Wuqing frowned.

"What do you mean, Brother Lu?"

The Third Elder looked at Qiao Wuqing calmly.

"As long as the female cultivator ranked first at the Heavenly Pool River displays even the slightest bit of extraordinary quality, the one going to discuss the betrothal gifts will be the Great Elder."

Qiao Wuqing froze upon hearing those words.

The Lu Family Great Elder would personally discuss the betrothal gifts?

This... this truly could make the vast majority agree.

One had to know that many people's understanding of the Lu Family Great Elder still lingered on how he had been many years ago.

Even during Dongfang Liyin's betrothal gifts last time, no one had seen any sign of the Lu Family Great Elder, yet the Dongfang Family had indeed risen from the dead.

To those outside, the Lu Family Great Elder was exceedingly mysterious.

Many people believed they could stand evenly matched with the Lu Family only because they had no accurate understanding of the Lu Family Great Elder.

But some of the Old Generation knew that the Lu Family Great Elder's comprehension of the Great Dao had long transcended the ordinary. If one could discuss the Dao with this man even once, the benefits would be beyond imagining.

The more powerful a family or sect was, the less it could refuse.

If the Great Elder personally discussed the betrothal gifts, then the possibility of discussing the Dao with him was practically one hundred percent.

Qiao Wuqing sighed and said,

"So that's how it is. Still, I truly did not expect this kind of thing to alarm the Lu Family Great Elder.

"I thought only a freak talent like Lu Gu could draw that person's attention."

Qiao Wuqing naturally understood what the Third Elder meant. With the Great Elder intervening, even if the Third Elder wanted to agree to the marriage with the Qiao Family, it would be useless.

No one had the weight to refute a decision made by the Lu Family Great Elder.

Unless they could persuade him.

The Third Elder smiled faintly.

"Even an idiot can attract the Great Elder's attention. Lu Shui is the most useless bloodline the Lu Family has produced in countless years."

Qiao Wuqing smiled.

"He is merely a little ordinary. Perhaps he may accumulate strength for a long time before bursting forth in the future."

There was certainly no problem with the Lu Family insulting its own child, but he naturally would not join in.

The Third Elder shook his head self-mockingly. Impossible. Lu Shui would not undergo any major change.

Perhaps he would remain like this for the rest of his life. The only thing he could rely on was Lu Shui's children.

It would be best if he had several. For who knew how many years, their Lu Family had passed down through a single heir, like a curse.

Lu Shui emerged from the kitchen, rubbing his stomach. The food his mother had made was being kept warm here, so he could only come eat it himself.

It had to be said that his mother's cooking was terrible. His father had deliberately made him come consume it.

Shameless. He even set his own son up.

He had wanted to run, but his mother had the kitchen assistant keep watch over him. He would not be allowed to leave until he finished eating.

By the end, his stomach ached faintly.

On the way back, he happened to run into a group from the Qiao Family touring the Lu Family.

Naturally, they were all young people.

Qi Xi was leading them.

When Qi Xi saw Lu Shui, she immediately lowered her head respectfully.

"Young master."

Lu Shui continued walking on his own, with no intention of lingering.

At that moment, Qiao Qian suddenly said,

"Wait."

Lu Shui did not stop. He continued forward.

"I want to spar with Young Master Lu.

"Young Master Lu is older than I am. Could it be that you do not even have the courage to spar?" Qiao Qian shouted.

She did not intend to do much, only to give this person a simple lesson.

He simply had not put their Qiao Family in his eyes, and she felt she had done nothing overstepping her bounds.