After hearing her answer, Tian Chen gently slipped the ring onto Xu Jiujiu's finger, stood up, and spun her around in his arms before planting a soft kiss on her fair forehead.
"Oh!" A wave of congratulatory applause rose from the audience.
"Aaah, my princess!" Dugu Shangshan and Huang Heyun hugged each other and sobbed bitterly. They looked like they could make a couple themselves.
"Ah, once a girl grows up, there's no keeping her at home!" Beside them, Xu Tianqi watched his granddaughter, feeling rather like a pig had rooted up his prized cabbage.
Still, he did not dwell on it. Children and grandchildren had fortunes of their own. Let them do as they pleased!
"All right! Everyone from Shrek, and... my imperial son-in-law, let us focus on the Soul Master Tournament for now. Please proceed to the palace. I have already prepared your prizes!"
Seeing how accustomed Xu Jiawei seemed to all this, the citizens of Star Luo City began to wonder whether the emperor had deliberately arranged the proposal himself.
Over at the Sun Moon Royal Academy's side, several people were still helping one another wrap their bandages.
Having just watched Xu Jiujiu receive a public proposal, Meng Hongchen could not hide the envy in her eyes. She wished she had been the one standing onstage.
"How is that possible? A Level 7 Soul Engineer!"
Xiao Hongchen buried his hands in his hair, his eyes vacant. A genius who could become a Level 7 Soul Engineer before turning fourteen had never appeared even in Mingde Hall, that sacred sanctuary of Soul Engineers.
He had always been the greatest genius of his age in the Sun Moon Empire. Yet when he heard that Tian Chen was also a peak Level 7 Soul Engineer, his confidence shattered completely. Even