Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, reception hall.
"Uncle Yu, I came here today because I want to break off my engagement to Liu Erlong!"
At Ning Xuan's words,
the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's lively hall fell silent in an instant.
The tall middle-aged man seated below the place of honor seemed not to have heard him clearly.
He instinctively dug at his ear, then asked in confusion,
"Nephew Ning, what did you say?"
"Uncle Yu."
Ning Xuan took a deep breath. A flush of anger seemed to rise across his handsome face.
"I came here to break off the engagement!"
"Break off the engagement?"
"Why?"
The entire hall fell silent again.
Liu Erlong's father, Yu Luomian-the middle-aged man seated to the left below the place of honor-raised an eyebrow and immediately flew into a rage.
"Ning Xuan, what do you mean? You want to break off the engagement?"
"No! Absolutely not!"
"Though my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan can't compare to your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, we won't let you humiliate us like this!"
Yu Yuanzhen, clan head of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, slammed his palm against the table with a series of sharp cracks.
"Your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has gone too far!!!"
"Weren't you the one who insisted on marrying my niece back then? And now you want to break off the engagement?"
"Hah, what a joke!"
The other clan members and elders in the reception hall all glared at Ning Xuan.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect certainly throws its weight around."
"You were the one who wanted to get engaged, and now you're the one demanding to break it off. You really think our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is easy to bully?"
"Get him out of here! This is infuriating."
"Miss Erlong is beautiful and talented. She agreed to marry an auxiliary-system Soul Master like him only for the sake of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. And now he still dares to push his luck."
"Get lost! What a piece of trash. He's really gotten too big for his boots."
Ning Xuan said nothing in response to their foul-mouthed insults. He only looked at Liu Erlong's father, Yu Luomian.
He was waiting for an answer!!!
"Nephew Ning, if you want to break off the engagement, you need a proper reason."
Clan head Yu Yuanzhen spoke with a cold expression.
A proper reason?
Thinking back to the scene he had witnessed through his "Mirror Image" skill, Ning Xuan could no longer hold back the fury in his chest.
What had Liu Erlong done?
Huh?
Ning Xuan was a transmigrator. After coming to this world, he had become the eldest son of Ning Fengzhi, the head of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
But he was different from other transmigrators.
Other transmigrators either liked the three beauties from Spirit Hall or the three beauties from the protagonist's group.
But he only liked Liu Erlong, with her fiery, passionate temperament.
He knew Liu Erlong had never stopped thinking about someone.
So he decided to act first and get ahead of the game.
As soon as he transmigrated, he asked his father, Ning Fengzhi, to personally visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and propose marriage.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was of course more than happy to accept.
So even though Liu Erlong was unwilling, Ning Xuan still became her fiancé.
Their wedding was set for this year.
In other words, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Liu Erlong would soon become his wife.
Both great clans and sects took the matter very seriously.
In fact, half a month ago, Ning Xuan had even brought members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with betrothal gifts worth a fortune.
One of them was an Immortal Herb!!!
But what had Liu Erlong done?
Five days ago, she suddenly came to Ning Xuan, saying she wanted to take several students into Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Beasts.
Ning Xuan's first instinct was to refuse.
Because he knew exactly who those students were!
And who would be accompanying them!
Liu Erlong argued her case, and the two of them had an unpleasant quarrel, until Ning Xuan brought up her relationship with Yu Xiaogang.
Liu Erlong stood there, dumbstruck!
She had never imagined Ning Xuan knew all about this forbidden love affair.
But in the end, she still said through tears,
"I'm about to marry you. I just want to take this opportunity to say a proper goodbye to my past and to him."
"After this goodbye, I'll settle down and be your wife."
"Do you really think anything could still happen between us? If it were going to happen, it would have happened already, wouldn't it?"
"Ning Xuan, do you really distrust me that much?"
"You can come with me, too."
Ning Xuan agreed!
He naively thought that true love was invincible, and that Liu Erlong really only wanted to say goodbye to her past.
But Ning Xuan had still kept one precaution in mind.
He had left a Mirror Image from a Soul Bone on Liu Erlong.
It was one of the abilities Ning Xuan had gained when he obtained his Head Soul Bone.
Mirror Image.
A pretty useless skill.
So far, it seemed to have no purpose at all. It could only record what happened during a certain period, like a video camera.
And so Ning Xuan saw everything that happened between Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang inside the tent!
"Xiaogang, is being with me really so painful?"
"No, I don't love him at all. I only love you..."
Unimaginable!!!
Truly unimaginable!!!
In front of Ning Xuan, Liu Erlong had always acted aloof and reserved. He had never expected those words could actually come out of her mouth.
No one knew how furious and disgusted Ning Xuan had felt when he heard them.
It was downright filthy!!!
"I don't care. I've waited for you for so many years, from the flower of my youth until my beauty has faded. Do you really want me to wait until my hair turns white? Xiaogang, stop tormenting me, and stop tormenting yourself. Are worldly prejudices really that important? We've already come this far together. Free your heart."
"Xiaogang, come..."
Ning Xuan truly couldn't listen any longer!!!
He wished he could appear before that adulterous pair at once and tear them limb from limb!!!
But after he came to his senses, his pent-up fury gradually ebbed, and Ning Xuan knew he couldn't do that.
First of all, he wasn't even Liu Erlong's match.
He would break off the engagement!!!
Ning Xuan immediately rushed from Heaven Dou City to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan without stopping.
He couldn't let that green hat on his head go unavenged.
He wouldn't just break off the engagement!!!
He would also demand the countless betrothal gifts they had sent back then!!!
Especially that Immortal Herb!
But when clan head Yu Yuanzhen demanded a proper reason for breaking off the engagement, Ning Xuan fell silent.
Should he really say it?
If he did, both great clans would be disgraced and become a laughingstock.
"Clan head Yu Yuanzhen, as for the reason, you can ask Liu Erlong what she and your son did."
In the end, Ning Xuan still said it.
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Yu Yuanzhen couldn't stay seated any longer.
It had actually dragged his worthless son into this, too.
Yu Luomian's reaction was even stronger. Hot-tempered as he was, he pointed straight at the door and bellowed at Ning Xuan,
"Get out! If you really want to break off the engagement, then have Ning Fengzhi come here in person!"
"Uncle Yu..."
Ning Xuan's expression turned completely cold, too.
"Fine."
"In that case, I'll come again in a few days, nephew. I also hope the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan will return the betrothal gifts in full by then."
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