As soon as these words were spoken, the lively atmosphere instantly fell into dead silence.
What kind of occasion was this?
How could anyone dare to speak so insolently at such a time?
The Chen Family? Which Chen Family?
Many people didn’t react immediately, their faces blank with confusion.
However, when the words "Chen Family" reached their ears, the members of the Liu Family were struck with shock.
They’re here!
Had the people of the Chen Family actually come?
The Liu Family Head glanced at the Third Elder, only to find his expression equally grim. Clearly, even he hadn’t anticipated such an unexpected turn of events.
The Lord of the Great Zhou Kingdom, however, remained composed, as if this situation was within his expectations.
"Outrageous!"
"Who dares to speak so disrespectfully?"
"Do you even know what occasion this is? How dare you interrupt?" The Chief Eunuch immediately stepped forward and rebuked angrily.
"If I hadn’t come,"
"How would the Liu Family’s eldest young lady regain her chastity and freedom?"
Chen Yunxuan’s words caused an uproar—chastity and freedom?
There was far too much implied in that statement. Could it be that the Liu Family’s eldest young lady had already…
"Nonsense!"
"Whoever you are, have the guts to step forward!" The Fifth Prince’s face was filled with fury.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, whether these words were true or false, they would have a significant impact on Liu Mengyan—and on him as well.
In the future, he would inevitably be the subject of endless gossip.
No one cared about the truth; they were only interested in the juiciest details.
With a flash, Chen Yunxuan moved from the crowd to the front of the stage.
Seeing his youthful appearance, everyone was stunned. A single person, and so young at that? Did he have a death wish?
"Chen Yunxuan, it’s actually you."
"Why are you insulting me like this?" Liu Mengyan’s eyes burned with rage as she glared at him.
"Oh? Was I wrong?"
"Have you forgotten the contract between your Liu Family and my Chen Family so quickly?"
"You, Liu Mengyan, as the daughter of the Family Head, were bound by that contract to marry into the Chen Family."
"Yet now, you’re engaged to another man. What does that make you?"
"An unfaithful woman?"
"A traitor to your word?"
"If that weren’t the case, why would you have gone to my Chen Family that day to demand the return of the contract?" Chen Yunxuan sneered.
"The Chen Family… So it’s that Chen Family. I had almost forgotten about this matter."
"Yes, I remember now. Back then, the Liu Family was a vassal of the Chen Family. To strengthen their ties, they made a contract stipulating that the eldest daughter of each generation’s Family Head must marry into the Chen Family."
"But hasn’t the Chen Family already declined? Does this contract still hold?"
"Who knows what really happened? Maybe the Liu Family simply forgot about it."
"Who would’ve thought the Chen Family would show up under these circumstances? This is hardly a wise move. This kid’s momentary bravado could bring about the Chen Family’s utter ruin."
"Hmph, just a reckless youngster who doesn’t know his place!"
In the eyes of the crowd, the Chen Family was no longer what it once was, and a junior like Chen Yunxuan couldn’t possibly stir up any waves.
Acting on impulse was far from a wise decision.
Even if he vented his anger, could the Chen Family bear the consequences?
"Hahahaha!"
"Who would’ve thought the Chen Family would produce such an interesting young man in this generation?"
"What’s your name?"
The Lord of the Great Zhou Kingdom laughed heartily, though no one could discern his true emotions.
"Chen Yunxuan."
"Oh? Did you come alone?"
The Lord was probing—how many from the Chen Family had come, and what exactly were they planning?
After all, the whereabouts of the Chen Family’s members remained unknown, and even his own people hadn’t been able to track them down.
Most importantly, had the legendary Chen Family Ancestor and that talking dog arrived in the capital?
Chen Yunxuan met the Lord’s gaze, his eyes unwavering and fearless.
"Just delivering a gift. I alone am enough," Chen Yunxuan replied with a smile.
"So, what is this gift you’re delivering?"
"That contract between the Liu Family and the Chen Family?" the Lord asked.
"Of course not."
"What I’m delivering… is a letter of divorce!"
The moment these words left his mouth, everyone was dumbstruck.
Madness! This kid had absolutely lost his mind!
Returning the contract might not have provoked the Great Zhou royal family too much, but a letter of divorce?
Presenting a letter of divorce at an engagement celebration? Was he trying to get himself killed?
"What did you say?"
"A letter of divorce?"
"There was never any marriage agreement between me and your Chen Family. How dare you—"
Liu Mengyan’s words trailed off mid-sentence. While there was no formal marriage agreement, the contract was very much real—effectively the same thing.
"Chen Yunxuan, did you come here today just to humiliate me and my Liu Family?" Liu Mengyan gnashed her teeth, her gaze filled with hatred as if she wanted to tear him apart.
"Those who humiliate others shall be humiliated in turn."
"Your Liu Family betrayed its word first, and you, Liu Mengyan, abandoned your virtue afterward."
"Such a woman is unworthy of my Chen Family—we wouldn’t stoop so low as to take you."
"This letter of divorce is my gift to celebrate your engagement!"
"I hope you don’t mind—after all, it’s the thought that counts."
"Wouldn’t you agree?" Chen Yunxuan smirked coldly.
"You’re dead!"
The Fifth Prince could no longer hold back. With a leap, he charged straight at Chen Yunxuan.
"You? You think you’re qualified to fight me?"
Chen Yunxuan gave the Fifth Prince a disdainful glance before throwing a single punch, sending him flying.
"What?"
"How is this possible?"
"The Fifth Prince is only in his youth, yet his cultivation has already reached the ninth level of the Core Formation Realm. Among the younger generation of the Great Zhou Kingdom, he’s one of the very best."
"Chen Yunxuan looks to be around the same age, yet he defeated the Fifth Prince with a single punch?"
"What kind of cultivation does this kid have? I can’t even see through it."
"Damn it, I just realized—I can’t see through him either."
"At just over ten years old, could he have already reached the True Qi Realm?"
"Impossible. I’m in the True Qi Realm myself, and even I can’t gauge his strength."
"What? Even a True Qi Realm cultivator can’t see through him?"
Chen Yunxuan’s display left everyone in shock. No one had expected the Chen Family to produce such a monstrous talent.
"Transcendent Realm, first level?"
"How old are you?"
Wei Tianfeng, one of the Supreme Elders of the Shangqing Sect and the Fifth Prince’s maternal grandfather, spoke slowly.
"Sixteen."
Sixteen?
A sixteen-year-old in the Transcendent Realm?
How was that possible?
Just how had he cultivated? To reach such a level at merely sixteen?
Liu Chengfeng was even more astonished. That day at the Chen Family, he remembered clearly that Chen Yunxuan’s cultivation had only been at the Core Formation Realm.
How long had it been? Two months?
Breaking through from the Core Formation Realm to the Transcendent Realm in just two months?
"Am I… dreaming?"
"Damn it, a sixteen-year-old in the Transcendent Realm—I’ve never even heard of such a thing in my life."
"Not just within our Great Zhou Kingdom, but even across the entire Northern Domain, he is one of the rarest geniuses."
"If Chen Yunxuan reaches his full potential, who in the Northern Domain could possibly stand against him?"
"A pity—he revealed himself too soon."
"The imperial family would never let a tiger return to the mountains!"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
ave】 Shen Qingling was a man with peerless looks, a cunning mind, and the ability to play both the aloof noble and the innocent sweetheart—a master of seduction who could outplay any player. But after an untimely death, he found himself bound to a system and transmigrated into the tragic "true young master" of a melodramatic novel. In the original story, his childhood sweetheart treated him as a backup plan, his fiancée swore to break off their engagement for the sake of the "fake young master," and his own sister saw him as the family's disgrace. He was nothing more than a rat everyone wanted to stomp on. System 077: "Your mission is to change the original fate and conquer the goddesses." Shen Qingling: "Thanks for the invite. If seduction had tiers, I’d be max level." His childhood sweetheart knelt, begging for forgiveness: "Qingling, I was wrong. Please give me another chance." His ex-fiancée refused to marry anyone else: "Shen Qingling, I was blind before. In this life, I’ll marry no one but you." A yandere CEO went mad for love: "Shen Qingling, you can only like me. I’ll stop at nothing to make you mine!" His green-tea sister clung to him daily: "Brother, look at me, won’t you? I’m more obedient than them—I love you the most~" At first, they scorned and trampled on him. Later, they burned themselves like moths to a flame, all for his sake. His looks were his weapon, his sweet words the bait—heroines obsessed over him, villains turned to madness for him. Shen Qingling became a true male siren, igniting battlefield after battlefield of women fighting for his affection. Years later, when System 077—now one of the elites—was asked how to become as outstanding as it, it lazily exhaled a smoke ring and replied: "Just know how to cheer ‘666’ at the right time."
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
