Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 153 - 123: You Cannot Insult My Taste

Afternoon of October 17, 2017

Under the scorching afternoon sun, Wang Jiu and Qian Ye left the Drunken Immortal Tower. Qian Ye staggered towards the Qian Family's training ground in the outskirts, looking like a warrior about to face execution with tragic bravery.

Wang Jiu received a message from Lu Xin, saying there was an urgent matter and he should hurry to the Assembly Hall at the mansion...

When Wang Jiu returned to the mansion, several servants were already waiting at the gate, looking exhausted from anxiety. Upon seeing Wang Jiu, they rushed over eagerly like hostesses trying to attract customers at a salon.

"Mr. Wang Jiu, you're finally here. The Mistress and the Elders have been waiting for a long time. Please follow me this way."

Wang Jiu followed the servants along a shortcut straight to the Assembly Hall, which was already full of people by the time he arrived.

Most were elders of the Li Family. Li Fengyun and Lu Xin, the Patriarch and the Mistress, sat in the middle on one side. On the other side were a few unfamiliar faces, all looking very solemn and dignified, giving the entire Assembly Hall a heavy atmosphere.

The servant whispered an explanation of the situation.

"These are people from the Lu Family, many of whom are elders of the Mistress... they've come to question us formally. It seems that Miss Wanqing from the second branch stole the girlfriend of their Lu Family's eldest young master."

At this point, the servant almost laughed in bitterness. Miss Wanqing truly deserves her reputation in Cyan Cloud City as a demoness. She had only been back a few days, and she had already set her sights on the Lu Family.

Having heard the story, Wang Jiu arrived at the entrance of the Assembly Hall. Inside, upon seeing Wang Jiu, everyone felt a sense of relief. Lu Xin gave a look, and a servant added a seat beside her, immediately stirring a murmur of discussion, especially among the elders from the Lu Family, who were particularly surprised. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

The seat arranged by Lu Xin was second only to the Patriarch and the Mistress, above the many other elders. The Lu Family only knew that the Li Family recently hired an extraordinarily capable Honored Guest Elder, but they did not expect this young Honored Guest Elder to hold such a high status!

Wang Jiu did not stand on ceremony, sitting directly beside Lu Xin and asking, "What do you need me to do?"

Lu Xin gave a wry smile: "Just having you here is enough. That girl Wanqing, no one has been able to manage her since she was little. Now we can only hope you can make her restrain herself."

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Before Wang Jiu could ask further, a flair of dazzling light flashed at the entrance of the Assembly Hall, and Li Wanqing, wearing the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion's Shui Lingyun dress, stepped in.

The young woman gave a simple bow to the elders inside and then asked, "Why was I called here at this time? I was just about to take Sister Zhou Yu to see the goldfish..."

Lu Xin felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing this. This reckless girl was truly lawless! How could she talk so glibly at a time like this!

Meanwhile, the Lu Family elders were instantly filled with rage at her words.

An elder with graying hair and a white beard slammed the table and stood up: "Do you need someone else to remind you of the good deeds you have done?!"

This elder was the most senior and highest cultivated member of the Lu Family's group, possessing a Mountain-Overturning Realm in True Essence Realm, matched by his Primordial Spirit strength, making every word of his carry a breathtaking force.

Those he targeted with his fierce questioning, if slightly weak in resistance, could possibly have their hearts rupture and their Divine Sense shatter on the spot.

However, in the face of this impressive Lu Family elder's questioning, Li Wanqing merely smiled and condensed a mass of pitch-black mist before her, transforming it into a Yuqing Face Armor, and subsequently felt a gentle breeze with no harm.

In the Li Family Mansion, how could outsiders be allowed to run rampant? The elder's raging question had over ninety percent of its power suppressed and neutralized by the Assembly Hall itself, and how could the remainder penetrate the protection of the Yuqing Taoist Armor?

Afterward, Li Wanqing leisurely said, "I've done so many good deeds, if you don't remind me, how would I know which one you're referring to?"

"Truly audacious!"

The white-bearded elder's whole body trembled with anger, his Primordial Spirit quaked uncontrollably, and this time, he was ready to go all out.

Yet before he could launch his Primordial Spirit attack, a sound like a clap of thunder boomed throughout the room. In the next moment, an invisible pressure from all directions firmly enveloped his Primordial Spirit, which had entered an agitated state, rendering it completely immobile.

Simultaneously, an elder of the Li Family stood straight, glaring with wide eyes: "I think you're the one being truly audacious! Trying to show off your power to a young girl, do you have no shame?"

This blunt remark left the Lu Family elders' faces turning red and blue with clenched teeth.

Both the Li Family and the Lu Family were among the Seven Great Noble Families, always similar in strength. However, the Li Family in Qingyun City was the main family, while the Lu Family was a branch. A branch family elder indeed had no right to speak loudly in the Li Family's main household.

At this moment, a man, appearing in his early thirties, at the center of the Lu Family entourage, spoke slowly.

"Alright, Second Uncle, calm down. We are here to seek justice, not to argue. Besides, the Li and Lu families have been on good terms for generations. We won't set aside these thousands of years of friendship because of some immature brats."

Saying so, he turned to Lu Xin: "Third Sister, what do you say?"

Lu Xin sighed helplessly: "Second Brother, I am already part of the Li Family now."

Then she said to Li Wanqing, "Wanqing, don't lose your manners."

Li Wanqing intended to say something, but seeing Wang Jiu beside Lu Xin, she shrugged with a smile and said, "Alright, I'll definitely listen when Sister Xin speaks."

The atmosphere in the Assembly Hall finally eased a bit, and the person from the Lu Family then said, "Li Wanqing, I'll get straight to the point. Why are you obstructing the marriage alliance between the Lu Family and the Heaven-Confusing Sword Sect?"

Li Wanqing, with a puzzled expression, retorted, "Obstructing the marriage? Heaven-Confusing Sword Sect?"

The Lu Family Elder, unmoved, stared at her intently, questioning as if hunting for prey: "Just yesterday, Huo Lanting, the daughter of the Sect Leader of the Heaven-Confusing Sword Sect, who has been in love with my son for many years, suddenly sent a letter saying the relationship is not harmonious, intending to break up. Upon further inquiry, she claimed she's already moved on and fallen in love with Li Wanqing from the Li Family, which is irretrievable. This has deeply affected my son, who is already..."

At this point, the Lu Family Elder stopped saying more.

His son's girlfriend being snatched away, and the son suffering a severe blow, turning despondent, elsewhere would be not a scandal but a joke if it weren't for the extraordinary friendship of several thousand years between the Li and Lu families. The Lu Family wouldn't send so many people to the Li Family Mansion to seek justice.

However, Li Wanqing was indifferent: "Why ask me about such things? Just go directly to the person involved, wouldn't that be better?"

The Lu Family Elder angrily said, "The person involved pointed directly to you!"

Li Wanqing, with great interest, asked, "Oh, how exactly? Did she say I used some shameless means to take her chastity, or did I spread some rumor about Emperor Lu that ruined their relationship?"

The Lu Family Elder got angrier: "Are you trying to deny it!? Indeed, Huo Lanting never said you did anything to her, just that she had lingering feelings for you, unable to forget... But if it weren't for some despicable method you used, how could a daughter forsake a remarkable child like my son and turn to you!"

Hearing this, Li Wanqing's face suddenly turned cold.

However, before speaking, she glanced at her family's elders, as if giving them some face.

Lu Xin helplessly nodded, indicating to mind her manners, then signaled her to go ahead and speak.

As a joke, if they really forced her to apologize to the Lu Family here without clear reasons, it would be the Li Family Mansion suffering from the backlash...

Though the elders are extremely troubled by this little girl who never listens, her popularity among the young girls is remarkably incredible. To avoid becoming enemies with women, they had better settle the matter fairly.

Li Wanqing gave Lu Xin a sweet smile and silently said, "Thank you, Sister Xin, you're the most beautiful."

"Shoo, shoo, don't provoke me."

Then, Li Wanqing turned her head, looking directly at the Lu Family Elder, and asked a question.

"The Heaven-Confusing Sword Sect, among the many Sword Dao sects in QingCyan Cloud yun City, is at best middle to lower rank, is it worth your Lu Family to form a marriage alliance with them?"

The elder angrily said, "Are you trying to change the subject? What does this matter have to do with the strength of the Heaven-Confusing Sword Sect? Yes, the Heaven-Confusing Sword Sect is indeed just a mediocre sect, but since my son likes her, we will support it until the end!"

Li Wanqing then laughed: "So, in fact, you elders are not really interested in Huo Lanting or her Heaven-Confusing Sword Sect."

"Interest or not, it has nothing to do with what you've done!"

"No, it has a lot to do with it," Li Wanqing said, "Here comes the real question: even you don't think much of Huo Lanting, why do you think I would?"

"What...?"

Li Wanqing said, "As for me, no matter what others say, in reality, I have a very picky taste, only beautiful girls are worth my effort to protect. This beauty can be in physique and appearance, can be in intelligence and inner beauty, or in tender and considerate personality. But unfortunately, Huo Lanting is not related to any of these three. Speaking of appearance, having undergone several surgeries, seductive yet lacking beauty. In terms of wisdom, as the Sect Leader's daughter, at sixteen she hasn't even touched the edge of the Wind Barrier, relying on Elixir Pills begged from Emperor Lu to barely break the barrier. As for personality, greedy and ignorant, vain and short-sighted, just because Emperor Lu has been tight on pocket money recently, she wants to ditch him for a less noble but richer playboy, only trying to pin the blame on me foolishly. Such a woman, even if I hadn't been with a woman for ten years, I wouldn't make an exception for her!"

After a pause, Li Wanqing added with some sarcasm, "By the way, your Lu Family should also seriously reconsider the training policies for the young disciples. Keeping them cooped up in the courtyard all day for cultivation, only letting them see the world when they're fully fledged leads to one ignorant virgin after another. Almost letting a woman like Huo Lanting climb your family's high branch, this time, fortunately, she was brainless herself, otherwise, you'd be looking forward to family conflicts every day!"