"Ling...Ling Yun, how dare you lay a hand on me..."
At this moment, Lin Qingchen's neck was being tightly gripped by Ling Yun, and a sense of death was palpable.
She stared intently into Ling Yun's eyes, as if gazing up at the vast starry sky, or looking down into an abyss filled with unknown fear.
Martial artists are divided into three realms: Martial Bone, Martial Soul, and Martial Spirit. Each realm has nine sub-realms. Lin Qingchen is one of the five great masters of Mo City and is at the eighth level of Martial Spirit, yet he was completely powerless against Ling Yun.
The old woman beside her knelt on the ground in terror and kowtowed desperately.
"Young Master Ling, please don't kill the mistress! I apologize on her behalf!"
"Get lost!" Ling Yun shouted coldly, and the old woman was instantly sent flying backward.
At this moment, Lin Qingchen panicked completely. She saw a chilling killing intent in Ling Yun's eyes.
"Young Master Ling, I'm so sorry, please... please let me go..."
Lin Qingchen's voice trembled as she spoke, her previous arrogance gone.
Ling Yun slammed Lin Qingchen to the ground. Considering the original owner's deep love for Xiao Yanran, Ling Yun did not choose to kill Lin Qingchen.
"Thank you for sparing my life, Young Master Ling!" Lin Qingchen slumped to the ground, feeling as if he had just escaped death.
Ling Yun gave her a cold look and left.
Watching Ling Yun's departing figure, Lin Qingchen's body continued to tremble, filled with regret for not listening to the old woman's advice.
If they had been more respectful today, even if Ling Yun still broke off the engagement, they wouldn't have offended him, and the Xiao family might have even received Ling Yun's protection.
But it was all too late.
As Ling Yun approached the Xiao family's gate, he saw two women walking out from the neighboring courtyard.
One of them is Xiao Yanran, the eldest daughter of the Xiao family.
After glancing at Xiao Yanran's appearance, Ling Yun understood why the original owner had been so simply devoted to her; Xiao Yanran was indeed stunningly beautiful.
However, Ling Yun didn't feel anything.
Xiao Yanran remained indifferent and brushed past Ling Yun.
Ling Yun, of course, ignored her.
The next moment!
Xiao Yanran frowned slightly, stopped, and turned to look at Ling Yun, her cold voice carrying a hint of dissatisfaction:
"Ling Yun, why won't you speak to me!"
In the past, whenever Lingyun saw me, he would greet me from afar and ask how I was doing, but today he didn't even take the initiative to talk to me.
Xiao Yanran felt very uncomfortable.
Ling Yun ignored her and continued walking. They were already like strangers, so why bother with her? He wasn't a simp.
"Stop right there!"
Xiao Yanran pointed at Ling Yun's back and scolded him.
Ling Yun frowned slightly and turned to look at Xiao Yanran:
"Miss Xiao, what brings you here?"
Miss Xiao!
Xiao Yanran was shocked. Ling Yun used to call her Yanran, but today he was being so distant.
Why don't you speak to me first?
Ling Yun was speechless; the mother and daughter really did look alike.
"Not interested~ Besides, Miss Xiao didn't greet me first, did she?"
"You..." Xiao Yanran was furious. A simp should have the awareness of a simp. How dare you talk to me like that? Aren't you afraid I'll make sure you don't even have the chance to simp anymore?
"I may not initiate conversation with you, but you cannot initiate conversation with me!"
Ling Yun ignored her and left.
"Stop right there! You've gone too far!"
Xiao Yanran was about to rush over to make Ling Yun apologize to her, but was stopped by a woman standing to the side.
"He's your fiancé, isn't he? What's the point of having a man like that? You're a disciple of my Immortal Martial Academy now, and there are many talented young men in the academy who are all better than this Ling Yun."
The woman was none other than Han Yu, the second elder of the outer sect of the Immortal Martial Academy and Xiao Yanran's master.
"Hmph! I'm just furious. This guy thinks he's all grown up and dares to ignore me!"
Xiao Yanran said through gritted teeth.
"Never mind him for now. Once we're done with these last two days, Master will arrange for you and Lingyun to break off your engagement. Go to the Qin family mine first. The Dean said he deduced that there's a spirit witch there, and we must get our hands on her!"
Han Yu watched Ling Yun's departing figure and said.
"But will the Qin family let us go to find the spirit shaman?"
"Heh... With the Immortal Martial Academy stepping in, would the Qin family dare to say no? Let's go check out the Qin family's mine now."
...
At the entrance of the Ling family's residence, Abao had packed his luggage and was waiting for Ling Yun at the door.
"Big brother!"
Seeing Ling Yun approaching, A Bao waved excitedly.
"Have you packed everything?" Ling Yun asked with a smile.
Abao scratched his head awkwardly and said:
"We don't have anything valuable, just some clothes."
Ling Yun nodded, glanced at the plaque of the Ling family, and said that he had worked hard for this family for sixteen years. When he left, he only had A Bao by his side.
It was the same little beggar I had picked up back then.
"Sigh~ Let's go~"
As they left Mo City, A Bao took a map out of his bag and said:
"Mo City is to the east of Zhao, and Jiang City is to the west. We have to cross the entire Zhao Kingdom, which is about 50,000 li. How about we take a carriage?"
Ling Yun said with a smile:
"No need, walking is also a form of spiritual practice."
"Yeah, whatever you say goes!"
The two had been walking for most of the day when suddenly A Bao's expression changed:
"Brother, I have to go back to the Ling family. I forgot to take my jade pendant with me!"
Ling Yun frowned slightly. He knew that the jade pendant was A Bao's most precious possession, and it was highly likely that he could find A Bao's parents through it.
"I'll go with you!"
Abao shook his head and said:
“Brother, I can go back by myself. If they see you go back, they will definitely humiliate you again. I don’t want to see you humiliated by them.”
Ling Yun smiled and nodded, "Okay! I'll wait for you here! Go and come back quickly!"
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