Lin Zhenzhen's pupils dilated slightly, and her body reflexively tried to dodge.
However, under the absolute crushing force of her opponent, she was simply no match for him.
Xuanyuan Zhao held her neck with one hand and grabbed her wrist with the other.
He looked at her coldly and said, "A stick of incense burned a moment ago, you were only a third-level Spirit Master. Now, you have reached the second level of a Great Spirit Master."
Lingzhen looked back defiantly, raising an eyebrow and saying, "So, does the young sect leader now regret breaking off the engagement with such an outstanding woman as me?"
Xuanyuan Zhao's brows furrowed even deeper, and he increased the pressure on his hands.
"Lingzhen, don't play dumb with me. How did you do that?"
Even the finest spirit stones cannot provide such a large amount of spiritual energy that can be rapidly absorbed by the human body in such a short time, thus enabling such a swift improvement in cultivation.
Lin Zhenzhen truly felt her life was threatened at that moment, and she hurriedly shouted, "Can't I use the things my mother left me?"
As everyone knows, Lingzhen's birth mother left her a large number of rare treasures before she died, but it was precisely this that brought her to her death later.
Hearing her say that, Xuan Yuanzhao loosened his grip slightly. But he still pressed on, "I've never heard of any magic weapon that has such an immediate effect."
"This is a secret artifact of my Ling family. How can we allow outsiders to know about it? Or is the young sect leader pressing us so hard because he has some other ulterior motive?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Xuan Yuanzhao withdrew his grip, and Lin Zhenzhen lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground.
She covered her neck, bent over and gasped for breath, large tears streaming down her face, but even so, she didn't make a sound.
Xuanyuan Zhao performed a cleansing incantation to clean his palms, which had just touched Lin Zhenzhen's skin.
He disliked touching outsiders, especially women. He straightened his sleeves as he spoke to himself.
"Since your mother left you a magical artifact that can aid your cultivation, you should make good use of it instead of spending your days worrying about..."
Before he could finish speaking, the person in front of him raised their head, stared intently at him with wide, rabbit-like red eyes.
Water droplets clung to her delicate, butterfly-like eyelashes, and she bit her lower lip tightly with her two front teeth.
Not only were her eyes red, but her cheeks were also red. Unlike the shyness she usually felt when she saw herself, the redness now was more a mixture of anger, dissatisfaction, and a hint of grievance.
Xuanyuan Zhao was stunned. He hadn't used any force just now, so how could she have bullied him like this?
He watched helplessly as five red finger marks gradually appeared on Lingzhen's snow-white neck, the contrasting colors seeming like a silent accusation against him.
Xuanyuan Zhao frowned and looked away.
But he immediately thought that this was only because she was too weak. If she were strong, she would never have put herself in such a sorry state.
He ignored the strange feeling in his heart and turned to leave.
After Xuan Yuanzhao's figure disappeared, Lin Zhenzhen quickly changed her expression and rubbed her neck indifferently.
Has that jerk's affection for me increased?
[It increased... first by +1, then by -0.5, but overall it still increased by +0.5, which is great!]
Tch, what a stingy man.
Lin Zhenzhen rubbed her wrist. Because Xuan Yuanzhao's cultivation level was far higher than hers, before she became a Spirit Venerable, her strength was almost completely transparent in front of this man.
She hated this feeling of being controlled by others; she had to become stronger as soon as possible!
When Lin Zhenzhen returned to the Chen residence, it was dinnertime. From the moment she entered, she could feel the gazes of everyone else directed at her.
She pretended not to know and strode forward.
"You unfilial son, stop right there!" the man called out to her from behind. "Come here and kneel down!"
Lin Zhenzhen turned her head and saw Chen Mao's old face, which was as black as ink. Standing beside him were Chen Shu and her daughter, both with gloating expressions.
"You called me?" Lin Zhenzhen pointed to herself.
"Otherwise what?" Chen Mao was so angry that his nose was crooked. This afternoon, a servant from the Xuanyuan family rode a white horse and delivered a letter announcing the annulment of the engagement.
Now half of Yunlong Kingdom knows that Chen Mao's daughter was abandoned by the Xuanyuan family, which is a complete disgrace to the Chen family.
"What did you do to annoy Young Master Xuanyuan to the point of being jilted in the engagement?"
Lin Zhenzhen scratched her head: "Sorry, I was the one who proposed annuling the engagement. So, you could say I dumped Xuan Yuanzhao, right?"
"What did you say? You brainless bastard!"
Countless people want to establish a connection with the Xuanyuan family but never have the chance. The Chen family's great opportunity for prosperity has been ruined by this unfilial son.
Mu immediately stepped forward and fanned the flames, saying, "Husband, although Xiaozhen is still young, she really acted very immaturely this time."
“Not only does she speak rudely to me and Xiaoshu, but she also often boasts about her mother, saying that her surname is Ling and not Chen. She should have been disciplined long ago.”
Chen Mao was furious upon hearing this, as it touched a raw nerve about him being a kept man. In a fit of rage, he grabbed the pointer from beside him and lashed it at Lin Zhenzhen.
The whip cleaved through the air, but the girl didn't dodge. Instead, she used her hands to take the blow head-on.
The other three people present were stunned.
The whip sliced through her flesh, and bright red blood spread down her forearm, but Lin Zhenzhen remained expressionless, her eyes filled with a ruthlessness they had never seen before, completely different from her previous playful antics, as if she had become a different person.
Chen Mao, despite being a Spirit Venerable, was momentarily speechless, stunned by her gaze. He tried to pull back the whip, but found that she held onto the end tightly.
“I will take this lash as a way of repaying the kindness I have shown you over the years, for the years I have lived under your dilapidated roof.”
Lin Zhenzhen conjured a vine with branches, and the green vine seemed to have eyes as it twisted and slapped Mu Shi hard across the face.
"This time, I'm taking down your fabrication out of thin air."
The vine changed direction and lashed out hard on the other side.
"This is a direct accusation of your failure to properly raise your child."
After those two slaps, Mu Shi, an ordinary person without any spiritual energy to protect her, was stunned and could only cover her wounds with a blank expression.
Countless green plants sprouted from the ground beneath Lin Zhenzhen's feet, swaying and twisting in the air, demonstrating their protective instincts towards their owner.
Chen Shu supported Mu Shi, a hint of jealousy flashing in her eyes. Was her strength so terrifying just because she was only a Spirit Master?
The benefit of unleashing her power was that for a period of time afterward, no one in the Chen family dared to provoke her.
Lin Zhenzhen slept well that night.
[Host, wake up and get to the plot! Today is a crucial plot point. If you don't hurry, your man will run off with someone else!]
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