Chapter 62

When Jiang Wei arrived at the Zhou residence, the betrothal gifts from Fang Siqi had just been delivered not long ago.

Fang Siqi did not come in person but sent a group of subordinates. Although they were just subordinates, they had already frightened Zhou Lei into trembling—because none of these subordinates were simple characters; they were all official disciples of the Tianhuang Pavilion!

Although Zhou Lei was prominent in the outer city, compared to the disciples of the Tianhuang Pavilion, he was nothing! To put it bluntly, on a normal day, Zhou Lei would find it extremely difficult to even meet a disciple of the Tianhuang Pavilion!

But today, five disciples of the Tianhuang Pavilion personally arrived at the Zhou residence, which made Zhou Lei tremble with fear.

"Lord Zhou, this is the betrothal gift sent by my senior brother Fang Siqi. He wishes to choose a date to marry Miss Zhou Xue. Please accept it!" The one speaking was Fang Siqi's trusted subordinate, Lu Yunkuang, a ghost cultivator at the peak of the Divine Meeting stage, with formidable strength.

If it were in the past, Zhou Lei would have readily agreed without a second thought to Fang Siqi, the senior brother among the Divine Meeting stage disciples of the Tianhuang Pavilion, sending a betrothal gift to take Zhou Xue as a concubine—after all, marrying Zhou Xue into the inner city was exactly what he had always wanted!

But now, Zhou Lei hesitated: "If I accept the betrothal gift and marry Zhou Xue to Fang Siqi, how will I explain it to Jiang Wei and Li Hao?" In the past, Zhou Lei would not have taken Li Hao, a low-ranking ghost, seriously; but now, Li Hao was also an upper-class ghost in the inner city, someone Zhou Lei could not afford to offend. Moreover, he was well aware of the relationship between Zhou Xue and Li Hao.

"But if I refuse, I will offend Fang Siqi even more!" In Zhou Lei's view, Fang Siqi was the senior brother among the Divine Meeting stage disciples of the Tianhuang Pavilion, a position far more significant than Jiang Wei, a new disciple in the Tianhuang Pavilion.

In the Tianhuang Pavilion, except for the newly joined disciples, the seniority among the other disciples was determined by their strength; being the senior brother among the Divine Meeting stage disciples meant that Fang Siqi was the strongest among them!

At the Divine Meeting stage, his strength was already formidable; once he reached the Soul Condensation stage, he would undoubtedly be one of the most powerful Soul Condensation stage ghosts!

Having struggled in the Sin City for several decades, Zhou Lei knew very well that he could not afford to offend a ghost like Fang Siqi; otherwise, he might not even know how he died!

From a purely conditional standpoint, Fang Siqi was undoubtedly much more excellent. However, Zhou Lei was still in a dilemma—because if Li Hao married Zhou Xue, she would be his wife; but if Fang Siqi married her, she would be a concubine.

The difference between a wife and a concubine was obvious; being a concubine was essentially being a servant!

Moreover, Fang Siqi was known for his promiscuity; after Zhou Xue married him, she would likely fall out of favor in a few days. At that time, it would be uncertain whether Fang Siqi would even remember Zhou Lei!

So, for a moment, Zhou Lei did not know what to do: "Should I accept the betrothal gift or reject it?"

He dared not accept it, but he also dared not reject it!

Lu Yunkuang seemed to have noticed Zhou Lei's hesitation: "Lord Zhou, are you worried that Jiang Wei will seek revenge on you?" Lu Yunkuang's words were polite, but his expression was arrogant, showing his disdain for Zhou Lei. In fact, if it were not for the senior brother's instructions, Lu Yunkuang would not have spoken so politely to Zhou Lei.

"Yes... I do have that concern..." Zhou Lei had to admit.

"You don't need to worry about that!" Lu Yunkuang said domineeringly, "A mere Jiang Wei is nothing to us; besides, the one who wants to marry Zhou Xue is not Jiang Wei, but his worthless brother!"

Just as Lu Yunkuang was boasting, Jiang Wei and his group of ghosts finally arrived at the Zhou residence.

"Who the hell are you, daring to speak ill of me behind my back!?" Jiang Wei burst in, shouting.

"Are you Jiang Wei?" Lu Yunkuang had never met Jiang Wei before but guessed who the newcomer was. He was about to humiliate Jiang Wei and give him a lesson, but then he saw a stunning figure that made him panic.

"Se... Se... Senior Sister!" Due to the shock, the previously arrogant Lu Yunkuang suddenly could not speak clearly. After all, Lu Yunkuang was at the peak of the Divine Meeting stage, and his reaction showed how deeply Lin Nianluo's authority was established in the Tianhuang Pavilion.

"Hmph!" Lin Nianluo did not bother to acknowledge Lu Yunkuang, standing beside Jiang Wei without a word.

In front of others, Lin Nianluo always had this cold demeanor.

Soon, Lu Yunkuang calmed down—today, I offended Jiang Wei, not Senior Sister; what is there to be afraid of? Besides, I still have Senior Brother behind me!

Thinking of this, Lu Yunkuang straightened his back: "Senior Sister, what brings you here?"

"Just passing by, nothing special!" Lin Nianluo replied casually.

Just passing by?

Lu Yunkuang did not believe that Lin Nianluo was just passing by; she was probably here to support Jiang Wei! He had long heard that Jiang Wei and Lin Nianluo were both disciples of Elder Bai.

"Senior Sister, please do as you please; I will continue with my business!" Lu Yunkuang said carefully.

Lin Nianluo nodded without a word.

This was Lin Nianluo's presence—she did not need to take action or say anything; just standing there was enough to intimidate everyone.

Seeing Lin Nianluo nod, Lu Yunkuang turned to Zhou Lei, preparing to continue discussing the betrothal gift. At this moment, Jiang Wei was not pleased: "Senior Brother Lu Yunkuang, what, you said bad things about me behind my back and don't plan to give an explanation?"

"Explanation?" Lu Yunkuang narrowed his eyes; he did not take Jiang Wei, whose soul concentration was only about twenty times, seriously. "Senior Sister, you saw it too; he is the one provoking me. If he attacks me, Senior Sister, you won't take his side, right?" What Lu Yunkuang feared most was Senior Sister Lin Nianluo; if she decided to help Jiang Wei, Lu Yunkuang would not dare to stay here.

"Me?" Lin Nianluo smiled coldly, "I'm just here to watch the show; do as you please!" Saying this, Lin Nianluo found a chair and sat down, adopting an indifferent attitude.

"Uh..." Jiang Wei was speechless. Was this what Senior Sister called supporting him? Where was the support?

But Jiang Wei understood that Lin Nianluo was probably giving him a chance to train. If she had directly intervened, Lu Yunkuang would have run away, and he wouldn't dare to talk nonsense here!

Realizing this, Jiang Wei directly challenged Lu Yunkuang: "Senior Brother Lu, you said bad things about me behind my back; shouldn't you apologize first?"

ps: Continuing to write~

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