Volume 1, Chapter 5: Arrogance

The four young ladies of the Liu family all took after their mother, Liu Xingping, and were extraordinarily beautiful and alluring.

Their lovely skin was as white and lustrous as fine jade, seeming almost to yield water at a touch.

And their figures were nearly perfect, as though beauties stepped straight out of a comic strip.

To have all four appear together was a trump card among trump cards, enough to enchant who knew how many idle young heirs.

“Lin Yu is nothing but a lecher. Under the crushing beauty of my three younger sisters, he’s sure to walk straight into the trap.”

“Then he’ll be driven out of the Liu family.”

The more Liu Wanyun thought about it, the more pleased she became, and her red lips curled faintly upward.

There was a certain wicked beauty to her.

Lin Yu merely glanced at her and guessed at once that she was plotting something.

But he did not care.

There was more than one marriage contract, and more than one fiancée. If one did not work out, he would simply change it.

What Lin Yu cared about most was the great plan for revenge.

He had to uncover the culprit who had set the fire that destroyed the Lin family all those years ago.

After that, the two of them went to a little alley to collect their false certificate.

Liu Wanyun still wanted to remind Lin Yu not to give himself away after returning home, but Lin Yu got into a taxi and left at once.

“This guy is actually rather aloof!”

Liu Wanyun was somewhat exasperated. Fine, stay proud if you wish. I’ll have my three younger sisters use their feminine charms on you tonight and teach you a lesson.

Elsewhere, Lin Yu arrived at a secluded park, where four luxury cars were already waiting.

“Young Master, I finally get to welcome you down the mountain!”

An elderly man in a black martial uniform with centipede-shaped clasps greeted him respectfully, his face full of excitement.

Lin Yu smiled and patted the old man on the shoulder. “Old Zhou, it’s been a long time.”

Three years earlier, Lin Yu had been ordered to treat the poor around the immortal mountain, and there he had happened to encounter this old man named Zhou Lei, who was being hunted by a group of enemies.

Lin Yu had used immortal arts to save Zhou Lei.

Zhou Lei had been deeply shaken and immensely grateful, and from then on had respectfully addressed Lin Yu as Young Master.

It turned out that Zhou Lei was the head of the powerful Zhou clan in the provincial capital, a man of overwhelming influence.

This time, when Lin Yu came down the mountain to investigate the truth behind the fire eight years ago, he had asked Zhou Lei to help.

Zhou Lei kept his promise and hurried over through the night.

“Young Master, please give your orders.”

Zhou Lei was exceedingly deferential.

Lin Yu did not stand on ceremony and told Zhou Lei in detail about the fire from back then, asking him to investigate.

Zhou Lei’s brows knitted tightly.

He had not expected that beneath Lin Yu’s optimistic and kind appearance lay such a heart-wrenching tragedy.

He gritted his teeth. “Rest assured, Young Master. At the fastest, one day; at the slowest, three to five days. I will certainly find the first clues.”

Zhou Lei was a man of decisive action, and he held vast resources in his hands. That was precisely why Lin Yu had sought him out.

Just then, a military vehicle roared into view.

A tall, peerlessly beautiful, cold and glamorous woman stepped out.

She wore a black military cloak and uniform, glossy leather boots, and a radiant star gleamed on her shoulder.

“That’s the insignia of a War God!”

When Zhou Lei saw the rank on the beauty’s uniform, his heart immediately tightened.

As one of the top military forces of the Dragon Nation, the armed divisions controlled millions of elite troops, and their martial experts were as numerous as the clouds!

Under their command were also more than a hundred elite combat teams led by War Gods!

Whether they were martial artists from the secular world or the descendants of powerful noble families, all regarded joining a War God battle unit as a supreme honor!

Alarm rose in Zhou Lei’s heart. Could it be that my expansion over these years has offended this female War God?

Yet the female War God ignored Zhou Lei entirely and strode straight toward Lin Yu with her two adjutants.

“You are Lin Yu?”

The female War God stood ten meters away from Lin Yu, scrutinizing him quickly, her eyes sharp and proud.

Lin Yu asked calmly, “And you are?”

The female War God said in a low voice, “My name is Leng Rushuang. I am the first female War God of River City’s military division.”

“Years ago, your master and my family set down a marriage contract.”

At that, Lin Yu understood.

Besides exacting revenge, settling the marriage contracts was one of the reasons he had come down the mountain.

It seemed his master had already sent word to the nine families bound by those contracts, which was why they had come looking for him on their own initiative.

Zhou Lei and his subordinates looked on in shock.

They could never have imagined that the young master would actually be engaged to the renowned female War God, Leng Rushuang!

This was explosive news indeed!

Of course, they did not dare say a word, only watching quietly from a distance as things unfolded.

Leng Rushuang’s gaze lingered on him, and then her expression turned haughty.

“The path I will walk in the future is the road of generals and marshals, while you appear mediocre and unremarkable.”

“Our lives are destined to go in completely different directions, with no intersection whatsoever.”

“I have come here to end this so-called marriage contract.”

The male and female adjutants standing behind her looked at Lin Yu with open contempt, sizing him up and down!

It was as if they were not looking at a person at all, but at some unnecessary trifle.

In their eyes, what right did a country bumpkin have to enter into marriage with their lady, the female War God?

Utter nonsense.

Feeling the other side’s arrogant gaze, the calmness on Lin Yu’s face slowly faded.

In its place came a cold, stern air.

Indeed, in ordinary times, Lin Yu was naturally unrestrained.

If others showed me respect, I would return it a hundredfold.

But if anyone dared to look down on him, he would answer with ten times the force.

Whoosh!

Lin Yu took the marriage contract from Leng Rushuang’s hand and, without the slightest mercy, tore it piece by piece before her eyes.

“You are far too arrogant, seeing no one and nothing in the world, which only proves that you lack the most basic manners.”

“Beyond that pretty face, I can find nothing else about you worthy of praise.”

“Woman, you are not qualified to be my wife. You are not even qualified to serve me.”

“From this moment on, this marriage contract is void.”

As he spoke, the contract had already become a flurry of paper scraps, drifting down slowly onto the grass.

Like dust and dirt.

Leng Rushuang’s expression turned extremely ugly, as though Lin Yu had just slapped her hard in front of everyone.

And the adjutants behind her were even more furious, their eyes burning red with rage.

Zhou Lei, watching all this from the side, could not help trembling from head to foot.

Young Master!

You’re way too fierce!

You’re not putting War God Leng Rushuang in your eyes at all!

“Lin Yu! You’ve gone too far!”

“How dare you be so rude to our lady?”

“She is the number one female War God of River City, War God Number 138!”

“Who are you? What do you amount to?”

The two adjutants roared in anger.

A cold smile lifted at the corner of Lin Yu’s mouth.

He said nothing, yet his contempt was unmistakable.

“You’re courting death!”

The two assistants’ faces darkened, and they were about to step forward and deal with Lin Yu when Leng Rushuang raised a hand to stop them.

“Lin Yu.”

Leng Rushuang’s tone remained as cold as frost. “I know that being broken off by me has dealt you a severe blow.”

“To make amends, I can grant you one wish.”

“As long as it does not cross my bottom line or violate the law, I will do my best to satisfy it. Speak.”

At those words, the male and female adjutants behind her were filled with disdain.

So Lin Yu, you’re so arrogant, are you?

Let us see how this country bumpkin plans to ask for the moon.

Yet to their complete surprise, Lin Yu’s expression only grew more contemptuous.

“What you can give, I don’t care for. What I want, you cannot afford.”

“Besides, I know many big shots in the military who are far above your level, so I don’t need some wish from you.”

“Stop trying to exist in front of me. Get lost!”