Chapter 258: Unhappy Ending

Hearing the words of the outer sect disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect, Luo Wuchen turned to his daughter, his face filled with glee, as if he was saying: look how outstanding the husband I found for you is!

However, Luo Qinghan had lapsed into a state of shock again.

She had long heard about that talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect even when she was in the Ultimate Frost Sect in Purple Polaris planet.

Although he was just twenty-four years old, Han Yuzheng was a mid Dharma adept and was the most powerful man in the Thunder Knife Sect beneath the late Dharma stage. Even most ordinary late Dharma adepts could only end up being evenly matched with him.

Needless to say, such a fearsome man was always a topic of conversation in the Ultimate Frost Sect, where there was a large proportion of females as compared to men.

Although Luo Qinghan was not as obsessed as the other female disciples, she was still very impressed by the skill that was displayed by the talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect.

“He… is just twenty-four years old this year? Defeated Han Yuzheng with a single blow?”

Luo Qinghan was stunned. She would never have imagined that the young man back then would now grow to such a stage.

However, when she thought of what had happened back then, her eyes flickered as her beautiful cheeks blushed a light pink.

“The Autumn Valley is right ahead.”

The outer sect disciple led Luo Wuchen and Luo Qinghan to the Autumn Valley, and after finding out the address of Zhou Donghuang, he brought the two of them to his residence.

“Tang Hai of the outer sect wishes to see Brother Donghuang.”

The outer sect disciple stood outside Zhou Donghuang’s house and called out respectfully.

Although Tang Hai was also a mid Dharma adept, he was well aware that he was nowhere near Zhou Donghuang’s skill. In fact, even if he reached the late Dharma stage, he may still be no match for Zhou Donghuang.

Hence, despite the fact that Zhou Donghuang was younger than him and had entered the sect later than him, Tang Hai was still very respectful towards Zhou Donghuang.

“Outer sect disciple?”

Zhou Donghuang, who was practicing quietly in his room, heard Tang Hai’s voice and was taken aback as he asked himself, “Why is he looking for me?”

Zhou Donghuang stepped out of his room doubtfully.

Immediately, he could see two familiar figures standing behind the middle-aged man, who was a stranger to him… one of the two figures was none other than his future father-in-law, Luo Wuchen.

As for the other figure, it was Luo Qinghan whom he could not help but think of whenever his mind wandered, looking exactly as she did seven years ago, as beautiful as if she had been frozen in time.

“Brother Donghuang, they said they were here to see you.”

Seeing Zhou Donghuang step out, Tang Hai’s eyes lit up as his face broke into a wide smile.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

With a nod from Zhou Donghuang, Tang Hai knew that the two people whom he had brought were indeed as they had claimed and left after bidding farewell.

Of course, before leaving, he repeated that he was the outer sect disciple, Tang Hai, as if he was afraid that Zhou Donghuang would not know who he was.

“Haha… Donghuang, when you looked me up at the Luo family the last time, I did not hear about how you defeated that so-called talented disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, whom they claim to be a rare talent that appears only once in a hundred years on the Tielao planet. You really hide it well.”

Luo Wuchen laughed, stepped forward and patted Zhou Donghuang’s shoulder as he spoke, as if the two of them were very familiar with each other. If one did not know better, one would even think that the two were really father and son.

Of course, Luo Wuchen added quietly in his heart… if I had known that you were so powerful that you could defeat the strongest mid Dharma adept of the Thunder Knife Sect with a single blow, I would have known better than to try to teach you something last time.

“Father-in-law.”

Zhou Donghuang smiled as he greeted him, then shook his head and said, “That was such a small thing that I would have totally forgotten about it if you had not mentioned it.”

“Haha… that is a small thing, but this must be a huge affair?”

Luo Wuchen laughed again, then slid to the side. As he smiled, he looked at Luo Qinghan, who was still floating in the air not far away. He waved at her and said, “Qinghan, aren’t you going to come and see your fiancé?”

“Father! I have not acknowledged this marriage.”

Luo Qinghan frowned slightly and retorted. She floated down and landed in front of Zhou Donghuang, looking at him with a complicated gaze.

She had originally thought that that was just an accident that would be brushed aside. She never expected the man to come and find her.

And he had even offered such an incredible dowry for her hand that she could not return it even if she wished to.

“How… how are you?”

Zhou Donghuang had lived for more than a thousand years, but he was still clueless about anything regarding girls. Upon seeing the lady who had left him thinking of her ever since that accident, he squeezed out a smile and asked somewhat awkwardly.

“Mm… fine.”

Seeing how awkward Zhou Donghuang was, Luo Qinghan became awkward as well.

“If you have no opinion, let’s settle the marriage between the two of us… after we settle this marriage, I’ll bring you to the Ziyun planet to see my mother and sister.”

Zhou Donghuang took in a deep breath quietly and tried to suppress his anxiety. Out of nervousness, Zhou Donghuang said right away, “As for the wedding ceremony… you can choose to do it on Tianxuan, or we can hold it on Ziyun.”

He felt that even if there was a martial art master standing before him right then, he would not be as nervous as he was standing in front of Luo Qinghan.

“It’ll be better to have one each on the Tianxuan planet and the Ziyun planet.” Before Luo Qinghan could reply, Luo Wuchen had already cut in as he stood smiling at the side. Clearly, he was extremely fond of his son-in-law.

Luo Qinghan glared at him, then turned to look at Zhou Donghuang and said, “I can sense your sincerity towards me, and I am very moved indeed.”

“I must admit, I have good feelings towards you… but it is definitely not at the stage where we can talk about getting married.

“What happened seven years ago was just an accident, so you do not have to feel as if you let me down. If you are worried that I will still get together with another man besides you, then you can rest a.s.sured… I can make a promise to you right now that I, Luo Qinghan, will never be with another man besides you, even if I die.

“To me, marriage is such a huge affair, not child’s play… I only want to marry the man that I want.

“Of course, the dowry that my father has accepted is too much, and I doubt I will ever be able to repay you for that… If you insist on getting married with me, I can make a compromise out of the pressure from my father and my granny, as well as all you have done for me.

“However, if you do that, I will feel uncomfortable… even if you are able to have me, you will only gain my body, but lose my heart.

“Furthermore, the two of us only met for such a short time back then and have hardly spent any time with each other… do you really like me? Or do you just want to be responsible for me?

“If you are doing this out of responsibility, there is no need for that. After all, neither of us wanted that to happen, and you do not have to feel sorry about it… Mm… that’s all I wanted to say.”

Luo Qinghan had been dead serious when she said this. However, Luo Wuchen, who had been standing by the side, was now fl.u.s.tered. He turned to look at Zhou Donghuang and said, “My good son-in-law, feelings can always be cultivated after marriage, don’t you change your mind because of what this girl just said!”

Luo Wuchen was afraid, very afraid.

If such an outstanding son-in-law now left, where would he find another like him?

“Father, can’t you just be quiet?”

Luo Qinghan could not believe that this was her father. Even if he was not on her side, couldn’t he be neutral? Why did he have to be on the other side against her?

At the same time, as Luo Wuchen and Luo Qinghan watched on, Zhou Donghuang smiled suddenly.

This smile confused the two of them.

“I’m sorry.”

Zhou Donghuang turned to Luo Qinghan and sighed heavily. “I did not think that what I did would put so much pressure on you and cause you so much distress.

“After hearing what you just said, I thought about it… It was indeed rude of me to ask for your hand like that. And the reason why I wanted to marry you was indeed out of a sense of responsibility and to ensure that no other man touches you.

“As for that dowry and this elixir here, please take it as compensation for the mess that I just caused.

“Whatever happened between the two of us, you can take it as it ends here. From now on, the two of us… let’s leave it up to fate.”

As Zhou Donghuang spoke, he retrieved a small elixir bottle from his s.p.a.ce ring. The bottle contained a single elixir.

“There is no need for any compensation.”

Luo Qinghan did not expect Zhou Donghuang to say that. For some reason, she felt a sense of disappointment inside her, but she was shaking her head as she said, “That technique, I promise that my father and granny will not pa.s.s it to a third person… even I will not practice that technique that you gave us.”

“Since my father and granny have both begun training in your technique, and I have no way of returning you a technique that is equally good… all I can do is to abstain from any other men for you.”

“I will maintain my chast.i.ty for the rest of my life, for you.”

With that, Luo Qinghan took in a deep breath, then managed to calm her emotions. She looked at Luo Wuchen and said, “Father, let’s go back… I have something to say to you and Granny.”

“Wait.”

At this moment, Zhou Donghuang called out to Luo Wuchen, “Father– Chief Luo, I have something to tell you, may I borrow you for a moment?”

“Sure.”

Hearing Zhou Donghuang address him differently, Luo Wuchen smiled sadly. Was he really going to miss his chance of getting such an outstanding son-in-law?

He could not understand what his daughter was thinking. How could she give up such a good man?

And she even declared that she would never marry anyone else besides this man?

“Father, I’ll wait for you outside in the Autumn Valley.”

Luo Qinghan told Luo Wuchen, then immediately lifted to the skies. Before she left, she reminded Luo Wuchen again, “Don’t you dare take anything else from him!”

After Luo Qinghan left, Luo Wuchen looked awkwardly at Zhou Donghuang.

“Donghuang, this… I’m sorry.”

“The technique that you gave me, after Qinghan’s granny and I memorized it, we destroyed it… we guarantee that it will not leak out to anyone else.”

Luo Wuchen had always been a straightforward person. If Zhou Donghuang were to become his son-in-law, that would make them family, and a family did not lie to each other.

But now, after what his daughter had done, he felt greatly regretful that he had accepted the dowry.

However, he could do nothing about his daughter’s insistence.

He could not break her legs to force her to do anything, could he?

Furthermore, even if he really broke her legs, based on his daughter’s temper, she would definitely not take it lying down.