Chapter Eighty: The Embarrassing Engagement

  The Temple of Heaven, East Pavilion, Rear Garden.

  The bamboo fish stands quietly by the sea, facing the turbulent waves of the vast ocean, lost in thought.

  He's in a bit of a bad mood.

  His father Zhu Yanzi just told him two pieces of news.

  A piece of news is that Gao's family genius Gao Rou passed the flower comparison of the Duke's Mansion and became a disciple of the West Building of the Duke's Mansion, which can be said to have ascended to heaven in one step.

  Another piece of news is that the engagement between Zhu Yu and Gao Rou no longer exists.

  The envoy of the Duke's Mansion arrived at the Zhu family and specifically clarified this point, claiming that it was a rule of the Duke's Mansion.

  The rules of the imperial prince's mansion!

  Only these six words!

  Looking out at the four seas and the mountains and rivers of ten thousand li, who dares to defy?

  Even someone as proud as Zhu Yanzi would be powerless in this situation!

  Zhu Yu felt Zhu Yanzi's anger, humiliation, and deep guilt towards himself.

  "Broken off the engagement?" Zhu Yu furrowed his brow, this was indeed a very unexpected thing, they had just gotten engaged not long ago, and now the engagement was being called off, was this some kind of joke? Playing house like children?

  "Such a thing, in this era, should be a very shameful and laughable matter?"

  He could feel it, the atmosphere in the Zhu family was not right, and eight or nine out of ten times it was because of this matter, which concerned the family's dignity and honor.

  The relationship between the four major families in Nanhai is delicate. The Gao family produced a rare genius, and the Duke's mansion intervened to cancel both his engagement with He and Zhu families.

  What happened to the Zhu family?

  But for Zhuyu from another world, the engagement didn't make him feel that humiliated.

  On earth, isn't it normal for men and women to be together and apart?

  Is it necessary to infinitely raise the bar and make it a matter of life and death? That's not the thinking of a mature person.

  "High Gentle?" The corner of Zhu Yu's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a cold smile: "This name can be erased from your own mind!"

  The blood flowing through the bones of the vermilion fish is proud.

  His thoughts were different from others, he was in a bad mood, feeling uncomfortable, not because of the engagement, but because of the tyranny and arrogance of the Duke's Mansion.

  A gentle word, and the whole world obeys; no one dares to disobey.

  So domineering!

  "What is the County Prince's Mansion? I really want to see it for myself. Sooner or later, the County Prince's Mansion will have to pay the price for this!"

  The carp made a silent vow to itself.

  Through this matter, Zhu Yu felt that his strong heart had become even more determined!

  The vast ocean in front of me is majestic and powerful, it's just at high tide.

  Tall waves crashed against the rocky wall on the shore, emitting a frantic roar.

  The carp swam towards the vast ocean, let out a long whistle, and felt an inexplicable comfort and clarity throughout his body. His mood seemed to become more vivid as a result.

  "County King's Mansion! This should be a goal!"

  The road ahead is shrouded in mist, and I don't know where to go or what to do. Now that I've seen the majesty of the Duke's mansion, Zhu Yu feels that this is a goal worth striving for, and one day he should also go there and take a walk.

  "Master, Master! Miss Tian and Miss Yun have arrived..." Fu Bo hurriedly walked towards the shore, shouting loudly at Zhuyu from a distance.

  The vermilion fish's mouth corners slightly curled up, turned its head and smiled suddenly, saying: "Alright, take them to the living room!"

  Yun Feng and Tian Xiaodan have arrived.

  The two of them met with Zhuyu, both looking somewhat strange.

  Recently, Nanhai College has been hotly discussed, especially the engagement between Zhu Yu and Gao Rou.

  Zhu Yu was already somewhat famous in Nanhai Temple and was known as "The First Black Robe of Nanhai Temple".

  But Gao Rou's light was too dazzling, putting Zhu Yu and Gao Rou together, the two differed by more than ten million eight thousand miles.

  So it seems that Zhu Yu was destined for tragedy.

  Being teased, ridiculed and made fun of, all because of a marriage contract, Zhu Yu has become the laughing stock of all the disciples in Nanhai Institute.

  Being jilted is already miserable and pitiful enough, but being ridiculed and teased by others, in Yun Feng and Tian Xiao Dan's opinion, Zhu Yu's days must be really hard to get through!

  "What's wrong? The two of you look even more miserable than me, not a smile on your faces!" Zhu Yu said with a sly grin, his signature lecherous smile spreading across his face.

  Yun Feng and Tian Xiaodan looked at each other, Tian Xiaodan's little ponytail bobbed up and down as she gazed at the red fish. She let out a sigh of relief and said:

  "Zhu Yu, Sister and I have been thinking about how to comfort you all the way here! We're also miserable enough, Master is gone, we didn't get comforted, but instead came to comfort you..."

  Zhu Yu laughed and said, "Alright, didn't Ou Shengmei say so? For us cultivators, parting and reuniting is a common occurrence. What's there to comfort?"

  Tian Xiaodan opened her big eyes, stretched out a finger and pointed at Zhu Yu, saying: "You... you... don't have any idea? Do you know that now in our yard you've become a celebrity, others are all talking about your divorce with Gao Rou!"

  "Really?" Zhu Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying: "This is worth celebrating! Suddenly becoming famous, such a great thing happened to me, I'm so happy I can hardly catch my breath!"

  Tian Xiao Dan was speechless.

  Yun Feng glanced at Zhu Yu and didn't say another word.

  I've seen people who are heartless and unfeeling, but I've never seen anyone as heartless and unfeeling as Zhu Yu. He's completely shameless and thinks it's something to be proud of! Just look at Zhu Yu's expression, does he look like someone who needs comforting?

  Obviously very excited!

  Thick-skinned and shameless!

  Both girls were shocked by Zhu Yu...

  ……

  Nanhai Temple

  Back mountain.

  Penglai Peak's Divine Sword Hall is the majestic residence of Grandmaster Jiang Hui.

  Jiang Hui wore a grey robe and looked at Gao Rou with an expression full of delight and kindness.

  "Xiao Rou, this time you've really made a big splash, becoming the first cultivator to enter the Duke's Manor in so many years in Nanhai! You're truly impressive!" Jiang Hui exclaimed with a joyful smile. "You just returned from the county city and didn't even go home, rushing here with wind and dust on your face - it wasn't in vain that I spoiled you this time!"

  Gao Rou's face was also filled with smiles, joyful to the point of being ecstatic.

  She didn't have much confidence in participating in this county princess's flower comparison from the start.

  She never thought that she would miraculously pass, in this flower comparison, her "one-word wisdom sword" killer move "one-word heavenly kill" shone brightly, becoming a major highlight of the entire flower comparison.

  The monks who participated in the flower comparison at the Duke's mansion were all geniuses from the four seas and the counties.

  Most of the congenital spirits have reached the middle or even late stage of congenitalism.

  Gao Rou, this innate early-stage cultivator, was able to break through layer upon layer of siege and finally succeeded, it can be said that he exploded a big dark horse.

  An unexpected joy is also an unexpected honor.

  Gao Rou was somewhat grateful for the perilous experience they had at Yunmengze last year.

  She fought a fierce battle with "Pí Shé Lǎo Yāo", and in the midst of life and death, she reached a new level of understanding of the killing move "Yī Zì Huì Jiàn".

  If it weren't for that one battle, her cultivation wouldn't have reached today's level.

  "Thank you, Master, for your guidance over the years. This time, I was able to pass the County Prince's Flower Comparison smoothly, all thanks to your excellent teaching!" Gao Rou said seriously.

  "Good, good! Xiao Rou, you didn't disappoint me!" Jiang Hui said with a joyful smile. She paused for a moment and changed the subject: "Xiao Rou, this time when we return to Nanhai, there's no need to stay too long. Let's go to Jun Cheng as soon as possible! Once you enter the Jun Wang Fu and become a disciple, you should have even higher goals."

  By the way, about your engagement with Zhu's family, I've already asked the Duke's mansion to help you resolve it!

  "So, you can go to the Duke's mansion without any worries now, and focus on asking about the immortal..."

  Gao Rou was taken aback, her originally smiling face suddenly froze: "Master... Master, what do you mean?"

  Jiang Hui smiled and said, "Your engagement with that young master of the Zhu family has been dissolved. Didn't you complain about this to me last time? At that time, you were in Nanhai Temple and hadn't left Nanhai yet, so I didn't dare to interfere with this matter!"

  She hummed and said, "But now that you've entered the Duke's mansion, how can a little kid from the Zhu family be worthy of you? Besides, this young man is a disciple of that strict old man, and he doesn't seem to be any great talent either."

  So I've already taken care of this matter through my connection with the Duke's estate and completely resolved it for you, the engagement is off.

  From now on, this kid has nothing to do with you...

  Gao Rou pressed her lips together and didn't say a word.

  Unnatural, in her mind again emerged the figure of that black-robed young man with a face full of lewdness and rascality...

  "Released?" Gao Rou muttered these three words quietly to herself, and an exceptionally strange feeling emerged in her heart.

  Her relationship with Zhu Yu was like fire and water, and the two were at odds with each other. It can be said that Gao Rou once hated Zhu Yu to the extreme.

  This little black robe is shameless, cunning and vicious, everywhere opposing her, Gao Rou had even thought of beheading him directly.

  Being able to break off the engagement with this kid is absolutely a relief.

  But what's strange is that at this moment, she didn't feel any relief or relaxation.

  Zhu Yu is a genius! There's no doubt about it!

  But in Gao Rou's mind, there was always a picture that couldn't be shaken off: the sunset sinking into the west, the remaining sunlight like blood, a black-robed youth standing alone at the summit of the mountain, with an expression of confusion and faint sadness, his shadow stretched out by the sunset, as if hiding endless loneliness and desolation beyond his age...

  "This is a relief!" Gao Rou said quietly.

  "There is only one common point between you and me, neither of us has a mother!"

  The young man faced the sea and said this sentence in a very calm and somewhat playful tone, she still remembered.

  This brief sentence touched the deepest weakness in Gao Rou's soul.

  A child without a mother is destined to be accompanied by sorrow and to be friends with loneliness...

  At that moment, Gao Rou could deeply feel the black-robed youth's extremely hidden sorrow and loneliness...

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