Chapter Twenty-Four: Zhu Zhihua

  "Levelling this place is necessary for the formation, and it will naturally be restored afterwards!" Wang Guanlan used a light tone to gloss over the whole thing. As for whether he would restore this place after the opening ceremony, Qingling probably wouldn't mind, nor did she have the time to mind, because at that time, she had even more troublesome things to deal with.

  As expected, after Wang Guanlan said that, Qingling really couldn't say a word, Wang Guanlan indeed made people come to clean up the scene, but at this time, the seeds of Fengweicao haven't fallen yet, how can you say that others don't keep their promises?

  Moreover, now everyone in the world knows that Wang Guanlan will come to fight against all the young strongmen who hold a negative attitude towards this marriage as an array master. So, clearing the field and setting up arrays here is also a righteous and upright behavior, making it impossible for anyone to criticize.

  "So that's how it is, looks like a misunderstanding!" Zhu Zhihua saw Qingling speechless, and his heart also sank. It seems that Qingling's previous worries might be true. This young man named Wang Guanlan might be Qingling's nemesis. Qingling, who was known for being able to handle any situation with ease, whether in Jingling Lake or on the Jianghu road, had become speechless in front of Wang Guanlan. It's only been a few days since he arrived in Xinan Sanzhou, and yet he couldn't say a word. Truly, one thing can bring down another!

  "It seems that the 14th young master didn't mean it, so I must have misunderstood you!" Qingling's mood was obviously not very smooth, and her apology seemed insincere. After saying a polite phrase, she wanted to leave, but unexpectedly, Wang Guanlan suddenly didn't want them to go at this time.

  "Master Zhu, I heard you've met with the king and discussed specific matters. There are some things I'd like to ask for your advice on!" Wang Guanlan looked at Zhu Zhihua with a eager face, eagerness mixed with a hint of expectation.

  "Good!" Zhu Zhihua smiled and looked around "I've also wanted to have a good talk with the Fourteenth Young Master for a long time, but I haven't had the chance!!"

  It must be said that the characters who come out of Jingling Lake are indeed impressive, and Zhu Zhihua is a genuine old handsome man. He doesn't have any arrogant air about him despite being from a high-ranking family, apart from his elegance, he has a rare elder's demeanor, making it difficult for people to have any unfavorable thoughts about him.

  "Haha, we're all family anyway. Master Zhu told me to just go with the flow, what's with this 'fourteenth young master' business? It sounds really awkward!"

  "Alright, Guanlan, look, are we talking here or finding somewhere else?" "Oh, sorry about that!" Wang Guanlan smiled somewhat awkwardly and pointed at the waterfall. "The view there is pretty good!"

  "It's really not bad!" After taking a glance at the flying waterfall, Zhu Zhihua also smiled and his figure flashed slightly, drawing a handsome white shadow in the air, stopping on a huge, moss-covered boulder in the middle of the pool.

  Looking at the slippery giant stone, Wang Guanlan raised an eyebrow "Is this a test for me?!" As soon as the words fell, a green figure flashed and Qingling also landed on it.

  Wang Guanlan smiled and his body was like a spiritual ape, suddenly jumping up and landing steadily on the giant rock. "Master Uncle has indeed chosen a good place!"

  "The location is good and it's indeed suitable for building a villa, but if the villa is built too large in such a place, it will lose its intended atmosphere and be worse off!"

  "I think so too, ten mu of land is just about enough!"

  "Yes, about ten mu is just right!" Zhu Zhihua smiled "I've seen Qingling grow up and I knew that one day she would get married, but I didn't think it would be so soon!"

  "I didn't expect to be engaged at such a young age!" Wang Guanlan also chuckled "Nor did I think that I would end up being engaged to the Heavenly Wanderer of Jingling Lake!" He said, glancing at Qingling's expressionless face "However, after the engagement, this Heavenly Wanderer position will probably have to be relinquished, won't it?"

  The words fell, and Qing Ling's face changed color!

  It was Zhu Zhihua, who merely paused for a moment, his expression unchanged. "Not bad, I also mentioned this to the king during our conversation......!" After speaking, he glanced at Qingling, whose face had already changed color. "The Ning Wangfu is different from others, since the name has been decided, Qingling is indeed not suitable to continue serving as the Tianxia Xingzou of Jingling Lake!"

  "Master Uncle......!" The always expressionless Qingling finally showed a look of urgency, but just as she opened her mouth, Zhu Zhihua raised his hand to stop her and said to Wang Guanlan, "However, Qingling has been traveling the world for a year since she left the mountain last year, and now that she's stepped down, there are still some things that need to be taken care of!"

  "That's alright!" Wang Guanlan smiled faintly, "But it's still best to hurry up, after all, the daughter-in-law of the Wang family should avoid showing off in public as much as possible!"

  In short, Qingling's expression changed again, and what she was most worried about finally happened.

  As the generation of Jingling Lake, she was originally a very intelligent person. This intelligence is not superficial, but a kind of worldly wisdom. A place like Jingling Lake would naturally not send someone who doesn't understand the ways of the world to walk the Jianghu and lose face for them.

  It is precisely because of this worldly wisdom that Qingling not only clearly understands the overall trend of the world, but also clearly sees the ways of the world. For a woman with a marriage contract, how much restriction does it entail?

  Before this, she was able to roam the world with her own strength, cultivation and powerful background, freely moving between the various major forces of the world. However, once engaged, Qing Ling was no longer just a simple, carefree spirit roaming the world. She was now the daughter-in-law of the Ning Wang Fu. From either the perspective of Qing Ling or that of the Wang Fu, she would not be able to freely roam the world as before, nor could she freely make friends and travel through Jiang Hu as before. From then on, she would be completely bound by this marriage contract, no longer free!

  Wang Guanlan had been observing Qingling's expression changes, as if he could see through her thoughts by her expression changes.

  Things in the world are often relative, wanting to gain something must lose something.

  He Wang Guanlan, because of a joke, got engaged to Qingling and became the public enemy of the entire martial arts world. Now he is about to face the challenge of the top young masters in the world, this is the price he has to pay.

  Similarly, if Wang Guanlan successfully goes through this opening ceremony and gets engaged to Qingling, then what Qingling will pay is the price of losing her qualification to travel the world.

  Now, it's unclear who is more disadvantaged and who has the upper hand in this engagement for both of them, but after the grand wedding ceremony, the result will be revealed.

  Of course, after the results came out, Qingling was even more favored because really not many people believed that Wang Guanlan could pass the opening ceremony.

  "I gaze at Wang Guanlan's demeanor, seemingly confident and prepared for the trouble that is about to unfold at the grand ceremony!!" After watching for a while, Zhu Zhihua felt somewhat disappointed. From Wang Guanlan's expression, movements, and tone of voice, he couldn't detect anything out of the ordinary, as if he was completely indifferent to the great play that was about to unfold at the grand ceremony.

  This is not normal.

  Any normal person facing the problem that Wang Guanlan is about to face would not be as calm as him, even if they were a young strongman on the Profound Abyss Continent's ranking list.

  But Wang Guanlan was surprisingly calm, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.

  There are only three possibilities, one is that Wang Guanlan is too ignorant, he doesn't understand the young strongmen in this world, and his ignorance makes him fearless; The second possibility is that Wang Guanlan is a psychopath, he was pushed out by Ning Wangfu to play with the heroes of the world, and his life and death are not important to Ning Wangfu or himself; The last possibility, which is also the most incomprehensible to him, is that Wang Guanlan has enough confidence in himself.

  What makes him so confident? Not to mention that he is just a prince of the Ning Wang Fu, even if he were the future king of Ning, it's impossible for him to be as confident as this. How can he be so confident? Does he think he's one of the top saints in the world? Does he think he's the number one ranked saint on the Qianyuan list?

  So this is not normal.

  Wang Guanlan smiled, he was too clear about Zhu Zhihua's current thoughts. If it were before getting the formation diagram, perhaps his performance would be like Zhu Zhihua's imagination, but after getting the new formation diagram, he no longer had any scruples.

  With the array diagram and ancient symbols added, it would be as if they had encountered a master at the peak of the ninth level. Wang Guanlan also had confidence in his own safety, not to mention these young powerhouses.

  The way of martial arts, the nine layers of refining Qi, each layer has a huge gap between them, and within the same level of cultivation, there is also a huge chasm.

  The nine-layer boundary is only used to measure the internal energy cultivation, not the actual combat power level. Of course, in most cases, strength and cultivation are consistent, but there are always exceptions.

  Qīng Líng is so famous, not only because she is the contemporary of Tiān Xià's wandering, but also because with her initial entry into the seventh layer of cultivation, she surpassed and killed Zhōu Kè Huá, the first great thief of Dà Qí, who was at the eighth layer of Qián Qì.

  The strongest young man on the Daqi Submerged List, even the weakest is at the seventh level of Qi Refining, but the top three have cultivation levels above the eighth level of Qi Refining. It's said that Jun Sheng has already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, and in at most ten years, there will be another peak master of the ninth level of Qi Refining on this earth.

  Facing such an opponent, it's abnormal not to feel nervous.

  "I'm not being arrogant, but with my array method, I can take on all the young heroes in the world. Whether I win or lose, it's always an exciting thing!" He said, raising an eyebrow "Although I don't dare say that I will definitely win, but with the protection of the array method, there won't be any danger to my life. I'm only 15 years old, and compared to those guys, even if I lose, it's not shameful, right, Master Uncle?!"

  "Huh, yeah, yeah, but...!" Zhu Zhihua didn't expect Wang Guanlan to have such thoughts. Before seeking victory, he was already thinking about defeat. It seems that this kid is even more difficult to deal with than previously imagined.