When Zi Ying saw that so many young men were eager to give it a try, a smile appeared on his face and he said: “I will add one more thing, my daughter, Zi Xia, is eighteen years old. The young man who will marry her cannot be older than twenty two years old.
“Oh, I cannot compete. There’s nothing I can do.”
When Zi Ying finished talking, disappointment appeared on the faces of a myriad of young men. As expected the Zi Government was selecting the most outstanding young talents, those older than twenty two years old couldn’t join in.
“Alright now, those who would like to become my son-in-law can come into the covered corridor for the battle.” said Zi Ying. When he finished talking, two silhouettes immediately started walking in the covered corridor and when they arrived in front of Zi Ying, they looked at each other.
“No need to exchange greetings, you can immediately start fighting.” said Zi Ying while waving his hand. The two people slightly nodded. One of them had broken through to the first Ling Qi layer while the other one had broken through to the second Ling Qi layer. No need to say that the result of the battle was no surprise, the one at the second Ling Qi layer would win.
At the bottom of the corridor, many young men were indignant, the young man at the first Ling Qi layer had no chance against the young man at the second Ling Qi layer.
At that moment within the crowd, Lin Hao Jie surprisingly remained silent. While waiting for his turn to fight, he couldn’t help but smile coldly. He then said coldly: “Uncle, Hao Jie has feelings for Zi Xia which have been growing for a long time, if I manage to become her husband that would be my greatest wish.”
While talking, Lin Hao Jie started walking through the crowd and arrived in the covered corridor.
“ARRRGHHH!” groaned Zi Yi while feeling depressed. Her face turned deathly pale, a streak of blood ran down the side of her mouth.
She had thought that Lin Hao Jie was strange a moment before. Zi Yi was badly affected, her chest felt oppressed. At the moment, Lin Hao Jie spoke, she couldn’t bear it anymore. That pressure is what led blood to spill from her mouth. She felt extremely depressed.
Lin Hao Jie had told her during the previous night that he wanted to be with her forever. After having a one-night-stand with her, he dared try to find another woman to marry while she was forced to watch. Why was he being so cruel?
“Zi Yi what’s wrong?” asked Zi Ling when she saw that blood was spilling out of Zi Yi’s mouth. She was very surprised.
“Cough, cough.” For a moment, Zi Yi felt dizzy and blacked out. She had no energy in her body any longer, there was absolutely no color remaining on her face.
“As far as you are concerned, Zi Yi what you do and what you have done were all your own choices and you will have to bear the responsibility on your own. I already warned you enough times.”
Lin Feng’s words were still resonating in her mind. At that moment, these words were full of meaning for her. She realized how ridiculous she had been for warning Zi Ling about Lin Feng. She hadn’t even managed to protect herself.
Zi Yi slowly raised her head and saw the handsome silhouette in the covered corridor. On Zi Yi’s extremely pale face appeared a particularly strange smile.
“Zi Yi what a foolish girl, and yet she thought that she was a dragon amongst humans.” said Zi Yi while mocking herself and wiping off the blood on her mouth.
In a distant place, Lin Feng was looking at Lin Hao Jie go into the covered corridor, then he looked at Zi Yi and saw that she was smiling. He slightly shook his head. Zi Yi could only blame herself for what was happening.
“Zi Xia, please understand that I’ve had feelings for you, for a long time. Today, I want to marry you, I want you to become my wife.” said Lin Hao Jie to Zi Xia. He sounded just as soft as when he was talking to Zi Yi. Zi Xia felt embarrassed and just slightly nodded.
Lin Hao Jie smiled satisfyingly. Immediately after, he turned around, looked at the young man in the corridor and said: “You can get down by yourself.”
When the young man saw Lin Hao Jie, a light flashed in his eyes and he said, while gnashing his teeth: “I’ve already heard your reputation, the Golden Rain Sword. Today, I ask for you to exchange pointers with me.”