Chapter 1169 — Another Breakthrough?

As for the Yu family, it seemed she would have to stall them for a while yet. Qiu Lingshan might look like a big-breasted bimbo, but she was anything but. Until Wei Zhao truly accepted her, she would never bring him out into the open; otherwise, if Wei Zhao later turned his back on her, matters would be past all remedy.

Stepping out of the police car, Qiu Lingshan walked toward Xie Yufeng with a dark face.

"Lingshan, you've asked Grandpa Song, haven't you?" Xie Yufeng asked, looking at her with confidence.

"I asked. But he didn't say I was your fiancée — only that we should get to know each other first and see whether we suit." Qiu Lingshan spoke flatly. It was not that she meant to trick Xie Yufeng; that was simply how betrothals among the great families were done. The two parties met privately first to see whether they were compatible, and so long as there was no great conflict, the engagement could be settled.

Of course, if the conflict was truly great and irreconcilable, and mediation failed, the engagement could still be called off — but that would be a loss of face for both families. So the so-called private meeting to see whether they suited was in fact a trial period, and everyone knew the matter was all but settled.

"Heh, naturally. But it all amounts to much the same, doesn't it?" Xie Yufeng said with a faint smile.

He found that Qiu Lingshan was even lovelier in person, more alluring. Big breasts, a fine figure, a face of peerless beauty — and in uniform, no less! Xie Yufeng secretly crowed that he had struck it rich. A wife like that, even set up at home as an ornament, would be a feast for the eyes.

"But my first impression of you is very bad. Very poor." Qiu Lingshan glanced at Xie Yufeng, said this flatly, then turned to Liu Wangli: "Wrap it up!"

Since Xie Yufeng was of the Yu family, Qiu Lingshan would naturally not pursue the matter further. If he did not want to report it, so be it; she had done all that was required of her. And Qiu Lingshan was shrewd: by stating outright that her impression of Xie Yufeng was poor, she left herself room to maneuver.

That way Xie Yufeng could not get too close to her, and the trial period would be drawn out; and Qiu Lingshan was confident she could make Wei Zhao fall in love with her, and then she could refuse Xie Yufeng. She believed that a man of Wei Zhao's caliber, set before her grandfather, would not be half a notch inferior to Xie Yufeng.

Wei Zhao might lack Xie Yufeng's family background, but he had what Xie Yufeng did not: Wei Zhao could raise others' strength. Could Xie Yufeng? She trusted her grandfather would know who was most important to the family.

If Wei Zhao could also raise her younger brother to the peak of the late Yellow Rank, then the Song family would be invincible.

Having said this, Qiu Lingshan turned and walked away, leaving Xie Yufeng behind her.

Gazing at Qiu Lingshan's perfect figure, Xie Yufeng could not help licking his lips. He could hardly bear it! So tempting. Qiu Lingshan, I will have you in my hands!

Still, from the look of things, Qiu Lingshan's expression was very sour. Xie Yufeng was certain that her impression of him was poor. But there was nothing to be done — who had told him to be so wretched at their first meeting?

Wei Zhao, you and I are irreconcilable enemies! It is all your doing — you made me lose face before my own fiancée! Xie Yufeng howled at the sky, regarding Wei Zhao as a mortal foe. Yet in that state of mingled hatred and fury, Xie Yufeng discovered... that he had broken through!

The bottleneck that had held him for so long shattered in that instant. From the peak of the early Mystic Rank, he had truly become a fighter of the mid Mystic Rank.

"Wahahaha, Heaven itself aids me!" Xie Yufeng burst out laughing. "Who would have thought, who would have thought — I've broken through! I'm a mid Mystic Rank fighter now!"

Li Panghu and Wang Congming sensed the change in Xie Yufeng as well, and hurried to say: "Congratulations, Young Master Xie! Felicitations, Young Master Xie! Your strength has risen another level — killing Wei Zhao now will be child's play!"

"Heh heh, of course. Wei Zhao is only a peak early Mystic Rank fighter; I am two levels above him now. Killing him will be easy and pleasant!" Xie Yufeng said with a laugh.

"All right, let's go first!" Xie Yufeng waved a hand and said with panache.

"Young Master Xie, aren't we waiting for the ambulance?" Li Panghu asked timidly.

"Wait for what ambulance? I've broken through — every injury on my body is healed. Didn't you notice?" Xie Yufeng pointed at himself. "Let's go. We'll go back and study things a bit; tomorrow I'm asking Qiu Lingshan out."

Xie Yufeng had turned disaster into fortune: beaten by Old Zhu, he had broken through under the pressure — something Wei Zhao had never anticipated. Sometimes the martial arts were wondrous in this way. Long without a breakthrough, and then, over this stretch of time, Xie Yufeng had become a one-sided punching bag, beaten several times over, and under such stifled emotion he had suddenly erupted — and broken through. It could not be called mere coincidence.

Getting into the car, Xie Yufeng, greatly pleased with himself, dialed his father, Yu Shuixing.

"Dad, it's Yufeng!" There was no small pride in Xie Yufeng's tone. "I saw Lingshan today — a real beauty, I like her a lot! Especially those breasts and that rear, wahaha..."

Yu Shuixing frowned. What had gotten into his son today? Speaking so flippantly? Yu Shuixing knew that Yufeng was like this at school, but in front of him, his father, the boy always played the model of obedience. Could he be drunk today?

"Yufeng, what is the matter with you? What is this nonsense you're spouting?" Yu Shuixing reprimanded sternly.

"Dad, haha, I'm just too happy, so I let my tongue run a bit!" Xie Yufeng laughed.

"Too happy? One look at Qiu Lingshan and you're this happy? Yufeng, you're not a child anymore — why are you still like this? Female beauty is fine, but you are a martial artist; you ought to have a steady bearing. Besides, Qiu Lingshan will be yours sooner or later — what is there to be so excited about?" Yu Shuixing scolded.

"Dad, that's not why I'm happy — well, a tiny bit because of that — but the biggest reason is, I've broken through! Dad, I'm a peak mid Mystic Rank fighter now! Wahahaha!" Xie Yufeng said joyfully.

"What? You broke through? You're a mid Mystic Rank fighter?" Yu Shuixing was stunned, and quickly asked: "You're not lying to me?"

"Dad, how could I lie about something like this? It's true, haha — otherwise would I be this happy?" Xie Yufeng laughed. "Wang Congming and Li Panghu are right here beside me; they can vouch for it!"

"Heaven blesses our Yu family! This is truly wonderful! Young as you are, you are already a mid Mystic Rank fighter — among the hidden families that makes you a genius, a prime candidate for focused cultivation!" Yu Shuixing said with feeling.

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