Chapter 401: The One-Year Engagement

Chapter 401: A Year’s Engagement

The Zhan family didn’t take Cheng Shangling’s life after all.

When Zhan Luo ordered the pills to be sent, she also sent good news that the Cheng family ranked seventh in this hunting competition.

Cheng Shangling, who had woken up after half a day in a coma, learned of this news without the slightest fluctuation in his mind.

His eyes fell onto Cheng Qingjia, and his calmness vaguely revealed disappointment.

Cheng Qingjia didn’t dare to raise her head to look at her grandfather’s expression, only lowering her head to place a jade box on the table.

“I have promised Zhan Luo that the ceremony will be held three days later. When the ceremony is over, we will go to Ping Feng Island together. I …… will cultivate properly in the future.”

Cheng Shangling only swept his divine sense and detected that within the jade box was a lower-grade longevity elixir that could increase one’s life by ten years.

He inwardly sighed softly, the wood has been turned into a boat, and there was nothing he could do to change all of this.

If he continued to be stubborn, he would only harm the Cheng family.

After all, Cheng Shangling did not say any more, and in silence, he took off a storage ring and handed it to him.

“Take it, you’ll have to rely on yourself in the future.”

Cheng Qingjia wanted to refuse, but when he saw his grandfather’s expression, he suffered in the end.

Cheng Shangling waved his hand, signaling him to go out, and at the end of the day, he suddenly thought of something, “That little friend Xu, will he be traveling to Pingfeng Island together?”

“How does grandpa know?”

Cheng Qingjia was a little surprised, even he only knew about it when Zhan Luo gave him the longevity pills and mentioned it in passing.

“Although this woman claims to be from a nameless island, but I see that she doesn’t have the usual shallow fearfulness of a small island cultivator, instead, she has a kind of lightness and translucence that points directly to her heart, so I’m afraid that she’s not a thing of the pool.”

Cheng Qingjia was stunned, “It’s not true that Xu Daoyou has a quiet nature, but I think she’s too quiet and introverted, close to being mute. And on her weekdays, there’s nothing special about her.”

“What do you know? The so-called great straightness is like stuttering, great cleverness is like clumsiness, and great winning is like dwarfing. A truly smart person knows how to hide their sharpness.”

Cheng Qingjia seemed to understand, although he didn’t quite understand the meaning of the words, he knew that his grandfather was very optimistic about Xu Daoyou.

Cheng Shangling thought for a moment, “You go and invite little friend Xu over.”

By the time Xu Chuniang arrived at the news, Cheng Shangling had already reorganized his clothes and was sitting upright.

He smiled faintly, “Little friend Xu, letting you see the joke.”

Xu Chuniang returned a salute, “Woe is where the blessing lies, and blessing is where the misfortune lies. Perhaps this may not necessarily be a bad thing for the Cheng family and Cheng Qingjia himself.”

Cheng Shangling was thoughtful, “You are right. This matter is a variable for my Cheng family. And variables, by nature, have both good and bad.”

He paused and turned to ask, “I heard that little friend is preparing to go to Pingfeng Island not too long from now?”

“Indeed.”

Xu Chuniang nodded her head slightly, even if Cheng Shangling didn’t invite her to come, she was going to come in person and talk to him about this matter.

After all, right now, she was still carrying the identity of the Cheng family’s guest secretary.

Cheng Shangling sighed softly, ”At that time, when Little Friend Xu agreed to become the Cheng Family’s guest secretary, he had explicitly stated that he wouldn’t be staying on Nansha Island for a very long time. But I didn’t expect to have to leave so soon.”

Xu Chuniang was a little overjoyed in her heart, in order to invite her to participate in the Hunting Competition, the Cheng Family had taken out a considerable amount of sincerity.

However, it turned out that a Zhan Luo had killed her halfway, raising all her strength to help the Cheng Family, and in turn, there was nothing for her to do.

“I’m ashamed to say that I wasn’t able to help much in this Hunting Competition.”

“The Zhan Family doesn’t even have me in their sights, let alone Little Friend Xu. Besides, the only thing you promised me was to participate in the Grand Competition. It’s just that Qingjia is simple in nature, and I’m a bit relieved after all.”

Cheng Shangling shook his head, and after deliberating for three more times, he finally hesitantly opened his mouth.

“Little friend Xu, I have an unkind request, if you find it difficult, just pretend that you haven’t heard it.” “Cheng family master and say it, if it is something I can do, by the way for it is not impossible.”

“I suspect that Zhan Luo’s allowing Qing Jia to join the family actually has other plans.”

Cheng Shang Ling’s eyes revealed a deep depth, he really couldn’t understand what his grandson had that was worthy of Zhan Luo’s regard.

The Zhan family had always been unprofitable, and there must be a demon when things go wrong.

If Zhan Luo valued Qing Jia’s skin, then she was too shallow.

Xu Chuniang did not comment, quietly waiting for the other party’s next words.

“Having heard that Fellow Daoist Xu is traveling to Pingfeng Island, I hope that as Fellow Daoist Xu travels with Qing Jia, he can take care of her in passing. This is a chart that my Cheng family ancestor obtained in his early years, so I will gift it to you.”

Cheng Shangling said, taking out a bone chip and placing it on top of the countertop.

“Of course, if Little Friend Xu finds it difficult, there’s no harm in not agreeing. These are just my guesses, and Qing Jia doesn’t have anything on her that Third Miss Zhan can plot against.

But regardless of whether little friend agrees or not, this chart is gifted to you.”

Xu Chuniang sighed inwardly, first opening up access to the third floor of the Book Pavilion for her, and now gifting the sea chart.

Not only was this Cheng Family Lord generous, but every time he took out something, it was something she could hardly refuse.

Wasn’t he worried that she wouldn’t do anything after taking the things?
Xu Chuniang pondered a little, but in the end, she accepted the sea chart.

“I can only promise you to secretly watch over him for a year.”

Cheng Shangling’s brows slightly relaxed, “With these words from little friend, it is enough. This is the path Qing Jia chose for himself, I can only help him up to here.”

Hopefully, all of this was just him thinking too much.

After Cheng Shangling recovered slightly from his injuries, he led the Cheng family away, not even staying to observe the ceremony.

Xu Chuniang resumed her status as a loose cultivator, but didn’t announce it to the public, still residing in the Zhan family as the Cheng family’s guest secretary.

On the third day after Cheng Qingjia joined the family, Zhan Luo decided to start the transmission array to Pingfeng Island.

Xu Chuniang obtained one of the teleportation slots after paying fifty thousand spirit stones.

When she stepped into the teleportation array, Zhan Luo only cast a faint glance at her before withdrawing her gaze, as if she had already lost interest in her.

Cheng Qingjia looked towards her, but she was about to speak, but just due to her status and the people around her, she didn’t say anything in the end.

Xu Chuniang withdrew her gaze and quietly waited for the transmission to arrive.

A flash of dazzling white light flashed by, and the silhouettes in the teleportation array suddenly disappeared.

Subsequently, 100,000 miles away, ten figures appeared out of thin air in a formation on Pingfeng Island.

Xu Chuniang stood in place, and after the power of teleportation subsided, she waited for a while longer before opening her eyes and following the crowd out of the formation.

Several cultivators were hugging Zhan Luo to say goodbye, the very same people who had come to Pingfeng Island together through the teleportation array.

Zhan Luo nodded her head with a smile, and after seeing them off, her eyes landed on Xu Chuniang.

“I wonder if Fellow Daoist Xu has a place to go on this Pingfeng Island?”

Seeing the other party shake her head in silence, the smile on her face deepened, “It’s a pity, originally, Fellow Daoist Xu had the opportunity to travel with me. I still have things to do, so I’ll leave first.”

Xu Chuniang watched the other party walk away before she, without slowing down, used her divine sense to probe into the token she was carrying.

Within the chart that came with the token, one could vaguely see a small black dot on it, moving in one direction.

(End of chapter)