Chapter 427

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Chapter 427: You All Seem Very Afraid?

Seeing Zhao Zinan’s slightly reddened eyes, looking as if she was about to cry, Zhao Xuan’s heart tightened, and he immediately denied: “That’s not true. You just graduated from college recently. Didn’t you want to go to Europe for further studies? How could we let you get married so soon?”

“Really?” Zhao Zinan stared directly at Zhao Xuan with her starry eyes.

Faced with this gaze, Zhao Xuan showed hesitation, feeling extremely heavy-hearted.

The marriage alliance with the Chen family was a decision made by the family elders, and Zhao Xuan was powerless to stop it.

If he lied to Zhao Zinan now, how heartbroken would she be when she learned the truth later?

If even her most trusted brother deceived her, her fragile heart would surely collapse!

Zhao Xuan bit his lip, took a deep breath, and said gravely: “Zinan… the family elders do indeed want to marry you into the Chen family.”

“And the match is Chen Luo.”

Zhao Zinan’s face, as beautiful as a flower, immediately turned pale.

Crystalline tears welled up in her eyes.

“Brother, I really don’t want to get married…” Zhao Zinan said with a choked voice.

Zhao Xuan hated seeing his sister cry, but he had no choice.

“Zinan, this is Grandfather’s decision. Neither you nor I, not even our parents, can stop it,” Zhao Xuan sighed.

Zhao Zinan lowered her head, covered her face with both hands, and cried silently.

Though shy and timid around strangers, she wasn’t stupid.

When leaving home today, she had seen Grandfather deliberately pull her brother aside to say a few words. She clearly saw her brother’s troubled expression and guilty eyes.

She realized then that something was about to happen.

Now hearing the truth from Zhao Xuan only confirmed her thoughts.

“Zinan…” Zhao Xuan patted Zhao Zinan’s shoulder, not knowing how to comfort her.

“No need to cry so tragically. After today, Chen Luo probably won’t be able to marry or have children.”

At this moment, Fang Yu, who was sitting opposite them and fiddling with a large lobster, spoke calmly.

Hearing this, Zhao Xuan immediately turned to look at Fang Yu.

Zhao Zinan also raised her head, peeking at Fang Yu through the gaps between her fingers.

“Young Master Fang, you mean…” Zhao Xuan looked at Fang Yu, puzzled.

“Don’t ask. You’ll soon know what’s going to happen,” Fang Yu said.

Zhao Xuan was completely confused and looked toward Qin Lang.

Qin Lang could guess what Fang Yu planned to do, but since Fang Yu didn’t elaborate, he wouldn’t take it upon himself to explain. He just smiled slightly at Zhao Xuan and shrugged.

Zhao Xuan looked at Fang Yu, then at Qin Lang.

Given Fang Yu’s strength and possibly terrifying background… his words were highly credible.

“Zinan, stop crying. Young Master Fang has spoken, so you can rest assured,” Zhao Xuan comforted.

Zhao Zinan removed her fair, delicate hands, revealing her tear-stained pretty face.

She gazed at Fang Yu intently and asked softly: “Is, is what you said true?”

Fang Yu took a big bite of lobster and nodded.

“That’s good,” Zhao Zinan bit her pink lips and suddenly broke into a smile.

Her smile was like a spring breeze, refreshing to the heart.

Even Qin Lang, who glanced at her inadvertently, felt his heart skip a beat.

It was truly difficult to harbor any ill feelings toward a girl like Zhao Zinan.

…

Chen Luo swept his gaze over the crowd below, his eyes filled with disdain.

Among these people, the highest cultivation was only at the Foundation Formation stage, not even qualified to be his opponent.

Chen Luo looked toward the main judge’s seat.

Meeting Chen Luo’s gaze, Zhao Jidao felt a chill through his body, giving him a jolt.

“The martial arts tournament can begin now,” Chen Luo said coldly.

“Very well,” Zhao Jidao replied, standing up and using his true energy to amplify his voice, “Next, we’ll draw lots for one-on-one matches…”

“We refuse! We want to withdraw from the competition!”

Before Zhao Jidao could finish, the young people in the waiting area shouted in unison.

Zhao Jidao and the other four main judges all changed expression.

At the same time, in the spectator area, representatives from various major families also changed their expressions.

Before leaving home today, they had given clear instructions!

Regardless of the outcome, everyone must participate in this martial arts tournament without any mishap!

This wasn’t just about following the rules of the Martial Arts Association, but also about showing an attitude!

Their major families were willing to be the green leaves that highlight the Chen family!

But now these young people suddenly expressing refusal together—wasn’t this deliberately sabotaging the event?

This was the Chen family’s territory, and today was the Chen family’s banquet!

With Martial Saint Chen Luo right in front of them, weren’t they slapping the Chen family’s face by doing this!?

The representatives of the major families turned ashen-faced, their hearts pounding, not knowing what to do.

On the other side, the core members of the Chen family all showed displeasure.

They held this banquet and martial arts tournament today to establish authority and to gauge the attitudes of the major families and sects.

These young people jumping out to demand withdrawal was very disrespectful to the Chen family.

“Family Head…” Everyone looked toward Chen Nansheng.

Chen Nansheng glanced at Old Master Chen, who remained expressionless.

“Let’s observe for a while,” Chen Nansheng said.

At the main judge’s seat, Zhao Jidao frowned, looked at these young people, and said sternly: “The Martial Arts Association has rules…”

“We don’t care about rules. With an opponent at the Martial Saint level, what meaning does this tournament have?” At this moment, Hu Tianyi stepped forward and said firmly.

“Right, unless Chen Luo withdraws from this tournament, we refuse to go on stage!”

“If Chen Luo doesn’t withdraw, we’ll quit the competition!”

Several other young people stepped forward and shouted together.

“Regardless, rules are rules! Although Chen Luo has reached the Martial Saint realm, he is under thirty years old, fully meeting the conditions for participating in the martial arts tournament,” Zhao Jidao said with a gloomy face. “On the contrary, your collective demand to withdraw seriously violates the requirements of the martial arts tournament. I believe your elders would not want to see you punished.”

By bringing up their family elders, Zhao Jidao made these young people change expression.

Indeed, before leaving home today, their elders had instructed them to participate in today’s martial arts tournament.

But they really couldn’t bear it, especially after Chen Luo appeared.

Was there any point in competing against an opponent of this level?

None whatsoever.

Forget about dignity, the key concern was that facing Chen Luo could be life-threatening.

“Hu Tianyi, what are you doing? Get back to the waiting area and prepare to go on stage immediately!”

At this moment, the Hu family head, Hu Hedong, couldn’t hold back anymore and shouted.

Hu Tianyi looked at Hu Hedong, meeting his reddened eyes, and immediately turned pale.

“He Jun, you get back there too!”

“Huang Jin…”

The family heads and sect leaders shouted, ordering their juniors back to the waiting area.

No one wanted to offend the Chen family at such a critical moment!

After their family elders spoke, these young people’s courage instantly dissipated, and many obediently returned to the waiting area.

But some still stood firmly in place.

“Hey, where did my brother go?”

Among the crowd, Han Tianyu looked confused and said.

Hearing this, the Han family head, Han Xiao, changed expression and looked toward the waiting area.

After scanning around, he indeed couldn’t see Han Qi!

What was going on?

Wasn’t Han Qi standing in the waiting area earlier? How did he suddenly disappear?

He had been focusing on Chen Luo and hadn’t noticed when Han Qi left!

“Go find him quickly! See where your brother went!” Han Xiao said with an ashen face.

Now these young people standing up to confront the Martial Arts Association, refusing to go on stage, might not be reasonable, but at least showed backbone.

Han Qi directly fleeing the scene was the most embarrassing thing!

Among the spectators, a small portion of martial artists from other regions watched this drama with mocking eyes.

The major forces wanted to please the Chen family, but their juniors were unwilling to go on stage due to fear.

This situation was quite comical.

They wanted to see how this would end.

Just as the situation became somewhat chaotic, Chen Luo in mid-air suddenly smiled.

“Thud!”

He descended from the air, standing on the fighting platform, facing the young martial artists in the waiting area below.

“You all seem very afraid?” Chen Luo mocked.