Chapter 20: The Unwelcome Guest and the Beauty

  Zhang Shan slowly let out a breath and ended his noon meditation.

  Although he is now the leader of all students in the school, he still treasures every moment of practice and does not dare to slack off.

  The sect selection of the Xuantian Sect is only two months away, and according to past conventions, the Qingyang City Academy has a low ranking in terms of strength, so it basically only has one formal quota for entering the sect.

  Although he is currently ranked first in strength, from the situation in previous years, some young masters of large families may temporarily join the school through connections when the selection comes to compete with these students for the entrance quota.

  Although this behavior will bring countless people's criticism and is somewhat unfair, it almost happens in every sect selection.

  Things in the world are like this, nothing is absolutely fair, and as long as your strength is strong enough to kill all opponents instantly, then these so-called unwritten rules will have no use at all.

  In this world where might makes right, the correctness of principles and rules has always depended on how hard your fist is.

  Just as he returned to his room from the martial arts training ground and was about to rest, Yiniang rushed in hastily.

  "Master, Wu Qiming has arrived with the Shentu family's people. There are many of them, right in the front courtyard... they're demanding that we hand over Miss Xueyue immediately."

  "Hey, so Wu's brought reinforcements? Still not giving up?"

  He didn't delay and went out of the house door, quickly arriving at the front yard.

  The front yard had already gathered twenty or thirty people, most of whom were wearing uniforms and should be the people from the Shen Tu Fu.

  The several servants of the Zhang family looked at this group of fierce and menacing guests, somewhat at a loss.

  Zhang Shan saw Wu Qiming standing next to a young noble-looking man with a flattering smile.

  "This person appeared in the martial arts arena during the Academy's grand examination, it turns out they are from the Shentu family." Upon seeing this young man, Zhang Shan immediately recalled the scene from the grand examination.

  The servants felt relieved when they saw their young master arrive and quickly followed behind him.

  Zhang Shan walked up to the group of people and stood calmly: "I don't know what brings you all to my home?"

  "Wu Qiming jumped out and said, 'Mr. Zhang, don't pretend to be stupid, this is the young master of the Shen Tu family, Sheng Dong Xiaoye, if you know what's good for you, hand over my sister immediately.'"

  Zhang Shan didn't even give him a glance, but only sized up the young master of the Shentu family and said: "So it's Brother Shentu, nice to meet you."

  Shen Tu Sheng Dong used the folding fan in his hand to lightly pat his palm and said, "I don't have much time to waste, let's get straight to the point. I came here today specifically to take Wu Xue Yue away, so hand her over."

  "Has Shentu brother made a mistake? Wu Xueyue is the wife of my second brother who has not yet passed the door, when did she become your concubine?" Zhang Shan said in a low voice.

  Shen Tu Sheng Dong snorted coldly: "Joke, your second brother has long been dead, and you've already returned the marriage certificate to the Wu family. This engagement was cancelled a long time ago. Now the Wu family is betrothing her to me as my concubine, and her elder brother is here to bear witness."

  "The marriage certificate is still in my Zhang family's hands, how can this matter be cancelled? I think there must be some misunderstanding, and Shentu brother was probably deceived by Wu Qiming?" Zhang Shan said calmly.

  "It's clear that you, Zhang, have already broken off the engagement, and now you're regretting it. You've manipulated my sister into stealing the marriage certificate and running away to your house." Wu Qiming shouted loudly.

  Zhang Shan burst out laughing: "Since you said my family broke off the engagement and returned the marriage certificate to you, why didn't you destroy it? This is clearly your Wu family deceiving Shentu brother, wanting one woman to marry twice, truly making people's teeth cold."

  Wu Qiming was at a loss for words for the time being, and when he received the marriage certificate returned by Zhang's family at that time, Wu's family did not destroy it, nor did they agree to cancel the engagement. In fact, they were playing their own small abacus.

  Although the Zhang family is not extremely wealthy, they can still be considered small rich. If Zhang Shan were to pass away in the future, Wu Xueyue, as the wife of the second young master of the Zhang family who has not yet moved in, should be able to receive a share of the family property.

  Anyway, the marriage certificate was in Wu's hands, and he could do as he pleased. Unexpectedly, when Shen Shengdong took a liking to Wu Xueyue, Wu Qiming thought he could climb up the social ladder, but his sister had taken the marriage certificate and escaped to the Zhang family, and things took a turn for the worse.

  "I'd be better off if I had torn up the marriage certificate back then." Wu Qiming is now filled with regret.

  Zhang Shan looked at Wu Qiming, who was speechless with a shocked expression, and sneered, then turned to Shen Tusheng and said: "Brother Shen, I think this is all Wu Qiming's doing, what do you say?"

  Shen Tu Sheng Dong stared at Zhang Shan coldly for a while before saying, "We don't need to beat around the bush either. Everyone's heart is clear about what's going on. Now I'll ask you one thing: will you surrender or not?"

  "I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint Mr. Shen Tuo." Zhang Shan said calmly.

  "Alright, alright! A fallen family like yours dares to oppose my Shentu family? Come on, search the place and bring me the person. And while you're at it, demolish this dump!"

  The family servant standing behind him shouted and was about to take action.

  "Who dares to make a move, I'll have him splattered with blood within five steps!" Zhang Shan took a step forward, and the aura of the Lingwu realm suddenly burst forth.

  Those family members were intimidated by his aura and involuntarily retreated a few steps.

  Shen Tu Sheng Dong sneered: "I'm the young master here, I'll see how you can get my people to splatter blood within five steps!"

  With a loud shout, the aura of Lingwu Realm Second Layer burst forth and shot into the sky. At the same time, one palm slapped down towards Zhang Shan's head.

  A loud rumbling sound...

  Zhang Shan and he bumped into each other with a loud slap, causing Zhang to stumble back one step, while Shentu Sheng's upper body only slightly shook.

  "Haha, I'll keep an eye on him here, you go in and search!" Shentu Shengdong laughed loudly and approached Zhang Shan.

  Zhang Shan's heart sank, although he was not afraid of him, but the other people in his family were no match for Shen Tu's gang.

  Just then, a clear and pleasant female voice came from the doorway: "The people of the Shen Tu family are indeed arrogant, and they actually commit such burglaries in broad daylight."

  Shen Tu Sheng Dong's face changed color as soon as he heard this: "Situ Qingyan?"

  He suddenly turned around and saw a graceful figure walking in from outside the gate.

  "Isn't this the beauty who appeared during the Academy's grand examination? Her name is Situ Qingwan, isn't it? Could she be a member of the Situ family?" Zhang Shan's heart skipped a beat.

  Situ Qingyan wore a red dress, like a burning flame, she walked into the courtyard and smiled: "Shentu Shengdong, you're not at home with your dozen or so concubines, what do you want to do here?"

  "What business is it of yours what I do? We don't interfere with each other, you'd best not meddle in other people's affairs." Shentu Shengdong said bluntly and rudely.

  "Zhang Shan is the chief of Xuantian Academy, after the sect selection, he will join our Xuantian Sect, at that time he will be my junior brother, why isn't it related to me?" Situ Qingxuan said with a light smile.

  "Haha, joke. Since Ben Shao has already decided to participate in the Qingyang City Qitian Academy's sect selection, he doesn't have any chance." Shen Tusheng Dong sneered and said.

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