Ling Fan saw Xue Yi's incessant winks and couldn't help but shake his head and smile. "Miss Luo, please stay."
Then, Ling Fan turned to Lan Tianxiong and said, "Father-in-law, I think Miss Luo and Jun Jie are a perfect match. Such a good daughter-in-law is hard to come by. You must think for Jun Jie."
Lan Tianxiong said, "Xiao Fan, to tell you the truth, I have nothing against Rong Rong. I'm just angry about her father's perfidious and despicable actions!"
Ling Fan smiled, "The one who will be your daughter-in-law in the future is Luo Rongrong, not her father Luo Jianxun."
"Anyway, I'm not happy! I, Lan Tianxiong, have always been a reasonable person. I haven't wronged anyone, but if someone wrongs me, I'm not so easy to deal with! I wholeheartedly approve of Rong Rong marrying my son, but becoming in-laws with Luo Jianxun, I can't swallow that."
Lan Tianxiong said.
Ling Fan nodded.
Then.
He said to Luo Rongrong, "Miss Luo, my father-in-law is a straightforward and upright person. You've heard what he said, and I believe you can understand him. We are not forcing you to choose between your father and Jun Jie. It's just that your father has violated the bottom line of the Lan family. You agree with this, right?"
Luo Rongrong nodded.
Ling Fan said, "Then I will take the liberty to make a decision for your marriage."
After Ling Fan finished speaking.
Lan Jun Jie's eyes instantly shot out with ecstatic light.
Luo Rongrong's tear-filled eyes also showed a glimmer of hope.
"But let's get the unpleasantries out of the way first."
Ling Fan said, "You are you, and the City Lord's Mansion of Longyue City is Longyue City's City Lord's Mansion. You are still Luo Jianxun's daughter, but Luo Jianxun is not an in-law of the Lan family. He cannot consider himself an in-law of the Lan family, nor can he use the name of the Lan family to do anything. I hope you can grasp the measure of this. Can you do it?"
Luo Rongrong's face showed struggle as she looked at Lan Jun Jie.
After a long while, she seemed to have made a decision and mustered the courage to say to Ling Fan, "I will grasp the measure and restrain my father and Longyue City."
"Mm."
Ling Fan nodded, then looked at Lan Tianxiong.
Lan Tianxiong could no longer insist.
If he continued to hold on, it would make him seem a bit unreasonable.
He had always been one to yield to softness rather than hardness. Seeing that Luo Rongrong had compromised so much for his son, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Then we'll do as Xiao Fan says!"
"I will personally oversee Jun Jie and Rong Rong's wedding. It must be grand and lively, known throughout the entire Liuyun Kingdom!"
Lan Tianxiong said with a smile.
Lan Jun Jie and Luo Rongrong's wedding was handled by Lan Tianxiong and his wife.
Ling Fan had wanted to take Xue Yi to various places in Jiangnan City to relax.
However, after the incident at the Snow King's Palace, Xue Yi's desire to become stronger was particularly intense. She did not want to experience such things again and proposed to go into seclusion to break through to the Giant Spirit Realm.
Ling Fan naturally would not interfere, so he let her cultivate and break through alone.
As for himself, he took advantage of this rare free time to tour various places in Jiangnan City.
Before this.
He had also sent a letter to the royal city of the Liuyun Kingdom.
...
It was spring in Jiangnan City.
Fine misty rain enveloped the city.
The white walls and black tiles, the misty willows and painted bridges, and the stone slab alleys of the Jiangnan water town were washed by the cool spring rain, becoming even greener.
Such a peaceful and beautiful scene gave Ling Fan's battle-hardened heart a sense of release.
He stopped on an ancient bridge.
Gazing at the rippling green waves below the bridge, the swirling mist, and the passing black-canopied boats.
In an instant.
Ling Fan felt as if the distance between himself and the heavens and earth had been infinitely shortened.
His divine sense power involuntarily extended outwards.
Soon, it spread in all directions.
Within his body, the physical blood and qi, which had already reached a peak of power, and the Nine Yang Gang Qi, also merged into his divine sense power.
The essence, qi, and spirit, the three powers, silently unified.
It was as natural as spring breeze transforming rain.
Boom!
At that moment.
Ling Fan's will suddenly leaped out of his body, entering a vast and seemingly boundless ocean of Heavenly Yuan power, absorbing it frantically.
Ling Fan's aura also grew more and more rapidly as time ticked by.
Heavenly Yuan Realm early stage.
Heavenly Yuan Realm middle stage.
Heavenly Yuan Realm late stage...
...
After an unknown amount of time.
The Heavenly Yuan power within a radius of ten li was almost completely depleted by Ling Fan.
His aura's growth finally began to slow down.
Heavenly Yuan Realm peak.
Ling Fan had not deliberately cultivated; everything had happened naturally.
In the green waves beneath the bridge.
Because Ling Fan had gathered a large amount of Heavenly Yuan power during his breakthrough, the water surface was covered with a layer of fish, greedily opening their mouths to absorb the Heavenly Yuan power.
Ling Fan found it amusing.
With a casual grab, an indescribably powerful force spread out, and all the fish in the water were lifted out of the water by an invisible giant hand.
The control of his power was so exquisite that not a single scale on any of the fish was damaged.
Ling Fan withdrew his thoughts.
Immediately, all the fish splashed back into the water with a "boom."
After Ling Fan left.
Many martial arts powerhouses in Jiangnan City breathed a sigh of relief.
The commotion caused by Ling Fan's breakthrough to the Heavenly Yuan Realm had given them a terrifying pressure that made them feel like they were suffocating at any moment.
...
Upon returning to Lan Family Fort.
Ling Fan was pulled away by his father-in-law, Lan Tianxiong, for a drink.
Suddenly.
Ling Fan's wine cup stopped at his lips.
Lan Tianxiong was puzzled and said, "Xiao Fan, do you dislike your old father-in-law's wine?"
Ling Fan shook his head.
His gaze turned towards the direction of Xue Yi's seclusion.
A smile appeared on his face.
Lan Tianxiong was even more confused.
Ling Fan was shaking his head and suddenly smiling, perhaps his brain was caught in the door this morning?
Suddenly.
An incredibly powerful purple-red light erupted from Lan Family Fort, causing boundless roars!
Faintly visible, within the purple light, there seemed to be a colossal purple phoenix, soaring towards the heavens.
At this sudden change.
The sky above Lan Family Fort was suddenly covered by rolling dark clouds. Vast amounts of spiritual energy turned into an ocean, converging frantically from all directions of Mount Mogan, and then pouring down towards Lan Family Fort below like a funnel.
"This is..."
Lan Tianxiong realized something but was unsure, and asked Ling Fan.
Ling Fan nodded and smiled, "Father-in-law, just be bold. The truth is as you think... Xue Yi has broken through to the Giant Spirit Realm."
"Really? That's great, that's great! Our Lan family has a Giant Spirit Realm King!"
Lan Tianxiong was so excited that he lost his composure, and tears of old age involuntarily flowed down.
"Thank you, Xiao Fan! Without you, our Lan family would not have today!"
Lan Tianxiong said to Ling Fan sincerely.
"Are you being sentimental? Why are two men saying such things? You are my father-in-law, Xue Yi is my wife, we are a family."
Ling Fan said with a smile.
"Yes! A family!"
Lan Tianxiong also laughed heartily and cheerfully.
The moment Xue Yi broke through to the Giant Spirit Realm.
The celestial phenomena it caused alarmed the entire Jiangnan City.
Not only that.
Far away from the Liuyun Kingdom.
Deep within a group of majestic and solemn ancient palaces.
A strange and extremely bizarre towering tree stood, its countless branches extending into the void, reaching an unknown distance.
The most bizarre thing was.
At the lower part of this tree.
There was actually a human-shaped outline, with a human head exposed.
Or rather...
It was more like this person's back had grown this strange ancient tree.
Suddenly.
This human head opened its eyes and spoke with cold indifference, "Liuyun Kingdom, a new Giant Spirit Realm Martial King has been born. Quickly summon this person and enter the Martial King battlefield..."
...