20: Chapter 20: Unmarried Wife

"Dad, you must be joking, right? Hahaha, fine, I admit you really scared me."

Inside the private villa, the father and son sat facing each other.

Fang Yun let out a dry chuckle, only to find his dad staring at him intently, looking completely serious.

The smile remained on Fang Yun's face, but no matter how one looked at it, it was a bit stiff.

He stopped smiling.

"Really?"

"Really."

Fang Yun felt a slight headache coming on; this kind of sudden event that exceeded his control made him feel somewhat unaccustomed.

"What is her name?"

"Luo Qingyu."

Fang Yun searched carefully in his mind, and he was certain he had never heard of this person, leaving no impression whatsoever.

His brow furrowed slightly. Ever since his rebirth, basically everything had developed according to the plot of his past life, except for this suddenly appearing name, which was like a strange chess piece dropped into a chessboard.

Watching his son's furrowed brow, Marshal Fang Qing laughed and scolded, "Don't be ungrateful. If your Divine Kingdom's prosperity score hadn't been decent, you might never have known about this matter."

"Ah? Why?" A big question mark popped up over Fang Yun's head. What was going on?

Afterwards, through his father's introduction, Fang Yun gradually understood the whole story from beginning to end.

It turned out that Luo Qingyu was an adopted daughter taken in by his parents eighteen years ago. At that time, Fang Yun's mother had just become pregnant with him. When she went out one day, she encountered the abandoned Luo Qingyu and brought her home.

Luo Qingyu had been smart and sensible since she was a child, and she grew up to be extremely lovable. Meanwhile, Fang Yun, who was three years younger than her, was utterly foolish and often mischievous.

Although Luo Qingyu was adopted, the couple treated her as their own flesh and blood, with no difference from their biological son Fang Yun. In fact, many times they even favored Luo Qingyu more.

They cared deeply about this adopted daughter, but after all, she did not share the Fang surname and had no one to rely on. The couple decided to arrange an arranged marriage for the two children so that she wouldn't be wronged in the future.

Hearing this, Fang Yun couldn't help but complain, "Dad, this is an arranged marriage; it's too old-fashioned."

Hearing this, Marshal Fang Qing gave his son a pitying glance, "I'd love to arrange it, but unfortunately, I'm afraid the current you isn't worthy of her at all! If it weren't for the fact that you've been working rather hard and your Divine Kingdom's potential is decent, I wouldn't even have brought this up with you."

Fang Yun was somewhat unconvinced in his heart. What kind of strength did this younger sister Luo Qingyu have that she dared to compare herself to him?

Humph, Dad, oh Dad, even if you are an eighth-tier deity, you still cannot understand your son's terrifying aspects.

At the same time, this also made him understand why he had never heard this name in his previous life; it turned out that his dad just hadn't told him.

Marshal Fang Qing stared at Fang Yun with a meaningful gaze, his tone turning serious, "I'm not belittling you by saying this. The reason I didn't mention it to you is very simple: I felt that the previous you lacked drive, had no grand ambitions, was shortsighted, and was willing to die over a girl—there was no difference between you and trash."

"If you were still like that after your awakening, then aside from providing you with basic resources, I wouldn't provide you with any more help, and I would cultivate Yu'er with all my strength."

"Fortunately, you've mended your ways, and the current you finally looks somewhat passable."

Hearing his father's subsequent words, Fang Yun's face burned hot. He had thought his father didn't know about these things, but it turned out the other party was entirely clear about them.

However, Fang Yun didn't have any dissatisfaction with his father's decision. If he himself had such a son, he would have had the urge to kill him.

"Hehe, Dad, that was me showing great wisdom through apparent dullness, pretending to be unlearned." Fang Yun had no way to explain his previous absurd actions, so he could only casually pull together an excuse.

"Humph, it's a good thing you brat have been rather motivated after awakening."

After hesitating for a moment, Marshal Fang Qing sighed with emotion, "Qingyu has known about this matter since she was a child. She once mentioned to me about marrying you, but I rejected it all."

Speaking of this, he glared at Fang Yun with a look of disappointment, wishing he would improve. If not for his son being unable to step up before, how could he have rejected Luo Qingyu's request.

Fang Yun lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Both were his children. If it had been the previous Fang Yun, and he had agreed to let Luo Qingyu marry Fang Yun, it would have completely ruined her.

"You know what you were like before, which was the reason for the refusal. I also didn't want the other party to violate her own wishes and forcefully be with you just because of the grace of upbringing."

"Telling you about this now is truly because your old man can't bear to watch such a good girl marry into another family. You brat better pull yourself together."

Fang Yun hung his head listlessly. No matter how he listened to it, it felt like Luo Qingyu was Dad's biological daughter, while he himself was the adopted son.

He considered the other party quite a lot, yet wouldn't even listen to his own wishes. Fang Yun even wanted to say that he looked down on her too.

Tch!

"When you pass the federal college entrance divine exams for the Six Great Academies in high school, your old man will put aside this old face of mine to propose marriage for you." Marshal Fang Qing encouraged his son.

Hearing his father's words, Fang Yun was also somewhat shocked; his dad actually thought so highly of him. That was the Federation's Six Great Academies, the six most powerful academies within the territory of the Human Alliance!

[Central Divine Court University]

[Star Sea War Military Academy]

[All-Phenomena Civilization Academy]

[Light of the Firmament]

[Holy Spirit Research Institute]

[Boundless Mansion]

All young divine lords in the Federation regarded entering the Six Great Academies as their highest glory, and the students who walked out from the Six Great Academies were truly worthy of their illustrious reputations.

Since the opening of the Divine Kingdom Era, the Federation had given birth to countless academies, research institutions, and cultivation bases. But the ones that could truly be called the "Six Greats" were only those six.

For thousands of years, graduates coming out of the Six Great Academies had long spread across every corner of the Federation.

It could be said that in the Federation's current massive system, the figures of graduates from the Six Great Academies could be seen in almost all important positions.

In the Federation's Supreme Council, more than half of the councilors had once studied at the Six Great Academies. The legion commanders and deputy legion commanders of the Federation's elite expeditionary legions and star domain garrison forces mostly came from the Six Greats.

Among the Federation's financial conglomerates, graduates of the Six Great Academies were an even more undeniable force; these people had already displayed astonishing talent during their student days.

After graduation, they became key figures driving the economic and technological development of the Federation.

Fang Yun naturally also knew the value of the Six Greats.

However, directly proportional to the massive number of outstanding divine lords they cultivated were their extremely stringent admission standards.

The human territory had hundreds of living planets, thousands of large colonial planets, countless resource and industrial planets, and a population in the trillions, among which there were about 40 billion high school students of appropriate age.

Most of the newly awakened divine lords had E-rank or F-rank potential, and only those with D-rank or higher talent had a greater possibility of entering university through the divine exams.

The proportion of this part of the students was around 400 million plus, but the total annual enrollment quota for the Six Greats was only tens of thousands, making the competition extremely cruel.

On ordinary living planets like Canglan Star, there had even been instances where not a single person was selected.

Therefore, for ordinary high school students, the Six Great Academies were merely an unreachable dream.

Fang Yun did indeed feel the pressure, but he did not fear challenges. At this moment, a surge of heroic ambition arose deep within his heart: the cosmic starry sky, with myriad races standing tall and proud talents as numerous as clouds—this was his future journey!

He was very curious about how far he could go relying on his SSS-rank talent [Destiny Magic Dice].

However, in front of his father, he still maintained the performance that a B-rank talent should have.

"Dad, the pressure you're putting on me is too huge. I have no confidence in being able to pass the exam for the Six Greats." Fang Yun lay on the sofa like a salted fish, sighing after he finished speaking, looking completely resigned to his fate.

Marshal Fang Qing glanced at him, picked up his teacup to take a leisurely sip, and then said indifferently, "Oh? Is that so? Luo Qingyu was already admitted in advance by Central Divine Court University back during her high school days."