6: humiliation

"Yan'er is here, quickly sit down!" The Clan Chief nodded kindly, motioning for Li Xingyan to take a seat.

Then, under everyone's gaze, Li Xingyan calmly walked over and sat beside Xin'er.

Smelling the familiar body scent of the young girl beside him, Li Xingyan felt a slight sense of peace.

Li Xiner blinked at Li Xingyan and sweetly smiled, saying, "Brother Xingyan, do you know why they've come?"

"It's nothing more than to break off the engagement~" Li Xingyan gave a bitter smile, a hint of anger on his face.

Li Xingyan himself didn't care; he had never even met this fiancée before, let alone liked her.

But for the other party to come to their door so ostentatiously to break off the engagement, his father would surely lose face completely.

Li Xingyan wasn't afraid of being mocked himself, he was afraid of implicating his Family.

His chest rose and fell slightly, and Li Xingyan's fists, hidden in his sleeves, were tightly clenched.

As if sensing Li Xingyan's anger, a soft, cool small hand enveloped his clenched fist.

Li Xiner softly said, "Brother Xingyan, you still have me!"

"Mm!" Li Xingyan nodded heavily.

If it weren't for the young girl's encouragement these past three years, he might have given up long ago.

Just as Li Xingyan and Li Xiner were chatting, the atmosphere in the main hall was not very good.

The Clan Leader Zhao, the amiable old man, kept trying to steer the conversation towards the marriage between Zhao Yuting and Li Xingyan.

But each time, the Clan Chief cleverly avoided it.

This made the Clan Leader Zhao somewhat angry; since the other party was acting this way, he had nothing left to hold back.

So, the Clan Leader Zhao suddenly stood up, cupped his hands to the Clan Chief above, and said, "Brother Zhongwen, I have something to ask of you on this visit."

Li Zhongwen knew what the other side wanted to say, and his face was very grim; he had been stalling for time multiple times, still holding onto a sliver of hope.

So, suppressing his anger, he forced a smile and said, "Brother Zhao, do you know that our Li and Zhao Families have been on good terms for generations!"

"I know." The Clan Leader Zhao nodded, helpless, "Precisely because of this, I didn't want to make things too ugly for everyone, but..."

"Bang!"

The Grand Elder slammed the table and stood up, angrily shouting, "Your visit this time has already humiliated our entire Li Family, so what's the point of talking about being tactful?"

"Get out, get out of our Li Family."

"If there's to be a broken engagement, it should be our Li Family going to break it off, not the woman's side coming to our door."

The surrounding crowd spoke out in angry denunciation.

Perhaps they usually mocked Li Xingyan, but ultimately it was their Li Family's affair; how could outsiders come to their door to humiliate them?

After all, this wasn't just one person's face being slapped, but the face of the entire Li Family.

Li Xingyan silently watched this scene, a warm current rising in his heart.

He hadn't expected this group of people, who usually mocked him, to stand up and defend him at this moment.

Even if they were mostly defending the Li Family's reputation, it still touched Li Xingyan's heart somewhat.

"Heh~" Listening to everyone's scolding, the young man sneered as he stood up and walked to the center of the hall, saying, "Make me get out? Do you trash of the Li Family even deserve to?"

"How dare you!"

"Insolent boy, how arrogant!"

"Dare to insult our Li Family, kill him."

The young man's words completely ignited everyone's anger, and for a time, emotions ran high.

Even Li Zhongwen stood up with a furious expression, coldly saying, "Boy, you'd better have a powerful background, otherwise I'll make sure you leave here lying down."

As he spoke, a powerful pressure suddenly descended in the hall, suppressing the young man.

The young man ignored it, looking at Li Zhongwen, the Li Family Clan Chief, with a hint of mockery.

"Brother Zhongwen, calm down." The Clan Leader Zhao chuckled, blocking the pressure, and said, "Perhaps everyone doesn't know the identity of this young talent; his name is Tian Linfeng."

"He is the direct grandson of Tian Shanhai, the Tian Family Patriarch of Green Bamboo Peak."

The scene became silent for a moment; the Tian Family of Green Bamboo Peak was a powerful Family located a hundred li from Purple Cloud Lake.

The Tian Family Patriarch was even a powerful Cultivator at the Peak Foundation Establishment Stage, while their Li Family's strongest was merely at the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Stage.

In other words, the Tian Family could annihilate their Li Family at any time.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other, not daring to speak, fearing that they would bring disaster to their Family.

Even the Clan Chief and the Grand Elder, after a moment of silence, sat down helplessly.

The young man stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping around filled with mockery, an extremely arrogant demeanor.

But this time, everyone lowered their heads, no one daring to speak again.

The Clan Leader Zhao looked at this scene, feeling somewhat fortunate.

So what if they fell out with the Li Family?

As long as they could form a marriage alliance with the Tian Family, their Zhao Family might even be able to unify Purple Cloud City.

As if the atmosphere was too oppressive, a young man could no longer hold back and whispered, "What's so great about a mere Tian Family? Our Li Family has a Golden Core True Person."

"That's right, their Li Family has a Golden Core True Person!"

At this moment, a name appeared in everyone's minds: Li Xiangyun!

The Ice Peak Zhenren in the mouths of the people!

He was also a legend of the Li Family.

At only two hundred and fifty years old, he had already Cultivated to Golden Core.

Becoming a renowned Golden Core True Person.

Don't think that Cultivating to the Late Stage Qi Condensation at a young age is very impressive.

Because later on, merely breaking through Foundation Establishment is a major hurdle; many Geniuses Cultivate to the Peak Qi Condensation at a young age.

But those who are stuck at this Realm their entire lives are as numerous as carps crossing a river, countless.

And in the Foundation Establishment Stage, each step forward is an even greater hurdle; ordinary people alone need decades just to accumulate Spiritual Qi.

Not to mention that merely Cultivating Spiritual Qi is not enough; one also needs sufficient comprehension of Cultivation.

For example, Li Zhongwen, as the Li Family Clan Chief, is over two hundred years old yet still in the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Stage, which speaks volumes.

"Golden Core True Person?" Tian Linfeng sounded as if he had heard a huge joke, "Indeed, your Li Family did produce a Golden Core True Person."

"But how come I heard that Ice Peak Zhenren left the Family when he was young and has not returned for over two hundred years?"

"Could there be some scandal involved?"

"This..."

Everyone was angry but dared not speak; in fact, they all knew that a Golden Core True Person had come from their Family, but they had never seen him.

Whenever they asked for the reason, the Family elders avoided the topic, only saying that their Li Family had wronged Ice Peak Zhenren.

But at this moment, they all wished that this rumored Ice Peak Zhenren could appear just once, even just once.

That way, their Li Family's predicament could be resolved... And Tian Linfeng, seeing everyone fall silent again, felt a little smug; to show his magnanimity, and to further humiliate the Li Family.

Tian Linfeng looked around and arrogantly said, "To be honest, I am not one to bully others with power."

"How about this: as long as one person among your Li Family's younger generation can defeat me, I, Tian Linfeng, will turn and leave, and will no longer interfere in the affairs of your Li and Zhao Families."

"This..." The Clan Leader Zhao's face changed, and he was about to stop him.

"Clan Chief Zhao wants to stop me?" Tian Linfeng looked at the Clan Leader Zhao with an unfriendly gaze.

"I..." The Clan Leader Zhao's face was grim; he never expected to be threatened by a mere young man.

But thinking of the power behind Tian Linfeng, the Clan Leader Zhao could only swallow his anger. His face was as ugly as if he had eaten fly droppings.

At this moment, he finally understood how the Li Family members had felt just now.

He just didn't expect retribution to come so quickly.

"Tian Linfeng, how can you speak to my grandfather like that?" At this moment, Zhao Yuting walked over and reprimanded him with displeasure.

Tian Linfeng quickly changed his expression, somewhat fawning, "Yes, yes, it's my fault."

So he was a bootlicker!

Everyone looked at this scene with some disdain.

What if he had an extraordinary birth and powerful strength? Was this the result?

Zhao Yuting ignored Tian Linfeng, instead turning and pulling the Clan Leader Zhao to walk back, calmly saying, "Grandpa, since Young Master Tian has this confidence, let him try."

"This... Alright." The Clan Leader Zhao was somewhat helpless, but still followed Zhao Yuting back to his seat.

Subsequently, only Tian Linfeng remained in the center of the entire hall.

Tian Linfeng arrogantly said, "Come on, all you trash!"

"I'll go!"

A young man was the first to speak.

The young man was already a hot-blooded person, so he naturally wouldn't fear battle.

Especially since the other party kept calling them trash, and they were on the Li Family's territory.

How was this different from running into their house and urinating?

Therefore, the young man had long been unable to hold back.