Lin Chu really didn't take Zhaozhao seriously. She had long heard that Song Changyang had found his little niece. It was said that the girl had grown up in the mountains since childhood, so she couldn't amount to much. There was nothing to be afraid of.
"Humph, just don't come crying back to the Song family if you lose," Lin Chu said arrogantly.
Song Yao frowned. She really didn't want Zhaozhao to have any contact with these two disgusting people.
Zhaozhao was the purest and most innocent person she had met over the years. As her elder cousin, Song Yao wanted to protect this purity of hers. So she didn't want Zhaozhao to see any of the ugliness in the world.
But at the same time, she knew that Zhaozhao couldn't stay like this forever. She had to grow up.
"Zhaozhao, you..."
Zhaozhao smiled sweetly at Song Yao. She shook her head and said, "Cousin, don't worry. I'm actually really powerful!"
Song Yao thought to herself that of course she knew Zhaozhao was powerful. The fact that Zhaozhao could draw the long - lost formation of the Xuanmen was enough to show her talent. But Fu Huaizhi had been initiated into the sect since childhood and was also a top figure among the young generation of the Xuanmen. He wasn't easy to deal with.
Song Yao looked at Zhaozhao's confident look and hesitated. Then she thought, forget it. If she wanted to go, then so be it. If they dared to hurt her, she, Song Yao, would go to her father and make a fuss!
"Wow, it's so lively! As expected, a great sect is different! There are so many people and so many interesting things," a young voice came from behind the display racks in the Tianbao Pavilion. A young man wearing cat - ear headphones and a lollipop in his mouth slowly walked out.
The young man was wearing a red jacket and a pair of Dr. Martens boots. He looked like a sunny and cheerful boy, but his overall aura didn't fit in with the Xuanmen at all.
"Hey, this young lady looks so calm. She seems really powerful!" He leaned towards Zhaozhao, squinted his eyes, and smiled. He was very friendly as if they were old friends.
Song Yao was really annoyed by these messy people. She blocked Zhaozhao and asked rudely, "Who are you?"
The young man held the lollipop and put his hand behind his head. "Me? It's easy to say. My name is Lu Chukong. I'm an outer - sect disciple who just managed to get in."
"Hey, I just heard you guys saying you're going to fight. But as far as I remember, the rules of the Xuanmen don't allow disciples to fight or engage in battles on their own," Lu Chukong said cunningly, showing a little tiger tooth.
Fu Huaizhi frowned upon hearing this. Indeed, the Xuanmen did have such a rule. Those who violated it would be sent to the back mountain to meditate for a week.
Zhaozhao had a good impression of this good - looking outer - sect disciple. She tilted her head and asked Lu Chukong, "Then what should we do? They must apologize to my cousin."
Lu Chukong took out a lollipop from his backpack behind him and tried to hand it to Zhaozhao, but Song Yao pushed it away.
Gluttonous Zhaozhao looked at the lollipop reluctantly. How could there be someone who didn't want to eat it? She couldn't understand.
Lu Chukong shrugged regretfully. Then he said loudly, "It's easy. The exchange conference starts tomorrow. You can compete to see who can get a higher ranking! Maybe you'll even meet each other on the competition field. Then you can fight fairly!"
"Ah! That makes sense!" Zhaozhao happily agreed.
Fu Huaizhi had no reason to object, and Lin Chu was in a difficult position and naturally couldn't say no.
"Since the problem is solved peacefully, I'll take my leave. Bye, everyone! See you if we're fated." Lu Chukong showed his big white teeth with the lollipop in his mouth. He waved his hand and left, as if he had only come to solve their fight - appointment.
Zhaozhao also waved goodbye to him. Looking at Lu Chukong's departing back, she thought this person was really strange.
After the matter was settled, Song Yao pulled Zhaozhao away from these two people she disliked.
When passing by Fu Huaizhi, Fu Huaizhi looked straight ahead and whispered to Song Yao, "Tomorrow I'll make you understand what a big loss your decision to break off the engagement was."
Song Yao rolled her eyes. Where did this self - confident man come from? Song Yao suddenly thought that Fu Huaizhi wasn't just her ex - boyfriend; he was more like her past mistake!
Song Yao commented objectively, "Fu Huaizhi, you're really funny."
Fu Huaizhi's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot again.
Just as Zhaozhao was taken out of the Tianbao Pavilion by Song Yao, the next second she was invited to the meeting hall. It was Song Changyang who came to find her in person.
"Dad, why are you taking Zhaozhao to the meeting hall?" Song Yao was a bit worried. Going to the meeting hall was no different from being summoned to the dean's office in high school, right?
Song Changyang comforted them, "It's nothing serious. It's just that Zhaozhao drew the Nine - Bend Spiritual Transformation Formation the other day. The elders just want to meet this talented junior."
Only after hearing this did Song Yao feel relieved and let Zhaozhao go with him.
When Zhaozhao and Song Changyang arrived at the meeting hall, not only were the elders of the Xuanmen there, but Su Yuan and Nan Jia were also there. Nan Jia even secretly blew a kiss to Zhaozhao.
"Are you Zhaozhao?" an old man with a white beard in a white robe looked at Zhaozhao and asked.
"Yes."
"Did you draw that formation?"
"Yes."
The old man was silent for a while. After a long time, he looked at Zhaozhao with tears in his eyes. "Finally... finally! After so many years, our Xuanmen has finally produced another genius!"
Zhaozhao was a bit scared by his crying and felt at a loss. She thought she had made the old man cry.
Su Yuan saw the girl's expression and walked to her side. He whispered to her, "It's okay. It's not your fault. He's just too easy to get excited."
Zhaozhao instinctively relied on Su Yuan. She leaned towards him and nodded.
Nan Jia stood on the opposite side. She felt that the two of them didn't fit in with the room full of old men. The air was filled with the smell of puppy love.
Humph... The boss was still worried about this and that, but he had already unconsciously fallen in love.
In fact, there wasn't much for Zhaozhao to do in the meeting hall. She just received praise from each elder one by one and witnessed several white - bearded grandpas arguing fiercely over who would take her as a disciple.
Zhaozhao said, "No. Although all the elders are very enthusiastic, I already have a master. I can't take another one."
So these old men in their fifties could only hug each other and cry. The talented little disciple right in front of them was gone!
Su Yuan remained calm on the surface, but he was secretly glad that he had acted quickly and lured the girl to the Monster Administration Bureau.
Zhaozhao had no idea about the calculations of the people in this room. She was still thinking about going to the Tribute Academy to see her master at night.
But then again, where exactly was this Tribute Academy? She didn't know the way...
Her eyes drifted to Su Yuan. Zhaozhao looked at him with starry eyes.
Su Yuan knew at a glance that Zhaozhao had something to ask. He took her and left the meeting hall where sighs were heard one after another.
"Su Yuan, Su Yuan, do you know where the Tribute Academy is?" Zhaozhao bounced up and down on the steps and circled around Su Yuan.
Su Yuan pulled her to stop and said, "I'll take you there."
Zhaozhao quickly refused upon hearing this. "No need. Just tell me how to get there."
Su Yuan stared at Zhaozhao, who had refused him. His eyes didn't look very happy.
Was she suddenly acting distant from him?