From the Heavens Descended an Immortal Sister

Chapter 241: Chapter 337: The Noise Upon Entry (Second Update)_1

Bai Qi nibbled on the ice cream and, wiping away her tears, said, "You like her, but she doesn't like you, so you're just pining away."

Her voice was full of grievance, and she sounded like a sulking child.

"You've always got to have a dream," Fang Ren said with a smile.

"So marrying Sister Hui Qing is your dream?"

"Yes, but that's not all. I want to have a stable life after getting married," Fang Ren said.

"Then it looks like I can fulfill half of your dream," Bai Qi said.

Fang Ren smiled indifferently. Bai Qi had misunderstood him; he was talking about leading a stable life after marrying Mu Huanqing, not just anyone.

"The ice cream you gave me isn't sweet at all," Bai Qi said after finishing the last bit of her ice cream.

"..." Fang Ren's smile stiffened.

"You won't understand how I feel, unless one day Sister Hui Qing says to you what you said to me today," Bai Qi said.

Fang Ren shook his head. That was an impossibility. He and Mu Huanqing had mutual feelings for each other, and they even had a child.

However, Bai Qi said he couldn't understand her feelings, which he agreed with; indeed, he couldn't, because his relationship with Mu Huanqing was going too smoothly. What was not smooth was the situation.

His current mood was not good either. It felt just like the time Liu Qianqian cried while confessing to him in front of him. Liu Qianqian, like Bai Qi, was emotionally agitated, and even abandoned her upbringing to curse him, a scene he did not want to witness.

In the past, his thoughts on Liu Qianqian may have been complicated, but now his thinking was simpler—he just wanted to live a peaceful life with Mu Huanqing.

He knew such emotions were laced with a bitterness and sense of grievance he could not understand, but he was powerless to soothe such emotions. To soothe them, the only way was to be with her.

Fang Ren took out his cell phone to check the time. There were about eight minutes left before the eve of the Alchemy competition's opening ceremony. He estimated that the students outside had already almost entered the venue.

Suddenly, Fang Ren said, "What do you think we should do if your grandfather insists on not canceling our engagement?"

Bai Qi glanced at him. This matter had originally been her biggest worry, but now it had become what Fang Ren feared the most.

"No way, he can't just push me onto someone who doesn't like me," Bai Qi said.

"I'm talking about what if. What if he still insists on doing it?"

"If...," Bai Qi said, "if there really is such an 'if,' I would never agree. I don't want to marry someone who doesn't know how to cherish me, someone who only knows how to bully me."

"Have you thought about any specific acts of rebellion?" Fang Ren asked again.

"Running away from home, using death to coerce them—aren't those methods?" Bai Qi said.

"Hey, hey, you're a princess after all. Doing such things would make you the talk of the town for a lifetime," he said.

"So what? I'd do anything rather than marry you," Bai Qi said with red-rimmed eyes, suddenly looking somewhat defiant. "You're not my love; you're just a crush. I can't marry you."

Fang Ren decided to end the topic. This girl was very emotional about such matters, and since she could say such things, she could surely do them.

"Where? Where?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't stand up, you're blocking my view!"

"Tsk, too far away to see the faces, but looking at the pictures online, that Young Master Fang is quite handsome."

"I heard that not long ago, the Bai Family Head had already proposed marriage to the Fang Family, saying that as soon as this competition ends, Princess Bai Xi and Young Master Fang would get married immediately."

"They're going to get married right here? That's so romantic! I hope to get married here one day too."

...

Hearing the relentless prattling of the crowd, Fang Ren suddenly felt confused, as among the noisy voices, he seemed to have heard the topic of marrying Bai Qi on the spot after the competition.

Is that a mistake?

What kind of on-the-spot marriage? These people are real gossips. The old man from the Bai Family said the wedding would be after graduation. They probably wouldn't move it up so precipitously.

If it were suddenly moved up, and that rumor did come from the old man of the Bai Family, then it must be because the Indra Sky organization had already mastered enough technology to decide to let Bai Qi enter the trial. Otherwise, Bai Chaojin wouldn't be in such a hurry.

Thinking this way, Fang Ren suddenly felt a wave of worry.

He broadened his perception and glanced at the special seats, noting that Mu Huanqing was still not present in the seat with her name, and he wondered what she was doing.

The staff member led him and Bai Qi to a seat in the front row of the audience stands, where a sign for Yangming Academy was placed, but the location seemed too inconspicuous. Fang Ren thought that even if he extended his perception fully, he would have to search carefully two or three times to notice it.

While it was indeed a front row seat, it was still a spectator spot, hundreds of meters away from the special seats, although just about 10 meters forward from this spot would lead directly into the competition area.

Sitting here, with just half a meter behind them, was a dense crowd of candidates, tutors, and principals from various schools.

Feeling the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes from behind, Fang Ren became uncomfortable. Usually, in any public setting, he would sit at the very back, drawing little attention or discussion about him.

Bai Qi was accustomed to such scenes and remained absorbed in her own somber mood, seemingly indifferent to the surrounding chatter.

As the opening ceremony was about to begin in a minute, Fang Ren's attention was centered on Mu Huanqing. Where on earth was she, and why hadn't she arrived yet?

Whoosh—

Just then, a beam of light shone down from the sky above the venue.

Everyone immediately looked up and saw the entire sky lit up with white light. Suddenly, all attention shifted from Fang Ren to the twenty or so figures slowly descending from the sky.

"It's Madame Xuan! And the elite disciples from the Tiandao Sword Sect!"

"Ah! Today I will finally witness Madame Xuan's grace in person!"

"What do you mean 'in person'? I haven't even seen Madame Xuan's grandeur online!"

"They're coming down!"

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