A shocking event occurred today at the Dragon Song Sect.
An Lingran, the prestigious Original Holy Maiden, actually confessed to her junior brother!
This was truly bizarre.
This was An Lingran, a once-in-a-century genius and the woman hailed as the “Number One Ice Beauty” of the myriad spiritual cultivation worlds…
How could someone like her—possessing rare talent, a body like a pure lotus, and a cold personality—fall for an ordinary junior brother?
Yet, the reality was—
“Junior Brother He Qiu, I was shallow before. I’ve come to apologize to you today.”
“Since you’ve already mastered that 7th-tier technique, according to the agreement between us, in the future, it… it wouldn’t be impossible for me to become your Dao companion…”
Her cold face flushed pink, her teeth lightly bit her lip, and her jade-like fingers clenched tightly as her delicate body trembled slightly.
It was unimaginable that the ethereal Ice Holy Maiden would one day show such a shy and tender expression.
This was clearly the look of someone falling in love!
Watching this, the surrounding disciples were not only shocked to their core but also deeply admired He Qiu.
Just how did that kid do it?
How did he get the Original Holy Maiden, who had rejected countless others, to take the initiative and give such a shy confession?
Such a stroke of luck was something ordinary disciples wouldn’t even dare to dream of!
Usually, just fantasizing about their love being accepted by the Holy Maiden one day was enough to make them feel like they had reached the peak of their lives.
But this He Qiu was ten versions ahead of mortal understanding!
He had turned the tables and made the Holy Maiden confess to him!
The younger generation is truly fearsome.
Thinking of this, the onlookers shook their heads and sighed, overwhelmed with jealousy.
However, what happened next was even more shocking—
“I’m sorry, Senior Sister Lingran, what did you just say? I didn’t quite catch that…”
The junior brother named He Qiu didn’t accept the confession.
Instead, he played dumb in front of everyone!
“You mentioned an agreement, but there was never any agreement between us.”
“The… the agreement… of course it’s…”
An Lingran’s stunning face reddened again, her eyes filled with a resentful grievance.
‘Honestly, you tried so hard to marry me back then, but now you’re feigning ignorance. It seems Junior Brother is still angry with me and wants to make me look foolish in front of everyone…’
‘Sigh, I can’t blame him, though.’
“The so-called agreement, of course, refers to our marriage contract.”
An Lingran threw caution to the wind.
Since he was her soon-to-be husband, there was no point in hiding it from outsiders.
However, the youth still looked bewildered.
“Wait, what? There’s such a thing?”
“No, no, Senior Sister, please stop teasing me. I really don’t remember any marriage contract…”
His resistance was genuine, and his gaze was sincere.
He wasn’t joking; he looked as if he suspected the Holy Maiden was lusting after him and making up a fake contract.
An Lingran: ???
Junior Brother He Qiu had rejected the Original Holy Maiden a second time!
“Junior Brother He Qiu, stop joking in a place like this. I’ve already reflected on my past mistakes…”
“No, I’m not joking.”
“You… you truly… truly don’t know about the marriage contract?”
“Truly!”
“This…”
Looking at He Qiu’s innocent expression, An Lingran froze.
Her red lips parted slightly, but she was speechless for a long time.
‘Is he being serious?’
‘Wait, hold on.’
‘If Junior Brother really didn’t know about the marriage contract and wasn’t even angry with me…’
As these thoughts connected, a certain suspicion surfaced in An Lingran’s mind, causing her blood pressure to spike and the blush of shame to spread.
‘Could it be that from the very beginning…’
‘I’ve just been making a fool of myself?!!’
Details she had ignored suddenly clicked into place, and An Lingran turned to stone.
—
Half a month ago.
Snowy Song Peak, Original Holy Pavilion.
Early that morning, the silver-haired Original Holy Maiden sat in meditation.
Her cold, beautiful features showed a hint of suppressed irritation.
Within the sect, Holy Maiden An Lingran’s aloof and arrogant personality was well-known.
Few people ever dared to provoke her, and almost no worldly matter could disturb her cultivation mindset.
However, today, her defenses had been breached.
The cause was a letter sent back by An Daosheng, who was both her father and her master.
In the letter, the normally respected Great Elder of Snowy Song Peak excitedly told his daughter that he had taken a new disciple while away.
Between the lines, he expressed immense affection for this new pupil, even going so far as to…
Ask An Lingran if she would be willing to become Dao companions with this new junior brother.
How!
How preposterous!
An unknown junior brother she had never even met—how could they talk about love and dual cultivation?
As the Original Holy Maiden, a woman of status and dignity, An Lingran would never accept such a reckless arrangement from her father.
Therefore, she sat in the Original Holy Pavilion today, waiting for her father to return and give her an explanation.
A cold breeze blew outside the pavilion.
An Lingran arched an eyebrow and glanced toward the north.
“Long time no see, Lingran.”
An elderly man with a white beard flew toward her on an ice sword.
With a leap, he landed opposite An Lingran’s seat.
With a faint smile on his face, he sat down and took a large gulp of hot tea.
“So, have you thought it over? Lingran, I’ve considered it carefully, and I feel you’ve reached the age to discuss marriage—”
“Impossible.”
An Lingran’s expression turned cold.
The old man laughed awkwardly, then pulled a paper letter from his sleeve and placed it on the table.
“Lingran, as your father, I understand your feelings… but that new junior brother of yours has had a marriage contract with you since you were children!”
“…A marriage contract since childhood?”
“If you don’t believe me, see for yourself.”
Frowning with suspicion, An Lingran carefully took the marriage contract and opened it.
[He Qiu & An Lingran]
It was written clearly in black and white.
The two had been betrothed by their fathers before they were even born.
At the bottom of the contract, there was the blood seal of Great Elder An Daosheng and the groom’s parent as proof.
There was no doubt this was a genuine contract; at least, An Daosheng’s seal was real, and the paper was old and authentic.
“…”
Placing the contract back on the table, An Lingran felt conflicted.
Seeing this, An Daosheng showed a relieved smile and comforted her.
“Lingran, I know it’s hard to accept, but facts are facts. We are both a sect and the An family lineage. We cannot go back on our word…”
“But!”
Being suddenly told her future had been decided left An Lingran feeling extremely frustrated.
Breaking the contract would be unfilial and impolite.
Following it, however, meant spending the rest of her life with a strange man…
It was a choice that made her stomach ache.
However, that wasn’t what truly puzzled An Lingran.
According to the logic of the spiritual world, given her father’s cultivation and status as Great Elder, it was impossible for him to casually agree to a marriage contract for his daughter, let alone be so reckless about it.
Perhaps her father had truly become sworn brothers with the boy’s father in his youth, and the two families were close.
But if the other party’s son was just an ordinary mortal, An Daosheng would have surely used the sect’s influence to suppress the matter without her saying a word.
Instead, An Daosheng had been acting quite pleased lately.
This meant her fiancé and junior brother definitely had something extraordinary about him!
And this “extraordinary” quality was enough to make An Daosheng eager to marry his daughter off.
It seemed things weren’t so simple…
Biting her lip after a final moment of hesitation, An Lingran sighed and finally let go of her internal resistance.
“Fine, I understand.”
With that, she stood up and left.
Walking along the forest path toward the junior brother’s dormitory, An Lingran clenched her slender fingers.
Today, she was going to see for herself exactly what kind of mysterious and extraordinary talent this fiancé and junior brother, He Qiu, really was!
While she couldn’t easily violate her father’s marriage contract, the matter wasn’t set in stone.
If… and this was a big if.
If the man himself felt he wasn’t good enough for her and took the initiative to give up the marriage contract, then things would be easy!
That way, the sect wouldn’t lose face, and the fathers wouldn’t be able to say much.
An Lingran believed that with her rare talent—Twin Spirits and innate full spiritual power—few geniuses on the entire Spiritual Void Continent could compare to her, let alone be her Dao companion.
So, An Lingran decided to take a gamble!
She would bet that she could force this mysterious junior brother to back down before the marriage deadline arrived!