CHAPTER 314: CHAPTER 176: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

Revenge must be exacted, but it should not be done recklessly.

The tombstones around him seemed to remind Yun Canglang of the tragic consequences brought by his impulsive actions in the past.

"Meimei, why are you here?" Yuan Bupo felt a headache coming on.

He had just managed to get rid of Xuan Meimei, only for her to cling to him again.

"I’m naturally here to find you. What are you doing with them? Have you forgotten? Yun Canglang is the enemy of Dihong City. Who was it that harmed Sister Shahua back then..." Xuan Meimei’s words made Yun Canglang involuntarily flinch.

Upon hearing the name Yuan Shahua, he almost blurted out, "What happened to Shahua? Is she... here too?"

"Yun Canglang, Shahua is my fiancée. What does her condition have to do with you?" Xuan Wuji said angrily, believing he had utterly defeated Yun Canglang, only to find him standing well before him.

"Young City Lord, please watch your language. My sister has already annulled the engagement with you and has nothing to do with you anymore," Yuan Bupo expressed his displeasure at Xuan Wuji’s words.

Though he disliked Yun Canglang, compared to Xuan Wuji and his troublesome sister, he found Yun Canglang somewhat more bearable.

In Yuan Bupo’s eyes, the Young City Lord Xuan Wuji had little credibility.

In a place like Dihong City, where the strong prevail, a Young City Lord whose cultivation is damaged and hard to advance is not likely to amount to much.

Xuan Wuji had never been so insulted, especially in front of his arch-enemy Yun Canglang. He became furious immediately: "Yuan Bupo, don’t think that just because you have some talent, you can challenge the Young City Lord. If not for the sake of your engagement with Meimei, I would have dealt with you a long time ago."

Upon hearing about the engagement, Yuan Bupo felt a wave of irritation. Out of a sudden impulse, he stealthily glanced at Yun Sheng.

He saw her looking interestedly at him and Xuan Meimei.

"Deal with me? With you?" Yuan Bupo, unnerved by Yun Sheng’s gaze, said, "What engagement? I never agreed to it. I... I already have someone I love."

Xuan Meimei turned pale upon hearing this.

"Yuan Bupo, what did you say? Didn’t you know that it’s already been decided within the city that you and I would enter Emperor Xuan Tomb together? Who is your beloved? Is it the sisters Liu Xin from the city or some flirtatious maid from your house?"

"What are you speculating wildly about?" Yuan Bupo, being interrogated this way, felt like a playboy, losing face.

After a moment of thought, with a quick stride, he suddenly moved to Yun Sheng’s side, pulled her over eagerly, and without thinking, pointed to her and boldly stated, "The person I like is him."

Yuan Bupo acted quickly, pulling Yun Sheng towards him, and when he gripped her hand, he found her hands to be slender.

Ice-cold, unlike the rough joints of most men, he found himself somewhat reluctant to let go.

Yun Sheng was watching the scene unfold interestedly, not expecting that at the next moment, all eyes would turn to her.

Yun Sheng wanted to say something, but was warned off by a look from Yuan Bupo, forcing her to swallow her words.

"Him?! Impossible, Yuan Bupo, you’ve just met him for the first time, how could you possibly fall for him, besides, he... he’s a man!" Xuan Meimei, furious, almost wanted to rush forward and pull apart Yun Sheng and Yuan Bupo.

Hearing Xuan Meimei say this, Yun Sheng also began nodding hurriedly, continuously echoing, "Exactly, we’ve only just met."

But Yuan Bupo looked at Yun Sheng with "deep affection" and in the most impassioned voice of his life, he said, "Haven’t you heard of love at first sight? Don’t you know that love for someone can transcend gender distinctions?"

"You and I... definitely did not have love at first sight," Yun Sheng recalled, she had just almost engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Yuan Bupo.

It’s just unfortunate that Xuan Meimei came too late, saw the latter half but missed the earlier half.

"You! Him! Impossible! You! The one I’m talking about is you, who are you?" Xuan Meimei was already blinded by rage, pointing at Yun Sheng, her face full of fury.

"Me? My name is Yun Sheng," Yun Sheng also knew she had been used by Yuan Bupo as a shield, she initially wanted to immediately deny it, but seeing the constipated expressions on the faces of the Xuan siblings, she felt sincerely happy, so she neither acknowledged nor denied, reluctantly cooperating with Yuan Bupo.

"Yun Sheng?! Another Yun, daring to compete with me for a man," Xuan Meimei’s eyebrows flicked, and suddenly, an ancient lute appeared in her hands.

The ancient lute was colored primitively, emitting a strong fluctuation of power.

Xuan Meimei’s departure from Dihong City this time was originally for the sake of traveling.

Xuan Wuji, to coax her into leaving Dihong City together, gifted her a holy-grade zither as a present, which he purchased for her.

With this famous lute, Xuan Meimei’s strength in the Emperor’s Song would greatly increase.

Yuan Bupo also did not expect that his impulsive act would drag Yun Sheng into a crisis.

"It’s a seven-string lute, Xuan Meimei, go ahead and target me, just don’t hurt him," Yuan Bupo, in a moment of urgency, pulled Yun Sheng behind him.

His unconscious action only intensified Xuan Meimei’s jealousy.

She and Yuan Bupo were childhood friends; Yuan Bupo, given his talents and family background, was always proud and haughty.

In Dihong City, despite her being the beloved daughter of the City Lord, he had never even looked her straight in the eye, let alone the ordinary, vulgar others.

However, today, he was actually so protective of the handsome young man, which made Xuan Meimei even more suspicious of their relationship.

The tension between the two was palpable, on the verge of explosion.

Just at that moment, a shadow streaked through the sky like lightning.

A massive bat descended from the sky, and Zong Ren suddenly appeared.

"Master, I’ve found you at last, Commander Yun, you are here too, this is perfect," Zong Ren had been following the road northward, but despite looking around, he hadn’t spotted Yun Cang Lang’s shadow.

He realized he must have taken the wrong path, so he simply turned back and headed south instead.

After searching for a while, he noticed a graveyard ahead where the aura of Yun Sheng was located by the graveyard.

The appearance of Zong Ren shifted the situation on the field.

The imposing aura of the Commander-level Bat King, upon its arrival, caused the two Magical Beast Birds of Xuan Meimei to emit frightened cries.

Holy Beast Summoner?!

Yuan Bupo and Xuan Wuji also recognized this mage, who appeared to be only in his thirties but whose summoning prowess was astonishingly powerful and was indeed a Holy Beast Summoner.

And this person also called the handsome young man ’master’?