The next morning, the sunlight was just right, shining brightly.
Meng Chen woke up early.
After washing up, he went upstairs and knocked on Xiao Wu’s door.
Soon, Xiao Wu’s still somewhat dazed voice came from inside the room.
“Uhm~ A-Chen, what is wrong~”
Meng Chen: “Xiao Wu, I am heading out to visit an Elder in Heaven Dou City.”
“Mm-hmm, come back early…”
There was no more movement inside the room.
Meng Chen chuckled softly, no longer disturbing Xiao Wu, nor worrying whether Xiao Wu’s identity would be exposed after he left.
Long before coming to Heaven Dou, Meng Chen had considered that Xiao Wu might encounter a Titled Douluo and have her true Soul Beast form seen through.
Therefore, he had asked Ye Xishui to help make a spirit tool for Xiao Wu to wear at all times, concealing the Soul Beast aura on her body.
More than half an hour later, Heaven Dou City.
Meng Chen arrived at the Heaven Dou Hotel first.
Dahei was still being boarded at the hotel.
After paying a carriage storage fee of one silver coin, Meng Chen drove Dahei away from the hotel.
A little under an hour later, following the address Ye Cixin had given six years ago, Meng Chen drove the carriage to the Ye Residence.
“The Ye Residence, it should be here.”
Looking at the [Ye Residence] on the plaque, as well as the begonia flower patterns carved on the walls of the mansion’s gate, Meng Chen felt that he shouldn’t have found the wrong place.
After getting off the carriage, he found another carriage parked at the entrance of the mansion.
The carriage body was adorned with numerous gems and carved with a pagoda pattern, making it extremely luxurious.
Seeing another carriage stop at the entrance, the gatekeeper uncle hurriedly stepped forward to ask, “Young Master, may I ask what brings you to our Ye Residence?”
“My name is Meng Chen, and I have come to visit Madam Ye.
Please help me announce it, uncle, and just tell Madam Ye my name.”
Meng Chen said to the gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper nodded and turned to run back into the Ye Residence.
Meanwhile, inside the living room of the Ye Residence.
Ye Cixin sat in the main seat, dressed in white, her delicate hand holding a cup of fragrant tea emitting a faint heat, savoring it carefully.
Even after six years, her appearance remained unchanged.
Her plump and delicate body had accumulated the passage of time, like a begonia flower blooming to its absolute limit, laden with abundant fruit, with plump hips like millstones, exuding a mature charm throughout her body.
Sitting below her left were an elegant middle-aged man and a handsome youth.
The middle-aged man was none other than the School Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the number one support system Soul Master under heaven, Ning Fengzhi.
Ning Fengzhi wore a cyan robe, looking elegant and approachable.
After putting down the fragrant tea in his hand, he smiled slightly at Ye Cixin and said in a gentle voice:
“Madam Ye, if our two families can form a marital union, it can be described as a strong alliance.
Will you really not consider it again?”
“School Master Ning is joking.
Everyone in the world knows that the partners of support system Soul Masters are never support system Soul Masters.
Besides, that child Lengleng has her own mind, and I respect her opinion more.
Let’s forget about this matter of a marriage alliance.”
Ye Cixin politely declined Ning Fengzhi’s request for a marriage alliance.
Although there was a smile on her Face, her eyes were filled with vigilance and aloofness.
Ning Fengzhi was not annoyed by the refusal.
Just as he was about to persuade Ye Cixin to think it over more, the gatekeeper uncle barged in “recklessly,” catching everyone’s attention.
“Madam, there is a youth outside the mansion who wishes to visit you.
He says his name is Meng Chen.”
Hearing this, Ye Cixin was slightly stunned.
Meng Chen…
this name sounded a bit familiar.
After a brief thought, Ye Cixin suddenly remembered that Meng Chen was precisely that “wild Innate Full Soul Power” individual she had met six years ago.
That child had finally come to look for her!
“Hurry!
Quickly invite that child in!”
Joy appeared on Ye Cixin’s mature and beautiful Face.
She stood up excitedly, her bountiful assets swaying violently, dazzling to behold.
The gatekeeper nodded and immediately turned to invite Meng Chen in.
Seeing Ye Cixin like this, a trace of doubt flashed in Ning Fengzhi’s eyes, and he was secretly surprised.
Meng Chen…
Who is this person?
To actually make this woman react so strongly.
Before long, the gatekeeper led Meng Chen into the living room.
The gazes of Ye Cixin, Ning Fengzhi, and the others all fell upon him.
Seeing that Meng Chen turned out to be just an immature youth, Ning Fengzhi felt quite surprised.
He had thought it was some secluded expert.
However, a youth about the same age as his daughter could actually make Ye Cixin so excited.
Presumably, this youth must have extraordinary qualities.
A flash of probing passed through the depths of Ning Fengzhi’s eyes.
“Aunt Ye, long time no see, you are as graceful as ever.”
Meng Chen’s gaze swept around the living room and finally landed on Ye Cixin’s extremely plump and bountiful body, smiling and cupping his hands in greeting toward her.
Ye Cixin also smiled softly at him and asked him to sit down first.
Afterward, she looked at Ning Fengzhi, her smile subsiding.
“School Master Ning, I will consider your proposal, but I still have to ask my daughter’s opinion.
Moreover, the women of my Ye family never marry out.
If School Master Ning insists on forming a marriage alliance with my Ye family, then he can only marry into our family as a matrilocal husband.”
Ye Cixin knew very well what Ning Fengzhi was scheming, and she did not fear the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
There were many Soul Masters on the continent who had received treatment from the Nine Heart Begonia, among whom were not a few Spirit Hall bishops and even Elders.
Even Sword and Bone Douluo had received multiple treatments from her in their early years, owing her a favor.
If Ning Fengzhi wanted to use the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to coerce the Ye family, the first hurdle he had to clear would be Sword and Bone Douluo.
“Marry into your family!
Your Ye family thinks far too highly of yourselves!”
Upon hearing about marrying in, the youth brought by Ning Fengzhi instantly flew into a rage, glaring angrily at Ye Cixin as if he had suffered immense humiliation.
Evidently, he was one of the many sons arranged by Ning Fengzhi to enter a marriage alliance with the Ye family.
The youth’s impoliteness made Ye Cixin’s expression sink slightly.
Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi turned back and softly reprimanded his thirteenth son.
“Yunxiao, do not be rude!”
Ning Yunxiao sat down with an unhappy expression.
As the Genius within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School second only to Ning Rongrong, his Martial Soul was not the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but it was nonetheless a top-tier Beast Martial Soul, the Red Dragon.
Now only twenty years old, he was already a thirty-seventh-rank Battle Soul Elder.
He was unwilling to form a marriage alliance with the Ye family, let alone marry in—he wouldn’t even think about it!
“School Master Ning, my Ye family’s temple is too small to accommodate a great Buddha like you.
Since I happen to have a guest arriving, I won’t entertain the two of you any longer.
Please return.”
Feeling offended, Ye Cixin coldly ordered them to leave, not giving Ning Fengzhi any Face at all.
Ning Fengzhi’s smiling Face stiffened for a fraction of a second, but it quickly recovered its consistent composure.
“Since Madam Ye has guests to entertain, then Ning will not disturb you any longer.
I still hope Madam Ye will give this matter of the marriage alliance more consideration; it will be beneficial to both of our families.”
Ning Fengzhi stood up, still not forgetting to persuade Ye Cixin, and then left the living room with Ning Yunxiao.
Before leaving, he glanced lightly at Meng Chen once more.
Meng Chen looked straight ahead, treating Ning Fengzhi as if he were nothing.
“Hmph!
This Ning Fengzhi really harbors evil intentions!
Still want a marriage alliance?
You aren’t even worthy of marrying in!”
After Ning Fengzhi and his son left, Ye Cixin let out a cold snort, and Meng Chen chimed in at a very opportune time.
“Aunt Ye, weren’t your words just now a bit too heavy?
If that Ning Fengzhi flies into a rage out of humiliation, that would be troublesome.”
Hearing this, Ye Cixin’s Face revealed confidence, telling Meng Chen not to worry.
“A-Chen, that person Ning Fengzhi cares most about his reputation; on the surface, he wouldn’t dare do anything to us.”
“Besides, our Ye family is not so easily bullied.
There are countless people on the continent who have received treatment from the Nine Heart Begonia.”
“Even the two sect-protecting Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have received treatment from the Nine Heart Begonia, and they also owe me a favor.
If Ning Fengzhi wants to strike in the dark against the Ye family, those two won’t agree either.”
After hearing this, Meng Chen muttered inwardly.
Human favors are unreliable.
If they were really useful, how come there was not a single trace of Ye Lingling in the Late Stage of the original work?
The group healing of the Nine Heart Begonia has never even appeared on the battlefield.