Chapter 399: Defying the Master, Rebellious Disciple — We Are the Model

「Lu Xueqi's side should be fine for now; I hope Lan Xing quickly enters the ancient road node。」

After Lu Xueqi left, Lu Xun let out a sigh.

After taking the Seventh-Grade Harmony Pill, Lu Xueqi's side will definitely be fine if she persists for more than a month.

Without the Harmony Pill, Lu Xueqi stubbornly endured the love poison, and she actually endured it for a full ten days.

Her side doesn't need to worry for now.

"Sleep."

Recently, Lu Xun has been somewhat fatigued from the love poison.

He decided to rest properly for a few days, then go settle the Fu family's affairs.

"Fu Tianze's side..."

Lu Xun thought of Fu Tianze.

He was wondering whether he could use the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array to help Fu Tianze suppress his past-life memories.

"Difficult!"

After a while, Lu Xun reached a conclusion.

On Ran Bing's side, Gu Yao is still weak, and Ran Bing's own will remains extremely strong.

As a result, with the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array set up, Gu Yao's single love poison left Lu Xun in a flustered state.

Fu Tianze's situation is much worse than Ran Bing's.

His past life had already taken over, even merging and devouring Fu Tianze's will.

His strength is still that strong.

How is Lu Xun supposed to handle this?

Not mentioning anything else,

Just engraving the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array at this stage is already difficult.

Being able to succeed on Ran Bing's side is due to Ran Bing's proactive cooperation.

Yet at the critical moment, it almost failed.

If it weren't for Lu Xun's Mirage Tower Pill, which accidentally caused Gu Yao to fall into an illusion, the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array would have no chance of success.

Will the man in green cooperate with Lu Xun?

Impossible!

So,

Even if Lu Xun could set up the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array, wanting to resolve Fu Tianze's issue remains unrealistic.

There is also another issue.

The Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array that Lu Xun has currently set up is only of eighth grade.

Even if Fu Tianze cooperates, it would be useless.

Even if successfully set up, others could easily shatter it.

In short, Lu Xun cannot see any hope in the short term.

So, after thinking it over, rather than worrying, it's better to just get a good sleep.

This sleep, Lu Xun actually slept extremely sweetly.

【Aodaili's mental power broke through level 20, you gain seventy times Aodaili's harvest.】

Early the next morning, Lu Xun obtained a return.

This return was on the mental power level.

After Aodaili obtained the soul relic from Lu Xun, her soul and mental power have been continuously increasing.

Regarding Western mental power levels, Lu Xun is somewhat confused.

Although he doesn't understand, the return came extraordinarily violently.

The seventyfold return directly pushed Lu Xun's mental power to an extremely terrifying level.

You should know, when Lu Xun first bound Aodaili, her mental power was only level 14.

Having risen all the way, Lu Xun's mental power is now no less than that of an eighth-realm mage.

As the number of bound targets increases, it's like this.

From time to time, a return occurs.

"Lu Xun, let's set the engagement proposal date for the first of next month; that day is auspicious."

In the morning, Lu Xun received a message from Fu Yue.

The first of next month!

There's still half a month.

"Good."

Lu Xun replied.

"Let's first tell Chu Youqing."

After thinking, Lu Xun decided to still first tell Chu Youqing about this.

Although Fu Yue had already personally told Chu Youqing.

After knowing he had been infected with the love poison, although he didn't know the love poison was contagious, Lu Xun was also much more careful than usual.

Moreover, during that time Lu Xun was near the star, and the two women had also been cultivating, so during this period Lu Xun had not yet met Chu Youqing and Murong Wan.

Lu Xun still wasn't prepared to meet Chu Youqing, fearing an accident, so he just sent her a message.

"Lu Xun, it's fine, Fu Yue teacher already told me, you can go."

Chu Youqing's reply came very quickly.

Seeing his girlfriend so thoughtful, Lu Xun felt a bit distressed for her.

He couldn't help but feel some guilt welling up inside.

After all, yet another woman had become involved with him.

Things had already happened.

Lu Xun didn't dwell on it too much.

He could only treat Chu Youqing even better in the future.

"Lu Xun, this is the gift you need to bring when you come to propose; as for the matchmaker, I've found Auntie Xue, and she'll be waiting for you at the entrance of Xuanji City in two days."

One week later, Fu Yue came, gave Lu Xun a spatial ring containing many gifts.

This is for the proposal.

If it were ancient Eastern tradition, a traditional proposal involves the "Six Rites."

The first step is nacai, that is, the proposal.

In ancient times, marriage emphasized "the order of parents and the words of the matchmaker," with the matchmaker first communicating both families' intentions.

The groom's side sends a matchmaker or relatives bearing gifts such as geese, tea, silk, etc., to the bride's home to propose, expressing the intention to marry.

If the bride's side agrees, they accept the gifts; if they refuse, they politely decline and return them.

The second step is asking for names and matching the eight characters.

Only if the eight characters match can the process continue; if they don't match, the marriage basically falls through.

The third step is naji, that is, finalizing the engagement.

The groom informs the bride of the auspicious omen of the matched marriage and sends betrothal gifts such as jewelry and cloth, which is equivalent to the modern "engagement."

Both sides exchange marriage documents and similar written proofs, preliminarily confirming the marriage.

The fourth step is presenting the betrothal gift.

The fifth step is choosing an auspicious date, that is, setting the wedding day.

The sixth step is welcoming the bride, that is, the wedding reception, which is the final step.

These are the ancient Six Rites.

In old times, many procedures were simplified; some people even got married within a month of meeting, skipping the wedding ceremony altogether.

However, over a hundred years after entering the high-martial era, although the great clans have not retained many elaborate formalities, they still observe some basic procedures for marriage.

The proposal is mandatory.

Proposal, engagement, then marriage.

These three steps are required.

Unlike in ancient times, the proposal requires one to go in person.

One may bring a matchmaker or not.

To reduce Lu Xun's pressure, Fu Yue invited Auntie Xue from the Beidou Palace to act as matchmaker.

She considered that Lu Xun was unfamiliar with the etiquette of the great clans; with Auntie Xue present, Lu Xun only needed to be a pawn.

After explaining everything in detail to Lu Xun, Fu Yue then left.

After she left, Lu Xun saw that Fu Yue had prepared many gifts, worth about twenty thousand cubic units of Dark Energy.

After all, it's only a proposal, equivalent to a preliminary intention, not an engagement.

Twenty thousand cubic units of Dark Energy is already quite a lot.

"Ten thousand each? I don't know if it's Old Master Fu's money."

Lu Xun couldn't help but think.

This proposal, however, is for both Fu Yue and Fu Xue.

Therefore, Fu Yue prepared gifts worth twenty thousand cubic units of Dark Energy.

Fu Yue couldn't produce that much Dark Energy herself.

Most likely it was Old Master Fu who provided it.

Anyway, these gifts will eventually return to the Fu family.

Everything is now ready.

All that's left is to wait a week and then go to propose.

After completing this task, Lu Xun can focus on waiting for Lan Xing to enter the ancient road node, then go to Yao Xing to find that Eighth Boundary Heavenly Demon King.

This matter certainly won't go so smoothly.

After all, the other party is an Eighth Boundary cultivator.

Although Lu Xun now has confidence to fight an Eighth Boundary, how could he dare to lightly provoke a battle on Yao Xing's turf?

On Yao Xing, the demon tribes are numerous.

The flower demons are a tribe with relatively little hostility toward humans.

No matter how small the hostility, they are still demons.

Lu Xun does not believe that, when he appears before them, they will obediently hand over the pollen.

Fortunately,

Ah Hui gave Lu Xun a petal; he can use this petal to find a friend of Ah Hui's for help, in order to approach that Eighth Boundary Heavenly Demon King.

The rest can be discussed after getting close to them.

"Wow, Brother Xun, you're awesome!"

The next day, Lu Xun suddenly received a call from Li Buffan.

This kid, as soon as the call connected, started chattering excitedly.

"What's up?"

Lu Xun asked.

"Brother Xun—ah no! From today on, you are my biological father!"

Li Bu Fan instantly became Lu Xun's eldest son, excitedly saying: "Please, adoptive father, open a 'Crash Master Reverse Apprentice Speedrun Class'! Now the whole school is spreading wildly, you said you got Fu Xue! Do you know how the forum has exploded? The senior students treat you as a love saint and worship you, the freshman girls are crying, wanting to build a fan club for you!"

Lu Xun:???

He never expected the news to have spread!

It even spread to Northern Dipper University.

Back then, there were not a few cultivators present at the incident involving the Fu family.

But even the students of Northern Dipper University, before they grew up, found it hard to come into contact with cultivators of that level.

People like Wei Guangyao and Li Chao have already graduated, and they wouldn't spread rumors for no reason.

Especially Li Chao—this guy is almost dying of jealousy; how could he spread this? Isn't this just giving Lu Xun more prestige?

So over the past six months, this matter has only been circulating among some big family circles, not spreading to Northern Dipper University.

But now I don't know how it got out.

"Nonsense, it didn't happen, kid, don't spread rumors."

Lu Xun naturally wouldn't admit it.

If the matter spread at the school, he wouldn't mind, but Fu Xue is thin-skinned and probably couldn't take it.

Chu Youqing might also be affected to some extent.

"Hehe, Brother Xun, I understand, I understand, don't worry—I won't talk nonsense."

Li Bu Fan gave a hehe smile, indicating understanding.

This kid.

After he hung up the phone, Lu Xun opened the Northern Dipper University campus network and took a look.

Upon looking, Lu Xun discovered that the campus network was full of topics about him as the "Crash Master Reverse Apprentice".

We've already entered a new era, so the students don't think it's a big deal.

It's all just envy.

Li Bu Fan wasn't wrong—indeed, many people are asking Lu Xun to open a class to share his experience.

"666~"

"I thought Lu Xun was pretty 6, but I didn't expect him to be this 6~"

"We are role models; this is truly what a role model should be~"

"Senior, I am your long-lost eldest son—teach me! I also want to win over my front-convex, rear-concave theory teacher~"

"Wang Xuelin, you little brat, still not admitting it? Now I've caught you, huh?"

"Please spare me, adoptive father~"

On the campus network, it was extraordinarily lively.

Northern Dipper University is already this lively; I estimate the Clear Void Academy will be in an uproar too.

Other schools in the capital will probably also spread it soon.

"Forget it."

Lu Xun closed the campus network.

Things are already like this; what else can he do?

Explaining wouldn't help.

Moreover, this kind of thing fundamentally can't be explained clearly; it would only get darker the more you describe it.