Chapter 721: Li Hao's Furious Rage! Who Is It?

The Li family, with three council members in a single clan, is one of the few colossal families in all of Great Xia.

Among them, Li Hao, as a third-generation direct-line descendant of Li family patriarch Li Cheng, has been doted on with every conceivable favor.

Although he only possessed a B-rank ability and his cultivation talent was nothing remarkable, the Li family had still forcibly pushed him up to Eighth-Rank Lower Tier with resources.

Moreover, he commands a large legion and is a figure of commander rank.

And in recent years, Li Hao has been smitten with Hearing Ling Shuang, constantly launching pursuit offensives — something everyone knows.

At this moment, seeing Li Hao walk toward Hearing Ling Shuang with a bouquet in his hands, many people nearby immediately cast curious glances over.

Gossip is human nature — even high-rank ability users are no exception.

Let alone when the subjects of the gossip are Hearing Ling Shuang and Li Hao, two top-tier powerhouses who are normally extremely hard to even catch a glimpse of in daily life.

"The flower in Young Master Li's hand looks like an SSS-rank exotic blossom — a Phoenix Tail Flower, right?"

"Hiss! It really is!"

"An SSS-rank exotic blossom — Young Master Li really has gone all out!"

"......"

Soon someone recognized the bouquet in Li Hao's hand and exclaimed in a low voice.

Young Master Li chasing girls really is going all out!

Logically speaking, with an SSS-rank exotic blossom in hand, what woman couldn't he find?

But clearly, Hearing Ling Shuang is not one of those women.

Facing Li Hao as he approached, she had no pleasant expression at all, merely saying coldly:

"Is there something you need me for, Commander Li?"

Ordinary people, hearing such a tone that keeps people a thousand miles away, would know there's definitely no chance.

But Li Hao, as if he hadn't noticed at all, merely went on talking to himself:

"Hearing Ling Shuang, this is an SSS-rank Phoenix Tail Flower I bought at great cost.

We haven't seen each other for several months — I want to give it to you as a meeting gift."

"One should not accept a reward without merit; please take it back, Commander Li." Hearing Ling Shuang's expression remained cold.

"Take it back?"

Li Hao's expression stiffened, and he couldn't help but stress:

"This is an SSS-rank exotic blossom — even a Ninth-Rank Martial Saint would find it immensely useful!

After you use it, I guarantee you'll break through to Eighth-Rank Middle Tier within a year and advance to Eighth-Rank Upper Tier!"

The moment these words were spoken, the hall masters nearby who hadn't known what the bouquet was immediately burst into an uproar.

Holy crap, advancing to Eighth-Rank Upper Tier within a year — aren't those resources just too fierce?

Some female branch hall masters stared at Li Hao with burning eyes, wishing they could swap themselves for Hearing Ling Shuang and agree on the spot!

Even Xu Jingming couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

One had to admit, this guy Li Hao had truly taken being a simp to the extreme.

But unfortunately, some things can't be obtained through simping alone.

"So what? What's not mine isn't mine, and I don't want it either. Commander Li, please take it back."

Hearing Ling Shuang's expression was calm, utterly unmoved.

If the gift-giver were Xu Jingming, even an ordinary bouquet would make her happy.

But if it were someone she disliked, then even an SSR-rank resource she would not accept.

At this point, even with Li Hao's thick skin, he could barely hold out, and forced a smile:

"Hearing Ling Shuang, it's already been so many years — you should know my feelings.

As long as you agree to be with me, our Li family will place all its resources on you!

When that time comes, within no more than ten years, you'll be able to break through from Eighth-Rank Middle Tier and become a Ninth-Rank ability user!"

As he spoke toward the end, Li Hao's face was already filled with boundless longing.

By then, with four Ninth-Rank ability users in the Li family, Lei Ting Wu Guan would surely have already been taken down.

The entire Li family would absolutely be the most formidable ability-user clan in all of Great Xia!

"The Li family actually wants to cultivate Hearing Ling Shuang?"

"That really is a lavish move, but the returns are considerable too."

"Indeed, an S-rank Ninth-Rank Law Saint would be enough to support an entire clan!"

"Too bad, it looks like Hearing Ling Shuang has no intention of agreeing."

"......"

A chorus of discussion rose up, and the facts were just as they had predicted.

Hearing Ling Shuang frowned and replied without the slightest mercy:

"It's already been so many years — you should know my answer too.

As for your conditions, in my eyes, they're equally not worth mentioning."

As if feeling this reply wasn't clear enough, Hearing Ling Shuang added coldly:

"Commander Li, I have no good feelings for you whatsoever. Please don't come looking for me in the future."

In fact, Hearing Ling Shuang had said this very thing several years ago.

But Li Hao had still refused to give up, even pressuring Lei Ting Wu Guan through the Li family — otherwise she wouldn't have come to detest Li Hao to such a degree.

"No good feelings for me whatsoever?" Li Hao's face turned extremely ugly.

One must remember, everyone around them was a high-rank ability user from all over the nation.

Hearing Ling Shuang's such outright rejection had already cost him every shred of face, making him lose all his dignity.

"I don't care. As long as you don't have a partner yet, I will never give up!"

Li Hao growled in a low voice, the aura of an eighth-rank Grandmaster faintly spreading.

Since he had already lost face in public, he simply stopped caring about appearances.

The moment these words were spoken, the surrounding people revealed looks of astonishment one after another.

If the Li Hao before could still be called a simp, then the Li Hao now was pure harassment.

"You!" Hearing Ling Shuang's face darkened in annoyance, completely not expecting Li Hao to be so shameless.

"How can you be so shameless, insisting on being this dog-skin plaster?"

Just at this moment, a voice full of mockery suddenly rang out, causing everyone to be stunned at the same time.

Who is so brave, daring to speak to Li Hao like that?

Looking toward the source of the voice, they discovered Xu Jingming standing beside Ling Shuang.

Li Hao was also stunned for a moment, never having expected Xu Jingming to dare mock him to his face.

Before he could even get angry, Ling Shuang shielded Xu Jingming behind her, speaking first:

"Li Hao, I can tell you very clearly, I already have a partner, please stop pestering me."

"You have a partner?"

Li Hao's expression froze, a nameless fury suddenly rising from his tailbone, in an instant filling his entire chest cavity.

Six years!

He had pursued Ling Shuang for a full six years!

In the end, he had exchanged it for a result of "I already have a partner"!

This made it impossible for him to accept no matter what!

"Who is it! Tell me who it is!"

Li Hao roared like a wounded beast, "I will definitely make him wish he were dead, regret being born into this world!"

The aura of an eighth-rank Grandmaster fully bloomed, causing some nearby sixth-rank ability users to show expressions of pain.

Although it was an eighth-rank Grandmaster piled up with resources, for sixth-rank ability users like them, it was still an overwhelming level of strength.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's gaze instantly turned cold. His tall figure stepped in front of Ling Shuang, and a deep voice sounded:

"It's me."

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