Cultivation Online

"Haha… I must be dreaming. There's no way he'd be here." Min Li released a low laugh before shaking her head and returning to staring outside the window.

"Who's dreaming?" Yuan asked her.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Min Li turned to look at him again, her eyes wider than before.

"A-Are you real? Am I not asleep? Are you really Disciple Yuan?" Min Li asked for confirmation.

"Why are you still calling me Disciple Yuan? I am no longer a disciple of the Dragon Essence Temple. Just call me Yuan, Disciple Min." Yuan said with a gentle smile on his face.

And he continued, "Also, I am here to fulfill my promise."

Min Li's body visibly trembled when she heard his words.

Meanwhile, Min Yide stared at Yuan from the side with a look of disbelief on his face.

'Y-Yuan? He can't be! Impossible!' Min Yide refused to believe that he was the same 'Yuan' who dominated the Mystic Realm— the same Yuan that they have been desperately trying to recruit.

'Why is he here?! I thought Min Li failed to recruit him!' Min Yide cried inwardly.

"Dis— Yuan!" Min Li jumped out of her seat and pounced at him with her arms wide open, embracing him tightly when she was close enough.

"You really returned for me! I thought you wouldn't make it!"

"I made a promise to you, after all."

"..." Min Yide watched as his youngest child embrace the current number one genius in the Lower Heavens with intimacy, his eyes and mouth as wide as saucers.

"W-What is going on here…?" Min Yide mumbled in a low voice after snapping out of his daze.

Yuan turned to look at him and spoke in a calm voice, "I promised Min Li that I'd climb the Stairway to Heaven for her, so she might not be able to attend the marriage. Do you have any problems with it?"

"Hmph! I never even agreed to this marriage in the first place! They tricked me into returning home and locked me in this room for the past week! All because I failed to recruit you into the family!" Min Li coldly snorted.

"I kind of figured that was the case." Yuan sighed.

He then turned to look at Min Yide and said, "Forcing your children to do something so ridiculous and then punishing her with even more ridiculousness… If this is how the Min Family operates, I do not wish to join it."

Min Yide subconsciously opened his mouth to make some kind of excuse, but he ultimately decided to remain silent, as he was certain that they'd lost all hope in recruiting Yuan to their family.

'If only we treated Min Li better… If only we waited just a little longer…' Min Yide sighed inwardly.

He then said, "What about the Gu Family? They have long been spreading news of your marriage with Gu Tao. If you don't show up for the wedding, it will not only ruin our reputation, but we'll also be a laughing stock for years to come."

"Hell, the Gu Family, our closest ally, will most likely cut all connection with us afterward."

Feng Yuxiang suddenly sneered and said, "That is not our problem to solve but your Min Family's problem, as you were the ones that dug this hole."

Once again Min Yide opened his mouth only to close it a few seconds later without actually uttering a single word.

However, before he could even ponder about the situation, a guard suddenly showed up and announced, "Family Head, the Gu Family is here to visit. Gu Tao is also with them."

"Aiya! Why do they have to show up now of all times?! They didn't even notify us before visiting!" Min Yide sighed out loud.

Although Min Yide found the Gu Family's presence to be nothing but an annoyance, Yuan actually thought this was a good chance for them to break off the marriage.

"Why don't we use this chance to call off the marriage?" Yuan decided to share his idea.

"What?! We can't!" Min Yide subconsciously responded without thinking.

"The marriage won't happen regardless if you tell them today or a week from now, so you might as well get it out of the way now before they continue spreading news of a marriage that won't happen." Feng Yuxiang said.

Min Yide gritted his teeth.

He turned to look at Min Li and spoke in a solemn voice, "Are you sure you want to do this? If you call off this engagement, you'll no longer be part of the Min Family."

"Yes, I am sure." Min Li answered without hesitation.

Min Yide closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.

"Get out of my face. You're officially disowned from the Min Family, Min Li."

After saying that, Min Yide left the scene with the guard to meet with the unsuspecting Gu Family.

Once Min Yide left, Min Li fell onto her knees as her legs suddenly lost all of their strength. This was her first time standing up to her own family.

Yuan wiped the tears that were forming on the edge of her eyes and said, "Let's go to the Stairway to Heaven, shall we?"

"Un!" Min Li nodded, trying her best to resist from crying.

While Yuan and Min Li began making their way out of the Min Family, Min Yide met up with the Gu Family in the living room.

"Is that a face you should be greeting your guests with, Min Yide? You look like you just swallowed a bug! Hahaha!" The Family Head of the Gu Family laughed out loud when he saw Min Yide's face, completely oblivious of the situation.

"Senior Min! Where is Min Li? I'd like to meet her!" The handsome young man standing behind the family head asked.

He was clearly Gu Tao, Min Li's fiance.

Min Yide took a deep breath before responding in a solemn voice, "Min Li is not here— she has abandoned the Min Family."

"W-What?" The Gu Family stared at him with baffled expressions, seemingly unable to comprehend the situation at first, and the place turned dead silent very quickly.