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Chapter 373 Refusal of Marriage Proposal
Seeing that the three sects had not made any move, Lin Zhao sheathed the Heavenly Phoenix Bone Sword. "In that case, the Phoenix Medicine Sect will be number one in this Four Sects Grand Competition."

The leader of the Phoenix Medicine Sect stood up and cupped his hands in a smile to the leaders of the three sects: "Brothers, you are too kind. As soon as our Phoenix Medicine Sect arrived, you were all eager to send over treasures as a prize."

The three sect leaders already looked grim when they saw Lin Zhao defeat Tang Tianxiao, and upon hearing his words, they felt an even stronger urge to punch the old man.

After all, although the purpose was to provoke the Phoenix Medicine Sect, in order not to tarnish the sect's reputation, each sect offered something extraordinary as a prize. Even for their sect leaders, it was still a bit of a pain to spend it.

Those are all the best things from the sect!
Unexpectedly, their challenge backfired, as they ran into Lin Zhao, a formidable opponent.

News of the defeat of the three major sects quickly spread throughout the Central Continent. Needless to say, the situation in the capital was different, but the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion and the Bright Hall reacted the most strongly.

The young man, dressed in white, who was serving as a high-ranking official, watched as a little girl wobbled and practiced swordplay under the crabapple tree in the courtyard. Thinking of the news that had come from a few days ago, his brows furrowed slowly.

"Father, what's wrong?" The little girl practicing swordsmanship put down her wooden sword and walked towards him. "Are you thinking about Mother? Mother said she would be back in about half a year."

The young man squatted down, patted his daughter's head, looked at her features that resembled Ji Wantang's, and sighed as he thought of the rumors circulating outside.
"Mianmian, if your mother wins the imperial election, you will be the princess of the empire. But if your mother loses, your father will find a way to send you back to his family."

Mianmian looked at her father in surprise, because as far back as she could remember, she had never heard her father utter the words that her mother would fail.

“But Mother won’t lose, will she?” Mianmian took out a handkerchief, her eyes, slightly rosy, gleaming with the same pride as her mother, Ji Wantang: “Mother has always been the best.”

The young man looked at her and sighed, "Yes, your mother won't lose. But no matter what, Mianmian will be alright."

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Phoenix Medicine Sect, Azure Sword Peak Council Hall.

Looking at the girl in pink in front of him, Lin Zhao almost spat out his water. "What did you say? Ji Wantang's daughter?"

Yunfei nodded, "That's right, but Ji Wantang's concubine used a little of the blood of the grasshopper spirit beast to give birth to it."

Lin Zhao was dumbfounded. Could such a thing even exist? "Born of a man?"

Yunfei nodded again: "This is not unusual in the cultivation world. Among cultivation couples, many male partners take on the responsibility of procreation. It just depends on what the cultivator wants. Do you think Ji Wantang, with her personality, would give birth on her own?"

Lin Zhao shook her head blankly, then said somewhat uncertainly, "But I also feel that Ji Wantang doesn't seem like someone with worldly desires."

Yunfei paused for a moment, then looked at her meaningfully: "That's because you haven't seen the stunning beauties in her backyard. They are beauties that both men and women can't resist. If I were Ji Wantang, I would stay in the gentle embrace of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion every day and never come out."

Lin Zhao: "..." If you were Ji Wantang, I wouldn't feel so much pressure.

"You said her daughter is already three years old?" Lin Zhao said, taking out the gifts he planned to give to everyone in the Phoenix Medicine Sect from his spatial ring.

After handing Yunfei a beautiful pink spirit crystal, Lin Zhao asked, "And at just three years old, you were accepted as a personal disciple by the Spirit Phoenix Palace?"

He was taken in as a personal disciple by a transcendent force at the age of three. Shouldn't a three-year-old not have been cultivating?

Lin Zhao had a dark suspicion: Could it be that Ji Wantang had given his daughter preferential treatment?
That doesn't make sense either. Ji Wantang herself is the young master of the Bright Hall, which is one of the top-tier powers on the Ancestral Phoenix Continent. If she really wanted to give her daughter special treatment, she could just bring her to the Bright Hall directly. "Don't you also find it unbelievable?" Yun Fei winked at her.

Lin Zhao took a sip of tea to calm herself down: "Even so, what does it have to do with me?"

Could it be that Ji Wantang's daughter, at the age of three and a half, has managed to defeat him in just over half a year?

Yunfei could tell from her expression that she had misunderstood: "It means that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is building momentum and making arrangements for Ji Wantang! They are trying to win over any forces they can. Although the final imperial election is based on individual strength, the sects still need to be considered. The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the Bright Hall want to unite with other forces so that you will never have a chance to fight against Ji Wantang!"

Lin Zhao understood.

Yunfei rubbed her hands together: "Why don't you get moving too? I'm going to find my dad right now! He's waiting for you."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhao remembered his promise to Prince Chiling and immediately nodded, "Then thank you very much."

Yunfei played with the pink spirit crystal in her hand and smiled slightly: "No problem, no problem."

Yunfei acted swiftly, and with their Phoenix Medicine Sect already in the Central Continent, Prince Chiling arrived quickly as well.

The following afternoon, Lin Zhao and the sect leader of the Phoenix Medicine Sect received the royal prince in the council hall.

Chi Ling looked at Lin Zhao with a complex expression, but more than anything, she admired him.

"I didn't expect you to tell me this so quickly, and you've already gone from a little bit of excitement to the late Nascent Soul stage. Judging from your cultivation, it seems you're about to break through to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage?"

Lin Zhao nodded, paused for a moment, and said, "I didn't want to beat around the bush when I asked you to come here. I can now accept the suggestion you made to me before."

Chi Ling laughed heartily: "If you agree now, can you show me a little sincerity from the young master of the Phoenix Medicine Sect?"

Lin Zhao looked up at Chi Ling.

Chi Ling said, "To be honest, my good-for-nothing nephew is deeply in love with Young Master Lin Zhao. If Young Master Lin Zhao is willing to form a marriage alliance with our royal family, the royal family will help Young Master Lin Zhao unconditionally."

Lin Zhao was stunned.

She thought for a long time before remembering who Chi Ling's nephew was, and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, please don't joke like that. Lin Zhao has no intention of starting a family now."

Prince Chiling disagreed: "Ji Wantang has countless daughters, sons, and children, yet you don't even have a man by your side. How can that look good?"

Lin Zhao touched his nose and smiled, "I don't particularly care about bloodline inheritance. As for a Daoist partner, I might consider it after all my problems are resolved."

The experiences Lin Zhao has had over the years on the Ancestral Phoenix Continent have indeed changed some of his initial thoughts when he left Cloud Peak Mountain, but this does not mean that Lin Zhao now has such intentions.

At least she still has a marriage contract with Qu Shu that hasn't been broken off. Now she's involved with someone else. What do you call that?
Prince Chiling's expression was somewhat displeased: "Do you know that because of your refusal, the royal family will not support you?"