I'm here in the martial arts world just to find love.

The moon is hidden and the stars are fading; the night is dark and the wind is high.

Qingzhou City, Qin Mansion.

Qin Shaoling was in a terrible mood at the moment.

With so many members of the Qin family, he couldn't understand why he, Qin Shaoling, had to marry a princess. What good was the position of consort, no matter how prestigious it was?

Once you enter the princess's palace, you're like a caged bird, with no freedom left for the rest of your life. As a subject, you are bound to the ruler, and you can only live under the princess's skirt for the rest of your life.

How pathetic it is to be unable to have multiple wives and concubines and to have to defer to the princess in everything you do.

Qin Shaoling, a dignified seven-foot-tall man, had practiced martial arts and spear fighting since childhood. He had lofty ambitions and aspirations. How could he endure such humiliation?

Let alone that princess he'd never met, even if it were the current emperor, the future empress, making him marry into the family as a male concubine, it wouldn't work!

Qin Shaoling was a fine young man who aspired from childhood to become the best spearman in the world and to enter the Dao through spearmanship!

How could I possibly marry into his family?

"We can't just sit here and wait to die; we have to find a way to escape!"

Qin Shaoling thought to himself, "If only I could get my spear back."

With this, he was 80% confident that he could break through the encirclement, escape this place, and from then on, he could fly freely in the sky!

Unfortunately, to prevent him from escaping, his family not only devised a plan but also forcibly took away the Purple Gold Dragon Spear that had been with him for eighteen years.

They even arranged for more than a dozen bodyguards to be stationed there.

A tight security network was set up around his courtyard, with guards watching day and night to prevent any unrest.

Those dozen or so bodyguards were all at least second-rate experts in the martial arts world. They had also mastered the military formation combination techniques left by their ancestors, and their teamwork was excellent. He had tried to fight them countless times in the past six months, but each time he failed.

If they hadn't shown mercy at every crucial moment, he would probably have died hundreds of times over without a suitable weapon!

Now, the day to head to the capital is drawing ever closer.

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If I think about it carefully, it will happen in the next two days.

Qin Shaoling grew increasingly anxious.

He knew he had to get out of there as soon as possible.

Otherwise, there is only one fate awaiting him—

That means being sent to the princess's residence, becoming the princess's consort, and living a life worse than death!

With that in mind, Qin Shaoling took a deep breath and decided to make this last desperate attempt!

This time.

Either he successfully breaks through, leaves the Qin family, and flies far away!

Alternatively, he could be killed by those dozen or so expert bodyguards, thus ending the matter once and for all.

In short, give me liberty or give me death!

hum!

A surge of energy erupted around him as Qin Shaoling circulated his internal energy, unleashing it to its maximum potential.

He had been resting and recuperating for the past two weeks and was fully prepared.

Although there is still only a 50% chance, this time, he will not back down when he is outmatched, and he is determined to fight to the last moment!

"Snap!"

The brand-new courtyard gate was blasted open by a burst of energy, shattering into pieces and sending wood chips flying everywhere.

With his upright posture, Qin Shaoling, resembling a long spear, stepped out of the small courtyard.

In the darkness, the leader of the guards who were keeping watch around the courtyard sighed silently.

He gestured to his colleagues.

Then, about a dozen other guards who had heard the commotion in the distance gathered around and surrounded the boy at the courtyard gate.

"Sixteenth Young Master, please return. The Patriarch has ordered that you are not allowed to leave this courtyard without his permission."

The leader of the secret guards said in a deep voice.

The leader of this team of secret guards has said these words countless times over the past six months.

But it was his duty, and he had no choice.

Qin Shaoling looked at the masked leader of the guards, smiled faintly, raised his head high, and said arrogantly:

"You can't stop me today! Unless you kill me here, I, Qin Shaoling, will fight my way out tonight!"

After saying that, Qin Shaoling took the initiative and launched an attack, throwing a punch at the nearest leader of the secret guards.

The true energy erupted, and the wind from the punch howled; the power of this punch was truly terrifying.

However, the leader of the secret guards, who knew his young master very well, was no pushover either.

Although their individual strength could not match that of the young master, who had been guided by a master and grown up in medicinal baths since childhood, they had the advantage of large numbers and excellent teamwork.

Let alone the Sixteenth Young Master in front of them, even the master marksman who instructed the Sixteenth Young Master would have little chance of winning against the combined attack of the Sixteen Dark Guards' Big Dipper Formation.

This is the confidence and pride they have gained since childhood from fighting their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

"Since Young Master Sixteen insists on this, then we shall have to offend you!"

Faced with Qin Shaoling's terrifying punch, the leader of the secret guards still had the strength to speak. Then, his figure retreated rapidly, while the other fifteen secret guards formed a formation according to the Big Dipper constellation and surrounded him.

Qin Shaoling's eyes narrowed, and he shouted loudly.

"Good timing!"

With legs sinking, waist and abdomen exerting force, arms trembled, and fists flew like thunder, his whole body exuding a powerful aura. He began to break through the formation with the Qin family's ancestral Thunder Fist.

Rumble...

In an instant, dust flew everywhere and strong winds howled in the open space outside the courtyard, creating quite a lively scene.

Jiang Chao, who had originally planned to sneak into the Qin family's ancestral home under the cover of darkness to investigate the sixteenth young master of the Qin family, was slightly stunned for a moment when he saw this scene from afar.

Then, the boy murmured to himself with a sigh:

"Who says bad roots can't grow into good trees? Isn't this sixteen-year-old young master the best example?"

A day earlier, Jiang Chao learned by chance that the Qin family's chosen son-in-law to be sent to the capital was the infamous Sixteenth Young Master of Qingzhou City, so he decided to come and find out.

His bad reputation is false; his talent is real. Although Qin Shaoling, the sixteenth son of the Qin family, is a playboy, he rarely bullies men or women. On the contrary, he often secretly helps others and is generous with his money.

The reason for the bad reputation is that the Qin family did it on purpose, to cover up their true intentions and make people not dare to underestimate the power of the Qin family. That's all.

Jiang Chao was extremely puzzled by this, thinking that the head of the Qin family had lost his mind. Such actions were tantamount to putting the cart before the horse and were completely unnecessary.

Evil people may indeed run rampant for a time, making people afraid to provoke them, but there is a saying that evil will be punished and karma will come back to bite you.

So what if you become related to the royal family?

If it incites public resentment and angers both heaven and man, won't it ultimately lead to its own destruction?

The royal family is far away in the capital, and their influence is limited. If things get out of hand, what will happen to the Qin family?

Unless the entire family moves to the capital and settles down, given what the Qin family has done in the past six months, even if the ordinary aristocratic families of Qingzhou City can't do anything to them, there will be chivalrous people from the martial arts world who will come to them for revenge.

Shaking his head, Jiang Chao put these thoughts aside and decided to lend a hand to this sixteenth young master. Hearing that Qin Shaoling was used to using a long spear, he specially commissioned a craftsman in the city's blacksmith shop to make a white ash wood long spear in advance for this trip.

I'll carry it with me right now.

Seeing that Qin Shaoling was gradually losing ground under the encirclement of more than a dozen Qin family guards in the distance, Jiang Chao did not hesitate any longer. He immediately took off the long spear he was carrying and threw it in that direction.

"Sixteenth Master, catch the gun!"

In the darkness, Jiang Chao, as he threw his spear, shouted in a high-pitched voice.

Qin Shaoling, who was in the midst of a fierce battle, did not know what had happened, but he saw the white ash wood spear flying from the darkness.

The boy's eyes lit up; he saw a glimmer of hope for breaking through.

Despite the risk of injury, he withstood an attack from one of the guards and grabbed the shaft of the flying ash wood spear.