Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

”Are you very surprised? You should have seen the invitation yesterday,” Qin Jiang said with a smile.

Xu Yanran blinked upon hearing this, muttering softly, ”Didn’t I go get you some antiques?”

These past few days, she had been busy transporting the antiques she had collected during this period into the city, so she hadn’t spent much time at the manor. It was only last night that she learned a Lord Qinghuo, a Celestial of great talent, was coming to visit.

Qin Jiang smiled upon hearing this, and raised his hand to wave away the residual Azure Fire energy from Master Xu’s body, at which point Master Xu fully recovered.

”Young Master Qin, you—”

”Patriarch Xu, I was quite rude just now. I hope you can forgive me,” Qin Jiang said with a smile.

Master Xu was stunned, and quickly cupped his hands. ”Not at all, not at all. My virtuous nephew is too polite. Please come into the manor quickly. If I had known earlier that my virtuous nephew was Lord Qinghuo, how could such a farce have occurred?”

The group entered the manor, where Master Xu had already arranged a banquet. After everyone was seated, he was the first to raise his wine cup.

”I truly apologize for what happened just now. It was my oversight, and I beg your forgiveness here!”

With that, he drank it all in one gulp.

Then he looked at Qin Jiang. ”I still don’t know, virtuous nephew, what brings you here?”

Qin Jiang nodded slightly, glanced at Xu Yanran, and then spoke: ”Patriarch Xu, Yanran and I are deeply in love. I will be coming to propose marriage in a few days.”

???!!!

The wine cup in Master Xu’s hand, just refilled, wobbled unsteadily, spilling more than half its contents.

”So soon?”

He had already noticed the ambiguous relationship between Qin Jiang and Xu Yanran, but he never expected such a sudden proposal.

”What? Is your Xu Family unwilling?” Long An put down his wine cup and looked at Master Xu.

Master Xu looked at Long An. When the Xu Family had not yet fallen on hard times, Long An had already shown his prowess. Even he felt a bit intimidated facing Long An.

”To be honest, my Xu Family and the Yan Family had discussed a marriage alliance back then.”

Master Xu hesitated, regretting in his heart, if only he hadn’t been so hasty!

But now... wouldn’t he offend both parties?

”What does Patriarch Xu mean by this? If you’re getting senile, why not abdicate and let a worthy successor take over!” Long An said.

Master Xu’s expression was troubled, yet he dared not act out.

Steward Xu, seeing this, quickly spoke up: ”Young Master Qin, Commander Long, this marriage alliance was decided twenty years ago. At that time, the Yan Family and the Xu Family were on good terms, but we never expected today. We are truly sorry, please forgive us!”

Thump thump thump!

No sooner had he finished speaking, and before Long An could react, a series of light footsteps came from outside the main hall.

”Haha! Uncle Xu! Lord Qinghuo! Why are you drinking without me!”

The person who walked in was Yan Feng. Today, he wore a simple black cloth robe.

He smiled as he looked at everyone, but seeing that their expressions didn’t seem as harmonious as he had imagined, he immediately felt that the atmosphere was a bit off.

”Uh...”

He looked at Qin Jiang, smiling somewhat stiffly: ”Lord Qinghuo, it was truly a pity that we couldn’t drink together that day! Today, we must drink until we’re thoroughly drunk!”

Qin Jiang smiled upon hearing this. ”Young Master Yan, Yanran and I have long been deeply in love. It has been over a month since our farewell in Black Mountain City, and today we finally meet. Yet, I never expected to hear that Young Master Yan and Yanran seem to have a marriage engagement?”

!!!

Yan Feng froze upon hearing this, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, cold sweat breaking out all over his body.

Suddenly, his mind trembled, and he had an Epiphany, a moment of enlightenment. ”Nonsense! This is truly utter nonsense! Miss Xu and I are like siblings—”

”Hmm?” Qin Jiang tilted his head slightly.