"Heh, do you think because you were once the top genius of the Purple Heaven Continent, everyone should worship you? Pfft, take a look at where we're from." The young man called Liang Si Cong scoffed coldly.
Just as Zhou Hong was about to retort, Na Lan Yun Zhu suddenly spoke, "Zhou Hong, even if we break off the engagement, we can still be friends. There's no need to make things so unpleasant. I believe you're a smart person, otherwise, none of us will enjoy this." Na Lan Yun Zhu winked, seemingly hinting at something. If Zhou Hong dared to spout nonsense in front of her classmates, she would naturally not hesitate to reveal his affair with Consort Yang.
"Na Lan Yun Zhu, wanting to break off the engagement is simple. I'll write another letter of annulment for you right now." Zhou Hong finished speaking, wrote another letter of annulment, and threw it to Na Lan Yun Zhu.
"Thank you, but I still need you to say it yourself, that although we had an engagement, we've always been pure and innocent." Na Lan Yun Zhu seemed a little unwilling to give up, or perhaps she wanted Liang Si Cong to know that she was still an unsullied woman.
"Sorry, I can't bring myself to say something untrue." Zhou Hong flatly refused.
The faces of the Na Lan family members changed, and their eyes darted towards Liang Si Cong.
"Zhou Hong, don't talk nonsense. Please say it again, seriously, in front of Liang Si Cong." An elder from the Na Lan family quickly reprimanded him, seemingly afraid that Liang Si Cong might misunderstand.
Liang Si Cong was also full of doubt. If Na Lan Yun Zhu was indeed still a complete woman, he might consider becoming her boyfriend. That was his purpose for coming this time. But if Na Lan Yun Zhu was no longer complete, then he was truly sorry. With his status, he had no habit of picking up other people's cast-offs.
"Zhou Hong, I advise you to tell the truth. Don't deliberately slander Na Lan Yun Zhu out of anger. You should know that you are not worthy of Yun Zhu anymore," Liang Si Cong said with a cold snort.
Zhou Hong curled his lips, "And are you worthy?"
"Friend Zhou Hong, I'll call you friend as long as you're in your home. Don't challenge my patience. Although we are in your territory, I don't care about your family at all. If you don't believe me, look around and see if anyone from your family dares to touch me."
At this moment, a voice echoed in Zhou Hong's mind, "Zhou Hong, how long are you going to endure this? I've told you, don't take this lying down. If you don't act, I will."
Zhou Hong chuckled, "Coming right up."
With that, Zhou Hong immediately made his move, delivering a palm strike. Liang Si Cong was instantly sent flying dozens of meters. Of course, Zhou Hong hadn't used his full strength, otherwise, he would have been killed instantly.
"What?" Seeing Liang Si Cong fly away, everyone was stunned, except for the Patriarch of Zhou Hong's family.
Na Lan Yun Zhu was even more dumbfounded. She knew very well that Liang Si Cong was in the mid-stage of Fusion, far stronger than her. As for herself, although she was also in the early stage of Fusion, she had barely managed to get into the Primordial Academy, and her strength was supposed to be much greater than Zhou Hong's.
"Zhou Hong, what's going on?" Na Lan Yun Zhu hurriedly asked Zhou Hong.
"Did you think I was really only in the early stage of Fusion?" Zhou Hong said, instantly releasing his aura.
"Late stage of Fusion? Heavens." Na Lan Yun Zhu felt dizzy and couldn't believe it was real.
"Zhou Hong, how did you cultivate to the late stage of Fusion? Weren't you in the early stage? And you couldn't even get into the Primordial Academy?" The members of the Na Lan family also immediately stood up from their seats, their eyes wide as they looked at Zhou Hong.
The rest of Zhou Hong's family also exchanged glances.
"Hmph, I went to the Sunset Mountain Range for two months and broke through to the late stage of Fusion," Zhou Hong said bluntly.
"Two months? How is that possible?"
"For a genius, nothing is impossible. Next, I will go to the Primordial Academy and strive to break through to the next realm, the Heartbeat Realm, before the entrance exam." Zhou Hong said with a slight smile.
Na Lan Yun Zhu felt her heart pound violently. Now that Zhou Hong had cultivated to the late stage of Fusion, she already felt he was incredibly formidable. Her heart, which had once admired Zhou Hong, was miraculously beating again. And Zhou Hong also said he would break through to the Heartbeat Realm before the exam; that was simply superhuman.
"Zhou Hong, actually, I was just joking today. I didn't really want to break off the engagement," Na Lan Yun Zhu's expression changed instantly, and she said with a smile.
"Hahaha." Zhou Hong burst into laughter. She really had the nerve to say that.
Meanwhile, Liang Si Cong, who had fallen to the side, was stunned by the blow from Zhou Hong and couldn't get up. However, his hearing was unaffected. He heard that Zhou Hong had cultivated to the late stage of Fusion and was completely shocked. He, who had just looked down on Zhou Hong, had turned out to be inferior.
As if to show her sincerity, Na Lan Yun Zhu quickly walked up to Liang Si Cong and said to him, "Liang Si Cong, you can go. You and I are impossible."
"Hmph." Liang Si Cong got up, snorted with disdain, and turned to leave.
Zhou Hong didn't make things difficult for him. After all, Zhou Hong had no direct enmity with him.
"Zhou Hong, I won't break off the engagement. I was bewitched before. I hope you won't take it to heart." Na Lan Yun Zhu said, and immediately tore up the annulment letter written by Zhou Hong.
"Do you think that by tearing up the annulment letter, we are still engaged?" Zhou Hong said coldly, curling his lips.
At this moment, an elder from the Na Lan family quickly said, "Zhou Hong, Yun Zhu has apologized to you, please forgive her."
"Yes, Zhou Hong. You and Yun Zhu are the only two on the Purple Heaven Continent who can get into the Primordial Academy. You are still a match made in heaven."
"Sorry, I'm not accepting," Zhou Hong said resolutely.
"Zhou Hong, you and Consort Yang had that kind of relationship at the Imperial Grace Temple, and Yun Zhu happened to witness it. Yun Zhu doesn't mind at all now. I hope you'll give her a chance too," an elder from the Na Lan family said, revealing the matter directly in front of the other members of Zhou Hong's family.
"What?" The faces of Zhou Hong's family Patriarch and others immediately changed drastically.
"Is what you're saying true? If you dare to frame Zhou Hong, don't blame me for being impolite," the Patriarch of the Zhou family said furiously.
"How would we dare to joke about such a thing? It's absolutely true. Zhou Hong and Consort Yang had that kind of relationship at the Imperial Grace Temple two months ago."
The Patriarch of the Zhou family's eyes shot towards Zhou Hong, as if asking him if this was true.
Zhou Hong had long known that the Na Lan family would use this to threaten him. If he broke off the engagement, they would expose it.
"Heh, Patriarch, that's right. Consort Yang and I did play around at the Imperial Grace Temple," Zhou Hong said with a laugh, admitting it directly.
"My heavens, you actually dared to do something so treasonous..." The Patriarch of the Zhou family felt dizzy, as if he were about to faint.