"Sure, I'll dance with you. So better impress me with your dance skill or else, this lass is going to regret dancing with you," Lin Lan slowly said each word after deciding her choice as she ignored Si Guo and focused on Lu Shang. She winked at Lu Shang with a shy look on her face.
Boom!
The hall was plugged into silence, they were never expecting this turn of situation. The slow spoken words of Lin Lan were like grenades exploding in the thought of the boys that had already shown interest in Lin Lan.
Everything was confusing to understand. At first, they noticed Lu Shang snubbing Lin Lan when she tried to start up a conversation with him and even walked out of her, asking her in a harsh tone why she was following him but now…. But now, what's happening?.... After Si Guo yelled out infuriatingly at Lin Lan, Lu Shang decided to step in….. How can everyone not see the intentions of Lu Shang… He was using this opportunity to anger Si Guo the more. This guy is a madman.
Si Guo stood on the platform staring at Lu Shang and Lin Lan dumbfounded, even when he threatened her, she still went ahead and chose Lu Shang over him. "INSOLENT" He yelled out as he speedily moved in high speed towards the direction of the two.
Si Wei opened his eyes and then spoke a single word. "STOP"
Si Guo who was furiously moving in madness towards Lu Shang and Lin Lan, halted in his step and then turned to face his brother. "Brother, allow me to teach this little fellow a lesson that he will never forget in his life since he has no manners for his senior," he spoke with gritted teeth, in his heart, he had already developed a deep hatred for Lu Shang that has imprinted itself in the depth of his heart.
"Guo, calm down. Don't try anything stupid, have you forgotten that this is their territory and not ours when we can do as we like?" Si Wei calmly said as if he was lecturing a junior. Though he and Si Guo were the same age, he was a few months older than him.
Si Guo managed to listen to his brother and then struggled to calm himself down, he had lost his cool and if he lost control of himself, in madness he was going to do something silly. That will cause a lot of trouble for his clan even though Lu Shang was a cripple cultivator, his clan will still retaliate just to recover face.
Si Wei nodded at his brother and then lifted his head, looking at the pair. "Lin Lan, you have gone too far in your actions. You're rubbing my brother in the mud by ignoring him and going to another boy who doesn't even deserve you or is this how you are?" "Just because my brother has been going easy on all these years doesn't mean he doesn't know what he is doing, so better stop that foolish act of yours."
Si Wei didn't even wait for the reply of Lin Lan, he fixed his gaze on Lu Shang and then stared at him for a few seconds. "Lu Shang, where have we offended you? Just today we got to see each other and you are heartbound on causing trouble for us," He addressed as his eyes glinted with anger.
Everybody was watching and listening to the four as they faced off against each other. Since this was between the juniors, the elderly ones had no intention to intervene or else this matter was going to exacerbate beyond this.
Lord Si Hao and his wives who were on the dance floor, silently looked at their children. Nobody knew what was running through the thought of Lord Si Hao.
At times the clan leaders of the other clans will look at the eyes of Lord Si Hao and his wives then the eyes of Lu Yi, the clan leader of the Lu Clan and his wife. The various clan leaders were trying to read the expression on their faces but they weren't able to predict what was in their thoughts.
Lu Mang sitting on the platform had a smile on his face as he considered the action of Lu Shang wasn't bad. "Interesting!" He turned and faced his father. "Father, what do you think about the character of your Lu Shang? Don't you think this is wonderful?"
The old monster who was silently observing the commotion caused by Lu Shang in the hall, faced Lu Mang when he heard the question directed to him. "I think it's strange. Everything about him had changed although he can't cultivate " "I can't see through him or don't you feel the same?" The old monster replied in a confused tone.
"I thought I was the only one who noticed this but it seems I'm not. I noticed this the very moment I saw him the first day, I saw him exercising his body" "The first day I saw him, he was able to run around the clan for hours without stopping and also a push-up of a thousand times" Lu Mang said.
"What? You can't be serious, how can a cripple cultivator be able to run around tirelessly for hours without getting tired and also push-up a thousand times? I have seen a lot of crippled people but they can hardly push up a hundred times, less more of saying a thousand" the Old monster spoke out with raised eyebrows, not believing the words of Lu Mang.
Lu Mang smiled and said. "I'm saying what I saw, why would I lie about such a thing? I think he is unique. Let's forget about the fact that he is crippled, who knows whether he would be good in other aspects of cultivation like an inscription, blacksmithing, and also alchemy"
"Hmph," The old monster thought about it. 'What Lu Mang is saying is true. What about if we provide a teacher that will lecture him in the other field of cultivation?' The old monster questioned himself in his thoughts.
"You two are too rude and arrogant. Just because I can't cultivate doesn't mean I will fold my hand and watch someone harass me with his words" "I will play along with anyone that wants to try such on me" Lu Shang who has been silent, suddenly answered Si Wei.
Lu Shang pointed at Si Guo. "And for you, don't think because you are from a powerful clan that you will be able to force any girl to crumble to your will," He said before facing Lin Lan.
He smiled and blinked his eyes at Lin Lan before stretching his hand at Lin Lan then slightly bent his back forward like a gentleman. "Accept my hand and let's go to the dance floor. Don't mind the gaze of some people, they don't know how to treat ladies with care."
Lin Lan chuckled and then accepted Lu Shang's hand as she placed her soft hand on the palm of Lu Shang.
The young cultivators in the hall both the boys and girls, couldn't believe what they were seeing. Lu Shang had succeeded.
"Y-You…." Si Guo wanted to say something but he swallowed his word back before looking toward the place where the celestial lake battalion sect was with anger boiling in his eyes. "Hope you guys won't mind my actions when I start?"
The celestial lake battalion sect didn't reply but looked in the direction of Lin Lan with a loving and caring expressions on their faces. Lin Lan was seen as the future hope of the sect and she was heavily nurtured by the sect.
Lin Lan was the personal disciple of the sect master, the sect master was a lady with beauty that didn't lose out to that of Lin Lan. She decided not to marry for a reason.
The sect master doted on Lin Lan more than anything else, when the Si Clan came to their sect to get Lin Lan and Si Guo betrothed to each other. She refused the offer numerous times but the Si Clan refused to give up, after several pressure and threat by the Si Clan, she took the hardest decision of her life to get Lin Lan betrothed to Si Guo.
Many members of the celestial lake battalion sect were angry by what the Si Clan did but were stopped by the sect leader not to retaliate or else the Si Clan wouldn't mind eliminating their clan out of madness.