Chapter 181. Marriage Partner [2] NEW*

Chapter 181: 181. Marriage Partner [2] NEW*

A clue to the next quest? But is it really worth exposing his cultivation?

Lin Xuan’s eyes flickered slightly as he could not come to a decision immediately.

Exposing his cultivation and overwhelming these two was anything but difficult.

If he simply released his Nascent Soul aura, the result would be decided before either Wei Rong or Mo Jian could even make a move.

They would know immediately that they had no chance of winning.

But that would also mean revealing his true cultivation.

Lin Xuan took several deep breaths as he slowly calmed his thoughts.

"Are you going to fight or not? I don’t got all day."

Mo Jian’s annoyed voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"We have been standing here long enough."

Lin Xuan glanced toward him and frowned at his disrespectful tone but before he could respond, Qian Deyu suddenly laughed.

"All right, all right. There is no need to rush."

The elderly man looked around the courtyard before turning toward Lin Xuan.

"Fighting here would be rather inconvenient. Why don’t we move to your family’s training ground?"

Lin Xuan nodded.

"That works."

Qian Deyu smiled.

"Excellent."

He stepped forward and patted Lin Xuan lightly on the shoulder.

"Patriarch Lin, I have to admit, I am rather curious."

His smile became slightly deeper.

"I heard that you have improved considerably in recent years."

Qian Deyu continued.

"Today, I finally have the opportunity to see just how much you have grown."

Lin Xuan gave a faint smile in response, "Then I hope I do not disappoint you."

Qian Deyu laughed.

"I doubt you will."

With that, the royal delegation began following Lin Xuan toward the training ground.

Mo Jian and Wei Rong walked side by side.

Neither was willing to give the other an inch.

As they walked, both occasionally glanced at the other.

Neither elder seemed willing to surrender the opportunity to be the one who defeated Lin Xuan.

Hai Yun, walking beside them, could not help but chuckle at how easily these two men had been provoked.

The sound immediately caught their attention and both men turned toward her to see Hai Yun gave them a gentle smile before making a small, playful gesture with her lips.

"I believe in you two. Fighting!"

The encouragement was enough to make both elders straighten their backs almost immediately.

In the meantime, Lin Xuan ignored whatever was happening behind and continued walking toward the training ground.

Soon, they arrived.

The training ground was packed today. Lin Zhaoyue and the other children were scattered across the grounds, practicing their martial techniques and sparring with one another.

Qian Deyu suddenly stopped in his tracks.

His eyes widened as he stared at the scene before him.

There were two children whose cultivation auras were unmistakably at the Golden Core Realm.

Around them, more than twenty other children were displaying the aura of Qi Refinement cultivators as they practiced their techniques.

Qian Deyu was stunned.

Are these really the children of a Rank Eight clan?

He could not help but think so.

The children here did not appear to be any older than twelve.

Some of them looked even younger, yet they were already displaying cultivation levels that many adults would struggle to reach in their entire lives.

"Elder Qian, are you okay?"

Wei Rong and Mo Jian noticed his unusual expression and stepped forward with concern.

Hai Yun also came over after noticing the commotion.

The three of them soon followed Qian Deyu’s gaze.

There, in the middle of the training ground, two children were currently engaged in a spar.

A young girl held a fan in her hand, while the young boy wielded a sword.

The boy swung his sword toward her, but the girl easily blocked the attack with her fan. She then pointed out the flaw in his movement and showed him how he should have attacked instead.

"You put too much force into that swing just now giving me an opportunity to strike at your neck, also try attacking from this side when you use the Kathem sword technique," she said, pointing toward his right.

The boy nodded and tried again.

Every now and then, they would stop so the girl could correct his movements before letting him try the technique again.

Under ordinary circumstances, there would have been nothing unusual about such a scene.

Seniors guiding juniors and elders correcting the techniques of younger cultivators were common sights within cultivation families.

But the scene before them was anything but ordinary.

The two kids were not even teenagers and both of them had already reached the Golden Core Realm.

Wei Rong’s expression gradually stiffened.

Mo Jian’s eyes widened as he stared at the two children, his previous impatience completely forgotten.

Even Hai Yun looked at them with a trace of surprise.

Qian Deyu remained silent.

He had come here expecting to investigate the Lin Family and uncover the truth behind the mysterious Blue Whale People.

Yet before he had even begun his investigation, the Lin Family had already given him something far more troublesome to consider.

A Rank Eight clan was not supposed to have children like these yet they were right in front of him.

And judging from how casually everyone else continued training around them, it seemed that the Lin Family did not consider their existence particularly extraordinary.

Qian Deyu could not help but smile.

"Patriarch Lin, you have raised an impressive younger generation. To have two Golden Core cultivators at such a young age is truly remarkable."

Lin Xuan accepted the compliment without much reaction.

"They are still young. There is plenty for them to learn."

He then glanced toward the open training grounds.

"Let us go a little deeper into the training ground. We would not want our duel to disturb the children."

Qian Deyu nodded, and the group continued walking.

As they passed through the training grounds, the children noticed Lin Xuan and immediately stopped what they were doing.

"Greetings, Patriarch!"

Their voices rang out one after another.

Lin Xuan nodded at them as he walked past.

"Continue training."

"Yes, Patriarch!"

The children quickly returned to their practice.

Qian Deyu watched the scene with growing interest. The respect these children showed toward Lin Xuan was natural, without any fear or hesitation.

After walking for a while, he finally could not hold back his curiosity.

"Patriarch Lin, would you mind introducing those two Golden Core children to me?"