Chapter 11 Shocked Everyone

"Qi Cultivation First Layer! It's the Qi Cultivation First Layer! Fan, you, you broke through!"

Xu Youran's somber face lit up like a springtime meadow in full bloom.

She covered her mouth, whispering in disbelief with joy.

Xu Yining's eyes widened, murmuring incredulously, "He has a Spirit Root?"

The women who supported Lu Zheng were also stunned.

Lu Zheng himself widened his eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing.

The trash he never respected had broken through to the Qi Cultivation First Layer and won against him?

"How is that possible?"

He couldn't accept it. He, a prodigy of the Nine-grade Spiritual Root, had lost to a piece of trash.

Jiang Fan smiled, picked up a pen, and wrote a sentence: "If the ancestors of the Jiang Family knew that I defeated a Nine-grade Spiritual Root, they would be even more honored."

Earlier, Lu Zheng's mockery felt like a slap on his face.

It made him clench his fists, angered uncontrollably.

Wang Yingfeng also felt humiliated and said coldly, "It's just the Qi Cultivation First Layer. Look at you getting all smug!"

"Is there any comparison between breaking through the Qi Cultivation First Layer and the Sixth Layer?"

"The latter is five times more difficult than the former!"

The women supporting Lu Zheng immediately started mocking.

"Exactly, if you have a Spirit Root, even a dog can break through."

"Achieving Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer Perfection in three days is much harder than the First Layer."

"Don't know where he gets the nerve to be proud."

Jiang Fan just smiled.

He raised his hand and threw another punch, causing a mild popping sound in the air.

He picked up the pen and smiled faintly, "So what next?"

Xu Youran was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth, "Qi Cultivation Second Layer! Fan, you broke through to the Qi Cultivation Second Layer in just three days?"

This time, Xu Yining couldn't stay seated.

Her pretty face showed a look of surprise, "I couldn't break through the Qi Cultivation Second Layer in three days!"

"Jiang Fan, did you really have no Spirit Root before?"

But she quickly realized she had asked a pointless question.

Jiang Fan had gone to the Detection Tower three times under the Xu Family's watchful eye.

If he had a Spirit Root before, it couldn't have been hidden.

The women supporting Lu Zheng felt like they'd been slapped in the face and couldn't say anything.

Lu Zheng's pupils trembled, his eyes full of anger.

Breaking through one layer had already beaten him. Breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Second Layer would completely crush him.

Wang Yingfeng was also shocked, but she still argued stubbornly, "The Qi Cultivation Second Layer isn't hard; it just barely catches up to Lu Zheng's progress."

However.

As soon as these words were uttered.

Jiang Fan threw another punch toward the air.

The crisp popping sound was like a harsh slap to everyone's face.

"And then?"

Jiang Fan coldly smiled and picked up the pen to ask.

Whoosh—

Xu Yining stood up in shock, knocking over the chair but not even realizing it.

Her pretty face showed intense surprise, "The Qi Cultivation Third Layer! Impossible, it's impossible to break through to the Qi Cultivation Third Layer in three days, not even with a Nine-grade Spiritual Root!"

"Jiang Fan, what exactly is going on with you?"

The women who initially wanted to defend Lu Zheng were completely stunned.

They had been cultivating for several years and barely reached the Qi Cultivation Third Layer.

But Jiang Fan, it only took him three days!

Lu Zheng and Wang Yingfeng's faces were also filled with intense shock as they stared at Jiang Fan in disbelief.

Three days, and he achieved the Qi Cultivation Third Layer.

This was not merely a victory over Lu Zheng but completely crushed him.

The entire place fell silent, and everyone looked at the boy who had been considered trash for ten years with a newfound respect.

Jiang Fan carried himself with one hand behind his back, holding a pen with the other:

"So what if he's a true dragon or has a Nine-grade Spiritual Root?"

"Give me time, and I'll crush them all underfoot!"

Having spoken, he publicly embraced Xu Youran and stated with a flourish:

"Youran is my wife, and no one will take her from me!"

His words were firm and resonated deeply.

Lu Zheng felt humiliated and roared, "Jiang, what are you so proud of?"

"Don't be afraid to tell you, the people from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion are already on their way!"

"When they arrive, I'll join the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion directly, and you? Just a bug at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer!"

"Compete with me? You don't deserve it!"

Having said this, he stormed off.

Jiang Fan shrugged.

He always doubted Lu Zheng's Nine-grade Spiritual Root.

He himself had a transparent Spirit Root but reached the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer in three days.

There was no reason a Nine-grade Spiritual Root couldn't break through even one level.

When the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion people arrived, they would surely verify Lu Zheng's Spirit Root, right?

At that time, would he really still be detected as having a Nine-grade Spiritual Root?

Wang Yingfeng also felt humiliated today.

The nephew she fully supported wasn't even as good as a piece of trash!

She glared at Jiang Fan, angrily saying, "Fine, you have a Spirit Root, you're not trash, you're amazing, right?"

"Originally, I didn't ask for a dowry to marry off Youran because I felt sorry for you."

"But since you're so capable, prepare a generous dowry for me in ten days!"

"If you can't come up with it, don't blame me for breaking the engagement and marrying Xu Youran off to someone else!"

"Hmph!"

She pounded the table and left in anger.

Xu Youran, who had just been happy, now had a worried look on her face and sighed, "Fan, I'm afraid those pieces of broken silver I have won't be enough."

"If Aunt Wang is deliberately making things difficult for you, no matter how much you bring, she'll find fault with it."

If it had been before, Jiang Fan might also have been troubled.

But now, he wouldn't be.

Because he was a Soul Master, a Soul Master who could refine expensive pills!

He suddenly remembered that he had promised the shopkeeper of the Treasure Pavilion to participate in the exhibition in Lonely Boat City yesterday.

He had just refined a batch of Top Grade Qi Cultivation Liquid; it should fetch a good price, right?

"Youran, I'm going to cultivate. Don't go out randomly, understand?"

Jiang Fan instructed with a pen.

Xu Youran obediently nodded, "Yes, yes, go ahead; I won't cause you any more trouble."

She looked comforted, gazing at Jiang Fan's hurried back, her eyes full of hope.

With such a hardworking and motivated husband, how could their future not be bright?

"Sister, you missed out on your true soulmate."

Xu Yining walked up to her, regretting, "Breaking through the Qi Cultivation Third Layer in three days is nothing compared to the Nine-grade Spiritual Root."

"In the future, with Lu Zheng, Jiang Fan won't even have the right to look up at him."

However, Xu Youran looked at Jiang Fan's back, feeling content, "What does Lu Zheng's strength have to do with me?"

"It's Jiang Fan who is worth entrusting my heart to."

Is that so?

Xu Yining glanced at Xu Youran. Seeing her face filled with happiness and expectation, she felt somewhat irritated.

Was Jiang Fan really that good?

In front of the City Lord Mansion.

The wide streets were lined with stalls.

Today was the city-wide medicine-refining families' exhibition, where medicine-refining practitioners of all sizes would come to showcase their best products.

Many local martial artists and foreign merchants would attend the exhibition.

Through comparison, they would choose better drugs for personal use or to sell elsewhere.

For small medicine-refining families, this was an excellent opportunity to showcase themselves.

For top-level medicine-refining families like the Qin family, it was also a challenge.

Sure enough, the Qin Family Head, Qin Changsheng, was displaying the Xu Family's best-selling product, Low Grade Qi Cultivation Liquid, on a very spacious platform.

The crowd gathered like mountains and seas.

Opposite, the similarly spacious Chen Family platform was deserted and desolate.

The stark contrast made Chen Silin uneasy, murmuring, "Will that senior really come?"