Volume 5: Sword Qi Nine Heavens, Chapter 762: Accepting the Battle Invitation

"Senior Brother Liu, it's like this..." Jialan seemed to have made up her mind, sighed softly, and then recounted the entire affair of Luo Yuan's marriage proposal without any omission or concealment.

Liu Ming watched Jialan in a somewhat stunned silence, his face revealing a strange expression when he heard that they supposedly had an agreement to cultivate together. However, it quickly returned to calm.

"...I must apologize for using Brother Liu as an excuse. I was incredibly flustered at that moment, too hasty and without further thought, I just wanted to shut that man up. I did not expect that he would then propose a competition between the four of us," Jialan said, her cheeks flushing with a pale red as she spoke with a hint of apology.

"Junior Sister Jialan need not feel guilty. We are old acquaintances after all; these troubles are trivial and not worth fretting over," Liu Ming then said slowly.