184: Chapter 184 The Ups and Downs of a Cultivator! A Conflict

The news from outside the Mountain Gate spread like the wind, quickly reaching the area where the Cultivators were gathered!

The Loose Cultivators and onlookers, who had been heartbroken over their goddesses lining up for the Gu Family, heard the new rule about the age limit of eighteen to twenty-eight!

They instantly perked up!

They felt there was hope again!

Each of them seemed re-energized, and many who had previously cast their eyes downward looked up once more!

"What? Young Master Qingshan only wants those between eighteen and twenty-eight? Then my goddess is only eighty years old; doesn't that mean she's out of range?!"

Suddenly, the light in many people's eyes brightened again, like a beacon in the dark night!

For a Cultivator, being seventy, eighty, or even a hundred years old is still considered young; after all, the lifespan of a Cultivator is much longer than that of a Mortal!

To them, they are still young, right in the prime of their youth!

Who would have thought the Gu Family would consider that too old!

Wuwuwu!

Their goddesses were safe!

Thank you, Young Master Qingshan, for your grace in not marrying them!!

"Damn! I heard that the Saintess from the Xuanguang World is also over the age limit! She's almost two hundred years old this year, so she'll probably be screened out this time! That's great! My goddess!!"

Everyone acted as if they had discovered a new continent!

"Thank you, Young Master Qingshan! Thank you, Gu Family! I still have a chance with my 'white moonlight'! She dressed up so beautifully today, but they didn't even accept her in the first round! Hahaha! My dream can continue!"

"The sister I have a crush on is 120 years old. That might be a bit old for a Mortal, but for a Cultivator, it's the most beautiful time of life! I thought she was going to be chosen by the Gu Family, but now it seems I'm back in the game!"

"Young Master Qingshan, you are my benefactor! Please, with your great magnanimity, pick the young ones; leave the older ones to us, and we will be eternally grateful!"

"The girl I like is also reportedly over the limit. She's still in line, and I don't know if she's received the news, but I've already started to feel happy!"

"Although I feel a bit sorry for them, please allow me to laugh! I haven't felt this relaxed in a long time!"

Just as those Cultivators were immersed in their fantasies of regaining what they thought was lost!

The women who had been disqualified by the age limit also heard their words!

They were instantly burning with rage!

What did they mean by that?

Did they mean they were too old, which is why they weren't good enough?

They were actually gloating because they hadn't been chosen!

This was purely a provocation!

The women instantly frowned, raised their heads, and cast a glance in the direction the voices were coming from!

"Even if I were to sew myself shut, I wouldn't give myself to you!"

"What are you happy about? Even if we aren't chosen by the Gu Family Young Master, we still won't marry you!"

"Exactly! I'd rather go back and go into seclusion for a hundred years than give you the benefit! Don't think that just because I wasn't chosen by the Gu Family, it's your turn!"

"Stop dreaming! Whether or not we are chosen by the Gu Family has nothing to do with you! Who are you guys? Do we even know you?"

"You'd better wake up sooner rather than later! Even if I were a hundred or a thousand years old, I still wouldn't look at you!"

"I don't even know your names, yet you talk about having hope? Where is this hope? Are you overthinking things? We are standing here for the Gu Family, not for you!"

Those Cultivators felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over them from head to toe!

No!!

Don't!

How could it be like this!

The development of events was not the outcome they wanted!

"Don't, goddess! I am sincere! I didn't mean it like that; I was just happy that you were still in my world!"

"Goddess, listen to my explanation! I wasn't gloating! I just thought we still had a chance!"

"My heart hurts so much! I was only happy for a little while, and now it's shattered again! My emotions have been on a roller coaster all day!"

"I can't take it anymore. My state of mind today is harder to bear than Undergoing Tribulation! A moment ago I was happy, and now the goddess has personally said she doesn't want me; this is even more painful than failing an Undergoing Tribulation!"

Countless Cultivators were heartbroken once again, their emotions rising and falling, up and down!

The atmosphere outside the Mountain Gate was in a subtle state.

Men heartbroken!

Women disappointed!

Just then, the crowd was suddenly attracted by a noisy commotion.

Everyone turned their heads and looked in that direction in unison!

They saw a burly man with a scar on his face grabbing the wrist of a young woman. The woman wanted to break free, but her strength was clearly no match for his!

She looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, with delicate features and a slender figure, but her eyes were heavy with worry!

She was wearing old clothes, and there was some dirt on her clothes and face, as if she had escaped from somewhere!

"You get back here! Your brother has already lost you to me, what are you running for?"

The burly man with the scar had a hoarse voice, carrying an air of overbearing rudeness!

He pulled the woman's hand toward himself!

"Your brother owes me three hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, and since he can't pay it back, he said he'd use you to settle the debt! This is written down in black and white, don't even think about welshing on the debt!"

As he spoke, he held up a yellowed contract; the handwriting was a bit blurry, but the general content was still legible!

Black and white, clearly indisputable!

The woman struggled hard, her voice trembling, "I won't! That's between you and my brother; it has nothing to do with me! I won't go with you!"

Her name was Su Nian, and she was originally just from a small Family in a remote area of the Desolate Ancient Continent.

When she was eight, both her parents passed away, leaving only her and her brother!

And at eight years old, she had to support her brother all by herself!

You heard that right!

It was Su Nian who supported her brother!

She had thought the days would just pass by like that.

But who would have thought that her brother was a huge gambler, and a few days ago, he had lost her to an outsider martial Cultivator!

Su Nian never expected that her own brother would sell her and even wanted to imprison her!

She had run away in the middle of the night, having heard that the Gu Family was having a good event, and that if one could enter, there would be protection or something like that!

She thought if she could enter the Gu Family, perhaps there might be a glimmer of hope!

She wasn't a powerful Cultivator, just a common Cultivator who wanted to survive in this world!

But when she stood in the queue, she realized that this wasn't a shelter, but a place for the Gu Family Elder to choose a spouse for his son!

This made her heartbroken for a moment!

After all, how could someone like her hope to reach the high status of the Gu Family!

Although she didn't know exactly how powerful the Gu Family was, she had heard many rumors and naturally knew that the Gu Family was a Family with a Great Emperor!

With the Gu Family seeking a marriage alliance, she naturally didn't dare to think about those unrealistic things!

The burly man with the scar saw that she refused to leave, and his voice rose a few notches, "Don't think that just because you ran here, you're safe! Your brother signed the contract in black and white; wherever you go, you are my person! Today, you're leaving whether you want to or not!"

As he spoke, he dragged Su Nian away!

The Disciple guarding the gate also noticed the situation here, turned to his companion, and whispered, "Should we go and report this?"

The other Disciple glanced at the woman being dragged away and nodded, "Go ahead."