19: Chapter 19 Fifth Level of Qi Refining

Although the male students were all indignant, they were just venting their frustrations verbally; they knew Li Yiran's status and dared not step forward to disturb her.

Ordinary students dared not harass Li Yiran, but there was one person who was not afraid, and that was Wang Youzhi (mentioned in Chapter 3), a member of the Wang Family, one of the Four Great Families.

Although Wang Youzhi was not the future heir of the Wang Family, simply having the status of a Wang Family member was enough to make many people keep their distance.

Just as everyone was whispering among themselves, Wang Youzhi arrived at the cafeteria with a group of lackeys.

In fact, the reason no other male students harassed Li Yiran was, firstly, because of Xiao Yuchen's interference, and secondly, because of Wang Youzhi, who had publicly declared that Li Yiran was the woman he had marked as his own.

As for Xiao Yuchen, Wang Youzhi had naturally thought about dealing with him, but out of caution and to avoid offending important figures, he had used his Family's connections to investigate Xiao Yuchen's background before taking action.

When Wang Youzhi discovered that Xiao Yuchen had no special background and was merely Li Yiran's bodyguard, he instantly lost interest in him.

After that, Wang Youzhi repeatedly professed his love to Li Yiran, but she completely ignored him, which left him somewhat at a loss.

However, he recently received news from his Family that the Li Family, in order to advance further in Jiangcheng, intended to enter into a marriage alliance with the Wang Family.

His father had already agreed to this matter; there was just some disagreement regarding the distribution of benefits, but it was not a major issue.

And since his older brother, Wang Youcai, was the Family heir with a noble status, he naturally would not marry Li Yiran, so this marriage alliance partner would likely fall to him.

As long as the Jiang Family finalized the distribution of benefits, the marriage alliance would be considered complete.

Once the Family gave the order, it would be useless for Li Yiran to object, no matter how much she resisted.

Knowing this, Wang Youzhi felt more confident.

As long as the two families formed an alliance, Li Yiran would be his fiancée, and he could be with her in a legitimate way.

Of course, as one of the Four Great Families, the Wang Family did not take the Li Family seriously at all.

The reason they agreed to the marriage alliance was merely to slowly devour the Li Family.

After all, the Li Family's strength was second only to the Four Great Families, and with such a large piece of fat delivered to their doorstep, how could the Wang Family not be tempted?

"Young Master Wang, look, it's School Beauty Li and Xiao Yuchen. Why is that new school beauty with them too?"

A sharp-eyed lackey was the first to spot the three of them.

Reminded by his lackey, Wang Youzhi saw the three of them sitting together, laughing and talking, and his brows furrowed slightly.

As the second young master of the Wang Family, he was never short of beautiful women around him, so he was very familiar with the way women looked at men.

Previously, the reason he had ignored Xiao Yuchen was that Li Yiran's gaze toward Xiao Yuchen was not ambiguous, but now it had changed.

"This kid is really courting death, daring to poach my woman."

Wang Youzhi was burning with rage and led his people directly to the three of them.

Seeing Li Yiran up close, Wang Youzhi's breath hitched; he felt that Li Yiran was even more beautiful than before.

"Yiran, I haven't seen you in a few days, you've become even more beautiful. May I sit here?"

Wang Youzhi pointed to the seat next to them.

Li Yiran, who was eating, frowned tightly upon seeing Wang Youzhi.

This guy was like a stubborn plaster; no matter how she tried to shake him off, she couldn't.

The key was that if it were anyone else, she could use the Li Family's power to scare them away, but this Wang Youzhi was a member of the Wang Family, one of the Four Great Families, and he was not afraid of the Li Family at all.

"No."

Although she couldn't scare Wang Youzhi away, Li Yiran still decisively refused.

"Why not? This is a public seat in the school, why can't I sit here?"

Wang Youzhi retorted.

"Why? Because I feel sick just looking at you."

Li Yiran spoke without any politeness.

"You... Li Yiran, don't be ungrateful. Even your father has to be humble in front of us Wang Family members, so what right do you have to be so rude to me?"

Wang Youzhi was somewhat angry.

"Just because I loathe you. Is that reason enough?"

"Fine, Li Yiran, this is the path you chose yourself. You just wait and see how I deal with you later."

Leaving behind a harsh threat, Wang Youzhi prepared to leave with his men.

"Stop right there. Did I say you could leave?"

At this moment, Xiao Yuchen spoke up.

Previously, he had no ability, and seeing Wang Youzhi harass Li Yiran, he could only endure it.

Now that he had become a Cultivator, and Li Yiran had become his girlfriend, how could he possibly allow his girlfriend to be threatened by others?

"Oh, who did I think it was? Isn't this Li Yiran's little bodyguard? Since when does a dog have the qualifications to bark in front of me?"

Slap!

With a crisp sound, Wang Youzhi flew backward, smashing into a nearby dining table, and some uncleaned leftovers spilled directly onto him.

This scene stunned everyone.

The lackeys beside Wang Youzhi had no idea what had happened; they only saw Wang Youzhi fly away.

The person who struck was naturally Xiao Yuchen.

This guy had actually insulted him so brazenly; it didn't matter if he was a member of the Wang Family or not, he would beat him first and worry later.

It wasn't just Wang Youzhi's lackeys who were shocked; even Li Yiran, who was beside Xiao Yuchen, covered her mouth in shock.

Xiao Yuchen had been her bodyguard for a year, and she knew his strength all too well.

The former Xiao Yuchen, although having strong resistance to blows and seemingly good recovery ability, had only average combat strength.

However, now she hadn't even seen Xiao Yuchen make a move, and Wang Youzhi had already flown away.

"Young Master Wang, Young Master Wang, are you alright?"

After being stunned for a long while, Wang Youzhi's lackeys finally helped him up from the ground.

Wang Youzhi wiped the leftovers off his body, staring at Xiao Yuchen with bloodshot eyes, "You... you are actually a Neijin Martial Artist?"

Although he was idle and had no Foundation in martial arts, there were many Martial Artists in their Wang Family.

Being able to achieve True Qi projection meant he must be a Neijin Martial Artist.

"What do you think? I hate it when people disturb my meal. This is a warning; if you offend again, bear the consequences yourself."

Xiao Yuchen spoke without any politeness.

"You... fine, I admit defeat this time. We shall see."

Xiao Yuchen was a Neijin Martial Artist, so he naturally dared not continue to provoke him here.

When he brought back Family Martial Artists, he would definitely regain his Face.

Seeing Wang Youzhi leave in such a sorry state, Li Yiran was somewhat worried.

"Yuchen, you were too impulsive. You shouldn't have hit him. The Wang Family is not like those small fries from the Golden Sand Gang; the Wang Family has many experts, and Patriarch Wang Tiande is a Mid-stage Hua Jin expert."

"Brother, Sister Yiran is right. Even an ordinary person like me knows the strength of the Four Great Families. Aren't we just throwing eggs against a rock by fighting them?"

Being lectured by the two women, Xiao Yuchen felt a bit of a headache, but he also knew they meant well, so he just nodded nonchalantly without refuting them.

Because of the incident with Wang Youzhi, the three of them were in no mood to continue eating, so they each went back.

Li Yiran and Xiao Yuchen also realized that the two of them seemed to only bring trouble to Xiao Yuchen.

The afternoon classes were boring, and Xiao Yuchen had no intention of listening, so he continued to close his eyes and Cultivate.

Boom!

After an afternoon of Cultivating, Xiao Yuchen actually broke through to the fifth level of the Qi Refinement Stage.