4: Breaking off the engagement? No! It's forcible seizure.

Inside the main hall, Cao Kun's unwilling roar echoed continuously.

Seeing that no one paid him any mind,

his voice gradually subsided.

Cao Nie collected his thoughts and looked at He Jie and her son.

Choices one and two were already completed; choice three only required killing Ye Chen and inheriting He Jie.

“Clan Leader, Young Clan Leader, Elders, bad news! Shen Family Head has brought Shen Yunyue to break off the engagement.”

Steward Cao ran in from outside the council hall.

As soon as he entered, he noticed that the atmosphere was somewhat off.

The First Elder stepped forward and said, “Cao Hui, from now on, the Cao Family has no Young Clan Leader, only Cao Nie as the Clan Leader.”

Cao Hui looked puzzled.

Wasn't the Clan Leader Cao Kun?

Besides, the commotion from the Clan Leader's breakthrough earlier had stirred up the entire Great Xia Immortal Dynasty.

How could Cao Nie be the Clan Leader now?

Could it be…

Cao Hui carefully observed everyone present.

He immediately arrived at a shocking conclusion.

Could the one who broke through to the Penetrating Void Realm be the Young Clan Leader Cao Nie?

The Young Clan Leader had been in seclusion frequently these past years, making his aura somewhat indistinct.

Now, it seemed his guess was correct.

With this thought,

Cao Hui quickly bowed to Cao Nie: “Clan Leader, your fiancée has come to break off your engagement.”

As a member of the Cao Family, no one knew better than him how much of a scoundrel Cao Kun had been over the years.

To win a beauty's smile,

he had spent a fortune to build an extremely luxurious courtyard for He Jie, even more extravagant than the Great Xia Immortal Palace.

Moreover, Cao Kun had truly disheartened them over the past eighteen years, so they didn't pay too much attention.

After all, anyone could be the Clan Leader, just not Cao Kun, that sycophant.

This was the thought of ninety-nine percent of the Cao Family.

However, their strength was insufficient, so they dared not step forward to express it.

“Breaking off the engagement!”

Cao Nie thought of his previous life.

Shen Yunyue coming to break off the engagement, it was all related to Ye Chen.

That fellow had not only snatched his position as Young Clan Leader and the Immortal Dao King Body, but also colluded with Shen Yunyue to break off the engagement today, intending to humiliate him.

In the decade or so that followed, the two had not stopped insulting him.

In the entire Cao Family, only a few people had visited him during those decades.

And they all came secretly.

First, Cao Kun didn't allow it.

Second, after Ye Chen merged with the Immortal Dao King Body, he became increasingly presumptuous in the Cao Family, and with Cao Kun's backing, no one in the entire Cao Family dared to defy his will.

The Nine Great Elders had wanted to resist, but their cultivation was insufficient.

In the end, they also met with a bad fate, having their cultivation crippled by Cao Kun.

With this example of killing a chicken to warn the monkeys, the entire Cao Family no longer dared to defy Ye Chen's will.

This was also the beginning of his control over the Cao Family.

Stupid woman.

This Cao Family Head has never liked you.

If you dare to break off this Cao Family Head's engagement for Ye Chen, then don't blame this Cao Family Head for being ruthless.

“Let them in,” Cao Nie instructed Cao Hui.

He walked to the main seat and sat down.

As for Cao Kun and the other two, he temporarily left them aside; he would deal with them later.

The Nine Great Elders all took their seats.

Cao Kun clenched his fists, his face filled with unwillingness.

What was wrong with him pursuing love?

These old fellows actually didn't stand by him at all.

And this son, who dared to seize his position as Clan Leader, was simply unforgivable.

He Jie and Ye Chen now dared not speak a word,

fearing to attract Cao Nie's attention.

“Yes, Clan Leader.”

Cao Hui retreated.

Soon, a hearty laugh came from outside the hall: “Old Brother Cao, long time no see, congratulations, congratulations!”

Shen Family Head hadn't expected that coming to break off an engagement would coincide with Cao Kun's breakthrough.

This time, he had to cling to this powerful figure; from now on, his Shen Family would also be a renowned great family in the entire Great Xia Immortal Dynasty.

The reason he dared to break off Cao Nie's engagement, besides his daughter and Ye Chen being deeply in love,

was more importantly that Cao Kun also approved of the matter.

Otherwise, he would never have dared to come and break off this engagement.

As Shen Family Head led Shen Yunyue into the main hall,

he immediately noticed something was wrong when he looked up.

Why was someone else in the main seat, and why was Cao Kun standing to the side?

Who was this young man?

The engagement was set by Cao Nie's grandfather and Shen Family Head's father.

Not long after the engagement was set, Cao Nie's grandfather passed away.

Shen Family Head had only seen Cao Nie when he was a child, so he wasn't very familiar with him.

Shen Yunyue, who was beside him, had also seen Cao Nie a few times before Cao Nie's mother died.

These past years, due to Cao Nie's frequent seclusion, she wasn't very familiar either, and couldn't recall him for a moment.

Cao Nie looked at the two, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Shen Family Head was dressed in a blue robe, his build slightly robust.

Shen Yunyue wore a white dress, tall and slender, with flowing long hair, fair skin, and delicate features, exuding a fresh and elegant aura.

A pair of straight, long, snow-white legs were revealed as she walked.

【Detected a Daughter of Fortune, comprehensive score ninety-one. Please make the following choice, Host.】

【Choice One: Accept the peaceful annulment of the engagement, and give one million spirit crystals as compensation. Reward: an idiot title, and you will choke to death every time you breathe from now on.】

【Choice Two: Do not accept the annulment, proclaim “thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, do not bully a young man into poverty,” and after thirty years, annihilate everyone in the Shen Family. Reward: Secret Art of Prudence.】

【Choice Three: First annul the engagement, then forcibly conquer Shen Yunyue. Reward: Unranked Cultivation Method: Divine Demon Suppression Scripture.】

“System, I choose three.”

【Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Unranked Cultivation Method: Divine Demon Suppression Scripture.】

Cao Nie immediately felt countless black-gold runesRush his mind.

A total of twelve billion nine hundred and sixty million characters almost burst his primordial spirit.

Fortunately, all of this happened in an instant.

He only felt a sharp pain from his primordial spirit, which then vanished without a trace.

He briefly scanned it; it was a cultivation method specifically designed to complement the Forbidden God-Devil Body.

The higher the cultivation, the harder it was to replace a cultivation method.

Since he possessed the Forbidden God-Devil Body, and this cultivation method inherently complemented his physique, it wouldn't be too difficult to switch to it.

Below the main hall,

Shen Family Head and Shen Yunyue scanned the entire scene.

They felt that something was amiss.

Their cultivation was weak; Shen Family Head was only at the Penetrating Void Realm, making it difficult for him to discern all of this.

Furthermore, since Cao Nie had already restrained his aura, Shen Family Head would even less likely think that it was Cao Nie who had just broken through to the Penetrating Void Realm.

Shen Yunyue, who was beside him, seemed to have noticed something.

She transmitted her voice to Shen Family Head: “Father, the one in the main seat, he seems to be that Cao Nie who has been in seclusion all these years.”

Shen Family Head was startled and asked via voice transmission, “Are you sure?”

Shen Yunyue subtly nodded: “It should be correct. Although his appearance has changed slightly, I can still confirm that he is Cao Nie.”

Shen Family Head frowned and said, “Yun Yue, you are clever and intelligent. Can you tell what's going on now? Why is Clan Leader Cao standing to the side, and why are your little lover and everyone else also standing to the side?”

Shen Yunyue shook her head: “I can't tell either, but this Cao Nie has no aura at all, so he should have been stripped of the Immortal Dao King Body.”

“He's sitting in the main seat, probably because his position as Young Clan Leader was abolished, and he's very unwilling, so he wants to sit in this position to experience the prestige of the Clan Leader.”

“Uncle Cao probably feels guilty towards him, which is why he let him sit.”

Hearing this rather strained explanation, Shen Family Head was half-convinced.

However, on second thought, perhaps that was indeed the case.

After all, he was his biological son; it was normal for him to throw a tantrum.

Having figured everything out, Shen Family Head once again cupped his fists towards Cao Kun: “Old Brother Cao, congratulations, congratulations.”