"Lin Qingyue!"
Seeing the name on the second marriage contract—her best friend, Lin Qingyue, the young lady of Hangcheng's Lin Family—Su Yanran took a deep breath to suppress the overwhelming shock in her heart. "Thank you!"
"Since you've returned the marriage contract to me, this is for you."
As she spoke, Su Yanran took out a jade pendant from her bag. "This is the token your grandfather left for the Su Family years ago. From now on, our marriage arrangement is canceled, and we owe each other nothing!"
"My grandfather's jade pendant?" Qin Lin examined the pendant, finding it rather strange. "By the way, do you know where my grandfather is now?"
"Immortal Qin Sr. has always been secretive in his whereabouts, and it has been nearly twenty years since he last appeared. Perhaps he has already—"
Su Yanran shook her head. After a moment's thought, she took out a business card. "This is my number. Consider it a favor owed. If you ever need help or money, you can contact me anytime."
"Goodbye."
After going downstairs and settling into the driver's seat of her Maserati, Su Yanran looked at the marriage contract in her hand. Grandfather, don't blame me for disobeying you and breaking off the engagement. If you saw how down-and-out he looks now, I'm sure you wouldn't allow me to marry him either!
Sighing, Su Yanran put the marriage contract away. Although Mr. Su Sr. had sent her to Hangcheng to marry Qin Lin, she had taken matters into her own hands and chosen to break off the engagement!
Recalling Qin Lin's seven marriage contracts, Su Yanran's brow furrowed. But Qingyue has a marriage contract with him too. Does she even know about it? I can't worry about the others, but I have to tell Qingyue. She needs to come here and call off the engagement as soon as possible. What if that guy uses the contract to force Qingyue to marry him? She'd be in serious trouble!
As Su Yanran went to share this secret with Lin Qingyue, Qin Lin, back in his rented room, also sensed something was off about the jade pendant she had returned. This was because the jade pendant was unmistakably a piece of the Seven-Pointed Star, and the one hanging around his neck was its core!
Could it be that the other six fiancées each have a piece too? What's the special meaning behind this?
With a furrowed brow, Qin Lin skeptically placed the piece of the jade pendant onto the core.
WHOOSH.
As a beam of green light flashed, the two pieces of the jade pendant merged into one. Qin Lin was instantly transported to the same environment as before.
"Grandfather!" Seeing the old man before him—dressed in a green Daoist robe and exuding the aura of an immortal—Qin Lin hurriedly asked, "Grandfather, what is all this about the seven fiancées you arranged for me? And where are you now?"
"Grandson, the fact that you can see me must mean the girl from the Su Family has found you," Mr. Qin Sr. said slowly, not answering Qin Lin's question. "Remember, you must treat her well. She possesses the Moon Spirit Ephemeral Body, and her core sorcery can help you break through to the Spirit Origin stage and complete your initial transformation.
"The seal I placed in your body long ago could only suppress the Mandala Corpse Poison for twenty years. That seal is now broken. From this point forward, you must rely on yourself.
"Once your bloodline inheritance is activated, your identity could be exposed at any time. Therefore, you must keep a low profile and hide who you are while your strength is low. Otherwise, if the enemies of our Qin Family discover you, your life will be in grave danger—"
"Wait, what's happening?"
WHOOSH.
Before Qin Lin could ask for more details, the vision vanished. A surge of inherited memories flooded his mind, and he finally understood the full story.
So that's what happened... I was poisoned by an enemy as a child, and Grandfather was forced to leave me to find an antidote! And these seven marriage contracts weren't random. Grandfather chose these seven fiancées because each possesses a unique special constitution. Combined with the dual cultivation abilities of our Qin Family's Qingyun Immortal Technique, they can help me break through to new realms and suppress the Mandala Corpse Poison!
Thinking of what happened with Chen Mengyuan, Qin Lin, who had no desire to get involved with so many women, felt immensely frustrated. And this is something I can neither delay nor avoid! Whenever my strength reaches the peak of a realm, I must obtain the core sorcery of one of my fiancées within fifteen days. If I fail, the Mandala Corpse Poison will begin to flare up, and my strength will gradually decline until I die from the poison after one month! So, whether I want to or not, I have to obtain them!
Looking at the six remaining marriage contracts in the wooden box, Qin Lin felt completely helpless. He realized he shouldn't have agreed to Su Yanran's request to annul the engagement. Only by obtaining her core sorcery could he quickly break through to the Spirit Origin stage and suppress the Mandala Corpse Poison that was now stirring within him.
With a grave expression, Qin Lin tapped his forehead. What exactly is the story with my Qin Family? My parents disappeared mysteriously right after I was born, and then Grandfather left me too. Which enemy is scheming against us? I feel like the memories about all this are in my head, but I just can't seem to recall them. Do I have to obtain the other six jade pendants to gradually unlock the inherited memories Grandfather left for me?
Qin Lin took a deep breath, deciding to put aside these questions for now. He figured his grandfather had his reasons for withholding the information. After all, his current strength was too weak, and knowing too much wouldn't do him any good.
I wonder who the other six girls on these marriage contracts are, and what special constitutions they possess?