4 I'm not the same person I was before!

"You finally figured it out." - Chen Xiao was surprised. He never would have thought that his foolish son would suddenly realize this.

Chen Xiao thought there were only two misfortunes in his life.

They were the loss of his wife and Chen Ge's encounter with Liang Si Yao.

His wife disappeared under strange circumstances, which he always hid from everyone, covering up her disappearance and explaining it by claiming that she is already dead.

And Chen Ge's meeting with Liang Si Yao fell into the same category. In his memory, before the both of them met, Chen Ge was a hardworking young man striving for the pinnacle of cultivation.

But their meeting had changed everything, in Chen Ge's eyes cultivation had faded into the background, replacing it with the pursuit of love.

When Chen Xiao finally had lowered his hands in surrender and bowed his head to the Liang Clan, offering marriage in exchange for many rare resources, his enamored son had finally got a grip on.

It was impossible to describe the feeling Chen Xiao was feeling at this moment.

"Good... Good... Good…" - Chen Xiao repeated three times and got up from the table. - "Let's go to the Liang Clan immediately!"

Not giving Chen Ge a chance to change his mind, Chen Xiao immediately rushed to cancel the wedding as quickly as possible, because the ceremony was supposed to take place in an hour. He didn't care if he offended the Liang Clan, the fate of his son was much more important to him than that.

Noticing Chen Xiao's impatience, Chen Ge only smiled, it turned out that canceling the wedding was much easier than he thought it would be.

Lightly exhaling, Chen Ge followed his father into the Liang Clan.

As soon as they came out, Chen Yanran suddenly laughed and muttered:

"Big brother, that bitch's charms don't work on you anymore?"

*****

Shentou City is a small city in the Scarlet Phoenix Empire. Not only is it very small, but it is also the most remote in terms of geography. The population, economy, and even the average domestic cultivation level is the lowest. This place can be described as a deep backwater not only of the first heaven, but also of the Scarlet Phoenix Empire.

Today was a very lively day in Shentou City for the first time in many years, and for what reason, it wasn't hard to guess.

The wedding between Chen Ge and Liang Si Yao.

There would be no such excitement if it was just Chen Ge's wedding, but Liang Si Yao's marriage was an unexpected sensation.

The Liang Clan was also like the Chen Clan, a large clan in Shentou City, though still slightly inferior to the Chen Clan. It was not only engaged in the development of inner strength, but also specialized in trade.

The leader of the Liang Clan had only two children, Liang Si Rou and Liang Si Yao. Both daughters were not interested in the family business, focusing on the study of inner strength. Their father was against it at first, but having discovered a talent for cultivation in the both of them, he stopped objecting and became supportive in every way possible.

Thanks to them and especially Liang Si Yao, the clan began to grow rapidly, many families of Shentou City scrambled to show their best side. In the end, everyone recognized her talent and surmised that in the future it could reach the Earth Ascension(3) and maybe even higher. And then the once small clan would take over the position from the Chen Clan.

However, something happened that baffled everyone, a treasure of the Liang Clan was to marry the young master of the Chen Clan. Of course, there would have been no qualms about it if he was worthy of Liang Si Yao or just slightly inferior to her. No one would even dare to utter a word if not for the fact that the Chen Clan's heir is considered a useless scum.

And yet, unfortunately for many, the wedding was scheduled to take place today, who knows how many people felt anger and jealousy toward Chen Ge.

As soon as Chen Ge walked out the gate he saw a long red carpet starting from his house that stretched all the way to the Liang Clan. This red carpet was a tradition of Shentou City.

The journey to the Liang Clan didn't take too long, after only ten minutes, they had already arrived at the clan. At the door, smiling like a tiger, stood Liang Zheng.

If this had happened yesterday, Chen Ge would have quickly jumped up to him and respectfully bowed to flatter him.

But, now he is not, quite literally speaking, who he used to be.

"Uncle Liang." - said Chen Ge.

"Haha, today you're marrying my daughter, and you still call me uncle?" - Liang Zheng laughed. He was about the same age as Chen Xiao, but the difference between them was enormous.

Liang Zheng was chubby and didn't dabble in the cultivation even a little, and although he looked quite funny, no one in town would dare laugh at that, no one wanted to offend such a rapidly growing clan afterall.

But, the words that Liang Zheng was waiting to hear were never spoken.

"What's going on?" - He thought.

Chen Ge came along with his father even before the appointed time which was unusual, getting a bad feeling he spoke again:

"Today, you are marrying my daughter. You may not be a cultivation genius, but I still give you my daughter's without a shred of doubt in you. Even if you remain the same person in the future, I hope you take good care of my daughter and shut up anyone who says nasty things." - He patted Chen Ge on the shoulder.

Chen Ge smiled enigmatically and nodded his head.

"Uncle Liang, don't worry, all those who look down on me and think I'm useless will be sorry very soon."

At this moment, a slight panic ran in Liang Zheng's eyes, his suspicions increased. He knew Chen Ge as a spineless and cowardly boy who only knew how to flatter, but now he looked like a completely different person.

Such clear eyes as well as a steady and calm demeanor were not traits that he could attribute to Chen Ge.

Realizing that the entire plan could collapse because of Chen Ge's sudden change, Liang Zheng could no longer maintain his composure and hurriedly spoke:

"Great, I knew that Chen Xiao's son couldn't be an ordinary person, now go, Liang Si Yao is waiting for you."

After a little hesitation he went to her room, but before he did so he nodded to Chen Xiao, their plan was for the father to talk to Liang Zheng and for him to talk to Liang Si Yao, breaking up the wedding would best be made as a mutual decision.

Throughout the conversation, Chen Ge noticed how Liang Zheng didn't even say hello to his father which was quite insulting, he didn't know why his father took it so calmly, but it was clear that the Liang Clan was already mulling over plans to take over the Chen Clan.

The Chen Clan's resources were not only coveted by the Liang Clan but also by himself, he needed a huge amount of resources to make rapid progress in cultivation and that was the only reason why he didn't leave the Chen Clan right away.

And the first step in getting them was to break up this marriage.