Chapter 233 | With a Protagonist Halo, How Did I End Up the Villain?

As the song “Heartbroken Traveler at the Edge of the Sky” came to an end, the entire square fell into a deathly silence.

Only a few stray white petals were still drifting down...

The atmosphere was incredibly eerie.

Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao looked at each other and smiled.

They were quite satisfied with the effect. Look, everyone had been conquered by their exquisite performance and was now lost in it.

Their hard work practicing late into the night hadn’t been in vain.

Watching the silent square and the stunned crowd, Lu Ming’s mouth twitched. This was a bit of a social death!

But it didn’t matter; he was thick-skinned.

With a flick of his robes, he gracefully flew up onto the high platform.

By then, the Tiansheng Sect Leader had also snapped out of it.

He looked at Lu Ming and muttered to himself: “As expected of the Saint of the Qingshan Sect. A simple suona piece managed to dissolve most of the hostility.”

He noticed that after that display, the hostility from the crowd toward Lu Ming had significantly lessened. Most likely, they all felt that a guy like this was nothing to fear...

From the moment Lu Ming stepped onto the stage, Ye Fan stared at him intensely.

“You damn mortal, you’re dead this time!”

Seeing his Saintess’s gaze, the Tiansheng Sect Leader couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Truly, a grown daughter cannot be kept. She had only just seen the man, and already she was staring at him without blinking.

Could you at least be a bit more reserved? You’re a girl! Could you stop making your eyes look so lingering and intense?

Even though the engagement was set, who knew how the marriage would turn out? Besides, this guy isn’t even that handsome!

“I wonder how I should address you, little friend?” the Tiansheng Sect Leader asked with a smile, putting away his strange thoughts.

“Lu Ming!” Lu Ming replied with a cupped-hand salute.

“To prevent anyone from faking it, Young Master Lu, please bring out the betrothal gift for us to see...”

Lu Ming didn’t waste any words and directly produced the Double Fish Spirit Jade that the Grand Elder had given him.

The Tiansheng Sect Leader reached out, took the jade pendant, and examined it.

At that moment, the Tiansheng Sect’s Ancestor sent a secret transmission: “It’s genuine!”

Hearing the Ancestor’s confirmation, the Tiansheng Sect Leader returned the jade pendant to Lu Ming.

“Little Friend Lu, the jade pendant is fine. May I ask if the elders of your sect are well? Why didn’t they come with you?”

Lu Ming nodded. “They are all well. They eat well and sleep well. They just didn't want to come...”

Hearing this, the Tiansheng Sect Leader’s mouth twitched. This kid was certainly smooth-tongued; he hadn’t revealed a single useful thing!

Immediately, his eyes flashed as he pointed toward Ye Fan and said, “Little Friend Lu, this is the Saintess of our generation, Ye Qingcheng. What do you think of her?”

Lu Ming turned his head to look Ye Fan over.

At this moment, Ye Fan clenched his fists. He wanted to slap this guy to death. Only the thought of the Sect Leader saying that the Qingshan Sect was once the number one power in the Xuantian Continent allowed him to barely suppress the killing intent in his heart.

If he acted against him now, the sect would likely stop him. After all, until they were sure of the Qingshan Sect’s current strength, the Tiansheng Sect wouldn't directly kill Lu Ming.

At the same time, he understood why the Qingshan Sect had been so hard to eliminate before. Those old fossils in the Qingshan Sect were probably not to be trifled with.

...

Killing intent?

Even though Ye Fan had hidden it well, Lu Ming still felt a trace of killing intent coming from the other party.

He raised an eyebrow and said with a smile to the Tiansheng Sect Leader, “She’s not really my type. Can I swap her for someone more passionate and unrestrained?”

As soon as Lu Ming finished speaking, the entire square went silent for a second before erupting into a roar.

“Boom!”

Waves of terrifying killing intent surged into the sky.

“Damn him!”

“She’s not his type?”

“How dare he insult my goddess! I’m going to kill him!”

Ye Qingcheng’s admirers glared at Lu Ming on the stage with murderous intent. Even the Tianqi Crown Prince and the Yunhua Saint stood up abruptly, their eyes blazing as they stared at Lu Ming.

At the same time, their hearts were filled with overwhelming killing intent. They had already decided that they would definitely kill Lu Ming in the arena...

...

“Boom!”

Xiao Chen, sitting in the Tiansheng Sect’s area, could no longer hold back his killing intent. He flew up, intending to kill that damn bastard!

“Slap!”

However, the moment he took flight, he was slapped back down to the ground by the Tiansheng Sect’s Grand Elder—his grandfather.

If Xiao Chen weren't his only grandson, the Grand Elder would have been tempted to slap him to death himself. Damn it, all the good things he had given the boy over the years had been given to Ye Qingcheng. It would be one thing if his simping were worthwhile, but he was simping for someone he knew was another man’s fiancée!

“Grandfather, I want to kill—”

“Shut up! If you say one more word, I’ll disqualify you from the competition!” the Grand Elder scolded with a dark face.

At the same time, he felt a wave of helplessness. He had been brilliant all his life, so how did he end up with such a pig-brained grandson? Didn't he see that although so many people were angry and wanted to kill Lu Ming, they were all holding back? They knew they couldn't act in public. Only his foolish grandson would charge in.

At this moment, the Tiansheng Sect Leader was also shocked and bewildered.

Swap her?

You really have some nerve.

Do you think you’re buying vegetables at a market where you can just swap them for another one?

“Boom!”

At that moment, Ye Fan could no longer suppress the killing intent in his heart. He directly launched a sharp attack toward Lu Ming.

“You actually don’t like me?”

Wait, no, he didn’t want Lu Ming to like him anyway. He just wanted to kill him! As for anything else, he couldn't care less.

However, Ye Fan’s strike didn't hit Lu Ming; it was blocked by the Tiansheng Sect Leader.

Was this appropriate? The event hadn’t even started, and you two were already fighting!

“Endure it... after the marriage, you can fight however you want...”

Hearing the Sect Leader’s comforting words, Ye Fan’s eyes turned blood-red with rage. After the marriage? I’ve wanted to kill him this whole time!

Nonetheless, Ye Fan managed to restrain his killing intent.

“Ah... Little Friend Lu, according to social niceties, since this is your first time visiting our Tiansheng Sect, we have a few gifts for you.”

As for Lu Ming’s request to swap the Saintess, the Tiansheng Sect Leader didn’t even acknowledge it. How could they swap her? She was the Saintess they had spent countless resources to nurture. They couldn't just swap her out on a whim...

Lu Ming’s eyes lit up at the Sect Leader’s words. Receiving gifts? Great... he loved receiving gifts!

As for asking the Tiansheng Sect to swap the Saintess, he had just been saying whatever came to mind...

Seeing this scene on the stage, Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao spoke to Wang Defa and the others.

“Did you see that? The boss didn't take a liking to that woman. Our goal now is only one: to rake in as much money as possible!”

Wang Defa and Fu Chen nodded in agreement. Since the Great Sect Master didn't like her, there was no need for them to help him scheme for her...

Then Fu Chen added, “That woman seems to have turned her love into hate and wants to kill the Great Sect Master. If we get the chance, let's take her out!”

The others nodded one after another.

A moment later, a Tiansheng Sect disciple brought out a tray holding several top-grade magical artifacts. There was even a damaged immortal artifact and several top-grade spiritual pills...