A Failure's hopeful Journey

You Xi Wang ran through the shadows and appeared in the guest hall. He had a smile on his face. He bowed to the guests and said, "I have seen Senior Lilian and Senior Ryuken."

He glanced at Takeshi Kinben and Ushijima Choma and said, "You two are my parents-in-law. Why are you standing?"

Ushijima Choma smiled and said, "Xiao Wang, how do we sit in front of our elders?"

The boy smiled and shook his head as he replied, "You don't sit in front of them, but beside them, Mother-in-law. Also, I can arrange for a smaller seat for you."

He gestured to a maid, who immediately arranged three wooden chairs beside the couch. These chairs had a slightly slower headrest to the couch. Under his insistence, the people sat down. Ryuken Kinben took the lead to speak, "Master You, I have to thank you for rescuing my wife from the turmoil in the lost sector."

You Xi Wang sat down between his grandaunt and aunt. He smiled and shook his head, "You glorify me in vain senior. I am not that great. I only did what I felt was right." his tone was calm and neither too humble nor too arrogant. 

Ryuken Kinben asked, "What do you mean?"

The boy replied, "It is not a secret anymore that I practice in the way of the soul. I sensed her consciousness struggling at that moment. Otherwise, pardon me for being rude, I would have slain her regardless of the cost. I will not let Darkness breed in my presence."

His words were strong, they turned the atmosphere tense slightly. Alec Kinben spoke up at this time, "What if it was your sister or any other relative?"

You Xi Wang raised his eyebrow, Chen Qianbei, and You Naixin completely sensed the killing intent radiating from him. It was overflowing, even though the boy controlled it. He gazed at Alec Benjamin and said, "Not only, me but my whole family. I will not hesitate to kill them if I cannot save them from the dark path."

Chen Qianbei said, "I can take a blood oath to verify your doubts, Mister Alec." 

Alec nodded and said, "It seems you are worthy to have a relationship with. I propose that..."

Ushijima Choma intercepted his words before it was too late, "Brother, I warn you. You better think over what you are to say next. I or my husband will not support your words." she paused and turned to You Xi Wang and said, "Whatever happens next, it is not related to me, my husband and my daughter, Xiao Wang."

The master of the You Family blinked and cast a gaze on Alec's face. The latter had just opened his mouth and was about to say something when You Xi Wang spoke, "Don't say it. You want my sister to marry you? You ask her. If she rejects, then you better stay silent for the rest of your life about this matter. I will not spare your face. In my family, women are not assets or chips of a bargain."

Lilian frowned and said, "Xiao Wang, what do you mean?"

The boy replied, "Your son was about to propose marriage to my sister, senior. He intended to form a marital alliance between the two families." his tone was calm.

Lilian was very well aware of his background so she asked, "You mastered Mind reading?" her words made the people surprised. 

You Xi Wang nodded. He had no fear in letting them know about his skill. This way they will fear him more. He was good to his family but the people who looked down on him were all decided to be paid back in full. 

Lilian nodded and said to Ryuken Kinben, "Since when did your family started to treat women as a chip of bargain?"

Ryuken shook his head and said, "I am not aware of such practices. I spend all my time without you in practice."

Lilian snorted at his excuse. Ryuken was helpless, he frowned and said, "Alec, what you said is true? The family practices such a policy?" his upset tone was evident. 

Alec hesitated and nodded. He said, "Our family is shrinking in the past few decades so This way we could gain some more members and the forces will grow." he spoke with confidence thinking that no one will reprimand him. 

Lilian did not stop. She had no affection for this guy in her heart, "Do you take women for a child manufacturing plant? Is that the reason why the house was overflowed with toddlers and newborn kids? Shame." 

Alec just bowed his head and had no retort. After a few seconds he still said, "Okay, I swear that if You Zhichi marries me, I will not take another wife. I will be solely loyal to her. How about it? Will you marry me now?'

You Xi Wang did not reply just said, "Chichi, you follow your heart. Don't worry about anything else." he spoke as if he was the older brother. 

You Zhichi smacked the back of his head in front of everyone and said, "Brat, I am the hall master of Array hall, be respectful." she was not disrespecting the master of the family but was telling Alec Kinben indirectly that she will not agree to him. 

She glanced at the man in question and said, "I will not marry, not only you but anyone. Before you ask me the reason, I will answer you. It is not your business to care about me or my thoughts."

Alec was mesmerized by her beauty, he did not want to give up so easily. He said, "I am a middle realm Primal Soul Cultivator. I also have a grade 3 array master badge. I know alchemy. I am not a shallow man as well. Why do you not agree? Please at least give me a reason."

You Zhichi did not smile, she did not think this man was worthy to see her smile. She said, "My brother is 17, he is the youngest God Of War in the world, he has awakened his martial spirit. He is a grade 7 array master, also known as the Maestro and Pioneer in the world. You must be aware of Tianlong Group? He is the CEO. Now let's talk about me, I will be 22 in a month, I am at the peak of Primal Soul Realm, I have awakened my martial spirit, Grade 8 beginner array master. The hall master of Array Hall. A force that even the council of metropia pays face and respect to. CFO of Tianlong group. I don't want to sound disrespectful, pardon me for saying this, but I have worked so hard that this arrogance is what I deserve. I don't want to marry, that is a choice I made when I was a child." 

She paused and was about to continue when Celestia and Lily rushed over. They greeted the guests, watching the tense atmosphere Celestia spoke up, "Big brother, a young lady called, Gena Langford came with your teacher, I have them in the second guest hall."

You Xi Wang was confused and asked, "Why did they come?"

Yuki spoke up for the first time, "I called them. I will go and attend them." she stood up and was about to walk away in a hurry when the cup of tea in her hand spilled some drops over Lilian's silver-colored robe. 

She apologized, "I am sorry, grandaunt." she tried to wipe it off but the robe was made of cotton, it was already stained. 

Lily walked over and said while blinking her beautiful eyes, "Yuyu, I can clean this up."

Yuki shook her head, thinking that the girl was trying to console her, but the next second, Lily took hold of a spirit stone pendant and drew a pattern over the stain. The pattern glowed and the next moment the stain vanished from the robe. 

Everyone was shocked, the seniors, especially. Yuki asked Lily quickly, "Sweety, How did you do that?"

Lily said, "Big brother taught us about elementary spirit runes." her casual words made all the gazes focus on You Xi Wang. 

The boy replied, "What happened?"

Lilian asked, "Did you took them as your disciples? How did these kids learn the spirit runes so fast and so quickly?"

You Xi Wang replied, "Yeah, they are my disciples, as for the runes, well I was teaching them some basic things such as weapons and martial arts when it came to me. So I tried to draw a rune with the spirit stone. Coincidentally it worked. They wanted to learn so I directly used Soul Impartment. I did not expect Lily to learn so soon."

Celestia said, "I learned it too. But I don't understand one thing, why is it so simple? I found alchemy harder than this. Big brother, you have to bring me harder knowledge to learn or it is no fun."

Lily nodded like a chick beside her. You Xi Wang said, "Good, we start tomorrow."

You Naixin grabbed his ear and said, "You monster, let my children be humans. Don't make them a copy of yourself." 

At this moment, Alec Benjamin was doubting his life. 'What are these people?' he thought secretly.