Cohabitation with Sword Spirit-Chapter 69 - 60: Hatred

The third young master of the wealthiest family in Cyan Cloud City, Qian Family, generally has a respectable reputation.

Despite his extreme family wealth, because of the incessant crisis education from his father Qian Long, he seldom flaunted his wealth like a typical second-generation rich kid. His lifestyle is lavish yet measured, and he manages to keep a relatively low profile and deftness considering his status.

Additionally, Qian Yu always prides himself on being a broad-minded person. During his interactions with people in Cyan Cloud City, he inevitably encounters eccentric characters with low emotional intelligence. Even when offended, he often lets it go with a smile. As his father says, making enemies without reason is just a waste of money, and the Qian Family cannot tolerate wasting money.

But on the other hand, Qian Yu is not an otherworldly saint; over fifteen years, it’s hard to completely avoid making enemies.

Among these, there is Shen Garden.

Speaking of enmity, the grudge between Qian Yu and Shen Garden isn’t any less than that with Zhang Zhixi; perhaps even surpasses it. At the Dobao Pavilion auction a week ago, Shen Qingming with one sentence cost him fifteen thousand Spirit Stones—a sky-high price that many could never afford!

Exactly fifteen thousand Spirit Stones.

Back then, Qian Yu was competing with Li Xinyu for the Dream of Scarlet, and relying on his superior savings along with a mad rush, he drove Li Xinyu back with a price of six thousand Spirit Stones. Then Shen Qingming intervened, raising the price beyond ten thousand, and instantly shattered Qian Yu’s already scant rationality.

The moment he put the Celestial Fortune Set on the table, tragedy was destined.

After the auction, his disappointed father Qian Long appeared, and with a set of Gold-Burning Palm, emptied all the change on him and extinguished his financial luck for the next half year.

The Celestial Fortune Set was later redeemed by Qian Long himself, still given to him to use, but the redemption cost was logged onto his account, requiring 95% of his pocket money, New Year’s money, and other incomes to repay.

What’s most crucial is that the Dream of Scarlet was directly confiscated by Qian Long!

That was Qian Yu’s lifeline, the key item in his plans to navigate the immortal cultivation adolescence, the greatest comfort of this poor single wealthy young man, at the impulsive age of fifteen, taken away by Qian Long!

And all this stemmed from Shen Qingming’s casual raise!

Qian Yu sincerely wished to rush over and die together with Shen Qingming at that moment, and this grudge would remain in his heart forever.

In fact, the entanglement with Shen Qingming extends beyond just this incident; their deep-seated grudge started long before.

Shen Qingming caused him to lose his girlfriend. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

An important, unique girlfriend named Zhang Zhixi... his girlfriend.

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In the eyes of many, the young master of the Qian Family would never lack women—just like the women of the Qian Family would never lack men.

A family that gives hundreds of Spirit Stones to disciples monthly as pocket money and additional welfare on holidays is always a target craved by many women. To even brush slightly against these wealthy folks is immensely beneficial, hence women always flock like moths to flames.

Moreover, unlike the extremely sleazy and obese Li Xinyu in the Li Family Mansion, Qian Yu has an above-average physique and appearance, commendable cultivation realm, clothed in divine armor, setting an example among his peers. With such qualifications, countless women are willing to forge a good match with him, even if not for wealth.

But the situation was dramatically different with Qian Yu. Until he was fourteen, not a single woman expressed affection towards him; even his rare initiatives ended in miserable defeat. The qualities worthy of pride seemed invisible to girls’ eyes, as many preferred to engage in romantic affairs with poor scholars rather than his wealthy young master.

According to the elders of the family, this was the destiny.

Or in other words, the consequence of his father Qian Long.

Before Qian Yu was born, Qian Long had two sons and a daughter, all outstanding cultivators, especially the second son Qian Ye, hailed as a once-in-a-century prodigy, breaking the Wind Barrier at eight, then soaring unimpeded.

But Qian Long himself was unsatisfied. Because none of those three children inherited his financial luck. They rushed through their cultivation paths like a storm but spent money lavishly and recklessly. As the head of the family, Qian Long urgently needed a descendant capable of inheriting the family business and possessing abundant financial luck.

For this, Qian Long spared no effort, inviting grandmasters from the Celestial City Three Academies adept in reversing fate at exorbitant prices, to determine an auspicious day, and prepared eighteen weapons. Once Qian Long solemnly performed Yin Yang Harmony with his wife, he used veiling techniques to lock his unborn child’s destiny to fortune.

Of course, the way of heaven is unpredictable; even immortal techniques can only calculate probabilities, define outlines, unable to precisely lock in an errorless future. Especially after generations of efforts, the Qian Family is already wealthy, and whether descendants can continue prospering remains unknown, and such methods inevitably entail significant costs.

Specifically, the cost is that Qian Yu’s peach blossom luck, his charm with women, is almost zero. Without a special opportunity, he is unlikely to find a girlfriend in this lifetime.

In Qian Long’s view, this is not a problem at all. After all, what woman is more important than money? Even without a girlfriend or true love, finding someone willing to bear his children won’t be too difficult. A true member of the Qian Family only needs to know how to cultivate and make money, and the matter of men and women can be completely set aside!

But to Qian Yu, this is a huge problem!

He is neither an obsessive maniac like his father, Qian Long, who values money more than life, nor a naturally cold mechanical puppet, but a healthily passionate male, intensely agitated in his adolescence, yearning for love and really longing for a sweet, adorable girlfriend!

Yet, due to destiny, he was always isolated from women.

Until one day, he met a girl named Zhang Zhixi.

At that time, despite being only thirteen, she was already quite famous in Cyan Cloud City, with astonishing cultivation talent and remarkable achievements, and she looked sweet and had a hot figure—completely unlike a thirteen-year-old girl. More importantly, she was clever and capable, charming and versatile, catching the eye of many wealthy youths.

After learning about Zhang Zhixi from a friend, Qian Yu didn’t take it too seriously. He had seen many grassroot celebrities like her; they seemed charming but actually had strict boundaries. Even those who were daring and unrestrained couldn’t withstand the power of destiny and always parted ways with him for various reasons.

Later, due to a chance encounter, Qian Yu saw Zhang Zhixi performing a sword dance at the Sword Dao Club and casually rewarded her with fifty spirit stones, then...

Then he received a heart-racing, enchanting glance.

Who knew how a thirteen-year-old girl learned such seductive and charming techniques? Her little face still carried traces of innocence, yet her alluring curves on such a petite body were uniquely tempting. Regardless, Qian Yu was completely captivated at that moment.

Fourteen years of life, four years of adolescence—raised in luxury since young, his development was well nourished, and adolescence came early—yet it was his first time receiving a flirtatious glance from a female. Before, under the unique and domineering influence of his destiny, he was generous with his wealth, but women’s favor was rare. This charming glance from Zhang Zhixi was already a breakthrough in his life!

Full of surprise and confusion, Qian Yu returned home to consult Elder, who was equally shocked by Zhang Zhixi’s flirtatious glance and wrote to the Three Academies Grandmaster in Heaven-Reaching City. After more than half a month of research and investigation, they reached an important conclusion.

Zhang Zhixi was not bound by Qian Yu’s destiny.

Because she possessed an exceptionally rare and unique destiny: Poverty.

If sacrificing female affinity made Qian Yu a natural god of wealth, then Zhang Zhixi was a natural goddess of poverty. No matter how hard she tried, it was difficult to escape the plight of poverty—of course, there is no destiny in life that cannot be altered, but in terms of destiny, they were a perfect match.

A match made in heaven.

After that, Qian Yu began to pursue Zhang Zhixi relentlessly, with dozens or hundreds of spirit stones rewarded like flowing water, and their relationship gradually grew closer. Zhang Zhixi skillfully maintained their distance, neither too distant nor too hasty, while the money Qian Yu rewarded always seemed to slip out of her pockets for various reasons.

Going out to buy cosmetics might lead to losing her wallet, investing in Golden Jade City stocks could encounter them hitting the limit, and buying lottery tickets would never win even consolation prizes. Zhang Zhixi was like a hardworking bear destined never to have more sticks.

Of course, this was best for Qian Yu—just paying a bit of pocket money every month and he could closely associate with a beautiful girl of his age. How could it not be a deal!

As a result, on Zhang Zhixi’s 14th birthday, Qian Yu prepared a romantic candlelight dinner and a heart-shaped design made of 999 spirit stones, intending to officially confess and establish a relationship, then...

Then Zhang Zhixi heard about a task at the Mutual Aid Association with a bounty of up to fifteen thousand spirit stones and directly abandoned Qian Yu, running off to seek her fortune independently.

This talented grassroots girl never trusted rich people, no matter how good Qian Yu’s family was because it had nothing to do with her. After all, Qian Yu wouldn’t divide his entire family fortune with her. Actually, the richer the young master, the more cautious they were with spending. Before a woman was played out, even using all means, earning thousands or tens of thousands of spirit stones was the limit, not to mention all kinds of flattering along the way.

And if the tasks succeeded, it would mean getting rich overnight, and those so-called rich second generations only deserved to be her sons!

As a result, Qian Yu watched helplessly as Zhang Zhixi fainted from vomiting blood in the association hall and was given CPR by Elder Yan—he was squeezed at the back by the crowd and couldn’t get close at all!

It was after that he couldn’t take it anymore and set his sights on the Dream of Scarlet. If genuine women were unreachable, wasn’t it legal to have a dream of scarlet?!

As a result, the Dream of Scarlet was swindled by the wicked lady of Shen Garden!

With all these accounts intermixed, the wicked couple of Shen Garden were, to him, enemies that stole his woman. How could he endure it?!

Especially now, a few adorable sword cultivator girls in the great hall treated his righteous questioning as a whisper in their ears, focusing solely on discussing how handsome Wang Jiu was and how many sisters wanted to have his children...

This couldn’t be tolerated, it’s infuriating!

"Wang Jiu, I challenge you to a duel!"