Chapter 768: Mountain of Flesh

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall fell deathly silent.

Everyone stared at Li Qingran, dumbfounded, unable to utter a single word.

After a long moment, Lei Bo finally snapped back to reality and slammed his palm on the table. "Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to me like that!? I am the eldest son of the Thunder Leopard Family, inheritor of the Thunder Leopard Family's Thunder Leopard Battle Soul, and it's a mutated Golden Lightning Thunder Leopard at that! If not for the rules passed down through generations of our family heads, you wouldn't even have the qualification to see me! Besides, you're just a good-for-nothing with a Battle Power of zero!"

Lei Bo was furious to the core.

He truly looked down on this Flame Boar Family.

But ancestral rules were rules. He hadn't understood them before, but when he later asked his father, his father told him: Only offspring born with a woman from the Flame Boar Family could guarantee that the male child would most likely have a Thunder Leopard Battle Soul, while the female child would have a Flame Boar Battle Soul. Furthermore, the bloodline of the Flame Boar Family could increase the probability of mutation in the Thunder Leopard Battle Soul. For example, his own mother was the previous generation's direct-line daughter of the Flame Boar Family. Without the support of his mother's bloodline, who knows where his Golden Lightning Thunder Leopard would be now!

Therefore, no matter how much he looked down on a beast-form Battle Soul like the Flame Boar, he had no choice but to marry a woman from the Flame Boar Family according to his family's rules. He had come to the Flame Boar Family reluctantly in the first place, feeling that letting a woman from the Flame Boar Family marry him was an act of charity. And now, he had been rebuked like this.

"Qingran, how can you speak like that? Apologize to Young Master Lei immediately!"

Li Qingran glanced somewhat helplessly at the woman who, according to the Heavenly Dao's rules in this Small Thousand World, was arranged to be her mother. She knew that a normal transmigrator should follow the rules of the world they transmigrated into, conforming to the original character's persona to avoid problems. But she was the wife of the number one Sword Master of the Cangyun Realm, not someone any worthless nobody could insult.

"I came here today only to unilaterally announce one thing. I, Li Qingran, will not marry anyone, especially not some damn Thunder Leopard Family." Having said that, she turned and walked away, completely ignoring the livid expressions on Li Ji's and Lei Bo's faces.

The two little maidservants exchanged glances. After several moments of hesitation, they still followed Li Qingran's steps. They were servants specially arranged by Yang Fei to take care of Li Qingran. Even though Li Qingran might have little status in the Flame Boar Family in the future, relying on Yang Fei, her status was far beyond what lowly servants like them could compare to. They had to follow Li Qingran to prevent her from doing anything foolish.

That's right. As things had developed up to this point, whether it was the servants, Yang Fei, or the family head Li Ji sitting in the main seat and the young master of the Thunder Leopard Family, Lei Bo, they all unanimously believed that Li Qingran, having had her hopes dashed, was stimulated and, seeing no opportunity left, had simply given up on herself.

"Hah, what a foolish woman. Does she think being a bit tough will make me, Lei Bo, look at her more favorably?" Lei Bo sneered, clenching his fist. In Battle Soul City, there were countless families. Among those families at a similar level as the Thunder Leopard Family, there wasn't a single woman who dared speak to him like that. Even those stronger families would give him some face when they saw his mutated Battle Soul.

"Young Master Lei, please don't be angry." Li Ji, the head of the Flame Boar Family, took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Li Qingran herself was never the one you were supposed to marry. She's just an ordinary person with zero Battle Power, nothing more than a pretty face. Who knows who she takes after... Such a mortal isn't worth your anger. Today, you came to see our family's concubine-born daughter, didn't you?"

The family head's words echoed in the hall. Yang Fei sat silently to the side, her face somber. Rong Wuhua, however, was grinning from ear to ear—she knew her daughter's marriage to Lei Bo was basically settled. Before yesterday's test results came out, she had been on tenterhooks. Fortunately, Li Qingran was uncompetitive. Otherwise, with that heaven-defying beauty, her own daughter would have had no chance to fight back at all. How did that saying go? When a deity opens a window for you, they close the door. The door to Li Qingran's talent had been completely shut. And in the Canglan Continent, besides fate, what was more important than talent?

"You're right." Lei Bo took a deep breath and nodded. Li Ji, the head of the Flame Boar Family, had a Flame Boar Battle Soul but was a 32nd-level Battle Venerable. Even though Lei Bo looked down on him from the bottom of his heart, he still had to give him face in person. At the same time, Lei Bo pondered in his heart. If the direct-line daughter of the Flame Boar Family was so beautiful, the concubine-born daughter shouldn't be too far off, right?

Lei Bo began to fantasize a little and hurriedly said, "Family Head Li, why not invite my fiancée out for a look? Although the plan for the alliance marriage between our two families cannot be changed, I still want to see her in advance, have more contact before the marriage, and cultivate some feelings. That way, our future married life can be happier."

Li Ji gave Rong Wuhua a meaningful glance. Rong Wuhua was overjoyed. With a fawning expression, she said, "Young Master Lei even knows about cultivating feelings before marriage? You're clearly someone who knows how to cherish others. For my daughter to be able to marry Young Master Lei is a blessing accumulated over eight lifetimes... Young Master Lei, please wait a moment. I'll have my daughter come out right away."

Hearing this, a look of eager anticipation reappeared on Lei Bo's face. He straightened his clothes and gazed intently toward the hall door, already beginning to imagine what kind of grace and charm the other young lady of the Flame Boar Family would possess. Even if she couldn't compare to Li Qingran's peerless beauty, she must be lovely and charming...

Right at that moment, a series of heavy *thump-thump-thump* sounds came from outside the door, as if some heavy, massive object was approaching step by step. Even the ground faintly transmitted vibrations.

The smile on Lei Bo's face stiffened slightly. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart. These footsteps... why did they sound less like a delicate, frail young lady and more like an armored, heavy warrior?

Amid his growing unease and doubt, a massive figure finally appeared in the doorway, almost completely filling the entire door frame. It was no lovely young maiden, but a moving mountain of flesh!

The person approaching was nearly two meters tall, with an enormous, massive build. Layer upon layer of fat almost seemed on the verge of bursting the specially-made, ornate skirt embroidered with the Flame Boar family crest that she wore. With every step she took, the fat on her face and the excess flesh on her body shook violently, producing those heavy, thudding footsteps.

What made Lei Bo's pupils quake even more was that this "mountain of flesh" currently had one hand gripping a glistening, oily roast turkey leg larger than her own face, chomping away with gusto. Greasy juices dripped from her chin, staining the front of her clothes into a complete mess. Her other chubby, stubby-fingered hand was also smeared with shiny grease. The entire hall seemed to feel more cramped because of her appearance.

All color instantly drained from Lei Bo's face. He whipped his head around to look at Li Ji in the main seat, his voice even changing tone, carrying a last shred of hope. "Fa... Family Head Li? This... this person is a guard from your residence? Or a new cook? Truly... truly... robust and powerful!"

Li Ji's hand, holding the teacup, paused slightly. His eyes drifted evasively toward the window, as if he had suddenly developed an interest in the rockery in the courtyard, completely ignoring the question.

Rong Wuhua, however, seemed completely oblivious to Lei Bo's terror and despair. Beaming with joy, she went up to meet the newcomer, skillfully set up a small step stool, took out a handkerchief to wipe the greasy face of the plump girl, then affectionately took her chubby hand and dragged her before Lei Bo. In an immensely proud tone, she introduced, "Hahaha! Young Master Lei, you're such a joker! This is my daughter, the concubine-born daughter of the Flame Boar Family! Also your future wife, Li Rong! Look at this physique, how sturdy! This appetite, how excellent! She clearly has good fortune written all over her, definitely easy to bear children! In the future, she'll absolutely give birth to a big, fat son for you, to inherit your excellent Thunder Leopard Battle Soul!"

Li Rong seemed to finally notice the pale-faced Lei Bo before her. She let out a loud, resounding burp. A wave of hot air mixed with the smell of roast chicken sprayed directly into Lei Bo's face. Then, she opened her greasy mouth wide, revealing a "simple and honest" smile, and mumbled indistinctly, "Hu... husband? Wa... want some turkey leg?" As she spoke, she even extended that messily gnawed turkey leg toward Lei Bo.

Lei Bo: "..."

He looked at the mountain of flesh before him that was still chewing incessantly, smelled that complex odor mixing food and sweat, and then thought of the cold, aloof, and stunningly beautiful Li Qingran from just moments ago...

An indescribable feeling of despair and nausea violently surged up his throat.

His vision went black, and he fainted on the spot.

"Young Master Lei?"

"Young Master Lei has fainted!"

Everyone in the hall immediately panicked.

"Hurry! Go fetch a physician!"

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