Urban Romantic Divine Doctor

Chapter 1682 - 1679: I’m Here to Give a Gift

Xu Wendong glared at her fiercely, with a touch of anger, he said, "Look at me, do I look like the type of person who would be fickle in love or swayed by beauty?"

Zhang Nian playfully cleared her throat and responded with a giggle, "Even though I don’t understand face reading, I just have a gut feeling that you’re not the type to be devoted in relationships."

Xu Wendong was at a loss for words, never expecting Zhang Nian to see through his nature so easily, plunging him into extreme embarrassment.

To break the stalemate, he feigned calmness and said indifferently, "Alright, from now on, let’s address each other as master and apprentice."

"During the day, you follow me and I’ll teach you the magic techniques of cultivation."

"At night, you can either stay at the shop or go home, it’s up to you."

Zhang Nian looked pitifully at Xu Wendong, her eyes full of anticipation, "Can I not go home with you?"

"Don’t even think about it!" Xu Wendong rejected her request without hesitation.

Having just returned to Earth to reunite with his sister-in-law, there was no way he would let anyone else disrupt their world of two.

Saying this, he took a hundred-dollar bill out of his pocket and handed it to Zhang Nian, casually instructing, "It’s getting late, here, take this money and buy some lunch."

Zhang Nian pouted in dissatisfaction, showing obvious displeasure on her face, "What, so I’ve become a maid running errands for you?"

Xu Wendong merely smiled at her and said slowly, "If you’re not willing, you can leave now, I won’t stop you."

Zhang Nian snorted softly, reluctantly took the hundred-dollar bill from Xu Wendong, and then left Mystic Spirit Pavilion in a huff.

After she left, Xu Wendong’s expression immediately turned serious.

He gazed deeply in the direction Zhang Nian had left, the doubts in his heart surging like a tidal wave.

"What kind of connection do I have with her? Why do I feel like I’ve met her before? Where does this inexplicable familiarity come from?"

"Also, why was she so confident that she had seen my true self?"

Xu Wendong prided himself on having been through countless trials and tribulations, what strange things had he not seen?

Yet faced with Zhang Nian’s presence, for the first time, he felt at a loss.

He found himself unable to see through Zhang Nian’s fate, which puzzled him greatly.

In fact, this was not the first time Xu Wendong encountered such a situation.

Like those close family and friends around him, he also couldn’t see through their fates. That’s because their destinies had long been closely tied to his, sharing joys and sorrows together.

But Zhang Nian was clearly a stranger with whom he had no connection!

This was unprecedented for him.

"Could it be that she was a celestial god in a previous life?" Xu Wendong frowned, immersing himself in deep thought.

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Within the Li’s Mansion.

Li Boyuan’s face was full of anxiety, pacing back and forth in the magnificently decorated living room like an ant on a hot pan.

His steps were urgent and chaotic, every few steps he would instinctively look toward the door, his forehead already sweating, sparkling under the light.

He was anxiously waiting for Wu Zan’s return.

"Father, why don’t you find a place to sit and rest for a bit?" A middle-aged man, with a face showing signs of age and crow’s feet at the corners of his eyes, advised with a helpless smile, "You’ve walked back and forth here over a hundred times, aren’t you tired?"

Li Boyuan shook his head slightly, his expression heavy enough to drip water, and sighed deeply, his voice low and filled with infinite worry: "Without Wu Zan’s return, I can’t feel at ease, how can I sit peacefully?"

Even though he firmly believed that with Wu Zan’s powerful cultivation at the Golden Core Stage Peak, he could easily kill Xu Wendong without a trace.

However, seeing that Wu Zan hadn’t returned, he couldn’t help but feel an ominous premonition, like a shadow looming over his heart, impossible to shake off.

And at this worrying moment.

An old figure appeared without warning in the Li’s living room.

The old man’s hair and beard were white as snow in winter; clad in a linen robe, its sleeves gently fluttering; his face gaunt and sallow, yet exuding an extraordinary and ethereal aura.

Witnessing this person’s arrival, the pupils of Li Family members trembled violently, deep-seated fear and astonishment reflected in their eyes.

Though not cultivators themselves, they knew that only Nascent Soul Stage Experts, who were beyond Golden Core Period Experts, could master the incredible skill of teleportation.

Yet.

Nascent Soul Stage Experts were extremely rare, a presence that commanded wind and rain across the entire cultivation realm.

What puzzled them was why such a powerful Nascent Soul Stage Expert would come to the Li Family?

Before they could regain their composure.

An invisible, tide-like aura spread from the elder’s body.

Though the aura was intangible, it gave everyone a suffocating illusion.

As if an invisible mountain was weighing upon them.

A mountain that might at any moment crush them to a blood mist.

In an instant.

The atmosphere in the living room became heavy and oppressive.

Gathering his courage, Li Boyuan forced himself to remain calm, stepped forward and respectfully saluted, "We did not know of your esteemed arrival, the Li Family is remiss in welcoming you, I hope you forgive us."

"May I ask your esteemed name and the reason for your visit?"

"There’s no need for you to know my name!" Lingxu Taoist’s lips curled upwards, an enigmatic and thought-provoking smile emerging on his face, "This time I have come specifically to deliver a gift to the Li Family."

These words were like a stone cast into a calm lake, immediately stirring thousand-layered waves in the hearts of Li’s family members.

Surprised at first, their tense nerves suddenly eased like a bowstring being released, a difficult-to-describe joy spreading from the heart.

They exchanged glances, seeing the same disbelief and ecstasy in each other’s eyes.

It should be known that Nascent Soul Stage Experts are exceptionally powerful, mysterious, and unattainable.

Ordinarily, even hearing their names would compel respect and awe.

But now, such a nearly mythical existence claimed to come to offer a gift to the Li Family, how could this not make their hearts surge?

While everyone was filled with happiness, indulging in endless visions of a glorious future for the family, Lingxu Taoist remained as calm as water, raising his right hand with a gentle and casual wave.

Instantaneously, a dim light flickered, and Wu Zan’s lifeless body strangely and eerily appeared on the ground like a ghost.

The body lay there, face as white as paper, its death in a most horrifying state.