Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 422 - 422 403 I Can Win This Contest for the Luo Family_1

422: Chapter 403 I Can Win This Contest for the Luo Family_1 422: Chapter 403 I Can Win This Contest for the Luo Family_1 Lu Chuan glanced at the bank card and couldn’t help but laugh.

It seemed that the other party viewed him as nothing more than a beggar.

He didn’t take it to heart and explained, “Patriarch Luo, you’ve misunderstood.

I’m not here to ask you for money.

I’ve come to inquire whether you have the Soul Herb in your possession.”

Luo Zhenhua’s brows furrowed.

“What did you call me?”

Lu Chuan replied indifferently, “Patriarch Luo.”

“How dare you!

I am your elder!” Luo Zhenhua exclaimed angrily.

Lu Chuan chuckled, saying, “It’s true that you’re my elder, but just now you’ve clearly demonstrated your attitude towards me.

Clearly, you do not wish to acknowledge my relationship with the Luo family.

Under such circumstances, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to shamelessly call you ‘Uncle’, would it?”

Luo Zhenhua clenched his fists, his face seething with anger, yet he couldn’t refute Lu Chuan’s words.

He could only snort coldly and say, “The Soul Herb is indeed in my hands.

What do you want it for?”

Lu Chuan replied, “For alchemy.

I wonder if you, Patriarch Luo, would be willing to sell the Soul Herb to me, or perhaps, I can exchange something you desire for it.”

Hearing this, Luo Zhenhua couldn’t help but laugh, staring at Lu Chuan as he said, “Do you realize that this Soul Herb is a four-hundred-year Spiritual Medicine whose value cannot be measured by money?

Do you think you can afford it?”

Because the Luo family members did not pay attention to news about Lu Chuan, and the feats he had accomplished were only known within a certain circle, everyone in the Luo family, including Luo Zhenhua, was unaware that Lu Chuan had now reached a status they would have to look up to.

A few years ago, Luo Zhenhua had someone inquire about Lu Chuan and learned that his life was quite hard, making a living as a deliveryman.

Until today, that was the impression he had of Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan stated, “You could name your price first.

I might not be unable to afford it.”

Luo Zhenhua scoffed and said, “You’re too naive.

You have no idea what a four-hundred-year spiritual medicine signifies.”

He looked at Lu Chuan.

“That’s something you couldn’t afford even if you delivered takeout for several lifetimes!”

Lu Chuan felt somewhat helpless; it seemed his uncle genuinely looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.

“Patriarch Luo, I haven’t been delivering takeout for a long time, and in the past year and a bit, I’ve grown quite a bit and have made many gains.

I have come by four-hundred-year Spiritual Medicine before.

I am sincerely hoping to purchase the Soul Herb from you.

Please, for the sake of my mother, give me a price.”

Luo Zhenhua raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, saying, “Now I see why you had the audacity to come to the Luo family.

It turns out you had the good fortune to turn your life around.

What, are you trying to show off your recent achievements to me?

You pretend you want the Soul Herb, but the truth is you just want me to know you’re doing better than I thought, right?”

“Lu Chuan, let me tell you, the accumulation of many generations of my Luo family cannot be imagined by a nouveau riche who got ahead by sheer luck.

To me, your actions are nothing but a joke.”

Lu Chuan was at a loss for words.

If he had truly come to boast, he would have brought Feng Yuanshan with him, there would be no need to endure such disdain here.

However, for the sake of the Soul Herb, he had to bear it and said, “I don’t mean that.

My only goal is the Soul Herb.”

Luo Zhenhua sneered, seemingly not wanting to waste more words on Lu Chuan, “You can stop entertaining the idea of getting the Soul Herb.

In a week, our Luo family and the Muh family will have a martial competition, with both sides providing three treasures as a stake.

The winner gets to take all the items.

The Soul Herb is one of them, so even if you have the money, I can’t sell it to you.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan’s brow furrowed slightly, but he quickly remembered the content of the servants’ conversation he overheard in the courtyard, saying, “I heard them say just now that the strongest among the younger generation of the Ahn family has reached the Profound Realm, while the strongest from the Luo family is at the Grade 9 Grandmaster level.

This competition, the Luo family is surely bound to lose, right?”

Luo Zhenhua’s face darkened as he spoke, “What’s it to you?”

Lu Chuan smiled and said, “If you agree to give me the Soul Herb, I can win this martial competition for the Luo family.

Although my last name is Lu and you don’t want to acknowledge me, my mother was once a member of the Luo family, so there’s nothing for the Muh family to object about if I step in to compete.”

Luo Zhenhua eyed Lu Chuan for a moment and then responded, “You’re going to represent the Luo family in the martial competition?

My son has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and is recognized by many martial arts masters as a prodigy.

It took him more than twenty years to reach the Grade 9 Grandmaster realm, and even he is worried about how to beat that kid from the Muh family.

Where do you get the confidence to think you can win this competition?”

Lu Chuan smiled and said, “To be honest, I’ve also gained some strength in the past year or so.

Defeating someone who has just entered the Profound Realm shouldn’t be a problem for me.”

Luo Zhenhua was completely speechless, unsure whether to call Lu Chuan brave or ignorant.

From the moment he met Lu Chuan, he felt that his nephew was far too arrogant and had no clear self-awareness, which was off-putting.

He had initially wanted to crush Lu Chuan, to make this clueless guy realize just how ridiculous he was, but then he thought that preaching to such a person would never get through.

Only by facing a real setback would Lu Chuan understand where he truly stood.

So, he didn’t flat out reject Lu Chuan, instead he said, “Since you’re so confident, why don’t I arrange a fight between you and my son?

If you can beat my son, I will let you represent the Luo family in the martial competition.”

Lu Chuan replied with a smile, “Okay.”

Luo Zhenhua gave a smirk and said, “Wait here, I’ll go notify them.”

Half an hour later.

In the main courtyard, Lu Chuan stood in the center, his face indifferent.

Opposite him stood the strongest of the Luo family’s younger generation, Luo Xingchen.

Around the two were many onlookers, eager for the spectacle.

Luo Zhenhua had purposely called all the Luo family members to witness, wanting Lu Chuan to truly experience what it meant to lose face.

The Luo family experts were all watching Lu Chuan with mocking expressions.

In their view, even if Luo Xingchen wasn’t as good as that person from the Muh family, he was considered a leader among the young generation in Capital City, not someone just anyone could challenge.

They all treated Lu Chuan as a joke.

On the other side, the women were chattering among themselves.

Upon learning that Lu Chuan was Luo Yunshang’s son, they all looked at him with scorn.

Luo Zhenhua’s wife, the current matron of the Luo family, Guan Yue, said contemptuously, “Luo Yunshang insisted on marrying that poor and blank Lu Cangsheng despite the family’s objections.

She lost all face for our family.

I knew she was no good from the start, lacking vision and brains.

As for her son, he can’t be any better.

Now he even has the nerve to challenge my son; he must be out of his mind.”

A group of women echoed in agreement.

“That’s right, just like Luo Yunshang, who knew no better, her son can’t be anything impressive, certainly worse than her.”

“Exactly, Luo Yunshang herself is nothing special, so her child can only be more lackluster.”

…

Among the female relatives, a beautiful girl around eighteen or nineteen stared coldly at Lu Chuan, seemingly annoyed.

She was Luo Zhenhua’s daughter, the young miss of the Luo family, Luo Shiyu.

Although those around her kept saying how unworthy Luo Yunshang was, she knew in her heart that her aunt she’d never met was likely a woman of extreme beauty and talent, not the worthless person her mother and others in the Luo family made her out to be.

She had heard this from her grandfather who often spoke of Luo Yunshang with fondness and longing.

Her displeasure stemmed from her grandfather always comparing her to Luo Yunshang, telling her she carried a shadow of Luo Yunshang, yet still fell short.

This resentment towards her aunt originated from such comparisons.

Being in the prime of her youth, she was proud and haughty, and she had already achieved considerable success in the field of painting, regarded as a talented lady by all.

Yet, not only was her grandfather not proud of her, but he also constantly said she couldn’t compare to Luo Yunshang, which naturally irritated her.

By association, she found Luo Yunshang’s son distasteful as well.

Of course, the guy standing opposite her brother did indeed appear quite ordinary.

“Grandfather is always praising your mother, as if I’m just some inferior substitute for her.

I’m not convinced, and today I want to see just how talented the son of the woman grandfather exalts like a fairy descending from heaven really is!”