Douluo Dalu 3: The Legend of the Dragon King

Chapter 1947: Will You Marry Me?

Only now did Xu Xiaoyan notice that there was a pair of angel wings on the ring, at the center of which was a golden gem that had been carved into the shape of a blooming flower that was giving off a glorious sheen.

"What a beautiful ring!" Xu Xiaoyan exclaimed.

Yue Zhengyu extended his hand toward her. "Where's my ring?"

Xu Xiaoyan faltered slightly upon hearing this. "Your ring? Shouldn't you have prepared it yourself? Hand it over and I'll put it on for you."

Yue Zhengyu was quite taken aback to hear this. "Oh, is that the convention? Why didn't anyone tell me? Boss and the others aren't reliable at all!"

Xu Xiaoyan burst into laughter upon hearing this. "You're so gullible."

A silver ring appeared on her palm amid a flash of light as she spoke. The ring was very simplistic, but it was etched with snowflake patterns to commemorate the original form of Xu Xiaoyan's Star Staff, the Starwheel Ice Staff. Some small glittering diamonds were embedded into the ring between the snowflakes, and Yue Zhengyu smiled, and said, "From this day forth, we'll be husband and wife."

Xu Xiaoyan fitted the ring onto his finger as she harrumphed, "You better keep yourself in check! Don't think that I haven't noticed all of the female students in the academy giving you seductive looks. If I find out that you've betrayed me, you better watch out!"

"That's not possible," Yue Zhengyu chuckled.

"Good!" Xu Xiaoyan said with a smile.

Yue Zhengyu became even more amused. "What I'm saying is, it's not possible for you to find out!"

"You!" Xu Xiaoyan raised a hand to lash out, but her wrist was caught by Yue Zhengyu, and all of a sudden, Yue Zhengyu spread his angelic wings before abruptly carrying her into the sky as a cry of surprise escaped her lips.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Meanwhile, at the Shrek Academy drill grounds.

Countless streaks of sword intent were surging through the air like dazzling stars, but there was no aura of sharpness permeating through the area as the sword intent was completely restrained and focused.

At the center of the raging sword intent was an indistinct figure, and on the edge of the drill ground stood another rotund figure.

The latter wore an anxious look on his face, and he opened his mouth to call out a few times, but refrained from doing so in the end as he knew that she didn't like to be interrupted during her sword practice.

However, this really was an extremely important day!

Finally, the sword intent subsided, and Ye Xinglan made her way over to Xu Lizhi with a perplexed expression. "What's going on with you today? Why are you so agitated? Even my sword intent can sense that there's something on your mind. Did something happen?"

Looking at the concern in Ye Xinglan's eyes, Xu Lizhi was instilled with a surge of courage, and he said, "Sister Xinglan, no, Xinglan, I... I..."

He was straining every single muscle in his body, but he still couldn't bring himself to force out the words that were on the edge of his lips.

Ye Xinglan only became more confused upon seeing this. "What is it?"

All of a sudden, Xu Lizhi tumbled down onto one knee in a clumsy manner, and he offered up a ring box to Ye Xinglan with a chubby hand.

The lid of the box was lifted to reveal a ring that was comprised of a series of gems connected to one another through an obscure embedding method, and from the outside, it was impossible to see any metal; only the dazzling gems.

"Will you marry me?"

It was a simple sentence of only four words, but Xu Lizhi was sweating profusely.

He hadn't cultivated the Body Sect's congenital secret method, but in that instant, his heartbeat was echoing throughout the entire drill grounds.

Ye Xinglan faltered slightly upon hearing this, clearly having been caught by surprise, but a gentle look appeared in her eyes as she looked at the sweat pouring down Xu Lizhi's face.

She gently dabbed away Xu Lizhi's sweat with her own sleeve before extending her hand toward him, and the tears immediately overflowed as Xu Lizhi's lips trembled with emotion.

He carefully held onto Ye Xinglan's hand, but it took his trembling hands three attempts before he finally fitted the ring around her finger.

How many years had it been? Ever since he saw Ye Xinglan for the first time, he had fallen in love with this cold and stubborn girl.

However, he could only remain by her side like a pathetic little lackey.

She was always so cold and forbidding, dedicating all of her time and energy to her sword, constantly trying to pursue her absolute limits.

Throughout all of that, he had constantly protected and watched over her, and even after she agreed to be with him during the Sea God Fate Match-making Convention, he still felt as if he were in a dream. Even now, he had never had any intimate contact with her, and he had always harbored a sense of inferiority, as well as the nagging feeling that any intimate contact with Ye Xinglan would be akin to defiling a goddess.

Only now, as Ye Xinglan accepted his wedding ring without any hesitation, did Xu Lizhi realize for the first time that this was all real, that she really was going to become his wife! His emotions were on the verge of bubbling over, and he almost thanked Ye Xinglan for accepting his proposal.

At the same time, he was thanking the heavens for being so kind to him.

Tears also began to well up in Ye Xinglan's eyes.

Over the years, Xu Lizhi had grown from a little fatty to a big fatty, but the look in his eyes whenever he looked at her had never changed.

He had always been watching over her, and whenever danger struck, he would immediately position himself in front of her like a wall. His genuine and undying love had melted her heart bit by bit, and initially, she was more sympathetic toward him, but she gradually came to reciprocate his feelings.

As he finally worked up the courage to propose to her on the match-making convention, she felt as if something had opened up in her heart, and now, as she accepted his ring, she was doing so entirely of her own volition as Xu Lizhi's love had stopped being an unrequited one long ago.

"Why didn't you tell me you were going to propose? I haven't prepared a ring for you," Ye Xinglan said as she pulled Xu Lizhi to his feet and held onto his hands.

"It, it's alright as long as you accept my ring," Xu Lizhi replied in a bashful manner, and the love in his eyes was on the verge of overflowing.

"That won't do. Hold on a second," Ye Xinglan said as she released Xu Lizhi's hands, then took a step back, and all of a sudden, a small sword appeared in her grasp amid a flash of light.

This was a small alloy sword that was just over a foot in length, and there were unique alloy patterns etched on its surface.

With a flick of her wrist, a burst of sword intent shot out of her body and began to revolve around the small sword.

As a result, the sword became brighter and brighter, taking on a scintillating white color in the blink of an eye, and it was trembling slightly.

Immediately thereafter, the sword began to shrink as all of its impurities were being forcibly refined by Ye Xinglan's soul power, retaining only the most essential part of the alloy.

The sword shrank further and further, then abruptly folded around Ye Xinglan's finger to form a small ring. Its radiant white color also gradually subsided, revealing a ring with layered patterns etched onto its surface.

This method of refinement could only be accomplished by someone who was at least at the Hyper Douluo Level!