Murong Qing said something to that middle-aged lady and turned towards him. She said, "Let's go."
She then walked towards the exit.
Li Tao returned to reality and smiled. He was happy to see his strategy work out. He looked up and looked towards Murong Qing.
He looked toward the middle-aged lady who was staring at him with killing intent.
He ignored her and walked behind Murong Qing.
They walked towards a private restaurant. It was named First Palace. It was Li Tao's first time here.
They entered, and the first thing he noticed was that everyone there was a martial artist, from doormen to waiters to the lobby manager. Their attitude toward Murong Qing was like employees greeting their boss—not a customer.
"Miss, Should I arrange the usual?" The lobby manager said.
"Help me arrange seating on the third floor." Murong Qing instructed.
They waited for a few minutes while Li Tao was using the Eye of Data on people present in the hall.
The guards and waiters ranged from the peak of the Body Forging Realm to the middle stage of the External Energy Realm, while the lobby manager was at the peak of the Internal Energy Realm.
Li Tao realized that this was not an ordinary restaurant but a stronghold of the Murong Family in the Fortune City. You should know even his father who is the Patriarch of one of the big four is only an expert on the peak of Internal Energy realm. The strongest in the entire city would probably only reach the middle stage of the Grandmaster Realm.
Such experts were usually hidden ancestors of the Big Four families. But what he saw today completely opened his eyes. Not only did he see a strongman of middle-stage Dan Forging realm expert, but he had just stepped into a hidden stronghold of a transcendent force.
Li Tao sighed and walked toward the third floor.
The entire third floor was divided into two halls. They walked and sat inside the main hall. There were only two chairs around the center table. The decoration was nothing short of being called a girl's room.
Yes, the whole room was decorated in pink, with the shade of peonies. The Red curtains draped down from the ceiling to the floor enhancing the pink color in the room.
Honestly, no colour is bad—it just depends on the quality.
The dishes ordered were served soon, and Murong Qing stared at him as if asking him to start his performance.
Li Tao was in a bad mood, he lost all initiative on the whole matter. But, for his destiny, he had to conclude the contract.
"Miss Murong, as I said earlier. My family managed to acquire a technique that does not require talent to cultivate but it has restrictions on it. But, it needs partners with rich Qi of Luck to practice."
Murong Qing interrupted him by saying, "Why are you telling this to me and not Lin Bingxue?"
Li Tao patiently explained, "I would but, this morning I managed to cultivate that technique to a new height and I am eligible to use it to form Destiny contracts with others. It also gave me the power to assess the luck of others on a rough scale."
He waited for her reaction. She was intrigued but not interested yet.
She asked, "This does not answer my question, Why me and not Lin Bingxue?"
Li Tao replied seriously, "Because, her luck is entangled with someone on the Good Fortune Mountain. So, she will never be mine. This was the reason that I canceled all the relations with her."
"Oh~~, So am I the next one in line?" She asked with a meaningful smile on her face.
Li Tao was mesmerized for a moment, cursed his little brother, 'Control little one' and said, "If I had seen you before, I would not have bothered to look at any other woman in this world."
Murong Qing's smile grew wider. No woman doesn't want others to praise her beauty. "What are you implying from all this?"
"I know you are from some hidden martial arts family when that lady almost attacked me in your shop, but, I would still ask Miss Murong to sincerely consider signing the Contract of Destiny with me." Li Tao said sincerely.
"Since you know where I come from, you should have realized you cannot offer anything to me that can outweigh my losses." Murong Qing presented here statement.
"That is the most magical part of that technique, our fate will be connected. So will be our powers. The technique does not require any talent to practice. As long as my strength increases, yours will increase as well. So please consider this offer." He dropped the biggest bargain he had right now.
Murong Qing thought for a moment and dialed a number, "Grandpa, I need your help in something.", then she placed the phone on the table.
30 minutes passed and no one talked. Li Tao could sit there for the whole day as long as a girl as beautiful as her could accompany him.
He knew some big guy was about to show up, his mind was overclocking at full power to deduct what could happen next.
5 minutes later, the door opened and an Old Man followed by that middle-aged lady from the flower shop came in.
Murong Qing got up from her seat and ran towards him and hugged him while saying, "Grandpa, I missed you."
Her whole personality transformed from an elegant lady to a little girl.
"Qing'er, how are you feeling? Did you go see that old Charlton?" Grandpa Murong asked with a kind smile.
"He couldn't help it either. He asked me to stay in his temple but I refused. He had a young student who stared at me with unkind eyes." She complained.
Li Tao who was standing at this point made some assumptions, 'I think she should have met Ye Feng's master.'
Murong Laotian rubbed her head and looked at the unknown person present in the room, he knew his granddaughter well, this young man must be special or she would not have met him alone and called her Grandpa for help.
"Who are you, young man?" He asked.
Li Tao knew that this kind-looking Old man was the strongest person in the face of this nation. Even Ye Feng's master was scared of him. He politely replied, "Greetings Patriarch Murong, I am Li Tao from the Li family in Fortune City."
Murong Laotian nodded and signaled his precious granddaughter to tell him the situation.
Murong Qing pulled him to the new chairs that had just been placed and asked him to sit before talking. The middle-aged lady also followed suit and now everyone was seated around the table.
"Grandpa, Young Master Li here wants to marry me. He wanted to meet my elders so I couldn't help but call you." She smiled sweetly and twisted the whole situation.
The whole room was swept by a storm, Energy going berserk and killing intent filling the hall. Aunt Ling was staring at him with killing intent in her eyes and her Qi was released without any scruples.
[System Notice]
[High-Level Energy Fluctuation Detected]
[System Stabilizing…]
[Current Strain: 7%]
Li Tao activated the Villain Domain and was not affected much.
Grandpa Murong stared at her and the whole room went back to normal.
*Cough cough*
"Ahem, Patriarch Murong, I did propose the matter but it has not reached the point yet. Please listen to my explanation."
...then he explained the matter again.
Murong Laotian was amused by this technique, he asked a few questions here and there. Then he asked the most important question, "Qing'er what do you think of this matter?"
Yes, nothing else was as important to him as his granddaughter's happiness.
She looked at him and said, "I want to try."
Aunt Ling was angry but did not take action.
Grandpa Murong nodded and told him, "What do we need to do, young man?"