The Fiancé of That Short-Lived Genius

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In Year 101 of the Far Journey Calendar, Wu Xiao died in battle at the border of Blue Star, his body disintegrating on the spot.

The eldest son of the foremost of the Thirty-Six Great Families, and the brightest, youngest genius of the Far Journey era, had fallen.

People turned their attention to the late genius's fiance.

He had the outdated, frail physique of an old human, came from an unremarkable family, had neglected his studies, and, having yet to awaken an innate talent, was about to exceed the age limit for entering an academy.

The scions of the great families whispered among themselves, wondering how the ordinary person who had made Wu Xiao fall in love at first sight and remain devoted to him could be so unremarkable.

Ordinary people could never enter the cities of the great families, so it was only right that Wu Xiao's resources, connections, and magic treasures be divided among the families themselves rather than fall into outsiders' hands.

Yet no one could have imagined that

Shen Menghan would awaken his innate talent in the final year, take the entrance exams for both great academies, inherit the legacy of an ancient academy ruin, and become the top-ranked name on the Qian Kun Rankings in just one year.

He even entered a ghost marriage with Wu Xiao of his own accord, then destroyed Wu Xiao's cenotaph.

Miraculous phenomena bowed before him.

The two great academies begged him to attend their exercises in person.

The gods of old extended invitations to him.

The great families competed to make him their chief guest advisor.

The head of the Wu family came trembling to offer him tea and said, "We haven't touched any of A-Xiao's belongings. Would you like to take them, or...?"

Shen Menghan did not answer. Instead, he asked in his heart the spirit only he could sense:

"Should I take your things with me first, or wait for you to come back and get them yourself?"

The pale-skinned boy spirit wrapped his arms around Shen Menghan's arm and said with a beaming smile:

"What do you mean, my things? When I come back, the whole family will be yours."

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