If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

Suddenly, a sound as clear as rustling bamboo rang out in the library. Combined with the unique echo effect of the spacious library, just hearing the sound felt like eating a string of iced fruit on a sweltering summer day—refreshing from head to toe.

Upon hearing this voice, the red-haired youth's expression suddenly became extremely dignified, as if the person who had just mocked others was not him at all: "Oh, I didn't expect Princess Hanli to be reading here as well. I just spoke on a whim and didn't expect to disturb the princess's reading. I'm so sorry!"

"There's nothing to apologize for. After all, in our Rune Empire, Prince Longxiaotian is considered a distinguished guest. Making a lot of noise in the library isn't a crime!" As these words fell, a girl dressed in purple noble attire appeared at the library's entrance: "Besides, I just arrived at the library, and Prince Longxiaotian didn't disturb me!"

Looking at the girl who had appeared, Long Xiaotian's eyes suddenly flashed with intense possessiveness. His gaze was no different from that of a wolf eyeing a lamb. Long Xiaotian couldn't fathom why the gods would create such a striking woman, Hanli, who was only eleven years old at the time. Richard had already grown so much; he couldn't imagine how breathtakingly beautiful she would be when she matured!

However, Princess Hanli of the Luen Empire didn't even glance at Long Xiaotian again. Instead, she quietly walked to the bookshelf, took down a book, and then quietly sat down next to the handsome young man who had remained silent despite Long Xiaotian's mockery. The young man finally stirred; he looked up at Princess Hanli, nodded in greeting, and then continued reading his book.

"Damn it!" Long Xiaotian muttered under his breath, "An idiot who can't cultivate martial arts or magic actually managed to win the favor of such a beauty. He deserves to die! If I don't make him lose face today, I'm not Prince Xiaotian!"

Thinking of this, Long Xiaotian walked over to Hanli and the boy's table and said, "Princess Hanli, you shouldn't be sitting here. Sitting here is an insult to your royal family of the Luen Empire, and also an insult to your own noble status. This kind of peasant idiot is not worthy to sit next to you!"

“Long Xiaotian, you…” Princess Hanli stood up, her face flushed, and was about to say something when the handsome young man beside her suddenly spoke up: “Sage Tengyun was born in the 12,000th year of the continental calendar. He was the first prime minister of the Longteng Empire and the most trusted partner of Long Feng, the founding emperor of the Longteng Empire. Emperor Long Feng once said, ‘Without Tengyun, there would be no Longteng,’ so after the founding of the country, the country was named Longteng!”

As soon as the boy uttered these words, Princess Hanli suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled. Several female students around her also laughed, looking at Long Xiaotian with schadenfreude! The blond boy beside the red-haired boy, however, looked tense: "Zongze, as the first-year student group leader, I order you to shut up!"

The handsome young man called Zongze didn't even glance at the blond boy, and continued, "Notes on Chapter 3 of the Continental History: The Rise of the Dragon: The Cloud Saint was unable to cultivate martial arts and magic due to his physical condition since childhood, and was once called an idiot!"

After saying this, Zong Ze fell silent and continued reading the general history of the continent in his hands. Only then did Long Xiaotian realize that Zong Ze had been mocking his arrogance. Normally, given his personality, he would have already started a fight, but this wasn't his country, and besides, it was in Han Li's presence!

If he couldn't take action, he couldn't just talk. If he were to insult Zong Ze as an idiot who was neither skilled in martial arts nor magic, wouldn't that be insulting even the legendary Cloud-Soaring Sage of his own country?

At this, Long Xiaotian was momentarily speechless, his face turning red with embarrassment. After a long pause, he finally said, "A peasant is a peasant. You have no aristocratic bearing whatsoever. All you do is use words to ridicule others. You don't understand that being a person isn't just about words, but also about actions!"

At this point, Long Xiaotian took off his lace-trimmed gloves and threw them onto Zong Ze's books, arrogantly declaring, "Zong Ze, I challenge you!"