Longevity Clan Starts with the Patriarch's Marriage

Chapter 473 - 215: The Celestial Phoenix Moves the Nine Heavens! Xiang Xiang’s Birth Constitution! New Descendant of the Imperial Body! The Ancestor Takes a Wife and Concubines in Xuan Domain_4

Chapter 473: Chapter 215: The Celestial Phoenix Moves the Nine Heavens! Xiang Xiang’s Birth Constitution! New Descendant of the Imperial Body! The Ancestor Takes a Wife and Concubines in Xuan Domain_4

Daqian Empire, Capital City.

Inside the Chao Tian Hall, Emperor Qian sat alone on the Dragon Chair, silent and unspoken.

He had also heard the news that Han Li, the ancestor of the Han Mansion, intended to take a wife and concubines in the Xuan Domain. This time, he had not summoned his ministers to discuss the matter; instead, he sought a moment of solitude—he had yet to make up his mind.

The ancestor of the Han Mansion was the stabilizing pin of the Daqian Empire, stationed in the empire, safeguarding its existence from demise. Now, the importance of Han Mansion’s ancestor had been multiplied; not only was he an Elder of Bai Yujing, but also a reincarnated powerhouse, with his status skyrocketing.

According to the covenant between the Sect’s Elder and Han Mansion’s ancestor, the latter would protect the Daqian Empire for four hundred years. However, if the relationship between them were not maintained, it would last only those four hundred years.

Now that Han Li’s status had changed, Emperor Qian wanted to take their relationship further; otherwise, it would gradually become more distant.

Who would let there be so many forces out there wanting to undermine them?

Although the Daqian Empire had sent many beautiful female cultivators to Han Li, the highest aptitude among them was only Fourth Grade, all of whom were concubines.

To advance the relationship with Han Mansion’s ancestor further, they needed to present him with a Third Grade aptitude beauty to become Han Li’s wife.

Otherwise, not to mention using Han Li’s help to reclaim the territories swallowed up by the four great powers, even the remaining territories would be precarious and could be lost at any time.

There were indeed some beautiful female cultivators of Third Grade aptitude in the Daqian Empire, but only a handful belonged to both the Daqian Court and the Da Qian Royalty.

Meeting these criteria, Emperor Qian could only think of three.

The first was the Princess of the former emperor, his elder sister. Although she was three or four hundred years old and had cultivated up to the Myriad Phenomena Realm, she remained unmarried and a virgin, and her beauty was outstanding.

The second was the queen of his brother, Prince Wu’an, who also possessed Third Grade aptitude. Although she was only at the Hollow Void Stage, in terms of beauty and figure, she was no less than the Princess.

The third was his own… Empress, also of Third Grade aptitude and cultivator at the Hollow Void Stage.

Emperor Qian wanted to make the relationship between the Daqian Empire and the Han Mansion even closer, so he could only offer a woman from their ranks to become Han Mansion’s ancestor’s wife. However, given the extraordinary statuses of these three, should he do so, he would certainly bear an overwhelming infamy.

Especially regarding his Empress, which was why Emperor Qian had been unable to make up his mind, also uncertain if Han Mansion’s ancestor would marry the latter two women. If they could only become concubines, it would be a severe loss.

Emperor Qian was sure that the Princess could marry into the Chengsheng Mountain and become the wife of Han Mansion’s ancestor, but his elder sister was also a Myriad Phenomena Realm Great Grandmaster, whose cultivation was even more profound than his, leaving Emperor Qian no room to compel her.

He had mentioned it to the Princess once and was blasted out by her. Emperor Qian still remembered her icy demeanor and the words she spoke.

“Li Feiyu is unreliable. If I were to marry over there, even if I eventually cultivated to the True Martial Realm, by then my heart would be with Li Feiyu, and I wouldn’t be much help to the Da Qian.”

“You needn’t worry about these matters. There’s plenty of time. Once I’ve cultivated to the True Martial Realm, I can become the guardian deity of the Daqian Empire,” she asserted.

Emperor Qian sighed.

How easy it was to talk about cultivating to the True Martial Realm?

He was at the Myriad Phenomena Realm, and the State Preceptor, Grand Tutor, Left Chancellor, Prophet, Head Supervisor, and many other Myriad Phenomena Realm Great Grandmasters also had Third Grade aptitude. The Daqian Empire was not short of Third Grade aptitude cultivators, not to mention those from the Myriad Phenomena Realm Sects and families.

But perhaps none of them would truly advance to the True Martial Realm!

In the three thousand years since the founding of the Daqian Empire, only the Da Qian Royalty could reliably produce True Martial Realm Emperors Wu, and each generation had at most two, usually only one.

Third Grade aptitude represented only potential, and those cultivators who could transform potential into realm were rare, perhaps one in ten or even one in tens of Third Grade aptitude cultivators might break through to the True Martial Realm.

He was Emperor Qian, able to utilize all of the empire’s resources, yet he had no confidence in advancing to the True Martial Realm, so how could the Princess possibly make the breakthrough?

Yet the Princess was very proud and stubborn, unswayable even by him.

“Let it be.”

Emperor Qian sighed lightly, vanishing from the Chao Tian Hall, and once again appeared in the Royal Manor of Prince Wu’an.

He wanted to continue persuading that queen.

Using force was out of the question; it would only result in loss without gain.

Da Jing Empire, Capital City.

Inside the forbidden grounds of the Imperial Palace, two True Martial Realm Emperors Wu of the Da Jing Empire were engaged in a secret conversation.

One was Jiang Zhengyang, the former, former, former Emperor of the Da Jing Empire who had appeared in the Sacred Dragon Secret Realm, just at the initial stage of the True Martial Realm. The other, wearing a black robe, was an even older Emperor of the Da Jing Empire named Jiang Yuanchuan, who had cultivated to the middle stage of the True Martial Realm.

“Ancestor, what should we do?” Jiang Zhengyang asked in a heavy voice.

Ever since confirming that Han Li was a reincarnated powerhouse and had become an Elder of Bai Yujing, the Da Jing Empire had been contemplating how to establish a connection with Han Li. The simplest method was to offer him a woman.

There were precedents for this; whether under the identity of Han Li or Li Feiyu, he had accepted many women from various powers as wives and concubines, securing a strong alliance with the Han Mansion.

The Da Jing Empire also wanted to offer a woman, but remained uncertain about the appropriate level to send, given Han Li’s different status now, which might lead him to raise the requirements for marriage and concubinage.

According to the latest intelligence, Han Li had not raised the standards. Jiang Zhengyang believed it was fine to follow the original plan, but he still sought the opinion of Jiang Yuanchuan, the strongest in the Da Jing Empire.

Jiang Yuanchuan meditated silently and after a long while let out a sigh, saying, “Zhengyang, now is a good opportunity we must seize.”

“What does the ancestor mean?” Jiang Zhengyang’s brow furrowed slightly.

Jiang Yuanchuan shook his head and replied, “Your vision is still too narrow, unable to see farther.”