Reconsidering the Marriage Alliance

Flame Clan Leader Yan Jin's residence.

"Reporting to the Clan Leader, the Lei Clan Young Clan Leader spent the entire day with Huo Xuan. They didn't do anything else. Also... in the evening, he teased Huo Zhi... The other two members of the Lei Clan stayed in their rooms all day."

After Huo Xing arrived at Yan Jin's residence, he reported everything concerning Lei Dong and his two bodyguards to Yan Jin.

When Yan Jin heard that Lei Dong had "teased" Huo Zhi, he knitted his brows and looked at Huo Xing in confusion. "The rumors say that Lei Dong isn't interested in women. How did he suddenly start teasing Huo Zhi?"

Compared to Gu Xun'er, Huo Zhi wasn't inferior, but she might not necessarily be much better either.

That was why Lei Dong's ridiculous move left Yan Jin puzzled, and Huo Xing carefully recounted what he had witnessed earlier.

After hearing this, Yan Jin laughed. "Hmph, it seems this boy only rejected her because he's never seen Gu Yuan's precious daughter, huh?"

After a pause, Yan Jin continued, "Tomorrow, send someone to the Lei Clan and tell Lei Ying what Lei Dong did today! He bullied the Flame Clan's prodigy. If he doesn't give us an explanation, does he think the Flame Clan is easy to bully?"

Although Yan Jin's words seemed to carry some anger, judging from his appearance, he clearly wasn't angry at all.

But that made sense. Among the several Ancient Races, apart from Gu Xun'er, Lei Dong was the only one with a God Grade Bloodline. As for the Soul Clan? Although it had more than one God Grade Bloodline, none of the other clans wanted to associate with them. Thus, the only suitable marriage candidates left were Lei Dong and Gu Xun'er.

When Gu Yuan had come to propose earlier, Yan Jin had also considered marrying a woman from his clan to Lei Dong.

Unfortunately, that man's daughter possessed a God Grade Bloodline and was rumored to be the Ancient Family's number-one beauty. Yan Jin felt that going there would only amount to seeking humiliation.

Of course, the current Gu Xun'er was merely somewhat attractive. After all, she was still young. Her title as the Ancient Family's number-one beauty was only because she possessed a God Grade Bloodline, had Gu Yuan as her father, and genuinely wasn't bad-looking.

There were plenty of beauties among the Ancient Family's younger generation. Unfortunately, they lost out when it came to bloodline and fathers!

Moreover, after learning that Gu Yuan's daughter had been rejected and hearing the rumor that Lei Dong disliked women, the matter had been dropped.

But now that Lei Dong had made a move on Huo Zhi, wouldn't refusing to marry her mean provoking the friendship between the two clans?

Although friendship was a fragile thing, maintaining it was still better than having none, wasn't it?

Huo Xing nodded when he heard this. "Understood."

At this moment, Yan Jin snorted coldly. "Send someone to bring Huo Xuan back. That idiot. He drank against someone until he passed out? If this hadn't happened inside the clan, he probably wouldn't even have known how he died!"

The next day.

After Lei Dong woke up, he had just stepped outside when he saw Huo Xuan with a displeased look on his face.

Lei Dong found it amusing. "It's so early in the morning. Why are you pulling such a long face?"

Although Huo Xuan was very unhappy, in the end he merely complained, "Brother Lei, you deceived me!"

"Huh?" Lei Dong pretended to be puzzled, then put on an even more confused expression and smiled. "Brother Huo, what makes you say that?"

"You... Didn't you say you hadn't drunk alcohol many times? Then why were you fine yesterday!?"

Huo Xuan was so frustrated that he couldn't even get angry. He then brought up the topic from before they got drunk last night.

"Hey, I did tell you I hadn't drunk many times, but I never said I couldn't hold my liquor, did I?"

Lei Dong shrugged and continued, "Besides, I didn't expect you to be such a lightweight, Brother Huo."

"You..."

Huo Xuan was rendered speechless. For a moment, he couldn't refute him and could only snort unhappily.

Lei Dong wore an utterly helpless expression. Shaking his head, he sighed, "Sigh~ Being invincible is so lonely. Being my peer truly is your tragedy."

If looks could kill, Huo Xuan's murderous glare would have already blasted Lei Dong into pieces...

Seeing that Huo Xuan was about to cough up blood from anger, Lei Dong said solemnly, "Brother Huo, do you know my life motto?"

"Life motto!?"

Seeing Lei Dong act as though he was about to say something serious, Huo Xuan was somewhat puzzled. He didn't understand what this so-called life motto was, so he asked, "What is that?"

"Uh..." Seeing Huo Xuan's expression, Lei Dong didn't know how to tease him anymore.

Besides, the Dou Qi Continent was far behind his previous life in terms of culture. After all, even a line like "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Don't bully the youth for being poor" could raise Xiao Yan's presence several levels. This showed how utterly hopeless the Dou Qi Continent was when it came to culture.

But then again, it made sense. In this world, as long as one could read and cultivate, wasn't that enough?

After all, cultured people had much lower status than martial artists in this world.

Seeing Lei Dong suddenly fall silent, Huo Xuan asked again, "What is it exactly? Please, Brother Lei, just tell me!"

This kind of half-finished sentence always sounded strange. That feeling of being stuck halfway and unable to say it out was the most uncomfortable...

Seeing Huo Xuan like this, Lei Dong smiled. "A life motto is simply a brief description of one's personality and preferences. It's something that sounds extremely impressive."

What Lei Dong said left Huo Xuan completely bewildered. He had no idea what Lei Dong was talking about.

Seeing this idiotic young man, Huo Xuan, with his face full of confusion, Lei Dong couldn't be bothered to keep babbling. After all, what sense of accomplishment could there be in playing the zither to a cow?

"Brother Huo, I'm planning to leave today. Since you came, I won't need to go say goodbye to you."

Huo Xuan, who had been deep in thought, hurriedly said, "Brother Lei, you can't leave yet!"

Lei Dong had just led him off track, and he had almost forgotten the purpose of coming here today. Recalling what the Clan Leader had told him after waking him up, Huo Xuan became deeply displeased!

The little cabbage he had taken a liking to had actually been trampled by the damn pig standing before him!

That wasn't even the saddest part. The saddest part was that he had to tell Lei Dong on Yan Jin's behalf that he had kissed the "goddess" of the Flame Clan's younger generation last night, and now wanted to pat his butt and leave? How could there be such a good thing in this world!

Although Huo Xuan had long wanted to do something that required no responsibility, he had only dared to think about it. He never expected Lei Dong not only to do it, but also to act as though nothing had happened and leave with such confidence. That was truly shameless!

"Oh?" Lei Dong asked in confusion. "What do you mean, Brother Huo? Does your Flame Clan intend to force me to stay?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the aura of a Five Star Dou Zong erupted from Lei Dong. Although this level of strength was nothing in the Flame Clan, Huo Xuan was still suppressed completely.

Feeling the powerful Dou Qi pressure, Huo Xuan found it difficult to breathe. "N-no! Brother Lei, don't misunderstand! Hear me out!"

Huo Xuan had never imagined that although they were both Dou Zong and were only two stars apart, Lei Dong could make him feel as though a mountain was pressing down on him with his aura alone!

If they truly fought, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand even a few exchanges with Lei Dong, would he?

Lei Dong naturally knew why Huo Xuan had come. It was simply because Yan Jin had learned that he had taken liberties with Huo Zhi last night.

Now Yan Jin had sent Huo Xuan to keep him here. Obviously, he wanted to arrange a marriage alliance.

Put bluntly, they were merely coveting his God Grade Bloodline!

The reason Lei Dong had acted like this was only because he was unhappy about being watched.

However, no matter how unhappy he was, he was ultimately in the wrong. Thus, Lei Dong withdrew the pressure he had released and asked, "Then why won't you let me leave?"

Huo Xuan had only just escaped the powerful pressure and hadn't even caught his breath when he heard Lei Dong's question. Without thinking, he blurted out, "You took liberties with Huo Zhi last night. Do you really think our Clan Leader doesn't know!?"

After letting it slip in his haste, Huo Xuan immediately regretted it. Huo Zhi hadn't reported the matter. He quickly added, "Brother Lei, Elder protectors of the Flame Clan were beside both Huo Zhi and me. If you hadn't been a member of the Lei Clan, you would have died last night."

"Hahaha..." Lei Dong laughed when he heard this, then said, "I understand. Clan Leader Yan Jin naturally wouldn't send anyone to monitor me, but I truly envy how well Clan Leader Yan Jin protects you two! The Flame Clan even has elders assigned to protect you personally?"

Huo Xuan was left speechless. Although Lei Dong hadn't said outright that he knew he was being watched, they weren't fools. How could they fail to understand his meaning?

But since Lei Dong hadn't made it explicit, Huo Xuan naturally pretended not to hear it and continued, "Brother Lei, Huo Zhi is still an unmarried young woman. You treated her this way, and now you want to leave just like that. Isn't that inappropriate?"

Lei Dong wore a deeply affectionate expression. "How could it be? Zhi Er and I are mutually in love. The reason I'm leaving is only because I need to undergo training. In the future, I'll naturally return to the Flame Clan and marry her."

A row of black lines seemed to fall across Huo Xuan's forehead. Although he hadn't been present last night, he had a general idea of what had happened.

What the hell did he mean by being mutually in love? If they were mutually in love, could he have forced a kiss?

Huo Xuan gained yet another understanding of Lei Dong's shamelessness.

"Hehe... So that's how it is. But good things should naturally be done as soon as possible. Clan Leader Yan Jin has already sent someone to the Lei Clan to discuss this matter with Clan Leader Lei Ying. They should return tonight. Brother Lei, surely you don't mind staying one more night?"

After hearing what Huo Xuan said, Lei Dong curled his lips.

Although he admitted that he was a desirable catch, Huo Zhi couldn't be touched before she reached the Dou Sheng level. Although her bloodline wasn't God Grade, it had reached the Sixth Grade when she first awakened it.

As long as it was properly nurtured, reaching the Eighth or Ninth Grade in the future wouldn't be difficult.

With an Eighth or Ninth Grade Bloodline, she could definitely reach the Dou Sheng level. But if she lost her virginity before reaching Dou Sheng, advancing even to Dou Zun Nine Revolutions would probably be extremely difficult.

After all, the reason Ancient Families had so many Dou Sheng experts was because they possessed Dou Di Bloodline. Even the tiniest trace of it was several times stronger than that of ordinary people when it came to advancing to Dou Sheng.

Women were different from men, however. Their bloodlines needed not only medicinal nourishment, but also chastity.

Under such circumstances, Yan Jin's eagerness to have Huo Zhi marry Lei Dong wasn't ruining her future?

Without her bloodline, Huo Zhi might not necessarily be unable to become a Dou Sheng. It would simply be far more difficult.

After thinking for a moment, Lei Dong replied, "Since that's the case, I'll stay for a few more days."

However, then again, Yan Jin wasn't worried about these things, so why should Lei Dong worry? After all, Huo Zhi wasn't a member of his Lei Clan.

When Huo Xuan heard that Lei Dong no longer intended to leave, he breathed a sigh of relief. He then said, "Since that's the case, Brother Lei, rest at ease. I'll take my leave."

His mission was complete, so he naturally didn't want to continue awkwardly standing around with Lei Dong. The atmosphere was truly too awkward. Huo Xuan declared that he was going back into seclusion. Until Lei Dong left the Flame Clan, he wouldn't come out even if someone beat him to death.

Furthermore, interacting with Lei Dong had taught him one principle: without deep interaction, one absolutely couldn't decide whether a person was worth befriending!

As for someone like Lei Dong, Huo Xuan declared that he would avoid him whenever possible in the future...

Seeing Huo Xuan flee as though escaping, Lei Dong found it amusing. He had at least spent time in the workplace, so how could he not understand Huo Xuan's current state of mind?

However, given his identity, "friends" were something he wasn't qualified to have. At most, all he could possess were a few "confidantes"~

(￣y▽￣)~* covers his mouth and snickers

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