Ling Mie Presses for Marriage

At that moment, a girl of about eighteen approached, her face flushed red.

"Young Clan Leader, are you showing this little sister around? Can we come along?"

With the first brave volunteer stepping forward, more and more girls swarmed over.

"Young Clan Leader, take me with you! I know this place very well..."

"I'll take good care of this little sister from now on."

Ling Yuan was startled by their enthusiasm. Several women practically wanted to drag his hand to their chests. It was simply ridiculous.

These women had no reason to get close to Ling Yuan, so they could only use Zi Yan as an excuse.

Quite a few of them wanted to touch Zi Yan's little head.

Zi Yan was unhappy. It was fine if Ling Yuan touched her head, but absolutely no one else could.

She would never grow taller!

Especially not with these ambitious women around.

"I don't need you to take care of me."

There were too many women, and Zi Yan knew she could not beat them. She could only pull Ling Yuan away possessively.

Only after they had shaken off those women did Zi Yan finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Alright, we've more or less finished touring the Ling Realm. Go cultivate now. Otherwise, when the time comes, you won't even be able to run fast enough to shake them off."

Ling Yuan left Zi Yan with some more pills.

Over the past few months, he had continuously provided Zi Yan with cultivation resources. Zi Yan had not merely accepted them for nothing either; she had already reached the Nine-Star Dou Wang realm.

If nothing unexpected happened, Zi Yan would temporarily grow up once she reached the Dou Emperor realm.

Ling Yuan was still looking forward to seeing what Zi Yan would look like once she grew up.

He had just finished three high-intensity soul battles in the Soul Refining Arena, then taken Zi Yan around the Ling Realm to familiarize her with the place. He had not even paused to catch his breath. Of course he was exhausted.

He forced himself to his feet and entered the cultivation room. His clone was sitting cross-legged on a Meditation Cushion, Dou Qi swirling around its body as it continued cultivating without pause.

Ever since returning to the Ling Clan, this clone had never stopped cultivating. Its realm had now reached One-Star Dou Ling.

Ling Yuan watched from the side for a while and silently calculated. Once this clone cultivated to the Dou Wang realm and underwent another Source Return, coupled with his own daily cultivation of Dou Qi, breaking through to Three-Star Dou Zong should not be a problem.

Others would not even dare dream of such cultivation speed.

Over the next few days, Ling Yuan continued repeating his cultivation routine.

Over the next few days, Ling Yuan completely settled into a regular cultivation schedule: one day devoted to improving his soul, the next focused on cultivating Dou Qi and stabilizing his realm. With both aspects progressing in tandem, his improvement was astonishingly fast.

The seven-colored little snake Medusa had transformed into woke up every so often.

After Ling Yuan fed it, it curled up again and fell back into slumber.

The little snake's aura grew stronger and stronger, while its soul fluctuations became increasingly stable. Ling Yuan estimated that before long, Medusa would fully recover her consciousness and regain control of her body.

As for Xiao Yi Xian, Ling Yuan still had no way to deal with her Woe Poison Body, so he first gave her Qi Gathering Powder to help her break through to the Dou Zhe realm.

The Woe Poison Body could rapidly improve by devouring poison.

That would both accelerate cultivation progress and hasten the outbreak of the poison body.

Therefore, Ling Yuan only gave her an appropriate amount of poison, speeding up her cultivation without causing the poison body to erupt too soon.

As for Qing Lin, Ling Yuan first taught her the most basic method of absorbing Dou Qi so that she could get started. As for her later cultivation and control over the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, he handed those over to Lv Xia.

Two days ago, Lv Xia had rushed nonstop from the Northwest Continent and finally arrived in the Central Plains.

After sensing her arrival, Ling Yuan had one of his Dou Zun subordinates bring her into the Ling Realm.

Having high status came with its advantages. Many tedious matters did not require him to handle them personally. Once he gave the order, his subordinates would naturally take care of everything.

Once he gave the order, servants would naturally handle everything for him.

Well, except for outsourcing layer upon layer...

That day, Ling Yuan was summoned by his father.

Ling Mie first tested him with soul pressure.

A moment later, Ling Mie withdrew the soul pressure. A satisfied expression appeared on his face as he nodded.

"Very good. Your soul is even more solid than I expected. Its quality is even better than that of some mid-stage Spirit Realm experts in the clan. It seems these past few days of soul refining were not wasted."

"Keep it up from now on. Build a solid soul foundation and stabilize your roots. When you break through to the Emperor Realm in the future, it will be much easier, and you will avoid many detours."

Ling Mie had not reached the Emperor Realm Soul, but he believed his son could.

After discussing the soul, Ling Mie finally revealed his true reason for summoning Ling Yuan.

"Your father will soon enter seclusion to focus on converting to the Ten Thousand Bodies Origin Return Technique. I have handed the clan's affairs, great and small, over to your eldest uncle. If there is anything you cannot resolve in the future, go find him."

Ling Yuan's eldest uncle was named Ling Xiao. He was a Late-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng and the Great Elder of the Ling Clan.

He handled matters steadily and was worthy of trust. With him presiding over the clan, nothing would go wrong.

"Father, I understand. Focus on converting your cultivation technique without worry."

"There is one more matter. Your mother will emerge from seclusion before long. When the time comes, have her help you select some women from the clan. Once I emerge from seclusion, we will settle on the initial candidates and arrange your marriage as soon as possible."

Ling Mie had become a father late in life. He understood deeply that the higher one's realm, the harder it became to leave behind descendants. He did not want Ling Yuan to follow his old path.

With such a rich Dou Di Bloodline, it would be a waste not to give him several more grandsons and granddaughters.

Faced with his father urging him to marry, Ling Yuan did not resist.

As the Young Clan Leader of the Ling Clan, he enjoyed the richest cultivation resources and highest treatment in the clan. Naturally, he also had to shoulder the corresponding obligations.

Continuing the Ling Clan's Dou Di Bloodline was one of his obligations. He possessed that much awareness.

Besides, he was no longer the Ling Yuan who only cared about cultivation and kept his distance from women.

Ling Yuan pondered for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Father, what if I want to choose women who aren't from the Ling Clan? Is that alright?"

Ling Mie raised a brow. "Hm? Do you want to form a marriage alliance with another Dou God Clan?"

"Not exactly. I just don't really feel anything for the women of the Ling Clan."

Ling Mie was far too shrewd not to guess what Ling Yuan had in mind.

"The girl with the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils whom you brought back has decent talent, but her personality is somewhat timid. The one with the Woe Poison Body is not bad either, but that poison body is difficult to control."

Ling Mie gave Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian his assessment.

Ling Mie assumed that Ling Yuan had his eye on Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. After all, the two girls were close to Ling Yuan in age, and both had notable talents.

As for Zi Yan, she looked far too young and had not even fully developed yet, so Ling Mie ignored her entirely.

In his view, no matter what, his son could not possibly be that kind of pervert.

Ling Yuan's expression turned strange. He did not dare voice his thoughts, afraid his father would think he had a thing for little girls.

He also understood what his father meant. Women from outside the clan were acceptable too.

Ling Mie had not forced Ling Yuan to marry a woman from the clan with a rich bloodline. Among Dou God Clans that valued bloodline inheritance so highly, Ling Mie's attitude was already exceptionally open-minded.

Ling Mie reminded his son to take this matter seriously. He could choose several women, after all. More descendants would also be beneficial to the Ling Clan.

Ling Mie himself was devoted to one love and had only Ling Yuan's mother as his woman.

Yet he wanted his son to find several women. It was rather amusing when one thought about it.

While Ling Yuan was on his way back, a disciple from the Alchemy Pavilion hurried over. Upon seeing him, the disciple immediately bowed and respectfully presented a jade bottle with both hands.

"Young Clan Leader, Elder Chen asked me to deliver this pill. He said it was the Source-Replenishing Pill you commissioned him to refine. It has been completed."

Ling Yuan reached out and accepted the jade bottle. It felt warm in his hand, and a rich medicinal fragrance instantly wafted from within, lingering around his nose.

He removed the stopper. A lustrous white pill lay quietly at the bottom of the bottle, its surface surrounded by a faint halo that proved its excellent quality.

Examining the Tier 8 Source-Replenishing Pill in his hand, which emitted a rich medicinal fragrance, Ling Yuan muttered, "Whether you can make Zi Yan grow up depends on you..."