"I can't see through Chen Shan. He carries too many secrets..."
Su Qingshan spread his hands and chuckled softly. "With a one-leaf talent, he reached the ultimate state. At the Spirit Transformation Realm, he killed a Fusion Realm consecrated elder. He cultivates both spiritual arts and the body, and his combat strength defies the heavens. Even if I controlled someone like him, I couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't have some means of striking back..."
He paused.
Su Qingshan looked at Su Ying with hopeful eyes and continued, "But if the two of you marry and have several children, perhaps one of them will inherit his formidable cultivation talent. By then, the Su Clan will truly possess a genius of the ultimate state and will never need to rely on outsiders again."
"So that's how it is."
Su Ying nodded and said nothing more.
Her gaze turned toward the direction in which Chen Changming had vanished, a complicated glimmer flashing through her eyes.
Chen Shan had already reached the ultimate state in the Azure Spirit Body-Healing Art, far surpassing Han Tian.
Only a man like that was worthy of her, Su Ying.
Though Han Tian's talent was decent—nine-leaf talent, achieving mastery in ten years—compared to Chen Shan, he was merely a firefly vying with the radiant moon.
Just then.
A figure in white hurried over.
The newcomer was Han Tian. Confusion covered his face as he rushed forward.
The moment he arrived, Han Tian asked in puzzlement, "Clan Head, why did Chen Shan take Su Luo and run off? Wasn't he supposed to marry Miss Su Luo?"
Su Qingshan smiled faintly and replied calmly, "I had the two of them go out and clear their minds. They'll return after a while. Chen Shan has stayed in the Su Clan for so