The Concubine-Taking Ceremony

Ancient Clan, residence of Gu Yao, Commander of the Black Annihilation Army.

Bright silk draped down from the towering gate, and lanterns hung high overhead. From the outside, everything indeed looked festive.

Gu Yao naturally had the right to celebrate taking a concubine. As a commander of the Black Annihilation Army, he was hardly an unknown figure within the Ancient Clan. Yet the boisterous, celebratory atmosphere today was exceedingly strange. Everyone knew that Gu Yao did not truly wish to take a concubine.

After all, the true goddess in Gu Yao's heart was Ancient Xun Er. Aside from Xun Er, he showed little interest in any woman, whether within or outside the clan.

Among the younger generation of the Ancient Clan, Ancient Xun Er had countless admirers. Gu Yao was naturally the most fanatical of them all. His vow to marry no one but Ancient Xun Er was common knowledge throughout the Ancient Clan. Over all these years, he had never shown any interest in another woman besides Xun Er. No one believed that Gu Yao genuinely wanted a concubine. Considering the biggest event to occur in the Ancient Clan these past few days—Xiao Yan's arrival in the Ancient Clan and his direct killing of members of the Black Annihilation Army—everyone knew this was merely a killing trap aimed at the Xiao Clan and Xiao Yan.

"Do you think Xiao Yan will come?"

"Hard to say. Though this is an utter humiliation, would Xiao Yan really dare make a move against our clan?"

"Didn't they say Xiao Yan already killed a squad of the Black Annihilation Army?"

"I think he simply doesn't understand our clan's strength. Our clan is not comparable to the likes of the Spirit Clan or the Pill Tower."

"What if he doesn't dare come?"

"Doesn't dare