The Blissful Union Holy Maiden's voice was soft and gentle, as though she were complaining.
But she could not suppress the smile at the corners of her mouth.
That wretch had tried to become a sword cultivator's Dao companion. How arrogant and naive.
Human sword cultivators had been known since ancient times for their coldness, heartlessness, and ruthlessness. Apart from their earliest years, many went their entire lives without a Dao companion. They had only their swords.
"Marriage is indeed one of the oldest and most effective ways to bind interests together, and one form of alliance."
"But I do not wish to be bound in that way."
Jiang Ding spoke calmly.
As the Fusang Sacred Land's Dao Child, did the Fusang Holy Maiden know love?
Perhaps she did.
As one of the foremost Dao Children in the endless starry sky, the Great Sun Sword Heir naturally drew women's admiration. It was a human woman's innate instinct to be attracted to the strong. The two had known each other for tens of thousands of years and had built a deep emotional foundation. There was certainly considerable affection between them.
This was the instinct to reproduce, rooted in humanity's genes.
But an instinct did not have to be obeyed. Many powerful humans could overcome it, and even use it.
The Fusang Holy Maiden was such a person.
She understood people's hearts. She excelled at finding tensions within groups and quietly resolving them. She was even better at meeting the various needs of Dao Child-level figures, winning over the strong, and reconciling internal disputes.
A woman like her was born to be an empress.
What would it cost to become her Dao companion?
Enormous political concessions!
It would mean that, from then on, the Fusang Sacred Land and the many Immortal Orders