"Ha ha ha ha..."
Lü Zheng threw back his head and laughed.
Within that laughter, the aura around him steadily rose.
At that moment, Lü Zheng stood deep as an abyss and firm as a mountain, carrying an innate bearing between his brows.
"Dugu Ba, could you have become Sovereign today without some contribution from me, Lü?"
Dugu Ba's expression tightened at his words.
He raised both hands in a respectful salute.
"For Dugu Ba to have attained today's Creation, I have Elder Yang and Brother Lü to thank."
"Good. Since that is so, the child in my sister's womb shall be the Dugu Household's legitimate heir and its future successor."
Dugu Ba was no ordinary man. Naturally, he did not take such a trivial matter to heart.
"That is only natural."
"Swear before the elder that if this child suffers three calamities or two misfortunes in the future, or meets with any accident whatsoever, it shall count as your breaking this oath. Then the elder may uphold justice and take your life."
Dugu Ba's face changed slightly at those words.
"A man's life is filled with unpredictable fortune and misfortune. But since Brother Lü has made such a demand, I shall naturally fulfill it."
Having said this, Dugu Ba turned around.
"Today, before all these fathers and brothers, I swear here and now that the child in Hui Niang's womb shall be named Dugu Xin, and in the future, he shall become the head of my Dugu Household."
The armored soldiers of the Dugu Household below answered in agreement.
What they cared about was the Dugu Household's standing in the Solitary Bamboo Kingdom. As for who became household head, they truly did not care.
They had thought that after Dugu Chen and his son died, the Dugu Household, stripped