He was willing to marry her?
Li Zhongshuang froze, her eyes filled with bewilderment. She wondered whether she had misheard or the Little Ancestor had misspoken. But once she heard Chen Xinqiao's name, she understood.
Though she did not know Zhang Yuan well, she knew he was loyal and true-hearted. Presumably, when he spoke of "When Poor, Cultivate One's Own Virtue," the "one" encompassed not only his own life, but also those around him.
Thus, if he was swallowing his grievances to bring Chen Xinqiao back from the dead, she could understand it. After all, he had also set a condition: the lives of everyone in her branch of the clan. That could just barely count as avenging the bloody debt of his stolen spirit root.
But was she truly worthy of him?
In terms of status, she was merely the illegitimate daughter of Li Houcheng, head of the Eastern Bian Li Clan. She could not even be entered into the clan's genealogy, and even the name Zhongshuang had nothing to do with its generational naming scheme. How could she compare to the legitimate daughters of the Five Surnames and Seven Great Clans?
As for cultivation, he had become a Foundation Establishment Celestial after practicing the Sha Ingestion Gang Devoration Path for just one year. Meanwhile, despite the Little Ancestor's support and no shortage of heavenly gang and earthly sha, she had still failed to attain Celestialhood. She remained one Heaven-and-Earth Trial short. The gulf between them was that between the bright moon and a firefly.
Even considering only the most superficial things-looks and figure-standing beside him would surely invite gossip, dragging him into other people's judgment along with her.
And even setting status, cultivation, and appearance aside, she was still the daughter of his enemy...
*Not a suitable match.