However, although the marriage between his son Liu Fuyue and Huang Xin, a daughter of the Huang Household of Violet Glow Mountain, had fallen through, it had not greatly affected Liu Fuyue's marriage prospects.
As a son of Nascent Soul True Lord Liu Changxu's direct line, Liu Fuyue had no trouble finding a wife who suited his heart.
Sure enough, after the marriage alliance between the Liu Household and the Huang Household of Violet Glow Mountain fell through, a host of matchmakers soon came knocking.
Most of these matchmakers were female relatives of sect cultivators, visiting on behalf of others to introduce and recommend potential brides.
The women they recommended were either Foundation Establishment Female Cultivators from lineages with Golden Core or Nascent Soul cultivators, or female inner disciples of sects with good spirit-root aptitude and character.
To help the Liu Household make its choice, the matchmakers also brought Recording Stones containing images of the women they recommended.
Altogether, eighteen Foundation Establishment Female Cultivators from lineages or sects, all with excellent qualifications, were willing to marry Liu Fuyue. For a time, both Liu Fuyue and his mother, Li Zhenxin, were dazzled by the choices and had no idea whom to choose.
With no other recourse, mother and son finally sought out Liu Changxu to make the decision.
Liu Changxu was astonished that so many lineages had taken the initiative to seek a marriage alliance. Looking through the list of recommended women and their family backgrounds, he discovered a woman from the Wu Household, the lineage of Wu Pingnan, the ancestor of his own branch.
The woman the Wu Household intended to marry into the Liu Household was named Wu Xian'er. She was the direct-line daughter of a cultivator at Golden Core great perfection, slightly older than Liu Fuyue, with four