The next day, Lucas went to ask Windsor's parents for her hand in marriage. Windsor's mother, who had worried that her daughter would have to wait a long time, burst into tears of excitement on the spot. Windsor's father, Wilson, naturally had no objections either.
After Lucas and Windsor's family settled on a wedding date, he arranged for his two magical beasts to capture a few eighth-level magical beast cubs as wedding gifts. Anton and Rihanna set out that very day, while Lucas stayed in the tribe to prepare for his wedding.
More than ten days later, Anton and Rihanna returned the day before Lucas's wedding, bringing four eighth-level magical beast cubs-saber-toothed tigers. Lucas immediately sent two to Windsor's family. His father-in-law, Wilson, gave one to Lucas's young brother-in-law to raise and kept the other for himself. Lucas gave the remaining two to his own father. Abuda immediately declared that he would give one to his younger son and the other to his wife. With all four eighth-level saber-toothed tiger cubs accounted for, Lucas had no objections.
On the day of his wedding, Lucas experienced a wedding held according to the tribe's customs for the first time. His father decorated his head with the tail feathers of a fourth-level fire turkey, and he wore cloth woven by his mother's own hands. He brought gifts to the bride's home to fetch her, and then Windsor had to accept the gifts.
They also had to perform a war dance around the fire in the middle of the tribe. Following the tribe's customs, Lucas and Windsor, the newlyweds, danced first. Then they invited his childhood friends in the tribe, Benny, Eric, and the others, to join them. Afterward, led by the tribal elders, they offered gifts to the Tree of Life, which the tribe worshipped. Only then was the first stage of the ceremony complete!
Next came the communal tribal feast. There was all the roast meat anyone could eat that day. Over the preceding days, Lucas and his father had hunted the meat needed to entertain the tribe at the wedding. Although theirs was a small tribe, it still had more than two thousand people.
After a full day of revelry, the little bear Anton tried to coax the little kitty Rihanna into peeking at Lucas's wedding night. But Lucas had already noticed the two beasts slipping away toward the end of the festivities and hauled them straight out of the bridal chamber.
Anton grinned and said, "Boss, congratulations on your marriage! Do your best to give us a little boss!"
Then he pulled the little kitty Rihanna, who had also offered congratulations, away with him. After that came Lucas's wedding night in this world.
The next day, for once, Lucas did not rise early. It was not until noon that he got up and brought breakfast to his young wife, whom he had ravished all night.
Windsor shyly emerged from under the covers and said in embarrassment, "It's all your fault, insisting on doing that. Now I've gotten up so late on the very first day. Father and Mother must have a bad impression of me."
Lucas did not mind and reassured her, "It's all right."
After the wedding, Lucas stayed in the tribe for another month. He had intended to meet the strong-willed younger sister his father had told him about. Unfortunately, she had gone out to train, and they could not contact her. After waiting a month without seeing her return, Lucas took his young wife Windsor and his two magical beasts, said goodbye to his family, and set off on his journey across the continent.
Lucas's previous training journey could hardly be called a success, since he had covered less than half of the mountain range where his home lay. Last time, he had traveled east, climbing higher and higher as he went. That meant he had not yet reached the top of the mountain range where his tribe lived. This time, Lucas intended to continue east as well.
Soon, Lucas once again passed through the valley where he had lured away the little bear Anton, and he told Windsor what had happened back then. Afterward, they also passed the place where he had subdued the little kitty Rihanna.
Along the way, Lucas focused on gaining insights into the mountains, rivers, and earth, so he seldom sought out battles as he had before. He was already a ninth-rank warrior now and possessed everything required to reach the Saint realm apart from the Force of Heaven and Earth. What Lucas needed now was to quietly accumulate Battle Qi and break through to the Saint realm.
He also sought to comprehend the Laws of the Earth during this process, so he was in no particular hurry. He faced the journey ahead with a peaceful mindset, occasionally having Windsor fight as well. He also guided her toward comprehending the laws. Lucas had taught her the theory behind Tai Chi Fist before, and along the way, he continued instilling that theory in her, because he knew that the Profound Mystery of Roundness within the Laws of Water was closely related to Tai Chi Fist.
One day, not far past the waterfall where he had refined corpses, Lucas encountered a twelve-year-old boy. Lucas was rather curious. When he had set out to train back then, he had already possessed the strength of a fifth rank warrior. How had this twelve-year-old boy ended up here? As far as Lucas could tell, the child was only a second-level warrior.
Lucas still remembered that he had already been around the level of a fourth rank warrior back then. For such a weak warrior to appear here now was clearly unreasonable. But since they had met, Lucas walked over with Windsor and asked, "Kid, what are you doing here?"
The child was clearly wary of Lucas and did not respond to his question. Lucas thought about how he was now close to the Saint realm, so it should be time to start laying the groundwork for faith. The child's eyes had looked fairly pure just now, so his soul aptitude probably was not weak either.
Even if he was here because of some grudge or because someone had abandoned him, neither would pose much of a problem to Lucas at his current ninth-rank warrior level. He decided to give it a try. Seeing that the boy remained silent, Lucas did not mind and walked away.
As he left, he told him, "If you're smart, you'd better follow us. There are plenty of powerful magical beasts here. On your own, you won't survive the night!"
The child looked in the direction Lucas had gone, then glanced in another direction before following him.
Naturally, none of this escaped Lucas's perception. Seeing him look in that direction, Lucas used Soul Transmission to tell his little bear magical beast Anton and kitty Rihanna, "Go take a look over there."
The little bear Anton nodded, then quickly headed in that direction. Lucas and his wife Windsor also walked to a relatively clean spot and settled down. With a single sweep of his heavy sword, Lucas made several smooth, level stone stools. After he and Windsor sat down, he said to the child, "I've sent my magical beasts to look in that direction. Let's wait a little while."
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