"Enough, Weisi. What kind of behavior is all this sniveling? Don't forget, you are the eldest prince of our Star Luo Empire!"
After reprimanding her son, Zhu Tiancai cast an unobtrusive glance at her elder brother and spoke gravely.
"Brother, today's events are a matter of great importance. Please accompany your younger sister to the palace to see His Majesty."
"Zhu Zhuqing, Mubai, Weisi, the three of you come along as well."
"His Majesty will decide what happens next."
Before leaving, Zhu Tiancai turned to look over the other Zhu Family girls who had awakened their Martial Souls alongside Zhu Zhuqing...
Apart from Zhu Zhuqing, the highest Innate Soul Power among the remaining girls was only rank 5...
With a foundation like that, whether they could ever cultivate to the Soul Saint realm was a very big question mark.
If Dai Weisi had to partner with such a mediocre Hell Spirit Cat, how much power could the Hell White Tiger they fused into unleash in the future?
Zhu Tiancai sighed helplessly. In these troubled times, an empress like her was, in the end, only an empress.
Everything else would be left to the emperor, Dai Tianfeng, to decide.
Whatever everyone present might have thought, Zhu Tiancai, the Nether Grand Duke, could now finally stand with his back completely straight.
Over all these years, the White Tiger Dai Family and the Nether Zhu Family had always complemented and supported each other.
Although the White Tiger Dai Family had always taken the lead before, now that something like this had happened in Dai Weisi's generation...
The only suitable Hell Spirit Cat left was his second daughter, Zhu Zhuqing.
His eldest daughter had been accepted as the Supreme Pontiff's disciple, which conveniently spared his two daughters from ending up slaughtering their own flesh and blood in the future...
Thus, whether it was Dai Weisi or Dai Mubai,
If they wanted to contend for the throne in the future, they would have to rely heavily on him, the current head of the Zhu Family.
This round, Zhu Tiancai declared that he really had won so much he had gone numb!
Soon, after their group arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Zhu Tiancai told Emperor Dai Tianfeng every detail of how Bibi Dong had taken Zhu Zhuyun away.
After hearing it, the latter looked thoroughly exasperated.
First, he furiously smashed several precious vessels, then spent a long while cursing into the empty hall.
But after venting, all he could do was be angry.
Others might not know how many powerhouses Spirit Hall had, but could he, the reigning emperor, possibly not know?
Did they really think the reason their Star Luo Empire had failed to annex those stupid great Swans next door all these years was that they loved peace?
If he truly enraged that female Supreme Pontiff and she launched a decapitation strike, he could go down early to meet the ancestors of his Dai Family.
"Alas, things have already come to this. Though I don't know what exactly the Supreme Pontiff saw in Zhu Yun, we can only let it go."
"My worthy younger brother, is Zhu Zhuqing the only suitable spirit cat your Zhu Family has left?"
Having been addressed, Zhu Tiancai stepped forward and cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty, that is indeed the case."
"In this generation, even including the more distantly related branch families, apart from Zhu Zhuqing's innate rank 7 talent, the highest is only rank 5."
"As for the others in the clan with decent talent..."
Zhu Tiancai left his words there, saying just enough.
Dai Tianfeng naturally understood what he meant.
Although the Zhu Family and Dai Family had always been bound through marriage, with each entwined in the other,
Some things still could not be taken to such absurd extremes.
Otherwise, would the empire have any dignity left?
They could hardly, just to cultivate the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger,
Have Dai Weisi or Dai Mubai perform Martial Soul Fusion with an elder such as his own paternal or maternal aunt, could they?
Or were they supposed to have them perform Martial Soul Fusion with their own older or younger sisters?
After all, a man and woman who could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill were certain to become husband and wife in the future, because their origins and souls would merge.
If either Prince Dai Mubai or Prince Dai Weisi truly did such a thing for the sake of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill,
Their Star Luo Imperial Family would surely become the target of condemnation across the entire continent!
After all, the last people mocked by Soul Masters across the continent for something like this had been Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
"Enough."
Dai Tianfeng sighed helplessly, then turned his gaze toward Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi below.
"Among your generation, Zhu Zhuqing is now the only Nether Civet Martial Soul possessor with exceptional talent."
"I will waste no more words. Whichever of you brothers can fuse with Zhu Zhuqing to form the Hell White Tiger will distinguish himself in the contest for crown prince."
"You two had best conduct yourselves accordingly."
At these words, it was Dai Mubai's turn to object.
Why should his stupid older brother lose his own fiancée, then turn around and try to steal his?
Besides, Dai Weisi's cultivation was so much higher than his. What could he possibly use to compete?
"This... Imperial Father! You absolutely must not!"
Dai Mubai clearly wanted to argue further, but Dai Tianfeng simply left him on read, slipping an arm around Zhu Tiancai's slender waist and heading straight toward the rear palace.
The palm and the back of the hand were both flesh. As both emperor and father, he felt he had struck as much of a balance between his two sons as possible.
Once the emperor and empress had left, a smile returned to Dai Weisi's face, and he turned toward Zhu Tiancai beside him.
"Uncle, your nephew will inevitably be troubling you with frequent visits to your residence from now on. Please don't find me a nuisance."
Zhu Tiancai smiled and stroked his long beard.
"It's fine. We're all family. That's easily arranged."
Standing on the other side, Dai Mubai watched this harmonious scene between father-in-law and son-in-law, his eyes already bloodshot.
"Dai Weisi, don't think you've won!"
"Since Zhu Zhuqing was my fiancée to begin with, no one can take her away!"
"Even Spirit Hall's Supreme Pontiff couldn't do it! I, Dai Mubai, said so!"
At these words, Dai Weisi was thoroughly amused.
"Foolish little brother, you don't really think you have what it takes to compete with your older brother, do you?"
"Even without resorting to underhanded methods, you don't stand a chance against me."
"If I were you, I'd take advantage of these next few years and enjoy myself as much as I could while I still could."
"Otherwise, when that time truly comes, you'll have nothing left."
Watching his foolish younger brother's eyes grow increasingly bloodshot, Dai Weisi continued speaking, wanting to show his magnanimous side before Zhu Tiancai, his future father-in-law.
"Of course, when the time comes, out of consideration for our brotherhood, I naturally won't take your life."
"I'll arrange beautiful wives and lovely concubines for you, and a life of gilded, intoxicating luxury."
"That way, our time as brothers won't have been in vain."