"Of course it looks lovely. The flower wreath is lovely, and it looks even lovelier on Rongrong."
Ning Fengzhi dotingly stroked Ning Rongrong's head.
"Sorry to trouble you with looking after Rongrong, Young Clan Leader."
Then he did not forget to thank Yu Tianheng as well.
Although Yu Tianheng was still young, the changes he had brought to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan over the past two years were enough for Ning Fengzhi to show him such goodwill.
"You flatter me, Sect Master Ning. If you don't mind, just call me Tian Heng, and I'll call you Uncle Ning."
Yu Tianheng's tone was exceptionally humble, and his attitude could not help but raise him further in Ning Fengzhi's estimation.
Ning Fengzhi laughed and patted Yu Tianheng on the shoulder.
"Hahaha, Tian Heng, you're too modest..."
As the two were talking, Ning Rongrong, standing beside them, blinked her big, round eyes twice and spoke.
"Dad, Brother Tian Heng is so good to me. Can I marry him when I grow up?"
At those words, Ning Fengzhi could not help looking a little awkward.
In the past, a marriage alliance with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would only have required a discussion.
But now the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had become the hot commodity everyone on the continent wanted to curry favor with.
If they truly had such a straightforward goal, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would inevitably become wary.
"Tian Heng, children speak without restraint. Please don't take it to heart."
He was afraid that this matter might instead affect their relationship with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan elder beside them, however, wore an entirely different expression.
"The young clan leader has yet to be betrothed. It would not be out of the question for him to be engaged to Miss Ning."
Seeing the clan elder speak in his favor, Ning Fengzhi could not help looking at Yu Tianheng.
He wanted to hear what Yu Tianheng thought.
After all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would one day be passed into Rongrong's hands.
If she could be betrothed to a genius like Yu Tianheng, he would not have to worry too much in the future.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might even use this opportunity to climb another floor!
The continent's number one support Martial Soul was, in the end, only a support Martial Soul. In terms of combat power, it fell quite a bit short.
If not for the two Titled Douluo holding the fort, it would probably have drawn the covetous eyes of quite a few other clans long ago.
Seeing everyone gazing eagerly at him, Yu Tianheng did not clearly state what he thought.
"A betrothal should be decided by the parents' orders and the matchmaker's word. If you truly have such an idea, Sect Master Ning, you should discuss it with my grandfather."
At those words, Ning Fengzhi was overjoyed.
For him to say that much was already almost no different from agreeing.
"You're quite right, Yu Heng. When the time comes, I'll have a proper discussion with your sect master."
He scarcely dared imagine how much the clan would stand to gain once word of a marriage alliance with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan got out.
"Um, Dad, what did Brother Tian Heng mean? Doesn't he like Rongrong?"
Ning Rongrong was still young, so naturally she could not understand what he meant.
She tugged at Ning Fengzhi's clothes and asked quietly.
After listening, Ning Fengzhi stroked his daughter's head and leaned close to her ear.
"Brother Tian Heng probably likes Rongrong. I'll explain it to you when we get back, all right?"
When she heard that Brother Tian Heng liked her, the worry on the little girl's face vanished at once.
Her eyes narrowed happily into crescents.
She immediately threw herself into Yu Tianheng's arms and said,
"Brother Tian Heng, I still want to go out and play. Will you play with me?"
The little girl's coquettish manner made Yu Tianheng feel a little embarrassed to refuse.
He took her little hand and headed toward the clan's garden.
After the clan gathering ended, Ning Fengzhi wasted no time in paying Yu Yuanzhen a visit of his own accord.
They discussed a marriage alliance between the two clans.
Yu Yuanzhen knew that Yu Tianheng had not refused, so he went along with it and agreed.
They also established an alliance between the two sects.
Soon, news of the marriage alliance between two of the Upper Three Sects spread throughout the Heaven Dou Empire.
Even the imperial family began to grow wary.
The Clear Sky Sect, which they had worried about most before, had now withdrawn from the world.
Originally, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had still kept each other somewhat in check.
Now look: on the surface, the two sects had arranged a marriage, but in truth, they had formed an alliance.
The threat they posed had also multiplied.
The continent's number one Beast Martial Soul, the continent's number one support Martial Soul, and countless Soul Tools.
Even the imperial family paled somewhat in comparison.
After several rounds of discussion, the imperial family also took the initiative to show goodwill to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
They even wanted to establish a marriage alliance of their own.
However, Yu Tianheng politely declined all these proposals.
At first, everyone in the imperial family feared for their own safety, worried that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would make a move.
But after their spies made inquiries from many sources, they discovered that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did not seem to have any intention of replacing the imperial family.
This news put the imperial family's anxious hearts at ease.
They began stockpiling Soul Tools in large quantities, secretly strengthening the imperial family's power.
Even if something unexpected happened in the future, the imperial family would be capable of dealing with it.
With the two kinds of Soul Tools opening people's eyes to what Soul Tools could do,
Yu Tianheng also increased his investment in Soul Tool research.
The series of measures he had taken earlier to develop the clan had also produced initial results.
In just over a year, the number of newborns in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had reached more than ten times its previous level.
With the resources obtained from selling Soul Tools, the strength of all the clan members with a talent for cultivation had grown by leaps and bounds.
Those with little talent did not lose heart in the slightest, instead taking the initiative to devote themselves to producing Soul Tools.
During this time, Yu Tianheng did not neglect his own cultivation.
Whenever he had nothing else to do, he spent most of his time in secluded cultivation, raising his Soul Power Level.
Even some of the guards responsible for passing on Yu Tianheng's orders no longer knew exactly what level he had reached.
Each time he emerged from seclusion, his presence seemed to have grown stronger.
One day, as his tenth birthday drew near, Yu Tianheng suddenly opened his eyes in his secluded cultivation room.
An arc of lightning flashed through his eyes.
He stretched out his hand and clenched it into a fist, surging lightning spreading around him.
Each bolt seemed to have transformed into a lifelike little dragon, resting on Yu Tianheng's shoulder or coiling around his arm.
"Have I finally broken through to level thirty?"
As the clan grew stronger, he could faintly feel that his Martial Soul also seemed to be growing stronger.
This should be the "sum feedback" the system had mentioned before.
The further a Soul Master progressed in cultivation, the more difficult it became.
If news of him breaking through to level thirty at age ten got out,
it would certainly stir up a raging storm.
The students who had entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy at the same time as Yu Tianheng
had only just reached level twenty.
And that was with Qin Ming's guidance and the academy's resources to nurture them.
For a Soul Master without a powerful family background, even level fifteen was already considered high at that age.
"I've been in seclusion a little longer this time. I wonder what level Rongrong is now."