Chapter 167: Does the Chuan Clan Leader Have a Dao Companion?

The Fox Clan Empress's gaze was scorching, staring straight at you without any hesitation.

You naturally would not shrink back, and asked, "Empress, feel free to state any request; as long as it benefits the Human Race–Fox Clan alliance, my Human Race will never decline."

The Fox Clan Empress smiled, "If this matter succeeds, it will be most beneficial to the alliance of the two races."

You felt a vague ominous premonition, but out of courtesy you still took the floor, "Empress, please speak."

The Fox Clan Empress said, "Lately I have shapeshifted into human form, cultivating for a period in the Human Race's shape, and feel greatly at ease."

"From this, it seems the Human Race's rise within just a few thousand years is not without cause; perhaps you have received the Dao's grace."

"But the Fox Clan's shapeshifted humans are ultimately not true Human Race members, unable to fully comprehend its subtleties."

"Fortunately, my Fox Clan possesses a marvelous method that can align heart and soul, and together pursue the supreme Dao."

The more you listened to the Fox Clan Empress, the more you felt something was amiss.

From the corner of your eye you could see Hong's smile, both fortunate and disastrous.

Could it be that this kid was actually right?

The Fox Clan Empress has taken a liking to your Perfect Body?

Today the Human Race Fortune is flourishing; as the head of the Human Race's First True Ancestor, you receive the greatest Fortune protection.

The Fox Clan Empress is one of the few strong ones among the Nine Ancient God Clans, and naturally can sense the vast Fortune that surrounds you.

"The Empress thought, 'If the Fox Clan and the Human Race can first intermarry, then form an alliance, the relationship between the two races will inevitably become more harmonious, and the alliance more solid.'"

"The only question is whether the Human Race, and also the Chuan Clan Leader, are willing to show this sincerity."

When the plot was laid bare, the Fox Clan Empress no longer concealed her purpose.

"Impossible!"

You and Hong remained silent, and the Fox Grand Elder slammed the table and rose, "The alliance still has a way out; if we intermarry, our bloodlines become linked, and my Fox Clan would truly be trapped!"

The Fox Clan's reputation abroad is not good.

But you know that the Fox Clan places great importance on their offspring, and in this respect they are similar to the Human Race.

The Fox Clan Empress coldly retorted, "An alliance should advance and retreat together; before a great enemy arrives, you already think of an escape route. How should all the myriad races of the world view my Fox Clan?"

The Fox Grand Elder's face turned ashen, angrily saying, "Empress, do not idealize the Human Race! We treat the Human Race as allies, but perhaps the Human Race sees us as stepping stones."

"Is this all the ambition you have?"

The Fox Clan Empress spoke bluntly, "As the Human Race rises, the Fox Clan also grows stronger; why must you insist that the Fox Clan is a whole head weaker?"

"How the future unfolds should be decided by ourselves! Does my Fox Clan lack even this confidence?"

The Fox Clan Empress is so proud.

Perhaps she has also contemplated that the future alliance with the Human Race might break, allies turning hostile, but she is more confident that the Fox Clan will not be manipulated in the future.

That is the confidence a great clan should possess!

Without even having contested, feeling a step behind the foreign races, when the time comes to truly test strength, they will likely lose.

Alliance cooperation, at least for now, is a win–win.

After suppressing the Fox Grand Elder, the Fox Clan Empress looked at you again, with a hint of apology, "I have made you all look ridiculous."

You smiled, "With such a large populace, disputes are normal; the Human Race has also had frequent disagreements over the years."

You couldn't help but recite Sangyu.

Clearly the goal is for the Human Race's pinnacle, yet even now, you all are walking different paths.

Hong seized the chance to ask, "May I know what kind of intermarriage the Empress refers to?"

The Fox Clan Empress replied, "Since the two races are already allied, we can open up relations between them; in fact, many of our Fox Clan women have already settled in Human Race territories."

Hong laughed, "I am fortunate to have taken one of them as my wife; Fox Clan women are gentle and beautiful, men are handsome, and they are greatly liked by Human Race youths. I fully support the intermarriage of the two races."

"Very well."

The Fox Clan Empress said, then shifted tone, "May I ask whether the Chuan Clan Leader has a Dao Companion?"

After circling around, the topic inevitably returned to you.

"Yes."

You nodded heavily.

The Fox Clan Empress smiled broadly, "Then, does the Chuan Clan Leader mind having an additional Dao Companion?"

You were instantly stunned in place.

After a long while, you solemnly asked again, "Empress, what do you mean by this?"

The Fox Clan Empress, unashamed, said plainly, "I wish to become Dao Companions with the Chuan Clan Leader, and from then on walk hand in hand, pursuing Longevity together!"

The routine interaction mode has been activated.

Please, host, choose an interaction:

1. Play dumb and feign confusion, politely decline the Fox Clan Empress's affection;

2. For the sake of the Human Race's grand plan! Charge!

3. Charge directly!

Useless options appear again.

Lin Chuan smiled.

Presumably Jiaojiao Niangzi's subconscious has already influenced the Reincarnation of the dream, or perhaps this is destiny?

What it is no longer matters.

Lin Chuan always remembers the ultimate goal of initiating this dream Reincarnation, which is to let the ladies coexist harmoniously.

As for what ending the dream will evolve into, it all depends on Heaven's Mandate.

Anyway, the dream Reincarnation will eventually end; as long as it can change the ladies' attitudes in reality, everything is worthwhile!

Selection complete.

For the Human Race's great plan, you did not directly refuse the Fox Clan Empress's request to become Dao Companions.

You said, "The matter of becoming Dao Companions concerns a lifetime; you and I have only just met—might that be too hasty?"

"Perhaps we should spend more time together; if the Empress still thinks I am the best candidate to become Dao Companion…"

"I will certainly, following the Human Race's highest rites—three letters, six ceremonies, four engagements, five gifts, a phoenix‑colored coronet, ten‑mile bridal adornment, eight‑palanquin procession—to properly and formally marry the Empress and bring her home."

"May I?"

Becoming Dao Companions cannot be handled carelessly; you cannot read the Fox Clan Empress's mind, so you dare not act recklessly.

"Fine!"

The Fox Clan Empress smiled brightly, "Three years—enough?"

You nodded heavily, "Sufficient."

The Fox Clan Empress waved her hand, fetched paper and brush, and, before the elders of both races, wrote the marriage contract abundantly, producing two copies.

Finally, using her essence blood, she engraved the name—Jiao—on the marriage contract.

"Your turn."

She tossed the brush to you, and you likewise used your essence blood as ink, carving your own name—Chuan—on the other side of the marriage contract.

The rites are complete.

You and the Fox Clan Empress each held a copy of the marriage contract.

The Fox Clan Empress smiled even brighter, "The three‑year pact, I await you to come marry me."

"As long as the Empress has no regrets, I shall not disappoint."

The sealing of the three‑year pact also signifies the official commencement of the alliance between the Human Race and the Fox Clan, and an era of comprehensive struggle against the Ancient God Clan is about to arrive.