Chapter 409: Engagement

Old Master Lu's words made Lu Yubi's eyes light up.

Yeah, only you, Xueqi, in our family can be compared to Fu Yue and Fu Xue; Xueqi, whether it's your figure and face or your cultivation talent, you're top-notch—if you make a move, Lu Xun will surely fall for you.

Lu Yubi quickly followed up.

How can that be!

Lu Xueqi hadn't spoken yet when Lu Chen spoke first.

Xueqi-sis is our family's treasure—how could she marry Lu Xun!!

Lu Chen objected.

He doesn't have any improper thoughts about his cousin Lu Xueqi; he simply can't accept it.

If Lu Xueqi really got together with Lu Xun, wouldn't Lu Xun become his brother-in-law?

To Lu Chen, that would be worse than killing him.

Besides, Lu Xun is only strong now; I've heard his Five Realm tribulation is already a thirty-nine heavenly tribulation—what about Six or Seven Realms? Whether he can grow beyond Eight Realms is still unknown!

Lu Chen offered more reasons, hoping to dispel Old Master Lu's idea.

Unfortunately, Old Master Lu seemed to have already decided and was unmoved.

Chen'er, with Lu Xun's contribution to the Heavenly Dao, how could the Heavenly Dao really make things hard for him? This tribulation is just a test for him, even a blessing—you're already at Seven Realms, how do you not know this?

Lu Yubi said.

Mom, even if the tribulation can't do anything to him, who knows how many people on Lan Xing want Lu Xun dead, with even more foreign races wanting to kill him—whether Lu Xun can survive the next juncture is a question.

Lu Chen shouted.

Besides, with Xueqi-sis's pride, how could she be willing to marry Lu Xun? Xueqi-sis, you tell me, right?

Lu Chen fired off sentences like a string of firecrackers, even dragging Lu Xueqi into it.

Lu Xueqi remained silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

All right, Chen'er, stop arguing about this—let's talk about it after the next juncture.

After a moment's thought, Old Master Lu hammered the decision home.

His plan wasn't for the near term but long-term, so he wasn't in a particular hurry.

Seeing that, Lu Chen finally let out a sigh of relief.

Old Master Lu still valued him.

Although the Lu family has many talents, among the middle-young generation, aside from Lu Xueqi, he is the most monstrous genius.

The others can only be considered ordinary talents.

In these great families, true geniuses cannot be judged below the Five Realms.

They have too many resources; even some minor talents can quickly pile up to Three, Four, or Five Realms by stacking resources.

But once above the Five Realms, the difficulty of cultivation increases noticeably, bottlenecks multiply, and piling up resources isn't necessarily useful.

That's it for this matter.

All right, let's start exchanging betrothal gifts.

The next day.

Fu family,

Lu Xun, Fu Yue, and Fu Xue's engagement ceremony officially began.

The engagement is actually not complicated.

Lu Xun brings the betrothal gifts to the door, the matchmaker publicly recites the gift list—that is, loudly announcing the betrothal gift list.

After some refusals, the female side accepts the betrothal gifts.

Then both sides exchange tokens and sign and seal the marriage contract.

Finally, they often drink a cup of nuptial wine.

In the eyes of the Fu family, Lu Xun produced two tokens, exchanging them respectively with Fu Yue and Fu Xue.

Next came the signing of the marriage contract.

Three gilded marriage contracts were brought forward.

"With heaven and earth as witness, sun and moon as pledge, mountains and rivers as inspection, now we have:"

"Lu Xun of the Lu family sincerely admires the Fu family's two lovely ladies, whose moon-like brilliance is pure and cold, whose snow-like spirit is clear and flawless; he wishes to entrust his remaining life to them, never parting in old age."

"Now establishing this contract, three hearts bound as one, life and death interdependent, heaven and earth cannot alter it, spirits cannot shift it】"

Granny Xue read the text on the marriage contract aloud.

"Little Xun, come, sign your name."

After finishing, she handed the marriage contract to Lu Xun, smiling.

"Grandfather, why is it a Three Lives Same Heart Contract?"

Fu Yue, however, noticed something abnormal.

The abnormality lay not only in the text but also in the material of the marriage contract.

These three marriage contracts look like they're made of gold, but they're not actually gold; they're something called Dao Gold.

This means that once signed, the marriage contract is equivalent to having the Heavenly Dao bear witness.

If either party later regrets it, they will suffer a certain degree of backlash.

"Three Lives Same Heart Contract?"

Lu Xun, however, didn't see anything special about it.

Old Master Fu apparently didn't know either; he froze for a moment, then instinctively looked at the man in green robes.

"Little Yue, this is the marriage contract your father specially obtained from the Heavenly Dao Palace; above it bears the seal of sun and moon shining together, below it the token of mountains and rivers eternally firm. With the Heavenly Dao as witness, your three fates will endure like the Milky Way, eternal through ages; even if seas turn to fields, this feeling will not change."

Xu Xiuzhen spoke.

Sure enough, it was him.

Lu Xun knew the man in green would definitely do something to make sure that once the engagement was set, neither side could easily back out.

For cultivators, even if the engagement is set and the marriage papers exchanged, if they really want to back out, there's nothing stopping them.

But once the Three-Lifetimes Heart Contract is signed, it's not easy to back out.

"Fine, anyway I'm not afraid."

Lu Xun is like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

He doesn't even need to cultivate himself, so what's there to fear?

But Fu Yue and Fu Xue will probably have to keep acting from now on.

"Oh, alright."

Hearing it was their father's decision, Fu Yue couldn't say much more.

"Sign it, little Xun."

Seeing that the three had no objections, Granny Xue handed over the marriage documents.

Lu Xun picked up the brush, dipped it in cinnabar, and signed his name on each of the three marriage papers.

"Little Yue."

Next was Fu Yue.

Fu Yue hesitated not, and likewise signed her name.

"Little Xue, it's your turn."

Last was Fu Xue.

When Fu Xue picked up the brush, she hesitated a moment, but ultimately signed anyway.

Their father using the Three-Lifetimes Heart Contract as the marriage document made her a bit uneasy.

But things had come this far, with thousands of Fu clan members witnessing, she couldn't possibly back out now.

"Two aunts and uncle, please drink the nuptial wine~"

After the marriage document segment ended, the nuptial wine ceremony followed.

This nuptial wine requires Lu Xun and the two ladies, Fu Yue and Fu Xue, to drink together.

The golden goblets reflected each other, the jade liquor rippling slightly.

At this moment, even Fu Yue couldn't help but show a hint of shyness on her face.

As for Fu Xue, needless to say, she was already so shy she didn't dare lift her head.

Even if this was just an act, performing this far before a crowd was enough to make Fu Xue's heart race.

"Little Xun, boys need to take the initiative."

Seeing that none of the three had moved, Granny Xue reminded them.

Lu Xun reacted and stepped forward on his own.

His left arm went through Fu Yue's right arm, his right arm through Fu Xue's left arm, and the three wrists locked together in a triangle.

Fu Yue being the elder sister, Lu Xun drank her cup first.

Then he drank Fu Xue's cup.

"Teacher, your heartbeat... is so loud~"

While drinking the nuptial wine with Fu Xue, her hurried heartbeat sounded in his ear, clear as a drum.

Lu Xun couldn't resist sending a teasing mental message.

He made Fu Xue blush all over.

Seeing the three finish the nuptial wine, Old Master Fu stroked his beard and laughed heartily: "Good, good, good! From today on, Lu Xun is a member of my Fu family!"

"Yay~"

The younger generation of the Fu family cheered.