Chapter 457: The Entangled Lu Jianxia

Within the Lu Clan, the Lu Lord immediately convened a high-level meeting.

The marriage contract was, in fact, purely for political purposes.

But the current juncture is far too special.

It is hard to know if Bing Yi can even survive.

No, there is a ninety percent probability that he is destined to kick the bucket.

Bing Yi and the Lu Clan princess are to be wed; isn't this asking the Lu Lord's princess to marry a dead man?

Many people were initially bewildered.

The Lu Prefecture's high-level meeting lasted until the next morning.

Afterwards, they agreed to the marriage alliance.

The purpose this time is not the marriage itself, but to express the Yu Lord's high regard for his son, Bing Yi, as well as the friendship between Lu Prefecture and Yu Prefecture.

After all, among the Five Clans, only Lu Prefecture and Yu Prefecture did not agree to the Heaven's Pride Killing Array against Bing Yi.

The Five Clans each have their own schemes.

It is not truly a single, solid iron plate.

The reason Chi Prefecture and Ji Prefecture agreed to Bing Yi's Heaven's Pride Killing Array...

... is because Ji Prefecture currently needs financial support from Chen Prefecture, and Chen Prefecture has deep ties with the Chi Lord's lineage.

Back then, the reason Chi Mi married Chen He of Chen Prefecture was because the Chi Lord was pulling strings behind the scenes.

As for Lu Prefecture, the current four elders are imprisoned by the Xia Clan, leaving them constrained in every way and unable to provide much support to Ji Prefecture.

This is a decline in status.

A single Heaven's Pride Killing Array is actually enough to see the alignment of the Five Clans.

Bing Yi is a genius.

But are the Five Clans lacking in geniuses?

Bing Yi is not Chen Yan, after all.

He is not a genius whose own weight is significant enough to allow the Five Clans to reach a consensus.

Bing Yi is the son of the Yu Lord, a Heaven's Pride from a hidden Great Prefecture.

This Heaven's Pride joined Lu Prefecture, which from the very beginning went against the interests of the Chen, Chi, and Ji clans.

Why join a Lu Prefecture that is currently constrained in every way?

Isn't it obvious that both Yu Prefecture and Lu Prefecture want to temporarily detach themselves from the chess match against the Great Xia?

Currently, both Chi Prefecture and Chen Prefecture are continuously providing resources to Ji Prefecture, but you, Lu Prefecture, provide no resources because the four elders and Lu Ming'an are imprisoned, and Yu Prefecture provides none because it is in seclusion.

This is one of the reasons why the Heaven's Pride Killing Array was born.

But this strategy of the Yu Lord is undoubtedly successful.

On one hand, he promised Xia Hanzhou not to expose Chen Yan, while also clearly telling everyone that Yu Yi is his son.

If Chen Yan is exposed in the future, then he, the Yu Lord, was also deceived.

Just like Lu Prefecture, he was also deceived.

On the other hand, regardless of whether Bing Yi lives or dies, the political relationship between Yu Prefecture and Lu Prefecture is indeed linked together.

At this time, if Ji Prefecture continues to demand resources, Yu Prefecture can use this to continue withholding them.

And since Yu Prefecture is linked with Lu Prefecture, both withholding resources, there is strength in numbers.

The matter of Bing Yi has implicated Yu Prefecture and also implicated the current Lu-Yu alliance.

The high-level figures of the other prefectures all see this.

The Empress of Ji Prefecture was cursing in anger that very night.

She cursed the Yu Lord and the Lu Lord, and even more so, Chen Qi.

It was all because that old fellow insisted on stirring up trouble.

Who knew that this Bing Yi held such great weight in Yu Prefecture!

Both Chi Prefecture and Chen Prefecture responded to this matter with silence.

Lu Prefecture also understood the Yu Lord's intention.

Whether Bing Yi lives or dies is not the point; the point is the connection between Lu Prefecture and Yu Prefecture.

Of course, if he does not die, the other three prefectures will all regret it.

"Today, Princess Lu Jianxia of Lu Prefecture and Prince Yu Yi of Yu Prefecture are officially betrothed; the two are scheduled to marry in half a year!

May Prince Yu Yi overcome the Heaven's Pride Killing Array and break through his shackles!

On the day of the wedding, a Golden Lion shall serve as the mount, and a Heavenly Phoenix shall serve as the gift!"

The voice of the Great Elder of the Lu Clan resounded throughout the entire Lu Clan.

In an instant, sounds of shock, heartbreak, and cheers rang out.

Bing Yi and Lu Jianxia are to be married.

This represents that the relationship between Lu Prefecture and Yu Prefecture has taken a step closer, and it means that if a great war breaks out in the future, Lu Prefecture will have Yu Prefecture behind it.

This is an event capable of shaking the world!

As the person involved, Lu Jianxia was slow to realize it; she sat cross-legged in the high sky of Myriad Forms Island, silent for a long, long time.

The other person involved, Chen Yan, was still cultivating in the independent cultivation room provided by Lu Jianxia and was completely unaware of this matter.

"Congratulations," Chi Xun said with a smile:

"Princess Jianxia has found a good husband."

Lu Jianxia looked at the other party in silence, unable to speak.

Ji Hai also had a gloomy expression for quite a while; he immediately understood the implication and could only bow awkwardly:

"Congratulations, Princess Lu Jianxia."

Lu Jianxia sat cross-legged quietly there, her hair like silk draped casually over her shoulders.

Her brows were slightly furrowed, her long eyelashes trembling gently, her hands unconsciously clasped together, and her lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to say something but did not know where to begin.

Was it not a bit too absurd?

She had never viewed Bing Yi as someone of the same generation.

She wanted to speak, but she did not know what to say.

Her immediate reaction at this moment was actually to think that Bing Yi might disagree.

This was a thought that even she herself could not understand.

It was as if she had fallen into an abyss overgrown with poisonous flowers; the rich fragrance rushed toward her, causing her to sink, yet she clearly knew she was still falling.

Bing Yi, Bing Yi, Bing Yi, Bing Yi, Bing Yi...

In her mind, this name flashed a hundred times, a thousand times in an instant.

She wanted to go down, stand before the other party, and have them reject this marriage contract.

What era was this? She, Lu Jianxia, a heaven-gifted prodigy of her generation, why would she need a political marriage?

But on the other hand, there was also a painful feeling.

Bing Yi was going to die.

Was going to fall.

What was coming next was a Fifth-Stage early-phase Chen Yan imitation.

Should she hope for the other party to win, or to lose?

It was a feeling of great inferiority, and also a very difficult one.

She lowered her head, not knowing how to think for a moment.

To the side, Chen Qi's complexion turned a shade of green and then purple.

At this moment, many people were sending voice transmissions to curse him.

Because of him, the current situation had been brought about.

The marriage between the Lu and Yu clans could bring about consequences that were impossible to fathom.

He looked toward the cultivation room below.

He remained silent for a long time.

The Five Clans must be unified!

Without unification, it would be difficult to accomplish great things.

Bing Yi killed the daughter of the Chen Lord; did they not deserve to die?

In the past, they would have died without a doubt, but as a result, so many things had been stirred up now.

Inside the cultivation room.

Chen Yan had now obtained a large amount of resources, enough for his strength to rise to a terrifying level.

As for the matter of the marriage, Chen Yan actually knew of it.

Through Xia Qi at the end of the meridians, Chen Yan could know most of the Great Xia's movements.

Even, Chen Yan also knew that he still had one chance of immortality.

Everything was because Xia Qi had awakened the Will Martial Dao.

The martial meridians of the Will Martial Dao could not see through high-realm martial artists.

But Xia Qi was not a high-realm martial artist; the other party possessed the Imperial Calamity and was almost unable to cultivate.

Many things that Xia Hanzhou had hidden, from the moment Xia Qi entered the Will Martial Dao, Chen Yan had already known.

But Xia Hanzhou's worries were unnecessary.

One chance of immortality indeed gave Chen Yan some security in doing things, but it would never make Chen Yan slack off because of it.

His goal had always been to turn the sun and moon anew.

This was grand, and almost impossible to see.

For this, Chen Yan was willing to walk forward unswervingly.

One chance of immortality could be used for his plans, but it would never become a stumbling block on his path to becoming stronger.

Looking at this marriage again.

Chen Yan also understood a lot.

The Five Clans were not a solid iron plate; this was a good thing.

Everyone wanted the other continents to be the first to clash with the Xia Clan and deplete their own strength.

Wherever there were people, contradictions would exist.

The Yu Lord could also be considered opportunistic; on one hand, there was the intention to contact the Xia Clan in advance and deplete the other continents.

Chen Yan's whole body overflowed with surging Ink Thunder, and at this moment, his own aura was still rising continuously.

He did not have much time; the new imitation was about to arrive.

To be honest, Chen Yan really felt unprecedented pressure this time.

The only thing he had done wrong was the act of killing Chen Youyi.

No one knew that the other party would be the daughter of the Chen Lord.

It was normal for Chen Qi to have such great anger.

Xia Hanzhou's actions could be considered as directly helping Chen Yan.

Otherwise.

The possibility of Bing Yi being Chen Yan would have been continuously raised.

Chen Yan also felt that he would not be able to hide much longer.

Chen Qi's move was truly ruthless, giving Chen Yan no chance to catch his breath at all.

Chen Yan pondered.

At the same time.

Knock, knock, knock...

The sound of knocking on the cultivation room door rang out.

Chen Yan's eyes flickered; he ended his cultivation and opened the door.

"Lord Divine Son!"

Outside, a massive crowd of living beings knelt, and at the lead was the old man covered in black markings.

At this moment, tens of thousands of living beings wore expressions of gratitude, kowtowing incessantly toward Chen Yan.

They had long been accustomed to despair, yet at this moment, they saw where the light resided.

Chen Yan was silent for a moment, then looked at the old man and said:

"You, come in."

The old man's expression trembled, then he nodded and walked into the cultivation room.

"Lord Divine Son, if it weren't for you, my granddaughter..."

As the black-marked old man spoke, the tears in his eyes could no longer be held back.

Chen Yan looked at him:

"Are you from Great Xia?"

"Great Xia?" A look of indescribable yearning appeared in the old man's eyes:

"The older generation said that it is the ancestral land, and the place where my lineage resided was even more indescribably wonderful."

As the old man spoke, his eyes widened, as if he himself had entered that fairyland:

"It was a city in the clouds; I heard that the clouds and mist could transform into divine beasts, traveling between the great buildings, and people could ride the clouds to travel back and forth every day."

The old man spoke, his voice trembling:

"It was called... Yunmeng, yes, called Yunmeng City. Has Lord heard of that place?"

Chen Yan was silent for a long time; he really wanted to tell the old man that Yunmeng City was not as good as he described.

But compared to this place, was Yunmeng City not like a city in the clouds?

"I brought you here to ask about the martial technique you used earlier."

Chen Yan pursed his lips; what he was referring to was naturally the divine technique 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】.

PS: Writing a little less today.

Just padding a bit; my mental state is really a bit shattered. I didn't expect that I could maintain a stable mindset for so long, but the anxiety suddenly seemed to tangle together in an instant, erupting all at once today.

All sorts of thoughts emerged in an instant, so I am writing a little less.

The General-Bestowing plot is a major arc; once this plot ends, the whole book will be heading toward its conclusion.

I don't want to write in this state, but after thinking for a long time, I still decided to write out the plot I had already planned.

This way it won't affect the plot direction, for the sake of perfect attendance.

This is very important.

Today, I am writing a little less.

There is one more thing: Dongzi plans to do a book title test for this book. Without testing, I feel there won't be any traffic at all.

After all, I have to make a living.

I'm not very good at naming things; everyone, please help me come up with some book titles. Five will do, and I'll pick from them.