Chapter 35

Marry me……?

To be honest, when I saw Di Jiang's marriage proposal, Zhao Si really didn't react for a moment:

"What do I have to marry? Even if the Azure Dragon's bloodline is noble, it still can't match the status of Pangu's own daughter!"

"Strictly speaking, not to mention the Azure Dragon bloodline—even if the Primordial Dragon itself showed up, would it even be qualified to match Pangu's daughter in status? That's still a question!"

Besides the mismatch of status, there's also cultivation strength—Jin Bing is a Great Luo Golden Immortal piled up purely by merit; whether it's water or not is another story, but Xuanming the Ancestral Witch's Quasi‑Sage cultivation is truly solid.

"When these twelve Ancestral Witches join forces, they can go toe‑to‑toe with the Heavenly Court's top‑tier all‑star lineup and suffer mutual destruction; each is at least at the early Quasi‑Sage level."

"Below a Saint, everyone is an ant; even a Quasi‑Sage bears the saint character, and though it's only one realm away from Great Luo, the gap cannot be measured by reason."

"Now a Quasi‑Sage wants to marry into Great Luo…… It sounds utterly absurd, like an emperor's beloved daughter suddenly marrying a pauper; only a bitter literatus would dare write such a heaven‑defying fantasy……"

"Could it be…… that the merit Pangu left to his children for creating heaven offsets the guilt of killing Jin Bing?"

"Including the Twelve Ancestral Witches voluntarily letting the Quasi‑Sage‑level Xuanming marry into them, it's still because of humanity."

"The scene is too beautiful; Zhao Si dare not think about it, because such things have happened throughout history—the Wu Clan actually has no need to oppose the Heavenly Court, after all this version of the Primordial setting's Di Jun is an enlightened sage‑ruler who doesn't care about race, so the Wu Clan defecting is not impossible."

"【Di Jiang calmly escorted you out of Pangu Hall; on your regrettable return to humanity, several masked brutes leapt from the roadside bushes and, without a word, gave you a brutal beating with a sack over your head—even a mighty Great Luo offered no resistance!】"

"Isn't it merit?"

"The human bloodline bears the Heaven's Dao seal; aiding it brings great merit."

"Human Race Chief!"

"Everything he has comes from humanity; humanity, as the heaven‑chosen protagonist, Jin Bing actively bound himself by kneeling, which is equivalent to borrowing the protagonist's 'momentum'—the mighty and noble human race is his source of strength and political backing!"

"The Supreme Heavenly Emperor at the peak of Quasi‑Sage is willing to abdicate to his measly Great Luo, all because of humanity."

"Zhao Si shook his head as a strange thought popped into his mind, then refocused on the three options:"

"Option A: agreeing to marry Xuanming is actually optional; the Twelve Ancestral Witches want a true alliance with Jin Bing, which requires a marital tie, otherwise both sides would deem the other unreliable—when jointly resisting the Heavenly Court, how much the Ancestral Witches would contribute is unknown."

"Behind Jin Bing stands a powerful race!"

"Option B: disagreeing is also possible; the Ancestral Witches would still likely ally with humanity, but as with the analysis of Option A, lacking the most direct and reliable marital bond, when jointly resisting the mighty Heavenly Court, if the Wu Clan felt it was not worth it to be humanity's cannon fodder for free, they might contribute nothing or even betray their allies……"

"Therefore, both sides must have sufficient interests bound together; only then is the alliance unbreakable, otherwise it will collapse from within……"

"The mysterious and self‑preserving Primeval Three Clans are willing to ride his war chariot, also because of humanity."

"Jin Bing's cultivation is nothing great—just Great Luo, not even among the Primordial Era's top echelon."

"So, does this count as a dragon relying on human power?"

"All factions that Jin Bing actively ties himself to care nothing about him personally; they only want to use his political identity to achieve their own goals—that is everyone's fundamental purpose……"

And the descriptor "high Yao first class", which previously only appeared on humans, the game says humans are the "Heavenly Dao's seal" "demon above demons"; now it is also used on the Wu Clan.

【Because the fist is really too hard, you are severely injured and incurable, and the human race's sun fell in frustration.】

【"Seeing off the guest."】

Zhao Si felt somewhat hesitant, yet also eager to try; although it was just a text game, things like sister‑flowers were a bit too stimulating…

The game system never speaks nonsense about critical information; since it said it was because of "Pangu bloodline high Yao first class", it must indeed be because of that.

"Wait!"

No, Jin Bing's foundation for establishing himself has never been these two things; the reason he can be appointed the next Heavenly Emperor, and can threaten the peak quasi‑sage Di Jun, and even obtain the support of the three ancient clans, is essentially because he has equipped himself with a top‑tier buff halo:

【You are dead; the wrong choice led to a bad ending……Your greed and lust not only failed to form a reliable marital bond with the Wu Clan, but instead enraged the pure and simple ancestral witches……Of course, you are not completely without gain—at least you learned with your life that the twelve ancestral witches kill without incurring karma, and the Pangu bloodline is high Yao first class!】

"Could it be that, in essence, the Wu Clan shares some similarity with humans?"

"C!"

Huh?

Zhao Si looked at the message in surprise; the protagonist courting death is no surprise, but what does it mean that the Pangu bloodline kills without incurring karma?

"Jin Bing has been active in the human race for nearly ten eon meetings; his merit is estimated to have broken through the heavens, and last time even Di Jun was exchanged one‑for‑one at the limit—yet his cultivation strength is not as good as Di Jun's ancestral witch, so how is he unharmed?"

【Upon sensing the fall of a great merit‑bearer, the Heavenly Dao flew into a rage, and then, in its anger, it merely gave a little angry grunt……Turns out it was just the Creator God's sons killing a green long worm; I thought it was a big deal, goodbye.】

Zhao Si frowned and looked at the message again:

"The key information should be in these few paragraphs……It's not because of merit; could it really be because of the bloodline?"

Zhao Si had some doubts; he didn't know exactly how much merit Jin Bing had, but he guessed it was probably enough to attain sainthood, after all being able to exchange for the death of the peak quasi‑sage Di Jun, the gold content of the human race's sole embodiment, the sun, is beyond question.

Zhao Si then thought of the key point:

"That said, although marrying into the ancestral witches is shocking to one's worldview, when it comes to Jin Bing it becomes understandable."

【You chose option C—one isn't enough? I heard Houtu is also peerlessly beautiful, I want them all!】

"Impossible?"

But for Jin Bing, are cultivation and background important?

【Is it possible to turn back time, to return to the previous life choice?】

Can the twelve ancestral witches possibly have that much merit to offset it? The merit from Pangu's creation of heaven is naturally vast, but the bulk lies on the Three Pure Ones; the ancestral witches can at most inherit a few scraps.

【You proudly declare yourself as the great chieftain of the human race, what a noble status! A single Xuan Ming isn't enough to contact the friendship between the Wu and human races; plus Houtu is about the same, and with the two sisters constantly in touch with you, the friendship between the Wu and human races will last forever!】

【Di Jiang: ……】

Zhao Si suddenly recalled Di Jiang's marriage demand:

"Letting Xuan Ming and Jin Bing intermarry is actually just a link they use to secure the Wu–human alliance; the real goal is to promote a Wu–human marriage, and for that they could even sacrifice Xuan Ming the ancestral witch's benefits to marry me, a Great Golden Immortal, and Xuan Ming doesn't object to that."

Humans, a "genetically modified clone species" conjured out of thin air by Nüwa, what makes them born the heaven‑ordained protagonist? What makes them high Yao first class?

Even Nüwa's attainment of sainthood is solely because she created humanity!

Humans and the Wu Clan, or rather……between them and Pangu, do they have some kind of relationship that I am currently unaware of?

The Pangu bloodline is high Yao first class; killing does not incur karma.

Could it be……

Jin Bing's background also won't do—he's merely the N‑th prince of a second‑rate Eastern Sea sea clan; even if his bloodline has evolved into a legitimate Azure Dragon, it's still just that, and there are plenty whose bloodlines are stronger than his.

As for Item C...

Let's try it first and then talk!

This is enough to prove that the significance of intermarriage among the Wu people for the Wu Clan is enormous, even surpassing the ancestral Wu themselves—what secret could this possibly hold……

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(End of chapter)