Chapter 150: Sacrifice

Hearing the two words "marriage alliance" from Huang Shengyue's mouth, Song Qingming was truly caught off guard, and his body couldn't help but freeze on the spot.

Turning his eyes to look at the delicate woman sitting beside him, he saw that apart from being a bit nervous, she didn't show much surprise, which meant she should have known about this matter long ago.

"The Huang and Song families have had marriage alliances more than once in these two hundred years. Looking back, several people from our Huang family have also been married into the Song family. It's just that in these few decades, the two families have moved around much less. Now that Daoist Song and my Siyuan have an affinity, it just happens to be an opportunity to continue the marriage alliance between the two families, which can also be considered as bringing our two families closer." Seeing that Huang Shengyue had already opened her mouth, Huang Shengxin also nodded in agreement.

"What the two fellow Daoists said is also to make the relationship between our two families closer. Qingming naturally has no objections to this point. It's just that I have just achieved Foundation Establishment and am at the time to focus on cultivation. If Siyuan Daoist follows me, I'm afraid it will wrong her now. If the two families are to form a marriage alliance, can you consider other brothers and sisters in the clan?"

Ever since the Song family migrated to Qinghe County two hundred years ago, the Huang and Song families had indeed formed marriage alliances several times. But those were all the Song family taking the initiative to marry female cultivators from the clan to the Huang family. The purpose was self-evident: to get closer to the Huang family, the main family, and exchange for more protection.

Now that the Huang family wanted to marry their own cultivator to the Song family, the purpose was similarly very obvious. Apart from winning him over, another point was to place an eye beside Song Qingming to watch their Song family at all times. Regarding this, Song Qingming naturally felt somewhat unwilling in his heart.

Hearing that Song Qingming seemed somewhat unwilling, Huang Shengyue frowned and said slowly, "It's not that our Huang family can't change to someone else. It's just that we have already discussed it with Daoist Changfeng. Apart from you, the Song family can't find a suitable candidate for the time being, which is why we considered you."

"Daoist Changfeng previously said that Daoist Song is not yet married and has not heard of anyone he admires, so he is the most suitable person for our two families to form a marriage alliance. Of course, if Daoist Song is unwilling, you can say so directly. We elders cannot force people to do things they don't want to do. Isn't that right, Daoist Changfeng?"

Song Changfeng, upon hearing this, hurriedly said nervously, "What the Senior Huang said is right. It is also my fault for not telling Qingming beforehand. This matter concerns the future relationship between our two families. Now that things have reached this point, we definitely cannot give up halfway. Senior, why not give us two days to discuss this matter, and this junior will definitely give Senior a satisfactory answer as soon as possible."

"That will also do. We will stay in Qinghe Fang for two more days, waiting for the good news from you two."

After leaving Huixian Tower, Song Qingming followed behind Song Changfeng and returned to the Song family shop with a depressed face.

He knew from the beginning that Sixth Uncle's appearance there was very strange. He didn't expect these two old fellows from the Huang family to have set their sights on him so quickly, and Sixth Uncle had sold out his background completely beforehand, which truly made him encounter a troublesome matter.

"Qingming, Sixth Uncle knows that you are used to being alone and don't want anyone to drag you down. But this time, for the sake of the Song family, you can only be wronged for now." After returning, Song Changfeng immediately pulled Song Qingming into a secret chamber alone and tried to persuade him.

Song Qingming asked somewhat puzzledly, "Sixth Uncle, why are others not suitable? Big Brother, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother... none of them are married. Why didn't the Huang family take a fancy to them?"

"Sigh! Things are not as simple as you think. You also know what status the Huang family has in Qinghe County. In the past, when our family formed a marriage alliance with the Huang family, they were married into their family. This time, apart from you, the other party would basically not be willing to marry someone into our family. If you are truly unwilling, we can only choose someone to marry over to settle this matter."

Song Changfeng rubbed his forehead, shook his head sadly, and continued:

"The reason I agreed to wrong you before was because there was truly no other way. There is no suitable person in the 'Chang' generation, and the 'Xin' generation is too young. If we want to pick someone to marry over, we can only choose from your generation. Apart from those who are already married, I... I truly can't bear to part with the remaining few."

"Your Second Sister Qingwan's alchemy is the treasure of our family. The family has cultivated her for many years, and all the affairs in Qinghe Fang in the future depend on her. How can we easily give her to others? Tenth Sister Qingyu, needless to say, with her spiritual root aptitude and your support in the future, maybe she still has a chance for Foundation Establishment. Fourteenth Sister Qingsi has some talent in formations. As long as she is cultivated patiently, she will definitely reach the level of Third Uncle back then.

I truly can't bear to give any of the three of them away."

"Sixth Uncle, you are right. It is I who considered myself too much. Without the family's protection for so many years, how could I have achieved what I have now? Furthermore, the Huang family's plotting for this matter shouldn't be just for a day or two. They also know that we have no choice." After Song Qingming finished speaking, he sighed helplessly.

Song Changfeng nodded and said with a smile, "You don't have to look so bitter. I think that girl from the Huang family is indeed not bad, and she has a good hand for spiritual cooking. The person chosen this time can be considered to have given you enough face."

As soon as Song Changfeng mentioned the Huang family girl at the dinner table, her delicate face appeared in Song Qingming's eyes again.

To tell the truth, Song Qingming didn't have much resistance to her in his heart. He just felt that he had some secrets that couldn't be easily known by others, and having a Huang family member always by his side made him somewhat worried.

Now, just as Sixth Uncle said, if he didn't sacrifice himself, he would have to sacrifice Second Sister and Qingyu and the others. Standing from the perspective of the Song family, Song Qingming was naturally very unwilling. Both required making sacrifices. In the end, he still couldn't be so selfish.

He was a Foundation Establishment cultivator now. If he truly didn't want to make a sacrifice, even Clan Leader Song Changfeng wouldn't be able to force him to make a choice.

"Sixth Uncle, the Huang family arranged for her to come over, likely to monitor me by the way. I agree to the marriage alliance, but don't be in a hurry to get married. Help me find a reason to push this matter to two years later. Give me more time to think about how to handle this matter."

Song Changfeng nodded thoughtfully and said, "That's fine! I will go and say it."

After the uncle and nephew discussed it, Song Changfeng went to Huixian Tower the next day and replied to the Huang family.

It was just that what Song Qingming never expected was that when Song Changfeng returned, he actually brought Huang Siyuan, the woman who was going to form a marriage alliance with him, back together.

There is a mistake, I will correct it immediately.

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