“Haha, Cousin Chun’er, don’t hold it against your third cousin. She just couldn’t wrap her head around it for a moment. I know that in the Tantai Family, Yang Vein women are treated as men, so I won’t look at you as a girl.”
Wang Yang chuckled.
“That’s for the best. Just be yourself, Cousin.”
After saying that, Wang Yang led Su Chun further ahead.
Meanwhile, Wang Yun remained stiff and frozen in place until several of her younger sisters stepped forward to comfort her.
“Third Sister, stop it. If Father finds out what you just said, you’ll be in big trouble. Our family needs something from the Tantai Family.”
“Yeah, don’t be angry anymore. As women of these families, we’re called favored daughters of heaven, but in the end, we aren’t men. To the family, our value lies in marriage alliances. Didn’t you know that already?”
Under the constant consolation of her sisters, Wang Yun finally took a deep breath, suppressed the resentment in her heart, and followed behind Su Chun and the others.
Relying on her soul from her previous life as a man, Su Chun quickly hit it off with Wang Yang and the others.
“Cousin Chun’er, I heard that not long ago, you married the Ice and Fire Beauties from the Luo Family of Tian Shui Zhou. Is it true?”
Wang Yang’s third younger brother, Wang Feng, asked in a low voice.
At the mention of this, Su Chun nodded proudly.
“Yeah, it is. What? Are you jealous?”
“It really is true! The Luo Family was actually willing? Why don’t I have that kind of luck?”
Wang Feng muttered to himself, rubbing his chin.
In the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, male cultivators married quite late.
For instance, Wang Yang was already over 100 years old and was still single.
Because a man’s Pure Yang Body was of great help to cultivation, they generally started families late.
“Third Brother, you want to marry a direct daughter of a Longlife Family? Stop dreaming. Forget about a direct daughter; it would be good enough if they gave you any girl from the main lineage.”
The fourth brother, Wang Cheng, immediately threw a bucket of cold water on Wang Feng’s delusions.
“Sigh! Fourth Brother, don’t go shattering your older brother’s fantasies. Hey, Cousin Chun’er, how about you help me look? Are there any beautiful Yin Vein women in your Tantai Family?”
Wang Feng asked again.
Beside him, Wang Yang immediately raised his hand and punched Wang Feng on the head.
“Ow! Second Brother, what did you hit me for?”
Wang Feng cried out in pain.
“I think there’s something wrong with you. Don’t you know how precious the Yin Vein women of the Tantai Family are?”
Su Chun looked at Wang Feng with a speechless expression.
Because the Yin Vein women of the Tantai Family were so special, every single one of them was a vital treasure of the family.
Of course, the bloodline of the Tantai Family was also graded into five qualities: Immortal, Divine, Heaven, Earth, and Human.
Immortal Grade was the highest, capable of perfectly hosting other powerful bloodline powers.
The Divine Grade bloodline was 90%, Heaven Grade was 80%, Earth Grade was 70%, and Human Grade was 60%.
Even the lowest Human Grade Yin bloodline of the Tantai Family was something that the various major powers of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands would fight over.
To put it simply, a Yin Vein woman of the Tantai Family was a natural-born Furnace.
The Yang Veins did not have this effect.
Instead, their effect was that any other bloodlines would be swallowed up, ensuring they could only give birth to the Yin-Yang bloodline of the Tantai Family.
So, were there any Yang Vein women who married other men?
There were in the early days, but after observation, it was found that the union of a Yang Vein woman and a male had no special effects.
“Hey, Cousin, let me ask you something privately. I noticed that Cousin Wang Yun seems very resistant to this. It shouldn’t just be because I’m a woman, right?”
As Su Chun spoke, she shifted the topic toward Wang Yun.
As soon as the question was asked, the three Wang brothers looked embarrassed, not knowing how to answer.
“If they won’t answer, I will. Tantai Chun, I’m not afraid to tell you that I already love someone. The person I love is the Young Sect Master of the Daluo Heaven Sword Sect, Lin Yizhou.”
Su Chun wasn’t surprised at all to hear this.
However, Wang Yang’s next words poured an even colder bucket of water on Wang Yun.
“The problem is, does he like you back? Everyone knows that Lin Yizhou isn’t even interested in people; he loves swords. Your feelings are purely one-sided.”
Su Chun was speechless once again, thinking to herself: ‘So it’s just unrequited love.’
Wang Yun fell silent.
“But if you join the Tantai Family, you will still be considered part of the Wang Family. It won’t affect your future cultivation. Such a good thing is something many female cultivators couldn’t even get if they begged for it, yet you’re actually looking down on it. I really don’t know what you’re thinking,” Wang Yang continued to twist the knife.
“Hey, Cousin, that’s enough. I won’t force anyone. My mother said that if the other person is unwilling, I shouldn’t force them.”
After hearing this, Wang Yang stopped lecturing his sister and continued leading Su Chun around the Wang Family estate.
As they passed through a crowded area of the Wang Family, Su Chun suddenly heard the sounds of mocking and crying.
“Wang Xi, you little bastard! Is this a place you can come to? Get back home already. I get annoyed just looking at you.”
“I… I just came to buy some things…”
In the market area within the Wang Family clan, a group of Wang Family girls was surrounding a sobbing girl, pushing and cursing at her.
“Cousin, what’s this?”
Seeing this, Su Chun immediately looked at Wang Yang. Wang Yang and the others seemed to recognize the bullied girl.
“That’s Wang Xi. Her mother is from the Wang Family, but she secretly consorted with an unknown man from an outside clan and gave birth to her. This has always been a disgrace to our Wang Family.”
After explaining, Wang Yang barked out a scolding.
“The family has guests today. No troublemaking allowed.”
As soon as he spoke, the girls bullying Wang Xi were startled.
They immediately bowed to Wang Yang and the others and hurried away.
“Are you okay?”
Su Chun walked up behind the girl and asked with concern.
The girl was currently flustered, picking up pills from the ground.
The sudden sound of a gentle voice behind her gave her another fright.
When she turned around, she realized that Wang Yang and the others had walked up behind her at some point.
“S-Second Young Master? My greetings to the young masters and young ladies.”
Wang Xi hurriedly bowed to them again.
“Go, go, go. Don’t be an eyesore in front of the guests,” one of Wang Yang’s sisters snapped.
“I… I’ll leave right away.”
Wang Xi became even more flustered.
Su Chun couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Fifth Cousin, why such an attitude? No one can choose their birth. Why take out the problems of the parents’ generation on the next?”
These words stunned Wang Xi, who was still frantically picking up pills.
But by the time she turned around again, Su Chun and the others had already walked far away, leaving Wang Xi to stare blankly at Su Chun’s back.
As for Tantai Xuan, she was sitting with Wang Yu in the Wang Family’s main hall.
“Well, Head of the Tantai Family, my Wang Family is sincerely proposing this marriage. You can make any request you want. As long as your family can send over a daughter with a Heaven-grade Bloodline or higher, my Wang Family will also send a daughter to marry Chun’er,” Wang Yu said.
Tantai Xuan did not speak immediately, seeming to ponder something.
After a moment of thought, she gave her condition.
“No problem. I also have one requirement. As long as the Wang Family can fulfill it, the deal is done.”
The Wang Family was quite confident in this regard.
“Very well. Speak.”
“I want the Wang Family to hand over the Divine Pen of Creation.”
As soon as this request was made, the Wang Family fell into silence.
Wang Yu exchanged looks with the other high-level members of the Wang Family and quickly gave a reply.
“Accepted.”
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Wuliang Heaven was vast.
Wang Yang took Su Chun to many places, which once again broadened her horizons.
After walking for over 1 hour, they finally arrived at the Wang Family’s guest reception hall.
“Little Chun, your uncle intends to betroth your third cousin, Wang Yun, to you. Are you satisfied with her?”
Upon entering the hall, Wang Yu went straight to the point and asked for Su Chun’s opinion.
Su Chun immediately glanced at Wang Yun.
At that moment, Wang Yun was keeping her head down, fidgeting with her hands, her whole body trembling slightly.
After thinking it over, Su Chun bowed to Wang Yu.
“Uncle, Cousin Wang Yun’s heart belongs to someone else. I don’t like forcing people.”
As soon as those words were spoken, the originally despairing Wang Yun was stunned.
She looked at Su Chun with a face full of disbelief.
The members of the Wang Family frowned.
In particular, Wang Yu, Madam Wang, and Tantai Yu immediately directed displeased gazes toward Wang Yun.
“Family Head Wang, since Lady Wang Yun’s heart belongs to someone else, then let’s change her. Why not call all the eligible girls in the Wang Family who are willing to marry into the Tantai Family here and let Chun’er pick one?”
When Tantai Xuan suggested this, Wang Yu sighed with a sense of disappointment.
He was actually acting in Wang Yun’s best interest, but unfortunately, a daughter often failed to understand her father.
“Fine. We shall do as the Head of the Tantai Family suggests.”
The next moment, a voice resounded through the entire Wang Family.
“All girls of the Wang Family between the ages of 12 and 20, as well as unmarried female disciples under 100 years old who have reached the Dao Palace realm and are willing to marry into the Tantai Family of Meng Hua Zhou, assemble at the main hall immediately.”
As soon as the voice rang out, the entire Wang Family was shaken.
One after another, golden silhouettes took to the sky from all over the estate, flying toward the main hall at top speed.
Before long, the hall was filled with hundreds of young and beautiful female cultivators.
Not a single one of them was unattractive.
‘No way… this many? Am I choosing a consort?’
Su Chun was dumbfounded.
“The one before you is the direct daughter of Head of the Tantai Family Tantai Xuan, Tantai Chun. If you are selected by Lady Tantai Chun, you will marry into the Tantai Family after the Ten Thousand Races Assembly concludes,” Wang Yu introduced Su Chun’s identity.
The hundreds of Wang Family women immediately looked at Su Chun with expectant eyes.
*Gulp!*
Su Chun instinctively swallowed her saliva, thinking to herself: ‘How am I supposed to choose?’
“Well, sisters of the Wang Family, I don’t know how I should choose. But I hope that you are all here of your own free will, not because you are forced or pressured. If you aren’t here willingly, please leave now.”
Su Chun decided to filter through the crowd first.
After she finished speaking, Wang Yu also spoke up.
“You heard what the young lady said?”
As soon as Wang Yu’s voice fell, people began to leave.
In less than a few minutes, nearly 200 of the 400 or so people had left, leaving about 100 remaining.
‘Why are there still so many?’
Su Chun had to perform another screening.
“For the remaining sisters, I hope you follow your own hearts. Those who can accept being in a relationship with a woman, please stay. Those who cannot, please go back. I, Tantai Chun, do not wish to marry someone I have no feelings for.”
With that, more than half of the 100-plus people left.
Ultimately, only more than a dozen remained.
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