Chapter 162: Chapter 162 Guilt (Third Release, Please Subscribe)
Urging marriage, again urging marriage!
Lu Xuanji felt a bit irritable and said, "Grand Elder, Ye Linglong is dead. It’s not even past ten years, and now we’re looking for a marriage partner again. It’s a bit too much!"
"Too much?"
The Grand Elder calmly replied, "Not at all too much. Fathers die, mothers remarry. Let’s not talk about others, just take our Lu Family for example. Every year, we have cultivators passing away in meditation, cultivators dying in battle; it’s only the parents and children who grieve for a while. As for others, no one has the mood to feel sad!"
"Everyone is very busy, there is no time for melancholy."
"Someone dies today, we cry once; someone dies tomorrow, cry again. Are we still cultivating or not?"
"Ye Chenyu or Ye Wanyi, choose one!"
"No mood for it!"
Lu Xuanji said directly.
"Xuanji, you should leave descendants!" the Grand Elder stated, with a somewhat cold tone: "Life is unpredictable, the future can never be certain. Ye Linglong had outstanding aptitude, yet still fell under the Purple Mansion Tribulation; your aptitude defies the heavens, but how can you guarantee you will certainly become a Purple Mansion?"
"No one can guarantee themselves a hundred percent to become a Purple Mansion, unless they have the legendary Celestial Spirit Root!"
"If you are unfortunate enough to fall under the Purple Mansion Tribulation, leaving a descendant, at least I’d have a bit of solace!"
"When you pass away, at least there will be a son to visit your grave. If you die, only your son will remember you and visit your grave!"
Lu Xuanji was silent.
He stood up, looking out the window, seemingly pondering life.
Ye Linglong’s death had a huge impact on him.
On the path of cultivating immortality, only a few achieve longevity, only a few become Purple Mansion, or Golden Core.
Cultivators may fall at any time.
It’s time to leave a hope for the family!
"Fine!"
Lu Xuanji said, "Everything will follow the Grand Elder’s decision then!"
"Haha, Xuanji, you finally came around!" the Grand Elder laughed, "Ye Chenyu or Ye Wanyi, you choose which one. Or, you can have both together!"
"Both together!"
Lu Xuanji said, "To have both together, but I am just a mere Seventh Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator, on what grounds can I have both? Even a Purple Mansion cultivator doesn’t have such privilege! The Ye Family is a cultivation immortality race with Golden Core cultivators at the helm; they don’t need to be this humble. If this gets out, aren’t you afraid of being laughed at?"
"Laughed at!"
The Grand Elder sneered, "In this world, only the strong laugh at the weak, which weak one can laugh at the strong? Those are the words of the Golden Core Ancestor Ye Xuance of the Ye Family, letting Ye Chenyu and Ye Wanyi both be your Dao companions, only because they feel guilty towards you, as compensation."
"As for explanations, there’s no need for them; as for jokes, who’s daring enough to joke!"
In the Ye Family, usually, many clan leaders and elders decide, the Golden Core Ancestor seldom speaks, seldom manages these matters.
But when they speak, it’s almost as good as having the final say, deciding with one word.
Dare to oppose, directly struck dead.
Who dares laugh, directly struck dead.
"Why compensate me?"
Lu Xuanji was puzzled, it seemed that the Ye Family owed him nothing.
"I don’t know!" the Grand Elder said, "It’s just that the Golden Core Ancestor spoke, and everything was passed!"
"Remember tomorrow, you have a meeting!"
"Okay!"
Ye Linglong nodded.
...
Under the nightfall, the lights flickered like starlight.
In a certain cave mansion of the Ye Family.
Ye Chenyu looked somewhat haggard, with traces of having cried in her eyes.
She wanted to change something, but in the end, couldn’t change anything.
Just not long ago, she received notification from the Ye Family’s Golden Core Ancestor that she and Ye Wanyi would both marry the Ye Family’s prodigy, Ye Xuanji.
Upon receiving the news, her first reaction was confusion.
Many cultivators in the Ye Family were also confused, but under the notification from the family’s ancestor, they swallowed their confusion.
The Golden Core Ancestor does things without needing to explain anything.
They couldn’t require that the Golden Core Ancestor explain anything.
"The Ye Family is much stronger than the Lu Family; nobody could force a Golden Core of the Ye Family. The only reason could be that Ancestor Ye Xuance feels guilty, wanting to use this method to compensate Lu Xuanji!" Ye Chenyu pondered, "But Ancestor, why feel guilty towards Lu Xuanji?"
Some conjectures!
But when it came down to specific matters, it only turned into confusion.
But the ancestor had already made the order, leaving her no choice but to comply.
"If my guess is correct, Ancestor Ye Xuance had no entanglement with Lu Xuanji, couldn’t have felt guilty. The only possibility is that Ye Linglong did something, felt guilty towards Lu Xuanji. So as a father, Ye Xuance wanted to make amends to Lu Xuanji, hence arranged for us two sisters to marry Lu Xuanji!"
"Ye Linglong has wronged someone, yet it requires the two of us sisters to compensate!"
"But what exactly did Ye Linglong do to feel guilty?"
Ye Chenyu was puzzled.
Thinking hard, yet couldn’t find the answer.
But her inner anger was also increasing.
Ye Linglong did something, felt guilty, yet let her and her sister compensate, what logic is this.
The resentment was increasing.
This is unfair.
But could she rebel against all this?
No!
Although there are Grand Elders and a Golden Core Ancestor who could restrain Ye Xuance.
But they wouldn’t speak up, wouldn’t cause a conflict with Ye Xuance over such a "minor issue".
"I am unwilling!"
Ye Chenyu’s eyes flashed with anger, tears rolling down: "In the Ye Family, only Grandpa treated me as family, loved me dearly. But just ten years ago, Grandpa passed away, the one who loved me disappeared. There is no attachment to the Ye Family anymore!"
Thinking of this, she wiped the tears from her face.
Packed her things, put them into a storage bag.
Under the cover of darkness, Ye Chenyu disappeared into the distance.
At this time, Ye Liuyun appeared, watching the disappearing figure in the distance, yet remained silent.
He knew a thing or two about the inside story.
But precisely because he knew, he chose tacit agreement.
"Ye Chenyu is gone!"
The clan leader said, "Should we bring her back?"
"No need!" Ye Liuyun said, "If she wants to leave, let her go! All’s well that ends well, but remove her from the clan registry!"
...
The next day, in the garden.
Spirit wine was set, dishes placed.
Across sat a lady in a white dress, appearing frail, it was Ye Wanyi.
"Miss, I’m sorry... originally Ye Linglong just passed, shouldn’t be considering other things, but for the sake of the Lu Family, I have to participate in this meeting, and so do you!" Lu Xuanji began, his words carrying an apology.
"I understand!"
Ye Wanyi nodded, "For the sake of the clan’s interests, our feelings are nothing. I was originally a young lady from a large wealthy family in the mortal world, both parents were mortals, but when the Ye Family tested for the spirit root, they found I was dual spirit root and joined the Ye Family, the Ye Family treated me well!"
"I became a Foundation Establishment cultivator, standing above millions, the clan treated me well, I should also give back to the clan."
"Originally, Ye Linglong planned to have me as your concubine, marrying you with her, but now it’s better, I directly went from being a concubine to a Dao companion, it’s quite good!"
"Thank you for understanding!"
Lu Xuanji said.
"This time, the Lu Family’s Ancestor Lu Xuance brought news, letting me and Ye Chenyu marry you, but the reason wasn’t said. But I could guess they’ve done something to wrong you, only compensating you in this way!" Ye Wanyi said, "Just hope you don’t hold it against them."
"Also, Ye Linglong didn’t want to marry you, ran away from the marriage. Hope you don’t blame!"
"It’s fine, I’m not a Spirit Stone, not everyone can like me!" Lu Xuanji said, "I respect Ye Chenyu’s choice, people should be a bit selfish."
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