LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 453 - 111: Longyan Celestial Being Feast (End of the second part)_1
Chapter 453: Chapter 111: Longyan Celestial Being Feast (End of the second part)_1
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Just as expected.
Lei Yangyu’s face stiffened slightly, “The issue with my daughter is settled, but what about my son?”
“Brother Yangyu,” Wang Shouzhe expressed helplessly, “Luotong is my sister, how could I not want her to marry into a good family? To be honest, Bo Wu isn’t that bad, but if Luotong refuses to marry him, I can’t force her, can I?”
“Then what should we do?” Lei Yangyu’s eyebrows furrowed, “I have given you my legitimate daughter as a wife for your brother. Surely you are not suggesting that a disciple of the Lei Family should marry into your family? How would it look if this gets out? Where would the face of our illustrious Lei Family go?”
“Your words are very reasonable,” Wang Shouzhe nodded in agreement, “In that case, we should forget about this marriage arrangement.”
“I disagree,” Lei Bowu, now well in his thirties, opposed furiously. “Father, following the ancestral traditions of the Lei Family, I request division of the family. Even if I am given the least, it doesn’t matter. After the division, I would be the head of the branch family, and I would have a say in my own affairs.”
Lei Yangyu was so furious his veins pulsed visibly. Trembling, he bellowed, “You unfilial son, how did the highly-regarded Lei Family produce such a thing as you!”
“Brother Yangyu, calm down, calm down~” Wang Shouzhe said soothingly, pouring him a cup of Spiritual Tea, “Such matters are indeed vexing. But what’s done is done. Take it easy, take it easy.”
“Take it easy?” Lei Yangyu threw Wang Shouzhe a deep, chilling look, “Since it’s not your son causing trouble, it is easy for you to say.”
Lei Yangyu has been angered countless times over the years because of his son’s affairs.
“Brother Yangyu, let’s do it this way,” Wang Shouzhe suggested, “Even if Bo Wu marries into my family, I guarantee no one would belittle him.”
Lei Yangyu’s face fluctuated between fury and calm.
If the Ping’an Wang Family was the same as before, he, Lei Yangyu, would have slapped them in the face long ago.
It’s just that the current Ping’an Wang Family has not just ascended to become Celestials. The explosive growth is something he has never seen in his life.
Moreover, as Celestials, he is not as uninformed as common prominent families like the Changning Guard. Through his clansmen at the Academic Palace, he had long known that the Wang’s in this generation have produced two Sky Prides, who have been accepted as Direct Disciples by the Xuanyao Lineage and the Valley of Ten Thousand Butterflies.
With such talents and the resources of the Academic Palace, in the future, both are sure to become Heavenly Humans.
Maybe, in a hundred years… no, it may not even take a hundred years, and the Wangs might join the ranks of the Grade Six Prominent Families.
Although there is only a one-grade difference between 7th Rank and Rank Six, the actual gap between the strengths of the two can be up to four or five times.
Though no one can say for sure about the future, Wang Shouzhe seems to be gentle and modest, but in reality, he is scheming and far-sighted, and extremely cautious in his actions. He is indeed not a character to be trifled with.
It is unlikely that the Wang Family’s plans would fail in his hands.
Moreover, who doesn’t know that the Tianren Xu Family and the Wang Family are as close as peas in a pod.
Falling out with the Wang’s is not a wise move.
“Forget it, let it go~” After much pondering, Lei Yangyu decided against insisting on the issue after all and sighed, “I will agree to this then, let’s just consider me as not having a legitimate son. But, we must keep a low profile on this affair.”
Having said that, he could not resist glaring at his troublesome son, “Are you satisfied now?”
“Hehehe~”
Lei Bowu was practically beaming, blissfully unconcerned about his father’s glare.
“Brother Yangyu, since we are going to become in-laws, let’s do it happily and quickly,” suggested Wang Shouzhe, “I believe, in not so many years, Brother Yangyu will feel proud of today’s decision.”
“Fine. For Master Wang Shouzhe, I will entrust Bo Wu to you.”
Lei Yangyu is not a person to dilly-dally. Once decided, he won’t hesitate or be wishy-washy.
He picked up the teacup in front of him, substituted tea for wine, and said solemnly to Wang Shouzhe, “From now on, the Lei family will form a marriage alliance with the Celestial Wang family. As the Family Head, I sincerely hope the relationship between the Lei family and the Wang family will last forever.”
“Hahaha~ I am honored by Brother Yangyu’s trust, and Shouzhe will definitely live up to your expectations,” Wang Shouzhe laughed heartily, also picking up the tea cup in front of him, and solemnly said, “From now onwards, let our three great Celestial families in Changning Guard help each other to jointly seek development.”
After that, they clinked their cups together, exchanged smiles, and said everything they wanted to say without words.
Although neither of them said anything specific, but as the heads of prominent families, they naturally understood each other’s intentions.
The Celestials within the same guard city are actually in competition with each other.
After all, there are only so many resources in a guard city. If the Celestial families want to develop, they inevitably clash with each other. Over time, it is abnormal to maintain a good relationship.
The Celestial families usually do not intermarry with the Celestials of the same city, for this very reason.
However, the Changning Xu Family and the Ping’an Wang Family broke this rule.
These two families were already related by marriage. After establishing matrimony through the direct line, they cooperated in suppressing the Celestial Huangfu Family, and later became the 7th Rank Celestial families. They helped each other and maintained a solid relationship.
As a Celestial family in Changning Guard, the Lei Family suddenly found themselves in an awkward position.
Even though the Xu and Wang families have just become ranked as Celestial families, and the comprehensive power of the Celestial Lei family can easily crush either of them, they all knew, as fellow Celestial Families, the Lei family had no chance of winning a 2 to 1 fight.