The County King of Thousand Waters and the Liuli Half-Saint stood side by side, standing in a forward position. They were Huang Yicun’s parents, belonging to the elders, and could actually be exempted from coming out to greet Zhang Ruochen.
However, Zhu Hongtao and Wan Ke, who accompanied Zhang Ruochen to place the offer, were big-name powerhouses in the Eastern Domain, with their strength and seniority placed there, not to mention the Thousand Waters County King and the Liuli Half-Saint, even the Pulse Master of the branch lineage that the Liuli Half-Saint belonged to came out to greet him in person.
Apart from the family head, the eight main veins and seventy-two subveins all had a vein master.
A Vein Master was the senior level of the Chen Clan, and his main power was to manage the clansmen of his own vein, which was equivalent to being a minor family head.
The Vein Master of the vein line where the Liuli Half-Saint, Huang Yichen, and the Thousand Water County King were located was the grandfather of the Liuli Half-Saint, and at the same time, Huang Yichen’s great-grandfather.
This person’s name was, Chen Ji, who was already close to two hundred years old, and had once been a powerful person who had shaken the Eastern Region, but now, in his old age, he rarely came out to walk around anymore.
The marriage between Huang Yichen and Zhang Ruochen, in a sense, represented the marriage between the Chen Clan and the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, which was a major event.
Thus, as the head of a lineage, Chen Ji had to come out and preside over the situation no matter what.
Zhu Hongtao, the second senior brother, and Wan Ke, the third senior brother, walked in the front position.
Zhang Ruochen, as a junior, naturally walked behind the two senior brothers.
Wan Ke was a relatively stable person, extremely cultured and courteous, and while still in the distance, he immediately arched his hand and bowed to Chen Ji, smiling, “Greetings, Senior Chen Ji.”
Chen Ji didn’t dare to be slow, cupping his walking stick in his hand and taking three steps forward, he also slightly arched his hand and laughed, “Wan Ke Half-Saint, Hong Tao Sage, why do the two of you need to be courteous with old me? In the future, we will be in-laws, and to still be so polite would be too much of a stranger.”
Although Chen Ji was far older than Wan Ke, his cultivation level was inferior to Wan Ke’s.
In the Sacred Dao Realm, Wan Ke’s status was even a little higher than Chen Ji.
What’s more, besides Wan Ke, there was Zhang Ruochen’s second senior brother, Zhu Hongtao. Although Zhu Hongtao was not a human, he was the second disciple of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, having lived for more than six hundred years, and his cultivation had even reached the Saint realm.
In terms of seniority, Zhu Hongtao’s Saint Dao status could throw Chen Ji off by a hundred thousand miles.
It was because of these two points that Chen Ji, although he was the Vein Master of a vein and represented the Chen Clan, did not dare to neglect the two people in front of him in the slightest.
Wan Ke glanced towards Zhang Ruochen and smiled, ”Junior Senior Brother is coming to the Chen Family to place the bride price, originally, Master Teacher, should have accompanied him personally. However, Master Teacher had some important matters at the moment, thus it was left to me and Second Senior Brother to come and visit, I hope Senior Chen Ji will not take offence.”
Chen Ji knew in his heart that what Wan Ke had said was all polite talk.
With the identity and status of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, if he had accompanied Zhang Ruochen to come to the Chen Clan to place an offer, I’m afraid that the person who came to greet him would have to be replaced with the Chen Clan’s current generation of Family Heads in order to have enough weight.
Chen Ji laughed, “Let’s talk about it in the mansion first, the marriage of the two little dolls, we should indeed have a good talk about it. Please!”
The western gate of the Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion slowly opened, emitting a “humming” sound.
A few moments later, the two million pound carved dragon bronze doors opened completely, revealing a forty feet wide jade avenue that led all the way to the depths of the mansion.
At a glance, one could not see the end of the jade avenue.
Chen Ji, Wan Ke, and Zhu Hongtao led the way in front, while the Liuli Half-Saint, Thousand Water County King, Zhang Ruochen, and Huang Yixian followed behind. Behind them again, were the ten carts of bride price escorted by Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi.
A group of people, talking and laughing all the way, slowly travelled towards the gate.
In the distance, on top of a twelve-storey purple-gold tower, two old men stood on the highest floor, looking at the bustling scene outside the Western Gate.
The green-robed old man shook his head and sighed, “Old man Chen Ji is so lucky that he actually has a descendant who is able to marry a disciple of the Sword Saint, so in the future, I’m afraid that their lineage’s right to speak in the family is going to surpass both of our lineages.”
“Who says otherwise. Chen Ji’s lineage, among the seventy-two branches, can only be ranked at the end. However, now that it has the Sword Saint backing it up, and there is Zhang Ruochen, a peerless son of heaven. All of a sudden, it has made their reputation, reach a situation like the sky, which is really a bit disheartening.”
A hidden cold light appeared in the white-robed old man’s eyes as a dry palm tightly gripped the railing of the Purple Gold Pagoda. The hard railing was like tofu, and he easily pinched a concave mark.
The green-robed old man and the white-robed old man were also the two vein masters of the Chen Clan, and both of them were above Chen Ji in terms of strength.
Now, the marriage between Chen Ji’s vein and the disciple of the Sword Saint had broken the balance of power between the seventy-two branches, and both of them were naturally quite unhappy in their hearts.
For the Chen Clan’s inner circle, this marriage was also a matter of several joys and sorrows; some were happy, while others were naturally jealous.
“Rumble!”
On the horizon, there were four paths of people that rushed over in a hurry, converging towards the western gate of the Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion.
Among one of the roads of people, a loud and clear voice rang out, “The Xu Sheng Sect Valve, has come to the Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion to propose marriage.”
Immediately after, another voice rang out, “The Xi Sage Clan, coming to the Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion to propose marriage.”
“The Zuo Sacred Sect Valve, has come to the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion to propose marriage.”
“Shen Saint Sect Clan, the former Eastern Domain Saint King’s Mansion proposes marriage.”
A few moments later, the convoys of the four great Saint Sect Valves, from four directions, converged outside the Western Gate, lined up in a row.
Each convoy was made up of thousands of people, using five hundred savage beasts, pulling five hundred carts of bride price, giving a feeling of vastness.
The ten carts of bride price that Zhang Ruochen had brought with him, compared to the five hundred carts of bride price of each of the four great Sage Sect Valves, was simply shabby to the extreme.
The Four Great Sage Sect Valves and Zhang Ruochen had always had a not-so-small grudge against each other, and today, on the same day, they came to the Chen Family to propose marriage by carrying a bride price fifty times greater than Zhang Ruochen’s.
A clear-eyed person would know at a glance that they had come to cause trouble.
The Chen Clan members of Chen Ji’s lineage, as well as Zhang Ruochen’s masters and brothers, all revealed displeased expressions.
On the contrary, a portion of the clansmen from other Chen Clan veins revealed gloating expressions.
“The four great Saint Valves actually came to the Chen Family to propose marriage on the same day, I wonder which one of the Chen Family’s Heavenly Pride daughters they all have their eyes on?”
“Zhang Ruochen, as a disciple of the Sword Saint, merely brought only ten carts of bride price. However, the Four Great Sage Sect Valves, each of them brought five hundred carriages of bride price, so it’s obvious that the Four Great Sage Sect Valves are deliberately trying to embarrass Zhang Ruochen.”
“The people from the Four Great Sacred One Sect Valves are also too rude, they actually dared to come to the Eastern Domain Sacred King’s Mansion to cause trouble, it’s simply lawless, who on earth is the Lord of the Eastern Domain?”
The Four Great Sacred One Sect Valves had come to propose marriage, and the Chen Family was not in a good position to be overly offended, or at least show the temperament that a Medieval Family should have.
Chen Ji greeted the Chen Family on behalf of the Chen Family, his gaze fixed on the Xu Sheng Sect Valve’s caravan, and seeing the Three Blades Half-Saint sitting in a magnificent ancient vehicle, he said, “Three Blades Half-Saint, I didn’t expect that you’d actually come over in person… The Xu Sheng Sect Valve has organised it in such a grand manner, who is it proposing marriage to?”
The Three Blades Half-Saint walked out from the ancient vehicle, arched his hand and saluted Chen Ji, smiling, “Brother Chen Ji is unaware that one of our Xu Sheng Sect Valve’s junior brats has taken a fancy to one of the talented women in your house, and is very fond of her. Today, this seat is bringing him along to your mansion to propose marriage.”
Chen Ji’s eyes sank, slightly.
The grudge between the Four Great Saints Sect and Zhang Ruochen was quite clear to Chen Ji, so he simply did not believe that they had really come to propose marriage.
A good marriage, why would the Four Great Sage Sect Valves come to cause trouble?
“The Xux Sage Sect Valves are actually so blatant, could it be that they want to openly steal the marriage?”
“Weren’t Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen already engaged a long time ago? For the Four Great Sacred Sect Valves to come and propose marriage is also too unnamed.”
“Even if we can’t snatch the marriage, we still want to disgust Zhang Ruochen, can’t we see that they brought five hundred carts of bride price?”
When they heard the words of the Three Blades Half-Saint, the surrounding Chen Clan members, then talked again.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the back position, his finger gently stroking his chin, a smirk on his face.
The Xu Sheng Sect Valve was one of the most tenacious clans that Zhang Ruochen had ever seen, sending two heirs in a row to go to the Market Realm Battlefield to kill Zhang Ruochen, but instead, both of them died in Zhang Ruochen’s hands.
Surprisingly, they still didn’t die?
So it seemed that they were a bit annoyed.
It was that I wondered, this time, what kind of tricks were they going to pull?
The Three Blades Half-Saint’s gaze, contemptuously glanced towards the ten carts of bride price that Zhang Ruochen had brought with him, revealing a sneer as he said, “Brother Chen Ji, this time, this seat, has brought a total of five hundred carts of bride price, all of which are treasures of great value. If we are able to facilitate this marriage, subsequently, there will be another five hundred carriages of spirit stones that will be sent over together.”
Chen Ji hurriedly said, “It’s not the issue of the bride price, the key is”
Before Chen Ji could finish his sentence, the Three Blades Half-Saint added, “This seat understands, don’t worry brother Chen Ji, the person who followed me to propose marriage this time is one of the most outstanding geniuses of the younger generation of our Xu Sheng Sect Valve”
Second Senior Brother Zhu Hongtao had already endured for a long time, at this moment, he finally couldn’t help himself, rubbing his fists, stretching out a thick arm, stopping Chen Ji behind him, saying, “Chen Ji old man, you go aside first, I’ll come and argue with him.”
Chen Ji knew that Zhu Hongtao was a savage character, so, not being angry, he retreated.
Chen Ji also didn’t want to offend the four Saint Sectors, and it was naturally the best thing for Zhu Hongtao to step in.
Zhu Hongtao, who stood at a height of four metres three and wore big red trousers, stood in front of the Three Daggers Half-Saint and shouted condescendingly, “What’s the matter? Xu Three Daggers, you want to steal the marriage, don’t you?”
The Three Daggers Half-Saint raised his head and stared towards Zhu Hongtao, slightly apprehensive in his heart.
“How could the Xuan Gui Half-Saint send Zhu Hongtao to personally come to the Chen Clan?”
Zhu Hongtao was a Saint level existence, how could he also be in charge of something as trivial as a marriage?
Originally, the four great Saint sects had agreed that at most, there would only be a Half-Saint level elder brother or sister accompanying Zhang Ruochen to the Chen Family to place the betrothal.
It was not expected at all that Zhu Hongtao would appear at Zhang Ruochen’s side.
