Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
“Grand Patriarch, we should just let Su Han marry the second daughter of the Xiao Clan!”
“Yes, Grand Patriarch. This is our only chance of redeeming our family’s status!”
“The eldest daughter of the Xiao Clan is an outer disciple of the Frost Cloud Sect. She is extremely talented, and I have heard that she has attained her eighth dragon vein, soon to become an inner disciple.”
“We all know that a warrior at his peak only possesses ten dragon veins. Xiao Yuhui is expected to achieve much more if she already has eight at her age. Thanks to the influence of Xiao Yuhui, the Xiao family is only becoming more and more reputable. If we can establish ties with them, we will be able to move past these difficult times.”
“If Su Han can marry the Xiao Clan’s second daughter, he would be our Su Clan’s savior!”
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Martial Dragon Continent, Dongling Kingdom, Far Mountain Province, Su Clan:
A heated argument was taking place in the spacious halls of the Su household.
A dozen or more men stood in the hall. The ones speaking were all old men, over half a century old. From the looks of their clothing, they seemed to be the Clan Elders.
A tall, middle-aged man took the host’s seat, frowning. He occasionally glanced at a youth below him. His eyes conveyed a sense of helplessness.
This youth was named Su Han.
To be clear, this ‘Su Han’ was not the ‘Su Han’.
The Su Han from the Su family was only a youth who had just turned eighteen.
The other Su Han, meanwhile, was the Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor who had lived for hundreds of millions of years and governed the holy realm.
It was no exaggeration to say that the latter Su Han’s cultivation was unrivalled. Sadly, Su Han—for the sake of breaking through the shackles of the Heavenly Dao, trying to stand equal to it and become eternal like the stars—had ended up experiencing berserk Qi deviation.
Su Han originally thought that his soul would be destroyed. Unexpectedly, he ended up being reincarnated as the Su Clan’s Su Han.
After noticing that he had lost all his previous cultivation, Su Han pulled himself together after a brief moment of despair.
What was cultivation anyway?
Su Han had faith that with the body of his current life and the knowledge of his past life, he could reach the same heights as before, and perhaps even really break through this time.
At this moment, Su Han sat with his eyes only slightly open, acting as though he had not heard the elders’ argument.
A group of young men and women standing behind Su Han took pleasure in his misfortune. The corners of their mouths occasionally went up in a mocking grin.
“Humph! Don’t you have anything to say now?”
“Previously, when you looked at us while you were a genius, you were so prideful. Now that you’ve turned into trash, you don’t even dare to let out a fart before us.”
“It serves him right. I remember he always brushed us off when we wanted to discuss cultivation. Look at him now! When he sees us, he has to dance circles around us!”
These words were spoken softly, but nevertheless, Su Han still heard them. Everyone in the hall could hear them.
“Grand Patriarch!”
Second Patriarch Su Yunchen stood up with his fists held tight. “What we said is all for the good of the clan. We hope you can agree to it!”
“I agree with the Second Patriarch!”
Third Patriarch Su Yunpeng also rose to his feet. “Actually, given the status of our family, the Xiao family wouldn’t even cast a glance at us. But Xiao Yuran, the second daughter, seems to only have eyes for Su Han. This is the opportunity of a lifetime for our Su Clan.”
“Su Han, why don’t you just marry her, since she fancies you so much?”
A white-clad youth threw a glance at Su Han and said mockingly, “From what I can tell about your current situation, you might not be able to even get a wife in the future. Why not seize this opportunity and also give our family a chance?”
This young man was Su Mingxuan, the son of Second Patriarch Su Yunchen.
The Patriarch of the family, and the father of Su Han, was Su Yunming, one of four brothers.
The eldest patriarch was Su Yunlie; the second, Su Yunchen; the third, Su Yunpeng; and the last in line was Grand Patriarch Su Yunming.
Although Su Yunming had authority as the Grand Patriarch, he still had to consult the others for matters that affected the life and death of the family.
Since the last Grand Patriarch proclaimed Su Yunming to be his successor, the jealous Su Yunchen and Su Yunpeng had been finding ways to pick on Su Yunming.
This time, Su Yunchen and Su Yunpeng were using the matter of the Xiao Clan forcing marriage on them to ruthlessly kick Su Yunming while he was down.
Furthermore, their excuse was very reasonable. It was a matter of life and death.
Su Yunming could not easily refute this.
“Yes, Su Han. Even though the rumors say that she is a little ugly and in a totally different league from her elder sister, you should consider yourself lucky to even be able to marry her, given your current standing in the family.”
Su Yunpeng’s son, Su Minghui, also spoke. However, his mockery was not disguised at all, openly displayed in his words.
In the entire Far Mountain Province, everyone had heard that the Xiao family had a second daughter called Xiao Yuran. However, aside from her own family, not many had seen her in person.
After a long time, people started to think that it was because Xiao Yuran was extremely ugly and not fit to show her face in public.
This rumor soon spread across the Far Mountain province. However, the Xiao family had also not made any clarification on their part.
The people took this silence as acknowledgement and wondered how ugly Xiao Yuran was.
Waves of laughter began ringing out from all around, coming from the Su Clan’s younger generation.
As one of the four big clans, they had more than a thousand people. Just the younger population alone accounted for a few hundred. In the past, when Su Han was still mighty and respectable, appearing like the bright rising sun, anyone who saw him would have to lower their heads to him.
Now that Su Han’s cultivation had pushed him into a state of berserk Qi deviation, breaking his meridians and losing his cultivation, these people were hitting him while he was down, adding oil to the fire. Such was human nature.
However, Su Han did not even care about this mocking, pretending that he had not heard them.
So what if he broke his meridians? So what if he lost everything?
In fact, the situation suited Su Han’s intent.
To hell with the Su family, with their rubbish cultivation techniques. Even if his meridians and everything he had were not broken or lost, he would have crippled his own cultivation.
The once great and mighty Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor, Su Han, would have eyes for his pathetic cultivation?
Cultivating the Fiend Dragon Emperor Arts with this fellow’s cultivation would be a disgrace to the title of the top cultivation technique of the Holy Realm.
“Su Han, we’re still waiting for a response. You should at least acknowledge that you heard.” The Second Patriarch, Su Yunchen, peered at Su Han.
After Su Yunchen’s remark, everyone’s gaze immediately fell on Su Han.
However, they only saw Su Han lazily stretch and open his eyes slightly. Then, he looked at Su Yunchen without even looking up. Finally, he leaned back on his chair as if he had heard nothing.
“Su Han!”
Su Yunchen’s expression immediately darkened. He yelled, “Where are your manners?! Do you know what it means to respect your teachers and honor morality?!”
What a joke! If Su Han were still the genius he used to be, Su Yunchen would naturally not want to offend him. But now that Su Han had become useless with no cultivation, Su Yunchen dared to disregard him like this.
“Respect your teachers?”
Having heard Su Yunchen’s tone, Su Han opened his eyes fully for the first time.
“Why don’t you tell me: are you my teacher or my moral guidance?”