Having said that, Ning Fengzhi put away the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Without even sparing a glance at Yu Luomian, who was paralyzed on the ground, he merely straightened his cuffs, maintaining an elegant and easygoing posture.
“Since everything has been made clear, Brother Shui, we shall return to the guesthouse to rest first.”
“See you in three days.”
The Shui Clan Head hurriedly bowed in salute.
“School Master Ning is too polite. Being able to form a marital alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is our Shui Family’s fortune. Rest assured, everything will be handled according to the highest specifications!”
At this moment, Ning Tian also strode over in front of Shui Bing’er.
“Bing’er, your performance just now was not bad.”
“Rest well these three days, and be spirited on the day of the grand wedding. Some matters will have to go on through the night, oh.”
With that, regardless of Shui Bing’er’s reaction, he hummed a little tune and swaggered out of the council hall in the footsteps of Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.
In the eyes of the crowd, this figure practically had the words “I have backing” written on the back of his head.
…
“Scoundrel! This is simply bullying others too much!”
The moment the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School crowd had left, Yu Luomian abruptly leaped up from the ground.
His complexion was ashen, and there were still undried bloodstains hanging from the corners of his mouth.
Just now, he had been suppressed by Chen Xin’s 100,000-year Soul Ring to the point where he almost knelt to his death on the spot.
He had never suffered such humiliation in his entire life!
“Old man Shui, you…”
Yu Luomian pointed at the Shui Clan Head, his fingers trembling incessantly.
At this moment, the Shui Clan Head also straightened his back.
He glanced sideways at Yu Luomian and let out a cold snort.
“Save those useless words.”
“Who was suppressed by Sword Douluo just now so much that they couldn’t even spit out a word? If you have the ability, go shout at School Master Ning; what kind of hero are you shouting at me?”
“You…”
Yu Luomian’s chest heaved violently with anger, and a mouthful of old blood surged up to his throat once again.
He knew that today’s matter had completely fallen through.
However, this was not the most crucial thing.
The Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the 100,000-year Soul Ring…
“Let’s wait and see! This matter is not over!”
Yu Luomian dropped harsh words, flicked his sleeves, and rushed out of the hall in utter wretchedness.
He had no mood to bicker here now; he had to rush back to the Sect immediately and tell his elder brother Yu Yuanzhen this earth-shaking news.
…
Inside the main hall, the Wind Family Patriarch’s eyeballs spun rapidly.
Looking at the beaming Shui Clan Head, the gloominess on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a warm smile even closer than that of a biological brother.
“Aiyaya, Brother Shui, congratulations! Truly a tremendous joyous occasion!”
The Wind Family Patriarch leaned in close, his face-changing speed so fast that it left people tongue-tied.
“Just now I felt that Young Master Ning had an extraordinary demeanor, and at a glance, he was clearly a dragon and phoenix among men.”
“You still have an eye for this, being able to betroth the girl Bing’er to the Ning Family. In the future when the Shui Family prospers, don’t forget to pull along your old brother here!”
The Shui Clan Head inwardly cursed him as an old fox, but on the surface, he still had to perfunctorily deal with him.
“Brother Feng is joking. This is all fate among the children.”
She reached out, tugged at her own old man’s sleeve, and spoke in a flat voice.
“Dad, stop talking nonsense.”
“Business matters. Those eighteen carts of betrothal gifts are still airing outside; hurry up and have people move them back.”
“Right, right, right! Move them back, quickly, call all the guards in the clan over!”
Awakened as from a dream, the Shui Clan Head hurriedly shouted out orders.
…
Half an hour later, the Shui Family’s martial arts arena was packed to the brim.
Eighteen dark iron carriages were neatly lined up, each covered with thick red silk.
Even before they were uncovered, the fluctuation of spirit power seeping through the cracks of the carriages had already caused the onlookers of the Shui Family disciples to breathe heavily.
All the elders of the Shui Family were alerted; old men with white beards ran out one by one tremblingly, their gazes locked dead on these carriages.
“Clan Head, this… what on earth is going on here?”
An elder with the most seniority asked in a trembling voice.
At this moment, the Shui Clan Head was in high spirits.
He walked up to the first carriage and abruptly pulled off the red silk.
“Click!”
The chest opened, and the golden radiance almost blinded everyone’s eyes.
A full chest of gold coins was neatly arranged, and this visual impact was extremely strong.
“This is only a part of it.”
The Shui Clan Head opened several more chests consecutively, and the items inside became more precious one after another.
Millennia-old medicinal herbs, rare deep-sea dark iron, and even a few spirit tools that would only appear in Advanced auction houses.
“Hiss—”
The elders all simultaneously gasped in cold air.
“This Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is simply too wealthy, right? This isn’t betrothal gifts; this is going to multiply our Shui Family’s treasury several times over!”
Waiting until everyone’s emotions had calmed down slightly, the Shui Clan Head walked over to the last three most exquisite jade boxes.
He took a deep breath, and amidst the elders’ gazes that were almost spitting fire, he slowly opened the first box.
Hum!
A wave of pure spirit power instantly swept across the entire scene.
Inside the box quietly lay a light blue bone, crystal clear and exuding an alluring chill.
“Spirit… Spirit Bone?!”
The old fellows who had still been relatively calm just now completely exploded.
“It actually is real! And it’s a millennia-level Spirit Bone!”
The Shui Clan Head did not stop; he opened the remaining two boxes completely as well.
Three Spirit Bones, although their years were all between three thousand and five thousand years.
But in the eyes of a second-rate Family like this, it was simply a miracle.
An elder’s beard trembled with excitement, and he reached out to touch them.
“With these three Spirit Bones, our Shui Family’s combat power can elevate by at least one tier!”
“Bing’er, hurry up and pick the best one to absorb!”
The other elders also nodded one after another, their gazes filled with greed and fanaticism.
“That’s right, Bing’er, you are currently at the critical moment of a Breakthrough. With the assistance of a Spirit Bone, you will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort!”
Standing before these fanatical elders, Shui Bing’er’s expression remained indifferent.
She glanced at those three Spirit Bones, a flash of disappointment crossing her eyes, but it quickly concealed itself.
“What? You’re not absorbing them?”
The Shui Clan Head was also dumbfounded.
“Bing’er, don’t be foolish. This is the best opportunity to enhance your strength!”
Shui Bing’er walked a circle around the three boxes and spoke coldly.
“Although these Spirit Bones are of decent quality, they are not particularly compatible with my Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.”
“Forcing absorption, although it can break open the immediate Bottleneck and have some help, will lower my future upper limit.”
She raised her head and continued.
The elders looked at each other in dismay, and someone muttered unwillingly.
“Although Bing’er’s words are sound, even with the financial resources of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, they could only gather these three Spirit Bones, which shows how hard it is to find things suitable for you, Bing’er.”
“Still, they can’t be wasted…”
“Of course they won’t be wasted.”
Shui Bing’er extended her finger and pointed at two of the Spirit Bones.
“Of these two, one goes to the Third Elder.”
“You have been stuck at level seventy-nine for ten years. This Spirit Bone can help you break through that layer of film, giving our Shui Family one more Spirit Douluo.”
The Third Elder froze.
He never expected such a good thing to fall upon his head.
“The other piece.”
Shui Bing’er looked toward a taciturn young girl at the back of the crowd.
“Give it to Xue Wu.”
The young girl named Xue Wu abruptly raised her head, her face filled with astonishment.
“Xue Wu and I, though not biological sisters, are better than biological sisters.”
“Furthermore, among the young generation of the Shui Family today, her talent is second only to mine.”
“Her potential enhancement is crucial to the Shui Family’s future layout.”
Shui Bing’er’s voice was filled with authority.
“As for the last piece, send it into the Family treasury as a strategic reserve.”
The elders were completely stunned.
This vision, this overarching perspective, was simply more seasoned than these old fellows of theirs.
The Shui Clan Head opened his mouth, and finally let out a long sigh.
“Bing’er… why must you put yourself through this?”
“You’ve contributed everything of yourself to the Family, so what about yourself?”
Shui Bing’er turned her head to look in the direction of the main hall’s entrance, Ning Tian’s profligate appearance surfacing in her mind.
“I said before, this is a transaction; each takes what they need.”
“Such bestowals have never been free.”
She looked toward her own old man.
“Dad, you only saw the wedding gifts, but you didn’t see the crisis behind them.”
“The ambition of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could be seen a glimpse of earlier inside the main hall, and was even personally pointed out by School Master Ning.”
“Having suffered such a huge loss, they probably won’t let the matter rest easily.”
“And since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has already formed a marital alliance with our Shui Family, we naturally have no way out anymore.”
“Right now, we must turn these wedding gifts into combat power within the shortest possible time.”
She slowly walked to the edge of the martial arts arena and looked toward the gradually darkening sky.
“As for me… three days from now I will be married into the Ning Family.”
“By then, as long as I stay within my bounds and behave, I believe the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will naturally give me even more valuable things.”