Yu Yuanzhen never imagined that his foolish eldest son had beaten his daughter-in-law again. Now, his daughter-in-law was crying and insisting on returning to her maiden home. He had to persuade her to stay! If he failed, the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's reputation would be ruined.
He quickly intercepted his wronged daughter-in-law, who was on the verge of going home. He pleaded and reasoned with her, finally calming her down after nearly an hour.
After comforting his daughter-in-law, Yu Yuanzhen had to consider his second brother's suggestion. Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's reputation was no small matter, his daughter-in-law's husband, his eldest son, had become foolish shortly after their marriage.
As things stood, there was no chance of his eldest son returning to normal. For his daughter-in-law to live in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, even with a husband, it was no different from being a living widow.
His daughter-in-law was also a normal woman with normal needs, like most women. Letting his second son and daughter-in-law become a couple wasn't entirely out of the question, as long as it ensured the continuation of the family line.
However, he wasn't sure if his daughter-in-law would agree. After all, while his second son wasn't foolish, he was completely useless. Compared to his formerly talented eldest son, he was like heaven and earth apart.
So, Yu Yuanzhen felt quite a headache, but no matter how much it hurt, it was useless. He had to humble himself and ask his daughter-in-law for her opinion. As for his disappointing second son, Yu Yuanzhen felt there was no need to ask for his consent.
I am his biological father. It is by parental decree and matchmaker's words. If I want to arrange a marriage for him and my daughter-in-law, let him dare to disagree! I'll break his legs, hmph...
The scene shifts to an unknown lake on the Douluo Continent. Two tall young men stood there.
The younger-looking of the two tall men spoke.
"Big Brother, this is the huge lake formed by three consecutive days of heavy rain five years ago, as told by the villagers in the nearby towns.
It's really strange. I don't know why, but I always feel like this place should have a strong connection to me, yet I can't quite pinpoint what that connection is."
"Oh... Second Brother, you feel that way too? To be honest, I have the same feeling."
Hearing his second brother's words, the slightly older-looking tall man nodded in agreement.
"I heard before that there was originally a village beneath this lake. Though the villagers weren't many, there were about a hundred households. Perhaps there were people here who were very important to us."
"Mm..." The younger-looking tall man nodded, falling silent for a moment.
These two brothers were none other than Tang Hao, who had broken through to the Spirit Saint level two years ago, and his elder brother, Tang Xiao.
The place where the brothers now stood was beside the massive lake formed by three days and nights of torrential rain after Bo Saixi used her spirit ability.
Originally, although the village's terrain was relatively low-lying, there were river channels leading downstream that could have provided drainage.
So, the lake formed by the flood had a chance to gradually recede after the heavy rain stopped.
However, the lord of the downstream town feared that the entire city would be submerged by the overwhelming flood. So, he mobilized dozens of spirit masters and many commoners to artificially heighten the river channels.
They also completely blocked the downstream river channels, preventing the floodwaters from flowing out, ultimately creating an artificial lake in the area.
Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had traveled to this vicinity. They didn't know why, but they always felt that there should have been something very important to them nearby, especially Tang Hao, who felt it even more strongly.
So, they didn't leave quickly. Instead, they settled nearby and asked many people about the lake.
The villagers from nearby towns told the brothers about how five years ago, continuous heavy rain for three days submerged the village, and from then on, it became a lake.
Tang Xiao and Tang Hao found this quite miraculous, but since the village was already submerged, why did the brothers still have that strange feeling?
This was something Tang Xiao and Tang Hao couldn't figure out. And just as they were troubled, Zhao Ling, far away on Sea God Island, also received a message from the system.
[Host, according to the original plot, in two days, it should be the time for Tang Hao and Ah Yin to meet. Please decide whether to proceed to the location...]
Zhao Ling was holding Bo Saixi in his arms, his face leering as he took advantage of her. Suddenly, seeing this plot prompt, his mouth twitched furiously.
This system sometimes felt quite intelligent, but this time, why had it become an artificial idiot? Wasn't the location given by the system near the village that Xi'er had submerged with torrential rain five years ago?
Ah Yin was currently in Heaven Dou Imperial City, in his own mansion. How could she still be near that village? What a joke.
So, Zhao Ling rejected it without thinking. Why would he go to that vicinity? All the villagers there had drowned. Was he going to look for bad luck?
After Zhao Ling closed the system panel, he resumed lecherously taking advantage of Bo Saixi, but she stopped him.
"Alright, husband, you've stayed with Xi'er for several days now. Shouldn't you return to the Douluo Continent? When we both become deities in the future, we'll have almost infinite lifespan. Then, you can do bad things every day, and Xi'er won't stop you."
"Uh..." Zhao Ling was speechless. He had only stayed on Sea God Island for three or four days this time, and Xi'er was already asking him to leave again.
It seemed this girl's devotion to the Dao was very firm. There was nothing he could do. He only slacked off every day now because he had the system, yet his strength still advanced rapidly.
When he hadn't awakened the system, wasn't he even more diligent than Xi'er? What right did he have to complain about her?
So, the next day, Zhao Ling once again boarded the Cloud Piercing Shuttle and returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
After more than a day's journey, he arrived near Heaven Dou Imperial City. As usual, Zhao Ling landed on the outskirts of the Sunset Forest, then flew all the way back to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
The old mansion that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had sold to Zhao Ling had now been fully renovated by him. It was exquisitely luxurious, completely in the architectural style of ancient palaces from Blue Star's Huaxia country.
The renovation was so high-end, luxurious, and grand that, without exaggeration, Zhao Ling's mansion was the most dazzling existence in the entire Heaven Dou Imperial City. The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and Star Luo Imperial Palace's decorations, in Zhao Ling's eyes, were utterly weak.
Of course, the renovation cost a significant amount of money. Zhao Ling had originally bought the old mansion from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan for over a hundred thousand gold spirit coins, but the renovation alone cost over four million, leaving him with only about five million gold spirit coins.