Chapter 1541 - Not Interested
Seeing the situation teeter on the edge of open hostility, Achiel stepped in to mediate.
"Is this how the Spirit Clan treats their guests?" Liu Wuxie asked. If he hadn't been weighing Achiel's feelings, he would've erupted on the spot. Even if he couldn't fight a Quasi-Immortal Realm powerhouse head-on, the other party would still have to pay a price to stop him.
If a fight broke out, Liu Wuxie could instantly flatten the entire Sky City and leave the Spirit Clan homeless. At that point, the Black Crow Clan would surely flock over and seize everything in no time.
"Feathered Emperor, it's not what you think. According to the Spirit Clan's rules, anyone who practices the Soul Forge Art must inherit the position of the Feathered Emperor. This is the reason why the chieftain stopped you from leaving," Achiel explained. The chieftain had her difficulties, and Achiel served as the perfect voice to say it plainly.
When Ariel heard that Liu Wuxie would inherit the Feathered Emperor's mantle, her expression changed. According to the Spirit Clan's rules, the saintess had to marry the Feathered Emperor, and after she gave birth, the girl would become the next saintress and inherit the chieftain's mantle.
The chieftain and the Feathered Emperor weren't the same thing. Throughout the Spirit Clan's history, their chieftain had always been a woman, while the Feathered Emperor had only appeared three times.
To put it bluntly, the Feathered Emperor held the position of an ant queen to produce the finest offspring in the Spirit Clan. The comparison might sound extreme, but it wasn't far off. The Feathered Emperor held tremendous status in the Spirit Clan, second only to the chieftain.
"Not interested," Liu Wuxie refused flatly. The position might have looked like a dream beyond dreams, since a Feathered Emperor could enjoy supreme treatment in the Spirit Clan with most resources tilted his way.
In the Spirit Clan's history, every generation's saintress possessed beauty beyond belief, and marrying the saintess was a dream for countless men. Becoming the Feathered Emperor would be no different from holding power over the world with a beauty at one's side, and that fortune had somehow fallen to Liu Wuxie.
If it had been anyone else, they would've agreed without hesitation. Just when everyone assumed Liu Wuxie would accept, he declined without blinking. He could earn his own resources, and he already had five wives, with no intention of pursuing other women.
That flat refusal threw the Spirit Clan into an awkward silence, and it struck Ariel hardest, disbelief written across her face. She even found herself wondering if she wasn't beautiful enough.
She also didn't like the rule, but rules were rules, and everyone had to obey them, including her.