Jiang Li spent the night cultivating.

The next three days, Jiang Li only needed to continue cultivating and wait for the arrival of the wedding.

He thought it would be like this...

On the second day, as dawn broke and the palace gates opened, a palace maid came delivering a message that Jiang Family Elder Jiang Bowei requested an audience.

Jiang Li allowed it.

Then he saw the elder bringing a bird.

"This is..." Jiang Li looked at the gray-brown bird, "a goose?"

Despite his remarkable wisdom, at this moment he was somewhat confused, unable to understand why the elder brought a goose.

"Exactly, it's a goose."

The elder presented the goose with both hands, saying, "The goose travels with the Yin and Yang, flying south when the leaves fall and returning north when the ice thaws. The male represents Yang and the female represents Yin. Using the goose symbolizes the woman following the man, hence it's used in weddings."

The elder spoke in a scholarly manner, but fortunately, Jiang Li could understand his meaning.

In short, the goose was to be used in the wedding process.

"Family Head, it's time for the betrothal proposal." The elder said seriously.

Although Jiang Li didn't know what "betrothal proposal" was, he could foresee that the wedding would be quite complicated and troublesome.

And indeed it was.

The elder saw his bewildered Family Head, lacking his usual astonishing wisdom, and explained the wedding process to him.

In Great Zhou, a wedding includes pre-wedding rituals, the main ceremony, and post-wedding rituals. The pre-wedding includes five rites, and "betrothal proposal" is the first, requiring the groom to bring a goose as a gift to the bride's family to propose.

"Family Head, the Gongsun Family Master has already informed me in advance to escort you to Nanli Palace for the proposal." The elder said.

With that, the elder directly handed the goose to Jiang Li, urging him to perform the proposal.

Generally, the five pre-wedding rites take a significant amount of time and shouldn't be rushed, but since Jiang Li's main ceremony was three days later, everything had to be hurried.

Having a wedding for the first time in his life, especially an ancient one, Jiang Li was somewhat clueless and could only follow the elder's guidance to Nanli Palace.

Upon reaching Nanli Palace, he went straight to Chaohua Pavilion and met with Primordial Lord Rain Master once more.

"Betrothal proposal, huh..."

Primordial Lord Rain Master looked at the goose in Jiang Li's hand and immediately understood his intention.

She smiled meaningfully, accepted the goose, then turned and ascended the stairs. After a while, she returned and handed Jiang Li a red booklet.

"Fellow Daoist, these next two days will be arduous for you." Primordial Lord Rain Master said with a smile.

After the proposal, the next step is inquiring about the name, that is, asking for the bride's name and birth date and time to divinate the wedding's fortune.

After inquiring about the name, is betokening fortune. If an auspicious sign is obtained, a messenger will be sent with the goose to the bride's family to convey the joy.

Thus, the wedding was set, followed by the fourth rite "giving the dowry," sending the bride-price to the bride's family, and the fifth rite "choosing the date," where the groom again brings a goose as a gift to the bride's family to agree on a wedding date.

In total, three geese are needed as gifts for the pre-wedding rites, and fortunately, it was now spring and summer, making geese easy to find in the north, otherwise an expert would have to travel south to catch them.

Jiang Li was fully capable of handling the divination himself, which he could do immediately, but due to the formality of the pre-wedding rites, he had to return to the Jiang Family Territory to perform the divination.

So, Jiang Li and the elder returned to the territory.

He went to Lie Mountain Hall, dismissed everyone, and decided to conduct the divination himself. Jiang Li had a hunch that this divination should not be revealed to others.

Because... he opened the booklet from Primordial Lord Rain Master and unsurprisingly saw two names.

— Gongsun Yuanxi.

— Gongsun Qingyue.

"No wonder you can't see anyone." Jiang Li muttered to himself.

The proposal was supposed to meet the elders of Gongsun Qingyue, but they did not see Tianxuan, as pre-wedding males and females should not meet.

Primordial Lord Rain Master obviously noticed this, which is why she said Jiang Li would have a hard time.

However, the elder Jiang Li met was still related to him...

Jiang Li quickly stopped his thoughts, took out Emperor Wen's coins, weighed them over the book, but didn't act immediately. Instead, he suddenly asked, "Big brother, what do you think the outcome of my divination will be this time?"

The empty Lie Mountain Hall only had Jiang Li, and his voice echoed as if he were talking to himself.

But as his voice fell, a figure silently appeared on a stone seat not far away.

"As your brother, I don't think it will go well."

The Great Venerable was holding a red book, pretending to read, and said, "Your luck with romance is flourishing, which might hinder marital bliss."

The Great Venerable whom the Princess had searched for days in vain, suddenly appeared before Jiang Li.

"Little brother would rather not have big brother speak of me this way."

Jiang Li seemed to have anticipated the appearance of the Great Venerable, and with a slight movement of his thoughts, the book visible only to him also began flipping.

"Hmm?"

The Great Venerable expressed surprise as his gaze fell upon the book of marriage records, where the name was gradually fading away, indicating that Jiang Li's marriage record was disappearing.

Or rather, being removed.

If it were just a cover-up, the Great Venerable, with his level of Yi Dao, would have noticed. The fact that he couldn't see Jiang Li's marriage record meant Jiang Li had extracted his cause and effect record from the marriage book, completely disappearing.

'After not seeing him for a while, he has become increasingly powerful, whether in strength or Yi Dao.' The Great Venerable thought to himself.

'According to the Princess, the marriage book is in Feng Manlou's possession, so is the one here now Feng Manlou or the Great Venerable?' Jiang Li whispered to himself, speculating.

Feng Manlou is the Great Venerable, but the Great Venerable is not Feng Manlou.

Jiang Li already knew the difference between the Great Venerable and his avatar, so naturally, he wouldn't regard them as the same.

But the Great Venerable seemed to have seen through Jiang Li's thoughts and said, "Are you guessing whether I am Feng Manlou or the Great Venerable? No need to guess, the Great Venerable is Feng Manlou, and Feng Manlou is the Great Venerable. I have never used a pseudonym."

"And to my clan members, I have never harbored ill intentions."

Jiang Li was also a clan member of the Great Venerable, refined by him into the Fu Xi Essence Blood, gaining the bloodline of the Feng family, which is why the Great Venerable has always been helping Jiang Li.

Helping Jiang Li become the Emperor means a member of the Feng family becomes the Emperor.

"No ill intentions toward clan members... it seems the one here isn't the Long Prince Consort that I thought." Jiang Li slowly said.

Restricting the scope of no ill intentions to clan members meant excluding non-clan members.

"You are too wary of me, dear brother."

The Great Venerable shook his head helplessly, then coughed lightly and cleared his voice, "Or is it that you are more familiar with this tone?"

While speaking, Jiang Li had already picked up on the tone of that unruly Feng Manlou.

"Brother came here today actually just to give dear brother a wedding gift, dear brother don't be too cautious."

The Great Venerable said, as he took out a crimson jade ornament and placed it on the armrest of the stone seat, "This is the Dao Fruit of the Sun Emperor, its original owner was the Mother of the Sun, but she had already fallen in realm while alive, changing from the Sun Mother to the Sun Emperor, thus no True Spirit was left in this Dao Fruit. This Dao Fruit is currently fourth-rank, just suitable for sister-in-law to use for advancement, and I will use it as a brotherly gift, assisting dear brother and sister-in-law, no, it's three of them... it seems not right, well anyway, I wish dear brother and sister-in-law harmonious and long-lasting togetherness."

Harmony...

Adding an extra 'Se', meaning two wives, right?

This tone can only be described as having Feng Manlou's style too pure.

"Then thank you, big brother," Jiang Li also adopted an attitude towards Feng Manlou, smiling and expressing gratitude while not forgetting to say, "Later I will inform sister-in-law, this is a good gift from big brother."

"Ha, it's better not to," The Great Venerable laughed, "I don't want her to worry."

The laughter echoed, but the figure gradually faded, disappearing completely once the voice ceased.

Seeing this, Jiang Li's expression became gradually smooth, then he gently tossed Emperor Wen's coins.

Using True Qi as a platform, letting Emperor Wen's coins fall on top, a total of six times, the results were exactly the same.

All of Emperor Wen's coins stood vertically, neither displaying the front nor the back.

"The future is uncertain? What a good omen." Jiang Li laughed.

To him, this was the best omen, being able to calculate the omen was not a good thing, it represented that Jiang Li's future could be foreseen.

Jiang Li was very satisfied to put away Emperor Wen's coins, then he walked to the place where the Great Venerable had previously sat and picked up that piece of crimson jade ornament.

This was a jade ornament of two palms size, intricately carved with a goddess driving a six-dragon chariot, pulling the sun.

[Fourth Grade Dao Fruit: Sun Emperor·Xi He]

"Sure enough, it is her." Jiang Li said.

In "Classic of Mountains and Seas·Great Wilderness South" it is said, "Beyond the southeastern sea, among the sweet waters, there is Xihe Country. There is a woman named Xi He, bathing the sun in Gan Abyss, Xi He is the wife of Emperor Jun, giving birth to ten suns."

The so-called ten suns are the Ten Golden Crows.

Xi He giving birth to ten suns, is the Sun Mother, the Dao Fruit left theoretically should at least be third grade. However, in the Ancient Era before the End of Dharma, the myth of Xi He had already evolved, from Sun Mother to Sun Emperor.

Originally the Mother of the Sun, but transformed into a goddess driving the chariot for the sun, the difference between the two is worlds apart.

Now it seems, this Sun Mother had fallen in realm, thus became the Sun Emperor.

After all, in any era, only strength can determine status, the Sun Mother's strength and realm fell, and her status naturally decreased as well.

The fourth-grade isn't even comparable to the Three-legged Golden Crow Dao Fruit as Xi He's child, it's uncertain what happened to this Sun Mother to have such a change.

But one thing is certain, Gongsun Qingyue's fourth-grade Dao Fruit has landed.

Originally Tianxuan decided to promote Gongsun Qingyue to the fourth-grade Deity of the Sun, and she had already prepared the Dao Fruit, paving the way for Gongsun Qingyue. But in terms of compatibility, the Deity of the Sun is ultimately not as suitable as Xi He, also a female.

And Xi He was originally the Sun Mother, this Dao Fruit's potential scene before is much stronger than the Deity of the Sun.

"Still unable to refuse his assistance, the Great Venerable's means are indeed hard to deal with."

Jiang Li really didn't want to just accept it, but helplessly, the Great Venerable gave too much.

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