The main peak where the Chen Family's Patriarch was located was called Jade Radiance Peak, and the Chen Family's Patriarch was called Chen Tianxing. Chen Tianxing was also hearing the rumors about Chen Xinran and her lover.
He frowned slightly. He was having a headache over Chen Xinran's marriage proposal from several aristocratic families. Now that Chen Xinran suddenly had a lover, he was a little angry.
As a daughter of the Chen Family, how could she simply commit to marriage with a stranger? This was simply an insult to the Chen Family and to him, the Chen Family's Patriarch.
This was because the marriage of any direct descendant of the Chen Family had to be decided by the Patriarch. Even their own parents had no right to decide. At most, they could only participate in the discussion of their children's marriage.
Now that Chen Xinran did this and let this matter spread, how would the disciples of the Chen Family view him, the Patriarch? What prestige did he have as the Patriarch?
Moreover, if this matter spread to the ears of the other aristocratic families, wouldn't it be a joke? As the Chen Family's Patriarch, Chen Tianxing couldn't even control a young lady. What ability did he have to manage the huge Chen Family?
However, although he was dissatisfied with Chen Xinran's matter, it wasn't entirely a bad thing. At least in this way, the aristocratic families that proposed to him might not be willing to accept this marriage.
Originally, if only one family proposed to him, perhaps it wouldn't be so difficult. However, four of the remaining eight aristocratic families came at once, which put him in a difficult position.
No matter which family he agreed to, he would offend the other three aristocratic families, which was something he didn't want to see. Especially since the aristocratic families that proposed to the Chen Family had a relatively good relationship with the Chen Family. Even if they didn't get along well, they weren't enemies.
Therefore, this matter originally made him very conflicted. After all, Chen Xinran was only one person and could only marry one person. If Chen Xinran married any of the aristocratic families, it would cause dissatisfaction from the other three families. This was also what put him in a difficult position.
If Chen Xinran's reputation was spread, although it might make him a little embarrassed as the Chen Family's Patriarch, it would be equivalent to helping him.
Of course, all of this was only his guess. If the other party didn't care about all of this, then he would still be helpless.
After all, the Chen Clan was the only Necromancer Clan in the Cultivation World. In order to obtain a descendant of a Necromancer, this bit of reputation was nothing.
In fact, the direct female descendants of the Chen Family were not allowed to marry outside the family in order to prevent the Necromancer bloodline from spreading. However, the Chen Clan was getting weaker and weaker among the Nine Great Clans.
After all, although the bloodline of a Necromancer was precious, they did not have enough Yin souls for them to cultivate. In this case, Necromancers were actually of little value.
Although the ancestors of the Chen Family would open the gate to the Dark Nether Realm every once in a while for the direct disciples of the Chen Family to gain experience, the number of times it was opened was really limited.
Furthermore, the passageway opened by the patriarch could only be entered by cultivators below the Body Integration Stage. Cultivators above the Body Integration Stage would not be able to enter.
In this way, the disciples of the Chen Family with the bloodline of a Necromancer could only rely on the patriarch to reach the late stage of the Spirit Severing Stage. After breaking through to the Body Integration Stage, they could only rely on themselves.
However, many people would collect a large number of Yin souls in the Dark Nether Realm after going in once. After breaking through to the Body Integration Stage, they would have enough Yin souls to cultivate in the Dark Nether Realm.
Of course, it was just that the interval between the patriarch opening the passage was too long. Every time it was opened, it would take a hundred years before it could be opened again. Moreover, the duration of opening the passage was only half a month. How many Yin souls could be caught in half a month?
Therefore, after those disciples at the Spirit Severing Stage entered the last time, they basically broke through to the Body Integration Stage before they could enter the second time.
In this way, they lost the chance to enter the Dark Nether Realm again.
However, there were also some disciples of the Chen Family who could clearly break through to the Body Integration Stage, but they were unwilling to break through. They were willing to wait until the patriarch opened the passage to the Dark Nether Realm again.
Because they had already reached the final qualification position. If they broke through again, they would not have such a chance. Therefore, after entering the Dark Nether Realm, they could only try their best to collect more Yin souls. After going out, they could cultivate wherever they could.
Of course, in fact, most people were still unwilling to do so. After all, a hundred years was too long, especially for those who could break through to the Body Integration Stage soon after entering the Dark Nether Realm. That meant that they would have to wait a full hundred years to break through to the Body Integration Stage.
If it was only those who could have broken through to the Body Integration Stage, but were still a few years or a dozen or twenty years away from ushering in a second chance to go to the Dark Nether Realm, then it would be worth it even if they waited for so many years.
After all, a hundred years was too long. Even for cultivators like them, a hundred years was really not short.
It was precisely because there were too many restrictions that the Chen Family disciples were getting worse with each generation. And now, the Chen Family had entered a period of weakness. If they couldn't find a few suitable families to marry, then the Chen Family was likely to be pushed out of the ranks of the nine great families by the other families.
However, even if he really wanted to marry a woman out, he had conditions. At the very least, no matter who the Chen Family's woman married, the first child with the bloodline of a Soul Refiner would belong to the Chen Family.
This was because even if it was a direct bloodline, not every child born would have the bloodline of a Soul Refiner. Moreover, the bloodline power of the first child born with the bloodline of a Soul Refiner was the strongest, and also the most inherited.
Therefore, no matter which family Chen Xinran married in the future, no matter whether her first child was a boy or a girl, as long as it had the bloodline of a Soul Refiner, it would belong to the Chen Family.
In the future, if she gave birth to another Soul Refiner bloodline, it would belong to the man. However, in theory, the bloodline power of the second child with the bloodline of a Soul Refiner was usually weaker than that of the first child.
Of course, this was only in theory, and there were also special circumstances. However, this was not something that the Chen Family could grasp. At the very least, if they wanted the first child with the bloodline, the chances of them having an advantage would always be higher.
Not everyone could give birth to a second child that was stronger than the first. Even if the Chen Family really suffered such a loss, there was nothing they could do.
This was the only way to ensure that the Chen Family's Soul Refiner bloodline would always be the strongest in the cultivation world.
Of course, this method of alliance through marriage had never appeared before. It could be said that Chen Xinran was the first woman of the Chen Family to marry out.
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