Grand Ancestral Bloodlines

1306 Describe

Ryu's voice didn't seem to fit the occasion at all. He quite frankly seemed to be far too relaxed, far too happy, for the given situation. Was he not aware that the atmosphere was so tense specifically because of him?

Rogryll's gaze couldn't help but narrow. He had thought of the same problem that Mae and his sister-in-law had instantly. How was Ryu even out of bed right now? Let alone laughing and smiling? It didn't make much sense to him at all.

They had all witnessed enough shattered Dao Hearts to know that this wasn't normal in the slightest, but they were all likewise certain that Ryu's Dao Heart had, indeed, been shattered. Not only was it impossible for him to have been blown off the Samsara Steps without this occurring, but the phenomena that occurred after he lost consciousness was also undeniable.

Recalling that moment, Rogryll's brow inwardly furrowed.

The Dao Heart, should one never cultivate a day in their life, would be quite malleable and overall not very important. When one began to cultivate, the purpose of the Dao heart shifted and it became the foundation upon which your strength was built upon, and most importantly, that you Dao hinged upon.

The Dao Heart was the manifestation of the will. And it was upon this will that something as Heaven Defying as cultivation was built.

One could imagine what would happen to a large building that suddenly lost its foundation. The more powerful an existence was, the more that was built upon their foundation, the more devastating the backlash. When the pressure of the Samsara Steps were added upon this, the end result should have been obvious...

So what was this?

"Ah, right," Mae snapped out of her dazed thoughts and pointed toward a certain location. But her expression darkened when she saw that there was only one seat.

In the seat that was by her side, there was Aantha's elder brother, and to his side, was Aantha's elder sister, a young woman that Ryu had already met before, Thera.

The problem with this was that Hurath didn't have the same position as Mae and Thera at all. Thera was already a Sky God, and of course deserved such a spot. Mae had had the best performance the family had seen in the Samsara Wheel in several generations and was the first in the history of their family to form an Ancient Dao.

Due to this, the status of Mae and Thera were currently about equal, but, Hurath, who had yet to become a Sky God, and didn't have such prestige in the Clan, had no right to sit in such a place.

This seemed to be a bigger matter than it appeared. For Hurath to sit here, it had to be tacitly allowed by the elders of her family. In addition, it was like a signal that they would actually rather her have such interactions with her first cousin as opposed to Ryu.

She didn't believe that those here had expected Ryu to appear, whether they believed him to be bedridden or didn't dare to show his face, they had no reason to believe that he would come. It was her fault for neglecting the fact that a seat wouldn't have been prepared for Ryu in advance, but she had been in such a daze that she forgot to think about such minor details.

However, when she saw Hurath, she still felt infuriated. That was because this matter was no longer about just a small mistake on her part.

But before Mae could lash out, she felt herself being pulled in that direction. She was stunned for a moment, but her lips closed as she swallowed the words she was about to say. She didn't know why, but she felt as though Ryu would have a way to handle the situation.

Hurath sneered when he saw such a scene. Knowing that Ryu had bedded his woman was one matter, but seeing them holding hands before him was another entirely. He really wanted to see what this cripple would do, all he would need was a tiny excuse to simply kill him where he stood.

But very soon, Hurath's smile froze. Ryu didn't even look at him, taking a seat beside him and pulling Mae onto his lap without a care in the world.

Even Mae was dazed, let alone everyone else. Soon, though, she felt that she was most comfortable like this, she could easily sink into Ryu's chest and use his heart like a soothing rhythm to calm the beating of her own.

A quietness fell once again, no one knew what to say.

Ryu sat so naturally and looked unbothered. Somehow, it felt like the central thrones had shifted and the halo that had once been above them was now above the casually smiling Mae.

Regardless of how lascivious the Dream Asura Race was, there were still certain moments where they wouldn't be so intimate in the face of the public, and this was definitely one of them. But it was quite clear that Ryu simply didn't give a damn.

They didn't like his relationship with Mae? Alright, then he would simply show them there was no changing it with a single action. He really wanted to see what they would do about it.

He leaned back in his chair, resting an elbow on one armrest. With an absolute beauty in his lap, he looked like the most comfortable person in the hall, while those who were going out of their way to push him to the edge were suffering beneath their own efforts.

Rogryll had long since closed his eyes as though he couldn't be bothered by what would happen. When he opened them, a deeper quietness appeared to have descended. He gave Ryu a deep look, but the latter's smile didn't fade in the slightest, looking his father-in-law in the eyes with an incomparable sense of relaxation.

Rogryll looked away a moment later and his lips parted.

"This meeting determination begin now. Very soon, our Clan will be returning to our roots within the Nether Realm, but there is still a great amount of preparation left to be done.

"Elder Rayword has returned with news of our negotiations and determination now describe the terms."