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Wu Siduo's lips, which had been trembling slightly, suddenly froze. Her fingers tightened involuntarily, her nails digging deep into her palms, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
The disappointment wasn't due to the engagement itself, but because even in such a momentous event concerning her life, she was still not allowed the right to "choose."
"I see……"
Wu Siduo lowered her head, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, stubbornly refusing to let the glistening tears slide down her cheeks.
Her pale fingertips gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, as if she were trying to hold onto the last shred of her dignity. Her voice was so soft it was almost swallowed by the air.
Seeing Wu Siduo's forced expression of grievance, Xu Xiu's heart trembled slightly, and a hint of concern for her flickered in her eyes.
He knew, of course, everything that Wu Siduo had experienced in the Wu family, but for the sake of the Star Luo Empire, they had no other choice.
The atmosphere around them suddenly became incredibly heavy. Even Xu Xiaoyan, who was usually the most charming person, didn't know what to say for a moment and could only look at Wu Siduo with red eyes.
"Then I refuse!"
Su Mo suddenly spoke, breaking the silence and attracting everyone's attention.
Upon hearing that Su Mo was going to reject the marriage proposal she had made, Xu Xiu's face suddenly darkened, and a look of disbelief flashed in her eyes. "Young friend Su Mo, are you joking?"
"This……"
Before Xu Xiu could finish speaking, Su Mo raised her hand to interrupt her, saying in a relaxed tone, "I don't think I ever said I would agree, did I?"
“Young friend Su Mo, you probably don’t know this, but Si Duo not only has innate full soul power, but also possesses twin martial souls that can perform self-martial soul fusion techniques.”
Xu Xiu continued to try to persuade Su Mo.
"and then?"
Su Mo's lips curled into a faint smile, and her tone even carried a hint of mockery.
It seemed that Wu Siduo's twin martial soul, which was extremely rare and capable of performing a self-fusion martial soul technique, was nothing special in his eyes.
Su Mo's nonchalant attitude made Xu Xiu feel a tightness in her chest, and she almost slammed her fist on the table in anger.
"This means that Sido has unparalleled potential for the future!"
Xu Xiu emphasized in a deep voice, as if she wanted to etch this fact deeply into Su Mo's mind.
"If you marry Siduo, you will not only be able to form a marriage alliance with the Dai family, but you will also receive the full support of the Star Luo Empire in the future."
"Such an opportunity is something countless people across the entire continent dream of!"
"But that's your plan!"
Su Mo lowered his eyes slightly, but his expression remained calm. "I respect Wu Siduo's talent and admire her perseverance, so I don't want her life to be forcibly pushed onto a predetermined path."
"What you value is the twin martial souls, the hope of restoring the country, and the interests of your family."
"But in my eyes, she is first and foremost a human being."
Although Su Mo's voice was not loud, it carried an undeniable firmness.
Hearing Su Mo's powerful speech, Wu Siduo's heart, which had been dead, trembled violently, her eyes welled up with tears, and her hands unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes.
Xu Xiaoyan's eyes widened, her heart pounded wildly, and she even forgot to breathe.
At this moment, Xu Xiaoyan had only one thought in her mind: "As expected of my male god, he's absolutely stunning!"
Seeing that Su Mo's refusal didn't seem fake, Xu Xiu was confused; he couldn't quite keep up with Su Mo's thought process.
Before announcing this, he and Wu Yi had considered countless possibilities, but they never expected Su Mo to refuse.
This matter is clearly entirely beneficial to Su Mo.
He got such an excellent fiancée, Wu Siduo, for free without having to give anything in return.
Anyone would know how to choose, but Su Mo refused.
Xu Xiu felt a headache coming on. Now that Su Mo had made his stance clear, he couldn't possibly force Su Mo to agree to a marriage with Wu Siduo.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiu's gaze involuntarily fell on Xu Xiaoyan.
Since Wu Siduo's willingness is not strong, Xiao Yan will have to take her place.
"Xiaoyan..."
Before Xu Xiucai could finish speaking, Xu Xiaoyan immediately sensed something was wrong. She took a step back warily, crossed her arms over her chest as if guarding against a thief, and said, "Grandpa, what do you want to do?"
Xu Xiu coughed lightly, her expression softening. She was just about to bring up the issue of family ties when Xu Xiaoyan interrupted her before she could even speak.
"Stop, stop, stop!"
"Grandpa, I'm warning you, if you dare to say anything, I won't talk to you anymore!"
Xu Xiaoyan's pretty face was puffed up with anger, her almond-shaped eyes were full of resistance, and her voice was weak but firm.
These words were like a sword held to Xu Xiu's neck, forcing her to swallow the rest of her words.
As Xu Xiaoyan's grandfather, and having watched her grow up, Xu Xiu knows his granddaughter's temperament all too well.
Despite her seemingly gentle and weak appearance, Xu Xiaoyan is actually a stubborn person to the core.
Once she has made up her mind about something, she will never turn back, even if it means banging her head against a wall.
Chapter 90 Dai Mubai's Divine Oracle
"Alas, it seems that I am getting old and can no longer keep up with the ideas of you young people."
Xu Xiu sighed, raised his hand to stroke his gray beard, and looked weary.
Seeing that her grandfather's attitude had softened, Xu Xiaoyan immediately stepped forward with a grin and said ingratiatingly, "No, Grandpa, you just haven't been out for too long."
If you were willing to go out and explore more, you'd definitely know more than a bunch of ignorant kids like us!
Xu Xiu chuckled, reached out and ruffled Xu Xiaoyan's hair, saying affectionately, "You little rascal, you've always known how to make Grandpa happy since you were little."
"Hehe~"
Xu Xiaoyan stuck out her tongue and smiled so innocently.
Wu Siduo stood there quietly watching the intimate interaction between Xu Xiaoyan and the grandfather and grandson, a hint of envy rising in her eyes.
She once possessed such warmth, but sadly, it's all gone now.
After a brief moment of tenderness, Xu Xiu slowly withdrew her smile.
He turned around, his gaze fixed intently on Su Mo.
For a moment, it seemed as if even the air itself had frozen.
"Young friend Su Mo!"
Xu Xiu spoke in a low and solemn tone, with an undeniable air of authority, “The reason why Wu Yi and I made the decision to marry Si Duo to you was not on a whim, but because we had no choice but to do so.”
“I can tell you the reason.”
Xu Xiu paused, her eyes sharp as knives, "But before I tell you the reason, you must promise that you will never reveal this to anyone!"
Things have already developed to this point, and unless Su Mo is killed, he has no way out.
"Of course!"
Seeing Xu Xiu's seriousness, Su Mo immediately realized the big one was coming. He raised his right hand and declared firmly, "I, Su Mo, with the power of the Sea God..."
"Wait!"
Seeing that Su Mo was about to swear an oath in the name of the Sea God, Xu Xiu quickly stopped him and corrected him with a serious expression, "Swear an oath in the name of the War God!"
"???"
Su Mo looked at Xu Xiu curiously, somewhat unsure of Xu Xiu's purpose.
Xu Xiaoyan was also stunned, blinking her big, bright eyes with curiosity, as if waiting for her grandfather to give her an explanation.
Only Wu Siduo remained calm and stood quietly watching, as if she had known this would be the outcome all along.
Feeling a little embarrassed by the gazes of Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Xiu quickly explained, "The God of War is the object of our Xu family's faith and worship."
"cut--"
Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan rolled their eyes in unison.
They thought Xu Xiu would reveal some incredible secret, but after a long time, he came up with this kind of reason.
However, it didn't matter to Su Mo who he swore to, since the God Realm was no longer there.
"I, Su Mo, swear in the name of the God of War that if I leak this matter without the consent of the Xu and Wu families, may I be struck down by heaven and earth and die a horrible death forever!"
Xu Xiu stared at Su Mo for a moment, and seeing that the expression on Su Mo's face did not seem to be fake, she nodded in satisfaction.
"In that case, I will no longer hide it."
Xu Xiu's gaze slowly swept over the crowd, her voice seemingly carrying a weight that transcended time and space.
"Do you know why, ten thousand years ago, the Star Luo Empire did not choose to fight the Sun Moon Empire to the death, but instead migrated the entire nation to flee the Douluo Continent?"
"..."
Upon hearing Xu Xiu's words, Su Mo, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Siduo all fell silent.
The Federation's textbooks have already explained countless times how the Sun Moon Empire unified the two continents.
After a moment of silence, Xu Xiaoyan tentatively asked, "Wasn't it because the trend of the Sun Moon Empire unifying the entire Douluo Continent was already inevitable at that time?"
Xu Xiu's face darkened, and she coughed a few times. "This is just a superficial factor."
“Our Xingluo Empire is not like the Douling Empire, where traitors and rebels established themselves as kings, so we have no sense of historical glory.”
“Our ancestors from the Xu and Dai families have been sleeping on this continent for generations. How could we, their descendants, just abandon the land that our ancestors fought and lost with their blood and sweat?”
"What truly led the Star Luo Empire to make this decision at that time was the divine decree issued by our ancestor Dai Mubai."
"A divine decree descended by our ancestor Dai Mubai?"
Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Siduo were shocked to hear this, as they had never heard Xu Xiu mention this before.
Only Su Mo immediately guessed the whole story when he heard those words.
Su Mo was filled with doubts about why Xingluo and Douling Empire chose to flee Douluo Continent instead of resisting to the end.
It's important to understand that in that era, the Star Luo Empire and the Dou Ling Empire were far behind the Sun Moon Empire in terms of their reserves of soul guidance technology.
As it turns out, these two actually started the Age of Exploration before the Sun Moon Empire. Who would believe there wasn't something fishy going on?