CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: I WILL PERSONALLY PROPOSE MARRIAGE!

The other Masters of the Sacred Lands also had looks of surprise or astonishment in their eyes, and even Zhao Xuehua, the Saint Master of the Celestial Talisman Sacred Land, seemed a bit regretful.

They said no more and were about to turn away with their Saintesses from their sects.

"Hey!"

At that moment, Xia Feng took a deep breath, and this boy opened his mouth and shouted with all his might at the ten figures in the sky.

"Even if you don’t acknowledge me now, it doesn’t matter, but I am determined to marry the Ten Great Saintesses!"

"I, Xia Feng, may not be in your eyes now, but give me time, and I will shock you all!"

"And you all! Next time we meet, you don’t need to come for me. I will quickly improve my strength, and then bring a betrothal gift, and openly marry you from your Top Grade Sacred Lands!"

"Foolish dreaming." Chen Zhongming turned his head and sneered, as if looking at an idiot, then took the teary-eyed Wang Yuwei and disappeared into the void.

"Kid, speak after you’ve survived the upcoming hardships." Li Xiaoqing, the Saint Master of Celestial Sword Sacred Land, shook his head and said somewhat pityingly.

Afterward, he too left with Li Qingxue, transforming into a stream of light heading towards the north.

"Xiao Ya, this man you found is somewhat interesting, but love doesn’t always end well. Go back and communicate more with Ming Xuan; you two are a match made in heaven." Lady Yu patted Yu Siya’s head and advised her earnestly, like someone with experience.

Subsequently, they too disappeared.

Extreme Ice Top Grade Sacred Land, Li Huo Top Grade Sacred Land, Celestial Pill Top Grade Sacred Land...

These Sacred Land Masters did not exchange a word with Xia Feng and directly left with their Saintesses.

A minute later, the previously jubilant and bustling City Lord’s Mansion became extremely silent.

It was cold, desolate, and lonely.

The departure of the ten women made Xia Feng feel as if something was missing in his heart, a kind of indescribable pain spreading within him.

Scenes of the ten women’s care for him in recent days kept flashing in his mind, and he gritted his teeth, breathing heavily.

"Damn it!"

Xia Feng slammed his fist on the ground fiercely, at this moment hating his own weakness and lack of strength!

If he had the realm of a Martial Saint, today’s situation would not have happened, and Yu Siya and the others would not have been taken away like this!

"Son..."

While Xia Feng was angrily pounding the ground, Father Xia and Mrs. Xia approached.

"Father, Mother." Xia Feng knew he couldn’t act like this in front of his parents, so he quickly wiped away his tears and stood up.

"I’m fine, don’t worry."

"I know those are the daughters-in-law you have recognized, I will strive, I promise I will bring them back from the Sacred Land, not missing a single one!"

"We believe in you, son." Father Xia and Mrs. Xia nodded in perfect understanding.

They knew Xia Feng’s temperament well, always consistent with his words, and once he set a goal, he would pursue it, even if it meant braving blade and fire!

However, their expressions were very troubled.

"Son, I have something to tell you."

Father Xia stepped in front of Xia Feng and sighed heavily.

"Originally, your mother and I thought we could live quietly for the rest of our lives, but it seems they are still unwilling to let us go..."

"They? Father, Mother, what are you talking about?" Xia Feng’s expression suddenly turned serious, sensing that the two in front of him seemed to have aged ten years since the arrival of the Top Ten Top Grade Sacred Land Masters.

"The ominous... Haha, since they say our son is tainted with the ominous..." Father Xia gave a wry smile.

"Indeed, they were never going to let us go, and this time the Top Ten Sacred Land Masters came probably because of this." Mrs. Xia sighed as well.

"No, Father, Mother, what exactly are you talking about?" Xia Feng was truly bewildered, having no idea what his parents were hiding from him, as what they were saying didn’t make any sense to him.

"Son, listen carefully now. Didn’t you ask us before if there’s some mysterious background to our family?"

Father Xia took a deep breath, then nodded heavily: "Yes, you guessed right, in fact, your original identity should have been the rightful successor to this Great Xia Empire!"

What, the Empire’s successor?

Xia Feng’s eyes widened with disbelief.

What on earth was his father saying? Was he originally destined to be an emperor?

If not for the absence of a banquet with the Ten Great Saintesses, he would have suspected his father had drunk a bit too much!

"Don’t rush; let me slowly explain to you..."

Father Xia patted Xia Feng’s shoulder, then sat down under the city wall and began to tell him the true story of his lineage.

Originally, Xia Feng’s grandfather, Xia Tianming, was the previous Emperor’s Son of the Great Xia Empire.

And the Emperor’s Son was typically a prodigious talent with an Innate Emperor Body.

The next Emperor Xia was practically assured to be him.

However, Xia Tianming was devoted to cultivation and had no interest in participating in court affairs or controlling politics.

So, Xia Feng’s great-grandfather, who was both Xia Tianming’s father and the previous Emperor Xia of the Great Xia Empire, deliberated and ultimately made Xia Donghai the new Emperor Xia.

Xia Donghai was Xia Tianming’s half-brother, three years his junior.

Regarding this decision, Xia Tianming didn’t mind, as his heart was never in the court, and he only wished to immerse himself in the world of cultivation.

However, during the previous Emperor Xia’s retreat, the sinister Xia Donghai secretly arranged a meeting with ten Celestial Tier Martial Saints under the pretense of discussing state affairs and lured Xia Tianming to the Imperial Palace.

After making his move, Xia Tianming, with his exceptional skills, faced ten opponents alone and forcibly killed eight of the Celestial Tier Martial Saints.

Yet in the end, he was still outnumbered and had all his cultivation sealed.

Later, Xia Donghai employed a most sinister forbidden technique to forcibly strip Xia Tianming of his Celestial Saint Emperor Body!

It was said that Xia Tianming’s screams in the Imperial Palace that day lasted for three days and nights, like the wails of an evil spirit, and not a soul dared to sleep upon hearing them in the vast Imperial Palace.

Once the previous Emperor resurfaced, the matter was concluded.

Contrary to expectations, there was no punishment for Xia Donghai as many imagined, as he possessed the Innate Emperor Body, while Xia Tianming’s cultivation had plummeted, and his path of cultivation collapsed.

The previous Emperor’s Son quickly made a decision, refraining from any action against the sitting Emperor Xia.

Instead, he offered Xia Tianming the honorary title of War Celestial Emperor, the highest nobility and honor of the time, as a gesture of consolation.

Subsequently, Xia Tianming, along with his entire family, was exiled to the Northern Border East Province, where they were allowed to establish the Zhan Tian Dynasty, with him as the Emperor of Zhan Tian.

However, the peaceful days did not last long.

A decade later, as the previous Emperor Xia retreated once more, the gaze of the sitting Emperor Xia Donghai swiftly turned towards the Zhan Tian Dynasty.

Xia Donghai, being ruthless and crafty, understood well the importance of eradicating threats completely.

Seizing the opportunity of the previous Emperor’s retreat, he accused the War Celestial Emperor of conspiring with the Rizhao Empire to rebel, dispatching the Empire’s Ten War Generals to annihilate the Zhan Tian Dynasty!