NOVEL NEXT Chapter 592: Ascending the Peak 1 - A 6,000-Word Chapter _2
It can be said that in the Tan Family, although Shuangshuang lacks parents, she absolutely does not lack love. If she wanted the stars, her grandfather and uncle would not only give her the moon.
Of course, although Tan Wencheng and Tan Qianzheng pamper Shuangshuang in life, they are never indulgent in learning and cultivation. All the necessary hardships and tiring practices are not something Shuangshuang is allowed to shirk.
Shuangshuang is also very self-motivated. Despite being pampered, she is never spoiled, and can endure hardships in cultivation from an early age. Her aptitude even surpasses that of her father, Tan Qianying, making her the most talented in the history of the Tan Family, and the most outstanding among this generation of Tan Family descendants.
If not for meeting Liang Ziqian, Shuangshuang would have continued being outstanding, and like her father Tan Qianying, she would have been taken as a disciple by a sect elder and become a direct disciple when she reached the appropriate age.
Liang Ziqian is Shuangshuang's fiancé, and he was actually betrothed to Shuangshuang by the Great Elder of the Wuji Sect, who is also Shuangshuang's father's master, when she was just one year old. This engagement is not a simple engagement but a kind of alliance.
Shuangshuang's fiancé, Liang Ziqian, is also a direct descendant of a big family, and his father is the direct disciple of an elder from the Bishui Sect, which is comparable to the Wuji Sect. In other words, Liang Ziqian's father's status is the same as Shuangshuang's father.
The Wuji Sect and Bishui Sect have always been keen to establish good relations, and in any world, the greatest sincerity in establishing such relations is through marriage alliances. Naturally, those selected for marriage alliances need to have sufficient status, and naturally, no one is willing to marry off their excellent direct descendants.
At such times, if these direct descendants have children, then those children become the best candidates for marriage alliances.
First, the child is the offspring of an Inner Sect direct line disciple, which grants them enough status, and being the child of such a disciple also certifies them as a member of the sect, thus qualifying them to represent the sect in alliances with other sects.
Of course, if when they grow up, their aptitude is just average, the girl marries into the boy's sect. If one has good aptitude and the other has poor aptitude, the one with poor aptitude marries into the better one's sect.
If both children have top-notch aptitude, then the engagement is essentially void, and the two sects will choose other candidates for the marriage alliance, as none of the sects would permit such excellent disciples to move away from their own sect.
Shuangshuang's aptitude is exceptional, and Liang Ziqian's aptitude is even more extraordinary. With such aptitude, neither sect would allow them to leave. It can be said that from the beginning, the engagement between Shuangshuang and Liang Ziqian was not possible to fulfill.
Initially, Shuangshuang was aware of this, so she never took the engagement seriously, focusing her efforts entirely on cultivation, waiting to enter the Wuji Sect at the age of fifteen.
Unexpectedly, when Shuangshuang turned thirteen, her fiancé Liang Ziqian came to Qingyun City with his family members for a grand auction, given that Tan Family was the family of Liang Ziqian's fiancée, the Liang Family naturally had to pay a visit.
Although the exceptional aptitude of the two children meant the marriage alliance was destined not to be fulfilled, it didn't prevent the two families from forming a good alliance through it. Shuangshuang and Liang Ziqian could not marry, but other younger members of the two families could freely intermarry.
The Liang Family's participation in the auction was merely a guise; their true intent was to first form a marriage alliance with the Tan Family, so they brought many outstanding young members with them.
The goal was to let their children interact with the Tan Family's children to see if any mutual affection could lead to marriage. Both families adored their younger generations and hoped they could find happiness and mate willingly, even in marriage alliances.
Because of this consideration, the Liang Family stayed as guests at the Tan Family for a full two years to give the younger members ample time to develop feelings to see if any matches could form.
In this world, people cultivate Spiritual Power, leading to a lengthy lifespan. As long as one is willing to practice diligently, living four or five hundred years is not an issue. With talent in cultivation, lifespan will naturally extend further as one's level increases, ultimately achieving immortality!
Given such long lives, staying as a guest in someone else's home for two years is not a big deal; it's just a short visit.
Because they wanted the children of the two families to get along, Shuangshuang and Liang Ziqian, as the leaders of the younger generations of the two families, had to take the lead in fostering good relations and set a good example, allowing others to integrate well.
Because Shuangshuang and Liang Ziqian both knew that despite the engagement, it could not last, their interactions lacked any ambiguity, treating their friendliness with each other as a task.