Chapter 1084 — The Yu Family Comes to Mind
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As things stood, the attitude of the hidden noble houses was ambiguous. They would neither say they would step forward nor say they would not, so Yu Shuixing could only devise his own measures for now. At the very least, at the coming Great Gathering, the Yu family must still stand as the foremost of the noble houses. It must hold the power of speech at the Gathering!
"Heh heh, Mr. Yu, I have good news to share with you. My granddaughter Shanshan has successfully broken through to peak late Yellow Stage strength — and not merely peak late Yellow Stage, but peak late Yellow Stage Great Perfection!" Song Xiangwen said with a pleased laugh.
Before the Great Gathering convened, every family would report its strength to the organizers. This was also to prepare for the seating arrangements at the Gathering! The stronger houses naturally sat in the higher places.
"Oh? Qiu Lingshan? She has already reached peak late Yellow Stage Great Perfection?" Yu Shuixing was slightly taken aback! He recalled that not long ago Song Xiangwen had told him Qiu Lingshan had only just broken through to late Yellow Stage. How much time had passed since then, that she had already attained peak late Yellow Stage Great Perfection?
Did that not put her just one step from early Mystic Stage? Yu Shuixing was astonished by Qiu Lingshan's advance in strength!
The young women of the other noble houses were all subjects of Yu Shuixing's attention! Not out of lust or any peculiar taste — he simply wished to find a girl of matching station for his son, a marriage alliance to shore up the Yu family's standing!
And Qiu Lingshan, Shen Yushu, Sun Jingyan, and Liu Jinghan were all candidates in Yu Shuixing's assessment! Not that these were the only girls in the other houses, but among those of an age with Yu Feng, only these few were suitable.
Of course, the first to be struck from Yu Shuixing's list was Shen Yushu! In the Yu family's eyes, the Chen family was all but finished! With Old Master Chen dead, Chen Yuxuan's middling strength was nowhere near enough to let the Chen family stand firm.
What was more, Shen Yushu was no cultivator at all, and had not a shred of value to exploit! In other words, taking her as a concubine for his son to toy with would be fine enough, but as a principal wife, absolutely not.
So the remaining candidates came down to Qiu Lingshan, Sun Jingyan, and Liu Jinghan!
Liu Jinghan had shown her talent for business, but according to the records, she too was no cultivator. The Liu family had risen through commerce and politics, and had no cultivators among them! So Liu Jinghan was likewise struck from Yu Shuixing's list.
That left Qiu Lingshan and Sun Jingyan! Both were true cultivators! Yet the two were vastly different from each other.
The Song family's arts were of the ordinary kind, yet they could assist in dual cultivation, enhancing a future husband's strength! The effect of dual cultivation, however, depended on the cultivator's constitution, and no two were alike.
The Sun family's arts, by contrast, were of the healing-support school. The Sun family's skills could mend wounds, and could also convert true qi for another's use!
Moreover, in terms of standing among the noble houses, the Sun family's was the more secure. Though the Suns were not skilled in attack, such support arts were much sought after. Which noble house would not want a walking hospital and a walking training chamber?
Marry Sun Jingyan, and she could aid Yu Feng in both cultivation and healing. Then even if Yu Feng, like Yu Kun, had his meridians shattered by an enemy, he could slowly recover under Sun Jingyan's care!
Though the recovery rate of the Sun family's first-tier arts was truly nothing to boast of, still, there was hope! This point stirred Yu Shuixing deeply!