After dawn the next day , Zhan Shenwei went to his parents quarters .
Although he had his own quarters , he still had breakfast everyday with his parents.
The Clan Head mansion was located in the central area of Zhan Clan.
Before he entered , Zhan Shenwei ei saw a short chubby figure running towards him.
Seeing this Zhan Shenwei sighed , this short fatty was his little sister "xiaoyue".
" Big brother!", A short cute fatty with dimples and hair tied to pony tails jumped on him .
Looking at the giggling little girl in his hands , Shenwei could only smile.
This little girl probably used to seeing her older brother eat a lot , also stuffed herself with food.
She was only 7 years , yet she looked like a meatball , Zhan Shenwei could only hope she could curb her appetite.
Carrying the little fatty in his arms he entered the house.
The table was already set with large dishes , his Father sat on the main seat and his mother beside him.
After greeting his parents, he sat down on his sit with the little fatty still in his arms.
If he could , Zhan Shenwei wouldn't always want to come to his parents place for breakfast, but his mother insisted, that their family had at least breakfast together and subtly he enjoyed the time spent.
Zhan Shenwei ate much so there was always a lot of dishes prepared for him.
Every morning this little fatty would jump on him and refuse to go to her seat , and as he ate she would stuff her mouth with food till she couldn't eat again, emulating his appetite
He always felt a bit of guilt anytime he looked at the little fatty in his arms but as he saw the joy in her face as she ate , he couldn't bring himself to send her away.
And clearly, probably he was the only one bothered by her " roundness ", his parents indulged her.
" Wei'er , How do you feel about the betrothal ?" , His Mother asked.
Seeing the worry on his mother's face he replied " it's ok ", adding in jest " maybe I might find something in the imperial palace library that could help heal my meridians".
Zhan Shenwei's mother "Lin Ran" was a petite simple woman, he knew she was concerned about him going to the imperial city so he tried to ease her fears.
Although he could see she was still worried, she had calmed herself a bit.
His Father didn't say anything but he knew he was also concerned, if he could he would have rejected the imperial decree.
The imperial court was a very dangerous place , even a Crown Prince was killed .
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After breakfast, He was about to leave when his mother told him his Father was waiting for him in the study.
He was about to knock , when he heard a soft voice say " enter ".
In the study, his Father was sitted across a large luxurious mahogany table, in his hand was a old scroll he was reading.
Zhan Shenwei's father Zhan liang was a tall handsome burly man, his face carrying a stern look .
Zhan Shenwei stood and waited for him , after a while he looked up from the scroll.
" I heard about what you said in the Martial Pavilion"
Of course Zhan Shenwei was not surprised His Father "Zhan liang" knew about the little matter incident, if even the Clan Head didn't have access to information of the clan who would, especially one with his son involved.
He continued, " Although your meridians are crippled, there are all kind of wondrous rare treasures in the world, if you can find one it is possible to heal your meridians.
After saying so he threw a ring to Zhan Wei.
" You don't need to worry about being able to open the storage ring , I refined it with my blood so those of my bloodline can easily access it ".
Not able able to cultivate, Zhan Shenwei didn't have the spirit Qi needed to operate a storage ring, but a bloodline recognition bypassed this
Shenwei bowed his head and was about to
leave, when he heard his Father tell him
" Be careful in the Capital !"
As he walked to his quarters , Zhan Shenwei thought back to his father's word ," it looks like it's not that simple, my betrothal to the princess".
Still he had to go , although he was not interested in the marriage he was stuck in the first tier of his Primordial Chaos body cultivation, the Imperial capital was the city of the Emperor, he was sure he could get some of the resources needed to help him breakthrough.
And who could refuse the Emperor.
In his room , Zhan Shenwei inspected the ring in his hands,after dropping his blood on it, he felt a connection to the ring and could open it at will .
The ring had a small space of 10 meters and was filled with gold, spirit stones , food , clothing and other necessities.
Spirit stones was the currency used among cultivators , it contained spirit Qi and could be used to speed up cultivation.
People in the myriad human realms began cultivation by opening their spirit meridians and condensing a Qi sea in their daitian through the absorption of spirit Qi.
They could also be used in weapon refinement and formations and much more, Spirit Qi cultivation was the mainstream form of cultivation.
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In a carriage drawn by Raging blood horses, Zhan Shenwei was headed to the Capital.
Raging blood horses were exclusive to the barren wastelands, they had a huge robust figure and blood red eyes and they could run for days without being exhausted. Rugged and prestigious in the barren wastelands and beyond.
Apart from his personal maid " Qing'er" , he was accompanied by the Second Elder " Zhan Feng" , his daughter Zhan Xiaomei and a group of warriors .
This was the same Xiaomei that approached him in the Zhan Manor martial pavilion, Shenwei was a bit surprised when Zhan Xiaomei decided to accompany her father to follow him.
After leaving the barren wastelands, as they approached the capital, Zhan Shenwei could see grasslands,villages, towns and magnificent buildings.
Compared to the barren wastelands that was filled with jungles and mountains , the rest of the Great Xia empire was obviously more prosperous.
They stopped at a few towns to rest during the journey but most of their time was spent ridding nonstop to the Capital.
After so many days of travel , they finally got to the Imperial City. The journey was relatively harm free, aside wild beasts and bandits they had no obstructions.
Seeing the huge City in front of him , Zhan Shenwei couldn't help but feel astonished.
The Imperial City had tall vast walls that encompassed it around, with four entry gates at corners.
he could see soldiers on top of the wall , they all had weapons with them and carried a fierce cold aura.
The barren wastelands was north to the Imperial Capital, so they naturally approached the city from the northern gate.
When they were about about a 100 meters to the large gate, they were obstructed .
" Who goes there ?" , A soldier shouted from atop the city fence.
As he shouted , the rest sheathed their swords and pointed at them, clearly in hostility at a foreign intruder.
From afar, he could feel a terrifying pressure, it was as if they showed any misbehaviour , they would be slaughtered.
" As expected of the city of the Emperor" Zhan Shenwei looked around apart from the Second Elder and some strong members of his guards, the rest were shaken by this huge pressure.
In a way Shenwei was quite surprised, the Zhan clan was a main noble clan of the Xia empire, but thought situated at the barren wastelands was so far of the capital, those at the capital couldn't recognize the clan emblem on their carriages.
The Second Elder carried the imperial decree in his hands and flew approaching the gate at 50 meters from the entrance.
Hovering above the ground, he opened the imperial decree and shouted.
" By the order of His Majesty, My Zhan clan Young Master has been betrothed to the Princess , open the gates let us pass ".
After hearing him a soldier went to relay what he said to the commander.
Although news that the Princess had been betrothed to someone had spread, they were still surprised .
Unlike the barren wastelands that had harsh weather and constant war , the rest of Great Xia was relatively peaceful.
Looking at their garments and appearance , they simply looked like barbarians.
Was the person the Princess was betrothed to among this barbarians.
When the Commander heard, he quickly had someone relay the news to the capital before sending a soldier to verify the decree.
After confirming the decree, the gates were opened and they were allowed to enter .
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As they drove by the imperial city , Zhan Shenwei sighed.
Paved roads , huge beautiful buildings of all kinds and people all about , compared to the imperial city the towns they saw on the way looked far less impressive. The prosperity was incomparable.
The people all wore luxurious clothes and jewelry and all sorts of things were displayed.
They also received strange looks from people , from the clothes they wore, to the raging blood horses, things like that were not common in the capital.
The Commander himself personally escorted them to the Imperial palace.
The Imperial palace was in the center of the Capital, it had it's own walls and was heavily guided, the buildings were majestic and were made from all kinds of precious stones and gold, mountains, jade pavilions and spirit fields, extremely luxurious with a hint of immortal breadth around it
At the entrance a group of eunuchs were there to greet them and escorted them to their residence.
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In Purple Cloud Pavilion, news had already reached Xia Yunzi of their arrival.
And though she didn't show, she was nervous, after all she was going to get married to Zhan Shenwei.
Even if she didn't feel anything else per say, she was bound to have some curiosity towards her future companion.
She had already accepted but she still hoped for a good spouse.