After having fed the avatar and doing so reading, Lin Wu teleported back to the Taiji Celestial's Tomb.
Back there, he had several tasks waiting or him such as the many etings that had been pending for a year.
"Oh? Two of them are here already? Looks like they really rushed." Lin Wu could see the updates on the system window. "Send them in," he said to his subordinates.
A few minutes later a man and a woman ca to see Lin Wu. He had never t them before and thus his appearance was quite imposing to them. Thankfully, the two seed to have been prepared beforehand and didn't make any awkward mistakes.
They were mbers of a rchant group from the north and were here to discuss so collaborative terms with Lin Wu.
This had beco a norm now and everyone wanted to have deals with the Millennium Forest Kingdom. In fact, any business that didn't have a connection to the Millennium forest kingdom, whether it be direct or indirect was considered low ranked now.
Kai Li had started it originally and spread the na of the Millennium Forest kingdom. Now everyone wanted a piece of the pie, even if they only got so crumbs.
Lin Wu didn't turn them away either as it helped spread his influence further. Plus, it acted like a soft pressure on the powers of the kingdoms, making them know that he was still present and 'active'.
No matter what world it was, leaders of any kind of organization, whether it be a business or political needed to interact with the others. They needed to make their presence known as that would help maintain their image.
This was exactly what Lin Wu was doing and did so for the coming week as more and more people ca to et him.
It turned out to be a total of twenty three parties that wanted to discuss various matters with him. And out of the twenty three, only two were sent back dejected as Lin Wu did not accept what they had co to ask.
It was also a matter that left him a bit too confused.
"They want marriage alliances?!" Cang Ci exclaid.
"What exactly was its context?" The Eraldine Sky Light Monk ape asked.
The two of them had co to see Lin Wu after the conclusion of all etings and were dropped this piece of news.
"Yes… which is strange." Lin Wu replied.
"Who wanted that?" The Eraldine Sky Light Monk ape questioned.
"The Wide Crag Kingdom and the Duke of Steel Frost Island." Lin Wu answered.
"Huh… The Wide Crag Kingdom is one of the smaller coastal kingdoms of the north, but it still makes sense. But the Steel Frost Island… isn't that a lake island?" The Eraldine Sky Light Monk ape recognized.
"That's right." Lin Wu nodded his head.
Both of these powers were quite small compared to all the others that Lin Wu had t so far. But despite that, they were the first ones to give a proposition like this first.
After all, for sothing like a marriage alliance the ones who should have contacted first should be soone from the top sects or the bigger kingdoms. It seed unusual for smaller powers like these to et Lin Wu about this, especially after knowing his power.
Lin Wu looked at the map and also so information that the system had about them.
The Wide Crag Kingdom was as the Eraldine Sky Light Monk ape had said and was one of the coastal kingdoms of the north. It was small, and didn't have much share in the powers of the continent.
They didn't have as much wealth either and their main business was fishery. But even that was limited since there were plenty of beasts in the ocean reducing the amount of catch they could get.
Then there wast the Steel Frost Island.
This was a peculiar existence since the area around the island wasn't exactly under the rule of any kingdom. It was simply too distant for that and the one ruling was a duke. It was even smaller in influence than the Wide Crag Kingdom.
Though what was special about it was the fact that the Steel Frost Island was located in a large salt-water lake. This lake was located at the northeastern tip of the Long Continent and to reach it, one needed to cross a long and narrow mountain range.
This was also the reason why there hadn't been any attempt by the kingdoms or other powers to expand there.
Though these two powers did have sothing in common, both of them could be considered northern powers and had co to et Lin Wu together as well.
"What kind of marriage alliance did they propose, Master?" Cang Ci wondered.
She knew that no one would be proposing an alliance with Lin Wu as the suitor, thus it must have been soone else that they were intending it to be for. But even then, it seed a bit strange as the Millennium Forest Kingdom was a kingdom of beasts.
While there were human mbers in it, there was no need to propose a marriage alliance like this officially for that.
"They wish for to adopt either of their children." Lin Wu replied.
"Huh? How's that a marriage alliance, then?" Cang Ci was doubtful.
"That's just the half of it. First, they want to adopt one of their children and then get them married to either party." Lin Wu revealed.
"So… the Wide Crag Kingdom and the Steel Frost Island want an marriage alliance between them… but they want you to be the parent?" Cang Ci found it to be too convoluted.
"Exactly." Lin Wu confird.
This was a strange situation for him, as he wasn't even angry about his ti being wasted. He was simply… baffled.
"Hmm… for them to do sothing like this would be too audacious. Did they offer sothing in exchange?" the Eraldine Sky Light Monk ape could think a bit further.
"They sure did… their land and themselves."
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