Seeing Dongfang Mian's face instantly fall, assuming she was dissatisfied, the Fifth Elder, feigning self-sacrifice, said, "Fine, I am the Fifth Uncle of the Patriarch, of extremely high seniority. Even the Patriarch has to respectfully address me as Fifth Uncle. In that case, I will choose a day to formally propose marriage and welcome you into my family. That way, you will be the highest-ranking person after the Ancestor..."
Before he could finish speaking, a chaise longue fell from the sky, smashing half of the wall next to the Fifth Elder.
Seeing that Yan Lin, A Ju, and A Hua behind Dongfang Mian were all red-eyed and ready to fight him, the Fifth Elder suddenly had a bad feeling and hurriedly said, "I have to go back to handle some business. You can send someone to inform me when you've thought it through."
After the Fifth Elder left, Dongfang Mian sat in her chair and seemed to think of something funny, chuckling to herself.
"Ah Mian, are you possessed? You wouldn't actually have fallen for that old man, would you?" Ah Ju asked worriedly.
"I've decided to stop searching for the artifact fragments. Let's leave the Immortal Realm now," Yan Lin suddenly said.
Dongfang Mian came to her senses and looked at him, "...You don't think I've fallen for that old man too, do you? Are you guys crazy? What kind of monsters haven't I seen that I could fall for an old man..."
Sometimes, Dongfang Mian couldn't help but admire the imagination of the guys around her.
It took a lot of persuasion to calm these three hot-tempered guys down.
Dongfang Mian said, "Aju, three days later, you go to the Ren family first, and then to the Meng family. We'll do it like this..."
At first, Aju frowned, but the more she listened, the more her eyes crinkled into a smile, and finally she said, "Amian, you understand me best."
Three days later, Aju secretly went to the Ren and Meng families and quickly brought back replies from both families.
Dongfang Mian smiled slightly, "I'm really looking forward to seeing what they bring."
Two days later, while Dongfang Mian and the others were chatting in the room, the second elder of the Ren family arrived with a pile of things. Looking at Dongfang Mian, he said enthusiastically, "I knew who could resist the charm of our young master. Here are our Ren family's betrothal gifts. See if you are satisfied."
Dongfang Mian waved her hand and said, "Don't rush, everyone isn't here yet."
"Who else..." the Second Elder was about to ask when a familiar figure walked in from outside.
"What are you doing here?" the Second Elder asked coldly upon seeing the Fifth Elder of the Meng family.
"Me? I've come to see what tricks the Ren family is up to behind our backs," the Fifth Elder said mercilessly.
"He's sick," the Second Elder muttered under his breath, then ignored him and urged Dongfang Mian to accept the betrothal gifts.
"Oh my, the prestigious Ren family offers such a scumbag as a betrothal gift to their young master. It's disgusting," the Fifth Elder said, peeking out.
Then, under the Second Elder's impatient gaze, he took out a betrothal gift that was far more valuable than that of the Ren family and said, "This is my betrothal gift, take a look."
"Whose betrothal are you representing?" the Second Elder asked, frowning.
Cultivators don't care much about marriage. Apart from childhood sweethearts, the two people in a family arranged marriage usually have no feelings for each other and it's just for show. So, for the Ren family, Dongfang Mian's alchemy methods might not be inferior to those of a young master from the Meng family.
After all, this wasn't the first time the Ren and Meng families had formed a marriage alliance, but it wouldn't be easy to completely unite and rule the Immortal Realm. Therefore, the Ren family was willing to sacrifice the marriage alliance with the Meng family rather than let go of Dongfang Mian.
The Second Elder could naturally guess the Fifth Elder's purpose, but he couldn't think of any male disciple in the Meng family who could compare to Ren Qingyun.
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