Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

After having fed the avatar and doing some reading, Lin Wu teleported back to the Taiji Celestial's Tomb.

Back there, he had several tasks waiting or him such as the many meetings 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 came to see Lin Wu. He had never met them before and thus his appearance was quite imposing to them. Thankfully, the two seemed to have been prepared beforehand and didn't make any awkward mistakes.

They were members of a merchant group from the north and were here to discuss some collaborative terms with Lin Wu.

This had become 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 name of the Millennium Forest kingdom. Now everyone wanted a piece of the pie, even if they only got some 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 came to meet 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 come to ask.

It was also a matter that left him a bit too confused.

"They want marriage alliances?!" Cang Ci exclaimed.

"What exactly was its context?" The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape asked.

The two of them had come to see Lin Wu after the conclusion of all meetings and were dropped this piece of news.

"Yes… which is strange." Lin Wu replied.

"Who wanted that?" The Emeraldine 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 Emeraldine 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 met so far. But despite that, they were the first ones to give a proposition like this first.

After all, for something like a marriage alliance the ones who should have contacted first should be someone from the top sects or the bigger kingdoms. It seemed unusual for smaller powers like these to meet Lin Wu about this, especially after knowing his power.

Lin Wu looked at the map and also some information that the system had about them.

The Wide Crag Kingdom was as the Emeraldine 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 something in common, both of them could be considered northern powers and had come to meet 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 someone else that they were intending it to be for. But even then, it seemed a bit strange as the Millennium Forest Kingdom was a kingdom of beasts.

​ While there were human members in it, there was no need to propose a marriage alliance like this officially for that.

"They wish for me 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 me 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 confirmed.

This was a strange situation for him, as he wasn't even angry about his time being wasted. He was simply… baffled.

"Hmm… for them to do something like this would be too audacious. Did they offer something in exchange?" the Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape could think a bit further.

"They sure did… their land and themselves."