630 First Appearance! (1/2)

Li Wuchen was dazed by Wang Baole's words. His eyes widened as he stared at Wang Baole in confusion, then looked at Zhou Mei. He realized that Zhou Mei was still imprisoned by a seal, so she had no way of replying to him.

Li Wuchen didn't recover from his shock for quite some time. Wang Baole stared at Li Wuchen's stunned look calmly and casually said, ”I had this friend. He was a terrible person who committed an act of disloyalty to his partner. The next day, he died.”

Li Wuchen gulped as soon as Wang Baole said that. It wasn't that he wasn't agreeable to the proposal, his earlier agitated reactions should have proven that, but everything had happened too quickly. He hadn't yet recovered from his shock and confusion. Now that things had unfolded in this manner, Li Wuchen wasn't going to hesitate any longer. He cupped his fists and bowed deeply towards Wang Baole.

”Yes, your humble disciple does!”

Wang Baole was extremely pleased with Li Wuchen addressing himself as his disciple. He lifted his right hand and pointed at Zhou Mei, freeing her from the seal. He asked her gently, ”Mei'er, are you agreeable to that?”

Zhou Mei blushed and lowered her head. Her voice was soft but clear.

”As the Dean commands.”

Wang Baole shook his head and smiled. He might have something to gain out of this successful matchmaking, but the happiness he felt from helping his disciple tie the knot was definitely greater than the satisfaction he got from the former.

”Fine, you can return. Wait for my news. As your senior, I will take care of the entire ceremony for you.” Wang Baole smiled and, with a wave of his hand, indicated that they could leave.

Li Wuchen finally understood what was going to happen and was overcome with excitement. He looked at Zhou Mei. The latter blushed and gazed back at him. The pair gazed at each other and saw their joy mirrored in each other's eyes.

”Thank you, Grand Supreme Elder!” Li Wuchen took a deep breath and bowed deeply. He did so with unprecedented happiness and respect. He had been won over and was beyond grateful to Wang Baole.

Zhou Mei took her leave as well, leaving together with him. Wang Baole sighed as he gazed at their retreating backs.

Li Wuchen might be kinda a pain in the a**, but he's got a good heart. I hope they will remain partners and share their lives forever. Wang Baole smiled, then indicated to the giant tree that he could leave as well.

There were no other people left in the halls except him. That was when Wang Baole sat down again. He began thinking about the union between Li Wuchen and Zhou Mei. The first thought he had was of Feng Qiuran's reaction to this matter.

Feng Qiuran is in no position to interfere… That is, unless she reveals Li Wuchen's true identity. Wang Baole realized then that this marriage was definitely going to take place. He pulled out his voice transmission and began making preparations. He also made use of the teleportation array formation and sought Li Xingwen's views on the matter.

The Federation treated Wang Baole's message with the utmost importance and discussed the matter repeatedly. Li Xingwen even contacted Zhou Mei's parents!

The Federation also sent over their plans detailing the next steps to take to assimilate the Federation with the Dao Palace to Wang Baole. The Federation was going to permit the Dao Palace to send thirty Dao Palace cultivators to the Federation for a cultural exchange. The level of cultivation for this first batch had to be below the Nascent Soul realm, and Li Wuchen was to lead the party. The Federation also hoped that the Dao Palace would bring a seed from the Hyacinthus Tree with them. It would be planted in the Federation and be seen as proof of their strong alliance.

After receiving the plans from the Federation, Wang Baole approached Sect Lord Xu, the giant tree, as well as Zhao Yameng to discuss this matter. Zhao Yameng didn't know whether to laugh or weep at Wang Baole's playing matchmaker, and she didn't comment much about it in the end.

The four of them discussed the Federation's proposal and gave their own opinions on the matter. Wang Baole also presented his own idea.

”Perhaps in the initial phase, we could first set up an alliance called the Dao Commonwealth. There will be two Great Holy Lands. The first is Earth, and it will be called the Federation Holy Land. The second is the ancient greenish-bronze sword, and it will be called the Vast Expanse Holy Land. The other stars would still be known as regions, and their jurisdiction would fall under the Dao Commonwealth.”

The proposal was still in its infancy. It was simply an idea that Wang Baole had formed with his experience as Grand Supreme Elder. After discussion with the others, they finally decided to send this proposal back to the Federation. The Federation's think tank would then determine its feasibility.

It wasn't possible to send voice transmissions between the Federation and the Dao Palace, so they could only exchange messages by sending communication jade slips via the teleportation array formation. That was why communications took seven days.

The proposed Dao Commonwealth caught the Federation's attention. The Federation had similar ideas, but they weren't yet ready to form a commonwealth. That was why the idea had remained as an idea for further discussion. As for the wedding between Li Wuchen and Zhou Mei, both Li Xingwen and Duan Muque had given their go ahead!