Chapter 28 Urging marriage
It is unlikely that the Tiandou Empire would take the initiative to provoke a war because it knows it cannot win. Although it fought back against the provocation of the Xingluo Empire, its strength was not strong. After expelling the inbound Xingluo troops, they retreated.

The carriage was driving normally when a boy suddenly rushed out from the front and fell in front of the carriage with his body curled up.

Just when Di Hong thought that the other party was a scammer, a few ragged boys came out and beat him up.

"Hand over the meat pie quickly!"

The boy turned a deaf ear to him and guarded the cake in his arms tightly.

Upon seeing this, the guard driving the car quickly got out and drove them away.

"What are you doing? Go!"

Seeing someone coming, the people who were beating the boy fled in all directions.

Seeing that the boy lying on the ground was still there, the guard stepped forward and gently kicked him.

"Hey, don't lie here blocking the road. Go to the side."

However, the boy remained motionless, as if he had not heard anything.

"Hey, you're deaf."

Seeing this, the guards wanted to carry him aside, but were stopped by Di Hong.

"Wait a moment."

When Di Hong got off the carriage, the people around him saw that he was dressed in luxurious clothes and hurried away. They couldn't afford to offend these nobles, and his iconic red hair showed that he was a member of the royal family.

The guards saluted quickly.

Walking up to the boy, squatting down, Di Hong began to examine his body.

After checking, he found that the boy was covered with wounds, obviously he had been beaten a lot.

The reason why he didn't fight back was because he was protecting a meat pie in his arms, and now he has fainted.

He stood up, turned around and walked towards the carriage. When he reached the guard, he said calmly, "Take him to the carriage."

"Fourth Prince, he is just a commoner. What qualifications does he have to ride in the same carriage with you, especially when the king is also in the carriage." The guard said cautiously.

After hearing this, Di Hong just looked at him coldly and then walked into the carriage.

Not long after, the guard carried the boy onto the carriage, but he did not dare to put the boy into the carriage. He just put him next to him. Seeing this, Di Hong did not say anything. He just covered the boy with a cloak.

"My son is quite kind-hearted." Di Yuan said with a smile. He didn't care that much.

The people around were very envious when they saw the boy being taken away. He was beaten but was actually noticed and taken away. They heard clearly how the guard called the boy.

The prince of the kingdom.

After returning to the palace, Di Yang reported what had happened to Di Yuan.

Although it didn't take long for Di Hong to get the spirit ring and he returned in just one day, a lot of things happened at the border on that day.

"Father, the Xing Luo Empire has 400,000 soldiers stationed at the border, and they are ready to invade."

"Four hundred thousand, that's quite a lot."

Emperor Yuan was shocked, but quickly recovered. Four hundred thousand troops was no small number. The entire Silves Kingdom's army added up to only about 200,000. The Xing Luo Empire could defeat two Silves Kingdoms with one move.

Fortunately, their Kingdom of Silves is not in the border area. If they want to reach them, they must first destroy the Kingdom of Barak.

The Barak Kingdom is the first line of defense against the Xingluo Empire and the gateway to the Tiandou Empire.

Otherwise, his status in the empire would not be the highest among the kingdoms. Although these kingdoms are almost a country within a country, the empire still has control over them, but it has begun to gradually shrink. However, the Kingdom of Barak is different.

Apart from paying tribute, he was autonomous in everything else, and his military strength was the strongest among the four kingdoms.

The Silves Kingdom couldn't afford to offend them. They couldn't defeat them militarily, nor could they compete with them in terms of soul masters.

This is also why, when Xue Ye tried to win him over, he chose to stand on his side, because the offer was enough.

Giving his son a broken title and expecting him to take sides, how is that possible? I'm afraid it's just a dream. That kind of thing can only fool the common people, it's useless to him. Xue Ye promised to make the Kingdom of Silves and the Kingdom of Barak have the same status, which means that they will also become an independent kingdom completely, which is what he wants.

But all this has to wait until Xue Ye becomes emperor.

If he loses the competition, his promise will be in vain.

After the boy was brought back, Di Hong arranged for an auxiliary spirit master to treat him, and at the same time sent people to investigate whether his family was still alive.

It was obvious that the boy was not from the Kingdom of Silves and must have escaped across the border.

Judging from his clothes, he should be from a good family. The material of his clothes alone cost one gold soul coin.

After bringing the boy back, he ignored him and returned to his bedroom, where he prepared to practice.

However, as soon as I sat down, Shen Ning came.

Although he is not young anymore, the years have not left many traces on him. However, wrinkles can still be vaguely seen. After all, if he does not become a god, his lifespan is limited.

Especially for a Soul Saint-level soul master like Shen Ning, living to be a hundred years old is easy, but living for a few more decades is not so easy.

Di Yuan and Shen Ning are both in their seventies and almost eighty years old.

After Shen Ning came in, he sat there looking at Di Hong.

"Mother, what can I do for you?"

"Of course I have something to do. Besides, I'm your mother. Can't I come to see you if there's nothing to do?"

"No, no." Di Hong shook his head repeatedly.

Shen Ning went straight to the point and asked the maid to bring a few portraits.

When he opened one of the paintings, he saw a beautiful girl who looked about the same age as Di Hong.

"What are you doing?" Di Hong roughly guessed why his mother came.

Shen Ning said: "Look, her name is Sun Xin, she is the granddaughter of the Sun family in the city, she is the same age as you, but her talent is a little worse, her innate soul power is only level four."

"But she's pretty."

"Mother sees that you are not a child anymore, so she wants to find you a husband as soon as possible."

"Mother, I don't consider these things. Besides, I'm only twelve years old." Di Hongda was speechless. Although he didn't reject it, he really didn't consider these things, at least not now.

Shen Ning didn't care: "Oh, age doesn't matter. When your father and I got engaged, I was only eight years old."

"Your uncle got married at the age of sixteen."

"Besides, your mother will only live for a few decades. I want to have grandchildren and great-grandchildren soon."

Although soul masters generally get married and have children late, there are always some who get married early.

"You don't like this one, do you?" Shen Ning could see that her son had high standards. Although Sun Xin was pretty, she was not the prettiest, so he took her out first. She had prepared several portraits, and the more picturesque the ones in the later ones were, the more talented they were and the prettier they were.

Then she took another painting and unfolded it.

"This one is from the Wang family, her name is Wang Yan. She has a good talent. If she practices well, she may become a Soul Sage-level soul master in the future."

"Mother, go and arrange things for my eldest brother first. He hasn't even gotten married yet. And there's also my second brother."

"Please consider them and don't consider me for now."

After saying that, Di Hong fled from his bedroom like a flying bird.

He is only twelve years old, why is he being urged to get married? It doesn't make sense.

"Hey, this kid." Shen Ning was helpless, but she was not discouraged. Although her youngest son failed, she still had two sons.

Go find them.

(End of this chapter)