"Third Brother, I don't agree with this. It would be fine if Changsong didn't know, but don't forget that the assassin from Black Star Castle was traveling with Changsong's supply team at the time."
"If you say Chang Song doesn't know about this, I'll be the first one to not believe it!"
Bai Songjie was so excited that he even pounded the table. Although the second son of the Bai family was not very powerful, he was already middle-aged, but only had a rank of 3.
However, it is still possible to smash a table.
The people below were also talking about it, and all of them disagreed with Bai Shengjie rescuing the people in Bai Lijie's room.
Bai Yinglan and Bai Wuji were listening in the corner. They quickly exchanged glances. Bai Wuji raised the corner of his mouth, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. He shook his head slightly at Bai Yinglan.
"quiet."
An elder of the Bai family stood up and said, "Everyone, please be patient and listen to what the head of the family has to say. I believe that every decision the head of the family makes is beneficial to the family."
Under the leadership of this elder, the meeting hall finally quieted down. Bai Shengjie nodded slightly to the elder and said, "Since everyone disagrees, let's just leave it at that."
In one sentence, the future of Bai Lijie's family was decided. If the Bai family did not intervene, Bai Lijie, his son, adopted daughter, and all the people involved would be executed or exiled.
The fortress would never let off those who collaborated with the enemy easily. In fact, even if Bai Shengjie went to many places, at most, he could save the lives of those people, but the punishment of exile was inevitable.
Bai Shengjie cleared his throat and said, "Next, I want to announce something."
Everyone waited eagerly, and then heard Bai Shengjie say, "I want to choose a spouse for Yinglan."
The meeting hall was in an uproar.
Bai Yinglan is actually the daughter of Bai Shengjie. Although she doesn't have the luck of Bai Wuji and a special physique, her talent is also amazing. At the young age of 18, she is already a Level 4 Ascender.
With her beautiful appearance and heroic spirit, she has many suitors in the upper class of the fortress. Now that Bai Shengjie has become the head of the Bai family, Bai Yinglan's identity has naturally become more sensitive and important.
Now Bai Shengjie wants to choose a spouse for her. Obviously, he wants to use this incident to win over local heroes, to strengthen the reputation of the Bai family, and to make up for the impact brought about by the Bai Lijie incident!
Thinking of this, everyone asked which young master was so lucky to be favored by Bai Shengjie. But no one cared whether Bai Yinglan accepted this decision.
In the corner, Bai Yinglan's face showed no sadness or joy, as if what everyone was discussing had nothing to do with her.
Bai Wuji beside him said softly: "Little sister, if you don't want to, just tell me and I will find a way for you."
Bai Yinglan smiled: "I know, brother. But I know that Dad won't just pick someone for me to marry. The one he arranges must be the best."
Bai Wuji sighed softly, nodded, and said no more.
After everyone's excitement had passed, Bai Shengjie looked at everyone in the council hall with a smile: "You will definitely be surprised by this person, and may even strongly oppose him. But I can bet my position as the head of this family to tell you that if Ying Lan is paired with him, our Bai family will have a hundred years of prosperity. It is not impossible for it to surpass the Yun family in the future."
Bai Lijie asked curiously, "Third brother, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us which one it is."
"Yes, who on earth has such great power that can make our Bai family prosperous for a hundred years and have the hope of surpassing the Yun family?"
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Shengjie did not answer immediately, but looked at his daughter deeply before tapping lightly on the table.
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An interface was activated on the desktop. Bai Shengjie clicked on the interface, and the projection ball above the council hall lit up, emitting thousands of rays of light that quickly intertwined to form a holographic picture.
When they saw the person in the picture clearly, Bai Yinglan and Bai Wuji were both slightly shocked, and they both whispered, "Is it him?"
Bai Lijie and the elders were even more confused. The picture showed a young man who seemed to be younger than Bai Yinglan. His hair was silver and he had an extraordinary temperament. If one only looked at his appearance, he would be a good match for Bai Yinglan. But no one knew him, which was a big problem.
People like Bai Lijie are very familiar with the upper class of the fortress. They know which family has which outstanding figures.
But now, they don’t even know this young man, so there are only two possibilities.
First, this young man is not from the Skyfort, so I don’t recognize him.
Second, this person is unknown and may not even have a family, so no one knows him.
Bai Lijie was the first to ask: "Third brother, what is this?"
Bai Shengjie smiled and said, "His name is Tianyang. He is only 17 years old this year, a few months younger than Yinglan. According to the information currently known, his combat power is rank 3, and he is a member of the Night Walker Raven Squadron."
"Old Three, you are not kidding!"
Bai Lijie was the first one to get upset and exploded: "He doesn't even have a surname, which means he doesn't belong to any family."
"It doesn't matter that he's younger than Yinglan, but he's just a team member, not even the captain. I don't understand why you like him? If you were interested in the young chief of staff of Night Walker, I would think it makes sense, but you are interested in an unknown boy?"
The elders also spoke up: "Master, should we consider this matter in the long run?"
"How can a nameless boy be worthy of our Yinglan?"
For a moment, there were many different opinions in the meeting hall, and basically no one supported Bai Shengjie's almost absurd decision.
Bai Shengjie looked calm, as if he had expected this reaction from everyone. After they had finished speaking, Bai Shengjie raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet.
"I just said that you will object. Here, I can reveal a piece of information. It only took this boy half a year to awaken to become an ascender and reach the current level 3."
"You might as well ask yourselves, how long did it take you to be promoted to Rank 3? Isn't this enough to prove his potential and talent?"
Bai Lijie suddenly realized, "Third Brother, what you mean is that this little guy has great potential and may become a high-ranking person, so we have to invest in advance?"
Bai Shengjie said happily: "Yes, looking at all the talented young people in Qingtian Castle, apart from Wuji from our family and Yunfeng from the Yun family. If I am not mistaken, the one with the greatest potential next time is this boy."
"I might as well reveal another piece of information. This young man currently has two sublimation nodes. As long as his luck is not too bad, it is very likely that he will be the third person in the young generation of the fortress to have a special physique!"
If the potential mentioned by Bai Shengjie before was just a general concept, then now, the two sublimation nodes are strong proof.
This proves that the young man in the picture does have great potential to become a high-ranking professional!
Job Level 3 already has two nodes, which is exactly like what Bai Shengjie said. Unless he is extremely unlucky, there will always be a chance to awaken another sublimation node when he is promoted next time.
In that case, there will be a third person with a special physique in the new generation of the fortress.
With his special physique, it was basically certain that he could grow to at least level 7. That was already the top combat power level of Skyfort.
It is no exaggeration to say that the value of such a person is comparable to that of a large family.
If the Bai family can get such a good son-in-law, they will prosper for a hundred years without a problem!
Hearing this, those who originally opposed now changed their tune and praised Bai Shengjie for his unique vision. Bai Songjie also nodded repeatedly. If this young man has such great potential, it is better to strike first.
Otherwise, when he grows up, not only will other families extend olive branches to him, but even the young man himself may not be so easy to win over.
Now, with the strength of the Bai family, how could a small member of the Night Walker resist this temptation? Moreover, Bai Yinglan was the best choice among all the rich ladies in terms of both appearance and strength.
There was even less reason for this young man to refuse.
The matter was settled. Bai Shengjie asked his second brother to take charge and use any resources to arrange a meeting with Tianyang as soon as possible, to create opportunities for him and Bai Yinglan to get along, to try to warm up their relationship in a short period of time, and to finalize the marriage within a year.
After discussing several important issues, Bai Shengjie announced the end of the meeting.
People left one after another, and finally, only Bai Shengjie and his daughter were left in the meeting hall.
Bai Wuji, who left last, closed the door gently so that the father and daughter could chat quietly.
Looking at his beloved daughter, Bai Shengjie said softly, "Yinglan, you won't object to my decision, right?"
Bai Yinglan said calmly: "Will my opposition have any effect? I originally thought that if I fought for the family like a man, I could at least retain a little freedom. It seems that there is no difference between me and Que'er."
Bai Shengjie sighed, "If it were in the past, I would never have made this decision. But now, I am the head of the family, and our Bai family has recently been involved in collusion with the enemy. So many things can no longer be considered with the same perspective as before."
Patting his daughter's shoulder gently, Bai Shengjie stood at the window with his hands behind his back and said, "But you can trust my judgment. This boy named Tianyang is definitely worthy of you. The basis for this is not just the evidence from the meeting just now."
"I have some other information, but it cannot be made public. I can only say that this boy is extremely talented, and his future achievements will definitely not be just what I predicted just now."
"Besides, the Yun family might regret the engagement because of him. That's why I'm in a hurry to announce this matter, in order to take him down before the Yun family does."
"However, this requires your cooperation."
Bai Yinglan closed his eyes and said, "Dad, this will make it very difficult for me to do this."
Bai Shengjie said in a deep voice: "I am the same. I heard this news from the Yun family. If Brother Yun Yuan knew that I was planning this, he would definitely look down on me, and the friendship between our two families would be damaged. But..."
"For the sake of my family, even if it is shameful, I will accept it."
Bai Yinglan looked at her father and found that there seemed to be a little more frost on his temples. With a pain in her heart, this heroic woman finally said softly, "I know what to do."