Douluo Continent has a system, but I don't want to use it.

Chapter 135 The Silver Dragon King Wants to Establish a Marital Relationship

The next day, Fang Tian met with the Silver Dragon King. This time, there was no need for formalities. They had known each other for a long time, and daily pleasantries were unnecessary.

The Silver Dragon King was the one who spoke first in this negotiation.

"Your Excellency Fang Tian, ​​I thought about it carefully after I got back yesterday. Most of our disagreements stem from a lack of complete trust between us. We're both afraid of being betrayed by the other. So I came up with an idea yesterday."

"Oh! What brilliant idea has Your Excellency the Silver Dragon King come up with?" Fang Tian asked in surprise.

Fang Tian was somewhat looking forward to the Silver Dragon King's idea.

"The reason we can't reach an agreement is because we don't trust each other, so let's build a relationship of trust," the Silver Dragon King offered his answer based on his simple and direct thinking.

"Building trust isn't easy. It takes a long time to get to know each other," Fang Tian explained to the Silver Dragon King.

After all, the Silver Dragon King had never been to human society, and among spirit beasts, the only thing that mattered was who had the bigger fist. It was perfectly normal for the Silver Dragon King not to understand these things.

"While I was inquiring about you recently, I discovered that human couples seem to share both honor and disgrace. It's a very strong and mutually trusting relationship. We can establish a marital relationship based on mutual trust." The Silver Dragon King dropped a bombshell on Fang Tian.

"What...what did you say? Establish a marital relationship? Are you misunderstanding something? A marital relationship is established after two people trust each other, not the other way around. Don't get the cause and effect backwards."

Fang Tian felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Logically speaking, the Silver Dragon King should not have made such a low-level mistake.

"Your Excellency Silver Dragon King, how exactly do you understand human social relationships?" Fang Tian guessed that the problem might lie in the Silver Dragon King's way of understanding.

"I learned about it from a book! I saw a book called 'Harmonious Relationship Between Husband and Wife,' which details the relationship of mutual trust between husband and wife. That's why I thought of this method to build a better relationship with my husband yesterday." The Silver Dragon King realized he had made a fool of himself and his face turned slightly red.

"Your Excellency Silver Dragon King, you should carefully select the books you read from humans in the future. Don't read those random, miscellaneous books; they're a complete waste of time," Fang Tian advised helplessly.

"Actually, I don't think it's a big deal. Whether it's building a marital relationship after trust is established, or building a marital relationship and then gaining mutual trust, the point is that a marital relationship is based on mutual trust, right?" The Silver Dragon King seemed to have a different understanding.

"That's one way to put it. It's possible that two people who didn't have ulterior motives got married." Fang Tian sensed something was wrong as he spoke.

"You've come to form an alliance with me, so you're not someone with ulterior motives, are you?" the Silver Dragon King asked, looking into Fang Tian's eyes.

"Well... of course not. I came here with the utmost sincerity." What else could Fang Tian say when faced with such a question?

"After spending these past few days together, we should understand each other. We both hope that humans and spirit beasts can live in peace, especially the strongest humans and spirit beasts of their respective races. I once read in a book that marriage can strengthen the relationship between the two sides."

The Silver Dragon King spoke more and more fluently, seemingly determined to marry Fang Tian.

As Fang Tian listened to the Silver Dragon King's long-winded speech, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.

"The strongest members of the two races forming a marriage and having children in the future will become an opportunity for the relationship between the two races to advance further. Therefore, I think it would be very beneficial for the two of us to form a marriage."

The Silver Dragon King was now certain of his thoughts and had lost his initial shyness. Besides, spirit beasts didn't seem to have much of a sense of shyness. The Silver Dragon King's shyness must have come from reading human books.

At this point, Fang Tian was completely stuck. In fact, Fang Tian also agreed with the Silver Dragon King's statement to some extent.

Throughout history, marriage alliances have been commonplace on Earth. The reason they persist is because they are genuinely effective. If they weren't, they would have been eliminated long ago.

The intricate networks of relationships within wealthy and powerful families are largely built through generations of intermarriage.

Rationally speaking, Fang Tian should agree to the Silver Dragon King's proposal. However, the mental hurdle is not so easy to overcome.

Furthermore, Qiu Fengyan's hurdle is even more difficult; a marriage alliance between two clans cannot be kept secret. If a fight doesn't break out, Fang Tian will be doing his business upside down.

"Heh, forming a marital relationship certainly has many advantages. However, in the minds of soul beasts, there is no concept of mutual trust between spouses. How can you expect me to believe your sincerity?"

Fang Tian didn't want to agree to the Silver Dragon King's suggestion, but he couldn't just back down like that, could he? So he could only look for the reason within the Silver Dragon King himself.

Although the two had spent some time together, it was not enough time to build the kind of trust that allows them to entrust their backs to each other.

"We've known each other for a while now, so you should understand my character and personality. Shouldn't we trust each other? Just like how I felt you were someone I could trust based on your actions among humans," the Silver Dragon King asked, puzzled.

"Hehe, Silver Dragon King, you're thinking too simply. But you soul beasts have always respected the strong and don't care much about trust, which I can understand. Do you know that my wife Qiu Fengyan and I spent several years together before we established our marital relationship?" Fang Tian explained to the Silver Dragon King.

"Oh! How long did it take for Lord Fangtian and your wife to establish a marital relationship?" The Silver Dragon King was a little disappointed after hearing Fangtian's explanation, but he was quite curious about how long it took for Fangtian and his wife to establish a relationship.

"Heh, you're really curious about this? My wife, Qiu Fengyan, and I met when we were thirteen, and I was already thirty-two when we married. We were together for a full nineteen years before we became husband and wife. And how long have we even known each other?"

Fang Tian smiled and said something that didn't seem like a long time to the Silver Dragon King.

"We can build a marital relationship first, and then build mutual trust! It won't take long anyway. It's only about twenty years! It'll be over in the blink of an eye. By then, our trust will be very strong."

Undeterred, the Silver Dragon King still wanted to establish what she considered a relationship of trust with Fang Tian.

"It's over in the blink of an eye?" Fang Tian suddenly realized that the concept of time of soul beasts was different from that of humans. A human's life is only a short hundred years, while a soul beast's life can be thousands or tens of thousands of years.

For a soul beast, twenty years is a very short time. Especially for a powerful being like the Silver Dragon King, who has reached the god level, it might pass in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)