While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

Secretary Molly had been with Zhou Ruoxi for two or three years and was also the wife of her own brother. She had given birth to three extremely talented children for the Zhou family. They trusted each other, but unexpectedly, she was betrayed by her in the end.

In this world, there are still people willing to sacrifice everything for their beliefs.

Grandmaster Ye Jian and his wife have been dead for eighteen years, yet they still influence the entire planet Earth.

"You're so frank, don't you think about your child at all?"

"The child is protected by the Zhou family, so he will be fine."

"You've really ruined me. Once you take the Ghost Brain Potion, you have to get pregnant to undo the effects. I've treated you well all these years, so why did you have to hurt me?"

"Ruoxi, this isn't about harming you, it's about helping you."

"help me?"

"That's right. With your talent, it would be a waste if you didn't get married. Water is the source of life, an essential ability for conquering the universe in the future."

"Whom I marry, if I choose to form a political alliance, the Queen and my father might really fall out."

"So, now is the time for you to make a choice."

"What's the choice? Besides the Zhao family, who else is there to choose from?"

"The Chosen One".

"Who?"

"Yang Ding".

"..."

Zhou Ruoxi was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out.

Can you believe that a loser with a background in sow care is the chosen one?

"You want to kill him, don't you? Yang Ding is just someone the Queen used to disgust my father. My father has wanted to kill him for a long time and has been holding back. He even dared to touch his daughter, which is tantamount to declaring war."

"Yes, that's why the Queen doesn't dare to use the marriage system to force it; this is a good opportunity."

"What's so good about it?"

"The poison was administered by Huang Aqing, who was acting on Qin Xiangyu's orders. If you take the opportunity to give yourself to Yang Ding and get pregnant with his child, you can not only achieve the Queen's goal, but also accuse your illegitimate children. Your father might kill them both in a fit of rage."

This is practically licking blood off a knife's edge. By getting pregnant, she disgusts her father, and he might just kill Yang Ding in a fit of rage.

"Why should I help the Queen fight against her own family?"

"Because you have no choice. Only Yang Ding can save Blue Star. If he dies, the entire Blue Star will be hopeless. How can your Zhou family survive?"

"What exactly are his abilities? Yang Ding hasn't even awakened his martial arts."

"All awakened beings in the universe have flaws, but Yang Ding only needs to gather the power of the eight elemental masters to awaken the ninth element."

"What?"

Zhou Ruoxi was shocked once again.

"Yang Ding is the Ninth Element? What exactly is the Ninth Element? What abilities does it possess?"

"All I know is that the Ninth Element can crush all Grandmasters. For more information, you'll have to ask the Queen yourself at the Princess's coming-of-age ceremony at the end of the year. I don't know either."

"Crushing a Grandmaster?"

"Yes, the Queen herself said that as long as Yang Ding succeeds, the four city lords will have to obediently accept the new marriage system and lead the 700 million people of Blue Star to awaken and conquer the universe."

Zhou Ruoxi could only shake her head and smile bitterly.

"You're so optimistic. If I get pregnant with his child, will I even live to see the end of the year?"

"Our human race has been marked as prey by the alien race. To survive is already a matter of life and death. It's probably useless. Have a child with Yang Ding, Governor."

In the past, this secretary listened to Zhou Ruoxi's every word.

Now every word she speaks is so firm.

"So, the Queen has left the decision-making power to me?"

"That's right, you must choose between Zhao Zekai and Yang Ding to have a child."

Zhou Ruoxi leaned back on the sofa, feeling extremely distressed.

Neither of these two men is her ideal husband.

But when she talked about these two people, the first person that popped into her mind was Yang Ding.

Because of the Queen, Ye Ke, Ye Rou, Fang Jing, Mo Li, and even Qin Xiangyu of Poison Sting, almost everyone is pushing her towards Yang Ding.

Zhou Ruoxi did not make things difficult for Molly; she was also a supporter of Ye Rou's mother's ideas.

In the evening, Zhou Ruoxi, who had planned to rest in the instructors' building, was called back home for dinner by her mother, who said that Zhao Zekai and Grandpa Zhao were coming over for dinner that night.

"Isn't Grandpa Zhao in seclusion refining elixirs? And isn't my dad not receiving visitors? Why are they suddenly having a gathering?"

"For your marriage to Zekai."

"Mom, Zhao Zekai has a wife. I'll go and be his mistress."

"He can adjust things. He can make you his first wife. These days, there's no such thing as 'first wife' or 'second wife.' It all comes down to ability and the strength of your family."

"Zhao Zekai is the grandson of the Zhao family, and I am the daughter of the Zhou family. He is a generation younger than me."

"What do you mean 'little'? You and he are cousins."

The marriage alliances among the five families of Jiangling have created a chaotic mess of relationships, with the generations already out of order.

"Tonight is both a marriage alliance and a declaration from Old Master Zhao, so hurry back and don't let your father get angry."

Zhou Ruoxi understood that her father knew she had been poisoned by the Queen of Ghosts' fertility potion and was forcing her to have a child as soon as possible to comply.

As the most talented daughter in the Zhou family, Zhou Ruoxi has the best chance of becoming a Grandmaster of Water Element.

The old man certainly didn't want her to marry an outsider or be subdued by the queen.

"Okay, okay."

Sitting in the aircraft, the agitated Zhou Ruoxi couldn't stop thinking about Yang Ding.

"What's going on? Why am I thinking about him? Have I been brainwashed?"

There is hardly any greenery in the entire city of Jiangling, except for one park, where the Zhou family's buildings are located.

Because of the large family and numerous children, the property not only has hundreds of villas, but also various recreational and sports training facilities.

After having three children, you can be allocated a detached villa.

Dozens of dormitory buildings for law enforcement officers were built around the park, so even if Jiangling City fell, the Zhou family descendants would have enough time to evacuate.

Zhou Ruoxi's aircraft landed on the roof of her own villa.

She was the youngest daughter of the first wife, the seventh among the daughters of the main wife, and lived in her mother's private courtyard, number 2.

Tonight's family dinner is also being held here. Mom is in the kitchen directing the cooks, and my ten sisters-in-law have also arrived with their children.

Her three older brothers all hold important positions in the Northern Army and have won over a million high-ranking soldiers who served in Jiangling City in the past.

Ye Ke's hunting team was under the command of his third brother.

The Zhou family's influence extends beyond Jiangling City; their reach has already extended to the Northern Border Army.

The same applies to other city-states, which is why the queen's decrees are difficult to implement.

If we dare to use force, it will be a lose-lose situation; we will all die together.

Molly played "Eagle Catches Chicks" with the children on the lawn, very calmly, seemingly convinced that Zhou Ruoxi would not betray her.

Zhou Ruoxi's mother is an SSS-level water-type ability user and also participated in the Cataclysmic War.

"Your father is playing chess with Grandpa Zhao in the study. Go upstairs."

Zhou Ruoxi didn't like her family's mansion; it was too oppressive.

She still preferred living in that small room in the instructors' building, where she could relax and enjoy herself all by herself.

She went up to the study on the third floor, knocked on the door, and said, "Dad, I'm home."

A deep male voice came from inside.

"Come in."

Zhou Ruoxi pushed open the door and entered. Two energetic middle-aged men were staring at the chessboard, deep in thought.

Judging from their appearance, they are no more than forty years old. With the cultivation level of a Grandmaster, they can freeze their age for a hundred years and live to be over two hundred years old.