Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 1686 Loss Outweighed Gain

The other major reason why the seven fiefs decided to send their representatives this time was tocheck if there was a possibility of allying with the other fiefs through marriages, just like what theGhost Fief and the Flower Fief had done. However, all of them knew that this was not an easyarrangement. If one of the Godly Geniuses betrayed the other after getting married, there would beterrible losses that would outweigh the gain. In fact, this kind of situation already happened in thepast. It was known that the Genie Fief would use their Godly Geniuses to entice the other GodlyGeniuses to pledge allegiance to them. Because of this, the other fiefs who had already fallen victimto this scheme before had been very careful in considering this strategy.

If this had always brought a smooth alliance between fiefs, they would obviously try every meansjust to pull it off.

"Dear guests, the engagement ceremony is about to begin. Please enjoy yourself in the meantime!"Noticing that the appointed time was nearing, Gilbert already made the announcement.Meanwhile, in the Fragrance Palace, Valeria was still sitting at a table, staring at her red dress thatwas accented with gold and silver pieces of jewelry. She pulled out a long face and was hesitating toproceed with the engagement.

The truth was she didn't really want to be engaged from the bottom of her heart. However, she hadno choice but to obey Flora's order. After all, it was also for the sake of their fief. "Valeria, what areyou doing?

It's almost time. Why haven't you changed into your dress yet?" Leticia reprimanded Valeria as soonas she saw that the young woman hadn't put on her dress and makeup.

"Elder Leticia, do I really need to wear this thing?" She was actually opposed to it because she didn'twant to be engaged, let alone be married to Rocky.

"What are you talking about? Of course, you need to wear it. This engagement is not a joke. All theguests that will be attending the ceremony are distinguished figures of the Shura Race. In fact, Iheard that even the royal family will be sending a representative to offer their congratulations. Ifyou dress casually, people will think that the Flower Fief isn't taking this seriously. Our reputation isalso at stake here,” Leticia firmly explained.

"But I just don't want to wear it!" Valeria complained.

"Valeria, don't be unreasonable. Change into it quickly,” Leticia answered with a serious expressionon her face.

Seeing that the elder's eyes had already turned cold, Valeria could only heave a sigh. Then, with thehelp of her personal maid, she began changing into the dress, putting her makeup on, and adorningherself with elegant accessories.

In about an hour, she was able to finish preparing, and she looked very charming and gorgeous inher bright red dress.

"It is such a shame that our leader could not come. She will be very happy to see you in thisastonishing dress." As Elder Leticia glanced at Valeria, she could not help but let out a faint smile.Valeria had finally grown into a fine young lady. She could still remember when the leader broughtValeria back, she was still a child, and Leticia was just a servant. Therefore, she had witnessed howValeria eventually grew up. Now that she was about to marry someone, it was just natural for theelder to have mixed emotions.

"Humph! It's not a real marriage. This is just for show. She need not see me in this dress..." Valeriamumbled in dissatisfaction.

"Come on. It's almost time. We have to proceed to the square where the ceremony will be held,”Leticia remarked as she looked out of the window.

Then, accompanied by the elder and several maids, Valeria left the Fragrance Palace and headed forthe square.

Meanwhile, Rocky, who was the other important party of the engagement ceremony, was stillcultivating beside the desolate crescent-shaped lake in the leader's mansion.

Of course, he had not forgotten about the event. However, he deemed that he need not hurry. Aslong as he would not be late, he could still take his time.

After finishing his cultivation inside the Scarlet Heaven Jade and regaining his spiritual sense, he satby the lake with his legs crossed and adjusted his breath.

At the same time, he suddenly heard a shrilling cry from above. As he looked up, he saw a huge birdflying in the air. Then, two rays of strange lights eventually descended from the sky. In a flash, theylanded on the ground not far away from where he was sitting. Judging from the aura of the twofigures, they should be at the Emperor Realm.

Soon enough, the beams of strange light that enveloped the two figures gradually dissipated. Withthat, Rocky eventually saw two young women, who appeared to be remarkably beautiful. It seemedthat they were looking around as if observing the layout of the area.

Based on his experience, he immediately speculated that these two beauties must have sneaked in,and they were about cause some trouble.

With this in mind, Rocky just played it cool. He tried to restrain his breathing and stood up slowly.At this moment, the two young women already noticed Rocky. Seeing that he was dressed inordinary clothes, they assumed that he was just a servant and deemed that he wasn't a threat tothem.

These two beauties were actually Gloria, the Godly Genius of the Genie Fief, and Purple, herpersonal bodyguard.

"Purple, seize that man and ask him where the engagement ceremony will be held,” Gloria orderedcalmly.

Purple simply nodded and quickly appeared in front of Rocky.

Seeing that Purple suddenly approached him, Rocky guessed that they wanted to capture him andinterrogate him about something. Hence, he immediately pretended to be afraid and shouted,"Who are you? What are you doing here? Do you know that this is the leader's mansion? How dareyou enter this place without permission?"

Seeing that Rocky was like a panicking mouse, Purple could not help but look at him with disdain.Then, she quickly pulled Rocky's collar and asked, "You should know where the engagementceremony of the Godly Geniuses of the Ghost Fief and the Flower Fief is being held, right? Where isik

"What will you do to me once I tell you? Will you kill me?" Rocky pretended to be scared out of hiswits.

"If you don't tell me, then you're really going to die! Now, choose for yourself!” Purple shouted inannoyance. At the same time, Gloria suddenly rushed beside Rocky with a coquettish smile. Thenout of nowhere, her eyes emitted a purple light.

Seeing this, Rocky instantly felt that a strong spiritual power was surging towards him and wasabout to occupy his consciousness. Fortunately, his mental power was much stronger than that ofordinary people, so he was able to easily resist it. However, since he didn't want to expose hisidentity yet, he pretended to be hit by Gloria's attack and acted as if he became infatuated with her."Okay, I will tell you everything,” Rocky replied, pretending to be enchanted.

"So, where is the ceremony being held?" Gloria asked again.

"In the square of the leader's mansion. However, the mansion is so big that you might have a hardtime replaceing it,” Rocky answered honestly.

"Yeah, you are right," Gloria said as her captivating eyes twinkled.

"Godly— I mean Miss Gloria. I think we should go back and meet with Elder Bryson first to attendthe ceremony with our formal identities.” The woman named Purple seemed quite nervous. Hearingthis, Rocky secretly looked at Gloria to analyze her. He did not expect that someone would sneakinto the mansion of the Ghost Fief's leader during this important occasion. Of course, he was almostcertain that it had something to do with the engagement ceremony.

"Huh? That is so boring! I want to surprise them!" Gloria exclaimed as she revealed a devious grinon her face.

As the two continued to converse, Rocky became more certain that Gloria was planning to sabotagethe ceremony. However, he thought that it might actually work in his favor. After all, he also wantedto get out of the engagement. Hence, if Gloria could mess it up, then he would be pleased.