276: Chapter 276 All Races Pay Homage! The Fu Clan's Substitute Bride Procession Arrives!

In the 33rd year of the Human Era, the Human Race and the Rune Clan entered into a marriage alliance.

By this time, Tianshu City was no longer the small refuge it once was, barely surviving in the cracks between alien races.

Under the iron-fisted internal administration of Ying Yue'e, the Grand Princess of Great Qin, and the accumulation of massive resources, Tianshu City had expanded to a terrifying scale.

The city walls stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, towering into the clouds, covered in dense [Firmament Defense and Kill Arrays] co-developed by the Formation and Rune departments.

Inside the city, floating islands were scattered like stars, and the Spiritual Qi was so dense it almost materialized into a continuous rainbow-colored spiritual rain, nourishing the world.

In the sky, tens of thousands of massive Interstellar Immortal Ships and war vessels belonging to the Great Qin Chamber of Commerce moved like shuttling giant whales, maintaining the operation of the entire Human Race territory in an orderly fashion.

During these past few days, the teleportation arrays outside Tianshu City flashed so frequently they seemed ready to burst.

In the Three Thousand Upper Realms, the leaders of any race or ancient orthodox lineage that held any significance had set aside all their affairs and personally brought gifts from their entire clans to offer congratulations.

No one dared to put on airs.

Because everyone knew that the young man in white sitting in the depths of Tianshu City was a living Yama who could even crush the former Ancestor of the God Race to death!

“The Primeval Dragon Elephant Clan presents ten veins of Top Grade Divine Crystals! One hundred stalks of Nine-Revolution Dragon Blood Holy Medicine! To congratulate Old Ancestor Su on his grand wedding!”

“The Phantom Music Pavilion of the Heavenly Feather Realm presents one damaged Emperor Weapon! Wishing the Su Family eternal prosperity!”

“The Clan Chief of the Titan Race personally arrives, presenting ten thousand tons of Heaven-Opening Divine Meteoric Iron...”

The welcoming shouts echoed through the clouds.

The diplomatic processions of the ten thousand races formed long queues outside Tianshu City. Countless alien powerhouses, who were usually high and mighty, didn't even dare to breathe heavily before the main gate of the Human Race's capital, fearing they might accidentally offend a human rule.

Various rare and precious congratulatory gifts were piled up like mountains, so many they were dazzling to the eyes.

However, while the entire Tianshu City was immersed in a sea of revelry and pride, a certain "strict instructor" at the Great Qin Royal Cultivation Academy felt inexplicably irritable.

Inside a small courtyard by the lake.

Listening to the thunderous cheers and ceremonial cannons outside, Ji Ruxue found herself unable to carve a single stroke with her rune pen.

Feeling frustrated, Ji Ruxue casually crumpled a piece of scrap rune paper into a ball and threw it away.

She had run away from her wedding originally to see what kind of man this Su Feng was.

On a whim, she had ended up becoming a teacher at the academy.

But this was the life she actually liked!!

Now that she, the intended bride, had secretly fled, the Rune Clan would likely select another goddess to take her place.

“Perhaps I can take this opportunity to see what that Su Feng is really like.”

“Teacher Ji, why such a temper? Aren't you going out to see the excitement? Today is the day of the marriage alliance between the Human Race and the Rune Clan.”

A voice rang out from the courtyard gate.

Su Feng was still wearing that green robe which emitted no pressure at all, leaning against the doorframe with two jars of Immortal Fruit Wine he had just bought from the street.

“What's there to see?” Ji Ruxue snorted, her gaze sweeping over Su Feng with a slightly sour tone:

“That Old Ancestor of yours is truly lucky to have even the Goddess of the Rune Clan marrying him. Why? As a human, why aren't you rushing out to admire your Old Ancestor's peerless grace? What are you doing here at my place?”

Su Feng heard the trace of tsundere hidden in her words and couldn't help but chuckle.

He stepped forward, pushed a jar of spiritual fruit wine in front of her, and sat down casually: “The Old Ancestor can have his wedding, and I'll study my runes. I think no matter how beautiful your Rune Clan Goddess is, she isn't as good-looking as Teacher Ji.”

“Smooth talker!”

Ji Ruxue's fair face flushed slightly. Although she scolded him, the irritability in her heart miraculously subsided quite a bit.

Just as the two were bantering in the courtyard...

“Rumble—!!”

The void above Tianshu City suddenly vibrated violently!

A massive pressure filled with a dense aura of Laws descended instantly.

Up in the sky, the clouds were torn apart.

Three ancient warships, each tens of thousands of miles long, crafted entirely from [Ten-Thousand-Year Immortal Paulownia Wood] and covered in dense runes, broke through the void!

But when the envoys of the ten thousand races and the human defenders saw the giant flag with the character for [Rune] fluttering on the warships, they were all slightly stunned.

“It's the ancient Rune Clan!”

“Hiss... This is the Rune Clan's bridal procession arriving!”

“No wonder they dare to have such a grand display. This is the official marriage partner personally designated by the Old Ancestor, one of the future mistresses!”

“I really envy the Rune Clan. The betrothal gift given by the Human Race is an entire Upper Realm! With the resources of that realm, the Rune Clan is bound to soar!”

After receiving the decree from the inner city, the human defenders quickly dispersed, clearing a broad path leading directly to the core of the inner city.

On the largest main warship in the center...

Ji Fa, the Clan Chief of the Rune Clan, stroked his beard and looked down at the extremely prosperous Tianshu City from above, a flash of uncontrollable shock crossing his cloudy eyes.

“Is this the current territory of the Human Race? It has actually reached such a level of wealth...”

With the territories of the twenty realms of the God Race plus the ownerless realms from the Battle of Ten Thousand Races, the Human Race was deservedly the wealthiest in terms of resources.

“That girl Ruxue was too willful! To disregard the Family's interests like that... I just hope that girl Ruyan doesn't run into any problems.”

“Rest assured, Clan Chief. The marriage between the Human Race and our Rune Clan is for a powerful alliance. The specific person is merely a catalyst.”

“Indeed, Clan Chief. Our Rune Clan is also one of the ten ancient races. Ninety percent of the rune sales and enchantment engravings in the entire Three Thousand Upper Realms come from our hands. The Human Race's marriage with us is a guaranteed win for them.”

Several Rune Clan Elders chimed in with their persuasion, their mouths watering as they looked at the nouveau riche Human Race.

Ji Fa thought for a moment and agreed with their reasoning.

Although changing the person midway was indeed a breach of trust, the dowry their Rune Clan brought for this marriage alliance, while not as great as the betrothal gift from the Human Race, wasn't much worse.

“The Rune Clan's Dowry: Thirty thousand Immortal-Grade Runes! Two hundred High Grade enchanted Immortal Artifacts! Ten volumes of ancient Incomplete Manuals for Talismanic Incantations! Twenty Immortal-Grade Inscribers! Two thousand high-level Inscribers!”

A Golden Immortal Elder of the Rune Clan announced loudly, his voice filled with deep pride.

Standing on the outskirts to observe the ceremony, the Titan Clan Chief took a deep breath and remarked with emotion: “That old fellow Ji Fa is really willing to pay a heavy price. It seems he intends to completely tie himself to the Human Race this time.”

Inscribers were a strategic resource everywhere. Only the ancient Rune Clan could produce so many Inscribers at once.

The Nine Nether Clan Chief shook his head slightly: “There's a wise person in the Human Race. Marrying into the Rune Clan not only accelerates their growth but also gains them a reliable ally. You should know that many ancient races do not want to see the Human Race rise so quickly.”

Ancestor Titan sighed: “How could I not know? To be honest, I was still questioning Tai Yuan's vision before, but now it seems I'm the one who's grown old...”

After the Rune Clan Elder finished reading the dowry list, the rune ship on the right, draped in red silk, slowly sailed forward.

Red sand filled the air, and festive joy spread everywhere.

“By the agreement with the Human Race, the Goddess of the Rune Clan has arrived! We request Old Ancestor Su to appear for a meeting!”

The Grand Elder of the Rune Clan's voice, laced with Golden Immortal Laws, spread throughout Tianshu City.

At the very moment his voice fell...

“Buzz—!!!”

The entire Tianshu City, and even the world for hundreds of millions of miles around, suddenly fell into absolute silence!

The wind stopped, the clouds stood still, and even the falling rainbow spiritual rain was forcibly frozen in mid-air by a supreme and divine power.