"Since I'm going to play the part of soul cultivator, I might as well go all out. The bandaged package isn't a weapon, it's a weapon's craftsman work table."

Ri's eyes brightened. At first, she thought Dyon was doing an ill job of hiding a weapon, but who would have known that he had thought of this already!

The work bench of a weapon's craftsman was their life, it was even more important than their family and children to a true master. To weapon's craftsman, putting something that important in a spatial ring would be worse than death to them. They saw their work benches as living beings. Would you put a child in an enclosed and suffocating space? Of course not!

In addition to this, craftsman work benches had to be far sturdier than the weapons they would be used to craft. On top of this, there were also many arrays built into them that made them easily compactible, but also able to expand to tens of times their size. With that logic in mind, Dyon's work bench being 700 000 jin heavy was well within reason!

In fact, this all worked perfectly with Dyon's persona as a soul cultivating genius. A true soul path genius wouldn't follow a single discipline, they would follow two, or even three.

Also, 700 000 jin wasn't outrageously heavy to carry for a sainthood cultivator. Carrying something, and using it as a weapon, were two completely different concepts.

Ri could already imagine people thinking they had "seen" through Dyon and try to expose the fact he was more than what met the eye, only for him to whip out the "hidden treasure" on his back to reveal nothing but a work bench. She was dying of laughter thinking about Dyon's innocent expression and well-meaning smile.

What was even better about all of this was that some people might start speculating about where Dyon's wing technique came from, when in the end Dyon could just say it was a treasure he crafted himself and that would be the end of that. This husband of hers was really too devious.

"You should laugh at your husband like this, little girl." Dyon grinned, attacking Ri's soft curves with his "righteous" hands.

After another round of play wrestling, Dyon knew that his 'little brother' wouldn't be able to handle any more teasing without doing the deed. So, he tried to continue onward quickly.

"Anyway, I'm not sure who that character is, but he isn't so simple, and his intentions aren't pure. Be careful of him. As long as he doesn't provoke me, there won't be any issues. But, if he does, he won't even know how he died."

If Emytheus knew that Dyon had already put him on his watch list, although he might be surprised, his fighting intent would only increase.

Emytheus' name had never appeared on any rankings, and he was almost completely unknown. If he wasn't purposely pursuing Aritzia, even she wouldn't know about him.

The coming clash between him and Dyon would be one that shook even the top ten quadrants awake. They would come to know that there were geniuses in the lower quadrants as well, and they were coming.

...

Ri flipped herself up, straddling Dyon's waist as letting her plump cheeks subtly split apart on his steadily growing rod.

Dyon basked in his wife's beauty. Her skin was absolutely flawless, everything from her toned belly to the deep ravine that jiggled ever so slightly when she laughed was completely captivating. However, the scene that almost caused Dyon's nose to burst into a fit of bleeding was the delicate and well trimmed garden he caught a glimpse of through her transparent panties.

Seeing Dyon so distracted by her appearance made Ri happy. But, when she remembered the story she had to tell, her mood was dampened as she touched the opaque visor still on her face.

"I'm going to tell you a story," Ri said softly, "But, I won't tell you unless you promise that we take revenge together against the Supreme Kitsune Clan together. If you go alone, I'll divorce you and never speak to you again, do you understand?" Ri's voice, that had begun slightly weak, suddenly became strong and resolute.

Dyon was stunned for a moment before he nodded, his expression incomparably serious.

"When I went to check on the Snow Clan, I ran into a lot of hostility, namely from elders of the family who didn't appreciate my mixed blood. Even knowing I was part Elvin, a clan that once used to be a part of our former number one quadrant, since the Elves have fallen so far, the completely disregarded this. It wasn't until, in my anger, I revealed my kitsune form, and they noticed my ten tails, that their attitudes changed."

The beginning of Ri's story already pissed Dyon off, but since he had already promised, he could only calm himself and continue to listen. It was suffice to say, though, that his hard-on had disappeared into the wind.

"However, at the time, the only kitsune form I knew how release was my void kitsune form, so my anger alerted the Void family to Kukan's faith seed within me. After seeing that my tails were black, the elders immediately knew what would happen and started devising a plan.

"Unfortunately, they were too stupid and actually wanted to agree with the Void clan's ask for a marriage alliance. Their goal was to cling to the legs of the Void clan elders to raise the status of the Snow clan."

Hearing this, Dyon's killing intent inadvertently exploded outward, causing his eyes to redden.

Ri sighed when she saw this. She knew perfectly well that had Dyon known about this before, he wouldn't have cared about hiding anything, or any scheming, he would have directly fought with Aki. This was a major part of the reason Ri hadn't told him earlier. She didn't want to be the reason Dyon's meticulously laid plans would fail.

"In the end, I was sent to the Void clan and forced to wait. Although I could have escaped, the original reason I went to my clan in the first place was for the sake of my mother. I didn't grow up a kitsune, but she did. So, I gave them more chances than they deserved. I didn't want to go back to mom and not be able to tell her that I tried my best.

"Eventually, I was called into a council of elders, and told about the things that I had "No choice but to do."

"Originally, the elders wanted to directly kill me and take my faith seed away before implanting it into someone more worthy. However, that was when Aki came and spoke words about the "greater good" and how he "took pity on me" and was willing to take me as a concubine."

Dyon almost forcibly sat up at these words, but Ri's small hand pressed into the center of his chest, keeping him down before continuing with her story.

~

Aki finished his resounding speech, smiling toward Ri as though he had just given her the greatest favor in existence.

They were currently in a large, black-walled hall, with faint white lights hanging everywhere. This was the Void Clan throne room and was usually a place only elders came to convene. But, today, members of the Void, Heaven, Jikan and Snow family were all present. In the midst of it all, stood one lone beautiful girl with long flowing blue-silver hair. However, currently, there was unbridled rage on her features.

After listening to a shameless prick bloviate about just how magnanimous he was to take a woman from a "lowly family" as a concubine, she was so disgusted that she could puke.

As for Aki, behind his mask of the "good boy" and "magnanimous prince", he couldn't help but constantly rake his eyes over Ri's figure. 'This girl's figure, demeanor, talent, and appearance are all better than that lass from the Heaven clan, Masako. I would have no issues making her my primary wife, but that would make her head a bit too big, plus her temper is a bit too fiery and not docile enough. Even if you have the legendary ten tails, you need to learn to recognize who between us is the one in charge.'

A dense black aura began emitting from Ri as though she could implode at any time.

Almost as if on cue, the elders of the Heaven and Jikan clan stepped in to "mediate" the situation.

"Little Prince Aki's words are correct. How could we kill such a talent? In the history of our Supreme Kitsune Clan, only a small percentage of ten tails don't reach at least the half-step transcendent level, and you want to kill her?"

"I agree with Elder Heaven. Her existence is very important for the future of our clan and prosperity against the damned Shruti elephants. Allow her to raise her status and become a dao companion of Little Prince Aki's. What's the harm? Hm?"

Elder Heaven turn toward Ri with a light smile as though to say 'I have your best intentions at heart'.

"What do you think, Little Princess of the Snow Clan?"