C21 - Presents!

The servant applied a drying cloth before bringing his cultivation robe.

Once he was ready, the servant brought him back to the balcony. Su Li was waiting there.

As she looked into the distance, Yin Kai grabbed her waist and pulled her in. "My wife."

Her face melted. "My husband."

A pair of tears ran down her face. Brushing them aside, Yin Kai brough her chin up.

"From this moment until the clan recalls me, you took the surname Yin your master. Your name is Yin Li. I am your childhood lover. As an orphan, I came across your tribe. Your father sent me away. I found you in the Bazaar. We spoke for the first time in years. I proposed marriage. Two months later, once you were settled in Flower City, you accepted. I took your surname Yin and married in to our blood tribe."

She smiled. "Wife will follow orders."

She summoned one of the attendants with a finger. "Bring the Chief's principle."

The attendant left. A few short moments later, Bu Tan arrived alongside three attendants. Each one was holding a large red cushion.

On the first cushion was a small jade box. Reaching in, Yin Li pulled two red worms from the box.

Bringing it towards Yin Kai, she stopped near Bu Tan. Bu Tan took the worms' soul brands and placed them on Yin Kai.

Yin Kai opened his mouth. The worms quickly went down. They settled near the small of his back and began to cultivate.

The body-refining worm wouldn't begin by refining his body. Instead, it would hibernate for several years before explosively propogating and seamlessly merging with his body, refining it in one swell swoop.

Yin Li then walked over to the second cushion. Picking up the jade lid, she pulled out a small blue worm. Bu Tan once again gave the soul brand to Yin Kai.

Yin Li placed the soul-refining worm on his forehead. The worm seamlessly entered the space between his eyebrows.

"I have given you two of the items that mark the presence of our chief. The third is far more precious."

Opening the third jade box, she pulled out a jade standard. "Refine it." She stated in an imperial tone, before standing quietly to the side. Yin Kai began to slowly refine the small, 1.5 foot staff.

An hour later, he began to feel a synergy emerging from it.

Yin Li spoke. " That is the Chieftain's Standard. Inside of it, the soulbrands of all of our people lie ready."

Yin Kai was softened. "I thank you for your trust, and the trust of your people."

Yin Li smiled. "And now, my wedding present to you."

She snapped. Two more attendants came through the door, this time holding larger boxes.

"I give you two colonies: A Golden Vajra Armored Ant Nest, and an Abyssal Torrent Ant Nest."

Bu Tan offered their queens' soulbrands. Yin Kai accepted.

"In addition, I have decided to acquire for you a mount more befitting your stature."

She pulled his arm around her waist and settled it on her butt. Yin Kai squeezed.

Pulling him with a kiss back into the hall, she pulled him into an adjourning room and began to grope him as they kissed for several minutes. Spent, she pulled him apart and gasped for air.

"Come with me." She said as she pulled him back into the hall.

Rubbing herself gleefully against his arm, she dragged him down the stairs to the grass outside. Waiting there was a golden beast the height of a man. On its back was a saddle. Next to it was a servant with a life ring. As they got close, the servant smiled. "For the chief."

Yin Kai quickly refined it and slipped it on his finger. Inside the ring were the two ant colonies.

Pulling his perception back fo the scene in front of him, Yin Kai smiled as he felt two soft lumps shift against his arm. Leaning over, he kissed his new wife.

She fluttered her eyes briefly and then spoke. "This is an Immortal Beast, an adolescent Golden Sanskrit Horned Rhino. As you might notice, this Rhino's horn is bigger than the Golden Sanskrit Rhino mentioned in books."

"The reason is… It has a condition similar to yours…" An attendant brought a second, silver rhino from behind the house.

With a mighty roar, the golden rhino stamped on the ground and charged. With a massive swing of its head, the giant horn flew into the female rhino's open cavity. Her mouth agape, the female rhino squirmed as she fell up and down relentlessly upon the golden rhino's horn.

Yin Li began to rub herself harder against Yin Kai. He smirked. With a sudden grab, he kissed her hard. To seal her fate, he added a little bit extra of the Nine Yin Toxin.

They parted. "We're in public," he mentioned aloud.

"You're publicly my wife." He added into her ear, for her alone.

After a short moment, the golden rhino gave a final thrust. With a snort, he threw the silver rhino to the side.

The silver rhino shuddered and came up to Yin Li. "This is Lira, my mount since childhood." She mentioned, her voice dangling in his ear.