"If he cannot be used by us, what does it matter if he becomes the strongest in the world? That's why a marriage alliance is a necessity."
Li Songhe remained noncommittal, simply smiling. "It's still too early to say whether he can make a name for himself beyond the Purple Sun Sect. He still has a few years until his Secondary Dragon Ascension. Who can say for certain that he won't succeed?"
"None of the families in Qingyuan County thought much of him. Who could have imagined that he would one day become one of our Purple Sun Sect's Ten Heroes?"
Du Qingpu was astonished. "Brother Li, you think that highly of Xu Yang?"
Li Songhe smiled. "It's not that I think so highly of him, but there is, at least, some hope. For him, a marriage alliance right now would certainly not be a good thing."
Seeing that Li Songhe was being deliberately vague and unwilling to elaborate, Du Qingpu knew better than to press him. Instead, he turned his gaze to Ding Yuan.
