Time Skip

Note- When the mc is getting married he will mostly be getting married through political means, because as long as he can extract the benefits from them he doesn't really care and I am not going to write a story where the women will magically fall for him just because they saw his good looks, therefore don't expect an mc that goes with the mentality " it's not fun if it's easy" he will do what is necessary to reach the peak without wasting time. I am going to try and minimize the delusions in this story, so expect some harsh truths.

Deep within the Heavenly sword sect, inside the Lin clan's pagoda, enclosed within a luxurious room full of defensive formations, was a tall man in a meditative stance, seemingly around 16 years old, his sharp eyebrows furrowing as he seemed to be deeply focused his green eyes glowing as he attempted to circulate the qi in his body, his sharp nose taking in large amounts of air to prevent him from collapsing due to exhaustion his teeth clenched due to the pain he was feeling at the moment.

This is naturally Lin Tian.

After a few moments a unexpected *Ting* released from within Lin Tian's body, his expression quickly relaxed and he released a deep sigh in his mind

'Phew, I have reached the 1st stage of body refining, usually speaking once a child at the age of sixteen receives his cultivation technique it takes about a year or so for a person with average talent to comprehend the 1st part of their technique and another year to reach the first stage, I luckily received my cultivation technique when I was born so I got a massive head start since I have fully comprehend my technique'

Lin Tian slowly opened his eyes which had a calculative glint in them as he thought to himself

'I got lucky with the technique, I seem to be a little above average, talent wise, but since I skipped the first step my father will think I am a genius and this is a must, as long as my genius status is enough to attract more families to bethrow their daughters to me I should be able to keep up this speed maintaining my genius status and therefore attracting more families '

A devious grin formed on Lin Tian's face as he schemed his rise to power which was quickly replaced by his usual expression of indifference , he slowly stood up from his meditative stance and walked towards the door filled with intricate designs, as he neared the doors swung open, revealing two middle aged looking men both bowing , they said in union

"Congratulations on your break through young master!"

Lin Tian acknowledged them before questioning

" Where is my father? "

The two guards promptly responded by saying

" He is currently in the office young master! "

Nodding his head Lin Tian slowly headed for the stairs and made his way up to the top floor, where his father's office was situated.

Standing in front of the massive door that lead's to his father's office Lin Tian raised his hand intending to knock but before he could he head an imposing voice,

"Come in, Son "

Lin Tian gently opened the door, he was greeted by two seemingly never ending bookshelves on his left and right and a straight carpet right in front of him, changing his attention from the carpet to who and what awaited him at the end of it was a beautiful desk made of the strongest wood in the realm, this desk was naturally low since people sat on a cushion.

As his eyes met with his father's he suddenly felt as if something was observing the in's and the out's of his body, he quickly deduced that it was his father's souls sense, something that is unlocked once a cultivator reaches the nascent soul realm.

His thought process was quick interrupted when Lin Houshin burst into a hearty laughter

"AHAHAHHAHA, you already broke through eh? I wonder how that old geezer Ren is going to react when I tell him the news, as far as I know his son still hasn't even finished comprehending the "Sword union" scripture yet"

He started slamming his hand on the table as he was laughing

" Good, good, I knew my son would be a genius, anyway, since you are close to seventeen years old now, what do you say we get you your first wife heh? "

Hearing his last few words, Lin Tian's perked up, this was crucial in his path to the top, as far as he knew, the system would reward him the more women he married, it's just that he didn't know what kind of rewards he would get, he is just hoping that it is enough to maintain his genius status, breaking out from his thought process he quickly smiled and responded,

"Sure father, who do you have in mind?"

Lin Houshin had a calculative glint in his eyes for a moment before responding,

" I hear that the sect master's youngest daughter is quite beautiful, the only problem is that she is only 15, so we don't know how talented she is just yet, what do you think? "

Hearing the news Lin Tian thought for a second before replying

'If I can look at her then I can use my eye ability to check how talented she is, and if she is talented I can just tell father to urge the sect master into hurrying up the marrige and it will all be done before I turn seventeen and worst case if she isin't talented I can still tell father to arrange for to be mine but the date will be set a later date therefore, her talentless status will be revealed and I can take her a concubine'

"Why don't we look at her before we send the proposal father?"

Lin Houshin quickly nodded before replying

"Alright, let's go take a look right now"