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Yun Qi's thoughts drifted back to six months ago.
The Nine-tailed Fox Clan's Clan Leader, Yun Shu, had come to him with a marriage contract, demanding that he go to the Red Fox Clan for a political marriage in place of the Young Master.
If Yun Qi agreed to the union, the Clan Leader would grant him his freedom and return his Soul lamp.
The ancestral hall of each clan housed the Soul lamps of every blood relative. A Soul lamp was created from a drop of its owner's vital blood and a sliver of their Divine Soul.
The existence of the Soul lamps was, on one hand, to ensure the safety of the clan members. If a clansman's life was threatened while they were away, the Clan Leader or the current Family Head could immediately detect the change in the Soul lamp and use it to bring the person back.
If the clansman died, the Soul lamp would be extinguished.
