As soon as his mother described the identity of the 'other woman' problems immediately became apparent to Wu Ling. With that kind of lineage, asking her to become a concubine or junior wife was insulting both to her family and to the Sanguine Saber Sect. If his father managed to become a Martial Champion and moved to the Shining Blade Hall's Inner Sect then the gap in status would still be problematic but he would at least have the standing to court Hong Xuefeng.
Over time, with additional achievements to his name, he might be able to win the approval of her parents and elders but that was predicated on him gaining the status that came with becoming a Champion. As a Warrior in the Outer Sect, even if his cultivation had been greater than the young woman's, her standing within her sect was much greater and her path to the Inner Sect was all but assured.
