Chapter 329 - Chapter 329: Chapter 63: The Xu Clan of Jingsha! I also want to rise_1

Chapter 329: Chapter 63: The Xu Clan of Jingsha! I also want to rise_1

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The Changning Huangfu Family, a lineage that has lasted for five hundred years.

From the very beginning of Changning’s establishment, the Changning Huangfu Family migrated from the Southern Desert County. During the early development period, they achieved considerable merits and made many contributions.

Of course, it was a branch of the renowned Southern Desert Huangfu Family that migrated here, not the original clan.

The Southern Desert County Huangfu Family, took animal herding in the great grasslands as their main industry.

As such..

This branch of the Changning Huangfu Family also possesses impressive livestock-rearing technology.

Which is, in fact, quite normal.

The relationships among many families in this world are complicated and intertwined.

Very few families that started from scratch as independent cultivators not only have a small population but also usually have a low rank.

Sometimes, even minor families that seem insignificant may have roots traced back to a Prominent Purple Abode Family when one starts to investigate.

The Great Qian Land has existed for so long that it has already surpassed seven thousand years of history.

The migration of family branches tells an extremely complex and epic story.

Today.

The Changning Huangfu Family has arranged a night banquet. It is now near dusk, and the sky is getting dark. However, the lights on either side of the street are already lit, brightening the surroundings like daylight.

This is a way for the Huangfu Family to display their wealth, as even the burning of these lights consumes a substantial amount of financial resources.

The main residence of the Huangfu Family is an imposing structure, unapproachable by ordinary people without permission.

The residential compound’s wall rivals city walls, like a city within a city.

Tall courtyard walls made of bluestone, five hundred years of changes and weathering have left mottled traces on the bricks. Through each piece of brick, it seems that one can vaguely glimpse the trials and tribulations of the Changning Huangfu Family over the past five hundred years.

High watchtowers stand at the four corners of the courtyard wall, from where hang exquisitely made bronze bells.

These bronze bells have eight corners, don’t ring when the wind blows, and they also have exquisite patterns carved onto their surfaces, which makes them look very special.

The Southern Desert Huangfu Family initially established themselves on the great grassland with their excellent beast taming skills. Their clan treasure, the Octagonal Dragon Soul Bell, is famous throughout Da Qian.

These bronze bells are replicas of the Octagonal Dragon Soul Bell, symbolizing the Changning Huangfu’s continual remembering of their ancestor’s blessings.

Inside the main house, the lighting is crystal clear. Countless servants and managers are busy making the final preparations, checking and confirming all the details repeatedly.

Under their bustling movements, even the historical buildings seem brimming with life and vitality.

Contrary to what you might expect, there’s no constant stream of carriages at the entrance of the main residence, instead, it’s pretty serene.

After all, this time the Huangfu family has only invited Grade Eight Prominent Families along with some influential figures from Changning.

Such as the Lord of the First Capital City. Shopkeeper Qian from the Qian Family’s business, or leaders of some large business organizations, and so forth.

Only a handful of people, maybe about ten or so, were seen worthy of an invitation.

“Lady Ji, Brother Anbang, Brother Shouzhe,” Huangfu Jinghuan, in formal attire, personally greets each guest. Upon seeing Wang Shouzhe, Xu Anbang, and Lady Ji coming down from the carriage, not a hint of displeasure can be seen on his face.

He greets them with a smile, showing utmost courtesy.

Wang Shouzhe and Xu Anbang, of course, politely exchanged pleasantries with Huangfu Jinghuan as well, acting as though they were old friends engaging warmly with one another.

As invited guests, they also present their respective families’ gifts according to their status and rank.

As if no grudges existed between them prior to this and that there was no record of each other in a life and death struggle in the market.

This is just the superficial harmony maintained among the prominent families in the Great Qian Land.

Regardless of private disputes over certain issues, in which both sides compete and fight relentlessly.

As long as their conflict doesn’t surface, there is a certain level of decorum to be maintained in public.

This is different from the situation between the Wang family and Liu or Zhao Clans in the past. Back then, their conflict was all out in the open with no room left for manoeuvre.

The location of the night banquet organised by the Huangfu family is in the main hall of the front courtyard.

With warm greetings and subtle inquiries taking place all around.

The guests have started to arrive, one after the other.

Among them, the city master Xiahou Hongde and the direct Purple Abode disciple, Fang Youan. They are personally greeted and served by the elder patriarch of the Huangfu Clan — Old Ancestor Hua Ye.

This is a rule that applies everywhere. Different cultivation bases and ranks lead to different statuses. It’s therefore part of the courtesy and etiquette due to them that Old Ancestor Hua Ye personally greets and receives them.

As for the core disciples of the Purple Abode Academy, they also sit at the VIP seat, along with Fang Youan.

After all, they are all core disciples, and there’s an incredibly high chance they may become a Tianren Realm Cultivator and represent the Purple Abode Academy in the future.

The representatives of families with the Eighth Grade status, including Wang Shouzhe were seated in the second most prominent position, with Huangfu Jinghuan personally accompanying them.

This is Wang Shouzhe’s first time meeting Old Ancestor Hua Ye.

Old Ancestor Hua Ye’s hair appears a fiery red because of his high-grade cultivation of the “Red Dragon True Verses”. He seems to be in excellent spirits, naturally exuding a domineering aura.

No wonder.

Old Ancestor Hua Ye is the third generation Tianren old ancestor of the Celestial Huangfu Family and his qualifications were once at the Middle Sub-Grade level. He is said to have attained the Tianren realm when he was around a hundred and forty years old.

He may not be as superior as the direct Tianren prodigies in the Academy like Fang You An but when compared to the core disciples, he’s one of the top-tier ones.

It was because of his rapid ascension back then that the Celestial Huangfu family had a near sixty-year peak period where they had two members in the Tianren realm.