"Sister Lingyun, look, look, from this angle you can see the whole Zhuwei Lake. It’s really beautiful~"

"Sister Lingyun, there’s a guide for this bathroom. If you turn this knob, water will flow out. Oh, and there’s hot water supplied for twelve hours. What’s this? Is this a toilet... how embarrassing."

"Oh my, this bed is so soft. What kind of celestial life do the clansmen of the Celestial Human Wang Family live? This is just too blissful!"

Although Wu Lingyun was also quite interested, her mood remained very low, and she could only reluctantly accompany Chen Yushan to look around at new things.

"Sister Lingyun, the Fourth Young Master Zongyao is so handsome, and he is gentle and elegant, with a graceful demeanor. If I could marry him, life would be much better."

Wu Lingyun was suddenly startled: "Yushan, you’re only fourteen, and you’re already thinking of getting married? Moreover, you’re still the legitimate daughter of the family; you can marry into another Ninth-Grade Noble Family as the main wife."

"Main wife, what’s so good about being the main wife?" Chen Yushan pouted and said, "Ninth-Grade Noble Families are too poor and destitute. Even if I become the main wife, it’s just a tight life together. Although the Fourth Young Master Zongyao is just a direct line disciple, looking across the Changning Guard, which family’s legitimate son can compare to him?"

"Before my grandpa brought me here to see the world, he told me that aside from the fifth son of the Wang Family’s direct lineage, Wang Zong’an, if I fancy any unmarried young talents of the Wang Family, just let him know, and he would try to make it happen." Chen Yushan said without a shred of strategizing, "Besides, a Ninth-Grade legitimate daughter marrying into a Seventh-Grade direct lineage is not disgraceful; there are many similar situations across various cities and guards. My grandpa said that in the future, the Wang Family might not just be Seventh-Grade..."

Every word seemed to pierce Wu Lingyun’s heart, as if opening a door to a new world for her.

If it’s the Fourth Young Master Zongyao, it seems quite good too...

...

While the entire family was busy, Wang Shouzhe, as the patriarch, was also not idle.

For this Celestial Human feast, Wang Shouzhe followed all the protocols, sending invitations to all the Celestial Human Families of the Six Southern Guards. Unless something unexpected occurs, they will all send someone to attend.

The people who can become patriarchs of Celestial Human Families are not fools. Who would want to offend a newly emerging Celestial Human Family? It’s not like they’re asking for trouble.

In total, there are at least a dozen Celestial Human Families, all of whom can only be received personally by Wang Shouzhe and Ancestor Longyan.

And for the female relatives of those Celestial Human Families, they must be entertained by the legitimate female relatives of equivalent standing, such as Gongsun Hui, Liu Ruolan, Wang Luomiao, and Wang Liyao.

If you casually send a junior to entertain a Celestial Human Family, that would be a lack of etiquette, unnecessarily increasing mutual animosity.

In a courtyard specifically used by the Wang Family to entertain guests.

Wang Shouzhe was personally entertaining Lei Yangyu, the representative from the Celestial Human Lei Family who came to congratulate them.

The two sat opposite each other, sipping Spirit Tea.

Amid the lingering fragrance of tea, Lei Yangyu’s expression was rather gloomy, frequently giving Wang Shouzhe a sidelong glance, as if he had a great deal of dissatisfaction with him.

"Brother Yangyu, try this Crystal Spiritual Persimmon." Wang Shouzhe said with a smiling face, enthusiastically entertaining, "It is one of the specialties of Academy Changchun Valley. I asked a friend from the academy to freeze it, and then had it sent at top speed with a Spiritual Bird Flying Chariot day and night. This Spiritual Persimmon..."

Before Wang Shouzhe could finish his sentence, he was rudely interrupted by Lei Yangyu: "Wang Shouzhe, I, Lei Yangyu, consider you a brother, yet you insist on treating me as an elder! This matter, no, these two matters, you must give me an explanation, otherwise, I, Lei Yangyu, will sever ties with you!"

"An explanation, of course, you deserve an explanation." Wang Shouzhe patted his chest loudly, then turned his head and glared at a handsome young man, "The Seventh, since the matter has already occurred, you might as well marry Yanyun’s sister soon, and start a family to prosper the lineage and expand the family."

That young man was Wang Shouye, who was sent to learn Alchemy. He wore a face of bitterness and depression: "Fourth Brother, I just want to quietly practice Alchemy, not to get married."

"Nonsense!" Wang Shouzhe sternly said, "If you just want to quietly practice Alchemy, why did you ruin the girl’s reputation?"

"It’s... Yanyun, she..."

"The Seventh, be cautious with your words." Wang Shouzhe’s expression became serious, "No matter how it happened, now that things have reached this point, you should just accept it. I have also inquired about Yanyun’s sister, and all her heart is hung up on you. Next, we should proceed with the marriage proposals, getting married, and having children."

Wang Shouye had a look of dead resignation: "Yes, Fourth Brother."

"Don’t have that expression. Adding more members to the family is also a contribution." Wang Shouzhe patted his shoulder encouragingly, "In this regard, you should learn from your father, who added another male to the family in recent years."

Upon this mention, Wang Shouye was equally speechless. His father, Wang Dinghai, seemed to become more vibrant with age.

Previously, he had Wang Shouming, the eighth of the ’Shou’ generation, and Wang Luoqing, the ninth of the ’Lu’ generation. In the past two years, he had added another younger brother to the family, the ninth of the ’Shou’ generation, Wang Shoucheng.

As a result, the eldest in the ’Shou’ generation, Wang Shouxin, is already sixty-three, while the youngest, Wang Shoucheng, is only two. The eldest in the ’Shining’ generation, Wang Shining, still has to call that two-year-old child ’Grandpa the Ninth.’

"Yes, Fourth Brother, I will do my best."

Wang Shouye felt deeply, thinking, to complete the family task, I’ll have two children. That would be preferable to having five like my father, Wang Dinghai, which would be too difficult.

"Good, good, good." Lei Yangyu finally expressed some relief in his old heart, "Even though my Lei Family’s direct lineage marrying into your Wang Family’s direct vein is a step down, my virtuous son-in-law’s future as a Great Alchemist won’t disgrace my Lei Family. Younger Brother Shouzhe, from now on, our Lei Family and Wang Family are in-laws."

Wang Shouzhe secretly gave him a look, thinking how quickly he changed his expression.

But, you might need to change it again soon.

...