No matter how many storms rage in the outside world, life here remains as it has been every day, mundane and routine.
From a distance, everything appears busy yet tranquil, like a grand painting unrolling before your eyes. Each fra is steeped in the passage of ti, conveying a sense of peace and quiet prosperity.
At the entrance of the Wang Family, a towering archway bathes in sunlight, appearing grand and imposing.
This archway was a gift from the governnt office, symbolizing the facade of a noble family. The higher the noble family’s grade, the more imposing the archway, and the more intricate the carvings upon it.
Among commoners, a noble family’s advancent is also referred to as "changing the threshold," which arises from this tradition.
Over the past twenty years, the Wang Family’s archway has been replaced twice. The current one stands as a wooden archway representing a Seventh-Grade Noble Family, towering over three zhang tall, exceedingly grand.
Beneath the archway, a group of people stood, though it’s unclear when they gathered.
At the forefront stands a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties.
She wears a luxurious brocade robe, her deanor elegant and composed, holding a four or five-year-old boy’s hand, followed by attendants and servants, clearly indicating her extraordinary status.
Liua Feifei, holding her son Wang Shicheng’s hand, noticed this group of people as she approached the archway and hurriedly led her son over to pay respects: "Sixth Granny, Ninth Uncle."
It turns out, this woman is from the "Ding" generation, the sixth lady, Chen Family, wife of Sixth Master Wang Dinghai.
Chen Family hails from the direct lineage of the East Port Chen Family. Although she faced so hardships on marrying into the Wang Family, after its rise, she quickly resud a comfortable life.
Thus, though already over fifty, her face shows no signs of aging, and instead, she carries an aura of elegance surpassing that of young won. On a glance, she appears more like a noblewoman from a direct lineage, rather than a daughter-in-law from a noble family.
As for the boy she holds, it is naturally her youngest son, of the "Shou" generation, now only four-year-old Wang Shoucheng.
"So it’s the household of Zongchang~" On seeing Liua Feifei, a smile appeared on Chen Family’s face, "It’s been a while since Sixth Granny saw you, since you’ve visited your family, the Shanyin Liu Family, for ancestral rites."
anwhile, Wang Shoucheng and Wang Shicheng had already greeted according to their generational order and went aside to play.
Chen Family glanced to ensure attendants and servants were watchfully looking after the two little ones, then relaxed and continued chatting with Liua Feifei: "You must have co here waiting for your Zongchang after receiving the letter, right?"
"Yes." Liua Feifei nodded slightly, embarrassed, "My husband wrote saying he’d return ho today, so I ca with Shicheng to et him."
Ever since the Wang Family acquired the Pioneer Order last year, Wang Zongchang was sent to the Outer Domain. Although letters occasionally arrived, and occasional news ca through Fourth Aunt, after such a long ti apart, she felt increasingly restless.
Having gone through similar experiences in her youth, Chen Family couldn’t help but laugh after reading her expression: "Zongchang in your family is truly accomplished; in his thirties responsible alongside his father-in-law for overseeing exploration and developnt in the Outer Domain. Unlike our own, who at that age was still just circling around the Qi Refining Stage~"
Chen Family’s father-in-law is Ancestor Xiaohan.
As the first ancestor of the Changning Wang Family beyond Ancestor Longyan to ascend to the Spirit Platform Realm, Ancestor Xiaohan’s bloodline might not match the younger celestials like Zongchang, but over twenty years of hard work wasn’t in vain either.
Moreover, Wang Shouzhe had specially purchased a Bone Marrow Purify Pill for Ancestor Xiaohan, thus upgrading his bloodline to the Second Layer.
After last sumr’s harvest, Ancestor Xiaohan’s cultivation finally broke through to the third layer of the Spirit Platform Realm. So, alongside Wang Zongchang, he now presides over the Outer Domain, tasked with leading the upcoming exploration and developnt.
So of the older family mbers are treasures. Their life wisdom gained from weathering countless storms offers invaluable insights for the younger generations.
"Sixth Granny, don’t say that~" Liua Feifei laughs, "Uncle Seven Shouye has recently apprenticed under Master Dan Ding. Your good days are only beginning~"
"Ah~ What good days? I’m just one with a worrying fate." Though clearly pleased by the complint, Chen Family couldn’t resist sighing, "Shouye indeed puts my mind at ease, but Shouming and Luoqing are both strong-willed. No matter how I dissuaded them before, they insisted on following to the Outer Domain. It leaves my heart dangling every day, fearing one morning when I wake up... Forget it, better not to speak of such ominous thoughts."
Hearing this, worry flickered across Liua Feifei’s brow as she consoled Chen Family with a few words.
Just then, a grand caravan of carriages and horses suddenly appeared on the expansive foreign cent road outside. Though still at a distance, the flags fluttering in the caravan made it recognizable as the Wang Family caravan.
Chen Family and Liua Feifei instantly shelved their conversation, eyes shining with intense anticipation.
Soon, the caravan reached the square outside the archway, and the household generals loudly shouted, starting to instruct household servants to unpack the carriage.
In the caravan, soone noticed the waiting Chen Family and Liua Feifei and imdiately sent a household servant to relay the news to the rear.
Soon after, several individuals on horseback rode quickly toward the archway.
These young people led by a man with sword-like brows and a starry gaze, brimming with presence, was none other than the Wang Family’s eighth-generation mber of the "Zong" character generation, Wang Zongchang.
He had once been inadvertently parasitized by the Wedding Robe Blood Gu, but misfortune turned out to be a blessing, causing his bloodline to transform. Later, in the trial dungeons of the Divine Martial Dynasty, he passed the second challenge, earning the Basic Bloodline Talent Improvent Liquid. After consumption, his Xunfeng Wind Elent Bloodline further evolved, propelling him to Upper Grade Talent—earning him the title of a Celestial Pride in public praises.
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