From the first to the fourteenth day of the new year, Wang Chen's life had been completely thrown into disorder.
There were simply too many visitors. He could barely spare any time for cultivation, expending enormous energy on social calls and entertaining guests. He even felt as though his cultivation had regressed.
But that feeling was merely Wang Chen's illusion.
If he had to do it all over again, he would still be willing.
The reason was simple: his hands had gone soft from receiving gifts!
Visitors came wave after wave.
As an outsider cultivator, although Wang Chen was a Purple Mansion cultivator, while serving as Datian Village's chief, his influence did not extend beyond the village itself.
Even if he turned Datian Village upside down, news of it would struggle to reach the ears of Wancheng City's important figures.
Wancheng City had no shortage of Purple Mansion cultivators. What could a rootless Rogue Cultivator possibly amount to?
But with the title of "West Sea Sect Inner Sect Disciple" empowered upon him, Wang Chen's status immediately became different, instantly placing him above the vast majority of Purple Mansion cultivators.
Even though he was still only a first-level Purple Mansion cultivator.
The disparity in status was no different from the distance between heaven and earth!
When Wang Chen finally tallied everything up, the gifts he had received over the past dozen-odd days totaled several hundred thousand Spirit Stones!
The Song Clan and Fang Clan had given the most lavishly, with each family contributing over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
Wang Chen specifically made a ledger and recorded every gift list and account.
He intended to use it for returning gifts in the future.
He had never been the sort of pedantic person who would turn away such an unexpected windfall.
But