The Gongyang Family was immensely excited.
Because:
They had received word that an Imperial Capital student had come to Loulan.
Moreover, the other party was remarkably gracious, actually laying out a grand banquet in Loulan to receive them.
Elsewhere, they would not have cared about an Imperial Capital student at all.
At most, the other party was merely a Heaven-Piercer.
As one of the Top Aristocratic Families, they simply did not care about Heaven-Piercers.
However:
Things were different now.
Their family's younger generation had only just set foot in the Imperial Capital Martial Academy and stood alone, weak and unsupported.
If they could establish ties with this student, their own descendants would have an easier time getting by in the Imperial Capital.
After all:
Those bastards in the Imperial Capital oppressed people from the main cities at every turn.
For this:
They had spent heavily to cut a one-foot cube of Golden Silk White Jade as a gift for the Imperial Capital student.
The other aristocratic families had the same idea.
However:
Most aristocratic families' descendants had merely become followers in the Imperial Capital.
Those able to enter the Martial Academy were truly few and far between.
They all wanted to pull some strings for their own descendants.
Shortly afterward:
When the heads of the many aristocratic families entered the Martial Academy carrying precious gifts, they could not wait to have someone announce the gift lists:
Gongyang Family—one-foot cube of Golden Silk White Jade!
Luo Family—two sets of quadruplets!
Hou Family—one pair of armored boots!
The gift lists were delivered inside in the swiftest and grandest manner possible.
In less than five minutes, over a hundred heads of Top Aristocratic Families had all arrived.
They spoke among themselves, discussing which Top Aristocratic Family the person in the banquet