With all preparations complete, Lu Xuan decided to hold the banquet a month later, inviting every lineage in Qingfeng Town to the Lu Family to feast together.
At the Li Family, Li Xukun burst into laughter upon hearing the news. "Hahaha, good! Seven days from now, I'll bring the Chen Family over as a congratulatory gift for the Lu Family. I imagine Senior Lu will certainly reward me handsomely."
Not long after the Chen Family left Qingfeng Town that day, they were captured by the Li Family elites personally led by Li Xukun. The Chen Family no longer had any Golden Core cultivators, while he had broken through to the mid-stage Golden Core Stage, so everything naturally fell into place like water flowing into a channel.
The only unfortunate part was that Chen Huo had actually used a forbidden technique to cover their escape, breaking through to the initial Golden Core Stage. Yet Li Xukun still slapped him to death with a single palm, and not one member of the Chen Family escaped.
Quan Family, Quan Lei.
"Since Senior Lu intends to rebuild the Lu Family, then our Quan Family must naturally prepare a generous gift. Someone, bring me my Azure Lightning Sword. Give it to the Lu Family as a congratulatory gift."
At the Peng Family, upon learning of the news, Peng Yuyan decisively chose to bring the most beautiful descendants of her family to curry favor with Lu Jiuyuan that very day. After all, only Lu Jiuyuan remained in the Lu Family now. If one of them could become Lu Jiuyuan's concubine, then the Peng Family would be completely free of worry in Qingfeng Town.
The An Family's head, An Wan, also prepared a lavish gift and waited for the banquet seven days later.
Princess's Mansion.
"Young Lady, His Majesty prepared this for you. Are you truly going to give it to the Lu Family as a congratulatory gift?"
Xiao Qing looked at the golden token in Li Qingping's hand and spoke hesitantly.
"Yes. I have no use for this thing. Besides, Father has already arranged many powerful experts to protect me, so it is even more useless now."
Li Qingping spoke without the slightest hesitation, then casually glanced toward a certain corner.
"Damn it, that brat actually dared to reject me! And that Li Xuan—he is actually about to take that final step!"
Within the Yin Demon Sect, shrouded in demonic qi, the Yin Demon King sat upon his throne and spoke with an enraged expression. Clearly, everything that had happened that day had infuriated him beyond measure.
"Sect Master, that brat's family is about to be rebuilt. Moreover, according to the news sent back by our spy, King Li seems to have entered seclusion after returning. Should we go and seize that brat now?"
The Yin Demon Sect's Fifth Elder stepped forward and said.
"Mm. This grudge must be repaid, but I have suffered a minor injury and have no strength to go for the time being. First Elder, you shall make the trip in my place."
The Yin Demon King looked grimly toward a certain corner. There sat a withered figure in meditation. Upon hearing the Yin Demon King's words, the First Elder opened his eyes.
"Yes!"
With that, the First Elder's figure vanished. The faint trace of aura that leaked from him revealed that he was astonishingly at the Mid-stage Tribulation Crossing!
Meanwhile, King Li had no idea that the Yin Demon King had actually dispatched a Mid-stage Tribulation Crossing demonic cultivator to seize Lu Jiuyuan. Under the pretext of protecting Li Qingping, he had instead sent an Integrated Body Peak Stage guest elder.
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed. On this day, under Lin Guiran's arrangements, the Lu Family had long since prepared everything. The entire Lu Family looked exceptionally festive.
"Young Master!"
Lu Jiuyuan had just finished consolidating his cultivation when, upon stepping outside, he saw Lin Guiran greeting him. Lu Jiuyuan had already met Lin Guiran before.
"Mm. Everything has been arranged for today, right?"
Lu Jiuyuan asked with a smile. Lin Guiran hurriedly replied, "Young Master, everything has been prepared."
From Lin Guiran, Lu Jiuyuan learned of the arrangements for the day.
Seven days earlier, the household servants had delivered invitations to every cultivation family in Qingfeng Town.
(Note: Cultivation families referred to families with Qi Refining Stage cultivators.)
Although Qingfeng Town appeared large, it only contained around a hundred cultivation families. Given the Lu Family's current size, accommodating them naturally posed no trouble.
"Mm. Go receive the guests first. Once everything is settled, this young master will let all of you enter the Qi Refining Stage."
Lu Jiuyuan patted Lin Guiran on the shoulder and smiled. The moment he said this, Lin Guiran's entire body began trembling uncontrollably.
"Thank you for Young Master's grace! We shall go through fire and water for the Lu Family, sparing neither liver nor brain!"
It could be said that becoming a cultivator was the lifelong dream of every person on the Dixuan Continent. Yet becoming a cultivator was no easy matter, especially for household servants like them.
Now, Lu Jiuyuan had actually said that he would make them cultivators. Even if it were a lie, it would still be worth kneeling to thank him.
Moreover, given the Lu Family's current circumstances, those words might not have been false.
After instructing Lin Guiran to attend to his duties, Lu Jiuyuan arrived before the Lu Family gates. Guests were steadily entering through the main entrance.
"The Ling Family offers twenty low-grade Spirit Stones as a gift!"
"The Cheng Family offers thirty low-grade Spirit Stones as a gift!"
"The Xue Family offers twenty-five low-grade Spirit Stones as a gift."
The household servant responsible for receiving gifts at the entrance shouted loudly. After all, most of them were Qi Refining Stage families. Being able to offer so many low-grade Spirit Stones was already quite respectable.
Only Foundation Establishment families could be seen offering more than a hundred low-grade Spirit Stones as gifts.
The one responsible for catering the Lu Family's banquet today was Immortal's Draught, a restaurant famous throughout Tianling Prefecture. However, the cost was truly exorbitant. Fifty tables had cost a full one million low-grade Spirit Stones, meaning each table was worth as much as twenty thousand low-grade Spirit Stones. In comparison, the congratulatory gifts they had brought were hardly worth mentioning.
Of course, guests of different cultivation levels received different treatment. To put it simply, those brought along by Qi Refining Stage cultivators sat at one table, Qi Refining Stage cultivators sat at another, Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators sat at another, while Golden Core Stage cultivators each sat at their own table.
However, there probably would not be many Golden Core Stage cultivators attending.
Just then, the household servants at the entrance shouted loudly.
"Quan Family Head Quan Lei has come to congratulate the Lu Family on its housewarming! He offers one Low-grade Profound Tier longsword, the Azure Lightning Sword, as a gift!"
As the servant's shout rang out, the cultivators who had already entered could not help looking toward the entrance. Quan Lei walked in with a smile on his face, followed by two Qi Refining Stage juniors who had come to broaden their horizons.
Everyone present was stunned by Quan Lei's generosity. A Low-grade Profound Tier weapon was worth as much as ten thousand low-grade Spirit Stones. Since it was also a longsword, it might be another two thousand low-grade Spirit Stones more expensive.
Was it not just a banquet? Was there really a need to give such an expensive congratulatory gift?
Before Quan Lei could bask in his pride for long, he heard the household servant shout excitedly once more.
"An Family Head An Wan has come to congratulate the Lu Family on its housewarming! He offers one Low-grade Profound Tier pill, a Divine Speed Pill, as a gift!"
Upon hearing this, Quan Lei's expression darkened at a visible rate. A Low-grade Profound Tier Divine Speed Pill could greatly increase a cultivator's speed after use.
Even Golden Core Stage cultivators could maintain a fifty-percent speed increase for an hour.
It was no exaggeration to say that, to Golden Core Stage cultivators, such a pill could even be called a life-saving pill.
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