At this moment, Teng Family Village in Yi City, Jiangning Commandery, Dongchang Road, Dongchang Prefecture, was decorated inside and out with lanterns and colorful banners, brimming with festivity as though it were New Year.
From a hundred meters away, one could see the two extremely conspicuous scarlet lanterns hanging from the village gate, which stood nearly a zhang tall.
Upon drawing closer, one could clearly make out the two grand characters written in jet-black ink across the red lanterns, their strokes dancing like dragons and phoenixes. One read "Fortune," and the other, "Peace."
They represented blessings of wealth and safety.
Inside the gate, countless people of Teng Family Village had changed into respectable new clothes, smiles of joy beaming across their faces as they accepted the praise of guests from other villages and the city.
"Clan Leader Teng, congratulations! Truly, congratulations! I heard your Qingshan can enter the legendary Innate Camp of the Innate Family Zhou Family this time, and he has even received Heaven Grade treatment. One day, he is bound to become an extraordinary figure!"
"Indeed! The Innate Camp of the Innate Family Zhou Family—my heavens, what kind of monster does it take to enter such a place? In the five hundred years since the Innate Camp was founded, only Senior Wang Chuan from our Yi City entered it, two hundred years ago, and he received only Mysterious Grade treatment. That is far inferior to your Qingshan's!"
Within Teng Family Village, the heads of the so-called great clans from Yi City had all cast aside their former airs and come to this lowly place outside the city, which they ordinarily would not even deign to glance at. They congratulated Teng Yunlong, the clan leader of Teng Family Village, at the center of the crowd. There was none of