Chen Yan's investment. Chen Yan stood atop a tower in the City Lord's Manor.
The Plain White Daoist Robe he wore fluttered gently in the breeze.
The music of drums and the crackle of firecrackers drew ever closer.
Chen Yan's gaze fell on the sixteen-bearer bridal sedan appearing in the distance, and the dense throng following the bridal procession.
After today, the City Lord's Manor and the Li Family would be joined by marriage.
This was no ordinary marriage alliance. The City Lord's Manor, the Li Family, the other five great cultivation families, and Forgotten River City's eight great lineages all knew that perfectly well.
From this day onward, the balance of power in Forgotten River City would be turned upside down.
It all came down to the betrothal gifts the City Lord's Manor had given the Li Family.
At an auction in Lin'an Commandery of the Great Sun Immortal Kingdom, an unfinished immortal artifact had fetched the staggering price of seventy million superior spirit stones.
Yet even excluding the gold and silver, the spirit stones and sixteen magical treasures in the City Lord's Manor's betrothal gifts to the Li Family were certainly worth more than thirty-five million superior spirit stones in total.
In a sense, this meant that the betrothal gifts the City Lord's Manor had given the Li Family amounted to "half an immortal artifact."
For these insignificant cultivation families in Forgotten River City, immortal artifacts were far too distant a prospect.
After all, there were only a dozen or so immortal artifacts in the entire Southern Bright Region.
Of course, the City Lord's Manor's betrothal gifts to the Li Family could not truly be considered "half an immortal artifact." That was merely a comparison of their monetary value.
But these five million superior spirit stones and sixteen