The matchmaking gathering was a major annual event for the Yun Family.
On this day, the vast majority of Yun Family members living elsewhere would return. Unmarried young men and women met, mingled, and got to know one another at the gathering, eventually joining together as married couples.
For newly recruited alchemists, marrying a woman of the Yun Family here was the path to gaining the family's complete trust and truly becoming one of them.
The matchmaking gathering was in full swing inside the great hall. Chu Yun sat in an inconspicuous corner, sipping tea and leisurely watching the show.
The hall was divided into two halves, with nearly a thousand low tables set on each side. The tables were laden with fruit and tea. Behind the tables on the right sat beautiful young maidens, while on the left were young men whose eyes gleamed with anticipation as they murmured among themselves.
Though an enormous number of people attended the gathering, it was far from disorderly. Most already had someone in mind.
Marriage was, after all, a matter that concerned one's entire life. No one treated it lightly. Before the gathering, people had aggressively peddled all sorts of directories containing information on every participant. The directories were priced steeply, yet every edition was fiercely sought after, and business was booming.
Nearly everyone clutched three or four directories in hand. Empty-handed, Chu Yun stood out like a crane among chickens.
The instant the official start was announced, the young men in the hall surged to their feet with a roar and rushed toward the girls' side.
Arriving beside the girls they fancied, they first announced their names and introduced themselves.
Afterward, the girls would often blush as they posed difficult questions to test them. Most concerned their insights and views on