Wang Chengen returned to the Wang Family's group with the 'Golden Book' in his hands. It was plain to see that even he—always smiling, composed, as though everything lay within his grasp—could no longer conceal his excitement.
After the Wang Family came the 'Ling Ye Talisman' Ye Family. The Ye Family head, Ludong County's Registrar Ye Junzhi, stepped forward to make the offering and inscribe their name.
The Ye Family likewise offered twenty pieces of lower-grade second-tier Spirit Source Ore and two thousand pieces of upper-grade first-tier Spirit Source Ore. It seemed the Ye Family intended to maintain its rank as a Ninth-Rank County Magnate clan, with no intention of advancing to an Eighth-Rank County Magnate clan.
However, unlike the Liang Family and the Wang Family, the Ye Family was already a Ninth-Rank County Magnate clan and already possessed an enshrined 'Genealogy Golden Book.'
Thus, when their name was inscribed upon the Genealogy Golden List, the list did not bestow a new 'Golden Book.' Instead, the Ye Family brought forth their 'Genealogy Golden Book,' and a speck of golden light descended from the list into it.
It was clear that the Ye Family's 'Genealogy Golden Book' was already quite substantial. After several centuries of inheritance, it must have recorded at least a dozen generations and over ten thousand names.
The 'Genealogy Golden Book' that had just been brought out bore an already rather dim pale-golden sheen. Only after a speck of golden light from the Golden List fell into it did the Ye Family's 'Genealogy Golden Book' blaze with pale golden radiance, appearing even more dazzling than the Liang Family's newly acquired 'Golden Book.'
After the Ye Family came the 'Cloud Water' Lu Family. The Lu Family members stepped forward to pay their respects, after which the Lu Family head,