Skin-Tempering Realm

Three days after the Martial Examination ended.

The court's golden-edict proclamation was issued.

Without any suspense, Lu Chen had passed as the Martial Scholar, taking first place on Scarlet Cloud County's martial arts rankings!

To celebrate, Wang Firm directly purchased a grand residence in the county seat and gave it to Lu Chen.

The residence had three courtyards and three gateways, gray tiles and white walls. There was a well in the courtyard, flowerbeds, and a spacious martial arts ground.

Lu Chen also brought his father and mother from Lu Family Village to the county seat, placing the court-issued golden-edict proclamation and register of honors into their hands.

When Lu Shan and Zhou Yun saw the golden-edict proclamation, they wept tears of joy.

"My son has made something of himself!"

The two embraced Lu Chen and laughed heartily.

To make his parents happy, Lu Chen held a three-day flowing banquet at the new residence as his celebration feast.

Lu Chen was the Martial Examination's top scorer. No one in Scarlet Cloud County would refuse to show him respect, and people came every day in an unbroken stream to offer congratulations, making Lu Shan and Zhou Yun smile so broadly that they could not close their mouths.

A few days later, the liveliness of Lu Residence finally began to fade.

After the three-day flowing banquet, far fewer guests came to offer congratulations. Carriages and horses no longer clogged the long street outside the gates every day, and the courtyard regained some peace and quiet.

Yet compared to when they had first moved in, Lu Residence was now completely different.

Servants swept the front courtyard, cooks bustled in the kitchen, and someone stood watch at the gatehouse. Lu Shan no longer had to work in the fields. Every day, he sat beneath