House Exhibition

The next day, Long Xuan got up early and walked towards the Long Family with Long Ziyan. The Long Family was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, and the sounds of children playing were everywhere, making it extremely lively.

As you walk into the street, you are greeted by rows of exquisite little houses lining the street. Each little house is beautiful and creative.

The prettiest little houses were surrounded by crowds, pointing and talking about them, their laughter filling the air. Every now and then, someone would toss a wooden sign into a box next to the little house.

This is the ballot box. After the day ends, the little house with the most votes in the box will be the final winner and will receive a huge contribution point reward. The higher the ranking, the more contribution points you will receive.

Within the Lineage, those with higher status have more votes. Long Xuan and Long Ziyan each have one hundred votes, which can be cast for anyone, but not for themselves.

Long Xuan glanced around and found that there were far too many small houses. Many wide streets had exhibition spaces for them. You should know that every member of the clan now has Thatch Gu, so you can easily imagine how many small houses there are.

It would probably take you half a day just to see all the small houses.

Long Xuan, with his sharp eyes, spotted Long Ziyan's Dragon Silkworm House at a glance. He immediately ran over and, right in front of her, threw all the tickets in his hand into the box next to the Dragon Silkworm House.

The largest crowd gathered around the Dragon Silkworm House, and the most people voted for it. Wooden plaques were thrown into the box, which seemed like a bottomless pit, swallowing up all the plaques.

Long Xuan couldn't help but sigh. This method of deciding the winner by voting by the entire clan seemed fair, but it also seemed unfair.

Long Ziyan's Dragon Silkworm House is probably the most practical, but the practicality of a house is determined by the Lineage's higher-ups; ordinary family members don't have that kind of insight.

So now the voting process is based solely on aesthetics. To be honest, Long Ziyan's Dragon Silkworm House isn't the most beautiful here, but she's the most beautiful person, so the votes are raining down on her ballot box.

Although all the little houses were anonymously named, no one knew who owned each little house.

However, only one person in the entire clan possesses second-tier Dragon Silkworm Silk, and anyone with eyesight knows whose small house this is.

With that in mind, it goes without saying who the ultimate winner of this house exhibition will be; Long Ziyan has already secured her victory.

After seeing Long Xuan throw all the votes into her box, Long Ziyan smiled slightly and walked over, saying, "What kind of house did you use to pry open my Frost-Ice Cabin? Hurry up and let me admire your masterpiece!"

Long Xuan chuckled dryly and said, "I didn't use my house for the competition. I'll take you to my house to see it another day."

His Icefire Cabin was built entirely from the branches of Earth-Grade Spirit Tree, making it not only extremely beautiful but also far more practical than Long Ziyan's.

To put it bluntly, his Icefire Cabin is more than capable of winning two championships.

However, his Icefire Cabin is of such a high level that if it were to be revealed, it would cause a sensation and be too high-profile, which could also lead to some risks.

Besides, he didn't care about the contribution rewards. If he lacked contribution points, he could easily get away with a Low-Grade Gu Recipe at any time. Therefore, he had no reason to participate in this competition.

"That's a pity! It seems I won't be able to cast my hundred votes for you." Long Ziyan smiled faintly and walked deeper into the street to admire the other people's houses.

Long Xuan quickly followed from behind.

It must be said that this newly discovered festival is incredibly lively, far surpassing any of the Long Family's previous traditional festivals.

All the tribespeople, young and old, came out to admire the various small houses, and every street was packed with people, filled with laughter and joy.

Long Xuan and Long Ziyan spent the whole day shopping, eating all sorts of snacks and buying various exquisite little gifts. Finally, they reached the last part of the Strawcloak Gu Day. It was already dark by then.

The newly established festival of Strawcloak Gu Day is also known as Valentine's Day's Valentine's Day, and it is the most popular name for it.

Because all the small houses of the Thatch Gu are interconnected, the Thatch Gu can move to the small house of another Thatch Gu.

Therefore, on this day, men of the Long Family would write a love letter and hand it to their Thatch Gu magical creature), which would then deliver it to the woman they admired.

Some people already have a target in mind, while others take this approach and let fate decide their marriage.

The women of the Long Family would anxiously wait by the small house, eagerly awaiting the letters they received. Those who received more letters would naturally be the object of envious glances, while those who did not receive any letters would be teased, thus creating a competitive atmosphere.

Because of this event, a large number of people in the Long Family found partners on this day, and the birth rate also increased significantly.

This is certainly a good thing for a Lineage.

The Long Family's higher-ups were very satisfied with the custom they had established, so this year they added another rule to Valentine's Day: all single male Gu cultivators in the clan must participate in this activity on this day, without exception.

This can be understood as a forced blind date arrangement, forcing many self-proclaimed spiritual practitioners who don't care about love to participate in this activity with embarrassment.

By this time, many people had already handed the envelopes to their own Thatch Gu. In the Void Realm, countless Thatch Gu were carrying letters back and forth.

Not only was it lively outside, but it was also bustling inside the Void Realm. Many people were afraid of losing face if they failed to find a partner today, so they sent out countless letters, almost making the Thatch Gu run itself ragged.

Despite being the most beautiful woman in the clan, Long Ziyan's small house was deserted and quiet, without even a single letter.

It's not that she doesn't have admirers; it's just that her house is so high-class that very few of the Thatch Gu can get inside.

This can be seen as a way to filter out the rich and poor; those who successfully find partners are generally well-matched, and there won't be any dramas of rich heiresses falling in love with poor boys.

This was a mandatory task, and Long Xuan had no choice but to write a love poem in a letter as the conference was about to end, hand it to the Thatch Gu in the Insect-Rearing Pouch, and then make an excuse to leave.

Staying would be awkward, so if we don't leave now, when will we?

Not long after he left, Long Ziyan's Insect-Rearing Pouch moved. She reached inside and quickly pulled out a slip of paper, on which was written:

Once you've seen the ocean, other waters seem insignificant; once you've beheld the clouds of Wushan, other clouds

I'm too lazy to look back at the flowers I've passed by; half my life is devoted to cultivating the Tao, and half to you.

The lively Valentine's Day have finally come to an end, and unsurprisingly, Long Ziyan once again took home two crowns, dominating the entire arena.

And Long Qilin gloriously became second place again. Although the second place contributor received the same generous rewards, he showed no joy on his face. It is said that he also failed to find a partner, but the reason is unknown.

The Long Family did not quiet down the next day, because another traditional festival of the Long Family, the Eye-Washing Day, was about to arrive.

Although there are still three days until the Eye-Washing Day, it is necessary to set up the venue in advance and prepare many things in advance.

The Eye-Washing Day is just as lively as the Strawcloak Gu Day, because the Gu-fighting segment on the Eye-Washing Day is truly spectacular.

In this world where entertainment is scarce, many people come to such grand events to watch others compete in Gu, cheering them on from the sidelines, with shouts echoing and crowds of onlookers.

Coordinating so many people was a significant challenge, so the Lineage's senior management was busy again before they could even get half a day off.

The last Gu-Dueling Tournament turned into a show for Earthworker; what should have been a Gu-Dueling Tournament became a duel between Earthworker Earthworker.

This thing is incredibly powerful; the slightest movement completely destroyed the Gu Pit.

As a result, the last Gu-Dueling Tournament Gu-Dueling Tournament completely ruined, and it took countless days to finally complete it.

This time, the Lineage finally learned its lesson and prepared to improve the Gu Pit. However, how to improve the Gu Pit has caused the senior members to worry themselves sick.

This time, the Earthworker are different from the last time. Each of these Earthworker can carry a Cement array to fight, unleashing various powerful elemental attacks and bombarding the area. Their destructive power far exceeds that of a year ago, making the Gu Pit even more useless.

Ultimately, the newly available Cement solved their immediate problem.

Carving reinforcement formations on Cement is unlikely to prevent the Gu King from being defeated, but it can certainly serve as a battleground for Gu Insect.

Even if a formation is carved in Cement, it may not be able to withstand the impact of the Earthworker 100%.

But Cement is cheap, so people don't mind if it gets damaged.

And so another massive project began. The entire Long Family was filled with the festive atmosphere of the upcoming holiday. They had just had a day of fun and their energy hadn't even worn off when they realized that another holiday was coming up.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and people were constantly seen on the various mountain peaks. Every now and then, a figure would dart out from a mountain peak and converge towards the Lineage.

Long Xuan was very interested in the Lineage's Sacred Tree, the Divine Dragon Tree, so he naturally wanted to participate in this Gu-Dueling Tournament.

However, he had no intention of winning first place; he would just send his Flame Clone to fool around and only take the top twenty.

As for his true form, he can simply disguise himself as an clone and observe from the sidelines.

As for the Gu Insect used to fight Flame Clone, of course, it's impossible to lend him supreme-grade Gu worm. Lending him two teams of Gu Insect will suffice; if he loses, it's because he's incompetent.

The Gu-Dueling Tournament was held on an open space on the edge of the Lineage's territory, divided into two Gu-Dueling Arena Gu-Dueling Arena. In one Gu-Dueling Arena, all participants were Gu cultivators at the Spirit Gathering Stage stage, while in the other are Gu cultivators at the Marrow Cleansing Stage. There were no higher-level participants; Gu cultivators at the Spiritual Sea Stage did not participate in the battle.

At the same time, only the top twenty in the Marrow Cleansing Stage competition are qualified to have their eyes cleansed; the Gu cultivators in the Spirit Gathering Stage are excluded.

Although over 90% of the Lineage's Gu cultivators are at the Spirit Gathering Stage Marrow Cleansing Stage. Naturally, the higher the level of the Gu Insect, the more exciting the battle is. Marrow Cleansing Stage Gu cultivators also have more Gu Insect, making the Gu Insect battle scene even more entertaining.

Therefore, although the Gu-Dueling Tournament was divided into two Gu-Dueling Arena, one Gu-Dueling Arena was packed with people, while the other was extremely Gu-Dueling Arena.

Aside from those participating in the Gu battles, there were practically no spectators in the Spirit Gathering Stage competition area.

However, this situation will improve the next day. There are fewer Gu cultivators in the Marrow Cleansing Stage, so the Marrow Cleansing Stage competition can be completed in one day.

There are many Gu cultivators in the Spirit Gathering Stage Spirit Gathering Stage, and the Gu Gu-Dueling Tournament for them can last for several days.

Once the high-level matches end, viewers will naturally return to the low-level matches.

Long Xuan headed directly towards the Gu-Dueling Arena for Gu cultivators in the Marrow Cleansing Stage. Upon arrival, instead of observing from the nearest distance, he jumped onto a tree some distance away from the Gu-Dueling Tournament arena and used his Eye of Heavenly Secrets to observe from afar.

The first thing he saw was ten large Cement pits in the center of the crowd; some were circular, some square, some dodecagonal...

They come in various shapes, but their areas are roughly the same.

It is covered with dense Formation Inscription, most of which are reinforcement arrays that can make the Cement more solid.

Long Xuan knew that this was the legendary Gu Pit.

A fighting ring is used for human contests; the ring is convex.

The battles involving Gu (a type of poison) use Gu Pit, Gu Pit are concave.

Once you go out of bounds, you lose; the rules are generally similar.

The Gu Pit is a unique cultural feature of this world, and Long Xuan found it very novel and looked at it with great interest.