After the coming-of-age ceremony ended, the brothers Liu Fujin and Liu Fusheng began taking part in the lineage's affairs alongside others their age.
As an upper-grade second-tier Artifact Refiner, Liu Fujin chose to enter the lineage's Artifact Refining Hall and undertake work related to artifact refining.
As an upper-grade second-tier Spirit Planter, Liu Fusheng chose to work in the lineage's Medicine Garden.
At last, Liu Changxu no longer had to expend his energy every day worrying about his two youngest sons' lives and cultivation.
To celebrate his two youngest sons reaching adulthood, Liu Changxu held a small family banquet with his wives and children in the Ruyi Lotus Palace on the evening after the coming-of-age ceremony.
Besides Liu Changxu and his wives, those attending were his daughter Liu Fujiao, his son Liu Fuba and his family of three, and the brothers Liu Fujin and Liu Fusheng.
Although there were not many people at the banquet, they still filled every place around the White Jade Round Table.
At that moment, the lustrous white jade table was already covered with an array of exquisite, enticing spirit cuisine, arranged like a painted scroll.
The carved spirit fruit resembled flowers blooming in spring. Each petal seemed painstakingly sculpted by nature's hand, tender and dewy, as though still bearing the morning dew and fragrance of a garden.
The Steamed Dragon-Patterned Grouper lay quietly on its platter, the markings on its body resembling natural brocade. A silvery halo shimmered under the pearl light, while its fins and tail curled slightly upward, like a lively flood dragon poised to leap through the Dragon Gate.
The Clear-Braised Venison rested in a white jade bowl, its meat faintly visible within the clear broth. The aroma of venison mingled with the broth's savory fragrance, and the rising steam resembled wisps