Lucas's mother, Selina, saw that her eldest son Lucas and her daughter were about to argue, so she stepped in to smooth things over. "All right, your brother just got back. It's not often our family gets to be together. Let's eat first."
Lucas's younger sister, Grace, gave a cold snort and went straight to help their mother. Windsor also came over, took her husband's hand, and said gently, "Tone it down a little."
Lucas nodded and glanced at Clinton, whom his father was holding. Having never met his grandfather before, Clinton was a little shy around him. Lucas said to his son, "Be good and stay with your grandfather. Your third uncle and I are going out to chat for a while."
Lucas took his younger brother, whom he had not seen in a long time, outside to chat. That evening, Lucas enjoyed a pleasant dinner with his family.
The next morning, Eric and Benny also came to Lucas's home to catch up. After inviting them to sit down, Lucas answered some questions about their cultivation and explained some things they needed to know before reaching the Saint level. They also chatted about some of what had happened over the years!
After returning from his travels, Lucas began planning to establish a nation. His tribe was currently in a valley where the plains gave way to the plateau. Now, it seemed unsuitable as the capital of his future nation.
So he planned to look to the west for territory suitable for founding his nation.
Lucas was now a Saint, and the time had come when he could protect a city. It was also time for his tribe and his students' tribes to leave their scattered existence behind and move toward a civilization of large, concentrated communities.
Lucas flew west