As the Wang Clan's convoy entered Wengcheng, carriage by carriage.
The sounds of gawking and clamor grew ever louder. The traveling merchants and Rogue Cultivators who had come from afar were stunned by the sight before them, and they would spread the Wang Clan's renown far and wide.
An aristocratic clan needed deterrent power. Only then would people feel awe and not dare harbor crooked thoughts so casually. For one, it reduced all manner of unnecessary trouble; for another, the greater the name, the easier it was to obtain benefits.
Yet while maintaining that deterrent power, an aristocratic clan also had to leave others unable to fathom its depths or see its true foundations.
Simply put, they had to establish their might and make people feel that the Wang Clan was extraordinarily formidable. At the same time, they had to remain mysterious, so no one knew exactly how formidable they truly were.
The subtleties and hidden mysteries within this had to be carefully considered and grasped.
That was precisely why, under Wang Shouzhe's arrangements, the Mountain-Swallowing Python's head had been placed atop the first carriage, while the White-Browed Golden Tiger's head had "inadvertently" been left half-hidden and half-exposed within the carriage compartment.
And as the Water-Origin Spirit Turtle carried a vast quantity of prey and ambled unhurriedly into Wengcheng, the spectators' shock was raised to its peak.
Beyond their shock came awe toward the Wang Clan. If they could even tame a Third-Order Fierce Beast, the Wang Clan's rise had become inevitable.
This was called a Parade of Merit, laying the foundations for the Wang Clan to dominate Ping'an Town alone in the near future.
What to display, what not to display, and how to display it—these were all results of the Wang Clan members' discussions and deliberations, not reckless