When they left the state city, every faction of the barbarians presented the Yang Family with generous gifts.
Then, an endless procession of barbarian soldiers and commoners escorted them all the way, only waving farewell after more than ten miles.
With this visit to the Barbarian State City concluded, everyone in the Yang Family, mortals and cultivators alike, had gained greatly.
After returning to the Sacred Land, all manner of news concerning the barbarians immediately spread like wildfire throughout the First Layer Heaven.
As these pieces of heartening news were relayed back one after another, the mortal commoners of every family and clan instantly cast off their worries and began making preparations for future trade with the barbarians.
Several great clans and their vassal families also took the initiative to approach the Yang Family's two masters, hoping they could offer the manager a word of counsel so that, when the barbarians visited the Sacred Land in the future, their own families might be included among the places to be visited.
Of course, the final outcome of this proposal would still have to be decided after several rounds of selection.
Before that, however, the Yang Family had another major matter to attend to.
It was the first grand sacrifice held by the family after their distant relocation to the Sacred Land.
By coincidence, the children's aptitude testing for the year was due to take place a month later. After internal discussion within the Yang Family, they decided to hold both events on the same day.
The grand sacrifice held once every few years was the foremost event for the entire Yang Family. Whether they were mortals of varying status in the First Layer Heaven or mortals on the various peaks within the Sacred Land, none dared show the slightest negligence.
Moreover,