Chapter 354

The junior Liu Zhi Yi, on behalf of the Liu family, presents a vermilion fruit to the senior, along with a hundred catties of cloud stone...

In the main hall of the Fu family, the presentation of congratulatory gifts continues.

Currently appearing is Liu Shu Qi of the Liu family.

The people selected by these great clans to present congratulatory gifts are basically beautiful teenage girls in their early teens.

The Liu family's congratulatory gift is quite substantial: a vermilion fruit worth several hundred cubic Dark Energy, cloud stone weighing several cubic per catty, and a Liu family specialty, purple bodhi.

This purple bodhi is produced from a bodhi tree in the Liu family's household.

It is said that this bodhi tree was obtained by the Liu family by chance at an ancient road node, with an age of several thousand years.

The bodhi fruit produced by the bodhi tree comes in five colors.

White bodhi, green bodhi, red bodhi, purple bodhi, gold bodhi.

Different colors represent different years.

Purple bodhi, second only to gold bodhi, can be used to resolve bottlenecks and inner demons; during tribulation crossing, purple bodhi can also help.

As for cloud stone, it is a stone found within clouds, light as cotton yet extraordinarily hard, usable for crafting lightweight high-grade weapons.

If these items were placed in the outside world, each would be extremely rare.

However, for these great clans, they are nothing.

Their clans have many strong members, and each harvest from an ancient road node is extraordinarily huge.

"The Liu family even brought out purple bodhi—this must be worth several thousand cubic Dark Energy, right?"

"No wonder the Liu family; they are too generous."

The guests kept discussing.

"My goodness, any family casually bringing out several thousand cubic Dark Energy—truly a top clan, no wonder Grandfather directly presented the gift."

In the crowd, Jin Yu Hua looked shocked.

Jin Yu Hua's grandfather is a seventh-realm strongman; the Jin family placed in the capital is also a top-tier great clan.

This time coming to celebrate the birthday, Jin Yu Hua's grandfather's congratulatory gift is not bad, worth a few hundred cubic Dark Energy.

In Jin Yu Hua's view, her grandfather's congratulatory gift is simply too precious.

He has grown to now, and the resources he has consumed are still far less than a few hundred cubic Dark Energy.

Such a congratulatory gift, if placed in the capital, would certainly have to be presented publicly to show grandeur.

The result? Grandfather directly presented it.

Jin Yu Hua originally did not understand.

Now, seeing these top clans' congratulatory gifts, he instantly understood.

A congratulatory gift worth several hundred cubic Dark Energy is considered grand in the capital.

Placed at Old Master Fu's birthday, if presented publicly, it would be utterly embarrassing.

Even if others don't mock you, you yourself would feel ashamed.

Publicly presented congratulatory gifts are all worth over a thousand.

Not just one or two thousand; basically they are over two thousand, and the more the better.

Like the Liu family's congratulatory gift, just the purple bodhi alone is worth two to three thousand cubic Dark Energy.

This is a treasure that even has some effect on tribulation crossing.

Of course, the Liu family's most precious is still gold bodhi, but gold bodhi is too scarce; the Liu family never sends it out, and others wanting it must offer something of sufficient value in exchange.

"No wonder they are the topmost wealthy clan in the East; I don't know when our Li family can become such a great clan."

Li Chao likewise looked shocked.

Their Li family's congratulatory gift was also directly presented.

Seventh-realm clans have limited financial power; their congratulatory gifts are usually a few hundred cubic Dark Energy.

If they are stingy, they might stall at a hundred cubic Dark Energy.

Those who give more either have extremely good relations with the Fu family or have something to ask of them.

"If I could be born into these clans, how great would that be..."

Liu Mei beside her felt extreme envy.

Today she has seen the world.

Previously in Rong Cheng, the Lin family where Lin Yan was, to her, was a great clan.

After arriving in the capital, Liu Mei discovered that Lin Yan and his Lin family were not even worthy of the table, merely a big household in a village.

She then decisively abandoned Lin Yan and attached herself to Lin Qiang.

Both surnamed Lin, but Lin Qiang's Lin family is a fifth-realm clan, far stronger than Lin Yan's Lin family by an unknown margin.

At that time she thought she had entered a true great clan.

The result was that Lin Qiang, this useless one, couldn't even beat Lu Xun, and still splashed fire on her.

Liu Mei then abandoned Lin Qiang, spent some time searching, and finally found a new patron, Li Chao.

Now she counts as having leapt the dragon gate, entering a seventh-realm clan.

In her eyes, the Li family is truly a top-tier great clan.

But upon seeing them today, the Li family actually also isn't worthy of the table.

Those clans that casually present congratulatory gifts are the true great clans.

Casually presented congratulatory gifts are just a small half of the assets of seventh-realm clans.

Generally, a seventh-realm clan, including the seventh-realm cultivators themselves, has total assets basically exceeding ten thousand.

That is, exceeding ten thousand cubic Dark Energy.

But this counts them themselves as part of the total.

The amount of Dark Energy they can produce at any time is usually just a few thousand, or even less.

At this moment, Liu Mei wishes she had been born into one of those top-tier families.

"No wonder Lu Xun latched onto Fu Yue... humph, you're also a kept man!"

She finally found a point of mental balance.

They thought Lu Xun was surely cozying up to Fu Yue because of the Fu family's great strength and wealth, going after that rich woman.

"Junior Li Xiuxiu of the Li family, on behalf of the Li family, presents a congratulatory gift to the seniors..."

After the Liu family's congratulatory gift was presented, another person from a major family stepped forward.

This is the Li family of Celestial Mechanism City.

Compared to the Li family that Li Chao belongs to, they are naturally not in the same weight class.

"This time, Old Master Fu's received congratulatory gifts must all exceed 100,000 cubic units of Dark Energy, right?"

Beside Fu Yue, Lu Xun couldn't help but think.

The congratulatory gifts received at this birthday celebration all exceeded a value of 100,000 cubic units of Dark Energy.

This exceeded the imagination of countless people and families.

After receiving the congratulatory gifts, Old Master Fu would always return a gift.

The return gifts are equally generous; needless to say, their value is several hundred cubic units, with some even exceeding a thousand.

The more valuable the gift the other side presents, the more the return gift.

The ratio is roughly one-third.

"Junior Wu Ling, on behalf of the Weaver Maiden Palace, presents one catty of colored-wing spirit silk to the seniors..."

Some major powers in the East began presenting congratulatory gifts to Old Master Fu.

These powers' congratulatory gifts are fairly standard, mostly being each power's specialty products, with values generally around 2,000 cubic units of Dark Energy.

"Junior Wei Guangyao, on behalf of the Northeastern Wei family, presents one portion each of Northern Dipper Yanxi Ginseng and Turtle-Crane Same-Age Ginseng to the seniors; these two ginsengs have been cultivated by us for a hundred years, although their age is not long, due to mutation, their life-extending effect is comparable to that of a thousand-year-old ginseng."

After the congratulatory gifts from the major families and major powers had been mostly presented, Wei Guangyao walked out from the crowd and actually presented a congratulatory gift publicly.

Although he is only at the fourth realm, facing so many people, he remains fairly composed.

However, from his tense body and his expression straining to hold back, Wei Guangyao is still somewhat nervous.

This time,

The Wei family's coming to attend Old Master Fu's birthday celebration is with long-term plans.

They hope to leverage this birthday celebration to sell the Wei family's cultivated ginseng in Celestial Mechanism City.

That is why they presented a gift publicly at the celebration, to make their name known.

Wei Guangyao is here to accomplish this task.

He appears calm on the surface, but inside he is extremely nervous.

There's no way around it; the guests present far surpass the Wei family's previous contacts in stature.

"The Wei family? Which Wei family?"

"Didn't you hear him say? The Wei family of the northeastern region."

"Northern Dipper Yanxi Ginseng, Turtle-Crane Same-Age Ginseng—what are these things? Taking out a hundred-year-old batch, do they even have the nerve?"

"Really, overestimating one's abilities."

The murmuring voices around increased Wei Guangyao's pressure.

In the capital city, he is still considered a top figure.

In Celestial Mechanism City, the scions of the major families here really don't take him seriously.

"The Wei family's ginseng, I've also heard of it; I accept this gift, someone, take a Rainbow Light White Feather Pill to return to the Wei family."

Old Master Fu's voice sounded.

The guest is a guest; even if the Wei family's congratulatory gift is not as valuable as those of other major families, Old Master Fu naturally would not openly show any dissatisfaction.

Wei Guangyao let out a sigh of relief.

"Junior Kaiselin, on behalf of the Holy Hall, presents a pair of Dragon Blood Rings, three Dragon Eggs, and one Angel's Ring to the seniors..."

After Wei Guangyao stepped down, a fair-skinned, beautiful Western woman walked out.

"Wow, it's the Holy Hall."

"Old Master Fu really has face; even the Western Holy Hall sent a congratulatory gift."

The guests exclaimed in amazement.

The Holy Hall in the West is one of the colossal powers.

The situation in the West differs from the East in that the official power of Western countries has been weakened, and essentially the entire West is under the control of the various major powers.

"Thanks for the thought; someone, take a catty of Millennium Enlightened Dao Tree Leaves to return to the Holy Hall."

After Old Master Fu gave a slight nod, he ordered someone to send the return gift.

"Junior Tiede, on behalf of the Hall of Heroic Spirits, presents the Seven-Colored Aurora to the seniors...."

"Junior Airis, on behalf of the Hall of Gods, presents one Silver Apple to the seniors..."

Immediately afterward, the people sent by other Western powers likewise presented congratulatory gifts.

"Lu Xun, it's almost over; get ready to go on stage."

Fu Yue sent Lu Xun a mental reminder.

In the congratulatory gift segment, guests from other countries and regions of Lan Xing are usually the last to present their gifts.

Once they finish, it's Lu Xun's turn.

Finally.

The last person from a Western power finished presenting their congratulatory gift.

Lu Xun was just about to appear, but a young man stole the lead.

Junior Lu Chen, acting on the orders of the Moon Lu Family, has come specially to present a birthday gift to the senior!

The youth's voice was clear and pure like a spring, each word resonant, echoing throughout the hall.

As he spoke, he held up with both hands a wooden box inlaid with gold thread, raising it above his head and presenting it from afar to Old Master Fu.

It's the family from the Moon!

The Lu Family... I heard they just gave birth to a Nine Realms.

What, Nine Realms?

This is great, our East now has one more Nine Realm.

Wake up, the Moon has long become its own world; they may not consider themselves Easterners.

The youth's words sparked considerable discussion.

Some well-informed guests actually knew that the Lu Family had just given birth to a Nine Realm.

As this news spread, the other guests were all shocked.

Where is their gift? Why isn't it announced?

Some guests were curious.

Those who presented gifts earlier all announced their gifts.

The Lu Family people, however, did not announce their gift; instead they placed it in the box, and no one knew what was inside.

The Lu Family.

Old Master Fu saw the youth's action, not knowing what he thought of, his eyes sank slightly.

The next second, he gestured, and the gold-thread wooden box flew into his hand.

Click.

Old Master Fu opened it.

He took a close look and discovered that the wooden box contained a gilded marriage certificate.

Old Master Fu glanced at it and then closed the wooden box.

Go tell your family's elder, I have already received his gift.

Old Master Fu said in a deep voice.

Yes, senior.

The Lu Family youth clasped his hands and retreated into the guest ranks.

What's the situation?

Why didn't Old Master Fu return the gift?

This sudden situation left some of the guests puzzled.

Many wondered what gift the Lu Family had actually sent.

Old Master Fu actually did not return a gift.

This is somewhat contrary to etiquette.

Lu Xun, go ahead.

Hmm.

It's Lu Xun's turn.

He stepped out, his form illusory, and in an instant stood at the central space.

Lu Xun! It's Lu Xun!

He also wants to present a gift to Old Master Fu?

As Lu Xun moved, everyone's gaze locked onto him.

He actually went up there... isn't he afraid of being laughed at?

Wei Guangyao noticed Lu Xun, watching coldly from the sidelines.

Overestimating yourself, you who live off your wife's earnings, what decent gift could you possibly produce?

Li Chao sneered repeatedly.

What right does he have to compare with these great families? He's like a toad on a scale—unaware of his own weight.

A flicker of contempt crossed Liu Mei's eyes.

Junior fellow, this gift is probably not light.

Jin Yuhua, however, felt some anticipation.

His grandfather's gift worth several hundred cubic Dark Energy was too embarrassing to present.

Lu Xun, however, dared to step forward.

The gift he presents should not be light.

Lu Xun has also come to present a gift.

No wonder he's the Fu Family's son-in-law; on his first visit, he dares to present a gift publicly.

The Fu Family members are likewise anticipating.

Under the gaze of everyone present, Lu Xun showed no trace of stage fright.

He clasped his hands, his sleeves fluttering, and his clear voice rang throughout the venue:

Junior Lu Xun specially presents a set of sixth-grade saint-rank longevity elixirs, wishing the senior boundless blessings and an early ascent to the Great Dao!