Chapter 465: The Purple Mansion Banquet

Zheng State, Yu County, Yuntai Mountain. On this day, at the foot of the mountain, cultivators descended from the sky one after another, and the reception pavilion at the base became exceptionally lively.

As each figure descended, they saw the members of the Su family greeting them and wore amiable smiles on their faces.

"Congratulations!"

Everyone offered compliments in their mouths.

"The Su family is so lively; has something happened?"

"Could it be that another Foundation Establishment cultivator has been born in the Su family?"

"Are you an outsider?"

"Don't you know? The Su family head has broken through to Foundation Establishment, opened the Purple Mansion, and become the first Purple Mansion cultivator in Yu County."

"What?"

"The Su family head has become a Purple Mansion cultivator?"

Some visiting rogue cultivators were incredulous upon hearing this. They looked toward the reception pavilion not far away, where the arrivals were all getting along harmoniously, even the other major Foundation Establishment families of Yu County.

"That is the Liu family."

"And the Liu family."

"This is the Wang family from Heyuan County."

"I never imagined so many people would come."

The rogue cultivators on the periphery watched the cultivators continuously ascending the mountain, each one feeling disbelief.

Just then, another group arrived at the reception pavilion, numbering a full thirty people, whereas other power families usually only sent a few.

"That is the Bai family of Yu County. I heard they have marriage ties with the Su family."

"Haha! Congratulations! This old man has arrived late."

"Brother Bai, you jest. You haven't arrived late; you've arrived just in time!"

The person in charge at the reception pavilion was the Seventh Elder of the Su family, and the person who arrived was none other than the Bai family head, Bai Yuan. His visit was naturally to offer congratulations, but at the same time, it was to build connections.

For this reason, he had specially brought the younger generation of his family, hoping to continue intermarrying with the Su family's youth.

The Su family was currently at the height of its power.

Although their Bai family had been established for several hundred years—earlier than the Su family—their current strength was at the bottom of Yu County. Aside from himself, a seventh-layer Foundation Establishment cultivator, they only had one disciple at the third layer of Foundation Establishment.

That would have been considered decent in the past.

But compared to the current Su family, it was truly a vast difference.

He sighed inwardly, wondering what great fortune the Su family had encountered. After that Su family head had started from scratch to take Yuntai Mountain, it had only been a little over a hundred years, yet he had developed the Su family to its current state.

Today, the Su family had four Foundation Establishment cultivators and one Purple Mansion cultivator, which was not weak among the many cultivation families in Zheng State.

In just a short hundred years, while cultivating family disciples, that Su family head's own cultivation had also advanced by leaps and bounds.

Now that he had ascended to the Purple Mansion, Bai Yuan knew that the Su family head was not very old—less than two hundred years of age. Having broken through to the Purple Mansion, his lifespan had more than doubled, and he had hopes for the Golden Core in the future.

At the time he received the invitation from the Su family disciple, he had been extremely shocked and incredulous, but he immediately realized that the Su family was about to soar.

Since the Su family and their Bai family were marriage relatives and had always cooperated to resist the other three clans, now that the Su family had risen, there would be no problem at all with them unifying Yu County in the future.

After all, even before becoming a Purple Mansion cultivator, that Su family head was already considered the number one expert in Yu County. During the previous two demon invasions, this Su family head had shone brilliantly.

Especially this time, he had used his eighth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivation to block a third-tier demon beast, allowing the Purple Mansion cultivators of the Taihe lineage to free themselves and slay several third-tier demon beasts.

Now that he had opened the Purple Mansion and become a Purple Mansion cultivator, his strength would inevitably be even greater. Coupled with the Su family's four Foundation Establishment cultivators, they were now the veritable number one cultivation family in Yu County.

Since the Bai family and the Su family were marriage relatives, they were in a position to benefit first. If the Su family prospered in the future and pulled the Bai family along, it would be a tremendous help to them.

Therefore, upon receiving the Su family's invitation, he immediately gathered the family cultivators and led the younger generation to Yuntai Mountain in person.

He did this in the hope of making the relationship between the Su and Bai families even closer.

In this way, their Bai family could obtain more benefits in the future.

The Bai family was not ordinary; they were personally welcomed by the Seventh Elder and brought up Yuntai Mountain to demonstrate the relationship between the two sides, which was specifically requested by the Clan Head and the Great Elder.

Seeing the Seventh Elder's actions, the smiles on the faces of the Bai family members became even more radiant. As for the other visiting cultivators, they were clearly even more envious, envying the Bai family's good fortune. The Su family was clearly about to soar, and the Bai family's future relationship with them would surely bring many benefits.

For this Purple Mansion banquet, the Su family had emptied their family coffers, but no one had any complaints.

On the contrary, everyone in the Su family wore a beaming smile. Even if they had spent tens of thousands of spirit stones, the Su family did not care; instead, they felt the more of such banquets, the better.

"Fellow Daoist Su, congratulations on opening the Purple Mansion."

In the main hall of the Su family on Yuntai Mountain, several special cultivators arrived. Leading them was a third-layer Purple Mansion cultivator, Yun Tianlai, a Purple Mansion Elder of the Yunyang Sect, followed by four Foundation Establishment disciples.

Their visit was naturally to offer congratulations.

"Brother Yun, you are too polite."

Su Wanjun smiled and had someone accept Yun Tianlai's congratulatory gifts, then began to exchange pleasantries with him.

Subsequently, the major families of Yu County also stepped forward one after another to offer congratulations.

Among them, the leader was naturally the Liu family head. Although he wore a smile on his face, his heart was certainly not as it appeared.

After all, the five major Foundation Establishment families of Yu County competed with each other frequently. The Su family's strength had increased extremely rapidly over these years, naturally leading to more competition for resources, which meant the other families obtained fewer.

How could they be happy? Furthermore, now that the Su family had produced a Purple Mansion cultivator and become the number one cultivation family in Yu County, it was possible they might unify Yu County. At that time, their families' interests in Yu County would decrease again.

But no matter how unhappy they were in their hearts, they dared not show the slightest impatience on their faces, because the Su family's strength was indeed already above that of the Liu family.

The Liu family's strength was not weak; they had six Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family, and three Foundation Establishment disciples in the Yunyang Sect.

However, this Su family head was originally a killer. Before opening the Purple Mansion, he had relied on arrays to contend with third-tier demon clans. Now that he had broken through to the Purple Mansion, his strength went without saying.

Moreover, according to his observations, among the Su family's other four Foundation Establishment cultivators, that Great Elder's cultivation was not much lower than his own—at the peak of the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment, he would be able to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment before long.

As for the other three Foundation Establishment cultivators, they were all early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, but they looked very young and had extraordinary future potential. With the help of the Purple Mansion, the Su family's strength would only grow stronger.

Thinking of this, the Liu family head, Liu Neng, could only extinguish the idea of opposing the Su family.

"Congratulations, Senior Su, on opening the Purple Mansion. This is a fortunate event for Yu County."

Liu Neng bowed in submission, and the others naturally followed suit, cupping their hands in congratulations.

The atmosphere in the main hall also became relaxed as a result.

Other cultivators had originally thought that the Liu family bringing the other two families would make things difficult for the Su family, but now it seemed the other side was also capable of bending and stretching. ===== CHAPTER 466 =====