127: Chapter 127 Celebration Banquet and Invitations

"Make it public?" Hearing Pei Tianrong's suggestion, thoughts swirled in Pei Qingyun's mind.

The most direct way to publicize one's strength was to hold a celebration banquet and invite various forces to attend.

These forces were either in-law families related to the Pei Clan or friends related to Pei Qingyun personally.

His predecessor's friends, who were of similar age, were basically all dead. If there was one person he still had a decent relationship with, it was Chen Yuanba.

Through these in-law families, Pei Qingyun's strength would naturally be spread abroad.

Publicizing one's strength had its pros and cons.

Hiding his strength and being a 'schemer' would allow him to stay safely in the background. However, the downside was that the Pei Clan's interests could not be maximized.

A third-rate family with a Six Bowels Grandmaster and a third-rate family without one were on two completely different levels.

A Six Bowels Grandmaster would be an honored guest even among second-rate families. It could be said that as long as the Pei Clan publicized his strength, some forces that originally had no interaction with them would likely seek to establish a connection.

Furthermore, the growth in reputation brought to the Family would inevitably drive an increase in the total amount of Family Luck.

Since the benefits outweighed the drawbacks, he had no reason to refuse.

Thinking of this, Pei Qingyun said slowly, "Arrange this matter as you see fit. Besides the in-law families, do not forget to send an invitation to Chen Yuanba."

Hearing this, Pei Tianrong said in a deep voice, "Old Ancestor, rest assured, I naturally wouldn't dare forget Director Chen. It's just that regarding the newly arrived Director He, do you think we should also send an invitation?"

Pei Qingyun said indifferently, "Naturally we should. This new director of the Evil Suppression Bureau is a direct descendant of the Jinhuai He Family."

Pei Tianrong nodded and said, "Understood."

After leaving the ancestral house, Pei Tianrong convened a Family meeting and announced the news that Pei Qingyun had reached the Six Viscera Realm.

Upon learning that their Old Ancestor was already a Six Bowels Grandmaster, the Elders were greatly shocked.

In these few months, the Pei Clan had developed rapidly. The Elders had all more or less broken through a minor Realm. Someone like Pei Tianlin had even directly broken through a major Realm.

The Elders knew in their hearts that Wuyang Pei Clan's current success was all thanks to their Old Ancestor.

It was already shocking enough that their Old Ancestor had broken through successive Realms at the advanced age of over eighty.

They hadn't expected that after such a short time, their Old Ancestor would break through again, and even reach the Realm of a Six Bowels Grandmaster.

Even a peerless Genius with ample resources might not necessarily be able to achieve this.

But their Old Ancestor had not only done it, he had done it within the resource-scarce Pei Clan.

This made them inevitably suspect whether the Old Ancestor had been hiding his strength all along.

Or perhaps, the Old Ancestor had experienced an Innate Bloodline Awakening.

Besides these two possibilities, they could think of no other.

However, before the Elders could overthink it, Pei Tianrong spoke of the plan to hold a celebration banquet for the Old Ancestor.

The Elders were all very supportive of holding the celebration banquet.

This banquet would definitely be a high-profile debut for the Pei Clan. The Elders all had their own in-laws; who wouldn't want to hold their heads high, show off in a grand way, and satisfy their own vanity?

To hold a celebration banquet, the first step was to select an auspicious date. The date not only had to have a good meaning but also had to allow enough preparation time for the banquet.

The various in-law families were scattered across Jinhuai Prefecture, and some were even as far as neighboring prefectures.

Just delivering the invitations to each in-law Family would take several days. Not to mention, it would take time for the families to travel from various places.

Furthermore, with the New Year approaching, the timing could not conflict with it.

After some discussion, Pei Tianrong set the date for the celebration banquet on the fifteenth of next month, as a one-month buffer was sufficient.

Next was arranging the invitations.

Although this was Pei Qingyun's celebration banquet, the invitations were all written by Pei Tianrong on his behalf.

Since everyone was in support, the meeting concluded very quickly.

Even though Pei Qingyun had given him full authority, Pei Tianrong still briefly explained the set date and some arrangements.

Seeing that Pei Qingyun did not object, Pei Tianrong then began to arrange all the matters.

A few days passed in a flash, and the Wuyang Pei Clan's invitations appeared in the hands of the major in-law families.

Although Qi Yanran had not yet married Pei Sili, the Huaishui Qi Family still received an invitation.

When Qi Zhongyin opened the invitation and saw its contents, he was also greatly shocked.

Since their parting a month ago, he had already been amazed by the development of the Wuyang Pei Clan.

All along, he hadn't been able to understand the reason.

At this moment, he finally understood.

It turned out that the Pei Clan's Old Ancestor, Pei Qingyun, was a Six Bowels Grandmaster.

With a Six Bowels Grandmaster, it was impossible for the Wuyang Pei Clan not to grow strong.

That his Huaishui Qi Family could form a marriage alliance with the Wuyang Pei Clan was undoubtedly another correct decision he had made over the years.

If he hadn't personally visited the Wuyang Pei Clan, this marriage alliance might not have happened.

At this moment, Qi Zhongyin couldn't help but admire himself.

The leader of the Qi Clan's restoration could be none other than he, Qi Zhongyin.

At the same time, he was also delighted that his daughter could marry into such a powerful husband's Family.

He completely forgot that it was Pei Tianlin who first came to the Huaishui Qi Family to facilitate this marriage alliance.

Jinhuai Prefecture City.

Evil Suppression Bureau Estate, External Affairs Hall.

After Pei Qingyun went to Longxi, Chen Yuanba had been transferred to the prefecture city.

With the tilting of the Chen Family's resources, Chen Yuanba had also broken through from the Late Stage of Five Viscera to Full-Circle Five-Viscera Realm within this month.

But even so, if Chen Yuanba wanted to break through to the Six Viscera Realm, he would still need to consolidate for a period of time, ranging from one to several years.

Being only at Full-Circle Five-Viscera Realm was not enough for him to secure the position of Commander of the Prefecture City's Evil Suppression Bureau, but with the Chen Family's help, it was barely manageable.

In comparison, the position of Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department in Wuyang County was much easier.

At this moment, Chen Yuanba was responsible for the selection of Evil-Suppressing Guards.

Because the trade route had been cleared recently, the Evil-Suppressing Guards had suffered heavy casualties, and even the Evil-Suppressing Commander had died, which gave him this opportunity.

Once the previous Evil-Suppressing Commander died, the mess naturally fell into his hands.

In this month, it was already the second time Chen Yuanba was selecting Evil-Suppressing Guards.

But even so, the number of Evil-Suppressing Guards under him was not even half of the previous commander's full complement.

The reason for this situation was, firstly, that being an Evil-Suppressing Guard carried great risk, and secondly, the selection requirements were not low.

Chen Yuanba expected that if he could reach eighty percent of the full complement after this selection, he would be satisfied.

"Now, I announce that the selection for the Evil-Suppressing Guards officially begins."

As his voice fell.

Over a hundred candidates for the Evil-Suppressing Guards looked solemn and took deep breaths.

Just then, an Evil-Suppressing Guard wearing a black robe came before Chen Yuanba and said softly, "Report, Commander, there is a Martial Artist from the Wuyang Pei Clan at the door. He says he has an invitation for me to hand over to you."

"An invitation? Bring it here for me to see," Chen Yuanba said thoughtfully to the guard beside him.

An invitation from the Wuyang Pei Clan was likely related to Pei Qingyun. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Wuyang Pei Clan to send an invitation to him.

Hearing this, the guard bowed his head, holding the invitation with both hands, and presented it to Chen Yuanba.

Taking the invitation, Chen Yuanba opened it on the spot.

The guard beside him turned his body and twisted his head to the other side, not daring to peek.

When Chen Yuanba saw the invitation, his eyes widened like copper bells, and he exclaimed, "What a Six Bowels Grandmaster! Brother Pei has quietly reached the Six Viscera Realm. I have worked so hard just to break through to Full-Circle Five-Viscera Realm. This time when I go back to Wuyang, I must ask my brother for some Breakthrough experience."