The Ning'an Wang Clan treated Chen Sheng's visit with an exceptionally grand and formal reception.
The manor's central gates were thrown wide open, and the honor guard stood in perfect formation. Even the stone lions by the entrance seemed meticulously polished, gleaming with a profound luster in the afternoon sun.
Although Chen Sheng's cultivation was still at the level of an Innate Martial Master, the twin accolades of "Head of the Ning'an Ten Heroes" and "Innate Enlightenment" made the influence he wielded entirely different.
The former represented the undisputed peak of prestige among the younger generation in Ning'an Prefecture; the latter promised a future of limitless potential.
In the calculations of the great Noble Families, a Martial Dao prodigy likely to reach—or even surpass—the Mystic Realm was far more valuable than any ordinary master.
