Chapter Fifty-two: Family Competition, Lively and Unusual

  December 20th, this day, the family competition, has finally arrived.

  In the ancient house, a high platform was built in the middle of the ancient mansion's large courtyard. This platform was made of basalt and was extremely hard.

  This high platform is the arena.

  Although the Gu family was hosting this kind of family competition for the first time and had no experience, they hadn't eaten pork without seeing a pig run. Hosting a family competition wasn't that difficult after all. At this moment, many seats were arranged on the arena, and many guests were invited to attend the ceremony.

  A family feud is a new thing for Taofang County.

  The San Gu's family held a grand family competition, but it was the first time in Tao Fang County, and this was an opportunity to gain face.

  At the same time, it is also a declaration of force to other people in Taofang County, letting other families in Taofang County know who is the boss.

  At this moment, the three people sitting in the north of the arena are all from the Gu family, namely Gu Fangde, Gu Fangzhi, and Gu Fangti. These three businessmen have no martial arts skills, but after years of fighting in the business world, they also have a certain aura. At this moment, Gu Fangde and the other two people all showed smiles on their faces. They had been working hard to transform the Gu family from a commercial family into a martial arts family, and now their efforts finally had some results. The Gu family could finally hold a family competition like a martial arts family, and it was almost time to reap the rewards.

  More than twenty years of hard work!

  Gu Fangde, Gu Fangzhi and Gu Fangti, all three of them had a pleased expression on their faces.

  On the east side sat the guests who came to attend the ceremony, and at the head of the guests was Tao Fangxian, the county magistrate of Taofang County. Tao Fangxian was an official appointed by the imperial court, with a different status. Of course, in today's era, although the imperial court still exists, and there is the largest golden-level sect, Yixia Academy, supporting it from behind, due to the numerous and powerful local sects, the actual area controlled by the imperial court is not too large. It's more like each region is governed autonomously.

  So the court appointed officials, in fact, are not worth much money.

  You said that in the central and other regions under the control of the Great Qi Empire, the strongest are the people of Jixia Academy and the royal family, nobles, and ordinary court officials, where would they be taken seriously.

  And if in the Daqi Empire, where control is not very good, other sects are the strongest. Although they will take care of the imperial court's face and won't do anything to you, the status of the officials appointed by the imperial court is also not high.

  The court appoints officials, originally they were not worth much money.

  Compared with local sects, it's like an ant, and compared with local martial arts families, it can't even compare.

  Compared to the Gu family, a merchant family of similar status and identity, they are slightly higher than ordinary merchant families. However, the Gu family has now begun to transform and has achieved considerable results, so their current status and position will not be lower than that of Tao Zhi County.

  Tao Zhi County sat on the east side, and next to Tao Zhi County was a young girl with a youthful aura, who had been matched with Gu Chao but looked down on him. This girl, Tao Ying, thought that when choosing her future husband, she should choose someone strong, at least stronger than Gu Chao. She didn't think much of Gu Chao and had already gathered intelligence on him. According to reports, before going to the Taishan Sect, he was only at the second layer of the acquired realm, but fortunately passed the Taishan Sect test. He didn't have any real ability, just luck.

  On the east side, there were other guests, such as Hou Da Guan Ren, who was in the tea business. This Hou Da Guan Ren's tea business was extremely large, and his son, Hou Da Cong Wen, had already passed the imperial examination to become a scholar-official. His second son, Hou Er, was also the same Hou Er that Gu Chao knew, although he hadn't passed the test to become an outer disciple of the Tai Shan Sect, but later went to participate in the testing for the Bronze Level Sect, Yan Zi Men, and became one of its outer disciples.

  Marquis Hou didn't have the courage and determination of San Gu, nor did he have such great wealth. He was already quite satisfied with his eldest son, Wen Kao, becoming a scholar-official, and his second son entering the Qingtongjiemen, the Swallow Door Sect.

  Swallow Gate, this is a school that focuses on agility, and its signature technique should be the Swallow Triple Water Sword Technique. It's said that this sword technique is a rare fourth-tier martial skill. As for what this martial skill looks like, it's unknown. In addition to this, Swallow Gate also has a fourth-tier lightness skill called Swallow Piercing Clouds and Mounting the Wind. This lightness skill is quite good, and in terms of pure lightness skills, Swallow Gate, as a bronze-level school, won't be much worse than the silver-level school, Taishan School.

  Hou Er went to Yanzi Gate because he listened to Gu Chao's suggestion, thinking that his slender and agile physique should go to Yanzi Gate. As a result, he successfully passed the gate and joined the Bronze Gate Sect Yanzi Gate. Now Hou Er is very grateful to Gu Chao.

  Among the guests on the east side, there were other guests, such as the county lieutenant of Tao Fang County and the catcher of Tao Fang County. Don't underestimate the profession of catcher, this Wang catcher is a post-heavenly six-layer master, basically one of the top masters in Tao Fang County. There were also some other businessmen, after all, Gu's family was still a business family at that time, with many businessman friends.

  Apart from this, there are also some local forces of clan power, and in a place, one cannot underestimate the local clan power.

  San Gu's family business is so precise, and he handles matters with tact, never offending anyone.

  On the west side were some personnel of Gu's family, such as the shopkeeper invited to do business outside, the housekeeper, and some servants. These people also made contributions to Gu's family, so they were also called to attend the ceremony together.

  On the south side were more than 40 younger generations of the Gu family, divided into three groups. They were the sons and daughters of Gu Fangde, Gu Fangzhi, and Gu Fangti, totaling over 40 people. Of course, only 16 had successfully joined various major sects, while more than 20 others had not joined any major sects.

  Among them, the most eye-catching is Gu Mengmeng with a hint of red hair, a melon-seed-shaped face, sweet and elegant with a touch of English charm, wearing a white heroic woman's uniform. Gu Mengmeng is a female disciple of the Golden Level Gate School, Yue Nu Jian Zong, and also the first person from Tao Fang County to join Yue Nu Jian Zong. Her sword hilt is crystal clear in design, with a jade-like color, and the sword has not yet been unsheathed.

  Of course, among the children of Gu Fangzhi, the 20-year-old young man Gu Yu was also quite eye-catching. After all, Gu Yu had been famous for a long time and was said to have exchanged blows with Wang Bu three years ago, defeating him when he was still in the sixth layer of the Post-Heaven realm. Of course, Wang Bu would not be angry with Gu Yu because of this, but instead became good friends with him. As a lone martial artist, Wang Bu had finally managed to get in touch with someone from the Meng Shan Sect and wouldn't let go of the opportunity. Gu Yu was indeed a disciple of the Meng Shan Sect.

  In the south, the younger generation of the Gu family was also discussing who was better between the two. Some people even mentioned Gu Chao's name, saying that he was really lucky.

  In fact, in the ancient family, there were not a few people who were no less powerful than Gu Chao back then - Post-Heaven Realm Second Layer. However, Gu Chao passed the recruitment of Tai Shan Sect's outer door disciples, they did not pass, so their fate was vastly different. And they apparently thought that Gu Chao passing the recruitment of Tai Shan Sect's outer door disciple was purely luck, good fortune to the extreme.

  All personnel for this family competition have arrived, whether they are participants or spectators.

  Look at the time, the family competition is about to start soon.

  Chapter 1 is sent, and Chapter 2 will be around 12 o'clock.