774: Chapter 507 774: Chapter 507 The Xuanyuan Family had distinguished guests arrive, and naturally, the first to speak was the Clan Leader.
Before the meal began, he delivered a speech to everyone.
This lengthy discourse captured everyone’s attention, with the audience remaining silent outwardly.
What they really thought, however, only they knew.
Jiang Tang sat to the side, unashamedly accepting the continuous praise from the Xuanyuan Family’s Clan Leader and the gazes from others.
As a son-in-law, being able to win the approval of Xuanyuan Mengting’s family was his honor, his capability, his glory.
Occasionally, Jiang Tang would utter a few modest words, but under the Clan Leader’s speech, all he did, out of embarrassment, was nod from time to time.
After the Clan Leader finished speaking, it was time for several Elders to make their remarks.
The other Elders all welcomed Jiang Tang with open arms and expressed hope that he would take good care of the younger generation in the family and serve as a role model for them.
Only the father of Xuanyuan Mengting did not say much.
Throughout the event, he simply smiled contentedly.
As a future father-in-law, there was no need for excessive demands or words when his daughter was marrying someone so talented, someone who added to his own prestige.
The other Elders had voiced the family’s sentiments, and he calmly accepted them.
There was no doubt that Jiang Tang would treat his daughter well and would not be petty with her.
When those who attended the engagement banquet of Jiang Tang’s senior sister returned, they reported that her dowry exceeded even the betrothal gifts of generals.
The dowry included not just seemingly useless decorations; it surpassed weddings of princes and even princesses.
Then there were the pieces of jewelry they had never seen before, the energy Magical Treasures, perhaps specially crafted by Jiang Tang for his senior sister.
Xuanyuan Mengting also shared some information with her family about the gifts Jiang Tang gave Yan Weiwei, though it wasn’t entirely clear.
All they knew was about the necklace that Jiang Tang had made and the dowry contributed by nine other clan women—tangible gifts from others.
200 Supreme Elixirs, if not given by Jiang Tang, the Supreme Alchemist, then by whom?
In the current Cultivation World of Ancient Xia Country, only Jiang Tang was known as a Supreme Alchemist; even though there were many advanced Alchemists, their skills hadn’t yet surpassed those of a Supreme Alchemist.
After the banquet started, the Xuanyuan Family brought out fine wines, but Jiang Tang felt they couldn’t compare to the fruit wine from his own space.
He took out several jars of wine and some juices from his Storage Bag.
Men drank the wine, while women enjoyed the juice—a thoughtful arrangement that took care of everyone.
This wasn’t the first time Jiang Tang had shared wine with everyone—his family also loved his tea.
With his wine brought out, the mood at the banquet got even merrier, men feasting on meat and laughing jovially as they drank.
In their merriment, after a few cups, they began to feel the intense energy of Spiritual Power.
If they didn’t suppress it within their bodies, they might very well have burst into sudden advancements right then and there.
It wasn’t that the alcohol content was too high; even with 60-degree alcohol, they could only tolerate so much.
The high Spiritual Power in the drink overwhelmed them—the less powerful could hardly cope after two or three cups, yet they didn’t want to stop drinking.
Covertly, they poured themselves a cup and filled their bottles from their Storage Bags on the sly.
There were quite a few doing this, believing chances to drink such exquisite wine were rare.
Now having the liberty to drink to their heart’s content, they realized their own limitations—a kind of agony specific to men.
Seeing others able to drink more stirred feelings of discontent.
To show off their ability to drink more, they resorted to this secret method to save face.
With so many men applying this tactic at the banquet, nobody criticized them for it.
Jiang Tang certainly noticed, but didn’t stop them.
If they wished, he could give each person a jar of wine.
Yet he refrained from doing so for one reason: people’s greed was too great.
Appropriate gifts had been given, joyful times were shared, even though his space was filled with plenty of quality fruits and other items.
The wine was all brewed by his pets, and while it didn’t require much effort, it was still the fruit of labor.
His pets could not be ordered around unconditionally: Eryao and Green Ox sometimes complained about the heavy workload, so he, as their master, couldn’t afford to be too wasteful of their labor.
Jiang Tang instructed more meat dishes to be prepared, not quite understood by the family.
However, if the groom felt the meat dishes were insufficient, they would continue to cook more.
Jiang Tang handed a Storage Bag to a worker and directed him to have the chefs cook more meat dishes with various flavors and types, which were stored in the bag—not just plate by plate, but tray after tray.
The worker went out happily because, when he received the task, the new son-in-law had given him two Energy Stones.
Those who were perceptive knew that these two Energy Stones were more precious than Gold Coins or Spirit Stones.
How could he be anything but pleased?
Serving the new son-in-law was expected, but receiving a reward was a pleasant surprise.
Besides, the excellent items Jiang Tang gave the family were unlikely to make their way to the workers.
The worker returned shortly with a Storage Bag full of food, which he handed to Jiang Tang.
Jiang Tang tossed the Storage Bag into the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, much to the delight of Eryao, who had just been complaining about not getting to enjoy the good food and drink.
Initially reluctant to share the meat dishes with Green Ox, Eryao was now quite happy.