Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 172: Chapter 168: Fellow disciples are also brothers, so it’s not wrong to call someone brother-in-law, right?

The night passed without incident.

Early the next morning, Yang Zhenshan brought his personal followers to pay a visit.

By convention, marital matters should be arranged by elders, but Yang Zhenshan had no elders left, so he had to make the visit himself.

As for the matchmaker who formally proposes marriage, it is generally after both parties have roughly agreed that the matchmaker would visit.

Otherwise, sending a matchmaker directly to propose marriage would seem a bit coercive.

The Sky Blue Sword Sect is located more than thirty miles west of Yuanhe County city, near the edges of overlapping mountains, with two low hills in front of its gate. Beyond the hills lies an expanse of fertile farmland.

Though the Sky Blue Sword Sect is a martial arts sect, they too need to farm and make a living. Many of the fertile lands in front of Tianqing Mountain belong to the Sky Blue Sword Sect.

Most of the villagers in the surrounding villages have intricate connections with the Sky Blue Sword Sect; either they lease the sect’s farmland, have family members who have joined the sect, or some of them even came out of the Sky Blue Sword Sect themselves.

While the Sky Blue Sword Sect does not recruit disciples indiscriminately, they do take in a few each year; some with lesser talents, after practicing for several years without significant breakthroughs, would be dismissed from the sect and return to their hometowns.

After all, the assets of the Sky Blue Sword Sect are not plentiful, and they truly cannot support too many disciples.

Fortunes favored the day with clear skies as far as the eye could see.

By the time the sun was three poles high, Yang Zhenshan had arrived at the gate pavilion of the Sky Blue Sword Sect.

”Sigh~~”

Yang Zhenshan reined in Red Cloud, staring in astonishment behind the gate pavilion.

Dozens, if not hundreds of people gathered in silence, watching him; the splendid sunlight infused the atmosphere with a forbidding aura.

Damn it!

What does this mean?

Even if I’m not welcome, there’s no need for such a grand spectacle!

Yang Zhenshan’s gaze swept across the crowd, eventually resting on Yu Qingyi.

Beside Yu Qingyi stood four elders, three men and one woman, presumably the four senior elders of the Sky Blue Sword Sect.

Yu Qingyi was also looking at Yang Zhenshan, sending him meaningful glances, yet her bright, alluring eyes, despite making Yang Zhenshan’s heart race, utterly failed to convey any clear information to him.

Yang Zhenshan dismounted from his horse, murmuring internally, yet he shouted, ”Yang Zhenshan from Anning rashly visits, I hope for your understanding!”

In fact, his visit wasn’t rash; when sending letters to Yu Qingyi previously, he had also sent visiting cards.

However, given the situation, Yang Zhenshan felt it best to lower his stance.

”Enough of the drivel, if you wish to enter the mountain, pass under our swords first!”

Before Yang Zhenshan could finish speaking, Hua Jinqiu had already stepped forward from the crowd, donned in dark cyan clothes with a fox-fur headband, sword in hand, her face frosty as she looked at Yang Zhenshan.

Yu Qingyi had told Yang Zhenshan about the four senior elders of the Sky Blue Sword Sect; girls on the outside, Yu Qingyi had almost entirely exposed the secrets of the sect before even marrying into it.

But Yu Qingyi did not mention the Sky Blue Sword Array to Yang Zhenshan; firstly, because it was a cornerstone of the Sky Blue Sword Sect, and secondly, she felt it was unnecessary to tell him, not expecting Yang Zhenshan would need to confront the Sky Blue Sword Array.

In truth, the art of the sword formation is not an incredibly profound or powerful thing; at the end of the day, it’s a method of coordination between martial artists.

The military uses formations; a small flag commands spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, and archers, cooperating in battle. This too is a kind of battle formation.

The Sky Blue Sword Array is similar; it is a multi-person battle formation that integrates many of the Sky Blue Sword Sect’s cultivation techniques, such as footwork, movement technique, swordsmanship, and more.

Years of practice and togetherness have fostered an exceptional tacit understanding between the brothers, giving rise to the power of the Sky Blue Sword Array.