One week later, on July 1, the 906th year of Black Iron Calendar, Zhang Clan of Jinwu Palace in Youzhou Province officially opened their ancestral temple on this day. Zhang Clan of Jinwu Palace in Youzhou Province was born.
The opening ceremony of Jinwu Palace was held in Xuantian City, right where Zhang Tie held the opening ceremony of Iron-Dragon Sect. This ceremony was carried out in a low-key manner. Besides the members of Zhang Clan and some elders of Iron-Dragon Sect who were the witnesses, nobody else was invited to the ceremony.
The ceremony went on step by step. When the auspicious hour arrived, Zhang Ping was the head of Zhang descendants, followed by Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang, followed by some uncles in the old mansion, followed by Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang's cousins, followed by the third generation of Zhang family. Zhang Tie's mom was the head of Zhang family's women. Zhang Tie's mom, Yan Feiqing's wives and cousins of Zhang family were standing on two sides solemnly. As witnesses, some elders of Iron-Dragon Sect and Donder were watching the ceremony solemnly on one side.
Under the leadership of Zhang Tie's dad, Zhang's sons and daughters worshiped their ancestors first. After that, they offered incense sticks and tributes. After that, Zhang Tie's dad stood out on a high platform facing the sacrificial altar. After clearing his throat, he took out a sacrificial text and started to read it.
"In the bright universe, Taixia Country is majestic. We're old and have a population of trillions. Today, Zhang Clan with the bloodline of Xuanyuan is establishing a shrine and setting up an altar to worship our ancestors. It's a grand event for us to understand sages and supernatural powers in the vast mortal world. Since ancient times, there has been no end of praise. The sun blends with the sun, and the moon shines on the moon. The mountains, rivers, grass, and trees of the mortal world were like Bian Zi picking jade, carved into Youzhou, startling the eyes, cast the cauldron of the Golden Crow, dense and everlasting, containing the Nine Regions and the Eight Extremities Dao; the creation of the unseen, hidden in the four seas, born in the name of the six scriptures. How could I be willing to forget the literary and military strategies, to stay at the front of the steps, like a jade tree facing the wind; not to copy the carvings of dragons and phoenixes, to recast the treasured cauldron with divine eyes shining upon people … "
"In the past, Jupiter moved from the north to the east, to the south to the west, and to the left to the earth. What could the heavens say when he led all the gods in the right direction? Later on, when building walls and fortifying walls, setting out troops to fight against bandits, and opening up new territories, they would all offer sacrifices to the Great Wilderness, pinching the mysteries to open the Gate of Heaven. Today, the people's hearts are moved. The great and magnificent clan's great undertaking of reform is as bright as a torch. The eyes of the people of Heaven are like gold and jade vibrating … "
Standing at the foot of the platform, Zhang Tie watched his dad Zhang Ping in splendid clothes reading the parallel prose of ancestor-worship and the founding of a sect being woven by golden threads in a vigorous and rhythmic way.
Zhang Tie knew that his dad had been practicing it at home for over a week in order to recite this piece of parallel prose.
It was because of the repeated practice at home that the current Zhang Ping was able to perform beyond his standard.
In Zhang Ping's words, this was the pinnacle of his life. No matter what, he couldn't mess it up.
Watching his dad's righteous look on the platform, Zhang Tie felt complex inside as he didn't know what to say.
From the beginning to the end, Zhang Tie only told his dad and mom after killing Zhang Taixuan, "Zhang Taixuan is unrighteous. He's not worthy to be the clan head of Huaiyuan Palace. I've already killed him in the Shrine Palace of Embracing Tiger Mountain. This event could hardly be resolved. For the long-term development of Huaiyuan Palace and Zhang family, I've already prepared to break off my relationship with Huaiyuan Palace and quit Huaiyuan Palace!"
It was a major event for Zhang Tie to break off his relationship with Huaiyuan Palace by killing the clan head. However, this time, after being shocked by such a major event, Zhang Tie's dad and mom stood on the side of Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang without any hesitation. They didn't even ask Zhang Tie why.
However, at this moment, Zhang Tie's dad was standing on the platform as he chested out and recited the article without being timid at all.
Watching Zhang Ping, Zhang Tie felt a bit sad because of his parents' unconditional support and love. Meanwhile, Zhang Tie felt happy for his dad. Because his dad was witnessing and feeling the beginning of a clan's glory. Jinwu Palace was founded by Zhang Tie and his elder brother Zhang Yang and this common man on the platform. He founded this clan, Zhang Tie and his elder brother and Jinwu Palace.
At this moment, Zhang Tie's complex feelings couldn't be described in words.
Zhang Tie didn't turn around; however, he could still sense the facial expressions of the surrounding people.
Zhang Ping, Zhang Su and some young members of Zhang Clan were very spirited; some people such as Zhang Tie's two uncles were a bit flurried; some were a bit confused as they couldn't understand why Zhang Clan could reach such a critical moment all of a sudden.
When Zhang Ping was reciting the article, Zhang Tie felt that Donder's face changed a bit. Donder's finger which was wearing a remote-sensing finger ring was quivering as if he was contacting someone through remote-sensing. After a few minutes, Donder frowned as he threw a glance at Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie was too familiar with Donder and had a tacit understanding with him. Only after throwing a glance at him, Zhang Tie had known what Donder wanted to do — — this guy seemed to have just received a message and wanted to tell Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie was also a bit curious about the message.
…
After a few minutes, Zhang Ping's dad finally finished reciting the article and the ceremony came to an end.
"Zhang Yang, the first clan master of Jinwu Palace, please come forward to unveil the plaque …"
After hearing his dad's voice, Zhang Yang strode to the front desk and uncovered the golden plaque which was covered with a red cloth, revealing the glittering words "Jinwu Palace" on the golden plaque.
By then, the opening ceremony of Jinwu Palace had come to an end!
After Zhang Yang became the clan master, the first thing he did was to announce Zhang Tie's identity as the grand elder. Nobody was surprised about this as it was absolutely reasonable. Zhang Yang became the clan master of Jinwu Palace and Zhang Tie became the grand elder. From then on, the top structure of Jinwu Palace had been fixed.
After the ceremony, Zhang Tie didn't even attend the first clan conference of Jinwu Palace; instead, he bade farewell to his parents and wives before returning to Iron-Dragon Sect by airboat with Mountain Lifting Hermit and Yan Feiqing.
From then on, Zhang Tie would not care about the general affairs of Jinwu Palace anymore; instead, he would hand them over to Zhang Yang and his wives. From then on, Zhang Tie would only focus on Iron-Dragon Sect and his own cultivation.
"What happened?" The moment they boarded the airboat, Zhang Tie had asked Donder what happened just now.
Donder replied with a weird look, "I've found the escaped knights of Huang Clan of Mercury Palace and Qitian Sect of Qizhou Province!"
"Have they been caught by the Supreme Court?"
"No, I've just received the news that they were killed by the remnants of Heavens Reaching Church in Yinzhou City …"
"What?" Zhang Tie deeply frowned …
(To be continued.)
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