"My goodness, it truly is unprecedentedly grand." Alex couldn’t help but mutter to himself.

"So grand, it can simply be called unprecedented and unrepeatable. I’m afraid that after our Hale family, no other Saint Lineage family will ever have such a massive lineup again."

"Saint Lord, this is actually not strange at all." Cedric said with a smile.

"After all, over the past year, under your leadership, our Hale family has long since become renowned far and wide. Especially the lightning strike on the Heavenly Flame Capital, clearing the evil ministers, pacifying the rebellion, and saving the Heavenly Flame Empress in a single battle."

"Even the Tiger, Crane, and Wolf ancestors, who served as the Guardian Deities of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty, were replaced by you, Saint Lord. Naturally, other dynasties would scramble to curry favor and establish ties."

Alex nodded and asked faintly. "Are the seating arrangements for tomorrow after the grand ceremony begins sorted out?"

This thing called seating arrangements also had a lot of profound meaning and unwritten rules.

Family strength, closeness of relationships, background connections, and the grievances between various forces were all factors that needed to be carefully considered.

If the sect master of a major sect came to support, but their seat was arranged behind a small family, it would definitely make them dissatisfied.

If two families with deep grudges were arranged together, verbal friction or even a physical fight on the spot would be inevitable. A slight negligence could turn the solemn Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony into a farce.

"For such a troublesome matter, I have naturally already sorted it out for the Saint Lord." Cedric gave a helpless smile and brought out a schematic diagram.

"Look here, Saint Lord, this is how I arranged it."

"The royal relatives of major dynasties coming to congratulate is unprecedented for our Hale family. Therefore, the first few foremost seats must inevitably be reserved for them."

"In total, I have arranged three tables. The Crimson Soaring Dynasty, Purple Star Dynasty, and White Feather Dynasty each occupy one table, with twenty people per table."

Cedric continued. "Behind these royal relatives are the Fenn family, Mire family, and a few other first-rate families. Further back are the Moon Brilliance Sect, Hundred Beasts Sect, and other first-rate sects. Behind them are the second-rate families, then second-rate sects, third-rate families..."

While looking at the schematic and listening to Cedric’s explanation, Alex couldn’t help but smile in satisfaction and nod repeatedly.

"Cedric, it seems the position of First Elder of this Hale family truly must always be yours."

"You are irreplaceable. Speaking of cultivation, although you are now on par with Tobias and Lara, when it comes to internal affairs and arranging matters of social etiquette, even if those two were tied together, they couldn’t compare to a single finger of yours."

"When the time comes and I successfully prove the Dao and enter the Saint Realm, I can confidently head to the Immortal Realm without any worries."

Cedric smiled embarrassedly. "The Saint Lord praises me too highly. This subordinate is merely doing his duty."

"Your seating arrangement has no flaws. Tomorrow just follow the blueprint." Alex smiled faintly.

"However, there is one thing. The three tables for the three major dynasties, move them all to the second row. The families and sects behind them will be moved back in sequence. For the first row, placing just a single table will be enough."

Cedric froze, revealing a look of confusion. "Why is the Saint Lord doing this? Could it be that tomorrow there will be guests even more distinguished than the royal relatives of the three major dynasties coming to visit?"

"Of course." Alex nodded cheerfully.

"Although these royal relatives are indeed distinguished enough, they are ultimately outsiders. As people of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty, we can’t turn our elbows outward to favor outsiders, can we?"

Cedric blanked slightly, understanding the implied meaning, and instantly revealed a look of pleasant surprise.

"The Saint Lord means that tomorrow, the Heavenly Flame Capital will also send someone to participate in our Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony? My heavens, that is truly fantastic! Other dynasties sending people is, at most, just wanting to curry favor."

"But if the Heavenly Flame Capital sends a Princess over, the significance would be completely different! It seems our relationship with the Heavenly Flame Capital is going to rise even higher!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Alex smiled mysteriously. "Cedric, can you be a little bolder? Our Hale family protected the Heavenly Flame Empress’s throne and even saved her life. Merely sending a single Princess, would that be considered placing importance on our Hale family?"

Cedric froze, his eyes widening in disbelief. "Saint Lord, could it be that the Heavenly Flame Empress will personally come?"

"My heavens, this is an unprecedented and unrepeatable miracle for the entire Heavenly Flame Dynasty! No, I must pull an all-nighter and properly prepare some more! Tomorrow’s Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony will inevitably go down in history!"

"Heh heh, work hard." Alex, his face full of gratification, heavily patted Cedric’s shoulder again.

"Right, Saint Lord." Cedric suddenly thought of something.

"To prevent guests arriving in the middle of the night from accidentally triggering the mechanisms, I specifically turned off the grand family protection formation for the night. To ensure safety, I had my son, Lucas, lead two hundred elite disciples to guard the various areas around the Holy Land day and night..."

"Mhm, such minor matters, you can just handle them." Alex nodded, cheerfully turning around and leaving.

Having such a capable internal helper around truly saved him a lot of worry.

For the Hale family to have its current prosperity and strength, he naturally claimed seventy percent of the credit.

Of the remaining thirty percent, at least twenty percent must be credited to Cedric.

In his heart, Alex had already secretly made a decision.

If one day he proved the Dao, became a Saint, and ascended to the Immortal Realm, then the position of Saint Lord must be inherited by Cedric.

For no other reason than because only with him in charge of the clan’s great authority could the Hale family’s foundation remain ever-green and eternally invincible.