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The Wade family's ancestor worship ceremony was the grandest family ceremony that the Wade family had.

All large families would always value ancestor worship, especially for large families with a long history such as the Wade family. As they had a profound history and many branches to their family, they attached great importance to the ancestor worship ceremony.

In truth, a lot of wealthy families had always wanted to engage in special ancestor worship ceremonies. However, a real ancestor worship ceremony was not something that any ordinary family could just do. Some nouveau riche families who wanted to hold an ancestor worship ceremony might not be able to keep up with the appearance at all.

This was because these people's ancestral tombs might have the latest three to four generations of their ancestors in total. Moreover, when it came to their identities, most of their ancestors from the previous generations might be peasants with no high-end or amazing stories to be told to the future generations.

Although those from the peasant class were also very worthy of respect, to those in the upper-class societies, if the other party's ancestors did not have a strong identity or background, it would be somewhat unpresentable and embarrassing to be shown. 4

This was especially so for the upper-class people from Eastcliff.

In addition to comparing their wealth and power, they also compared their family origin and heritage.

survivors of the bygone ages. During ancient times, the ancestors of their families were all nobles from a reputable background. They were all lords and ladies from the upper- class

family had a strong foundation. During the ancestor worship ceremony, if they read out two to three of their ancestors' deeds, they could immediately portray a very positive

a hundred palace officials and scholars amongst the ancestors of the Wade family. There were already about ten top scholars in the history of the Wade family. There

already been about one hundred and twelve examinations for scholars

hundred years, a total of more than twenty thousand scholars and one hundred

alone accounted for nearly one-tenth of this amount, which was an

because of these talented ancestors that the Wade family could continue to exist for hundreds of years. Moreover, the Wade family had always been pretty strong and influential. They could stil be considered a local dictator even during the turmoil

At this point, there were at least tens of thousands of Wade family descendants all over the

were the

always inherit the entire family. All the other sons would have to separate from the family. Therefore, more and more of the Wade family members were reduced to collateral family members of the Wade family, leaving behind only the eldest son's family as the true descendant of the Wade

instance, Charlie's father had three

would have to be separated from the Wade family to branch out on their own. At that time, the eldest son of the Wade family, Clayton,