Chapter 55 - Superior-Grade Spiritual Artifact! (2/2)

“Today I only invited Jade Capital’s top ten gangs and members of the four other big family clans, I did not invite some leader of the imperial guards. If he was here representing His Majesty, I wouldn’t dare to do so even if I have ten heads. However, Fang Yan is here on behalf of the Fang family today. The Fang family was ungrateful and treacherous. I used up the only drop of antidote to save their family member and they actually trapped me unjustly in secret. Right now, they even shameless wanted to seize my possession and kill my disciple…”

At this point, Ren Jie’s brows straightened as he shouted, full of foppery, “If I don’t punish him, how would I manage such a big Ren family, how would I survive in Jade Capital, wouldn’t I be bullied by everyone in the future? Marquis Li, I invited the other family clans only to be witnesses. Today, this is between my Ren family and the Fang family, your Li family shall not interfere.”

Although the address of five big family clans existed since the founding of the country, the Li family was the royal family, after all. Most of the time, people were used to saying four big family clans, raising the Li family up high. And the emperor only set himself as an equal with the other family heads as the family head of the Li family in the Five Clans Hall. During all other times, they were still set apart very clearly. However, right now, Ren Jie was intentionally not mentioning any emperor or royal family. There was only the five big family clans in his words. As for the current issue, it was between the Ren and Fang families, he totally wasn’t giving Li Yan the chance to interrupt.

Manage such a big Ren family, upon hearing this from Ren Jie, Li Yan almost burst out laughing. If you can really manage the Ren family, everyone here wouldn’t be us and no one would dare to provoke you. Only, after Ren Jie said this, he didn’t know how to respond.

Could it be that he had been playing the fool in the past? This was very different from the Ren Jie in the past. However, if he was truly clever, he shouldn’t have stood out and put things this way. Not to mention other people and forces, just those elders in the Ren family and the two others would never let him truly wield power. He was seeking death, he would only die faster like this. Gao Peng watched Ren Jie, realizing that he was increasingly unable to figure him out.

It was common for the lineal descendants of the five big family clans to hide their capabilities or intelligence, only to display them during suitable times in order to avoid drawing too much attention and dying young. However, Ren Jie’s situation was different. Regardless of how clever he was, when beset with troubles internally and externally, he would only die even earlier. If he just muddled along in life, he might still be able to remain alive for a longer time.

Was this his final madness, sending the helve after the hatchet!! Gao Peng had wanted to make use of this banquet to perceive Ren Jie. However, Ren Jie actually took Chang Laosi, the gang leader of Chang Le Gang as his disciple and even gifted a superior-grade spiritual artifact. Even he was shocked. Following that, Ren Jie’s actions left him confused and in doubt.

As for Zhan Sihai, Huang Yun, Lei Shi, and the others, they took a long time to come back to their senses, thinking to themselves, He’s too fearless. The leader of the imperial guards, a lineal descendant of the Fang family beaten up and even tied to a pillar at the gates, this is too fierce.

Whether Fang Yan was the leader of the imperial guards or a lineal descendant of the Fang family, regardless of either identity, they didn’t dare to provoke him easily. And here today, he was actually…

At present, they couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Everyone claimed that this Ren Jie was a puppet family head, a dandy young master. But no matter what, he was Ren Tianxing’s son and also held the title of Ren Family Head. Fortunately, they hadn’t been ignorant and offended him previously.

However, this didn’t have much to do with them, after all. The matters of the five big family clans were something that they’d never dared to touch.

Only when they saw the superior-grade spiritual artifact in Chang Laosi’s hand once again, a gaze of utter envy and jealousy appeared in their eyes. If this had been an unclaimed possession, even if the other party was a powerhouse in the Yin Yang Realm, they would join hands and even summon more people to snatch it. A superior-grade spiritual artifact was enough to set off a brutal fight in the Jianghu.

Right now, all these people only had one thought in mind. Ren Jie took in this Chang Laosi as his disciple in such a high-profile manner, regardless of how the hearsay was in the outside world, for every day that Ren Jie was still the family head of the Ren family, they had to treat him with caution.

“Congratulations Ren Family Head on taking in a disciple. Congratulations!” Zhan Sihai was the first to react. This was Ren Jie taking in a disciple, after all. And Chang Laosi didn’t seem like he was being forced at all. Besides, with this superior-grade spiritual artifact, even they themselves wanted to be this disciple. Where was there the need to use coercion?

Once Zhan Sihai started with his congratulations, the people from the top ten gangs then came to their senses and congratulated him in succession.

These words didn’t require money or expend any energy, why not do a favor that cost nothing.

Whereas Li Yan and Gao Peng looked on indifferently. Unlike the top ten gangs, they were looking forward more to the subsequent matter.

“I hereby thank everyone for giving me face today. In the future, if my disciple were to wrong or offend any of you, feel free to come to me. Although I side with my own, I am definitely not an unreasonable person. If he is really in the wrong, I will make sure to punish him all the same. However, for those who directly flaunt and threaten to kill my disciple like earlier, everyone has seen the consequences. Alright, everyone has dined and wined to satiety and also witnessed me taking in my disciple, I shall not see you out.”

Revealing his relationship with Chang Laosi was the most advantageous counterattack to the Fang family and the others. However, it would also push Chang Laosi and himself to the teeth of the storm. It was better on his side. At least, his life wouldn’t be in danger for now. But it was different for Chang Laosi.

Although he was at the ninth level of the Divine Power Realm and was also one of the few powerhouses in Jade Capital, he was alone, after all. While Ren Jie needed Chang Laosi’s help to make the issue big to earn money as soon as possible, at the same time he needed to counterattack, so he might as well be in for a penny, in for a pound.

Precisely because of this, he gave the Fangs and others ample time previously. When Fang Yan jumped out at this time, it was just what Ren Jie wished for. As for the others, Ren Jie wasn’t afraid of directly letting them know.

Hearing him speak so arrogantly and directly, Zhan Sihai and the rest were speechless and wryly smiled inside. There was even this kind of Master. Fortunately, Chang Laosi wasn’t the usual dandy child. Otherwise, with such a parent spoiling him, it would be difficult not to go astray.

Originally, Zhan Sihai, Huang Yun, Lei Shi, and the others felt extremely uneasy staying there. Once they heard Ren Jie, everyone agreed and took their leave one after another. Even Li Yan, Gao Peng and more felt that it would be too boring to stay on and also left.

“Master, I can use this sword for now, but…” Although he was already so fond and unwilling to part with it, seeing that everyone had left, Chang Laosi went forward, wanting to have a discussion with Ren Jie about the Black Nether Sword again.

Ren Jie waved his hand. “I accepted your teacher acknowledgment gift. You are sincere and emotional, with gambling as your goal in this life, you even fused your own understanding into it. For your dreams, you cracked and acknowledged me as your Master. You sincerely acknowledged me as your Master, so I sincerely accepted you as a disciple. There’s no need to say any useless rubbish in the future. Having such a superior-grade spiritual artifact doesn’t change anything for me, but it would have a huge effect on you. After all, with these actions of mine, you will become a thorn in the Fang family’s side.”