Chapter 108 - Uninvited Guest (1/2)

In the courtyard of the Tang family household, a young man in flowing white with handsome features and an extraordinary aura had now become the center of attention.

“Young Master Donghuang, Lady Zixi, please.” The Tang family chief, Tang Liunian, bowed courteously as he led the two of them to the eastern side of the courtyard where the grand banquet table was. As everybody watched on, Tang Liunian invited the young man to the main seat at the table.

That was a seat that even the three elders from the top tycoon families of the city had never sat at before. Seeing this, many of those from the grand families or tycoon families could not help but gasp, “Even the Chu royal family would not receive such treatment.”

At that same time, at another round table in the western side of the courtyard, a plump, middle-aged man in a gown smiled at another man at the table and said, “Chief Yang, your family has really produced a phoenix…”

This man, who was known as the Yang family chief, was none other than Yang Yunji, the uncle of Yang Zixi.

Despite his laughing demeanor, this plump man was gloating. The Yang family had indeed produced a phoenix. But that phoenix had been kicked out of the household by Yang Yunji!

With that, the rest of the people at the table also looked at Yang Yunji as if they were mocking his misfortune. With all of them being inferior grand families, they naturally did not wish for someone else to suddenly rise in prominence.

Despite his efforts to control himself, Yang Yunji’s expression was dark. Breathing in deeply, he ignored the plump man’s words, but his gaze could not help but land on the main table in the eastern side.

A young lady, as beautiful as a piece of art, sat beside the young man. Even the tycoon family chief, Tang Liunian, whom he had to treat so respectfully, was courteous towards her.

“If I had not kicked her out of the family, if she was still part of the Yang family…” Thinking of this, Yang Yunji sighed heavily. In that instant, he seemed to age by decades.

Months ago, for his own benefit, for the family’s benefit, he had unintentionally killed his own brother and chased this niece out of the family. Afterwards, the young man had barged into the Shi family and injured the old Shi family chief, Shi Ji, and killed the current chief, Shi Hao. Then, he had realized his folly. Later, out of anger over Shi Hao’s death, the Shi family had chosen to no longer work with the Yang family, causing the family to return to their original state. Then, he was even more regretful. He had sacrificed so much in order to gain the support of the Shi family, but in the end, it was all for nothing!

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“Head Elder, is he the young man that Jiapei had mentioned previously, Zhou Donghuang?” the Ren family chief, Ren Tianhang, asked quietly.

Back then, his daughter had said before that this young man had broken into the Shi family and had not only defeated the Shi old family chief but also killed the chief, Shi Hao. He had not believed it then. After all, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old could not possibly have such power, even if he were a disciple of the Valley of Medicine Masters. But now, seeing the scene that had unfolded before him, and remembering what his daughter had said earlier, he realized that she may have been speaking the truth.

“It is him,” the Ren family head elder, Ren Qiong, finally recovered from his shock and smiled bitterly. “Before he left our household, I had met him before. Now that I think of it, at that time First Lady had reminded me that I would regret chasing them away… Back then, I did not heed her words, but now, it seems that she was serious.”

Now, Ren Qiong was indeed regretting his decision. If he had not chased the two of them out of the Ren household, even if the young man had not joined the Ren family, but he would be of immense to the family.

“That girl also reminded me of the same thing, but I ignored her.” Ren Tianhang shook his head sadly. He was certain that many people would be fighting to get into the young man’s good books after today. As the chief of a middle grand family, he could not compare to the rest of them.

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“Now, we can be sure that the benefactor that the Tang family hosted this banquet for is none other than Zhou Donghuang.” Shi Yan, the second elder of the Shi family, said seriously to the first young master, Shi Yu. “Looks like he really is a level-nine adept!”

Although Zhou Donghuang had defeated his father, the former Shi family chief, Shi Ji, they could not confirm whether Zhou Donghuang was a level-nine adept or a top level-eight adept. But now, seeing that Zhou Donghuang was the benefactor who had saved the three members of the Tang family from a level-nine grizzly bear, Shi Yan was certain that Zhou Donghuang was a level-nine adept.

“Level-nine adept…” Shi Yu was bitter. Although the family could not avenge his father, knowing that he was a level-nine adept, he felt even more hopeless.