Chapter 45

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Su, but I have a few friends coming with me," Chu Yan did not refuse Su Hao's invitation.

"No problem, the palace I've prepared for you can accommodate a hundred people, hahaha, please come in, young nephew."

Su Hao stroked his beard and smiled, then glanced at Ye Xun and nodded: "You must be the descendant of Ye Changqing, not bad, you should perform well tomorrow."

"I greet you, Uncle Su." As one of the Eight Great Families, Ye Xun was neither humble nor arrogant even when facing the royal family.

"Let's go."

Next, the group followed Su Hao into the inner palace, and everyone was extremely envious, including Zhang Feng from the Zhang family.

"What a Su family, they really think they can act arrogantly just because they are the royal family. If it weren't for my grandfather helping them establish the empire, who knows where Changlong Kingdom would be now. Today, I came, and they dared not come out to greet me." Zhang Feng said angrily, then he looked at Chu Yan and asked: "Have you investigated clearly? Who is this little brat?"

Zhang Feng's few followers whispered: "Young Master, I inquired, but couldn't find out. However, the old master just sent a message saying that under no circumstances should we conflict with him. I think... we should just let it go?"

"Let it go?"

Zhang Feng glared at one of his followers: "I was slapped by him, this matter absolutely cannot be let go! I don't care who he is, once I join the Vast Heaven Sect, I will make them all kneel at my feet."

At this moment, Chu Yan signaled Ye Xun, Fu Tao, and Zhao Sanfeng to enter the palace together. He had also invited Liu Mu, but as an official, he had to guard the royal city overnight, so he didn't join the group.

Upon arriving at the palace Su Hao prepared for Chu Yan, it was a thousand square meters, with a hundred palace maids. Su Hao had specifically instructed that whatever Chu Yan needed should be provided without hesitation.

The fat Fu Tao looked at the luxurious palace and excitedly said: "Brother Chu, this is too cool, such a large palace, it's much bigger than my security agency."

"Your small security agency dares to compare with the palace!" Zhao Sanfeng rolled his eyes at Fu Tao and smiled at Chu Yan: "Young Master Chu, today we owe it all to you that we can stay in the palace. After the recruitment of the Ten Thousand Sects tomorrow, we might go our separate ways. With your abilities, you will definitely join one of the top ten sects, while we can only join smaller sects. But if you need us in the future, we will come from a thousand miles away to help!"

Chu Yan smiled and shook his head, saying nothing.

After everyone dispersed, and only Chu Yan and Ye Xun were left, Ye Xun leaned close to Chu Yan: "Chu Yan, today's incident clearly shows that Su Hao is trying to curry favor with you. What do you think about this?"

Chu Yan shook his head: "I can't understand it. To be honest, because of my background, many people have tried to curry favor with me over the years. But today, Su Hao's behavior is indeed a bit strange, almost like he's being overly friendly. Let's wait and see. I promised my sister that I would not harm the Su family unless absolutely necessary."

"Empress Qin Zixuan? She is related to the Su family?"

"No, another sister, Su Xishuang." Chu Yan said sincerely.

"Su Xishuang is your sister?" Ye Xun frowned, his expression becoming a bit strange.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just heard that recently, with the tension between Changlong Kingdom and Snow Kingdom, Su Hao seems to have intended to use her to marry into the Snow Kingdom's Yunlong family to resolve the conflict. I didn't see her in the palace this time."

"That's not true. I saw her a few days ago in Tianyong City; she probably hasn't returned yet." Chu Yan shook his head. Of course, he didn't know that Su Xishuang had already returned to the capital on the same day, riding a demonic beast. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so calm now.

Ye Xun nodded, saying nothing more.

"Let's go, to fulfill our agreement." Chu Yan stretched and then got up.

Ye Xun's eyes flashed with a fierce look. He naturally knew what Chu Yan meant, so he didn't waste words and followed Chu Yan directly.

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In the Bai family's residence in the capital, due to the recruitment of the Ten Thousand Sects, the Bai family had dispatched many disciples, with Bai Haohé and Bai Ting as the main ones.

Chu Yan and Ye Xun arrived at the Bai residence, walking openly and directly appearing at the gate.

At the gate of the Bai residence, several guards immediately stopped Chu Yan and Ye Xun: "Who are you? This is the Bai family, the residence of a minister of Changlong Kingdom. Idle people, leave immediately."

Ye Xun glanced at Chu Yan, who said nothing but nodded slightly. Ye Xun's lips immediately curled up.

"I haven't used my Dust Movement technique yet. Today, I'll use you all to practice!"

With that, Ye Xun stepped forward and slapped one of the Bai family guards.

"Slap!" Ye Xun's move sent one Bai family guard flying. This didn't stop, and Ye Xun quickly approached another guard, striking him with a palm. Two guards were severely injured in quick succession.

"Bold, daring to injure our Bai family guards, you are courting death!" The Bai family guards were enraged, their faces twisted in anger.

"Scram!"

At that moment, Chu Yan also acted, lifting his foot and kicking a Bai family guard away. He then looked at Ye Xun: "In this Bai family residence, take whatever you like, and hit whoever you don't like. When you're tired, find me in the main hall. No elder of the Bai family will dare to harm you."

"Alright, the Bai family has a set of movement techniques I've had my eye on for a long time. I'll go get it."

Chu Yan nodded and then strode toward the main hall. Along the way, whenever a guard approached, Chu Yan would act, subduing them with a single move.

The Bai family was in chaos, completely in chaos. In the main hall, several severely injured guards knelt on the ground.

"Master! Someone has invaded our residence, all our guards below the Dust Movement realm are severely injured!"

Bai Song sat in the main hall, his face dark: "What audacity! Elders, come with me to see!"

"Old man Bai, if you don't want your family to be destroyed, let them all sit here quietly. Once my friend is satisfied, our grudge with the Bai family will be settled." At that moment, Chu Yan had already arrived in the main hall, smiling at Bai Song.

Chu Yan's sudden appearance shocked Bai Song, his old eyes flashing with killing intent, but he immediately gestured to stop all the elders.

"Everyone, sit down!"

"Old Master!"

"Sit down!" Bai Song raised his voice, and everyone finally dared not to act rashly.

"Good, you're obedient." Chu Yan nodded and smiled, then said nothing, bringing a chair to sit in the main hall, waiting quietly.

The Bai residence was plunged into a strange atmosphere. Outside, there were all kinds of cries and thuds, but all the elders of the Bai family gathered in the main hall, motionless. Chu Yan didn't speak, and neither did the Bai family.

Occasionally, servants from the Bai family would come to the main hall to report.

"Master! The alchemy hall has been looted!"

"Master! The divine weapons pavilion has been emptied by that grandson Ye Xun!"

"Master! It's bad! Our high-level martial techniques have been taken by Ye Xun, and the remaining low-level techniques have been burned by him."

One after another, servants came to report, and Bai Song's face twisted in anger. All the elders beside him were furious.

Chu Yan listened to the reports, and his lips twitched. Ye Xun was really going all out. Looking at Bai Song's purple face, he had no doubt that if his background were a bit weaker, the Bai family elders would have pounced on him and eaten him.

Chu Yan promised that if he didn't know the demonic elder was nearby, he would have run away immediately, and he wouldn't care about Ye Xun...

After a long time, Ye Xun returned to the main hall, dirty but smiling. He ignored the Bai family and looked at Chu Yan: "Done."

Chu Yan turned to look at the mess in the Bai family courtyard and couldn't help but draw a deep breath: "You're ruthless..."

"A man must be ruthless to maintain his position. Anyway, you're a descendant of the wilderness, what do you fear? I'll share some with you when we get back." Ye Xun smiled.

Chu Yan really felt that dividing the loot in front of Bai Song and the many Bai family elders was a bit excessive, so he stood up and looked at Bai Song.

"Old man Bai, today's incident is all on me, Chu Yan. If you have any grievances, come find me anytime."

"Chu Young Master, what are you saying..." Bai Song almost spat out the words through his teeth.

"You don't have to pretend. I know you're unhappy, but if you want revenge, I, Chu Yan, am always ready. As long as your Bai family can afford it, I, Chu Yan, will always be ready. Oh, and if Bai Haohé is still alive, tell him that Liu Qincheng is my wife, and anyone who dares to touch her will be killed by me!" Chu Yan left these words and then waved to Chu Yan, leaving the Bai residence.

When Chu Yan left, Bai Song's face twisted in anger. He looked at the devastated Bai residence, almost completely looted, and roared.

"Chu Yan, I, the Bai family, will never rest until you are dead!"

Not long after Chu Yan left, Bai Haohé and Bai Ting emerged from behind the main hall. They had been hiding from the beginning to avoid being discovered by Chu Yan, so they could participate in the recruitment of the Ten Thousand Sects the next day.

Bai Haohé walked out, thinking about Chu Yan's words, and clenched his fists: "Grandfather, in this recruitment of the Ten Thousand Sects, I will definitely destroy Chu Yan and Liu Qincheng. I won't let her go!"

Bai Song sat in his chair, looking old and frail. He nodded, originally hesitating about whether to cooperate with the Crimson Moon Valley, but after today's incident, he was determined.

"Haohe, in the recruitment of the Ten Thousand Sects, we will send some assassins into the Black Forest. When the time comes, we must kill Chu Yan!"

"I'll join in killing Chu Yan." At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the Bai residence. It was none other than Zhang Feng from the Zhang family, one of the Eight Great Families.

"I have a grudge against Chu Yan. In this recruitment of the Ten Thousand Sects, I will join forces with Brother Bai to kill Chu Yan!"