Chapter 1183: Chapter 1182: The Color of Hair

Speaking of which, there were quite a few old acquaintances at the banquet.

There were people from the Wu family, people from the Ban family, and also from the Bai family.

All of these people were very familiar with Yang Chen.

There were even some big shots from the business world who, upon seeing Yang Chen, all showed surprised expressions.

"Yang Chen, he came too?"

"Isn’t that Wei Xueqing, President Wei of Longyu Group?"

"So he came together with President Wei."

"Turns out he’s just here to join in the fun."

"This kind of guy, used to being a kept pretty boy, he’s really disgusting!"

"Last time at Left Envoy Yang’s banquet, he was pretty damn arrogant!"

"This time he’s finished! Second Young Master Yun is here, he won’t be able to jump around anymore."

"Once Second Young Master Yun makes a move, he’ll absolutely crush him! Let’s see how arrogant he can be then!"

"Doesn’t know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is. Let Second Young Master Yun teach him what a frog at the bottom of a well really is this time!"

"He actually dared to show up. Our Wu family couldn’t teach you a lesson, do you really think the Yun family are a bunch of pushovers?"

...

When it came to Yang Chen, these people had no good attitude at all. The two of them had walked into the hall for quite a while, and basically no one came over to talk to them.

Fortunately, Zhang Yiran saw them and immediately came over, handing each of them a glass of champagne.

"How is it?" Yang Chen asked.

Zhang Yiran immediately lowered his voice and said, "I’ve already investigated it clearly. The invitations sent out by Second Young Master Yun had standards. For the business world, the annual revenue has to reach at least ten billion. For the political world, the invitees have to be at division level or above. Next are the clans: for the clans, you have to be direct bloodline, and at minimum an Elder. Stewards and those of collateral branches have no right to attend at all."

Yang Chen nodded slightly. Looked like Second Young Master Yun really did have some big moves planned tonight.

"The most important thing to note is that the Patriarchs of the Wu family, the Bai family, the Ban family, the Chen family... they’ve all come. If something happens later, it’ll be very dangerous, so you should be careful." Zhang Yiran said.

Yang Chen nodded slightly, while also inwardly sighing at Second Young Master Yun’s pull.

Back when Left Envoy Yang held a banquet, the ones invited were all small fry. Now that Second Young Master Yun sent out invitations, everyone who came were big-shot level figures.

Even the Great Elder of the Xiang family, Xiang Jiyong, had come.

Back then, Xiang Jiyong had suffered a loss at Yang Chen’s hands and still had internal injuries that hadn’t healed, yet he still came running to attend this banquet. It showed just how seriously these clans regarded Second Young Master Yun.

"Forget about them." Yang Chen said mildly. "Just be ready. Watch my signal later and act accordingly."

"Got it!" Zhang Yiran nodded excitedly.

...

Upstairs.

Second Young Master Yun was playing with a string of small-leaf red sandalwood beads in his hand. Looking at the lively scene below, he smiled. "Come to think of it, I haven’t seen a scene like this for a long time."

Left Envoy Yang frowned slightly. She kept feeling that Second Young Master Yun was plotting something, especially after seeing Yang Chen and Wei Xueqing arrive.

"Old Zhang." Second Young Master Yun said to Housekeeper Zhang, "The last time I attended a family gathering was three years ago, wasn’t it?"

"Yes!" Housekeeper Zhang said in a deep voice. "You’ve been busy cultivating, with no time for these kinds of entertainment activities at all."

In fact, Housekeeper Zhang had come to report the arrival of each clan’s Clan Leader, hoping that Second Young Master Yun would personally receive them. But after he’d finished speaking, Second Young Master Yun remained unmoved, only watching the scene downstairs, which left Housekeeper Zhang a bit helpless and somewhat anxious.

After all, those were all Clan Leaders; they couldn’t be slighted. Otherwise the impact would be extremely serious.

But Second Young Master Yun just wasn’t in a hurry, and even had the frame of mind to reminisce about the past.

"Oh? It’s already been three years. Time really flies!" Second Young Master Yun looked toward Left Envoy Yang and smiled. "Looks like I’ve already gotten a bit out of touch with society."

Left Envoy Yang said in a low voice, "If there are more important things to do, there’s no need to take part in these boring, tedious banquets."

"Haha!" Second Young Master Yun laughed out loud, then turned to Housekeeper Zhang and said, "Let’s go! We’ll go receive those Clan Leaders, so they won’t say I don’t respect them!"

Housekeeper Zhang immediately bent at the waist and said, "How would they dare? You’re the youngest person to have reached the Grandmaster Realm. Some of them haven’t even stepped into the Martial Arts Realm yet, never mind becoming Grandmasters. In front of you, they’re not worth a damn!"

Second Young Master Yun only gave a faint smile at Housekeeper Zhang’s flattery and didn’t pay it much mind.

As Second Young Master Yun went to meet the Clan Leaders, Left Envoy Yang took the opportunity to go downstairs, planning to find Yang Chen and the others.

Because of today’s matter, Left Envoy Yang felt uneasy. If things looked bad, it would be better to have Yang Chen and the others leave.

As soon as she came downstairs, Left Envoy Yang saw Yang Chen already huddled together with Xiang Xingyu of the Xiang family, talking quietly.

"Damn it!" Left Envoy Yang cursed. "People from the Xiang family really are like lingering ghosts that won’t go away!"

Left Envoy Yang had no good feelings toward the Xiang family.

...

Yang Chen chatted a few words with Xiang Xingyu, and when he saw Left Envoy Yang walking over, he immediately waved Xiang Xingyu off, signaling him to leave.

"You’re here." Yang Chen looked at Left Envoy Yang and smiled. "Why are you still in a black dress today? Not going back to white?"

Left Envoy Yang shook her head slightly. "I don’t want people staring at me. Black suits me better."

"White suits you better." Yang Chen smiled.

Left Envoy Yang in a white long dress, beautiful like a fairy—that image Yang Chen still hadn’t forgotten to this day.

Left Envoy Yang frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and still lowered her voice to say to Yang Chen, "If anything seems off during the banquet, you must leave immediately! Second Young Master Yun didn’t only invite high-end figures from politics and business; he also invited people from several major clans. What’s more important is that the Clan Leaders of these clans have all come. Of course..."

Left Envoy Yang glanced at the people of the Xiang family, and at Zhang Yiran who was flirting with a girl, and said, "Except for the Xiang family and the Zhang family."

Yang Chen gave a small smile. "Maybe they’re thinking the same as I am—that a banquet like this doesn’t have much entertainment value. It’s enough just to stay and watch."

Left Envoy Yang sighed and stood up. "I hope you keep yourself safe. I’m not joking around."

With that, Left Envoy Yang left.

As she walked, the hem of Left Envoy Yang’s cloak lifted for a moment, and Yang Chen noticed that a corner of something was showing behind her—it seemed to be the Blazing Phoenix Sword!

"She’s carrying the Blazing Phoenix Sword on her?" Yang Chen’s whole mind filled with the word "danger."

The Blazing Phoenix Sword was definitely not an easy blade to control, and it carried a scorching aura. Just carrying it around like that, if she wasn’t careful, it might hurt its wielder first.

But Left Envoy Yang was still bringing it inside the manor like this. Could it be because she was worried about something?

Yang Chen thought it over and found it very likely... And, somewhat narcissistically, he thought that Left Envoy Yang was definitely worried because of him. The reason she carried the Blazing Phoenix Sword very likely had to do with him too!

Thinking of this, Yang Chen couldn’t help grinning from ear to ear.

And this scene fell, without the slightest omission, into Second Young Master Yun’s eyes.

He had not gone to receive the Clan Leaders, but was hiding in a room, watching the surveillance footage of Yang Chen on his phone.

The two of them bowing their heads and talking intimately was captured completely, without the slightest omission, by Second Young Master Yun.

At this moment, Second Young Master Yun felt as though even the color of his hair had changed a little...