Looking at the Ban family’s Clan Leader and the smile at the corner of the Second Young Master Yun’s mouth, how could Yang Chen not understand? This was something they had planned together.

Round-robin battle?

Heh!

Yang Chen let out a cold laugh.

But the Ban family Clan Leader said, "I don’t understand what you’re saying! But you rewarded my Ban family disciples and insulted our Ban family, and seized and devoured our industry’s properties. We must settle this account!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Xueqing, who was watching from afar, couldn’t sit still and stood up to angrily accuse, "Utterly shameless! Last time at Cloud Mist Mountain, it was clearly your Ban family who spoke insultingly first and took action against us. We only acted in self-defense, how did it become us bullying your Ban family? Wasn’t it your Ban family bullying us? And you say we annexed the Ban family’s industry, ha! This is even more laughable! Our Longyu Group’s acquisition of all industries was done through proper channels, completely following commercial practices, without the slightest coercion, and paid with money to acquire them. How could this be called annexation? Now you’re using these matters to trouble Yang Chen, it’s clearly malicious!"

The infuriated Wei Xueqing spoke bluntly, each word piercing.

The Ban family Clan Leader’s face darkened, and he stared at Wei Xueqing, ready to scold her.

But Yang Chenxi also stood up and said coldly, "I can testify about the incident at Cloud Mist Mountain; your Ban family acted first! However, what I care about is not this but that as practitioners of Martial Arts, don’t you feel ashamed using this round-robin battle strategy?"

Looking at Yang Chenxi, the Ban family Clan Leader’s expression turned slightly darker as he glanced at the Second Young Master Yun.

The Second Young Master Yun narrowed his eyes, his face cold, without any indication to the Ban family Clan Leader.

However, the two Elders, Black and White, standing not far from the Second Young Master Yun, glared at Yang Chenxi as if they wished to kill him.

The Ban family Clan Leader pondered for a while, having made a decision in his heart.

"Wei Xueqing!" The Ban family Clan Leader said coldly, "Since you’re a woman, I won’t bother with you! However, if you truly follow commercial rules, do our industries in Ancheng round up for you to handle? Let me tell you, Ancheng is our private domain; no one can take anything from it! Everything you have now comes from Ancheng, which are the properties of our Nine Families! We’ve been patient, yet you are still unsatisfied, relentlessly pursuing which will only backfire!"

"Left Envoy Yang!" The Ban family Clan Leader looked at Yang Chenxi and said coldly, "I respect you and call you Left Envoy Yang. We have always respected you, you came from the Yun family and are one of the Nine Venerable Left Envoys, therefore we have treated you with courtesy, cooperating when you wished to merge industries. But what did you do? Betrayed the Yun family, betrayed the Nine Venerables, and betrayed the Second Young Master Yun, do you still have the face to accuse us here? Simply laughable!"

"You!" Yang Chenxi felt so angry that he glared.

"What? Do you want to say something? If you’re willing to apologize to the Second Young Master Yun, we might consider..."

"Shut up!" Yang Chen coldly reprimanded, "To think that the distinguished Ban family has become a dog for the Yun family is truly more words than necessary, make your move!"

Daring to speak such words to his woman, Yang Chen silently sentenced him to death in his heart!

Being called a dog of the Yun family by Yang Chen almost made the Ban family Clan Leader faint.

Among the Nine Families, each family’s power range differs, and business reach varies, let alone determining strength, or dependency. Each family exists independently, having competition and cooperation amongst themselves, and to be spoken of as such was, simply, an insult to the family.

The Ban family Clan Leader wished he could kill Yang Chen right now.

However, he wouldn’t personally fight Yang Chen.

Because his Cultivation was insufficient to contend with Yang Chen, it would naturally be handled by other members of the family.

The Ban family Clan Leader let out a cold laugh, "It’s not me you have to deal with!"

The Ban family Clan Leader turned his head and shouted towards the ancient castle, "Elder Ban! Please come forward!"

As the words fell, a sound of poof was heard from the direction of the ancient castle.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

From the peak of the ancient castle, a figure leapt down directly.

"My goodness! So high!"

"Who is this person?"

"So formidable!"

"Jumping this high, their Cultivation must be terrifying!"

"There’s hope now!"

...

Everyone was overjoyed.

The person descended from the sky, dropping from a height of more than ten meters directly in front of the Ban family Clan Leader.

Landing on the ground with a dull boom, the ground cracked in places, raising a cloud of dust.

Yang Chen squinted his eyes, staring at the person who appeared before him.

As the dust settled, everyone saw the newcomer’s features.

Clad in a gray robe, head full of gray-white hair, standing there like a dead tree, hard to perceive any life force, as though he was dead yet alive.

Seeing this person, many people were slightly discolored in fear.

"It’s Elder Ban! I attended his centenary celebration ten years ago; he’s already 110 years old this year! I thought he was already dead, yet he’s alive and still so formidable!"

"Nonsense! He’s the Supreme Elder of the Ban family. You may not know, but each family has such individuals; their lives destined unable to break through higher realms, so they enter closed death training and become the family’s protection, known as the family’s greatest legacy!"

"Impressive!"

"This time there should be no problem!"

"Now Elder Ban is 110 years old, having entered the Grandmaster Realm for 40 years. Over these forty years, who knows how his Cultivation has settled? It’s definitely beyond ordinary confrontation!"

"It’s said Elder Ban’s mastery might be even stronger than the Grand Elder of the Wu family!"

"Let’s wait and see!"

"Very much looking forward to it!"

Everyone discussed.

Meanwhile, Yang Chen looked at Elder Ban, a cold smile on his lips.

Now, among the Nine Families in Ancheng, are all that’s left those who have already laid in coffins?

"Is it him?" Elder Ban spoke.

His voice made people frown unconsciously, sounding like sand grinding back and forth on an iron pot, as though his vocal cords were as aged as his body, barely able to make sound.

"That’s right! It’s him! Elder Ban, please strike him down!" The Ban family Clan Leader bowed and said.

"Okay!" Elder Ban slowly opened his eyes, looking at Yang Chen.

The Ban family Clan Leader hurriedly excused himself.

Yang Chen shouted, "Don’t hurry away, a match must have stakes; that’s your rule, don’t try to cheat!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"What do you want?" The Ban family Clan Leader asked darkly.

Yang Chen laughed, "Not much, why not like the Wu family?"

The Ban family Clan Leader thought for a moment, glanced at the Second Young Master Yun, and slowly nodded, "Alright!"

"Then let’s begin!" Yang Chen assumed a stance, preparing his defense.

But Elder Ban made no movement, his eyes closed, seemingly gone into eternal rest.

No one else dared to speak up nor called out.

Though they wished for Yang Chen’s death in their hearts, deep inside, they were also guilty about this round-robin battle, not daring to call out.