Swoosh!

Qingyuan Yingzi's figure flashed, charging straight toward several youths.

Bang bang bang!

"Ah!"

Crack!

Moans, screams, and the sound of bones breaking instantly filled the air above the mouth of the valley, as the youths, along with the guard leading the way, lay on the ground.

Swish swish swish!

Suddenly, dozens of men burst out from the valley, completely surrounding Jiang Chen and his group.

"How daring of you! Li Fenglin, are you trying to lead an assault into the Li family's valley?"

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

A roaring shout sounded, and three middle-aged men leaped in front of Jiang Chen and the others.

"Uncle, they were too..." Li Fenglin began, wanting to explain.

"No need to pin veiled accusations, I'm the one who struck them. If you have the guts, come at me!" Jiang Chen grabbed Li Fenglin and pulled him behind, stepping forward to coldly address the middle-aged man speaking in the middle.

"Who are you? Do you have the right to speak here?" The middle-aged man shouted.

Buzz!

A powerful aura erupted from Qingyuan Yingzi who stood beside Jiang Chen, her aura bearing down heavily on the middle-aged man.

Qingyuan Yingzi knew clearly, it was best to conceal the true strength of Jiang Chen and others as long as possible. Among them, aside from Li Fenglin, she was the weakest, making her the most suitable to reveal her strength!

Buzz buzz buzz!

The three middle-aged men's expressions changed, their bodies shook, and they simultaneously emitted their auras, confronting Qingyuan Yingzi's oppressive force.

Boom boom boom!

The air echoed with bursts of explosive sounds, and the faces of the three middle-aged men grew increasingly ugly.

All three were Innate Grandmasters, and the middle-aged man in the center was even at the Innate Peak, while the other two possessed late-stage Innate strength – not weak by any means.

Yet, when their auras combined, they seemed unable to withstand Qingyuan Yingzi's oppressive force!

"Stop!"

Buzz!

Suddenly, an old cry rang out, followed by a terrifying oppressive force that harshly bore down on Qingyuan Yingzi.

Buzz!

Boom!

Yan Hu's eyes turned cold, and his aura instantly retracted, directly dispersing the newcomer's oppressive force.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Two old men leaped out from the valley, landing next to the three middle-aged men, warily glancing at Yan Hu before turning to Jiang Chen, "Sir, are you here to cause trouble in the Li family today?"

"I was originally accompanying Fatso back to pay tribute to our ancestors, but since you just now threatened to flatten the Jiang family, I'd like to see on what grounds you make such a claim!" Jiang Chen spoke indifferently.

The expressions of two elderly men shifted slightly as they turned to glance at the several young men sprawled on the ground unable to rise. Furrowing their brows, they lifted their heads to look at Li Fenglin.

Li Fenglin took a step forward to stand alongside Jiang Chen, cupping his fists in salute, he said in a deep voice, "Third Grandfather, Fifth Grandfather, about what just happened..."

"It's not like that! Third Grandfather, Fifth Grandfather, do not listen to Li Fenglin's nonsense. It was clearly him who brought people to provoke us and even threatened to storm into our valley. We reasoned with Li Fenglin earnestly, but he wouldn't listen and simply started attacking us!" A few young men helped each other up and, upon hearing Li Fenglin's version, angrily contradicted him.

The two elderly men exchanged glances, a hint of understanding flashing in their eyes. Although Li Fenglin had only told half the story, the elders were already able to discern who was right and who was wrong.

Li Fenglin and the young men were individuals whom they had watched grow up, and they were well aware of each individual's temperament. Combined with the current attitude of the Li family towards Li Fenglin, they could naturally infer the unstated parts of the story.

After a moment of silence, the Third Elder's face turned ugly as he looked toward Li Fenglin, "Although it was them who provoked the incident first, your response was excessively harsh. Fenglin, take them and leave. You do not need to attend the Third Elder's memorial ceremony. We will not pursue this matter further, just leave!"

"No! Third Grandfather, do not send me away. I, I will just kowtow to the Third Ancestor and then I'll leave!" Li Fenglin's face changed dramatically, his voice urgent.

"Third Grandfather, we cannot let them leave like this!"

"Yes, they dared to attack us at the entrance of our Li family valley. They are slapping the face of our Li family. How can we let them leave like this?"

"Yes, we must make them kneel and apologize!"

"Make all of the people from the Jiang Family kneel and apologize too!"

Hearing the elders standing up for them, the young men's arrogance surged once more.

"Fatty, it looks like the people in your Li family really aren't reasonable!" Jiang Chen's lips curled up with a hint of coldness. "Since that's the case, then I will settle this account with the Li family, who want to flatten my Jiang Family!"

"Mr. Jiang, please don't!" Li Fenglin was startled, quickly trying to persuade Jiang Chen.

"Li Fatty, haven't you seen the situation clearly? They are not going to let you into the valley today. Since that's the case, we have no choice but to fight our way in!" Yan Hu spoke up gravely.

The provocations from the Li family had already ignited their fury. Now that Jiang Chen had made his decision, Yan Hu and the others couldn't wait to burst in!

"Thinking of storming into our Li family valley? Just with you?" The Third Elder of the Li family growled, lifting his head to coldly stare at Yan Hu.

Although their morale had been quickly disrupted by Yan Hu, in their perception, Yan Hu was merely a mid-stage Semi Venerable, only slightly higher than them. With the strength of the Li family, they didn't need to take the threat of a mid-stage Semi Venerable seriously.

"Fatty, I came here with you, you decide, do we go in or not?" Jiang Chen's face calmed down as he turned to look at Li Fenglin.

"Li Fenglin, just kneel and kowtow obediently, and we'll let you in!"

"That's right, you think you, a child with no father or mother, have any right to come back and pay respects? Look at yourself, what are you really worth! We're letting you in just for a bow, and that's already letting you off easy!"

"Kneel down! As long as you kowtow we will let you in!"

"Hurry up and kneel down!"

The group of young men shouted loudly, their attitudes domineering as they looked at Li Fenglin.

A hint of sadness appeared in Li Fenglin's eyes as he glanced at the group of young men and the two elders, then turned to look at Jiang Chen with a hesitant look in his eyes, "Mr. Jiang, thank you, thank you for your help. I really want to go and kowtow to the Third Ancestor, but…"

"If you are worried about me and my family, then I can tell you, there's no need. The Li family, I have not even considered them a threat!" Jiang Chen spoke softly, cutting off Li Fenglin.

"Young man, you're too arrogant!"

"Jiang Chen, don't think just because you are a business tycoon in Jincheng that you are impressive; our Martial Arts Family's power is beyond what a commercial family head like you could imagine!"

"Not taking our Li family seriously? You are way over your head!"

"Don't you know how high the sky is, or how deep the earth is? Do you think we haven't bothered you in Jincheng these last few days because we were afraid of causing trouble there? Let me tell you, if it weren't for the Third Ancestor's memorial day approaching, your Jiang family would have been destroyed long ago!"

The young men shouted these rebukes loudly.

And the two elders and three middle-aged men also looked at Jiang Chen with unfriendly eyes.

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