Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, a cold glint appeared in his eyes, and a mocking smile curved his lips, "Using our Jiang Family to gain worldly experience? What do they have in mind?"

"Cousin, what's wrong? Is there something inappropriate? Should I reject them?" Jiang Yuqing's surprised voice came through the receiver.

Jiang Chen shook his head gently, "No, don't reject them. Just say you can't decide on your own, bring them to our house, and tell them that a banquet is prepared for them tonight. I'll receive them personally!"

"Okay!"

In the third courtyard of the Jiang Family, within the small banquet hall on the exterior.

Elder Master Jiang, Jiang Minglong, and two other elders were already waiting there.

"How could Chen'er arrange it here?!" Elder Master Jiang looked astonished at Jiang Minglong, "Letting those people stay in the sixth courtyard, but hosting them here, this..."

"Exactly, what is this? Are those people trustworthy or not?" the Great Elder was also confused.

Second Elder calmly said, "Chen'er must have his reasons for arranging it this way; we just have to wait."

"I'm not sure either, let's just wait a bit longer, Chen'er has gone to call them!" Jiang Minglong said with a wry smile, he too was baffled by Jiang Chen's actions.

Thump, thump, thump!

The sound of footsteps arose, and the four men turned their heads towards the entrance of the banquet hall and then stood up simultaneously.

At the doorway, Jiang Chen entered with Li Tianchong, Fang Tiancheng, Leng Ming, Li Fenglin, and Yan Hu.

"Everyone, please take a seat, more guests will arrive shortly," Jiang Chen gestured towards the tables in the banquet hall and then turned to Li Tianchong, "Senior Li, please take the seat of honor."

"No, no, no, that won't do. Mr. Jiang, as the head of the family, should rightfully take the seat of honor. I'll sit here!" Li Tianchong hastily said, waving his hands and promptly sitting next to the Great Elder, at the seat reserved for distinguished guests.

Jiang Chen did not insist further and took the head seat.

"I will sit here, then!"

Immediately, under the surprised gazes of the Great Elder and the others, Leng Ming unceremoniously sat down next to Jiang Chen.

Fang Tiancheng, not vying with Leng Ming—who was the legitimate eldest son of the Huangluo Clan—took steps towards Elder Master Jiang, who was sitting next to the Great Elder.

The Great Elder, recognizing Fang Tiancheng's exceptional abilities, got up to offer his seat.

"Great Elder," Jiang Chen stopped the Great Elder, softly speaking, "No need."

The Great Elder paused slightly, giving Jiang Chen a somewhat astonished look.

"Great Elder?!" Li Tianchong and the others were also taken aback. Already seated, Li Tianchong and Leng Ming stood up, their faces filled with surprise as they looked at Jiang Chen, "Mr. Jiang, are these people your family members? Not powerful individuals gathered by your clan?"

"They are all my family members. Senior Li, the one next to you is my Great Elder, next to him is my grandfather, beside Leng Ming is my Second Elder, next to him is my father!" Jiang Chen explained.

"Oh my!"

Leng Ming suddenly jumped up from his seat, urgently saying, "Mr. Jiang, why didn't you tell us earlier?"

"Mr. Jiang, we..." Li Tianchong also looked absolutely perturbed.

They now genuinely admired Jiang Chen, a reverence that penetrated deep into their bones. Now sitting above Jiang Chen's elders made Li Tianchong's heart inexplicably panic!

"Stop!"

Jiang Chen knew what they were about to say and quickly interjected, "Just sit like this, it's just a seating arrangement, nothing serious. Besides, if you swap with them, and after I introduce you, if they start swapping around, it will be too troublesome. Are we even going to eat? Let's just stay seated!"

"Not..." Leng Ming stepped forward, aiming to move to a lower seat, continuing as he walked, "I prefer to sit below."

"If you won't sit here, then you can leave!" Jiang Chen pointed to the spot on his right, speaking in a displeased tone.

"What kind of joke is this? Is this the first formal introduction or what? Having the successor of the Huangluo Clan sit lower down, do you want the Elder Master and the others to have a heart attack?"

"I..." Leng Ming was stunned.

Jiang Minglong seemed to understand something, chuckled, and rose to speak, "Young friend, please sit next to Chen'er. Let's not refuse anymore, let's just sit like this!"

"If I may be so bold!" Li Tianchong and a few others all bowed towards the four Elders.

The four Elders quickly rose to return the courtesy.

After that, everyone refrained from further refusals.

Fang Tiancheng took a seat next to Elder Master Jiang, Li Fenglin was given a spot next to Jiang Minglong by Yan Hu, and Yan Hu sat next to Li Fenglin.

This was the Jiang Family's small external banquet hall, which contained only one table with twelve chairs. Once Jiang Chen and the others sat down, they immediately occupied ten spots, leaving only the two lowest seats available.

"Chen'er, who are these individuals..." At that moment, with a face filled with astonishment, the Elder asked Jiang Chen, gesturing towards Li Tianchong and his companions.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, softly saying, "This person is... Wait a moment, another group is coming."

Sensing the approach of several presences, Jiang Chen stopped his introduction and turned his head towards Li Tianchong, "We originally wanted to host you in the Inner Court, but suddenly received a call that some hidden clans from the Martial Dao World are coming, so we arranged the banquet here."

Oh? More people from the hidden clans? Which clan? Li Tianchong nodded in understanding.

When they realized they were being received in the third courtyard, they held some doubts; residing in the Inner Court was a great show of trust, subtly suggesting they were considered as one of them, whereas being hosted in the external court implied they were not, which was contradictory.

Jiang Chen's explanation, however, dispelled their doubts.

"A hidden clan from the Martial Dao World?!"

"What?!"

"They..."

The Elder Master Jiang, Jiang Minglong, and others gasped in astonishment.

At that moment, they finally understood why Jiang Chen wanted them to come and host together, showing the highest level of hospitality from the Jiang Family!

Jiang Chen smiled, softly saying, "I also don't know which clan..."

"Haha! It seems they know we have arrived!"

A hearty laugh sounded from outside.

Clack!

The door to the banquet hall was pushed open, and Jiang Yuqing walked in with four individuals—two elderly, one middle-aged, and one young.

"Hmm? Why are there so many people here?"

The newcomers noticed that only two seats were left. One elderly person immediately frowned in displeasure and spoke, "Just keep your Family Head and the Elder Master, the rest should leave!"

While speaking, the elderly man approached Jiang Chen with arrogance, "Kid, this isn't a seat you can occupy, get up!"

"You..." Incensed, Leng Ming opened his mouth to retort.

"Hey!" Jiang Chen raised his hand to stop him, stood up, and turned to look at the elder, "I heard from Yuqing that you wanted to borrow our Jiang Family for entering the world to train?"

"What?!"

"Borrow the Jiang Family to enter the world for training?!"

"Have these people gone mad?"

"That's quite bold!"

Hearing this, Leng Ming and the others gasped loudly, their eyes flashing with anger, coldly staring at the four individuals.

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