After arranging accommodations for Jiang Chen and his company, Yue Zhenfeng, accompanied by his brothers Yue Tingqiang, headed towards the living quarters of the Yue Family.

"Zhen Feng brother, who exactly is Jiang Chen? Why do the Huangluo Clan treat him with such respect?" Yue Tingheng glanced back at the prestigious guest building, looking at Yue Zhenfeng with confusion.

Yue Zhenfeng softly spoke, "Mr. Jiang is the Family Head of the Jiang Family of Jincheng. As for why people from the Huangluo Clan show such respect to Mr. Jiang, I'm not clear on that either. All I know is that this group of people are led by Mr. Jiang. Moreover, that heir of the Huangluo Clan, Leng Ming, pays special heed to Mr. Jiang's words, and even the senior Mr. Li shows great respect towards him."

"Damn! Even the senior Mr. Li respects him greatly? Could it be...he wouldn't happen to be the illegitimate child of some old ancestor from the Huangluo Clan, would he?" Yue Tingqiang exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't talk nonsense here. Didn't I say it? Mr. Jiang belongs to the Jiang Family of Jincheng, not the Huangluo Clan!"

Yue Zhenfeng glared at Yue Tingqiang and warned, "You two better stop spouting nonsense. Those people show great reverence towards Mr. Jiang. If they heard you fabricating stories about him, they would definitely turn hostile!"

"So what if they turn hostile? Who are we afraid of?" Yue Tingqiang retorted nonchalantly.

Yue Tingheng joined in, saying, "Exactly, why be afraid of him? Zhen Feng brother, he's the one who came to cancel Song Wanqiu's engagement on her behalf, and that was your engagement he canceled. How come you're not angry at all and instead speaking on his behalf?"

"I am not angry because I wasn't in favor of the marriage either. It's not that I dislike Miss Song, but I despise this type of arranged marriage."

Yue Zhenfeng glanced back at Guest Building No. 1, his eyes filled with admiration, "As for Mr. Jiang, I admire him, truly admire him from the bottom of my heart!"

"Why?"

"You still admire him even though he came to cancel your marriage?"

Yue Tingqiang and his brother looked at Yue Zhenfeng, bewildered.

Yue Zhenfeng lightly shook his head, "I'll tell you about it another time. Let's go see Great Grandfather first."

While talking, the three of them had already arrived in front of a three-story bamboo building.

The Yue Family's bamboo buildings were divided into three areas.

The first area consisted of two five-story bamboo buildings close to the square, used to accommodate subordinate families, each building containing over a dozen rooms.

The second area was behind the two five-story bamboo buildings, divided into two parts. The first part was a four-story bamboo building, the very place where Yue Taizhong and others had received Jiang Chen and his party, known as the distinguished guests' reception building, which hereafter referred to as the guest building, served as a place for dining and leisure for visitors.

The second part comprised five bamboo buildings of two, three, and four stories behind the guest building, numbered one to five as guest lodges, providing living quarters for distinguished guests. Due to the uneven ground and proximity to the foot of the mountain, although the five guest lodges were nearly the same height, their number of floors varied.

The final area was where the Yue Family themselves lived, in lofts ranging from No. 1 to No. 9. These nine lofts were divided into three tiers; the first tier lofts were five stories high, the second tier four stories, and the third tier, also the highest tier, contained three bamboo buildings, each only three stories tall.

Although the Yue Family, like the Huangluo Clan, is one of the three great hidden families, it has the fewest members, totaling less than a hundred, including the old ancestors.

At this moment, Yue Zhenfeng and his two companions stood in front of the central loft on the third tier, where the old patriarch of the Yue Family resided.

"Zhen Feng is back."

As Yue Zhenfeng and his brothers entered the loft, a beautiful and dignified woman at the staircase of the loft was holding a tray, upon which sat a teapot and six teacups.

"Mother, let me!" Yue Zhenfeng quickly walked over to take the tray from her hands.

"Quick, bring it upstairs, Elder Li is up there," the woman softly instructed.

Yue Zhenfeng nodded, carrying the tray up the stairs, with the woman and the brothers Yue Tingqiang following behind him.

In the main bedroom on the third floor of the attic.

In the center of the bedroom there was a bamboo bed, on which lay an elderly man with white hair and beard, his eyes tightly shut, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and a faint expression of pain on his face.

Beside the bamboo bed, three elders were discussing something in hushed tones, while the three brothers of Yue Taizhong stood quietly waiting.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Someone knocked on the bedroom door, and Yue Tailin walked over to open it.

"Is everything arranged for Leng Ming and the others?" Yue Tailin asked softly, stepping away from the door.

Yue Zhenfeng, entering the room with the tray, replied, "Everything is arranged; they are staying in Guest Pavilion Number One."

"Number One?" Yue Taizhong next to him was surprised for a moment, then he nodded in agreement: "That's fitting, after all, Leng Ming is the heir of the Huangluo Clan."

"Divine Doctor Wu, Elder Li, Grandfather, have some water!" Yue Zhenfeng stepped forward to the three elders and spoke softly.

If Jiang Chen were here, he would have recognized at a glance, this Divine Doctor Wu was none other than his half disciple, Wu Mingzhong.

The two elders beside him, one was Li Tianchong, and the other was Yue Zhenfeng's grandfather, Yue Wujie.

Yue Wujie echoed, "Elder Li, Divine Doctor Wu, please have some water and rest first."

"You all drink, I want to look again. Elder Yue's illness gives me a familiar feeling; let me think," Wu Mingzhong gently waved his hand.

Yue Wujie and the others did not insist any further, inviting Li Tianchong to the living room, leaving Divine Doctor Wu and Yue Zhenfeng's mother in the bedroom.

In the living room, Yue Wujie and the rest took their seats.

"Taizhong, when will Zhen Kun return?" As soon as he sat down, Yue Wujie lifted his head to ask Yue Taizhong.

Yue Taizhong replied softly, "Zhen Kun won't be back until tomorrow noon. He has called me just now. He has reached the Dong Family, but Uncle Dong Tianchen is in seclusion trying to break through to the Venerable Realm; we need to wait a bit."

"The Venerable Realm?! Dong Tianchen is actually going to break through to the Venerable Realm?!" Yue Wujie's face changed drastically as he exclaimed.

Yue Taizhong nodded, "According to Zhen Kun, it seems that the Five Great Families along the river have received support from a powerful and mysterious alchemist, and everyone's strength in the families has surged. Nearly all the patriarchs and elders have reached the peak of Semi Venerable Venerable Realm, and some of the outstanding ones are preparing to break through to the Venerable Realm."

"This..."

Yue Wujie's face changed dramatically, furrowing his brows tightly, "Troublesome times! If this mysterious alchemist has good intentions, that's still alright, but if he harbors ill will and has granted such a huge favor to the Five Great Families, when the time comes..."

Yue Taizhong shook his head, "That shouldn't be the case. Zhen Kun has inquired; all the Five Great Families hold great respect for that mysterious Pill Master. A person who can make the Five Great Families collectively respect him shouldn't be a bad person!"

Li Tianchong looked up at Yue Taizhong and the others, a hint of contemplation in his eyes.

Yue Wujie nodded slightly, then probed, "Does Zhen Kun know who that Pill Master is?"

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