At the entrance of the Jiang Family Courtyard, a line of cars was parked there.

"Young Master, this is your home!" After getting out of the car, Butler Lu gestured toward the courtyard and began with a light laugh.

Jiang Chen surveyed the scene and exclaimed in surprise, "This... why does it look like an ancient prince's manor or something?"

To the left and right of the main entrance of the Jiang Family Courtyard were two stone lions, each over two meters high. Above the center of the courtyard gate, there was a stone plaque carved with the two characters for 'Jiang Family'.

Standing on either side of the gate were two young men with upright postures, both Profound Martial Artists.

This gave Jiang Chen a feeling of having traveled back in time.

"Young Master, this place indeed used to be a prince's manor from a previous dynasty. After that prince was executed along with his entire family, it was purchased by our family's ancestors and became the residence of our clan," Butler Lu explained with a light chuckle.

Jiang Chen nodded understandingly, took Ye Jingyi's hand, smiled at her, and walked toward the gate, followed by Yan Hu and the others.

"Young Master!" Without waiting for Butler Lu's introduction, the two men at the door guessed Jiang Chen's identity; when Jiang Chen approached, they respectfully bowed deeply to him.

With a light chuckle, Jiang Chen nodded and stepped through the Jiang Family's main gate.

Walking by Jiang Chen's side, Ye Jingyi entered the gate with a heart full of trepidation. Seeing the manor brimming with an ancient flavor, she gained a renewed understanding of the Jiang Family's power.

In Jincheng, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, to have such a huge manor suggested the immense power of the Jiang Family, which made Ye Jingyi even more nervous. What if the Jiang Family didn't like her?

Whoosh!

As soon as they stepped through the gate, the sound of flowing water arose, and Jiang Chen and his companions looked up, stunned.

Inside the gate, there were six steps leading into a circular stone pathway, and a pebble pathway led straight to a man-made pond right in front of the gate.

The pond, nearly ten meters in diameter, featured a coral rockery three meters tall in its center with a fountain on top, constantly spraying water onto the rockery, from which water flowed into the pond.

What astonished Jiang Chen and the others was that the rockery appeared to be made of one single piece of coral, and it seemed to be not from land but from the sea, with a scent of the ocean dispersing from the pond.

"Butler Lu, is this..." Jiang Chen turned his head toward Butler Lu.

Butler Lu smiled slightly, "This is a deep-sea coral rockery, transported here many years ago by the ancestors of the Jiang Family from the depths of Parrot Ocean. This fountain is directly connected to the ocean through a secret waterway that runs from beneath Jincheng and the S province all the way to Parrot Ocean, providing seawater from there."

"Connected underground to Parrot Ocean?!" Jiang Chen exclaimed, looking at the fountain on the rockery, and he swallowed hard.

Ye Jingyi, Leng Ye, and Yan Hu all had expressions of surprise on their faces, filled with disbelief.

"Little Young Master, this is the front courtyard, which is also the first entrance. Let's go inside; the younger generation of the family is waiting for you in the second courtyard," said Butler Lu, who was not surprised by Jiang Chen and the others' astonished expressions; it was normal for those who first learned about the rockery.

"Oh, right!"

Jiang Chen collected himself and followed Butler Lu along the stone pathway, looking back at the rockery one more time, still inwardly shocked.

Shit! This is what a real aristocratic family looks like!

I take back what I said in the car. This family is mine, everything here is mine!

A fountain on a rockery connected to Parrot Ocean? Compared to the Jiang Family, what are Dingjing's Four Great Aristocratic Families? I thought the Jiang Family was at most just a bit stronger than the four families.

But is this a little too strong?

Following the stone path around the pond, Jiang Chen noticed that there were two two-meter-tall stone archways on both sides of the pond.

"Those sides are the training grounds, where the guards practice," Butler Lu introduced perceptively.

Jiang Chen nodded, then saw the twelve men who had come with Butler Lu to greet him bow and then enter the stone archway on the left.

"The guards usually train in the training ground, which connects the first and second entrance courtyards by penetrating the separating wall, and their dormitory is located behind the place facing the third courtyard; they live directly there," Butler Lu explained as he walked toward the left stone archway, with Jiang Chen and the others following him.

"Ha!"

"Faster!"

"Put some strength into it, didn't you eat?"

Just stepping through the stone archway, a chorus of shouts reached his ear, causing Jiang Chen and his companions to feel as though they had stepped through time once again.

On the right side of the entrance was an ancient martial arts arena, equipped with plum blossom posts, sandbags, wooden stakes, and other training instruments. If not for the modern training equipment by the side, Jiang Chen and the others might have thought they had stumbled onto the set of a historical drama.

"This is where they usually train, many of these pieces are old items refurbished by the old master. He said that we must not discard the things of our ancestors," Butler Lu said, and then he proudly raised his head, "Although the old master didn't have the talent for martial arts, he was very keen on encouraging the younger generation to practice. Jiang Minghui and your third uncle Jiang Minglou, as well as your fifth uncle Jiang Mingcheng, are all martial artists; Young Master Mingcheng is even a Semi Innate Grand Master, the highest-ranked among our younger generation, apart from your great-grandfather and his two brothers."

The highest-ranked among the younger generation?!

Jiang Chen looked at Butler Lu in astonishment. If he's the highest-ranked among the younger generation, what does that make me?

Yan Hu, Leng Ye, and Ye Jingyi all showed similar expressions of surprise.

At that moment on the martial arts arena, a group of youths were training, and the squad that had returned with Jiang Chen and the others joined in. A stern looking man with a scar on his face was strictly overseeing everyone's efforts.

Hearing someone enter, the man with the scar turned his head, his face showing a trace of joy, as he walked toward them.

"Butler Lu."

Upon reaching them, the man with the scar nodded toward Butler Lu then landed a punch on Yan Hu's chest as he laughed and scolded, "Yan Hu, you brute, you actually remembered to come back? I thought you were enjoying your easy life in Dingjing with the young master, not wanting to come back."

"Scar, don't be disrespectful, meet the Young Master and the Young Madam first," Butler Lu scolded with a stern face.

Scar was taken aback, then quickly realized, and bowed hurriedly toward Jiang Chen, "Greetings, Young Master, and to the..."

He was just about to greet Ye Jingyi, but taking a glance at Leng Ye, Scar hesitated, unsure to whom he should bow.

"This is the Young Madam," Leng Ye indicated Ye Jingyi with a gesture.

"Greetings, Young Madam," Scar completed his bow.

Yan Hu looked at Jiang Chen apologetically, "Young Master, Scar, just like his name suggests, is a bit of a brute; he's not that bright, please don't take it personally."

A brute, huh? Heh.

Jiang Chen laughed.

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