"How do you want to handle this?" Jiang Chen asked indifferently.

"Wen Jie is the man my daughter has set her eyes on, and since you want to call off the engagement, then you must pass the three challenges of my Lou Family. And due to your violence in my Lou Family's premise, the difficulty of these challenges will be raised a level."

A cunning light flickered in Lou Wenkang's eyes: "Initially, the challenges were at the Heavenly Level, Heavenly Extreme Peak, and Semi Innate levels. Now, they will be at Heavenly Extreme Peak, Semi Innate, and Innate Grandmaster levels!"

"Hold on!" Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zhang Wenjie: "What do you mean by calling off the engagement? Are you two engaged?"

"No!" Zhang Wenjie quickly responded, turning his frown towards Lou Wenkang: "Uncle Lou, when did I get engaged to Miss Lou?"

"If I say you're engaged, then you're engaged!" Lou Wenkang glared fiercely and said angrily: "What? Is my Lou Family's young lady not good enough for you?"

"It's not that, I..." Zhang Wenjie's face was full of bitterness. Facing such an unreasonable person, he really had no solution and could only look at Jiang Chen for help.

Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, with a meaningful look at Lou Wenkang: "Family Head Lou, are you trying to coerce a sale here?"

Lou Wenkang's face heated up under Jiang Chen's intense gaze, a hint of guilt flashed in the depths of his eyes, but he still insisted stubbornly: "So what if I am?"

"Yan Hu!" Jiang Chen spoke softly.

Buzz!

An overwhelming pressure suddenly filled the entire welcoming building, heavily pressing down on Lou Wenkang.

Lou Wenkang's face turned pale instantly, looking at Yan Hu with shock.

Old man Wen's face drastically changed. Just as he was about to turn around, Mo Bao suddenly exuded his aura, fiercely pressing down on Old man Wen.

"You... what realm are you in?!" Lou Wenkang cried out in shock, his face ashen.

Yan Hu ignored Lou Wenkang and just kept him firmly suppressed.

"Family Head Lou, I think we should sit down and talk," Jiang Chen said indifferently.

Whoosh!

An elderly figure rushed into the welcoming building, instantly appearing in front of Lou Wenkang. An aura not weaker than Yan Hu's burst out from him, countering Yan Hu's oppressive force.

"Grandfather! Why have you come out?" Lou Wenkang took a breath of relief, looking worriedly at the elder in front of him.

"Great Grandfather!"

"Great Grandfather!"

Lou Fengfeng and her brother both cried out in unison.

The Lou Family Patriarch looked at Yan Hu gravely, admiration in his eyes: "To be so young and yet so strong, truly, as the waves of the Yangtze River push forward those before them."

After a pause, the Lou Family Patriarch turned his head towards Jiang Chen: "Young man, please have your friend withdraw his aura. This matter is my Lou Family's fault."

Jiang Chen took a serious look at the Lou Family Patriarch and then lightly waved his hand.

Yan Hu and Mo Bao both simultaneously withdrew their aura, and the oppressive atmosphere in the welcoming building eased instantly.

"Wen Kang, have someone clean this up," the Lou Family Patriarch instructed softly after glancing at the scorpion's corpse on the ground, then he walked towards a seat in the north.

"Yes!" Lou Wenkang responded, and Old man Wen automatically stepped forward to take the scorpion's corpse out.

Lou Wenkang sat down beside the Lou Family Patriarch, with Lou Fengfeng and her brother standing behind the two.

"Please, have a seat," the Lou Family Patriarch gestured to Jiang Chen with an inviting hand.

Jiang Chen took his seat, and the others followed suit.

"Wen Kang, Fengfeng, I have said before that forcing an alliance like this is not advisable, yet you wouldn't listen!" the Lou Family Patriarch turned and admonished Lou Wenkang and his daughter.

Jiang Chen's eyes flickered, and he turned to glance at Zhang Wenjie, a trace of deep thought appearing in his eyes.

"Old Master, are you saying that..." Zhang Wenjie also sensed that something was amiss, and frowned as he turned to the Lou Family Patriarch.

"Sigh... Our Lou Family has a legacy of over a thousand years, and we've always maintained our martial artist pride. However, as times have changed, business has come to play a leading role, and our Lou Family has gradually fallen from the position of the Four Great Families, replaced by the Ouyang Family."

The Lou Family Patriarch sighed with a hint of regret, saying, "But our Family has always prioritized martial arts over business, and we simply don't have anyone adept at commerce. We didn't want to depend on those large financial groups, and as a result, the family has become more desolate, on the verge of falling out of the ranks of the First-Class Families."

"The martial arts conference is about to begin, and now the martial arts conference is no longer as pure as it used to be, solely focused on martial arts!" There was a trace of sigh in the Lou Family Patriarch's eyes as he continued, "Now, although it is still martial arts that is respected at the conference, commercial strength has become an indispensable aspect of the competition, and our Lou Family has never had any commercial foundation."

Turning to look at Zhang Wenjie, the Lou Family Patriarch apologetically said, "A year ago, when Fengfeng learned that you were the heir to the Jincheng Zhang Family, she discussed it with Wen Kang and decided to tie you down, hoping to tap into Zhang Family's financial resources to make up for our Lou Family's commercial shortcomings, and that's what led to this situation."

Zhang Wenjie looked at Lou Fengfeng in astonishment, a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Lou Fengfeng looked guiltily at Zhang Wenjie, "Wenjie, I'm sorry, there was no other way."

"If today you hadn't shown your great strength, would I have become a puppet for your family to control the Zhang Family?" Zhang Wenjie realized the key point and his face grew completely dark.

"No!"

Lou Fengfeng hastily explained, "The Zhang Family is yours, we would never lay a finger on it. We just wanted to borrow Zhang Family's business prestige to preserve our position as a First-Class Family."

"Wenjie, we had all discussed this, and after the martial arts conference, we planned to tell you everything. At that time, we would respect your decision, even if you wanted a divorce..."

Lou Fengfeng didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood what she meant.

Jiang Chen looked at Lou Fengfeng with a touch of amazement; he could see that she wasn't lying and had indeed prepared herself for that possibility.

Although what the Lou Family did was indeed underhanded, Jiang Chen didn't expect that Lou Fengfeng would go so far as to sacrifice her own reputation to preserve the Lou Family's status.

After all, it would be quite difficult for a divorced woman to remarry!

Zhang Wenjie seemed to understand this point as well, his expression slightly softer as he spoke quietly, "I'm sorry, I cannot agree to this!"

A hint of disappointment appeared in Lou Fengfeng's eyes; she opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

Lou Wenkang glanced at Zhang Wenjie, then at Jiang Chen and Yan Hu, and sighed dejectedly.

He had asked Zhang Wenjie to bring people over just to make him give up the idea of resistance. They never intended to harm Zhang Wenjie in the first place. It was unforeseen that the people Zhang Wenjie brought along would actually alarm the Lou Family Patriarch.

This meant that Yan Hu was an opponent who warranted the Lou Family Patriarch's attention, leaving Lou Wenkang helpless!

Dinglingling!

Suddenly, a telephone ringtone sounded.

Jiang Chen took out his phone and glanced at it, nodding apologetically to the Lou Family Patriarch as he answered the call, "Hello, Ling'er!"

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