Chapter 90: Hongmen Banquet

After leaving the Qin family, Yu Jinghai immediately started his own calculations.

Naturally, he wanted to take revenge on Ye Chen and snatch back the giant clam that Ye Chen snatched away. However, that wasn't enough!

He came to Jin Ling this time to establish his prestige in Jin Ling and recruit a group of believers to provide more help for his career.

Therefore, he planned a scheme that he thought was the best of both worlds.

He treated Ye Chen as the key to killing the chicken to scare the monkey and making the whole Jin Ling submit!

Ye Chen didn't know that the so-called Master Yu was planning to use him as a sacrifice.

In the evening, he was preparing to buy groceries and cook, when he suddenly received a call from Song Wanting.

After answering, Song Wanting said seriously to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, that Yu Jinghai invited some masters of antiques, Feng Shui, and Xuanxue to hold a banquet at the Wang family's house. He asked me to ask you if you have time to go?"

"Wang family? Which Wang family?"

Song Wanting said: "A mid-sized family. They have two male descendants, Wang Yunfei and Wang Yunkai."

"Them? Why would they choose to hold it at their house?" Ye Chen asked strangely.

Song Wanting explained: "Recently, the Wang family has been unlucky. Their son Wang Yunkai and nephew Wang Yunfei have had accidents one after another, and the Wang family's business has also plummeted. So the head of the Wang family begged Yu Jinghai, wanting to ask him to change the Feng Shui for the Wang family."

As she spoke, Song Wanting continued: "But I see that Yu Jinghai invited a bunch of Xuanxue masters, maybe he doesn't just want to earn some money from the Wang family. Maybe he has other intentions."

Ye Chen smiled and said indifferently: "I snatched that giant clam at the auction and choked him, so he definitely wants revenge. I guess this time he set a trap for me!"

Smiling slightly, Ye Chen added: "But I will go this time. Let's see face-to-face what tricks he wants to play."

Seeing him agree, Song Wanting said: "That's fine. The location is at the Wang family's house. Tomorrow morning, let's go together. I'll drive to pick you up."

"Okay."

The next morning, Song Wanting drove to pick up Ye Chen and headed to the Wang family's house.

The Wang family's villa was located on the hillside of the suburbs, with beautiful scenery.

The pavilions and towers in the garden were all built as antique buildings. The Wang family spent hundreds of millions on renovation, usually used to receive VIPs or entertain friends, which was very imposing.

Outside the pavilion by the lake, dozens of yellow pear wood chairs were placed. More than a dozen guests who had been invited were already seated, communicating with each other, and laughter came from time to time.

Sitting in the main seat was a slightly fat middle-aged man, Wang Yunkai's father, Wang Zhenggang.

And sitting beside him was Master Yu, Yu Jinghai.

Besides these two, Ye Chen also saw two acquaintances, the richest man in Haicheng, Li Tailai, and Guo Ming who was with him.

Seeing Ye Chen enter, Li Tailai and the other nodded to Ye Chen.

And Wang Zhenggang glanced at him sideways and snorted coldly.

Obviously, he also knew that Wang Yunkai and Wang Yunfei had suffered losses in Ye Chen's hands, so seeing Ye Chen, he didn't have a good face.

Bao Fugui hurriedly stood up to greet them, saying: "Mr. Ye, Miss Song, you are here."

Ye Chen nodded and said with a smile: "Come to see the demeanor of the masters."

A middle-aged man in a long gown asked in surprise: "Is this the buyer who spent a huge sum of one hundred million to auction the finale giant clam at the auction?"

Bao Fugui introduced with a smile: "Exactly Master Ye."

"What? Master?" Wang Zhenggang glanced at Ye Chen in disdain, then smiled: "Now the title of Master is almost becoming worthless. Any loser can call himself a Master, while a truly capable Master like Master Yu is so low-key."

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd was embarrassed.

It wasn't that Wang Zhenggang intended to belittle him, but Ye Chen's age and clothing temperament really couldn't be called a "Master."

And the masters present were almost all well-known figures in the Xuanxue world. To let them sit on an equal footing with this young man Ye Chen and call him "Master Ye," many people present were unhappy in their hearts.

Yu Jinghai stood up and smiled calmly: "No matter. I borrowed the Wang family's place to hold this banquet, also wanting to get together with everyone. As for who is the real Master and who is a reputation-seeking person, it will naturally be revealed in a moment."

Everyone present, hearing Yu Jinghai's words, couldn't help but show mockery toward Ye Chen.

This kind of brat, if he's not reputation-seeking, what else could he be?

Song Wanting also frowned. She knew Yu Jinghai would target Ye Chen, but she didn't expect the atmosphere to be so heavy as soon as they entered.

However, Ye Chen looked cold and indifferent, walking to his chair without looking sideways, sitting down, and ignoring everything around him.

Seeing that everyone was here, Wang Zhenggang said: "Since everyone is here, I will tell you all. Today, Master Yu borrowed our Wang family's place to hold this banquet, firstly to get to know everyone, and secondly, to learn from each other."

"How to learn from each other?" someone asked.

"Naturally, it is based on the level of art."

Yu Jinghai stood out at this time and explained: "The rules are simple. As everyone knows, our Xuanxue world includes five categories: Mountain, Medicine, Fate, Face, and Divination. You can choose the category you are good at to compete with your opponent!"

"To be formal, the funds are sponsored by the Wang family. Each competition has a bonus of five million. Whoever wins takes the five million, and the loser will also have a travel fee of fifty thousand."

This rule was reasonable, and there was money to be earned, so many people nodded in agreement.

Usually, people in the Xuanxue world act on their own, and their trump cards are not easily revealed. Today, those who came to the banquet were capable people in the Xuanxue world. Everyone gathered together to compete, which could not only explore the other party's bottom line but also get bonuses, killing two birds with one stone.

"Just to learn from each other?" Ye Chen sneered slightly. He didn't think Yu Jinghai held this banquet today just to prove his profound cultivation.

And after Wang Zhenggang and the others finished discussing, he continued: "However, just setting up bonuses probably won't stimulate everyone's enthusiasm. After all, everyone is wealthy and doesn't lack these few million."

"So to make everyone more motivated, there is an additional condition: the winner can either choose to take the five-million bonus or take something from the loser!"

"And the last person to win will be the first venerable of the Xuanxue world in the Nanguang region. From now on, all Xuanmen people in the Nanguang region will respect him, and any size of affairs in the region must be agreed upon by the venerable!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole courtyard was silent.

A moment later, there was an uproar again. Many people showed expressions of indignation and discussed one after another.

"What if the challenger happens to choose a category that the challenged party is not good at?"

"The Nanguang region's Xuanxue world has always respected the first. Isn't this snatching territory?"

"Isn't this a joke? Our Nanguang region's Xuanxue world has always been used to doing things our own way. Now we actually have to listen to others. It's truly nonsense. Besides, are there people here who are not from Nanguang?"

The crowd discussed one after another. Everyone didn't expect this so-called banquet to be a Hongmen Banquet where Yu Jinghai wanted to unify the Nanguang Xuanxue world! ===== CHAPTER 91 =====