Chapter 208

Upon hearing this, Yin Yin Luoxia quickly shook her head with a smile and said:

"Except for the Lei Family Fortress, the Wen family, and the Tang Sect, our Snow Moon City didn't invite anyone else; I reckon they all came on their own."

After saying this,

Yin Yin Luoxia explained with a smile: "Among these forces just now, Mount Wudang and Shaolin are both considered neutral factions. As for the others, they are all those who walk closely with our Snow Moon City. As for those who didn't come, except for those who remain neutral like Mount Wudang and Shaolin, most are of the Wushuang City faction."

"However, it seems now that Mount Wudang and Shaolin are somewhat close to our Snow Moon City, because in the past, even for the Hero Banquet, Mount Wudang and Shaolin rarely participated. As for the Hero Banquet hosted by the Lei Family Fortress not long ago, I reckon it was because it was quite special that they attended."

Hearing Yin Yin Luoxia's words,

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile.

He reckoned that the reason Mount Wudang and Shaolin came this time was mostly because of him.

This wasn't him being narcissistic, but the fact was indeed so.

As martial arts sects, unless they were like Snow Moon City and Wushuang City, otherwise, even Mount Wudang and Shaolin could not avoid currying favor with the powerful at times.

It wasn't that Jiang Chen looked down on them, but that the martial arts world was just like this.

Didn't you see that even powerful forces like the Lei Family Fortress and the Tang Sect chose to form an alliance with Snow Moon City?

After all, no matter how powerful a martial arts sect is, it is only a martial arts sect.

Don't you see that even for Snow Moon City, before Jiang Chen showed sufficient strength, Brother Sikong Changfeng was already prepared to support the Sixth Imperial Prince, Xiao Chuhe?

It wasn't that Snow Moon City wanted to be drawn into the struggle of the imperial court, but it was beyond their control.

Many things,

are not things you can avoid just because you want to.

Just like when the Dark River intercepted and killed Li Li Hanyi, at that time Xiao Se and Tang Lian and the others were clearly still escorting Wuxin to the Thirty-Two Buddhist Kingdoms of the Western Regions and hadn't reached Snow Moon City at all, but both the Seventh Imperial Prince, the Red King, and the Second Imperial Prince, the White King, had clearly labeled Snow Moon City as belonging to the Sixth Imperial Prince, Xiao Se.

Otherwise,

the Red King and the White King weren't stupid.

Didn't they know what a high price they would have to pay to intercept and kill Li Li Hanyi? And what kind of retaliation they would face if the interception succeeded?

They certainly knew.

But they weren't worried at all.

Because even if Snow Moon City wanted to retaliate, at most they would only go after the Dark River and the Tang Sect.

As for them,

as Imperial Princes of Beili,

neither the Red King nor the White King believed that Snow Moon City would dare to lay a hand on them.

Because once Snow Moon City took action against them, it would just give the imperial court a reason to send troops to attack Snow Moon City.

So all of this,

whether there was Mingde Emperor's calculation in it, no one knew.

After all, whether it was Baili Baili Dongjun, Li Li Hanyi, or Brother Sikong Changfeng, they had always managed Snow Moon City as independent from the Beili Dynasty.

And as the royal family,

no one could accept the appearance of an uncontrolled martial arts force within their territory.

The Beili Dynasty couldn't, and neither could the Great Song or the Great Ming.

It was precisely because of this,

that the Ming Cult had always been surrounded and suppressed by the Great Ming royal family.

To a certain extent,

the Great Ming royal family definitely hated these martial arts forces even more than the Beili royal family.

Because although Snow Moon City did not accept the management of Tianqi City, at least it would not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court.

But the Ming Cult was different.

They not only interfered, but if the Great Ming Dynasty had a situation where the emperor was incompetent, officials were corrupt, and the people were destitute, they would even rise up in rebellion, thinking of overthrowing the imperial court.

Therefore,

within the Great Ming Dynasty,

as long as there were traces of the Ming Cult, the imperial court would definitely send troops to suppress them in the first instance!

So no matter how powerful a martial arts force is,

it must accept the management of the imperial court.

Don't look at how the Beili imperial court ignored the development of Snow Moon City before; that was because Snow Moon City had indeed never interfered in the affairs of the imperial court, and behind Snow Moon City, there was an existence above the Divine Wandering Profound Realm.

But once Snow Moon City showed any intention of wanting to rebel,

then Mingde Emperor would definitely be like the Great Ming Dynasty and send an army to suppress them in the first instance.

Although the Divine Wandering Profound Realm is powerful, it is ultimately just one person; how could it possibly block the imperial court's million-strong army?

Not long after,

someone from the Lingnan Old Brand Wen Family finally arrived.

One old and one young,

riding two donkeys.

It was unknown if someone had guessed their identities, but the people around them retreated one after another upon seeing them.

And seeing that young man, Jiang Chen couldn't help but show a hint of a smile; it was none other than Wen Liang, whom he had met once at the Hero Banquet of the Lei Family Fortress.

The reason he had a deep impression of him,

was partly because his personality was likable, and partly because he had called him "Senior Brother" at the time.

It seemed that until now,

only this Wen Liang had called him "Senior Brother."

As for the other old man, one didn't need to guess to know that it should be the head of the Wen family, Wen Wen Jiuhu.

Seeing Jiang Chen,

Wen Liang immediately waved at Jiang Chen and shouted with a smile: "Senior Brother, we meet again!"

"Wen Liang, don't be rude!"

Before Jiang Chen could speak, Wen Wen Jiuhu had already frowned and shouted, then jumped off the back of the donkey and apologized to Jiang Chen: "This disciple of mine has been spoiled by me since he was a child. If there is any offense, I hope Young Master Jiang will forgive him."

Although he had never met Jiang Chen,

seeing Wen Liang's performance, how could he not know Jiang Chen's identity?

Don't look at how Wen Liang was younger than most of the disciples of Snow Moon City, but the only person who could make him willingly call them "Senior Brother," besides Tang Lian, was probably Jiang Chen, who had appeared at the Lei Family Fortress along with the Snow Moon Sword Immortal at the time.

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What's more,

if it came to seniority,

Wen Liang was even of the same generation as Brother Sikong Changfeng and Baili Baili Dongjun.

Because Wen Wen Jiuhu had another identity, which was that he was Baili Baili Dongjun's uncle.

Jiang Chen first nodded at Wen Liang,

and then smiled at Wen Wen Jiuhu: "It's fine; Brother Wen and I met like old friends at the Lei Family Fortress some time ago."

Hearing Jiang Chen's words,

except for Lei Lei Qianhu, Brother Sikong Changfeng and Wen Wen Jiuhu both looked at Wen Liang with some surprise.

As for the other martial arts people around, they looked at Wen Liang with extreme envy.

With these words from Jiang Chen,

Wen Liang could almost walk sideways in the Beili martial arts world.

Just at this moment,

Brother Sikong Changfeng glanced at Wen Wen Jiuhu and said helplessly: "Next time you have something to do, if you're going to ride a donkey, set off earlier. Also, did you bring enough silver?"

"Don't worry."

Wen Wen Jiuhu laughed: "The reason it took so much time on the road is because I brought a lot of silver."

After saying this,

he even turned around and patted the package on the donkey's back, and a dull sound immediately came from it.

And as he turned his back to Jiang Chen and the others,

not only Jiang Chen, but even Huang Rong and Dongfang Bubai and the others couldn't help but have their eyelids twitch.

Good heavens.

How confident is he in his poison skills?

He actually wrote the three words "Poison You to Death" directly on the back of his clothes!

No wonder the people around retreated one after another when Wen Wen Jiuhu and Wen Liang walked by just now; now they knew the reason was right here.

... huan.

— Author's Notes —

... eeking flowers...