Guu Qingcheng assud the identity of the Seventh Princess, which ant that now she represented the entire Fla Dragon Royal Family.
If it were an ordinary person, they would undoubtedly back down at this mont and give the Seventh Princess so face.
However, Li Chen never played by the rules.
A re princess of a dynasty wanted to overpower Li Chen? Dream on!
Li Chen smiled faintly, shook his head, and said, "Not enough!"
After saying this, he no longer gave Guu Qingcheng any chance to speak, and his hand clenched abruptly.
"Pfft!"
In the palm of his hand, Du Heng was directly crushed, utterly obliterated, with no chance of reincarnation.
Witnessing this scene, everyone present couldn’t help but be astonished.
Li Chen was too daring, actually giving no face to the Seventh Princess?
Li Chen brushed off his sleeves and nonchalantly returned to his seat.
Ji Lingling, seeing this, hurriedly stepped forward to pour him wine.
The loose cultivators seated near Li Chen all suddenly avoided him as if he were a plague, retreating far away to avoid being mistakenly implicated as his accomplices and suffering disastrous consequences.
After all, in this Fla Dragon Dynasty, the Royal Guu Family was untouchably supre!
And now, this loose cultivator who didn’t know the heights of the heavens or the depths of the earth had poked a hole in the sky.
However, to them, while Li Chen seed to have caused imnse trouble, he remained utterly oblivious, continuing to eat and drink without any delay.
Guu Qingcheng’s beautiful face turned ashen, and she coldly said, "You actually killed him?"
Li Chen raised an eyebrow and replied casually, "Killed him, so what? Do you have any other questions?"
Suppressing the anger in her heart, Guu Qingcheng asked, "Aren’t you afraid of the Du Family’s retaliation?"
Li Chen sneered and said, "If they dare to co, I will annihilate the Du Family along with them!"
His words about annihilating the Du Family were spoken lightly.
In his eyes, crushing the Du Family, the fifth great family of the Fla Dragon Dynasty, was as casual as squashing an ant.
The Heavenly Pride Banquet ended in discord.
However, in the eyes of many aristocratic families, this splendid drama was far from over.
On the contrary, it had just begun!
The waters of the Fla Dragon Dynasty were too stagnant, needing soone to break them from the outside, stirring them up until the heavens turned upside down.
The news of Li Chen, the loose cultivator at the Heavenly Pride Banquet, striking down Elder Du Heng of the Du Family quickly spread throughout the Royal City.
The first to hear of this news was naturally the Du Family.
The Du Family Patriarch, Du Yidao, was furious beyond asure.
If it were the Four Great Families led by the Royal Family who insulted the Du Family, they could have gritted their teeth and endured it.
After all, they were the Four Great Families, not entities to be provoked easily.
But now, the person insulting the Du Family was a poor family cultivator.
If they didn’t regain their honor, the Du Family would lose face and struggle to continue their legacy in the dynasty.
Just then, soone inford him of a piece of news.
Li Chen was currently staying at the Zhou Family and was treated as an honored guest.
This news slightly quelled Du Yidao’s anger, making him ponder deeply whether there was so conspiracy at play here.
It was logical to think that a poor family cultivator was nothing more than a dog raised by aristocratic families. Without their master’s tacit consent, it was impossible for him to bark so wildly and bite soone.
Could it be the Zhou Family secretly causing trouble?
The Seventh Princess Guu Qingcheng was the fiancée of Zhou Family heir Zhou Ao. What role did she play in this?
Since the passing of the Royal Family’s old ancestor, the previously balanced power among the various families had begun to break. Those hidden forces lying dormant seized the opportunity and began to stir, plunging the entire Fla Dragon Dynasty into an uneasy tension.
Considering both the tense current situation and the conspiracy theories arising from it, Du Yidao’s expression imdiately grew serious.
Of course, swallowing this loss without retaliation was absolutely impossible.
For a mont, Du Yidao found himself in a dilemma.
"Mr. Cao, what do you think about this?"
The person Du Yidao addressed as Mr. Cao was Mr. Cao Bin, the Du Family’s chief venerated elder and their top advisor.
Cao Bin, with small eyes and a goatee, dressed like a fifty-year-old scholar, held a folding fan made from raven feathers, which emitted a faint fla.
The fan swayed back and forth, casting light and shadow on his slightly gaunt face, adding an air of eerie mystery to his whole presence.
"Patriarch, to be prudent, we should first test the waters, gauge the Royal Family’s stance!"
Hearing Cao Bin’s words, Du Yidao was taken aback, showing a puzzled expression as he respectfully said, "Please instruct further, sir!"
Cao Bin narrowed his small eyes and smiled, analyzing, "Patriarch, Du Heng was slain by that loose cultivator Li Chen at the Night Flower Hall, during the Seventh Princess Guu Qingcheng’s Heavenly Pride Banquet. No matter how you cut it, the Royal Family cannot escape involvent."
"We should approach this with diplomacy first, lodge a complaint with the Royal Family, and ask them to uphold justice, observing how they will respond?"
Du Yidao felt a jolt to his spirit and, after a mont’s contemplation, asked, "Sir, do you think there’s a high likelihood of collusion between the Royal Family and the Zhou Family?"
Cao Bin shook his head and said, "Not likely. Since the passing of the Guu Family’s old ancestor, the Royal Family’s hold has remained unstable. Among the Four Great Families, besides the Beihan and Nanyan Families guarding the northern and southern borderlands, only the Zhou Family resides in the Royal City."
"Moreover, recently, the Zhou Family has developed rapidly, posing a significant threat to the Royal Family’s dominant power. If I’m not mistaken, the reason the loose cultivator Li Chen dared to kill Du Heng was likely due to the old fox Zhou Zheng’s scheming behind the scenes."
"Their aim, besides targeting our Du Family, was probably to test the waters, probing the Royal Family’s suspicion over the Zhou Family’s aggressive expansion over the years."
Listening to Cao Bin’s thorough analysis, Du Yidao agreed greatly.
"Sir, that makes sense!"
Cao Bin nodded and said, "Patriarch, to ensure safety, you should offer grand gifts, paying visits to the Beihan and Nanyan Families, as well as the Song, Chen, and Liang aristocratic families, and explain the situation."
"They certainly don’t wish to see the Zhou Family grow excessively powerful, rely lacking an excuse to curb them. Now, it’s the perfect opportunity!"
Du Yidao, acknowledging Cao Bin’s words, repeatedly agreed eagerly, and comnced actions accordingly.
Without delay, the Du Family began to take action imdiately.
Du Yidao ordered his son Du Hee, who was injured, to be carried, and had a coffin made of gold-threaded nanmu crafted. The whole family donned white mourning attire, going to lodge a complaint with the Royal Family, demanding they hand over the murderer, loose cultivator Li Chen, and the Zhou Family.
The task of visiting and persuading the various aristocratic families was entrusted entirely to Cao Bin.
In the dark, a net targeting the Zhou Family and Li Chen was unfolding at an astonishing speed...
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