The Dark World and Heavenly Net are beginning to reveal their formidable presence, and the Ancient Maya do not wish to start an all-out war with humanity prematurely. Moreover, with the opening of Immortal Sect imminent, they chose to lie low and continue to endure hardships in silence.
Without the support of the Ancient Maya, the United States alone faced great difficulty. Thus, the ultimatum issued to Li Chen ended up being resolved, becoming a farce that turned into a joke.
The United States cald down, and Li Chen also found peace on his side.
Now, aside from waiting for the opening of Immortal Sect, his remaining task was to accompany Ye Chuxue.
Originally, Li Chen intended to take Ye Chuxue with him into the Immortal Sect.
However, upon reconsideration, he felt her strength was too weak, and the Immortal Sect, a place crawling with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, might be too risky. Fearing he couldn’t protect her, he deed it safer to leave her in the Mortal World.
As the year approached its end, Li Chen planned to take Ye Chuxue and Aunt Tang’s family to Imperial City to settle so matters.
Hearing that Li Chen intended to take them to the Li Family, both Tang Lan and Ye Yuancheng were greatly surprised.
Especially Tang Lan, who had attempted to visit the Li Family eight years ago.
To be precise, she hadn’t even entered the doorstep when she was chased away. Although she was not vindictive, she still harbored psychological trauma from the incident.
Ye Yuancheng was even more apprehensive. Coming from a commoner background, his wife’s Tang Family was already an unattainable presence. Not to ntion the Li Family, which stood at the pinnacle across Huaxia.
Although Ye Chuxue felt no fear, she knew that Li Chen belonged to the Li Family. With his parents not around, this trip to Imperial City felt sowhat like a eting with the parents, hence she felt a bit nervous.
However, since Li Chen brought it up, neither Aunt Tang and her husband, nor Ye Chuxue opposed the idea. They even felt sowhat excited.
After all, Ye Chuxue was graduating next year, no longer a just-adult young lady, but at an age suitable for discussing marriage.
Li Chen, however, hadn’t thought so much. He was simply planning to resolve so matters at the Li Family.
Lian Hongshang’s cultivation had now reached the mid-stage Foundation Establishnt. Staying in the Mortal World, the possibility of further advancent was minuscule. To break through the bottleneck and ascend higher, entering the Immortal Sect, where the Spiritual Power was more abundant, was undoubtedly the best choice.
Thus, once the Immortal Sect opened, Li Chen planned to take her with him.
Miyamoto Sakura needed to defend Japan and could not be in two places at once. Without him and Lian Hongshang, Star Pavilion would lack a powerful defender, and those covetous, small-ti forces might just rise up.
Thus, reconciling with the Li Family and secretly forming an alliance were already on the agenda.
With the Li Family as a powerful ally, even if they fell out with the Dark World and Heavenly Net, they could still maneuver freely.
This ti it was a formal visit, so Li Chen did not plan a surprise attack like last ti, but inford his uncle beforehand.
The date was set for the twelfth day of the first lunar month, which is also Valentine’s Day in the West!
This ti, Li Chen did not travel by plane or high-speed rail but was driven there in Ye Yuancheng’s own rcedes.
However, they were stopped as soon as they arrived at Maple Villa District.
Local cars were already restricted, let alone Ye Yuancheng’s car, which had a local Donghua license plate.
Li Chen didn’t want any complications this ti, so he didn’t force his way through. Instead, he called his cousin, Li Wan’er, and asked her to co and fetch them personally.
Just then, a Ferrari supercar sped past them.
A young man inside the car, upon seeing Ye Chuxue’s profile, was imdiately struck as if seeing a Heavenly Person.
"Xie Yu, look, that girl just now was so beautiful, just like a fairy!"
Xie Yu, referred to by this na, looked in the direction of his gaze, and his eyes also lit up.
Xie Yu, hailing from the Xie Family of Imperial City, could not compare to an ultra-prestigious family like the Li Family, yet it was still a highly prominent entity.
Moreover, from childhood, he took great pride in his intelligence, and was a man with keen observation. From the car alone, he had already guessed the general status of the other party.
It was a rcedes 6 series, a model from two years ago, priced only around a million.
Looking at the plate, it wasn’t from the capital but from the Jiangnan area. Moreover, the number was quite ordinary, not one of the short-digit plates, indicating that the other party was not a financial tycoon. The likelihood of them being a high-ranking governnt official was even slimr, not within realms he couldn’t afford to provoke.
This revealed that the other party belonged to a well-to-do household, judging from the deanor of the middle-aged man driving, probably a senior executive of a large company.
The middle-aged woman had an elegant deanor, a result of years of cultivation, likely born into an aristocratic family. However, the fact that their car was stopped indicated that she was not from the direct line, but a collateral branch.
The girl, with her natural face looking as fresh as a lotus out of water, showed no signs of being tainted by the secular world, suggesting she was still a university student.
Only the youth left him sowhat puzzled. He was said to be the girl’s brother, but their appearances did not seem much alike, making him hard to figure out.
However, this did not affect his judgnt about the identity of this family.
The woman probably hailed from the Maple Villa District, a collateral branch of so aristocratic family. Their visit to the capital was likely for the purpose of paying a New Year’s visit to their grandfather.
"Xie Yu, what is it, you fancy that girl?"
Zhao Chen saw his companion staring at Ye Chuxue and nudged him with his elbow.
"If you like her, go chase her. You are the grand Young Master of the Xie Family, handso and dignified; chasing a girl from out of town should be a walk in the park for you. Who knows, you might even win her over tonight and take her to your new villa for so fun!"
As he spoke, Zhao Chen revealed a lascivious smirk.
Xie Yu gave him a look and said, "You’re really vulgar!"
Zhao Chen was unapologetic, "What’s wrong with that? Even Zhang Ailing said, to conquer a man, conquer his stomach; to conquer a woman, conquer her... well, you know!"
Xie Yu responded, "I’m telling you, Zhao Chen, even though you’re the young master of the Zhao Group, can’t you be a bit more refined? All you think about are dirty tricks, I’m really fed up with you!"
Zhao Chen seed displeased, "If you’re not going for it, I will. Such a fine girl shouldn’t go to waste!"
With that, he pushed open the car door, ready to descend and hit on Ye Chuxue.
However, before his feet even touched the ground, Xie Yu yanked him out.
"Co back, don’t embarrass yourself!"
While speaking, Xie Yu checked his hair in the rearview mirror and adjusted his clothes, then finally opened the car door and walked towards Ye Chuxue.
"Beautiful miss, may I ask if there’s anything I can assist you with?"
Ye Chuxue looked up at him and decisively refused.
"No, thank you!"
Xie Yu did not expect to be rejected and his expression imdiately soured.
The security team captain responsible for stopping them recognized Xie Yu and hurriedly ca forward, saying, "Young Master Xie, they are here to visit General Li!"
Hearing the na General Li, Xie Yu was taken aback.
"General Li, which General Li?"
The security team captain lowered his voice, "Which other General Li could it be? In the Maple Mountain Villa District, there’s only one family with a General surnad Li!"
Xie Yu looked stunned, had his previous judgnt been wrong?
After a brief ponder, he deliberately adopted a polite deanor.
"May I ask if any of you know Li Chong?"
Although Li Chong was not from the direct line of the Li Family, he was the most valued among the collateral branches. If they truly had ties with the Li Family, they would definitely know him.
Ye Yuancheng and Tang Lan did not respond; after exchanging glances, they turned their inquiring eyes towards Li Chen.
Li Chen replied indifferently, "I don’t know him!"
Seeing Li Chen, a foreigner, be so indifferent to him, Xie Yu felt his anger rising.
Among the third generation of the Li Family’s direct line, there were only Li Wan’er and Li Yunjie, the two sisters he knew. Next in line of the valued collateral branches was Li Chong. If they didn’t even know Li Chong, even if they had so connection with the Li Family, it would rely be an acquaintance.
With this thought, his expression darkened as he coldly asked, "You don’t even know Li Chong, so what are you doing at the Li Family’s place?"
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