"Great!"
Before anyone else could speak, Fishing Elder jumped to his feet. "Tiangang's disciple and Medicine Elder's disciple becoming sworn brothers—haha, that's a true orthodox lineage, the continuation of brotherhood!"
"Exactly!" Nan Ji clapped his hands, practically beside himself with excitement. "This solves everything! Once they do this, Lu Chengwen's little matter won't even count as a problem. Not only will Xiao Hu have a famous master, he'll have a brother from another family too. Excellent, excellent! Wonderful, wonderful!"
Xiao Li pondered for a moment, then looked toward Jiang Shang.
Jiang Shang's face had turned green.
In principle... this was a good idea.
The Jiang Family would actually profit greatly: it would resolve the current crisis, give every faction a graceful way out, and let the other three Patriarchs see the Jiang Family's strength and connections.
But... Lu Chengwen...
He was the one I personally led around... naked... for such a huge lap!
After I paraded him around like that, my grandson was going to become sworn brothers with him... I... Well... if it had been anyone else, it really would have been a good thing.
But Lu Chengwen's status was too low. He was just a businessman.
Though his master was Hun Tiangang, Hun Tiangang had withdrawn from the martial world for far too long. Many people did not know him, or had never even heard of him.
And he was mad as a hatter. His influence was nowhere near that of Medicine Elder, Fishing Elder, and the others in their prime.
Lu Chengwen's background was like Liu Bei claiming descent from the Prince Jing of Zhongshan and being a great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing—good for bragging, but without any practical meaning.
On the contrary, Lu Chengwen could use this connection in the future to ride on the Jiang Family's