Entering Dragon Ascending Town

The She Family hall.

Not long after Xiao Yun and Shui Bing'er left, the She Family hall was packed with people.

In the central seat of honor sat an old man of about fifty, his face sinister, his triangular eyes like snake eyes, glinting with a cold, vicious light. Though he had not released his martial soul, the temperature in the entire hall was several degrees lower than outside.

The head of the She Family, She Long. A rank fifty-eight Soul King, martial soul Sea Snake. He was also the number one expert in Dragon Ascending Town, and one of the reasons the She Family dared to be so arrogant.

"He left?" She Long's voice was hoarse, like a snake flicking its tongue.

"He left." A gatekeeper stood in the hall, bowing and scraping. "This lowly one followed the family head's orders and humiliated that kid good and proper. That kid didn't even dare let out a fart. He slunk off with his tail between his legs."

A burst of laughter rang through the hall.

She Long did not laugh. He leaned against the chair back, fingers lightly tapping the armrest, looking thoughtful.

"Family head," a middle-aged man stepped forward. He was the She Family's second elder, She Hu. "Treating the newly arrived lord like this... isn't that a little unwise? He is, after all, an earl enfeoffed by the Heaven Dou Empire. He has the fief certificate and the earl's seal. If we drive him away like this and he reports it to the imperial court—"

She Long waved his hand, cutting him off.

"Reports it to the imperial court?" He gave a cold laugh. "When does the imperial court have time to bother with such trivial nonsense? Besides—"

He rose and walked to the window with his hands