Today's first update: Chapter 856! 1/4!
Yesterday's birthday bonus chapter—posting first and talking later~
"President Sima, what did you say?" Xu Kun asked, his face full of astonishment.
Sima Ziyuan's smile widened as he said calmly, "My father wishes to invite you to our residence for a chat. If you're willing, you will become his final disciple, inherit his legacy, and reach the pinnacle with his aid!"
Sima Ziyuan's father wanted to take him as a disciple?
For a moment, Xu Kun felt like his brain could not process it!
But soon, three words surfaced in his mind!
Hongmen Banquet!
But Sima Ziyuan was already a Saint-level powerhouse. As his father, he ought to be an even more exalted figure. It made no sense for him to scheme against a junior like Xu Kun, especially when Xu Kun's reputation was at its height!
Though Xu Kun was hostile toward the Sima Family, he knew very little about Sima Ziyuan's so-called father!
Fortunately, there was a native of the Imperial Capital standing behind Xu Kun!
"That man from the Sima Family stepped into the seventieth tier over a decade ago. His title is Tomb Tiger!"
"He enjoys immense fame within the Imperial Capital and is the Sima Family's fifth-generation patriarch!"
"He has two sons. One is our President Sima, while the other is the commander-in-chief overseeing the Imperial Capital's urban defenses, Sima Zishang!"
"The figure that Sima Dai's summoned projection transformed into earlier was that man..."
If that was the case, then he was wide awake now!
So it was... that little nobody Senior Chongli had slapped into oblivion!
Although the other party was an ultimate powerhouse above the seventieth tier, Xu Kun felt that someone like that was... unworthy of being his master?
That was right. Xu Kun simply