After receiving Su Fei's permission, a servant of the Xu Family entered and bowed as he presented a gold-embossed invitation.
"Chiliarch Su, our young master, Xu Longxuan, sent someone to deliver this invitation. He invites you to the Xu Family residence on the fifteenth of this month for a gathering to celebrate your promotion to chiliarch and your breakthrough to the Dharma Manifestation Realm."
Su Fei took the invitation and opened it. The handwriting was neat and elegant, the wording respectful, and every line conveyed regard and goodwill toward him.
After reading it, Su Fei thought to himself.
Xu Longxuan put some thought into this. Come to think of it, he was the one who asked Zhang Bo to recommend me for my position as a centurion in the Demon Suppression Bureau. I really can't turn this down.
Seeing this, Zhang Bo smiled beside him and said.
"Brother Su, Xu Longxuan is a legitimate son of the Xu Family, a man of distinguished status. For him to personally send you an invitation to a banquet shows just how highly he regards you."
"But that's hardly surprising. You deserve it."
Su Fei nodded slightly and said.
"It's only a banquet. Since Young Master Xu Longxuan has extended such a gracious invitation, I'll simply be there on time."
He knew perfectly well that the Xu Family's banquet was certainly more than a simple celebration. They were bound to have intentions of winning him over.
And now that he had just been promoted to chiliarch, building good relations with an influential imperial capital family like the Xu Family would at least spare him some unnecessary trouble and pave another road for his future development.
Su Fei smiled without saying anything more. He merely instructed the messenger clerk to reply to the Xu Family's