Jiang Liu walked around, looking at the Hai family's manor. He entered the pavilion in the back garden and sat down. Before long, Hai Renhui rushed over!
"Young Master Jiang, I've already spoken with Madam Hai! And she's agreed. As long as the safety of her and her child can be guaranteed, she'll fully cooperate!" Hai Renhui whispered to Jiang Liu.
"You don't need to be so afraid. No one in this entire Hai Family Estate can escape my surveillance!" Jiang Liu said casually. "As for ensuring the safety of them, mother and child, that depends on you! As long as you do your job diligently, they will definitely be safe!"
"Then go and call them to a meeting! Call me when you're done! I'll rest here for a while. Oh, and could you supervise the copying of the cultivation manual and the preparation of the medicinal herbs? Also, get some food!"
"Yes, then I'll go take care of my business first!" Hai Renhui bowed and replied.
Jiang Liu waved his hand, then closed his eyes and sat down to meditate.
Hai Renhui rushed to Madam Hai's place. As soon as he entered, his face lit up with joy as he told Madam Hai, "Xiao Wan, Young Master Jiang has agreed and can guarantee your and your child's safety."
"Go to the council hall now! I'll go and inform the elders to hold a meeting. When the meeting starts, just follow my lead." Hai Renhui said and hurriedly left.
A short while later, the Hai family members gathered again in the council hall. This time Hai Renhui took the initiative to speak, "I have just received Young Master Jiang's consent to appoint Hai Jie as the head of the family!"
The elders were immediately in an uproar upon hearing this. "What? Appoint an eight-year-old child as the head of the family?"
"No! Absolutely not!"
"I object! I object!"
"Exactly! What qualifications does an eight-year-old child have to be the head of the family? Besides, the Lineage is facing a great calamity now, and we need someone more capable to take on the role!"
"But now that Young Master Jiang has agreed, why don't you go and talk to him yourself!" Hai Renhui said calmly.
"Well!"
The elders of the Hai family were speechless!
"Since everyone has no objections, let's settle on this!" After Hai Renhui finished speaking, he ignored the elders of the Hai family and went into the back hall to call out Madam Hai and Hai Jie.
"Let's begin the vote! Raise your hand if you agree that Hai Jie should be the head of the family!" After saying that, Hai Renhui stood to the side!
In the end, all five Lineage elders raised their hands in agreement. Originally, there were seven elders, but considering that if they disagreed, they would suffer the same fate as the elders who could not vote, they all agreed!
"Actually, meeting Young Master Jiang might be a great opportunity for our Hai family. Look at Young Master Jiang, how old is he? I estimate he's not even twenty!" Hai Renhui continued to persuade him.
"Think about it, a Seventh Rank Martial Practitioner under twenty years old—only the major sects have them, right? And every single one of them is an unparalleled genius!"
"If we can latch onto his coattails, just a slight show of goodwill from Young Master Jiang when he advances to Grandmaster will be enough to benefit us immensely!"
"And this Young Master Jiang, at first glance, doesn't seem to come from any of those major sects; his foundation is currently weak. That's why I believe now is the best time!"
The elders of the Hai family, upon hearing this and thinking it over, realized, "Yes! We were blinded by the small loss before our eyes. Besides, the deaths of the Grand Elder Hai and the Third Elder Hai were their own doing!"
If they had the strength themselves and were provoked like that, wouldn't they have been easily killed with a single blow?
Instantly, the elders of the Hai family, who had previously looked unwilling, all beamed with joy!
They all went off to gather supplies with incredible diligence, all in an effort to make a good impression on Young Master Jiang!
When Jiang Liu awoke from his meditation and entered the council hall, he was completely bewildered, staring at the beaming faces of the Hai family members! He wondered what had made them so happy!
Hai Dayi greeted Jiang Liu with a fawning smile, "Young Master Jiang, the things are ready. Shall we take them back to you first? Would you like to rest here for a while?"
"Oh! It's all packed. Let's take it back first! I'll be going now!" Jiang Liu said.
After saying that, he walked out without looking back. As soon as he left the Hai Family Estate, he immediately circulated his vital energy, felt light in his body, and flew up by circulating it through specific meridians!
The Hai family members had originally hoped to keep Jiang Liu at the banquet to strengthen their bonds! They hurriedly chased after him, only to find Jiang Liu gone! Immediately, they had no more doubts; Young Master Jiang truly was Seventh Grade!
Jiang Liu flowed upwards into the air, I felt a surge of exhilaration, as if the earth were beneath my feet!
Haha! Now I can finally fly when I need to travel, instead of having to suffer on the ground anymore!
Jiang Liu leaped several times, imitating Sun Wukong, taking a few strides! In no time at all, he arrived at the Jiang Estate!
Wow, that was fast! When I got off and looked at the panel, my face turned dark. I used up 200 points of my Vitality Reserve (that's two drops of Primal Qi Liquid) in just a short while, which is twenty times the speed of Wind Walk!
It seems those with low energy reserves can't fly at all. If they stay in the air for too long, they can't even run away, let alone fight! It seems I still need to work hard to improve my strength!
Jiang Liu now has an urge to run back to the West Mountain Range to hunt Exotic Beast!