Jiang Family Clan Assembly

"Young Master Su, this way, please!" With utmost respect, Manager Qin led Su Chen to the entrance of the Heaven-Class Private Room.

Su Chen gave Manager Qin a thoughtful glance before stepping into the Heaven-Class Private Room.

The Heaven-Class Private Room was far more spacious than the Human-Class Private Room. Its luxurious furnishings carried an air of elegance, while a gentle breeze stirred the gauze curtains, creating an indescribably comfortable and pleasant atmosphere.

The table was laden with dazzling dishes that resembled works of art, a hundred times more exquisite than the fare from the Human-Class Private Room earlier.

Seeing Su Chen enter, the young girl in the room rose gracefully. Her bearing was dignified and generous, and her voice pleasant. "Young Master Su, thank you for what happened this morning."

"It was merely a small effort, not worth mentioning." Su Chen spoke the truth. Treating a Coldheart Python bite was indeed no great matter to him.

The young girl studied Su Chen curiously. At Five Treasures Hall that morning, she had been too worried about Elder Jiang's injuries to examine him closely. Now that she looked, she only felt that the youth possessed an indescribably mysterious aura. Even in his every gesture, there was a bearing like that of one long accustomed to holding a high position.

She had only ever seen such a temperament in her father—the Anyang Commandery Prince. For a youth from a small city to possess such bearing was simply unimaginable.

After countless twists and turns in her heart, the girl slowly asked, "I heard that Young Master Su is looking for the Ice-Snow Cold Cicada?"

Su Chen nodded.

"Ah Miao, give the envelope to Young Master Su," the girl instructed.

The maid behind her immediately stepped forward and presented an envelope to Su Chen with both hands.

"Young Master Su, this envelope contains clues regarding the Ice-Snow Cold Cicada. Consider it payment for saving my Grandpa Jiang. I hope you will not find it lacking."

As she spoke, the girl called out again, "Manager Qin, see to it that Young Master Su is properly entertained."

With that, the girl's figure disappeared from the Heaven-Class Private Room as well.

Watching her departing back, Su Chen smiled faintly and idly played with the envelope.

This little girl was quite interesting. She had said

that she was treating him to a meal, yet after only a few words, she slipped away...

Manager Qin stepped forward with a smile. "Young Master Su, congratulations. You have encountered an extraordinary benefactor!"

Su Chen raised his head and shot Manager Qin a sidelong glance. "A benefactor? You mean that little girl?"

Manager Qin's expression changed. "Young Master Su, you must not speak carelessly. Do you know who she is?"

Manager Qin was certain that if Su Chen knew that the little girl he spoke of was a dignified princess, he would be scared to death.

Su Chen smiled faintly. "She is Princess Xiling."

"You... how did you know?" Manager Qin's mouth fell open in shock, his face as though he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

The boy before him could not possibly have met Princess Xiling!

In truth, Su Chen had indeed never met Princess Xiling, not even in his previous life.

However, he knew that the Anyang Commandery Prince had an only daughter named Princess Xiling. She was about the same age as himself, with beauty that could shame flowers and make the moon hide, as well as outstanding talent.

When they had first met at Five Treasures Hall that morning, the girl's noble and regal bearing had already made Su Chen suspicious. At the time, though, it had merely been a guess, and he could not be certain.

It was only after seeing the girl act so familiar with Manager Qin that Su Chen became certain. This girl was one hundred percent Princess Xiling.

Because Su Chen had known in his previous life that the power behind Manager Qin of Drunken Immortal Residence was the Anyang Commandery Prince's Residence.

As for Manager Qin, he stared Su Chen up and down for a long while, yet still could not figure out how Su Chen had recognized Princess Xiling.

However, Manager Qin could sense that Princess Xiling regarded Su Chen with a trace of special favor.

Could someone Princess Xiling regarded with special favor possibly be an ordinary person?

Manager Qin almost immediately decided that he had to befriend Su Chen in the future.

"Young Master Su, try this dish. This is snowgrass-stewed seven-colored fish..." Manager Qin enthusiastically served Su Chen some food.

After enjoying a fine meal, Su Chen left Drunken Immortal Residence.

Upon returning to his aunt's courtyard, Su Chen inadvertently glanced at Jiang Tingyi's room and discovered that she had already returned. She was sitting at the doorway in a daze.

The moment Jiang Tingyi saw Su Chen, she sprang up as though her backside had been scorched by fire, ran back into her room, and shut the door.

"She's avoiding me?"

Su Chen muttered to himself. He did not care and returned to his own room.

He took out the envelope Princess Xiling had given him. When he opened it, he found a handwritten letter from Princess Xiling inside.

"Hmm? This letter says that the Anyang Commandery Prince's Residence has an Ice-Snow Cold Cicada?" Su Chen swiftly read through the letter's contents, deeply surprised.

He had not expected that the Ice-Snow Cold Cicada, which he had thought he would need to seek for a long time, would have a clue so soon—and that it would be in the Anyang Commandery Prince's Residence.

However, as he continued reading, Su Chen frowned.

It turned out that Princess Xiling had also written in the letter that the Ice-Snow Cold Cicada was a treasured artifact of the residence, one that only the residence's heir apparent could inherit through the generations.

Yet the heir apparent of this generation had not been chosen, and the competition among several candidates for the position was extremely fierce.

After reading the letter, Su Chen fell into thought.

Only the residence's heir apparent could inherit the Ice-Snow Cold Cicada. In other words, barring an accident, Su Chen had no possibility of obtaining it at all.

Yet Princess Xiling clearly knew this, and still gave Su Chen this clue...

Su Chen smiled faintly. This Princess Xiling was truly rather interesting!

"Forget it. There is no need to rush the matter of the Ice-Snow Cold Cicada for now." Su Chen put away Princess Xiling's letter.

Afterward, he took out the jade box containing the Century Sunlight Herb.

"Now that I have bought the Century Sunlight Herb, I only need to find an opportunity to obtain a good pill furnace. Then I can refine pills to treat Aunt's cold poison!"

Su Chen's eyes shone brightly. Since returning through rebirth, everything had been developing in a good direction.

In this life, he would surely reverse every regret from his previous life and protect everyone he wanted to protect!

Setting aside his thoughts, Su Chen was about to cultivate when his aunt, Xu Yin, entered from outside. "Xiao Chen, you're back?"

She smiled as she looked Su Chen up and down, then nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. You look more spirited after changing into new clothes."

"What did Aunt come to see me about?" Su Chen asked with a smile.

"You child, can't Aunt come see you if there's nothing wrong?" Xu Yin cast Su Chen a reproachful look. "Though this time, there really is something."

As she spoke, Xu Yin sat down, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip. Then she said, "Three days from now is the Jiang Family clan assembly. The Jiang Family's main members will all be present. I want to take this opportunity to introduce you to the Jiang Family. What do you think?"

The Jiang Family clan assembly?

Su Chen narrowed his eyes.

In his memories, after arriving in Clear River City in his previous life, he had likewise attended such a Jiang Family clan assembly.

Because Su Chen's dantian had been crippled in his previous life, turning him into a useless person, he had suffered no shortage of humiliation at the clan assembly.

Many unpleasant events that happened afterward had also arisen because of this clan assembly. It could be said that this assembly had been the turning point in the fates of Su Chen, Xu Yin, and Jiang Tingyi in his previous life.

"Aunt, I'll go." A cold gleam flashed in Su Chen's eyes. In this life, everything would be different from before.

A faint sneer curled at his lips. Was he about to meet those familiar faces from his previous life once again?

He was actually looking forward to it!