The meal took about half an hour, and that was without any especially elaborate dishes. Had they ordered the more painstaking ones, a meal lasting half a day—or even a full day—would not have been surprising.
When Pan Long and Lu Xi'an returned to Zeng Family Manor, they found a dozen or so True Person Grandmasters gathered there.
That was far fewer than before.
But those who still bothered to come were, for the most part, invested in the matter.
There were fewer of them, but the investigation might actually move faster.
Sure enough, after a few questions, they learned that someone had already compiled a list of powerful experts the Zeng Family had offended over the past century or so.
The list was... remarkably long.
For one thing, it covered a great many years. For another, the Zeng Family truly had a knack for making enemies.
Even this preliminary list contained more than thirty True Person Grandmasters.
"You don't realize it until you see it—and then it gives you a fright. The Zeng Family really knew how to offend people!" Lu Xi'an sighed as he looked over the list copied with a Spell. "If I'd made enemies of this many experts, I'd probably have died in some forgotten corner long ago."
Pan Long, meanwhile, noticed that Whale King Wang Jing, leader of the Giant Whale Gang, was on the list.
"Isn't the Giant Whale Gang in Yi Province? How did they end up with a grudge against the Zeng Family?" he asked.
"The Whale King has no children of his own, but his two younger sisters have six sons between them. Twenty years ago, one of his nephews ran into pirates while sailing and was killed. The Zeng Family had raised that band of pirates to attack sea merchants