The Wang Household's Secret

Chen Qinkuai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Miss Xiao Shi."

He had feared that after three hundred years, the Token his great-great-grandfather had left behind would no longer be of any use. From the looks of it, though, Aohai Cui still had quite a good reputation for keeping its word.

With that, Xiao Shi excused herself on the grounds that she had other matters to attend to, bade Zhang Yuan farewell, and left.

Zhang Yuan pondered.

What Xiao Shi had said was true.

Within Dragon Creek City, Aohai Cui's word carried more weight than an imperial decree from Capital City. Under ordinary circumstances, a minor, second-rate lineage like the Wang Household would never dare disobey.

But judging by the Wang Household's earlier reaction, even mediation from Aohai Cui would hardly persuade them to give up.

If Chen Xinqiao were unimportant, the Wang Household should have given up after he first stepped in to protect her.

Whatever else, he was a Six-Turn Qi Refinement Perfected Being of the Gang Sha Path. There was no reason to offend him needlessly over an ordinary mortal like Chen Xinqiao.

No lineage would ever do something so foolish as make enemies for no reason.

There had to be some hidden circumstance he knew nothing about.

To deal with the Wang Household, he had to get to the bottom of it. Otherwise, anything he did would be wasted effort.

With that in mind, Zhang Yuan instructed Chen Qinkuai and Chen Xinqiao to stay in the Chen Residence and refrain from wandering the streets for now. Then he concealed his karma and went out.

From Xiao Shi, he had learned that besides ordinary shops, Dragon Creek City's marketplace also had shops catering specifically to cultivators, where they could buy, sell, and trade.

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