"What is it?"
"You'll know once you two lords go!" the old man said.
"Lord Nie Yun, I think we should go take a look. In Desert City, no matter what, we can't avoid dealing with the Chu Family!"
While Nie Yun was still considering, Fu Yan's voice transmission sounded in his ear.
"Alright, then let's go take a look!" Nie Yun smiled and nodded.
Since the assessment could no longer continue, there was no point in waiting around. They might as well take a look at this Chu Family and see what they wanted.
He called Nie Tong and Little Spirit over, and they followed the old man out of the Slanting Moon Pavilion.
Outside, the old man had long prepared a carriage. They sped along, reaching a vast residence in less than half an hour.
The residence was grand and imposing, but rather than inspiring awe, it exuded an air of gaudy extravagance inside and out.
In the eyes of others, this extravagant aura might have been the distinctive superiority of a great clan, but to Nie Yun, a Heavenly Secret Master, it was clearly a sign of decline.
A truly flourishing family, when viewed through a Heavenly Secret Master's talent, would have qi rising like beacon smoke, like nine dragons coiling through the air. This residence also had the aura of beacon smoke, but it was clearly weak and feeble, carrying the feeling of thriving branch lines and a declining main line.
Without saying more, he followed the old man inside.
"For you two lords to come in person truly brings glory to our humble Chu Family!"
When they reached the main hall at the center of the residence, a tall middle-aged man walked over with a smile, his face full of respect as he looked at