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Feng Shuo, however, wore an inscrutable look that said, I get it. He slapped his thigh. "Brilliant! Brother Cheng! I understand now! Your elders must have told you, 'Keep a low profile when you're away from home, and don't you dare mention my name!' The more you insist you have no backing, the less the Chu Lineage can uncover about you. They'll think you're unfathomable and won't dare touch you lightly! Isn't that the idea?"

At this, a playful smile curled Li Chen's lips, and he nodded noncommittally. "Mm, that makes sense."

Batu watched the two of them trade cryptic remarks, utterly bewildered. As a man from the Northern Region, he felt completely unable to keep up with the thinking of these young masters from the Imperial Capital.

But he was meticulous in his work, and before coming, he had actually already given Military Supervisor Wang a brief report on what had happened.

Meanwhile, after entering Cold Iron Pass, how could Chu Pengzhan possibly swallow such bitter humiliation?

He immediately ordered the Lineage's steward inside the pass to prepare a lavish banquet, then personally paid a visit to Military Supervisor Wang and Commandant Zhou Meng.

That afternoon, a banquet with a delicate undercurrent took place as scheduled at the Chu Lineage's residence in Cold Iron Pass.

Chu Pengzhan and Chu Xiang's branch was actually a collateral branch of the Chu Lineage. They had lived in the Northern Region for years. Later, when the main branch in the Imperial Capital soared to success, their own fortunes naturally rose with the tide. To outsiders, they invariably called themselves the "Chu Lineage of the Imperial Capital," putting on an impressive front.

Although Military Supervisor Wang and Zhou Meng did not get along, they held high positions. When invited by an aristocratic Lineage with