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After lunch, Lee Xun and Shangguan Jing'er left the Jiakesi Academy and headed towards the Shangguan Family.

The Shangguan Family's residence was located at the north side of Rotterdam City. It took up an extremely large amount of land, and also had the European style of a castle, surrounded by a huge garden. The entire family had close to ten thousand people, and most of them lived here.

Entering the Shangguan Family's residence and alighting from the carriage, Shangguan Jing'er affectionately held Lee Xun's left arm and walked towards the main hall. On the way, many of the Shangguan Family clansmen pointed at them and talked about them. There were all sorts of people talking about it. Some were envious, some were jealous, and some were cursing. From this, Lee Xun inferred that Shangguan Clan were not united. Facing a strong opponent right now, was not a good sign.

When he arrived at the main hall, he saw a middle-aged man in his fifties sitting there. He looked serious, and his eyes looked haggard. Clearly, he was tired. Lee Xun knew that this person was his own father-in-law, Shangguan Xiong. He was already approaching seventy years old, his strength was average, and only at the eighth stage. There were two youths around the age of thirty standing beside him. Lee Xun guessed that they should be Shangguan Jing'er's two brothers, Shangguan Fei and Shangguan Li. On the right sat five middle-aged men, who should be Shangguan Jing'er's five uncles. On the left sat six old men, who should be the elders from the Shangguan Clan.

"Lee Xun pays his respect to father-in-law and to the elders." Lee Xun cupped his hands and said.

"Lee Xun, you and Jing'er have not married. I dare not take responsibility for the words' father-in-law '." Shangguan Xiong said with an unfriendly expression.

Hehe, Jing'er and I are already husband and wife, marriage is only a matter of time, I call you father-in-law, naturally. Lee Xun laughed.

Hearing this, the six elders from the Shangguan Clan and five of Shangguan Jing'er's uncles were all shocked, and they started discussing softly. Shangguan Xiong snorted and left in a fit of rage.

Shangguan Jing'er pulled Lee Xun and chased after him. When she passed by his two brothers, she saw that both of them were looking worried. Shangguan Fei sighed and said, "Hey, little sister, why are you so confused?" Shangguan Li also sighed and shook her head repeatedly.

After catching up to Shangguan Xiong, she followed him into a study. Shangguan Xiong sat down, his expression becoming much friendlier, he said: "Lee Xun, Jing'er has submitted herself to you after seeing you for three days, I believe you must have something extraordinary in you, I really want to hear what method you have to resolve the predicament my Shangguan Clan is currently facing. This room has special protection, even Heaven Rank Rankers cannot eavesdrop, so you can be at ease.

Lee Xun released his Spiritual Consciousness. Sure enough, it was impossible to see through the four walls, even through the doors and windows. Lee Xun revealed the entirety of his plan, causing Shangguan Xiong to break out in a cold sweat.

Shangguan Xiong wiped away the cold sweat on his head and said: "Lee Xun, you're using my three thousand years of history and my Shangguan Clan as the wager."

"Father-in-law, if the stakes are high, then the harvest will be great, right?"

"Hehe, Lee Xun, you are indeed not an ordinary person. Jing'er's judgement was not wrong. Take this dagger. You can rely on the three people who have the same dagger. " Throwing a white jade dagger to Lee Xun, Shangguan Xiong nodded his head in praise.

"Father-in-law, your position as the clan leader and the head of the merchant guild?"

"Don't worry, as long as I don't give up, no one will be able to force me. When we change generals, the six great elders and the ancestors of our Shangguan Clan will never agree. Although my brothers are a bit of a prankster, they know very well what their strengths are. At the moment, they have only been instigated by a few people. " Shangguan Xiong said with complete confidence.

"Then I am relieved. Father-in-law, I will be back in half a year to complete the final strike. You must work hard."

"Hehe, don't worry. This bone of mine isn't considered old. It's only been half a year."

"Father, Jing'er is unfilial." Shangguan Jing'er knelt on the ground as two streams of tears flowed down her cheeks.

"Jing'er, from today onwards, you will no longer be the third lady of Shangguan Clan. Take care of yourself." Shangguan Xiong's eyes were moist as he said reluctantly.

Lee Xun helped Shangguan Jing'er up, and said: "Father-in-law, I will take good care of Jing'er, I definitely will not let her suffer."

"F * ck off." Shangguan Xiong suddenly became furious.

Lee Xun laughed, if his father-in-law were to make a movie and get his hands on an actor, it would be as easy as taking out a bag of trash. Shangguan Jing'er cried even harder. Lee Xun patted Shangguan Jing'er's back and then led her to open the door to the study room. A large group of people had already gathered outside, including the six great elders, Shangguan Jing'er's five uncles and two brothers.

Just as Lee Xun and Shangguan Jing'er was about to step out of the study, Shangguan Xiong's rebuke came from behind them.

"What a shame, my family is in trouble, hurry up and get lost."

A forty year old woman walked over, and upon seeing her, Shangguan Jing'er immediately hugged her and cried bitterly. The lady said: "Jing'er, you are so silly." At the same time, she glared at Lee Xun with some disgust.

Lee Xun predicted that this should be his own mother-in-law, Guo Yulian. Facing his unfriendly expression, Lee Xun said indifferently: "Jing'er, let's go, we shouldn't have come here today."

At this moment, Shangguan Fei and Shangguan Li entered the study room, but they heard Shangguan Xiong berating them: "No one can speak clearly for her, I, Shangguan Xiong, do not have such a daughter. Scram."

Although Shangguan Clan's clan rules were strict, there were still loopholes to exploit. If one could not resist the temptation of the forbidden fruit, as long as one immediately completed the marriage, they would not pursue the matter.

The six elders were slightly shaking their heads at the moment. The five uncles couldn't bear it any longer, and Lee Xun felt a little comforted. It seemed that there were still a lot of good points to the Shangguan Clan, and it wasn't as bad as he had imagined.

Shangguan Jing'er returned to Lee Xun's embrace and left the Shangguan Family under the gazes of everyone with varying emotions.

Returning to the carriage, Lee Xun wiped off his tears and scratched her nose before saying: "Don't worry, as Lee Xun's woman, I won't let you regret it."

The reason why Shangguan Jing'er was sad was naturally not because she was kicked out of the Shangguan Family, but because she truly experienced the kind of feeling of marrying into a husband and not being able to bear to part with her parents.

"Look, will we succeed in half a year?" Shangguan Jing'er asked.

"It might not take half a year. I still have some ideas. Because there are so many uncertainties, I didn't tell you and Father-in-law about it, so we decided to try our luck. However, as long as we successfully carry out our plans, it will be more than sufficient for our Wan's Chamber of Commerce s to take a gamble. "

After sending Shangguan Jing'er back to the lakeside villa, Lee Xun rushed to Amjad Palace.

"Elder Gong, Elder Xia, how are you?"

"Haha, you brat, you've finally come, but it's going to be dark soon. You can't be here to get food, right?" Elder Xia quipped.

"Hur hur, I will definitely eat my fill. You guys can't possibly let me play chess with you guys on my empty stomach, can you?"

"..."

The imperial kitchens sent over a table full of food and wine. The three of them quickly finished their dinner and began to kill. Not long after, two more Earth Rank Expert arrived.

"Lee Xun, let me introduce you. Old Wei, Old Ji. "Both of them are also good chess players from the lower star. For the past two days, we have been killing them all with the 'Chaotic Strikes' that we learned from you. Now that you have come, let them witness the true Chaotic Strikes." Elder Xia laughed.

"Kid Lee Xun greets Elder Wei, Elder Ji." Lee Xun cupped his hands and said respectfully.

Old Wei and Elder Ji looked at Lee Xun with astonishment. Old Wei said: "Lee Xun, one versus four, do you dare?"

Lee Xun rubbed his nose and laughed: "If the four seniors are willing to give this brat this face, it would be my greatest honor."

One against four, playing chess with four, Lee Xun was very excited. Especially the Elder Gong Elder Xia, he had some knowledge about chaotic battles. Lee Xun fought with them as a game of chess. The five of them went all the way down to midnight. Lee Xun had barely managed to preserve his Golden Body without losing a single match, but compared to the previous match, it was still a lot of effort.

"Seniors, it's getting late. I have to go."

Elder Ji hurriedly said: "Lee Xun, let's play the last round. I was just able to savor the taste of war, you can't leave now."

The other three people also looked like they wanted to stay, upon seeing this, Lee Xun could only laugh: "Then let's have the last round."

Defeating four more people, Lee Xun said: "Four esteemed seniors, this punk is indeed going to leave today. If the four of you are interested, come to Jiakesi Academy tomorrow. Before you leave, I might be able to play chess with you for a few more rounds. "

"You're leaving?" The Elder Gong said in shock.

"Right. I think I'll be gone for about half a year."

Hearing that Lee Xun had not left for a long period of time, the four elders' expressions relaxed slightly.

"Hur hur, half a year is indeed quite long. I will definitely be there tomorrow." Elder Wei said. The other three elders also said that they would definitely come tomorrow.

After Lee Xun left Amjad Palace, he found a hidden place and rushed into the sky. Following Shangguan Jing'er's guidance, he found a manor at the south side of the city with a large statue of a flying horse. Spiritual Consciousness swept across the room above the tallest spire of the manor and found three people drinking tea and chatting.

Lee Xun then flew out of the window and knocked on the window.

One of them opened the window and saw a white-haired old man. The old man was Lee Xun, he took out a white jade dagger, and when the man saw it, he immediately took out an identical white jade dagger.

As they entered the room, the other two also took out white jade daggers to show their identity.

Lee Xun used an aged voice and said: "Since the three of you are here, I believe you already know that my Young Master invited you all to come here for a while."

"Elder, please instruct us. Our three families will advance and retreat together with the Shangguan family." This person was the Guo Family's Patriarch, Guo Feng. At this moment, he was inside the Guo Family's manor.

The Liang Family's Liang Tian and the Huo Family's Patriarch, Huo Tianyi, expressed that they would follow the arrangements.

"Alright. "You three, my Young Master's meaning is for you to find an opportunity to have a falling out with the Shangguan Family. You three can decide how to do it yourselves, and don't let anyone find out. Then, shrink your family's business as much as possible, conserve your strength, and wait for the notice."

"What?" Elder, if that's the case, then our Fengxiang Chamber of Commerce will be useless in name, and we might not be able to hold on for long. " Liang Tian was worried.

"How long the Shangguan Clan can hold is their problem. Young master reckons that the Wan Family would definitely strike a blow on your business first, so you should be able to feel it soon. No matter how difficult it is, you will have to endure for half a year. If you cannot maintain a business in any place, then find a way to cash in, and sell them if you can, then don't be too concerned about the price. When young master's plan is fully implemented, how much money you have will directly determine how much benefit you can earn.

"Elder, each of us will fight our own way. It's very likely that we will be broken by Wan's Chamber of Commerce, one at a time." Huo Tianyue said.

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this. As long as you and the Shangguan Family fall out as soon as possible, it will take a few days or even longer for your Wan's Chamber of Commerce to become unclear. With those few days of time, it is enough for young master to arrange other plans. If Wan's Chamber of Commerce is insufficient to take care of itself, then it will give up on suppressing you, and instead focus on dealing with Shangguan Clan instead. In short, you have to be quick and realistic when you have a falling out with Shangguan Clan. "

"Elder, we all believe in elder brother Xiong. Since he wants us to listen to your orders, then let's fight. I feel that it's quite interesting." Guo Feng laughed.

"The three of you, regardless of whether the outcome is satisfactory or not, the young master will not let the three families suffer any losses. However, whatever we say now is just empty words. Why don't we all bet on this? "

Liang Tian and Huo Tian Jue also made their decision at this moment as they nodded their heads and agreed.

After Lee Xun left, Huo Tian realized, "Brothers, what do you think?"

"Hehe, Brother Xiong already said that we have to play big this time. We have been safe for decades. Don't you think it's boring?" Guo Feng said.

"Hmm, just based on the strength of that elder just now, the strength of the family behind him is obvious. This gamble is worth us participating in." The young master that he was referring to must be Lee Xun, to be able to defeat even Yi Liu of the Wavast Kingdom at such a young age, what kind of talent was that. I also received news that an invincible Earth Rank Expert appeared in the Han City of the Empire of Yuyue two nights ago and killed four experts at the peak of the Earth Price in the blink of an eye. Furthermore, after thinking about how Princess Meiji of the Empire of Yuyue broke the engagement because of Lee Xun these past two days, it is very easy to guess that the expert definitely came from Lee Xun's family, and might very well be that elder from back then. " Liang Tian.

"Hehe, hearing you guys say this, I also have some fun. It seems like Lee Xun is going to open a super gambling house, and the stakes are us two big companies. However, the people participating in the gambling house are obviously from our two great companies, but he's secretly controlling them. It's kind of interesting. " Huo Tianyue said.

"Then we have nothing to think about, do we? They have already promised that we will at least have a draw. I believe that they will not speak empty words. " Guo Feng said.

The Guo, Liang, and Huo Clans had already completely given their fate to Lee Xun. However, the three of them did not know that what Lee Xun had just written was truly an empty cheque. Lee Xun had no other choice. Although he had the ability and method to earn money, he needed time to activate it. He could only stabilize the three families first.