Ch 82: The Legendary Heretical Path

“The Xia Family?”

Gu Yun’s face turned ashen, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Gu Family elders often told Gu Yun that, although in the eyes of ordinary people, the Magic City Six Great Families were already the top wealthy families.

But in reality, many hidden families, never exposed to the public eye, still existed in this world.

It was no longer possible to simply use “wealthy family” to describe these hidden families!

These hidden families were extremely mysterious, and the power they possessed was incomparable to that of the wealthy families that ordinary people could find out about!

The Xia Family was one of them.

Gu Yun vaguely remembered that when he was a child, Magic City did not only have the Six Great Families.

But one family had a conflict with the Xia Family and disappeared in a short time!

Thinking of this, Gu Yun no longer had his previous arrogance.

The next moment, Gu Yun scrambled to Xia Yun, bowing and scraping.

“Miss Xia… I… I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you!”

“It’s all my fault for being impulsive and wanting your contact information. Miss Xia, you are so beautiful, I couldn’t control myself…”

“I’m sorry, I apologize!”

At this time, Gu Yun had none of the Young Master Gu of the Gu Family’s attitude.

He only thought about how to appease Xia Yun.

After all, this was a presence that even the Wang Family feared; otherwise, why would Wang Tiangang’s expression change faster than a page turning?

Xia Yun, however, didn’t even turn her head, not wanting to pay Gu Yun any attention.

Then, under Wang Tiangang’s flattery, Xia Yun walked toward the Wang Family Villa.

Wen Chuhan watched Gu Yun humbling himself before Xia Yun, her eyes filled with strangeness.

Her Brother Gu Yun, her capable Brother Gu Yun, why was he so distraught now?

And what hurt Wen Chuhan the most was.

Gu Yun actually said publicly that Xia Yun was beautiful.

What did that put Wen Chuhan, as Gu Yun’s companion, in?

Although Wen Chuhan didn’t want to admit it, her beauty and aura were indeed no match for the mysterious Xia Family’s daughter.

Wen Chuhan felt a pang of jealousy.

Could it be that Gu Yun was saying he was a lecher?

No! Brother Gu Yun is definitely not that kind of person!

This was just a stopgap measure for Brother Gu Yun to escape, yes, that must be it!

Wen Chuhan frantically made excuses for Gu Yun in her mind.

Seeing Xia Yun walk away, Gu Yun nervously stood up and walked to Wen Chuhan.

“Chuhan, don’t take what I said to heart, I just…”

“It’s okay, Brother Gu Yun, I understand, I believe you!”

…

“Humph, what a bunch of snobs! A’Liu, we’re not attending this Wang Family banquet, let’s go!”

Bai Wangshu saw Wang Tiangang bowing and scraping to welcome Xia Yun in, and felt indignant.

Why, when she wanted to bring someone in, was she stopped by a mere bodyguard?

Yet Xia Yun, the Xia Family’s daughter, easily brought someone in without any obstruction.

In the end, it was because the Wang Family were all a bunch of opportunists!

“Don’t make a fuss, you go in… I’ll wait for you outside.” Nan Liu urged.

Nan Liu knew what this banquet meant to Bai Wangshu and the entire Bai Family.

If Bai Wangshu could connect with one or two powerful figures and secure a large order, the Bai Family, teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, might have a chance at resurrection!

Although Nan Liu didn’t want to be separated from Bai Wangshu, nor did he want Bai Wangshu to attend such an occasion.

But Nan Liu could still distinguish between priorities.

…

As Bai Wangshu and Nan Liu were discussing.

Xia Yun, who had just entered the Wang Family Villa, suddenly turned to look at Nan Liu.

Looking at Nan Liu, Xia Yun suddenly thought of something, a shock flashing in her eyes.

“Those two… why didn’t you let them in?” Xia Yun pointed at Nan Liu and asked.

“Oh, them… they are from the Bai Family, the Bai Family Miss and her male companion, but according to the rules, only one person can enter with an invitation, and the Bai Family only has one invitation, so only one person can come in.”

“Did they offend Miss Xia? I’ll have them removed immediately…”

“No, let both of them come to the banquet.” Xia Yun said meaningfully, looking at Nan Liu.

“Yes, Miss Xia.”

Although Wang Tiangang didn’t know why Xia Yun wanted to help Nan Liu, he still did as she said, giving the bodyguard next to him a look: “Quickly invite the Bai Family Miss and her male companion in.”

…

“Both of you, may enter together.”

When the bodyguard who had just stopped them now stood respectfully in front of Bai Wangshu and Nan Liu and said these words, both were somewhat incredulous.

“We can go in together?”

“Yes, please.”

The bodyguard didn’t say much, making a gesture of invitation.

Although Bai Wangshu found it strange, she was glad that she could attend the banquet with her lover.

Bai Wangshu also linked arms with Nan Liu and stepped into the Wang Family Villa together.

…

“Mister Wang, let’s stop here; I’d like to wander around the banquet hall myself.”

Arriving at the entrance of the villa banquet, Xia Yun said to Wang.

“Yes, Miss Xia, please.”

After Wang Tiangang finished speaking respectfully, he left.

“Was that man also from the Daoist Alliance? Why did you help him?”

Zhang Buran whispered in Xia Yun’s ear, expressing his doubts.

“He isn’t. He may not even know about ghosts and monsters.” Xia Yun shook her head.

“His name is Nan Liu, and he is a key person under surveillance by the Daoist Alliance.”

“Do you know Qiang Liu? Nan Liu may be Qiang Liu’s reincarnation, so the Daoist Alliance is secretly monitoring him.”

“I helped Nan Liu to prevent him from having too much negative emotional fluctuation, to prevent Qiang Liu’s soul from seizing the opportunity to perform body snatching.”

“I see…”

Zhang Buran looked at the man slightly younger than himself, thoughtfully: “Nan Liu… Qiang Liu…”

Qiang Liu was listed by the Daoist Alliance as one of the most dangerous figures in history.

A thousand years ago, he almost single-handedly destroyed the entire Daoist Alliance.

The strongest practitioner of Wicked Ways, living only in legends!

Even after death, his soul was immortal, undergoing countless reincarnations, waiting for a body to resurrect himself.

To prevent Qiang Liu’s “resurrection,” the Daoist Alliance would find Qiang Liu’s reincarnation in advance and monitor them.

Most of Qiang Liu’s reincarnations were unaware of the existence of ghosts and monsters, living their lives as ordinary people, then dying, and their souls reincarnating.

However, the Daoist Alliance a thousand years ago was far less vast than it is now, and the quality of its Daoists was uneven.

If Qiang Liu were in the modern era…

Could he fight against him?

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Buran asked Xia Yun:

“Do you think, at Qiang Liu’s peak, in a fight between him and me, who would be stronger?”

“How would I know? Qiang Liu was a Daoist from a thousand years ago; you’re a living person, why would you compare yourself to a dead person?”

Xia Yun rolled her eyes.

Xia Yun had witnessed Zhang Buran’s strength firsthand.

Until now, Xia Yun had not met anyone stronger than Zhang Buran.

However, Qiang Liu was also known as the strongest a thousand years ago.

One is a modern genius of Daoist Arts, the other is the strongest from a thousand years ago.

It’s hard to say who would be stronger between Zhang Buran and Qiang Liu.