Transmigration: A person in a martial arts world, cultivating to ascend to immortality

The news of the Jiang family's advancement to the Bronze level quickly spread like wildfire among the various factions in Taiping Town.

Now, no one dared to question the Jiang family's status in Taiping Town.

In order to establish a relationship with the Jiang family, all the forces that received invitations from the Jiang family carefully selected and began to prepare congratulatory gifts. They also selected talented and good-looking young people from their own forces to bring to the banquet, hoping to find a way to form a marriage alliance with the Jiang family.

Soon it was time for the Jiang family to hold a grand banquet.

There were more than a dozen gangs and families attending the banquet. In addition to these forces, many rogue cultivators at the Returning Heaven Realm were also invited.

The 180 tables set up by the Jiang family were all occupied.

On the very day the Jiang family was holding a grand banquet, a young man and a woman, dressed in fine clothes and carrying long swords, walked into Taiping Town.

"This should be the right place."

Holding a map, Liang Hui compared the location with the one he had set off from and said to the woman beside him.

Ji Rourou glanced at the map, then looked at the pedestrians on the roadside and said, "Why don't we just ask someone? With such a commotion, if it really happened in this town, everyone living here should have seen it."

Liang Hui put away the Netherworld and looked at Ji Rourou with a tender smile: "Junior Sister is right. Then I'll go find someone to ask her for an explanation."

Ji Rourou stopped Liang Hui and pointed to a restaurant not far away, saying, "No need for all that trouble. We've traveled for so long, we should rest there. Just ask the waiter."

With that, the two headed toward the inn.

Because the Jiang family was holding a grand banquet today, there weren't many customers in the restaurant. When Liang Hui and Ji Rourou entered, there were only a few diners inside.

Ji Rourou glanced at the restaurant with a hint of disdain and muttered under her breath, "This is a remote and poor place, the environment is really bad!"

"Please come in, esteemed guests!"

When the waiter saw the two of them come in, he immediately greeted them with a smile.

After Liang Hui and Ji Rourou were seated, the waiter poured them tea and said with a smile, "What would you two distinguished guests like to eat? You may not know this, but our restaurant has an excellent reputation throughout Taiping Town! We have countless repeat customers!"

Ji Rourou immediately rolled her eyes, revealing a look of disdain.

Liang Hui coughed lightly and looked at the waiter, saying, "Just bring me a few of your signature dishes. Taste is secondary, but cleanliness is a must!"

"You can rest assured about that, sir!" the waiter said, patting his chest. "Besides the exceptional taste, the food in our restaurant is also incredibly fresh and clean!"

Just as the waiter was about to leave to report the dishes, Liang Hui stopped him again and asked, "Waiter, tell me, did the strange phenomenon of lightning that suddenly appeared in the sky a few nights ago happen here?"

The waiter smiled upon hearing this: "So you two have come to visit the Jiang family!"

"Jiang family?"

Liang Hui looked puzzled.

"Yes."

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "The strange phenomenon you mentioned, young master, came from the Jiang family! Let me tell you, young master! The Jiang family is currently at its zenith. The Jiang family patriarch recently broke through to the True Embryo Realm, which led the Jiang family to directly become a Bronze-level power! You two have come at just the right time. Today is the day the Jiang family is holding a grand banquet to celebrate these two happy events!"

"I recently broke through to the True Embryo Realm..."

After grasping the key words, Liang Hui immediately felt that there must be something seriously wrong with the Jiang family.

Immediately afterwards, Liang Hui took out a silver ingot and threw it to the waiter, then inquired about some recent events that had occurred in the Jiang family.

The waiter took the money and immediately beamed with joy, telling everything he knew about the Jiang family without reservation.

This naturally includes the massive clan-annihilation war that occurred not long ago between the Jiang and Zhao families.

The details were naturally unknown to the ordinary waiter, so all he could say was the final outcome, how the Jiang family swallowed up the Zhao family's assets in the shortest amount of time, and how they hunted down and annihilated the surviving members of the Zhao family.

After listening to the waiter's story, Liang Hui and Ji Rourou agreed that the reason why the weaker Jiang family was able to turn the tide and eliminate the Zhao family must be related to the strange celestial phenomenon. Furthermore, the fact that the Jiang family patriarch was able to break through to the True Embryo Realm might also be due to that phenomenon!

"The fact that it can cause celestial phenomena to change means that the Jiang family must have obtained some extraordinary treasure!"

As she spoke, a greedy look appeared in Ji Rourou's eyes.

Liang Hui nodded in agreement, saying, "Luckily, we were close enough and arrived as soon as we discovered it!"

"If we obtain this treasure and offer it to the sect, we will surely receive a generous reward. It's even possible that we might be promoted to a true disciple!"

The more Ji Rourou thought about it, the more excited she became, wishing she could fly to the Jiang family immediately and snatch the treasure away.

"That's right."

Liang Hui thought about it carefully and said with some concern, "But what if the Jiang family refuses to hand over the treasure? After all, the Jiang family patriarch is now at the True Embryo Realm. The two of us alone are no match for him."

Although both of them were inner disciples of the Sword Gate Palace, one was at the early stage of the Returning Heaven Realm and the other was at the peak of the Strategist Realm. It was completely impossible for them to forcibly seize the treasure from the Jiang family.

Upon hearing this, Ji Rourou sneered disdainfully, "So what if you're at the True Embryo Realm? Do you think a mere Bronze Realm force would dare to defy the orders of our Sword Gate Palace?"

It wasn't that Ji Rourou was arrogant. As a Black Iron level power with a history of nearly ten thousand years, Jianmen Palace had countless experts. Crushing the Jiang family would be as easy as crushing an ant.

She simply couldn't believe that the Jiang family would risk the lives of their entire clan for a treasure they couldn't possibly keep.

After hearing what Ji Rourou said, Liang Hui felt that it made sense, so he didn't think about it anymore and planned to visit the Jiang family with his junior sister after the banquet.

The Jiang family's banquet began at noon and lasted until sunset.

By the time all the guests had left, it was completely dark.

Just as Jiang Kai and his family were counting the congratulatory gifts they had received and discussing sending someone to the city where the Gold Force was stationed to report and receive the exclusive token for the Bronze Force, the gatekeeper rushed over.

"Ancestor, a young man and a young woman have arrived outside. They say they are disciples of the Sword Gate Palace and wish to pay you a visit."

"Disciples of Jianmen Palace?"

Everyone was stunned.

They knew that Jianmen Palace was an old and powerful force located in Baichuan City.

Such a behemoth was completely unattainable for the Jiang family, and there was absolutely no way they could have any dealings with it.

Therefore, everyone present found it very strange when they heard that disciples from Jianmen Palace had come to visit.

As the saying goes: those who come with ill intentions will not come; those with good intentions will not come.

Based on his intuition, Jiang Kai felt that the arrival of these two people was definitely not going to be anything good.

If he avoided meeting them, he would obviously be more likely to offend them. Therefore, regardless of their intentions, he had to meet them.

It's a blessing, not a curse, but it's a curse that cannot be avoided.

With the power of the Jiang family, there is no way they could possibly contend with the Jianmen Palace.

But don't forget, the Jiang family now has powerful backers!

Jiang Kai looked at Jiang Zhenbang and said, "Zhenbang, a distinguished guest has arrived. Go and invite him in personally." Then he looked at Jiang Fengqing and said, "Fengqing, set off immediately to inform Senior Jiang of this matter!"

"Yes!"

The two brothers agreed in unison, then got up and left.