Liu Family Manor, by the time Xiao Ruolong had finished refining the Great Vajra Palm, it was already late at night. The entire Liu Family Manor was quiet.
For the needs of martial arts practice, Old Master Liu Hongguo had specially ordered a dedicated training room to be built today.
At this moment, Liu Ruyan was practicing the Eight Trigrams Wandering Dragon Palm repeatedly in the training room. She didn't even notice when Xiao Yunlong entered.
It had to be said that Liu Ruyan's martial arts talent was very strong. In just a few hours, she had already mastered this Wandering Dragon Palm technique to a preliminary level. Judging by her current state, her control and application of internal energy were becoming increasingly proficient.
Xiao Yunlong didn't disturb her. Just as he was about to find a chair to sit down, his phone suddenly rang. It was Jun Bufan calling.
"What is it?" Xiao Yunlong asked.
"Something's wrong, Mr. Xiao. The Cao family from Yancheng has brought a large number of people and experts to confront my Jun family," Jun Bufan said directly.
"They've come knocking already? They're quite fast," Xiao Yunlong sneered.
"They've already broken in. The Cao family's arrival is aggressive. In terms of strength, they were already stronger than our Jun family, let alone..."
Jun Bufan paused here, then changed his tone and said, "Mr. Xiao, our Jun family is facing a great disaster. Besides you, there is no one in Sucheng who has the ability to save our Jun family. We implore Mr. Xiao to lend a helping hand!"
Xiao Yunlong said in a deep voice, "Speaking of which, this Cao family arose because of Ruyan and me. Moreover, you have now followed me. If your family is in trouble, I naturally won't stand by and watch. I'll head over there now!"
"That's great! With Mr. Xiao's help, our Jun family will be saved!" Jun Bufan was overjoyed, and at the same time, he was very gratified. This proved that he had not mistaken the person to follow.
Liu Ruyan stopped, her body covered in sweat, and turned to ask, "What's wrong, Yunlong? Did something happen?"
"Nothing much, the Cao family from Yancheng has gone to cause trouble. I'm going over," Xiao Yunlong said with a slight smile and then stood up.
"The Cao family from Yancheng? Then I'll go with you," Liu Ruyan said.
"No need. They're just some minor characters. Don't worry, you can focus on your martial arts practice at home."
After speaking, Xiao Yunlong walked towards the garage and drove away, heading straight for the Jun family courtyard.
At this moment, the entire Jun family courtyard had been alerted. It was noisy, and the lights were as bright as day. Some Jun family disciples hadn't even figured out what was going on.
"What's going on? Who dares to trespass into our Jun family with such audacity? Are they tired of living?"
"This is outrageous! Although our Jun family had some incidents a few days ago, we haven't collapsed yet. Now people dare to come to our door to cause trouble. They really have quite a bit of nerve."
Many Jun family disciples shouted angrily. After all, they were one of the three ancient martial arts families in Sucheng, and the arrogance of the family disciples was deeply ingrained in their bones.
In the pavilion, Jun Bufan had just hung up the phone when the Third Elder, Jun Yuanwei, immediately asked, "How is it? Did Mr. Xiao agree to lend a helping hand to save our Jun family?"
"He agreed. He's already on his way!" Jun Bufan nodded.
"Excellent! If Mr. Xiao is willing to take action, then our Jun family might still have a glimmer of hope for survival. Let's go to the front hall. For now, do not enrage the other party. Try to stall for time and wait for Mr. Xiao to arrive!" Jun Yuanwei said.
Jun Bufan nodded slightly, and then the two of them quickly walked towards the front hall.
Initially, many Jun family disciples were very angry. However, when they learned that it was the Cao family from Yancheng, they were all scared stiff.
The timid ones directly packed their belongings and wanted to escape through the side door. However, the three gates of the Cao family's courtyard had already been blocked by the Cao family's people. The entire courtyard was surrounded.
It could be seen that the Cao family had come with a very large formation. Including the elite guards from the Yancheng City Defense Department, they had more than two hundred people.
Cao Wushang and other important members of the Cao family, such as Cao Wuji, led a group of elite experts and directly rushed through the main gate. Several guards from the Jun family tried to intercept them but were killed on the spot.
The Cao family's actions this time had been communicated to Liang Minghui in advance. With the approval of Liang Minghui, the Director of the City Defense Department, the Cao family naturally had no further scruples.
It could be said that facing this great disaster from the Cao family, without unexpected assistance, they were bound to be finished.
The guards of the Jun family were already stunned by such a scene and did not dare to step forward to stop them. They all retreated to the side.
Cao Wushang and a group of Cao family experts, along with Geng Bingfa, the Director of the Yancheng City Defense Department, soon arrived at the Jun family's reception hall.
"Now, who is in charge of the Jun family? Call him out to speak with me!" Cao Wushang was very arrogant and sat down in the main seat of the hall with his legs crossed.
Normally, only the head of the Jun family had the right to sit in this main seat, or when Jun Taiwei occasionally returned from Jiangdong Province. Other Jun family disciples were not allowed to be presumptuous.
At this moment, the large reception hall was silent. Although there were many Jun family disciples in the hall, no one dared to speak. They were all ashen-faced and trembling with fear, and the timid ones were even shaking.
"Could it be that all the people of the Jun family are dead?" Cao Wuji snorted coldly, his voice like thunder exploding in the hall.
Just then, Jun Yuanwei, Jun Bufan, and three or four other elder direct descendants of the Jun family walked in gracefully.
"Cao family from Yancheng, you have gone too far! Our two families belong to different cities and have always minded our own business. Why are you making such a big fuss to find trouble with our Jun family today?" Jun Yuanwei shouted in a deep voice.
Now, only the Third Elder Jun Yuanwei remained among the elders of the Jun family. The second generation, Jun Zhengyi and Jun Zhengqing, had kicked the bucket a few days ago. The rest were not very capable.
As for the third-generation direct descendants, only Jun Bufan was relatively good. The others were basically useless. For example, even now, they didn't stand out.
"Why are we looking for trouble with your Jun family?"
Cao Wushang sneered, pointed at Jun Bufan, and shouted, "You have to ask him about that."
Jun Yuanwei said in a deep voice, "Even if Jun Bufan crippled one of your son Cao Kun's arms, at worst, our Jun family will compensate your son with two hands. You Cao family are so arrogant now, killing our Jun family guards as soon as you entered. Don't you think it's too much!"
"Too much? My son is a martial arts genius. Let alone your Jun family compensating with two hands, if my son's hand is permanently disabled, even killing all your Jun family disciples would not be enough to compensate for one of my son's hands!"
Cao Wushang roared, his domineering and unreasonable nature fully displayed at this moment.
Jun Yuanwei sighed and said, "I see now. You, Cao Wushang, are pretending to stand up for your son. The Cao family's real goal is to take this conflict as an opportunity to annex our Jun family, right?"
Cao Wushang threw his head back and laughed heartily. He didn't even deny it and said in a deep voice, "So what? Who told you Jun family to overestimate yourselves and offend a mysterious expert? Look at your Jun family now. Where do you still look like one of the three ancient aristocratic families of Sucheng? Without that old bastard Jun Taiwei holding the fort, your Jun family is like an old tiger with its teeth pulled out."
Jun Yuanwei sighed sadly, as he could not refute these words.
Jun Bufan stepped forward and shouted, "One person's actions, one person's responsibility. Cao Kun's hand was crippled by me. At worst, I'll compensate him with my life!"
"Compensate him with your life? How much do you think your worthless life is worth? Get lost first. It's not your turn to speak yet. I'll deal with you later!" Cao Wushang said with a cold哼.
Jun Yuanwei, having lived for so many years, had indeed seen great storms. Moreover, he had now become the backbone of the entire Jun family. Therefore, at such a time, he could not afford to be reckless.
"Then tell me, what exactly does your Cao family want this time, or what are your conditions!" Jun Yuanwei pulled out a chair and sat down, facing Cao Wushang directly.
Seeing this, the surrounding Jun family disciples, after the initial panic, finally calmed down slowly because emotions are contagious.
Cao Wushang scanned the Jun family disciples in the hall and then said, "Eighty percent plus two lives!"
"What do you mean by eighty percent, and what do you mean by two lives?" Jun Yuanwei asked coldly. In fact, he understood immediately, and the Jun family disciples also understood roughly.
The reason he still asked this was merely to stall for time. After all, it would take at least twenty minutes for Mr. Xiao to come from the Liu family.
"Eighty percent of your Jun family's affiliated industries. The remaining twenty percent, our Cao family can pay you in cash. But after receiving the money, all remaining direct descendants of the Jun family must immediately get out of Sucheng and never return for eternity. If our Cao family discovers anyone, we will kill one, and if we discover two, we will kill a pair!"
"And what about the two lives? Whose lives are they?" Jun Yuanwei asked.
"Naturally, yours and that kid Jun Bufan's!" Cao Wushang grinned coldly and snorted, "Listen carefully, I'm not discussing this with you. Your Jun family is now fish on our Cao family's chopping board. You have no right to negotiate with us!"
"I'll give you ten minutes to consider, and then you two will commit suicide as an apology, and then we'll discuss the handover of assets!"
Cao Wushang slowly stood up after saying this.
Jun Yuanwei thought for a moment and said, "We, the Jun family, can agree to these two conditions, but I have a small request. Can we let the younger generation of the Jun family, especially the children, leave first?"
"No. As I said, you have no right to negotiate with our Cao family. The time starts now!" Cao Wushang flatly refused.
Jun Yuanwei glanced at Jun Bufan, then sighed helplessly, "Alright then. This is a momentous matter for our Jun family, and it indeed requires careful consideration!"
"Listen, go to the adjacent resting area. No one in the reception hall is allowed to leave. Anyone who dares to take half a step outside will be killed without mercy!" Cao Wuji roared.
All the Jun family disciples present dared not speak out of anger. Jun Yuanwei looked at Jun Bufan and several other important members of the Jun family, and then walked towards the adjacent resting area.
After entering, Jun Yuanwei directly sat down on the sofa, showing no intention of negotiating.
Jun Bufan also sat down and remained silent. Time slowly passed, and the resting room was terrifyingly quiet.
A slightly older elder finally couldn't help but ask, "Yuanwei, don't just sit there and say nothing. Didn't you say we would discuss it? Give us your opinion!"
Jun Yuanwei glanced at him coldly and snorted, "At this moment, tell me how we are supposed to discuss? The other party has already directly given their terms. What else can we discuss?"
"Then what are we still sitting here for? Since there's no room for negotiation, let's just fight them, the Cao family! Anyway, whoever can escape, escapes!" the old Jun family member said angrily.
"Fight the Cao family? With our current strength, even fighting them would be like an egg hitting a rock!" Jun Yuanwei said.
"Then why are we just sitting here?" several people couldn't help but ask.
"Waiting for someone!" Jun Bufan suddenly spoke.
"Waiting for someone? Waiting for whom?" everyone asked in unison.
"Mr. Xiao Yunlong!" Jun Bufan said word by word.
Upon hearing this name, several important members of the Jun family in the resting room fell silent.
Soon, fifteen minutes passed. Cao Wuji kicked open the door of the resting room and roared, "Time's up, come out!"
"Let's go!" Jun Yuanwei patted Jun Bufan's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Judging by the time, it should be about right. If he doesn't come, then we'll accept our fate."
Cao Wushang was still sitting in the main seat with his legs crossed. He looked at Jun Yuanwei and the others who walked out and said with a sneer, "How is it? Have you considered it?"
Just then, the sound of car horns suddenly came from outside. A car sped in and stopped at the entrance.
Then, under everyone's gaze, Xiao Yunlong slowly walked in from the entrance.
Seeing this, the Cao family's guards and experts waved their weapons and were about to charge at Xiao Yunlong.
"All of you, stand down! Let him in!"
Cao Wushang shouted coldly, then slowly stood up. His gaze was fixed on Xiao Yunlong as he walked in, and he said with a sneer, "You are Xiao Yunlong, right? You finally came. Did you really think I couldn't see that the Jun family was deliberately stalling for time? I was merely playing along with them to lure you here!"