The Fourth Financial Crisis

Hearing these two people bragging about their Ma Tsai, Yang Lu could only show an awkward but polite smile, and said perfunctorily: "Then thank you two brothers for giving me this opportunity, allowing me to follow Fellow Taoist Xi is getting closer and closer again!"

Su Cheng and Han Fulai were waiting to answer when they heard a heroic voice coming from outside: "Don't talk about Consultant Yang, I came to Haiya Pavilion for the banquet this time just to get to know this fellow Taoist Xi!"

Dare to make a fuss at the most exclusive banquet in Haiya City, and have not been kicked out by the staff of Haiya Pavilion. You don't need to guess to know that the identity of the person coming is definitely not trivial.

Everyone followed the sound, and as expected, they saw Ren Yi, the successor of Ren Tianyuan, the supreme elder of Wuliang Sword Sect, laughing loudly and pushing the door open.

This person had just returned from the battlefield outside the territory. However, because he did not participate in the special operation to kill Li Qingning, he did not fall into the hands of Yang Lu's gang, and he was lucky enough to escape.

Seeing the arrival of the super VIPs, the three people quickly stood up to congratulate each other. Faced with the intentional compliments from the three people, Ren Yi just showed a slightly reserved expression. He only managed to kill one meritorious golden wheel this time, which was worse than that of fellow Taoist Xi. Deyuan, this seemingly modest but actually pretentious speech, naturally gained another round of free flattery.

But Ren Yi can afford these flattery.

After passing the extraterrestrial battlefield trial with the highest death rate, his identity as the successor of the ancestor of Nascent Soul is completely confirmed. If nothing else happens, under the full care of Ren Tianyuan, the supreme elder of the Wuliang Sword Sect, Ren Yi will at least be able to After reaching the early stage of Jindan, only after reaching this stage could he barely have the strength to support the Ren family.

After officially becoming a disciple of the Wuliang Sword Sect, Ren Yi was originally planning to report directly to the Wuliang Sword Sect.

However, after hearing the news that an important junior from the Xi family in Yunlai City, the headquarters of the Wuliang Sword Sect, who was very influential, was coming to Haiya City, he decided to accept Su Cheng's invitation first and get to know this young man from the Xi family. Talented.

Because Ren Yi was already in a good mood, and the three people deliberately flattered him, the atmosphere at the scene naturally became very lively. Just when the four people were chatting happily, the door of the private room was pushed open again.

The last person to arrive was Xi Zi'ang, the protagonist of this banquet and Yang Lu's old friend.

Today's "Xi Family Killing God" Xi Zi'ang can be said to be very proud of himself. Since he showed two golden wheels of merit, those clan members who previously ignored him, a descendant of the Xi family, have now become his followers. Licking the dog nearby, even his ancestor Xi Jinhu personally met him and encouraged him to keep up his efforts.

As the editor-in-chief of Xiu Zhen Financial Weekly, Xi Jinhu is usually very busy with work and banquets. The fact that he can take time out of his busy schedule to meet an ordinary disciple sends an unusual signal. Some people who are familiar with the inside story of the Xi family even begin to suspect that Xi Jinhu is She is seriously considering cultivating him as her potential successor.

Although the first heir to the Xi family is definitely not Xi Ziang, this does not prevent Xi Ziang from having a promising future.

As one of the potential heirs of the Xi family, even if the probability of him inheriting the position of head of the Xi family is less than one-fifth, it is already worthy of many big shots in the cultivation world investing in him.

After all, as long as the investment is successful, it is equivalent to locking in a future editor-in-chief position of "Xiushen Financial Weekly". It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "a rare commodity to live in" and "a huge profit".

Therefore, after hearing that Xi Ziang was still single, several large families of the Wuliang Sword Sect immediately sent invitations, proposing that they want their female descendants with high-grade spiritual roots or even high-grade spiritual roots to become Taoist companions with him.

In the past two days after the extraterritorial battlefield ended, Xi Ziang, in addition to meeting his ancestor Xi Jinhu, was in Yunlai City to deal with such matters of welcoming and sending off.

It was precisely because he was entangled in these mundane affairs and could not escape that Xi Ziang returned to Haiya City later than Yang Lu, whose escaping speed was as slow as a snail. A late-stage Qi refining monk like Su Cheng had returned to Haiya City two days ago. Came back early.

Compared with his honest and submissive appearance on the battlefield outside the territory, after two days of intensive compliments and flattery from the people around him, Xi Ziang now feels full of energy. When he entered the banquet hall, he even held his head high. Even after seeing a second-generation SSR-level immortal like Ren Yi, he only slightly nodded his head in greeting, as if Ren Yi was not the direct disciple of the ancestor of Nascent Soul, but just a random cat or dog that he met on the roadside.

If it were any of the other candidates for the Xi family's heir, they might not be as careless as Xi Ziang when facing Ren Yi.

However, in the battlefield outside the territory, Xi Ziang once shouted at Qiu Xiang, the second-generation top immortal, not to mention Ren Yi, whose status in front of him was not as good as Qiu Xiang.

After all, Qiu Xiang was the heir appointed by Supreme Elder Qiu Longbo of the Wuliang Sword Sect long ago, and Ren Yi was just the spare tire that Supreme Elder Ren Tianyuan reluctantly selected when he had no other choice.

Besides, what happened to the successors of the ancestor of Nascent Soul?

Aren't Ai Wen and Liu Xiahui the heirs of the Yuanying Ancestor? The two of them looked awesome and coaxing at first, but in the end, they were divided into pieces by everyone?

Therefore, Xi Ziang's condescending attitude is really not a deliberate act, but a genuine feeling that he is superior to others. If there is a score for showing off, Xi Ziang's pretense would have scored at least 99 points.

Not to mention Han Fulai and Su Cheng were frightened, even Ren Yi was shocked by Xi Ziang's powerful aura.

However, Xi Ziang was not able to pretend until the end.

When he slowly glanced around and saw Yang Lu sitting at the bottom of the table, his originally proud eyes froze in an instant!

Since Han Fulai and Su Cheng didn't know that Yang Lu and Xi Ziang knew each other, they naturally didn't tell them the identities of the guests at the banquet. They just said that those who came to the banquet were all distinguished guests.

Just like Yang Lu didn't know in advance that Ren Yi and Xi Ziang would come to the banquet, Xi Ziang obviously didn't expect that they would even invite Consultant Yang to the party.

Seeing Xi Ziang appear in the uniform of a disciple of the Haiya Sect, Han Fulai immediately introduced to everyone: "Three of you, this is our rising star in Zhongzhou's cultivation world, Fellow Daoist Xi Ziang, Fellow Daoist Xi..."

He originally planned to turn around and introduce the other guests present to Xi Ziang, but when the words reached his lips, he couldn't continue.

Because Xi Ziang wasn't listening to him at all, but was staring at Yang Lu with a ghostly look.

"Fellow Daoist Xi, I didn't expect that we would meet again!"

Seeing Yang Lu greeting him with a familiar teasing tone, Xi Ziang subconsciously took two steps forward, and then in full view of everyone, he respectfully asked for instructions: "Consultant Yang, do you have any new instructions?"

What does “what are your instructions” mean?

Seeing Xi Ziang's strange reaction, Su Cheng and Ren Yi, who were about to greet him, froze.

Even though they imagined countless scenarios of meeting Xi Ziang, they never imagined this scenario.

Xi Ziang didn't behave like the legendary god of killing on foreign battlefields, but rather like the great steward of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce...

So the three of them just looked back and forth at Yang Lu and Xi Zi'ang, not daring to speak rashly.

Seeing that Xi Ziang's attitude towards him was a little too respectful, Yang Lu quickly waved his hands to cover up his embarrassment and said: "Fellow Daoist Xi, don't just catch up with me, there are still a few distinguished guests here!"

(Bo Nanke, the 22nd generation leader of the Wuliang Sword Sect, actually won the Nobel Prize in Economics yesterday for his research on the Lingshi financial crisis and quantitative easing. I was shocked)