Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao

nding the banquet tonight; they were all here to witness a possibly historical moment.

Very soon, Cheng Wen Kun stood up and waved his hands in various directions, signifying that he had something to say.
Most of the guests who had been whispering to each other also ceased their respective conversations, and the Main Hall became extremely quiet.

Was he going to admit defeat to the Ling Clan in public?

“The reason why I've invited all of you tonight here is to introduce someone to you,” Cheng Wen Kun began.

As these words were heard, all those present put on blank expressions.

What was going on here? Wasn't the Cheng Clan supposed to be admitting defeat to the Ling Clan? How did this become someone's reception banquet? If they had known earlier, most of the guests would not have attended this banquet.

“Shua,” the attention of the guests all switched focus to Ling Dong Xing.
Now that the Cheng Clan has made such a move, then the one bearing the brunt of it would naturally be this Clan Head of the Ling Clan.
They wanted to see how he would react.

But what invoked disappointment of most of the guests was the fact that Ling Dong Xing's face still maintained a serene smile, as if he couldn't care less.

Cheng Wen Kun continued to speak, “This person would be my nephew, Cheng Xiao Yuan, who left the clan at thirteen years old to become the disciple of one of the Elders of Stone Wolf Sect.
Now that he has become slightly skilled, he has returned for a family visit.”

Stone Wolf Sect!

All present experienced shock.
The Stone Wolf Sect was the overlord within the surrounding thousand miles, and held ultimate power over tens of towns–including Gray Cloud Town.
They could be considered the ultimate local tyrant.
Cheng Wen Kun suddenly revealing this hidden card obviously meant that he had no plan to admit defeat to the Ling Clan.
Instead, he was planning to use the Stone Wolf Sect to suppress the Ling Clan.

However, no matter how it was, Cheng Xiao Yuan was just a disciple of one of the Elders of Stone Wolf Sect, so his ability should be quite limited, right?

“Xiao Yuan has also very fortunately invited a very respected, noble guest!” Cheng Wen Kun was all smiles.
This was his real trump card, “Let us welcome Chen Feng Lie, Elder Chen!”

Elder!

An Elder of Stone Wolf Sect? That was a powerful existence in Gushing Spring Tier!

Cheng Wen Kun took the lead in clapping his hands in welcome, and consecutively, the other guests all joined in the applause.
At this moment, an old man walked out of the living room and appeared in their midst.
He had a medium-sized figure and was clad completely in vermilion.
He had a full head of black hair and a rosy complexion that shone with a strange glow.

Behind the old man closely followed a young man, who had his hands held at his sides and brow lowered, presenting an image of utmost respect.

Without doubt, this old man must be Chen Feng Lie, while the young man should be Cheng Xiao Yuan.

Chen Feng Lie strode towards the host's table and, as if there wasn't anyone else around him, took his seat, appearing extremely arrogant.
But no one dared to express disapproval towards this kind of attitude from him, because he was a powerful warrior in Gushing Spring Tier.
Even if the man was only in the first layer of Gushing Spring Tier, he'd be able to easily dominate a person in the ninth layer of Element Gathering Tier.
This was the ironclad rule of martial arts.

He did not speak a single word the whole while.
In his eyes, this was the natural order of events.
There was absolutely no one here that deserved to speak to him–had Cheng Xiao Yuan not begged and pleaded with him for many days, he would not even deign to show his face at such a setting.

Cheng Wen Kun directed a self-satisfied glance at Ling Dong Xing.
His meaning was more or less, 'I've even managed to invite an Elder from the Stone Wolf Sect here, and you still dare to oppose me?'

Cheng Xiao Yuan did not sit with Chen Feng Lie at the host's table.
Instead, he made his way to sit next to Cheng Xiang grandly.

This guy was in the Element Gathering Tier.
He should not have broken through too long ago, as he was still in the first layer of Element Gathering Tier.

“Young Brother Xiang, I heard you had a spar with someone some days ago and lost?” Cheng Xiao Yuan asked Cheng Xiang.

“I was less skilled than my opponent, ai!” Cheng Xiang gave a deliberate sigh.

“Oh?” Cheng Xiao Yuan rose a brow, and said, “Who did you lose to? I would like to take a look at this person!”

“Hehe, he's seemingly far away, but actually close at hand!” Cheng Xiang's gaze turned towards Ling Han.

“So you lost to this young genius?” Cheng Xiao Yuan smiled coldly, also looking at Ling Han, and said in challenge, “Do you dare to have a spar with me?”