Chapter 84: Birthday Becomes Death Anniversary (Thanks to the repeating rice bug for the Alliance Leader’s tip)

The next morning, the Sun Family mansion was extremely lively, with a constant stream of guests coming and going.

There were not only people from Linyuan City, but also many Ningzhou Province Jianghu People from other cities, and even Jianghu friends who had traveled specifically from other provinces to offer their congratulations.

The Sun Family Old Ancestor, Sun Shaoqiu, had also traveled the Jianghu in his youth and made many Jianghu friends.

Those who had survived until now were basically all individuals with some level of cultivation and status.

Jianghu People from all walks of life greeted each other and reminisced; the entire Sun Family mansion was as bustling as a marketplace, filled with warmth and excitement.

Meanwhile, Sun Shaoqiu, the birthday celebrant, was inside the house listening to Sun Tiancheng’s report.

“Old Ancestor, there was indeed quite a commotion at the Town Guard Headquarters last night, but the headquarters was sealed off afterward, and no news of Chen Tian’s death has surfaced.

Furthermore, Gu Hongyuan hasn’t returned either. We’re still not sure if it succeeded last night. Should we send someone to the Town Guard Headquarters to investigate?”

Sun Shaoqiu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, “Gu Hongyuan is temperamental and isn’t our subordinate. It’s normal for her not to come back and inform us.

Let’s wait and see. If Gu Hongyuan really did succeed, wouldn’t sending someone to investigate now just arouse suspicion?

You know Gu Hongyuan’s strength, and you’ve seen the Blood God Sect’s eerie power. There shouldn’t be any problems.”

Sun Tiancheng nodded and said, “Old Ancestor, the time has come, and most of the guests outside have arrived. It’s time for us to head out.”

Sun Shaoqiu nodded, put on a warm smile, and walked out of the room supported by Sun Tiancheng.

At this moment, the courtyard was filled with distinguished guests. Chefs from every restaurant in Linyuan City had been invited, and plates of delicacies were being served one after another.

Sun Shaoqiu walked out, cupping his hands toward everyone present with a Face full of smiles. “It’s another birthday. Thank you all for gracing me with your presence. This old man is deeply grateful.”

Everyone present returned the gesture one after another, offering their birthday wishes and congratulations. The scene was momentarily filled with extreme excitement.

Sun Shaoqiu pressed his hands down. Once the noise subsided, he said with a chuckle, “This old man is already a hundred and six years old. I’ve had so many birthdays that I’ve long since grown tired of them.

However, the younger generation of the Family is filial, and my Jianghu friends have given me Face, so this has become a tradition.

I won’t say much else. Today, let’s just consider it a fated gathering of Jianghu peers. Everyone, eat and drink to your heart’s content.

If there is any lack of hospitality, please do not take offense.”

Just as Sun Shaoqiu was about to announce the start of the banquet, the Sun Family’s main gate was suddenly kicked open violently.

Chen Yuan led a group of White Tiger Guards, entering one after another with a menacing Aura.

The moment they saw Chen Yuan, the expressions of Sun Tiancheng and the Yang Family head, Yang Lin, changed instantly.

Sun Shaoqiu merely narrowed his eyes, his expression not changing in the slightest.

“Since you’re tired of these birthdays, why don’t we change it? How about we celebrate your death anniversary from now on?”

Chen Yuan looked at Sun Shaoqiu with a faint, mocking smile.

Upon hearing this, everyone present looked strange.

Coming here to say such things during someone’s grand birthday celebration couldn’t even be called looking for trouble anymore; it was practically shitting on the Sun Family’s head.

Wasn’t this town guardian of the Town Martial Hall being a bit too excessive?

Some Jianghu People who had good relations with the Sun Family suddenly looked at Chen Yuan with ill intent.

The local Jianghu People of Ningzhou Province already didn’t have much goodwill toward those from the Town Martial Hall because the hall’s reach was too broad.

For instance, the Murong Clan and the Yiqi Guanhri Alliance dominated Youzhou, but in reality, their spheres of influence were only around Dragon City and Guanhri Valley.

Small cities like Lianshan City nominally submitted to the Murong Clan and the Yiqi Guanhri Alliance, but for the most part, they still made their own decisions.

The Town Martial Hall, however, established a Town Guard Headquarters in every city to monitor the Martial Forest and control tax revenue. Naturally, the local Jianghu People of Ningzhou Province had no goodwill toward them.

Now that Chen Yuan was even causing trouble at someone’s birthday banquet, it made the Jianghu People present even more disgusted.

An old monk wearing a golden cassock, appearing to be in his sixties or seventies with a tall and robust build, stepped forward and said in a deep voice, “Isn’t this town guardian being a bit too excessive?

Today is Brother Sun’s birthday. Even if there are great conflicts between you, saying such things during his birthday is inappropriate.”

“Who is this old monk?”

The old monk said deeply, “This poor monk is Guangji from Longyou Temple!”

Lu Wenxing whispered behind Chen Yuan, “Longyou Temple is just a small temple with seven or eight monks, but this Guangji is powerful, a Late Stage Lunhai Realm expert.

His actual age is over ninety, but his Vajra Demon-Subduing Skill is incredibly pure. His Physical Body is like a descended Vajra; even at over ninety, his blood and Qi have not decayed.

He was Sun Shaoqiu’s friend from back when he traveled the Jianghu, and he attends every one of Sun Shaoqiu’s birthdays.”

Chen Yuan nodded and gave Guangji a grim smile. “If you think this is excessive now, will you find it even more excessive when I exterminate the entire Sun Family later?”

Guangji’s expression changed, and just as he was about to say something, Sun Shaoqiu spoke.

“Lord Chen, it was somewhat impolite of me not to invite you to my birthday, but there’s no need for you to come here and demand the extermination of my entire Sun Family, is there?”

Chen Yuan shook his head. “I have no interest in your birthday, but your collusion with the Blood God Sect is not over yet.”

As he finished speaking, Chen Yuan reached out his hand, and Lu Li behind him cleverly handed over Gu Hongyuan’s head.

“The Sun Family colluded with the Blood God Sect to assassinate me. Now, this Blood God Sect demon has been slain by me.

Sun Shaoqiu is old but refuses to die, making offerings to a Blood God Sect demon in exchange for Blood-Swapping longevity. Should such a person, who deceives heaven, destroys ancestors, and violates human ethics, not have his clan exterminated?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the Jianghu People present changed instantly.

Although the Blood God Sect has been destroyed for many years, it is still notorious in the Jianghu.

If the Sun Family truly colluded with the Blood God Sect, let alone the Town Martial Hall wanting to exterminate them, no matter which province it was, the local Jianghu forces would not let them off.

“Impossible! Brother Sun would absolutely never do such a thing!”

Guangji immediately stood up to refute.

“Lord Chen, there might be some misunderstanding in this matter. Even if your Town Martial Hall is powerful, you cannot arbitrarily use such a charge to frame the Sun Family!”

Sun Shaoqiu sighed. “Great Master Guangji, say no more. This Lord Chen will not let me go today.

Previously, he wanted to forcibly seize the businesses of our four families in Linyuan City. We refused him, and as a result, the Wei Family was destroyed at his hands.

Today he has targeted my Sun Family again. It seems he doesn’t want my Sun Family to have an easy time either.

Blood God Sect, Blood-Swapping—anyone can see that such nonsense is a frame-up.

I never expected that just because I, Sun Shaoqiu, lived a few years longer, I could be framed for colluding with the Blood God Sect.”

Once these words were spoken, the crowd present was instantly filled with indignation.

With just a few words, Sun Shaoqiu made everyone believe that Chen Yuan was acting tyrannically, failing to seize the businesses of the four families and now wanting to drive them to extinction.

Chen Yuan clapped his hands and said with a smile, “Someone who can be an Old Ancestor is indeed extraordinary. To be able to turn black into white with just a few words, that skill is truly impressive.”

Just now, when Gu Hongyuan’s head was produced, both Sun Tiancheng and Yang Lin had become a panicked mess.

Only this Sun Shaoqiu remained incredibly calm, acting as if he didn’t know Gu Hongyuan. This composure was truly unusual.

“Unfortunately, I’m not here to reason with you today. Whether you admit it or not isn’t important to me. Whether you die or not is what matters to me!”

As he finished speaking, Chen Yuan barked out, “Kill!”

Sun Shaoqiu wanted to incite the Jianghu People present to stand on his side, creating an image of himself as the weak party and Chen Yuan as a bully abusing his power.

Since Gu Hongyuan was already dead, as long as he refused to admit it, on what grounds could Chen Yuan say he was in collusion with the Blood God Sect?

Little did he know that Chen Yuan had never thought about carrying out any procedural justice or needing evidence before acting to exterminate a clan.

Rather than getting bogged down in endless self-justification, it was better to just draw a blade and slash everything to pieces!

The very instant Chen Yuan’s command to kill fell, Qiao Haiduan, who was also sitting in a seat of honor, suddenly lunged, his True Qi erupting as he punched directly into the back of Yang Lin’s heart.

Yang Lin never expected that Qiao Haiduan, one of their own, would suddenly attack, so he had no defense at all.

That powerful fist force passed directly through his body, instantly piercing through Yang Lin!

Actually, it wasn’t just Yang Lin who was close to Qiao Haiduan; Sun Tiancheng was as well.

But Qiao Haiduan was afraid that if Yang Lin lived and Chen Yuan changed his mind to let the Yang Family have a share of the spoils, it would be bad.

And as a member of the Sun Family, Sun Tiancheng was certainly doomed to die, so he chose to prioritize the sneak attack to kill Yang Lin.

Even if he had to be a dog, he would be the only dog!

“Qiao Haiduan! Have you lost your mind!?”

Sun Tiancheng looked at Qiao Haiduan in disbelief.

“I’m not crazy! You Sun Family colluding with the Blood God Sect, that’s what’s crazy!”

Qiao Haiduan shouted loudly, “Azure Scale Gang Disciples, move now! Help Lord Chen wipe out these Sun Family demons!”

As he spoke, Qiao Haiduan charged straight toward Sun Tiancheng.

True Qi surged around Chen Yuan’s body, and a deafening explosion instantly rang out.

Using the Fish-Dragon Transformation, his figure flashed, appearing before Sun Shaoqiu in the blink of an eye. As the Demon Blade Slash fell, a sky-covering Devilish Qi suddenly descended!

Sun Shaoqiu glared intently at Chen Yuan, the submissive look on his Face vanishing, replaced by an expression of ferocity.

This Chen Yuan had such a decisive Heart-Nature and such sharp methods!

He didn’t care about reputation or rules at all. Today, even if he hadn’t known about the collusion with the Blood God Sect, he would still have killed him and exterminated the Sun Family!

From within Sun Shaoqiu’s wide brocade robe, a long sword abruptly appeared in his hand. It condensed a surge of green True Qi and met Chen Yuan with a biting Sword Qi.

As the Sun Family Old Ancestor, Sun Shaoqiu had not personally fought for over thirty years.

However, he was very afraid of death, extremely afraid.

He feared being attacked by everyone if his collusion with the Blood God Sect was discovered, and he also feared the Blood God Sect madmen going on a rampage.

He feared even more that the Sun Family Disciples who died because of his Blood-Swapping would turn into malevolent ghosts and come for him. Therefore, even when Sun Shaoqiu slept, his weapon never left his side.

He never expected that over all these years, none of the things he worried about would happen. The one truly coming for his life was Chen Yuan, a Disaster Star who had suddenly appeared!