JJ spent the entire afternoon at the library reading about everything about this world, accompanied by old man Lei. As he had nothing else to do, he accompanied the young man with his pursuit of knowledge. As the old saying went, Knowledge is Power, Jiang Family firmly believed this. As such, they had invested many resources in collecting this many books.
As he was about to read the last book, a servant entered the library and informed him that the patriarch was waiting for him in his private study. JJ decided to call it a day and followed the servant to the private study of this patriarch.
After a few twists and turns, he finally reached an ornately decorated door that looked very majestic with the white walls surrounding it. There were drawings of a bird on the door which JJ didn't recognize at all.
"Father can I come in!" he asked politely after knocking twice. It made him cringe thrice when he said those, as an orphan he never knew about his parents. Now calling someone who was not his real father as father really made him cringe. But for the sake of maintaining his cover, he persisted.
"Come in!" a very deep voice was heard from inside. Opening the door, Jiang Jie entered. He saw a golden painted room that looks no less majestic than a king's room. The walls were filled with ornate decorations while the big racks on the side were filled with scrolls and books. In the middle of the room, a table was placed with two chairs surrounding it. But JJ didn't think for a second that those chairs and tables are that simple.
He could see a dense Psionic aura surrounding them.
Sitting on one of them was a middle-aged man who was holding a scroll to read. He was looking very majestic, and the number of Psions coming out off his body was the highest he had seen after coming to this world, not counting that old man Ye.
'He must be very strong!' JJ thought with some excitement.
"Chao'er, come, sit here!" the man said without looking up from his scroll. JJ quietly sat down on one of the chairs, feeling quite comfortable as the psions entered his body.
"I heard the florist family disappeared from the capital overnight." His voice was very smooth, but his intent was loud and clear as the day.
"Yeah, I know this morning only. I don't know what happened though." JJ mimicked Chao's way of talking and said so.
"Hmm! Is that so! Do you think it was the work of someone from the inside?" the old man asked in a probing manner. He always wanted Jiang Chao to be the next patriarch, although his cultivation talent wasn't that good. But he had the brains. In the past, he never liked him associating with that flower girl, but as he loved Chao very much, he didn't interfere. He always thought that Chao would come back to his senses in future. But he would always keep tabs on that family.
And just yesterday night he got news that the whole family was escorted by some suspicious people. He didn't stop them, opting to watch from the sidelines as the entire family was later killed off by those men and burned into oblivion, removing all traces from the world. He also knew who was behind that plot but still didn't say anything as the other party was unknowingly doing him a favor. But he became vigilant. After all, no matter how cunning the first mistress was, she couldn't possibly surpass this old fox.
"I don't know. After asking around, I discovered that they moved on to their village. Nobody knew where it was and I also never asked them." JJ mixed in some sad tone to make it more believable, after all, it was no secret that Jiang Chao was enamoured with that lady.
"Hmm! Is that so! Okay. Do you know why I invited you to my private study at this time?"
"Why?"
"Tomorrow, the Fang Family would be coming to our house. I have proposed a marriage alliance between them and our family. The third daughter of Fang family, Fang ZhiLing was now of marriageable age. She was the apple of Fang Family's patriarch's eye. Her cultivation talent is also very high, already reaching Soul Tempering 2nd level at her age.
Tomorrow the old man and their family together with the girl would be coming to our family to select a groom from you all brothers. Prepare yourself well and be ready to impress them.
Remember, the one who gets to marry that girl will have the highest chance to succeed the throne.
That's all, you can go now."
"Yes father!" with that JJ left the room. When he was outside, he took a deep breath and massaged his aching head.
'So primitive!' he thought in anger. He didn't particularly oppose this tradition, but when he was dragged into it, it gave him a huge headache. He slowly walked back to his room while thinking about what the patriarch had just said. He realized that tomorrow would be a hectic day for him as such he had to make enough preparation to not make any rash actions.
Similar conversations were happening on different chambers as all the wives of the patriarch instructing their sons how to woo that girl and should they be prepared for.
That night, JJ didn't sleep on his bed, he teleported out of his room and freely floated above the clouds, enjoying the night sky and the moon.
While drifting above the clouds, his senses caught a few movements below him. He was aware of cultivators who could fly. According to Old monster Ye, as long as one touched the realm of Core Formation, they will gain the ability to free themselves from the shackles of gravity and fly in the air. Although their flying speed and the altitude would be lower than those above Core Formation realm, it was still something that ordinary cultivators below Core Formation won't be capable of doing.
With just a shake of his palm, he parted the clouds and peeked below.
A group of old men who wore black robes, pursuing a white dressed lady who was holding something in her hand. The lady was very beautiful as if a fairy descended into the mortal world, her beauty wasn't something could be seen back on earth. What's more, the amount of Psions emanating from her body was even higher than the father of Jiang Chao's. As for the old men, although they are all old, their skin wasn't dry. It looked as smooth as baby's skin. Their Psion count was also nothing to scoff at, at least it was more than the girl they were pursuing.
"Fairy Wang, it would be better for you if you hand over that treasure to us!" one of the old men shouted.
"That's right. It was us four brothers who saw that thing first. Handover that thing and we will forget the thing about you killing our disciples. Or don't blame us for being impolite."
"You daman old fogeys! How dare you pin all that blame to me? If your so-called disciples weren't indicent with my junior sisters, why would I have to intervene? Hmph! Shameless!!"
"Enough talk! Give us that treasure at once and will seize this useless pursuit."
Hearing their interactions, up above in clouds JJ couldn't help but smile. Really, this world was so interesting, they had some innovative ways to chase after girls. Literally!