Chapter 1302: Chapter 1302

"That is indeed an issue."

Wan Changshou nodded, squinting his eyes, and said, "Immediately have Yang Bupo and Lengzhan transfer all the wounded to the city near Songhai City for medical treatment. Anyway, once Sun Zhuangjia recovers the lost territory, these people will need to stick to their posts again."

Yan Qinglong nodded, bowed, and then left the room.

"Humph, with a Nine-star Martial Master holding the fort, those clowns in West Sea Province are nothing to fear."

Wan Changshou snorted coldly, then closed the room door, looked at the two sleepy beauties, grinned wickedly, and then madly pounced on them.

Just like that, after Chen Cang and the others snatched several important bases from the hands of the Ming Group, they did not encounter retaliation from the Ming Group and firmly held onto the conquered territory.

Early the next morning, outside a European-style manor located in the southern suburb of the Imperial City, countless luxury cars were parked, Rolls Royces and extended Lincolns were everywhere.

The Ming Group faction and the Sun Family had heavily publicized the wedding between Sun Zhuangjia and Su Xiaoxi, as well as the Sun Family’s official rise to become the Empire’s tenth family, attracting important representatives from all family forces of the entire Imperial City to attend this grand event.

Although the Sun Family had shallow roots in the Imperial City, with Sun Zhuangjia, a Nine-star Martial Master, along with the support of the Ming Group faction and the Long Family, the Sun Family’s arrival in the capital caused a sensation.

Especially the title of Nine-star Martial Master, which was enough to stir anyone’s emotions, even the neutral Meng Family sent representatives to attend, and the four families of the Ming Group faction and the Long Family’s family heads personally attended.

Interestingly, the remaining three families of the Dark Group faction were very peculiar, since it was Su Xiaoxi’s wedding, many members of the Su Family, male and female, young and old, came, including Old Master Su and Su Tianyu.

The Wu Family, however, did not attend at all, not caring about the rise of the Sun Family. Even with Sun Zhuangjia being a Nine-star Martial Master, the Wu Family didn’t give any face to them.

The Lin Family only sent Lin Canghai as a representative to attend this grand event. Were it not for the fear of offending Sun Zhuangjia, the Lin Family would have liked to follow the Wu Family’s example and not send anyone to attend.

Only the Long Family paid great attention to Sun Zhuangjia’s every move. Long Aiyu attended in person, bringing Long Ao and Long Qin, showing ample respect to the Sun Family.

At present, the Sun Family’s residence in the Imperial City is this magnificent and crazily grand manor, which was one of the properties gifted to the Sun Family by the Long Family. In a place like the Imperial City, where every inch is worth gold, this manor alone is valued at eighty million.

Sun Zhuangjia, to demonstrate the Sun Family’s special status of being able to unite the Ming Group faction and Dark Group faction families, specially chose to host the wedding and announce the Sun Family’s rise in the manor given by the Long Family.

On the lawn in front of the manor’s villa, a beautifully arranged wedding stage has been set up, surrounded by many plastic tables and chairs covered with red cloth.

Although the main characters have not yet appeared, the guests are already seated.

The majority are representatives of family forces from the Imperial City itself, while a small portion comes from the Sun Family’s dependencies in West Sea Province, and individuals like Li Wenmao and Qi Bikou, who have cooperative relations with the Sun Family, are also present.

As the guests take their seats, the stage begins a wonderful singing and dancing performance, featuring actors who are all popular domestic stars. Unfortunately, on a day like today, nobody pays any attention to these stars, normally treated like celestial beings.

Li Wenmao did not heed Zhou Dafu’s warning; not only did he not return overseas, but he also reached some sort of agreement with the Sun Family.

Although Zhou Dafu has powerful experts around him, Li Wenmao believes that with Sun Zhuangjia’s strength, he can dispose of those people in an instant.

So he did not take Zhou Dafu’s warning to heart at all and kept thinking about inviting Sun Zhuangjia to deal with Zhou Dafu and others after Sun Zhuangjia’s wedding was over.

The Qi Family has the same idea; if it had been before, facing Chen Cang, Xin Badao, and Chu Batian—these three Seven-star Martial Masters—Li Wenmao, Qi Bikou, and others would have had no courage to oppose them in secret.

But now, with Sun Zhuangjia, the Nine-star Martial Master, sitting in position, they feel confident, as if Seven-star Martial Masters are nothing in their eyes.

Li Wenmao and Qi Bikou, as representatives of provincial forces, sit at their positions, watching the wedding beginning with laughter and conversation.

The representatives of the Nine Families were arranged together: Fu Tianbao, Wan Changfa, Qian Weiguo, and Zhao Jincheng—all surrounding Sun Mantang, warmly exchanging pleasantries.

Long Aiyu continuously seeks opportunities to become close to Sun Mantang, but unfortunately, Sun Mantang, who already understands the conflict between the Ming Group faction and the Dark Group faction, simply ignores Long Aiyu.

Fu Tianbao and others look at Long Aiyu with contemptuous expressions. The Long Family, once the number one family of the Dark Group faction, is now fawning over their rivals. This situation brings great pleasure to the Ming Group faction.

"Hehe, I say, Brother Long, how come only Brother Long is present among the four families of the Dark Group faction?"

Fu Tianbao looked at Long Aiyu and asked strangely.

"Cough, cough, the Sun Family is set to become the Empire’s tenth family today; we will inevitably have frequent interactions from now on, so I naturally want to personally come and offer congratulations."

Long Aiyu lightly coughed, awkwardly explaining.

"Oh, this is not the style of the Dark Group faction families."

Zhao Jincheng looked at Long Aiyu and exaggeratedly exclaimed, "It seems that when my eldest son got married, the Long Family didn’t send anyone. Now, as soon as the Sun Family becomes the tenth family, Brother Long attends in person; what big face that is!"

"Brother Zhao, what you said is wrong. Although the Zhao Family is one of the Nine Families, without a Nine-star Martial Master sitting in town, it doesn’t qualify for Brother Long’s presence."

Qian Weiguo sneered, dismissively looking at Long Aiyu, "Now, though the Sun Family is a newcomer, Sun Zhuangjia is a Nine-star Martial Master; Brother Long sucking up is the mark of a wise man."

"Exactly, exactly. Brother Long is truly wise; spending billions, even gifting an eighty-million worth estate to the Sun Family—a gesture that is no lesser than ours."

Zhao Jincheng laughed heartily.

Facing the sarcastic remarks of the Ming Group faction’s family heads, Long Aiyu’s face changed unpredictably, yet he was powerless to retort.

Long Ao, blushing red, hung his head, wishing he could find an earth cave to hide in.

Once, the Long Family was the number one family of the Dark Group faction, always strong in the face of the Ming Group faction’s families; today they are unexpectedly humble, as a Long Family disciple, he feels he has lost face.

"Hehe, uncles, why be so harsh with your words?"

Long Qin, sitting on Long Aiyu’s left, suddenly laughed: "Today is a joyous day for the Sun Family, and as a member of the Empire’s Nine Families, my Long Family naturally offers strong support. Though we can’t be as lavish as several uncles, an asset of more than two billion isn’t small, is it?"