Chapter 1116: Dinner With Zhang Family
Chapter 1116: Chapter 1116: Dinner With Zhang Family
"On our way back, my family and I were ambushed and attacked by a ruthless group of dead-man assassins late at night." Zhang Zhenyu stated solemnly.
His abrupt statement caused a wave of gasps and shocked whispers to instantly ripple across the crowded dining hall.
"Luckily, Lady Bai happened to be resting nearby and heard the violent commotion." Zhang Zhenyu continued, his voice ringing clearly throughout the hall. "She came over without hesitation and single-handedly eliminated those assassins on the spot. Sensing that something even worse might go wrong during the rest of our journey, I humbly requested that Lady Bai escort my family back to the city. It turned out that Lady Bai was travelling alongside her talented schoolmates, and since our destination aligned with their path, she and her friends kindly agreed to protect us. My decision proved to be entirely right. Another group of trained assassins came knocking on the road later on, and they were effortlessly wiped out by Lady Bai’s friends."
"Cousin Zhenyu, you really should come up with a far better lie." Another cousin sneered with a contemptuous laugh, shaking his head. "Why on earth would you make up such an obvious fabrication? How could a ragtag group of teenagers possibly eliminate a whole squad of trained assassins?"
He was openly looking down on Bai Xifeng and her companions, making no effort to conceal his disdain. Angered by the blatant disrespect, Xie Jingguo bristled and started to rise to argue, but Xie Yanlin quickly caught his wrist, shaking his head to signal him to stay put.
Bai Xifeng, meanwhile, could not care less about the petty gossip flying around the room. Not when there was a table full of delicious food sitting right in front of her. She casually ignored the noise and kept eating at her own peaceful pace.
"Exactly. It obviously must have been our own elite family guards who saved you!"
"There must be a hidden motive behind why you are praising these teenagers so excessively. Cousin Zhenyu, are you secretly looking to take a concubine?"
"Oh... now that you mention it, I see three absolute beauties sitting over at that table. Which one of them do you prefer?"
"Sister-in-law, you really ought to be furious with your husband. He is clearly looking to bring a young girl into the household as a concubine!"
"Look, the prettiest one over there does not even have a single trace of cultivation aura. Is she a complete cripple? Well, she should be just about suitable to serve as a low-ranking concubine."
Zhang Zhenyu and Ma Ruoxi were rendered utterly speechless by the absurd, tasteless comments. How in the world had a discussion about life-saving gratitude suddenly derailed into bizarre accusations of taking concubines? They were immensely relieved that their young daughter had been sent to rest upstairs and was not present to hear such vulgar nonsense.
"Are you all completely done talking yet?" Bai Xifeng suddenly spoke up, her calm, clear voice cutting right through the noisy chatter.
She daintily wiped her lips, having finally eaten her fill, and slowly glanced around the bustling dining hall.
The entire room fell into an abrupt, uncomfortable silence as everyone turned to stare at her, waiting to see what she would say. They were amazed that an uncultivated cripple actually had the nerve to speak out in front of the entire elder council.
Without warning, Bai Xifeng unleashed her dormant aura.
BAM!
An invisible, crushing wave of staggering pressure instantly exploded outward, blanketing the vast hall. Except for her own friends, Zhang Zhenyu, and Ma Ruoxi, every single member of the Zhang Family felt a suffocating, terrifying force slam down onto their shoulders like a falling mountain! The air grew impossibly thick, making it nearly impossible to draw a breath. Everyone gasped in sheer horror. This power, this overwhelming, suffocating aura, was astronomically stronger than even their own grand Patriarch’s.
The Patriarch himself, Zhang Wunjin, was deeply shocked, his eyes wide with utter disbelief. He had never expected such a terrifying, godlike pressure to originate from a young girl who looked to be barely fifteen years old!
Unable to withstand the staggering weight of her raw spirit power, several of the weaker family members collapsed where they stood, instantly passing out cold.
"Do you understand now why those assassin groups failed so miserably?" Bai Xifeng asked casually, her voice echoing in the dead silence.
Not a single person dared to utter a word. Satisfied with the silence, Bai Xifeng instantly drew her crushing aura back into her body, allowing the dense pressure to vanish into thin air. The gasped air rushed back into the room, and everyone finally collapsed into their seats, wheezing and frantically trying to breathe again.
"I trust you will all exercise far better restraint over your words from now on." Bai Xifeng said softly, taking her seat once more with an unbothered expression.
Xie Lanying and the others simply wore amused, knowing smiles, casually continuing to enjoy their supper as if nothing extraordinary had happened. In contrast, the Zhang Family members were completely ruined for food. They were frantically scrambling to attend to their relatives who had fainted onto the floor.
Zhang Wunjin and several shocked senior elders quickly rose from their seats and hurried straight over to Bai Xifeng’s table.
"Your Excellency... may I humbly ask for your honourable name?" Zhang Wunjin asked, bowing slightly with profound respect.
"Bai Xifeng." Bai Xifeng stated plainly.
"Bai Xifeng? Isn’t that the infamous name of the useless trash from the General Bai family who could not cultivate at all?" One of the elders behind him blurted out in utter confusion before he could stop himself.
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