did not let Xiang Nantian and Xiang Chen wait for a long time, not long after Master Jin left, someone came to invite Xiang Nantian and Xiang Chen's grandson to the front hall to discuss matters.

The front hall of the City Lord's Mansion is magnificent, and it is definitely not comparable to a few families. After all, this city lord's mansion is an official force, and it has this abundant financial, manpower, and physical support behind it. In contrast, the major families in Jinglan City are still far behind although they have been operating for generations.

"Lord of the City!" Xiang Nantian entered the hall and hurriedly bowed deeply to a burly man sitting up.

This burly man was dressed in a brocade robe, a head taller than ordinary people, with a strong body, but his skin was fair and delicate. However, there is this obvious scar on the face. This person is not angry but mighty, and he can guess without introducing Xiang Chen at all, this person must be Wu Xiong, the city lord of Qinglancheng.

"You don't have to be polite to the head of the family, please take a seat!" Wu Xiong said politely.

Xiang Nantian thanked him again and sat down. Xiang Chen didn't sit down, he stood respectfully behind Xiang Nantian, this is the number of etiquette, and he is naturally very clear about being born in a family.

As soon as Xiang Nantian sat down, he heard a series of footsteps, and then several people walked in from outside.

As soon as these people arrived, Xiang Nantian was immediately a little surprised, originally he thought that this city lord Wu Xiong only called Xiang Jia, but he didn't expect to gather other people, and these people were no strangers to Xiang Nantian.

The two people walking in front of him, one is Jiang Chenglong, the former head of the Jiang family, and the other is Jiang Chenglong's youngest son Jiang Yu. The two people walking behind were Wu Nanren, the head of the Wu family in the Southern District, and his eldest Wu Qing.

There were originally four great families in Jinglan City, but now there are only three left, but the remaining three families were summoned by the city lord Wu Xiong at the same time, which made Xiang Nantian and Xiang Chen faintly feel that the atmosphere was a little wrong.

Jiang Chenglong of the Jiang family saw Xiang Nantian as soon as he entered the door, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, obviously he didn't expect Xiang Nantian to be here. However, Wu Nanren didn't seem to have any surprises.

"Several, please sit down!" Wu Xiong said with a wave of his hand when he saw that everyone had arrived.

"Lord City Lord, I wonder what is the matter with summoning my three major families here today?" asked Xiang Nantian first.

At the same time, Xiang Chen was also carefully observing everyone's reactions. Jiang Chenglong and Xiang Nantian's expressions were similar, and they both seemed to be a little surprised, and Wu Nanren was the calmest, as if he had expected it.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you slowly, I didn't have some things in this city a few days ago, but I didn't expect that when I came back, the family in this city was reshuffled, so I wanted to summon you. Although the remaining three families have lived here for a long time, the city lord is still afraid that he will be alienated from you, so I invite you to communicate with each other, and at the same time, please do me a small favor from the three major families!" Wu Xiong was still looking at everyone as he spoke.

"Oh, the city lord has something to do, just give orders!" Xiang Nantian's heart suddenly tightened when he heard Wu Xiong say that he wanted the help of the three major families.

Wu Xiong is the city lord of Jinglan City, and he has countless capable people, if there is anything that needs the help of these families, isn't it to take over the territory of the Shen family in the Northern District?

It wasn't just Xiang Nantian who had this idea, Jiang Chenglong's face also showed a nervous look, obviously he was also afraid that the city lord would ask for the territory of the Northern District.

"Don't be nervous, the matter of the Shen family has passed, this is a battle between the families, I naturally will not interfere, as for the territory of the Shen family, it is naturally the victory of the family's struggle, I will not have any objections. I invited you here this time, I want to invite the three major families to go with me to explore a secret realm, it is very dangerous, I can't deal with it alone, although the official strength of Qinglan City is also at my disposal, but I don't want to use this official power, in that case, most of the things in the secret treasure will be confiscated, so I want to ask the three major families of Qinglan City to help, when the time comes, we will each rely on our abilities, how about it?" Wu Xiong said.

Wu Xiong's words were finished, but none of the three major families spoke. Wu Xiong's reason for not using official power is understandable, according to the regulations, nine points of everything obtained after using official power must be handed over, and only one point can be left. Compared with this, it seems that there are more benefits to cooperating with the three major families of Qinglan City. However, is this really the case? Xiang Nantian is not sure, Xiang Chen is not sure, and the Jiang family and the Wu family are also not sure.

"I will give you time to think about it, if you have a decision in three days, you can come to my City Lord's Mansion to find me, this operation is indeed dangerous, but I can assure you that the benefits are very great, as long as you are willing to contribute, the prosperity of the family is definitely just around the corner!" Wu Xiong said patiently.

"Lord City Lord, I need to discuss this matter with the Xiang family!" Xiang Chen, who had been listening, suddenly felt that the expressions of everyone present were not quite right, and even his grandfather Xiang Nantian's face seemed to flash a trace of madness.

This Wu Xiong said it well, but at this time, he used the spell of bewitchment, Xiang Chen didn't want the Xiang family to be affected in any way, so he hurriedly spoke, and when he spoke, Wu Xiong's spell of bewitchment was immediately interrupted.

"City Lord, this matter does involve our three major families a lot, and our Jiang family also needs to discuss it!" Jiang Chenglong frowned, he also realized that his mind had been affected just now.

"Ah, okay, then I'll talk about it here today, if the three major families have a decision within three days, they can come to the City Lord's Mansion at any time to come to me!" Interrupted by Xiang Chen, Wu Xiong, the city lord of Qinglan City, felt a little surprised, stared at Xiang Chen a few times, and a trace of surprise flashed on his face. However, after all, he is a weathered character, and the reaction is still quite fast, just a trance and returned to normal again.

"Lord City Lord, if there is nothing else, then I will leave the Xiang family first, and after the agreement, I will reply to the City Lord!" Xiang Nantian's face was a little ugly, he was originally a cultivator of the tower building realm, and he was considered high among these people, but he didn't expect to be in Wu Xiong's way, which made him very unhappy in his heart, but the other party was the city lord after all, and according to the current strength of the Xiang family, he couldn't afford to offend.

"Send off!" Wu Xiong didn't have any embarrassed expression on his face, still with a smile, and said goodbye to Nantian and Xianghero.

"City Lord, my Jiang family has also said goodbye, go back and discuss this matter with my family!" Jiang Chenglong saw Xiang Nantian and Xiang Chen getting up to leave, and he also stood up and said goodbye.

"Please!" Wu Xiong did not stop.

"Master Wu, do you want to discuss this matter with the Hui people?" After the Xiang family and the Jiang family left, Wu Xiong's eyes fell on Wu Nanren, who was still sitting in the hall.

"I am the head of the Wu family, there is no need to discuss, my Wu family is willing to serve the dogs and horses in this investigation of the secret treasure!" Wu Nanren patted his chest and said.

"Okay, very good, the head of the Wu family really understands current affairs!" The smile on Wu Xiong's face became even thicker, so that the scars on his face began to distort.

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"Dad, you said that Wu Xiong invited the three of us to explore the hide together, why do I think this matter is always a little weird!" In the hall of Xiang's house in Qinglan City, Xiang Hero frowned, he had already heard what happened to Xiang Nantian, and he always felt that there were some problems.

"Dad, this matter is weird, grandpa only said what happened, and there was a small episode in the meantime, we, the city lord of Wuwu, even used the spell of bewitchment in the process of talking to us!" Xiang Chen added on the side.

"Bewitchment, what the hell does he want to do?" Xiang Hero's expression changed dramatically after hearing the words Bewitchment. He knew that the bewitching technique was a very evil technique that could affect people's minds, but under normal circumstances, few people would use it, because the cultivation of this thing was very demanding, and Xiang Hero did not expect that Wu Xiong, the city lord of Qinglan City, would know this kind of magic.

"If my guess is correct, he wants to control the three of us, as for why he did this, I don't know, but I always feel that it has something to do with the Shen family, I don't know if this Wu Xiong has anything to do with the Shen family?" Xiang Chen asked after thinking for a while.

"Shouldn't be, I've lived in this Qinglan City for decades, and I haven't heard that Wu Xiong has anything to do with the Shen family, if there is a connection, there won't be no rumors at all!"

"Then I don't know what this Wu Xiong is thinking!" Xiang Chen couldn't find a clue for a while.

"Dad, in my opinion, no matter what Wu Xiong's intentions are, it won't be good for us, so let's just refuse. "Xiang Hero has always felt uneasy.

"I also want to refuse, but Wu Xiong is the city lord after all, and we can't afford to offend now, so I think this time I will go to the family on behalf of Xiang, I'm old, even if there is really something, I don't care!" Xiang Ying sighed slightly.

"Grandpa, it's not okay for you to go alone, I'll go with you!" Xiang Chen seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said.

"Don't mess around, do you know how dangerous this operation is, not to mention what the so-called secret treasure is, even this Wu Xiong is not easy to match, you are the hope of our Xiang family's future, and you must not take risks!"

"Grandpa, you are wrong, it is precisely because I am the hope of the future of the Xiang family that I must take this risk!" Xiang Chen's face was firm, as if he had made up his mind to go to the vault to find out.

"What do you mean?" Xiang Nantian and Xiang Hero all made a straight face.

"My meaning is very simple, since I live in the young family of the Xiang family, the Xiang family will definitely be taken over by me in the future. So I have to go through enough experience to lead Xiang Jia on a stronger path. The flowers in the greenhouse can't withstand the wind and rain, and I think you must know this truth, so even if it's for the future of the Xiang family, I can't miss the experience of this vault!" Xiang Chen said.

"You're completely crooked, what if you have something bad in the experience?" said Xiang Nantian's beard.

"Grandpa, I know you're nervous about me, but you also have to understand that if I die now, I'm the only one who dies, but if the family is handed over to me in the future, I don't have enough experience to cause the family to be destroyed, and then it will affect all the people in the Xiang family!" Xiang Chen did not back down at all.

"You ......" Xiang Nantian clearly knew that what Xiang Chen said was a crooked reason, but there was no language to refute it.

"Dad, in fact, I think what Xiang Chen said also makes sense!" Xiang Hero suddenly said.

"What's the reason, your son is muddy, how can you make a mistake, he said that is all crooked......" Xiang Hero's words poured a bowl of cold water into the hot oil pot, and Xiang Nantian immediately erupted.