Chapter 550: Friction Between Two Families, Attitudes on Both Sides

Just like that, two days passed peacefully. Apart from being a bit busier and having more guests, everything in Wu Family City was calm.

Beneath this surface, however, various factions were constantly making moves, and the Wu Family quietly increased its personnel deployments outside the city.

Many people had already guessed what was happening. Any power that had bought slaves from the Wu Family would have questioned them about the recent ascension. Even those immortal beasts outside the inner circle knew something of the situation. Torture had drawn out nearly everything they knew. Everyone pretended ignorance, hoping to profit from the occasion.

As long as the human race came to cause trouble, the Wu Family couldn’t swallow everything alone. While the Wu Family ate meat, the rest could at least sip the broth.

This was also why the Cui Family, despite its icy relations with the Wu Family, had come to participate. On one hand, it was for face; on the other, they wanted a slice of the spoils. While other factions might hold back out of fear of the Wu Family, the Cui Family cared little.

At that moment, Cui Family Patriarch Cui Ding was in a guest room, listening to his subordinates report on the progress of their arrangements.

“Patriarch, everything else is proceeding smoothly, but another conflict has broken out between the Wu Family and us at the border. Both sides have suffered casualties, and the Young Master has already led a group to the border. It appears he intends to seek revenge.”

Elder Cui Zijun reported with a hint of concern.

“What happened? The Wu Family is about to hold a banquet. Why would they pick a fight with us now?”

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