"Mr. Lu, I'm seeking your help to gather information about a hidden martial sect," Jiang Chen started with a grave expression.

"Martial sects?!"

Lu Chengfeng was caught by surprise, feeling somewhat uneasy. If it were anything else, he would have a way, but concerning martial sects...

Lu Chengfeng turned to glance at Chen Tao, who was the only one he could rely on. For some reasons, the Lu Family had only been in touch with the forces behind Chen Tao and had never dealt with other martial arts forces, not even the Martial Alliance in Province S.

"Which martial sect does Mr. Jiang wish to inquire about?" Chen Tao asked softly.

Jiang Chen was slightly surprised and gave Chen Tao a puzzled look.

To him, a martial artist at the Earth Grade Peak like Chen Tao was expendable, barely worth noting. Could such a person know anything about martial sects?

"I am looking for the Chixiao Sect, do you know of it?" Jiang Chen asked, still harboring some doubt as he looked intently at Chen Tao.

"Chixiao Sect?!"

"Chixiao Sect!"

Chen Tao and Lu Chengfeng both exclaimed at the same time.

Jiang Chen's eyes lit up as he urgently said, "You know of Chixiao Sect?"

"This... Mr. Jiang, may I ask what business you have with Chixiao Sect?" Chen Tao looked at Jiang Chen, a hint of caution in his eyes.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Chen said with a wistful expression, "I wish to find an old friend, one who has been separated from me for many years."

"Separated for many years? You mean a childhood companion? Are you sure he's at Chixiao Sect?" Chen Tao pressed on.

Jiang Chen frowned slightly and glanced at Lu Chengfeng before taking out a letter from his pocket and handing it to Lu: "This is a letter from my old friend to his family. It has a special method applied to conceal some content. I've examined it, and it's a particular kind of coating, likely exclusive to Chixiao Sect."

Lu Chengfeng took the letter, unfolded it shakily, while Chen Tao leaned in. Lu appeared to tilt the letter subtly towards Chen Tao.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen had a guess and stared straight at Chen Tao.

"This coating is not unique to Chixiao Sect, but the method used to cover it up is, indeed, utilizing a special cultivation technique of Chixiao Sect. Your old friend is truly at Chixiao Sect," Chen Tao confirmed with a slight nod.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chengfeng refolded the letter and handed it back to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen took the letter and fixed his gaze directly on Chen Tao, "Chen Tao, please take me to your sect."

"I..." Chen Tao paused, surprised, and asked, "Mr. Jiang, why do you wish to visit my sect?"

Jiang Chen cracked a slight smile, "Chen Tao, it's pointless to keep pretending."

"I didn't expect to be seen through by Mr. Jiang. Indeed, I am an Outer Sect Disciple of Chixiao Sect."

A flicker of conflict passed through Chen Tao's eyes as he offered a wry nod, acknowledging his identity.

"Mr. Jiang, there's a major event happening at our sect tomorrow, and I can take you up the mountain. The friendship of an Innate Grandmaster in his twenties is something our sect would like to have.

However, there's something I wish to remind you.

Regardless of the situation with your old friend at the sect, I hope you will refrain from any inappropriate actions there. Your strength is indeed formidable, but in comparison to a sect, it falls short.

In our sect, the number of Innate Grandmasters easily exceeds a dozen. I hope you won't put me in a difficult position."

Jiang Chen replied with a faint smile, "My old friend should not run into any trouble."

However, he added another sentence in his heart, if something were to happen to him, what harm would there be in slaughtering the entire Chixiao Sect!

"Alright, Mr. Jiang, you can rest at the club for a while, and we'll go up the mountain together tomorrow," Lu Chengfeng said with a light laugh.

Jiang Chen was surprised for a moment, "Mr. Lu, you're going too?"

"Of course, I... also count as one of the Chixiao Sect," Lu Chengfeng's eyes flashed with an unusual expression.

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, glanced at Chen Tao, and voiced the doubt in his heart, "To speak frankly, with Mr. Lu's status, it wouldn't be excessive for his personal bodyguards to have reached Semi Innate level, but why..."

Lu Chengfeng blinked and glanced at Chen Tao before falling silent.

"I'll explain," Chen Tao said softly. "The Lu Family... is actually a subsidiary family of the Chixiao Sect!"

"What? Weren't the several subsidiary families of the Chixiao Sect reduced to only the Jiang Family still existing?" Jiang Chen exclaimed in disbelief.

"I'm surprised Mr. Jiang even knows about the Jiang Family!"

Chen Tao was initially stunned upon hearing this, then sighed,

"Back then... the Jiang Family nearly met its destruction due to the issue of the ancient Cultivation Technique and was besieged by a coalition of forces. Later, when the Sect found out that the other two major subsidiary families, the Lu Family and the Zhuge Family by the river, had stood by idly, the Sect was furious. Overnight, both families were uprooted by the Sect, leaving behind only non-martial laypeople, who were strictly forbidden from practicing martial arts."

After listening to Chen Tao's explanation, Jiang Chen fell silent, realizing his family had such a connection with the Lu Family.

And inside, Lu Chengfeng was extremely disturbed, his gaze towards Jiang Chen filled with complex emotions.

Lu Chengfeng had kept the fact that Jiang Chen was the Jiang Family Head hidden from Chen Tao.

His intent was clear; he hoped to use the Jiang Family to break free from the control of the Chixiao Sect, but now that Chen Tao had explained the situation to Jiang Chen, if Jiang Chen held a grudge, his own family might be unable to withstand retaliation.

"The events of the past are just that, the past. Regardless of why the former heads of the Lu and Zhuge families acted the way they did, they have already been punished!" Jiang Chen seemed to be speaking to himself as he sighed.

Lu Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Jiang Chen was saying this for him to hear.

"Please arrange a room for me to rest, and call me tomorrow, we will go to the Chixiao Sect together," Jiang Chen spoke softly, his gaze somewhat complex.

"Sure!" Lu Chengfeng nodded, stood up, and led Jiang Chen out of the office to personally arrange accommodation for him.

Coming out of Jiang Chen's room, Lu Chengfeng returned to his office. Not long after, there was a knock at the office door. Lu Chengfeng looked up and gestured to Chen Tao, who went over to open the door.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Xiao would like to see you," a man appeared at the doorway.

Lu Chengfeng smiled gently, nodding, "Let him in."

"Yes!" The man responded and then left.

Shortly after, Xiao Anjun entered the office.

"Mr. Lu."

"Mr. Xiao, please take a seat."

The two sat down on the sofa in the resting area, and Xiao Anjun asked with a puzzled face, "Mr. Lu, do you know that Jiang Chen?"

"Oh, I do. He's a descendant of an old friend of our family, someone from my grandfather's generation who passed away decades ago," Lu Chengfeng answered indifferently.

Since Jiang Chen hadn't revealed his identity to Xiao Anjun, naturally, Lu Chengfeng wouldn't overstep and do so either.

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