All of us are one

Chapter 99 Trivial Matters of the Meeting

Outside Liang Family Garden.

The two top experts of the Liang family were inside the high-rise building, sitting at a table by the window drinking.

With just a slight tilt of their heads, they could see the waterside pavilion in the lake, the place where the young lady of the Liang family met with the young leader of the Great River Alliance.

"Brother, it seems that Young Master Jiang is not interested in my Liang family's daughter?" Liang Qingheng held a wine glass in one hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

"It still depends on how Young Master Jiang answers," Liang Qingteng said softly. "If he says there's no chance, then he hasn't taken a liking to him."

"Yu Ying and Yu Yan are the most outstanding legitimate daughters of my Liang family in this generation. They are excellent in appearance, figure and temperament. He doesn't even like them?" Liang Qingheng was a little puzzled. "He should know that there are many benefits to marrying into my Liang family. The Great River Alliance will gain a great help."

"He is the biological son of the Sword Saint of Broken Water, so he has the right to be willful," Liang Qingteng said helplessly. "Right now, we need his help. We want to form a marriage alliance with that young alliance leader to overcome the future crisis of our family."

Upon hearing this, Liang Qingheng drank a cup of wine and asked, "What if the marriage alliance fails?"

"I've spoken with the Ancestor. What if Young Master Jiang doesn't fancy any of them?" Liang Qingteng said softly. "The Ancestor asked us to escort him to Twin Islands to forge a good relationship."

"It would be too risky to send only a few cultivators at the fourth level of the Qi Condensation Realm to escort them," Liang Qingheng said, frowning.

They had already learned of the assassination attempt on Young Master Jiang. The assassins who came to kill him were three top experts. Sending only a few Condensing Qi Realm Fourth Stage warriors to escort him might not be enough to stop the assassins.

"Each of the three major families will send one top expert and three experts at the fourth level of the Qi Condensation Realm," Liang Qingteng said solemnly. "Only in this way can we ensure the safety of Young Master Jiang."

"Three top-tier experts and nine experts at the fourth level of the Qi Condensation Realm will surely be able to safely escort Young Master Jiang to Twin Islands." Liang Qingheng nodded slightly, not objecting to this arrangement.

With three top experts and nine experts at the fourth level of the Qi Condensation Realm escorting him, Jiang Yanming's safety can be guaranteed unless an absolute master comes to assassinate him.

"Our ancestor suspects that Blood Rain must have a top-tier expert in charge, otherwise it wouldn't have so many top experts obeying its orders." Liang Qingteng's eyes narrowed slightly. "However, that expert doesn't dare to show himself, especially regarding the assassination of Young Master Jiang, otherwise he would definitely not have escaped the pursuit of Sword Saint Duanshui."

Liang Qingheng nodded upon hearing this, agreeing with his elder brother's statement.

The Sword Saint of Broken Water is hailed as the number one master. The reason why he severely injured the Master of the Thousand Machines Sect with three sword strikes was not because the latter had a strong ability to protect himself, but simply because the former did not want to kill him.

The reason is simple: the Thousand Machines Sect Master is Madam Liu's master and has a debt of gratitude for raising her.

If Blood Rain had a supreme master, he would certainly not dare to provoke the Sword Saint of Broken Water, otherwise he would become the first supreme master in the Divine Martial Kingdom to die without exhausting his lifespan!

"Hmm, Young Master Jiang has come out of the waterside pavilion?" Liang Qingheng was about to pour wine when he saw Jiang Yanming emerge from the waterside pavilion in the lake.

"It seems there's a result." Liang Qingteng shook his head slightly. "My Liang family's lady didn't catch Young Master Jiang's eye."

Liang Qingheng put down the wine pot and sighed softly, "Alas, I wonder if the ladies of the Wang and Zhen families can catch the eye of Young Master Jiang."

"I only found out afterward." Liang Qingteng stood up and said, "Let's go and meet up with Young Master Jiang. There might be Blood Rain's spies in the house, so we need to be careful."

Liang Qingheng got up and they quickly walked downstairs to meet up with Jiang Yanming.

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A pavilion on the lake.

"The two young ladies of the Liang family are beautiful, graceful, have great figures and temperament, but they are too scheming."

Jiang Yanming walked along the corridor, his face expressionless, but in his heart he was thinking, "Being too scheming is not necessarily a bad thing, at least it means you're not stupid, but playing tricks on me and intentionally or unintentionally belittling each other is really annoying."

If the ladies from the Liang family hadn't tried to outsmart him, he might have spent more time with them. After all, what normal man doesn't like having beautiful women by his side? But alas, there are no "what ifs."

Jiang Yanming appeared to be walking at a normal pace, but his speed was not slow. In just a short while, he walked through the winding waterside pavilions and corridors and arrived at the lakeside to meet up with Leng Tong and Wang Chen.

"Young Alliance Leader."

Leng Tong and Wang Chen bowed respectfully, somewhat surprised by Jiang Yanming's quick return.

Jiang Yanming walked past the two without stopping, saying, "Let's go."

The three hadn't walked far when they saw two top experts from the Liang family walking towards them.

"What is your impression of the young master of the Jiang family, Miss Liang?" Liang Qingteng and Liang Qingheng smiled and cupped their hands.

"Greetings, esteemed elders," Jiang Yanming replied in return. "I have no chance with either of you ladies."

"Since we are not destined to be together, then I will not force it." Liang Qingteng's words carried a hint of regret. "I am preparing to return to my residence. Would the young alliance leader be willing to accompany me?"

"Thank you for your help, seniors." Jiang Yanming understood perfectly well that the two top experts from the Liang family were protecting his safety, worried that something might happen to him on Liang family territory.

So the group took a horse-drawn carriage back home.

……

Two days later.

Zhen Family Garden.

Zhen Lingming, the most prominent member of the Zhen family in this generation, watched Jiang Yanming's figure disappear around the corner, her eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

She believed that she was good at everything – beautiful, graceful, elegant, and capable. It was fine for her to meet with Young Master Jiang alongside other women of her generation, but how come he left before they even exchanged a few words?

Little did she know that Jiang Yanming was disgusted by another lady from the Zhen family.

It's no one's fault if someone is stupid, but pretending to be stupid is another matter entirely, especially when it's done so clumsily. Knowing that the Divine Martial Kingdom cannot use technology to create things, he still asks all sorts of questions with a broken woman's phone, and even thinks he's good at finding topics to talk about.

the other side.

After leaving behind the two ladies of the Zhen family, Jiang Yanming walked alone along the way he had come, feeling rather bored.

The three-day trip was completed in less than thirty minutes, during which he finished meeting with the six legitimate daughters of the three major families.

In general, the women of the Liang family are too scheming and tend to belittle each other.

One of the Wang family's daughters is alright, while the other appears very humble, yet exudes arrogance from within, and it's unclear where she gets her confidence from.

The most outstanding lady in the Zhen family in this era is indeed good, but the other one is too stupid, so he has no intention of staying.

"Young Alliance Leader."

Leng Tong and Wang Chen were already used to seeing Jiang Yanming come out so quickly.

The top experts of the Zhen family stepped forward to greet him. Seeing that Jiang Yanming was about to bow and speak, they took the initiative to say, "It is clear that Young Master Jiang and my Zhen family's lady are not destined to be together."

"Your wisdom is profound, senior." Jiang Yanming nodded.

"Let's go, I'll escort Young Master Jiang back to the Liang residence." Although the Zhen family expert had already anticipated this, he couldn't help but feel disappointed when he received the answer.

The Zhen family rose to prominence by marrying their daughters to other men, which led to their glory lasting for over two hundred years. They had hoped to replicate this feat, but they failed.

Jiang Yanming and the others returned to the Liang residence, where they learned from two of the Liang family's top experts that a ship had been prepared to take them to Twin Islands the next day, and that experts from the three major families would accompany them to Twin Islands.

Jiang Yanming naturally expressed his gratitude and then waited quietly to board the ship the next day.