All of a sudden, in addition to the Hu family and the Bai family, the three major families, the Huang family, the Liu family, and the Dou family, sent their senior family members to the guest room where I was staying to inquire for information.
Among them, the Dou family and the Liu family were very polite to me. They kept making insinuations and wanted to know if I had really found all the soul refining pot fragments.
As for the people of the Huang family, because they had a gap with me, they were not so polite in their speech. The elders of their family came directly over and asked me sternly to tell the truth.
Of course, I pretended not to know anything about the inquiries from these three families and just replied with one sentence. When the time comes, Mr. Hu San will personally announce the news. If you have any questions, you can ask Mr. Hu San.
When they saw that I had brought Mr. Hu San out, the elders of the three families did not dare to ask any more questions, so they had to leave angrily.
From the attitudes of these three families, it can be judged that they are all very eager to know the current collection progress of the Soul Refining Pot fragments. As for their respective purposes, I don't know.
Judging simply from the reactions of the three families, it is impossible to tell which one is the traitor in the inner fifth hall, but I am not in a hurry. Mr. Hu San has warned me to be patient, and the traitors will reveal themselves sooner or later.
In the evening, I was getting ready to go to work early for the five meetings that would be held tomorrow morning. At this time, another guest suddenly came to visit.
This man was dressed in white robes, had a broad, round face, and a smiling face, and looked harmless.
As soon as I saw this person, I felt that he looked familiar. When I recalled it carefully, I quickly remembered that he was the second elder of the Bai family, Bai Jiang!
He was also present at the ceremony where I officially became the disciple of Mr. Hu San, and he even exchanged a few words with me, so I have a good impression of this person.
"Second Elder Bai, what brought you here?"
I invited Bai Jiang to sit down and asked politely.
"Haha, Bai came here to congratulate Cheng Chaofeng for finally collecting all the soul refining pot fragments. This is a great achievement!"
Baijiang didn't ask whether the matter was true or false as soon as he came in like other companies. Instead, he came up and congratulated me.
I smiled faintly: "You're welcome, Elder Bai. Collecting the fragments of the Soul Refining Pot is the will of all the colleagues in the Fifth Hall. It was with everyone's help that I successfully collected the fragments of the Soul Refining Pot."
"Second Elder Bai came here not just to congratulate me, right?"
Bai Jiang was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily.
"Hahaha, Cheng Chaofeng is indeed a straightforward person. Well, since you have asked, I will just tell you."
With that said, Bai Jiang took two steps forward and said softly: "I hope to join forces with the Hu family in tomorrow's Five Halls Conference to jointly deal with the other three families!"
I couldn't help but frown, feeling very strange about Bai Jiang's request.
In the five halls' general meeting, the chief speaker for the next three years is to be elected. This is a competition among the five halls. However, the Bai family said that they want to unite with the Hu family. What does this mean?
"If we beat the other three families, then don't the Hu family and your Bai family still have to compete to find a winner?"
I asked curiously.
Bai Jiang hurriedly said: "If we win the other three families, the Hu family will naturally be the chief talker. The Bai family will not participate in the fight."
I became increasingly puzzled: "Second Elder Bai, I want to know why you did this?"
Elder Bai Er explained: "Cheng Chaofeng, you and Bai Ze, the heir of the Bai family, are brothers and sisters. The relationship between the two of you is not a secret in the inner five halls."
"As long as the Hu family can be re-elected as the speaker of the main hall, then with the relationship between Bai Ze and Cheng Chaofeng, our Bai family will naturally get some benefits. I think Cheng Chaofeng should understand this."
After listening to Bai Jiang's words, I realized why he wanted to unite with the Hu family.
Based on the strength of the Bai family alone, they are not sure of winning in the competition among the five families. They might as well join forces with the Hu family to help the Hu family be re-elected. In this way, they can gain benefits for their own family through my relationship with Bai Ze. The benefits were enough, and it also gave Mr. Hu San some face.
This is naturally the safest choice for the Bai family.
"Second Elder Bai, I understand what you mean. However, I still need to report this matter to the Grand Master and listen to his opinion before I can make a decision."
After thinking about it, I cupped my hand and said politely.
Although I am Mr. Hu's apprentice, I am not an insider of the Hu family, so naturally I cannot make this decision for the Hu family casually.
"Let's do this. When the conference is held tomorrow, I will tell you the Hu family's reply."
Bai Jiang was not in a hurry to ask for a reply, so he nodded and said: "Okay, then I will wait for Cheng Chaofeng's response tomorrow."
After saying that, Bai Jiangbian turned and left.
I didn't waste any time and went straight to Mr. Hu San and told him Bai Jiang's request.
Originally, I thought that Mr. Hu San would disdain to join forces with the Bai family and reject his proposal.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Hu San said directly: "Okay, tell Bai Jiang tomorrow that the Hu family is willing to unite with the Bai family!"
I couldn't help but be stunned: "Master, are you, the Hu family, still not sure of being re-elected as the person in charge of this matter?"
Mr. Hu San sighed: "Cheng Yi, you don't know something. The election of speaker in the Wutang Assembly must be competed by the youngest generation of each family. It must be under the age of fifty. Our Hu family The younger generation is now in a state of decline and it is difficult for them to become great players. If we rely on them, it will be difficult to win."
I couldn't help but ask: "Where's Hu Hua? Can't we let him compete on behalf of the Hu family?"
Mr. Hu San explained: "Although Hu Hua is very good, he happens to be over his age. He is just fifty-one years old this year."
I couldn't help but be speechless for a while. The age of fifty, from the perspective of the Hu people, is only equivalent to the age of a human being in his twenties. I didn't expect that Hua Hua was already an over-age player at such a young age.
It seems that Wutang's internal involvement is also quite powerful.
As for Mr. Hu Santian, because he is not only the patriarch of the Hu clan, but also the patriarch of the five halls, it is naturally inconvenient for him to personally come forward to seek excessive benefits for the Hu family.
Now that Mr. Hu San has spoken, I naturally dare not violate it, so I promised Mr. Hu that I would convey his wishes to the Bai family early tomorrow morning.
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The next morning, the meeting of the five inner halls was officially held in the main hall. According to the procedures, the meeting first had to deal with some internal issues between the five halls. For example, the Dou family seized the Liu family's territory, and the Huang family took away the Bai family's enshrinement. Wait for conflicts and disputes.
Naturally, Mr. Hu San took charge of resolving these issues. After an hour of noisy matters, the conflicts between each family were almost resolved.
Next, comes the highlight of this conference, the competition for the chief speaker.
