The Extraordinary Urban God of Medicine

Chapter 750: Chapter 750: The arrival of the guest!

At last, the star of today’s birthday banquet, Old Master Chu, grandly made his entrance.

The crowd rose to their feet in cheers.

Huang Xiaolong looked up and saw that Old Master Chu was in good spirits. Even though he was eighty years old, judging from his aura, living to 90 would be a breeze.

Old Master Chu had a dignified air as he took his seat and surveyed the room.

The entire room fell into silence.

Then, Old Master Chu delivered a speech. The main content of the speech was a summary of the Chu Family’s gains and losses over the past year, followed by praise for his eldest son, Chu Hao and his two sons and a daughter.

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The members of Chu Hao’s branch all smiled brightly, as if basking in the recognition and praise.

Huang Xiaolong found such grandiose praise speeches to be utterly boring, almost yawning. The Chu family members around him were extremely annoyed at his indifferent attitude and shot him warning glances.

Fortunately, Old Master Chu’s speech ended fairly quickly.

There was still some time before the banquet began. The next session was to welcome the guests who came to celebrate!

This session was all about competition in connections and influence!

The branch that received the most guests was the most prestigious and received the most attention from Old Master Chu!

At this time, Chu Xiongchuan, Chu Xiongzhou, and Chu Yiyi, members of Chu Hao’s branch, looked proud. Chu Xiongzhou quietly said, “Dad, you hold an influential position in Ma City. Who among the local businessmen and officials wouldn’t show you respect? This competition is unnecessary. Today, it’s your connections that are unrivaled! Even the Jing Family and Mi family will treat you with extra respect. Father, you are the pillar of our Chu family. As long as you are here, the Chu family will continue to thrive and prosper. It’s all up to you, Father!”

“Stop talking nonsense. The other branches may also have their connections.” As Chu Hao sat motionless and unfazed, his demeanour exuded an aura of profound depth and towering presence. His cultivation was excellent, and there was not a single trace of self-satisfaction on his face. However, there was occasionally a touch of disdain in his eyes.

Yes, disdain!

He had no regard for the other branches of the Chu family! He was above them! He knew he was the backbone of the Chu family and as long as he was standing, the Chu family would not fall!

Finally, someone outside shouted loudly–– “The distinguished guests from the Jing family and Mi family have arrived!”

The first to arrive were the other two influential families from Ma City.

The Jing Family! The Mi Family!

In an instant, the majority of the Chu family rose to meet them. Only the birthday star, Old Master Chu remained seated.

Also, as the deputy mayor of Ma City, Chu Hao didn’t need to be overly polite to the Mi and Jing families. It would not be fitting with his stature.

Old Master Mi and Old Master Jing arrived.

The crowd congratulated Old Master Chu, gave him their birthday gifts, and then sat down.

The members of the Mi family had sharp, hostile looks in their eyes as if they were searching for someone.

Huang Xiaolong saw that among the Mi family’s seating area, there was a youth around twenty years old who was composed, with a extraordinary bearing. Inside his body harbored a terrifying power. He was an ancient martial arts grandmaster, who had just barely condensed 3 streams of True Qi. In the vast world of ancient martial arts, he was just a bottom-tier player, but in a place like Ma City, he was quite a character!

Indeed, everyone from the Mi family, showed great respect and was deferential to this arrogant youth. Even Old Master Mi personally accompanied him with complete submission.

“Little Long… the Mi family is here! You made Mi Lian look so terrible…I’m afraid, he has already gone home and complained…look, the Mi family… they all seem so hostile. If they…if they discover you, they might…they might lose it…” Chu Tingting sat beside Huang Xiaolong, speaking with a worried face.

“Tingting, I’m not afraid of the Mi family.” Huang Xiaolong laughed carelessly.

Huang Xiaolong discovered that the ancient martial arts Grandmaster seated among the Mi family seemed familiar. He felt like he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn’t quite recall where.

At that moment!

“Chu Tingting is over there! And sitting beside her, indeed, is that boy! That person is the bastard who harmed Little Lian!” Mi Lian’s father, his eyes like a snake’s, fixed his gaze on Huang Xiaolong.

“Young Master Jin, that man is the enemy of our Mi family. I hope you can give him a bit of a beating,” Old Master Mi said, while stretching out his finger and pointing at Huang Xiaolong, all the while wearing a fawning expression.

This “Young Master Jin” is a young master from the Jin family and as an ancient martial arts Grandmaster, his status in the Jin family is not too shabby.

He is a genuine young master from a prominent family who, upon arriving in Ma City, is received in the same way as an imperial envoy making an incognito visit.

“Hmm~” Young Master Jin glanced over, and then, suddenly!

His whole body trembled!

‘Bloody hell! It’s Master Huang! No doubt about it! It’s Master Huang! My grandfather’s teacher! How stupid the Mi family is! They…they intend…intend to have me confront Master Huang? I might as well wait for Master Huang to kill me!’

Young Master Jin was drenched in cold sweat from head to toe.

During the ancient martial arts fistfight in Jiangnan City, Huang Xiaolong had an almost celestial record, prevailing over all with great authority. Young Master Jin had been at the scene, and the power of Huang Xiaolong’s martial arts had shattered his spirit.

From that time on, he heartily acknowledged Huang Xiaolong’s superiority, regarding him with an awe usually reserved for divine beings.

“Hehe~~” Young Master Jin composed himself and sneered a few times. Originally, he had planned to support the Mi family in Ma City and help them grow as their wing, but now that he realized the Mi family intended to handle Huang Xiaolong, Young Master Jin had no choice but to curry favor with Huang Xiaolong and bring down the Mi family.

However, Young Master Jin said nothing, remained silent, leaving others guessing what he might be thinking.

The Mi family, thinking that Young Master Jin had agreed to their request and was planning to deal with Huang Xiaolong directly, began to laugh joyously, gloating at his impending misfortune.

At this point, someone else announced in a loud voice——

“The boss of Binhai’s Ilu Mineral Water, Boss Chen, has arrived!”

“The boss of Ma City’s Taifeng Group Ltd., Boss Kang, has arrived!”

“The director of Ma City’s Textile Mill, Director Zhao, has arrived!”

“The Chief of Ma City’s Water Bureau, Chief Hu, has arrived!”

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The guests were all filing in one after another.

All of the latest arrivals were local entrepreneurs from Ma City, as well as leaders of local administrative organs.

These people, naturally, were all here for the deputy mayor, Chu Hao.

After seeing Chu Hao, they flocked to him and, one after another, paid their respects and handed over their gifts. Then they went to Old Master Chu to offer their congratulations. Only after all this would they sit in the seating area allocated to Chu Hao’s faction.

According to the rules, guests who were there for a specific faction should sit in the seating area of that faction. In the end, whichever faction had the most guests seated with them was considered the most influential. Of course, sheer numbers were not enough. The social status of the guests also mattered.

Pretty soon, there were more than a dozen guests in Chu Hao’s seating area, all either wealthy or influential figures from Ma City’s upper crust.

Chu Hao’s face bore a polite smile, but he didn’t seem to care much. His aura was breathtaking.

In contrast, his son and daughter stared defiantly at everyone else. The unspoken words behind their stares were something along the lines of– ‘see, our dad’s network is the most powerful! You all are small fry in comparison!’

Then someone else announced ina loudvoice-—”The director of the Municipal Committee of Binhai City, Director Yan, has arrived!”

At this point, Chu’s legal wife, as well as her son Chu Huaisheng and daughter Chu Huaiyin, all jumped up in their excitement.

“Uncle is here! Uncle is here!”

Chu’s legal wife said to Father Chu proudly, “Look, isn’t it a fact that my family has to step in to support you? My brother is here, aren’t you going to greet him? What are you standdoing there looking dumbfounded?”

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