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Chapter 63 - 63 41 Silver Dao

63: Chapter 41 Silver Dao 63: Chapter 41 Silver Dao Yong Tai, the eighteenth year, August fourteenth.

Luoyang City, as scheduled, welcomed the once-every-four-years grand gathering of the Central Plains Martial Arts—the “Youth Hero Conference.”

This year’s conference, organized under the auspices of the Justice Sect, was an event of unprecedented grandeur.

As early as the beginning of August, they had started to hype up the big meeting, so that by today, the city was already bustling with people and extraordinarily lively.

For the town’s residents, this conference was just like a festival, not only boosting the city’s economic growth but also providing them with plenty of entertainment.

In the future, it could even serve as bragging material when they talked to out-of-towners, truly an event with all advantage and no disadvantage.

However, the officials had a bit of a headache regarding such activities; the increase of martial artists in the city inevitably led to friction.

Although people in the martial arts world had their own set of rules and even fatalities did not require the intervention of the officials, as the side responsible for maintaining public order, they still felt the pressure.

Fortunately…

to alleviate their pressure, Shen Youran had provided them with quite a few benefits, so they “suffered through it.”

At dawn, just after 7 a.m., elders from various sects who came to attend the conference and the “young heroes” invited to participate all slowly made their way to the headquarters of the Justice Sect.

Those dedicated to martial arts were mostly early risers.

Arriving at this hour was just perfect as the day had brightened.

Naturally, there were exceptions…

Take Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai, for instance, since they lived within the Justice Sect’s compound, they didn’t need to get up early to wash, dress, take their invitations, and pay a visit…

they could afford to wait at their leisure.

Moreover, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai had recently become accustomed to sleeping until 9 a.m due to their leisurely days.

So while others were heading to the Justice Sect for the meeting, the two of them were still fast asleep in their room.

By three quarters past 7 a.m., the reception hall of the Justice Sect was filled with heroes from all walks of life.

And the person who sat with proper posture at the main seat deep in the hall, naturally, was the current Sect Leader of the Justice Sect, as well as the youngest Sect Leader in their sect’s history—Shen Youran.

At this moment, even someone as composed as Master Shen couldn’t help but be beaming with joy and immensely pleased.

On the surface, he took pride in the prestige and respect he had obtained at this moment; but privately, he was even more thrilled about his “grand plan about to succeed.”

“Sect Leader, all invitations have been received, and everyone has arrived,” at this moment, a disciple came up to Shen Youran and whispered.

Upon hearing this, Shen Youran immediately responded, “Good, prepare the tea.”

“Yes,” the disciple, with orders received, swiftly retreated.

Before long, more than a dozen disciples of the Justice Sect each carried a tray full of tea cups to the hall’s outer corridor, waiting.

At that moment, Shen Youran also took the opportunity to stand up from his seat and cleared his throat.

He hadn’t even spoken yet, but just this act of standing up had already attracted the attention of almost everyone in the hall.

“Gentlemen…” The moment Shen Youran began to speak, the hall suddenly became silent, no one making noise anymore, all quietly listening to Master Shen’s address, “Gentlemen…

fellow martial practitioners, seniors, and masters, it is our fortune to have your presence here today.

Shen has been negligent in welcoming you all and hopes for your understanding.”

Being polite was still necessary, and Shen Youran was particularly adept at saying the right things.

“Master Shen is too modest,” “Pleased to meet Master Shen,”…

The guests in the hall also got to their feet and saluted, one after another.

Although they spoke different words and it sounded chaotic, the meaning was more or less the same, also words of politeness.

Of course…

there were also those who weren’t polite to him.

For instance, sitting below were the second and third in command of the Cao Gang: Feng Shunfeng and Feng Shunshui, who remained seated without moving or even glancing at Shen Youran—it was common knowledge in the martial arts world that their Cao Gang had bad blood with the Justice Sect, and they did not mind if others noticed it.

Nevertheless, no matter how bad the relationship between their two factions, the Cao Gang, being one of the major sects and gangs, still had to send two influential figures to attend an event like today’s.

Moreover…

this year, the nephew of Gang Leader Di Bujuan was also invited to the meeting, so they had to send representatives if only for the sake of protecting their own.

A short while later, after the bustling responses had settled, Shen Youran spoke again: “With my humble talents, I have been elected by the various leaders and seniors to take charge of organizing this year’s Youth Hero Conference with the Justice Sect.

Thanks to everyone’s blessings, the preparation for the conference is now in order, and the opening is imminent…

Here, allow Shen to replace wine with tea, offering everyone a cup.

I hope all fellow practitioners will do me the honor of joining me in this drink…”

As he spoke, his Justice Sect disciples had already entered with the tea, distributing the drinks to the guests’ hands.

Wine was not to everyone’s taste, and some couldn’t or wouldn’t drink it; but tea was something everyone could drink, having only one reason for refusal—to snub someone’s face.

And on this critical moment, openly refusing to honor Shen Youran were, of course, the two representatives from the Cao Gang…

While everyone else was lifting their tea cups in Master Shen’s direction, Feng Shunfeng and Feng Shunshui remained seated, not bothering to reach for the tea cups on the tables beside them.

“Feng second-in-command, third-in-command…

Whatever is the meaning of this?” Shen Youran clearly saw the two’s gesture, so he paused the toast, turning to ask them.

Upon his query, the eyes of everyone in the hall naturally turned toward the Fengs; whispers immediately spread through the crowd, doubtlessly discussing the Cao Gang and Justice Sect’s gossip.

Observed by so many, the two men didn’t show any signs of panic.

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