Chapter 535: Chapter 198: Accidental Exposure, The Gifted Child (Requesting Monthly Tickets!!!!)_3

At this time, Zhou Ning had already courteously leaned forward and led the way with an enthusiastic face.

Su Wu was secretly on guard, but his expression was completely unnoticeable, casually following behind.

By the time they reached the reception hall, the heads of the other branches of the Zhou Family had also appeared. They stealthily gave Zhou Ning a look, and Zhou Ning involuntarily relaxed a bit.

It’s good that Elder Jin has already been notified, so now it’s up to the City Lord’s intentions, thankfully his bloodline of fortune-attracting showed some ominous signs, but there’s not too much sense of crisis, so he can still remain calm.

“Master Zhou, I’m actually here for the Western Barbarians’ arena, and I won’t beat around the bush, I hope Master Zhou can lend me a hand.”

Zhou Ning’s face changed at these words.

The Western Barbarians were the biggest hot topic in Immortal City. How could he, as the Patriarch of the Zhou Family, not know about it? But why would Su Wu target the Zhou Family?

Because he did not know the reason, Zhou Ning was unable to gauge the situation and could only speak cautiously.

“Lord, you are joking. Although those two Western Barbarians are vulgar and not respectable, it’s shameful to say that my modest Zhou family is no match for them.”

“Master Zhou, you’re being too modest.”

With that, Su Wu’s bodyguard stepped forward and handed Zhou Ning a jade slip. Zhou Ning had no idea why, but when he took a look, his face changed dramatically.

It actually contained a record of the Golden Core Daoists of the Zhou Family who have held positions in the City Lord Mansion over the generations. Zhou Ning never expected that the problem would arise here – it was a rare oversight.

The Zhou Family has been dependent on the City Lord Mansion for many years, and in order to preserve the family’s interests, naturally, some of their power must be shown.

Hence, the Zhou Family young disciples would take turns every once in a while, and while individually, it didn’t matter much, when put together, it became rather frightening.

Seeing Zhou Ning looking at a loss, Su Wu remained relaxed and sipped his tea, not uttering a word. But this only increased Zhou Ning’s pressure.

What should he do?

Just then, a voice suddenly came to Zhou Ning’s ear. It was Elder Jin’s voice. Seeing no reaction from Su Wu out of the corner of his eye, Zhou Ning slightly relaxed.

It appeared that the City Lord had not detected Elder Jin, which was a silver lining in a misfortune, showing that the City Lord’s cultivation level was not much higher than the Elder’s.

But Elder Jin was just reminding him, which made him make up his mind to temporarily cooperate with Su Wu and wait and see.

After all, if he didn’t cooperate, the Zhou Family might end up in a lose-lose situation, but it wasn’t quite at that point yet.

“Lord, my Zhou family’s prosperity relies on the City Lord Mansion. Since the Zhou family regards the City Lord as its superior, we will follow your decisions.”

Huh?

He’s giving up so fast, cooperating with him so easily? Could it be that the Zhou Family is just thriving and there’s no Nascent Soul Masters supporting them?

Since he entered the Zhou Family, Su Wu’s divine sense had covered the whole family, but he did not detect any Nascent Soul traces.

However, Su Wu wouldn’t jump to conclusions so quickly, he needed to observe more. With that thought, Su Wu gave a hearty smile.

“Master Zhou is truly loyal. In that case, have all the Golden Core Daoists of the Zhou family come and meet me.”

“All?”

Zhou Ning hesitated, and the faces of the heads of the other branches also became somewhat unsightly. However, after seeing Zhou Ning’s subtle look, they decided to cooperate.

Before long, all the Golden Core Daoists of the Zhou Family had arrived in the courtyard, even Zhou Shen appeared among them, and Su Wu finally showed a hint of satisfaction on his face.

The number of Golden Core Daoists in the Zhou Family matched his perceptions perfectly. Who would have thought that the small Zhou Family would have such strong power?

With this thought, Su Wu no longer hesitated and took out a Bone Age Measuring Tablet from his storage ring. Its purpose was obvious.

Zhou Ning had not received any other opinions from Jin Quanxiu at this time, and could only proceed accordingly, but he couldn’t help wondering, what was Su Wu really up to?

Zhou Ning chose to cooperate, so the other branch heads would naturally not cause trouble. They had their disciples line up to check their bone age one by one.

With a subtle look, Zhou Ning glanced at the corner and decided to trust Jin Quanxiu despite his concerns. Since Elder Jin asked him to come out, there should not be any major problems.

With the Zhou family’s active cooperation, the disciples of Zhou Family Golden Core Daoists began to test their bone age one after another. Things were progressing incredibly smoothly, far beyond Su Wu’s previous guess.

Just then, a cry of surprise suddenly came from the crowd.

“Zhou Shen, early stage of Golden Core Realm, Bone Age….”

“Two Hundred Thirty-One!”

At that moment, everyone turned their gaze towards a young Golden Core Daoist from the Zhou family who was now standing in front of the Bone Age Tablet.

A two hundred and thirty-one-year-old Golden Core Daoist…

A true prodigy!