Full-Time Magister: Super Mage

Chapter 202 The Jiang Family of Xingcheng

Chapter 202 The Jiang Family of Xingcheng

Jiang Lan was unaware that Jiang Han had already noticed her little actions, but Jiang Han didn't care. When the two shook hands, the electric arc on Jiang Lan's palm was absorbed by the Thunder Dragon Armguard as soon as it landed on Jiang Han's hand. Immediately afterwards, a bone-chilling cold came from her palm. Faced with the sudden freezing sensation, Jiang Lan couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yun turned her head and asked in confusion.

"I accidentally pinched my finger," Jiang Lan said, shaking her head.

After saying that, she glared at Jiang Han. She didn't expect her cousin to react so well. Not only did he easily neutralize her attack, but he also caused her a lot of trouble, making her embarrassed in front of her parents.

This won't end here. When we get home, I'm going to defeat you in the arena and show you how powerful Jiang Lan is.

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There are four major families in Xingcheng, each guarding one of the four directions of the city's outskirts: the Li family in the north, the Jiang family in the west, the Chen family in the east, and the Yang family in the south. The Jiang family and the Chen family are on good terms, the Yang family remains neutral, and the Li family wants to dominate Xingcheng and make the other three families submit to them.

The biggest threat to the Li family's dominance in Xingcheng was the Jiang family. In order to deal with the totem beast Kui Niu, which the Jiang family had guarded for hundreds of years, the Li family even fabricated an incident more than 20 years ago, claiming that Kui Niu was a hidden danger to Xingcheng and had to be eliminated as soon as possible. If they hadn't received a rumor from the Demon Capital that Kui Niu was injured in a battle with the demon emperor of the ocean, the Li family would never have dared to fabricate evidence of Kui Niu killing people to provoke the Jiang family.

Although the Li family's plan ultimately failed, Jiang Haokun (Jiang Kun), the genius of the Jiang family, was forced to leave the family due to circumstances. That incident became a source of pain for many in the Jiang family. If Jiang Haokun had not been expelled from the family back then, perhaps the Jiang family could have one more semi-forbidden spell master now. Half a year ago, the Li family's attack on Jiang Han thoroughly enraged the Jiang family, leading to the Jiang family's reckless counterattack against the Li family. Although the Jiang family ultimately won, it was a Pyrrhic victory.

After picking up Jiang Han, Jiang Haoshuo drove the car towards the western suburbs. After leaving Xingcheng and arriving in the western suburbs, Jiang Han saw lush trees on both sides of the road. The environment and scenery were quite good, as if he were in a green oxygen bar, which was refreshing and invigorating.

Gradually, a residential area appeared at the end of the road. At the outermost edge of the residential area was a grand steel gate, with intricately carved patterns inlaid on the steel gate. The top of the gate also had a sharp iron tip, which looked quite domineering. Three or four young men stood guard on both sides of the gate. This residential area was the private territory of the Jiang family. Thousands of people from the main branch and branches of the Jiang family lived here. The residential area was built against the mountain and the surrounding environment was quite good.

As Jiang Haoshuo's car pulled up at the gate, the young man leading the guards immediately let it through. After Jiang Haoshuo's car drove in, one of the young men approached and asked, "Brother Zong, wasn't that Uncle Shuo's car? Where did he go?"

"Did you see that silver-haired young man sitting in the back just now? Who do you think he looks like?" Jiang Chengzong, the leader, said.

"Who does he resemble? Does he look like Uncle Shuo? Could he be Uncle Shuo's illegitimate son?" the young man pondered.

"What the hell are you thinking about? If I'm not mistaken, he might be the old man's grandson, Uncle Kun's son," Jiang Chengzong said, slapping the young man on the head.

"He's the son of Uncle Kun, that prodigy!" the young man exclaimed in sudden realization.

Because of the great battle half a year ago, many members of the Jiang family had some impression of Jiang Han, but the impression was vague. They only knew that Jiang Han's talent was even more terrifying than Jiang Haokun's back then, otherwise the Jiang family members would not have fought so desperately against the Li family.

The tolerance shown back then was because the totem beast Kui Niu and the old clan chief were injured while guarding the coastal area. Now that Kui Niu and the old clan chief have recovered from their injuries, how could they tolerate the Li family plotting against their Jiang family's prodigy? The Jiang family is like that, not afraid of war and not afraid of battle. If they say they'll fight you to the death, then it's definitely a fight to the death, a fight to the death.

After driving through the guard post, Jiang Haoshuo headed straight for the mansion deep in the residential area. The mansion where the old patriarch of the Jiang family usually lived was located in the very center of the residential area. When he arrived at the entrance of the mansion, Jiang Han saw two lifelike statues standing on either side of the courtyard. The statues were blue oxen with two pointed horns on their heads and various strange runes carved on their bodies.

"These two statues by the entrance are of the Kui Niu (a mythical beast)," Jiang Haoshuo said with a smile as he saw Jiang Han looking at the statues.

"Our Jiang family, like the Tang family of Songcheng, is a family guarded by totem beasts, and our totem beast is this Kui Niu. Compared to the Kui Niu, the Silver Sky Lord we encountered at the West City Fortress was nothing. If the Kui Niu had been there last time, we could have easily killed that Silver Sky Lord," Jiang Haokun said proudly.

"What level is the Kui Niu? Is it stronger than the Totem Black Serpent?" Jiang Han asked.

Back in the capital, he only heard from Mu Ningxue about his father causing a ruckus at the Mu family with the Kui Niu. He didn't know anything about the Kui Niu's strength, which is why Jiang Han asked who was stronger, the Kui Niu or the Xuan She.

"The Totem Serpent is a Supreme Monarch-level creature, while the Kui Niu is a Mid-Level Emperor-level creature. Which one do you think is stronger?" Chen Yun said with a smile.

After getting out of the car, Jiang Haoshuo handed the car keys to a branch disciple who came out of the courtyard. Jiang Haoshuo then led Jiang Han, Jiang Lan, and Chen Yun straight into the courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, the ancient atmosphere came into view. The brown walls and light blue tiles all spoke of the ancient history of this courtyard.

Deep in the courtyard stood a huge golden nanmu tree. Under the tree, an elderly man with a ruddy complexion and white hair was reclining on a chair, taking a nap. Before Jiang Haoshuo could even call out to him, Jiang Lan rushed over and threw herself into the old man's arms, laughing and shouting, "Grandpa, I'm back!"

"Oh my, you little rascal, you almost scared your grandpa!" the old man said, looking at Jiang Lan who had jumped into his arms.

"Jiang Lan, get down here! Don't you know your grandfather is old and needs more rest?" Chen Yun scolded sternly.

"It's alright," the old man said, waving his hand.

Jiang Han, who was standing next to Jiang Haoshuo, unconsciously had tears in his eyes. When Jiang Lan saw this, she quickly climbed out of the old man's arms to wipe his eyes and whispered, "Grandpa, did I hurt you when I bumped into you?"

"No, no, it's just that Grandpa is too happy," the old man said, patting Jiang Lan's hand.

The old man focused his gaze on Jiang Han. When he saw Jiang Han earlier, he felt as if his wandering son had returned. Last time, Jiang Haokun took the totem beast Kui Niu without returning to the family, but went directly to the Jiang family's forbidden area. It can be said that Jiang Shaoyuan had never seen his son since Jiang Haokun left the Jiang family, and he felt full of guilt towards his son Jiang Haokun.

If he had been more assertive back then, Jiang Haokun might not have suffered for so many years. But he didn't dare. At that time, they had just fought a great battle against the sea monsters. The Li family had used the excuse of guarding Xingcheng to avoid many casualties in the sea monster war, while the Jiang family had suffered considerable losses due to their experts being sent to reinforce the coastal defenses of the demon capital. If they were to fight the Li family head-on, the Jiang family might face annihilation.

In the end, to prevent Jiang Shaoyuan from having to choose between the family and Kui Niu, Jiang Haokun rushed to the outskirts of the Li family overnight and killed two mid-level young disciples. To make the corpses of the two dead Li family members more convincing as the ones the Li family had framed Kui Niu, Jiang Haokun even used the Azure Thunder Halberd to create many wounds on their bodies. After doing all this, he knelt in front of Jiang Shaoyuan and told him his plan. In order for the Jiang family to get out of the vortex created by the Li family, Jiang Shaoyuan could only tearfully expel his son from the family.

P.S.: These chapters were a bit difficult to write, and I also ran into some other things, so I'll only be updating once today. Sorry!

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