"Brother, why are you being so polite to that little scoundrel?"
Liu Feng sneered, speaking coldly toward Chu Hao.
"Get out!"
"That's right, get out of here."
"This is the Liu family's banquet; an outsider has no right to be here."
"A life-and-death battle with Wen Bing... he's already a dead man walking. Standing here is just bad luck."
Everyone murmured among themselves, their words full of ridicule.
"Good, good, you've done a good job!"
Liu Ji Ya's face turned pale. She was so angry she laughed.
This trap wasn't just to humiliate Chu Hao; it was also to undermine her authority in the Liu family, to make her an object of scorn, and to raise Liu Yun's reputation through this event.
"Mister Chu, please don't be angry. I will get you justice for this matter," Liu Ji Ya said in a low voice. She was afraid that Chu Hao's rage would make him sever ties with the Liu family. If that happened, the Liu family's hope would vanish.
"Why should I be angry? It seems only you are filled with anger."
Chu Hao smiled faintly, speaking in an unbothered tone.
"Remember, getting angry easily is a major taboo. If a cultivator has no self-restraint and can't bear being cursed at, their mind is not broad. A narrow mind is not a good thing."
"Broad-mindedness here is not about comfortably letting go of all the pointed spears aimed at you and allowing them to pierce you and make you bleed. Broad-mindedness is about calmly accepting their impact without letting it change you."
"Anger is a fire in the heart that can burn away reason."
"A person who remains calm when a mountain collapses in front of them and can chat happily with an executioner's blade against their neck, even if they are not yet a powerhouse, they are destined to become one. That is a prerequisite."
"Of course, a cultivator must have a broad mind, but they should not suffer humiliation for nothing. You suffer humiliation when you have no power to resist. When you have power, you must speak out against injustice."
In this situation, Chu Hao did not forget to give Liu Ji Ya guidance. His tone, expression, and even his eyes showed no hint of joy or anger.
This left Liu Ji Ya startled. To be able to remain so calm after being humiliated like this—what a mindset!
Influenced by Chu Hao, her anger dissipated a lot.
"Shi Yi, what do you think of this person?"
In a corner of the bamboo forest, several beautiful young women were gathered. Among them was a young woman in a smooth silk dress, with bright white teeth, crescent-shaped eyebrows, and hair as black as an ink waterfall.
Her presence seemed to make the other women around her mere foils.
She was the fresh flower, and the others were the green leaves that complemented her.
This was Liu Shi Yi of the Liu family, seventeen years old, one of the two pearls of the Liu family.
She was also one of the Four Great Beauties of Jade City, alongside Liu Ji Ya!
The Liu family alone had two of the four great beauties.
Compared to Liu Ji Ya, Liu Shi Yi had a kind of elegant beauty, like an orchid in a mountain valley, with an outstanding temperament. The only thing she was not as good as Liu Ji Ya in was that her cultivation had not yet reached the Great Grandmaster Realm.
Liu Ji Ya was a Great Grandmaster Realm cultivator and one of the Ten Prodigies of Jade City. Of course, Liu Shi Yi was also two years younger than Liu Ji Ya. When she reached Liu Ji Ya's current age, it was very likely that she, too, would enter the Great Grandmaster Realm.
"To be humiliated like that and still be so calm... he has a broad mind," Liu Shi Yi's voice was very elegant as she evaluated Chu Hao.
"What broad mind? He's just unable to argue back and doesn't dare to get angry," a young woman beside her said, shaking her head.
"Shi Yi, what do you guess he'll do next? I heard he's a hot-headed person, seeing that he dared to have a life-and-death battle with Wen Bing and caused a disturbance at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion. He's probably a muscular brute who only knows how to use his fists. Maybe another conflict will break out here."
"In this situation, it would be wisest to retreat and leave. Otherwise, if a conflict truly breaks out, Liu Ji Ya won't be able to suppress the anger of so many people," Liu Shi Yi thought for a moment and said seriously.
At the same time, she was repeatedly evaluating Chu Hao.
"What's so outstanding and admirable about him? Why does my grandfather want me to get close to him?"
Liu Shi Yi felt confused.
Just this morning, Liu Long had summoned all the Liu family's descendants, wanting them to mobilize all their resources to find some medicinal ingredients.
After everyone left, only her father was kept behind by Liu Long, to whom he spoke privately.
At that time, Liu Long told her father to have her get closer to Chu Hao, saying that Chu Hao was an extraordinary person who should be befriended.
But Liu Long refused to say more detailed information.
In fact, Liu Shi Yi didn't know that Liu Long was a shrewd person. He had the intention of currying favor with Chu Hao. If he could get Chu Hao to become a son-in-law of the Liu family, it would be better than anything else.
In Liu Yuan Long's view, although Chu Hao had a relationship with Liu Ji Ya, it wasn't secure enough, so he wanted Liu Shi Yi to also get close to Chu Hao.
If the two great beauties of the Liu family both became entangled with Chu Hao, he didn't believe Chu Hao wouldn't be tempted by one of them.
However, Liu Yuan Long's refusal to reveal Chu Hao's background was also a well-thought-out decision. He was afraid that if he said too much, approaching Chu Hao would seem too purposeful, which would be counterproductive.
Therefore, Liu Long only said to "get close," wanting everything to happen naturally.
But of course, Liu Shi Yi didn't know any of this.
When she saw that Chu Hao's cultivation was only at the seventh-stage Qi Refining Realm, Liu Shi Yi couldn't pretend she wasn't disappointed.
After hearing that Chu Hao, relying on a command medallion, caused a disturbance at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, her impression of Chu Hao worsened.
Therefore, in the current situation, she chose to ignore him, showing no intention of approaching him.