Urban Supreme Wild Son-in-Law War God

Chapter 244 Presumptuous

Ye Ling, usually too lazy to entertain, did not imply he couldn't feign politeness, he replied with a light smile, "I presume you must be the key members of the four major families, perhaps even the Family Heads? I am Ye Ling, the Northern Liao King, here to pay a visit!"

"The Northern Liao King honors us with his presence, which naturally glorifies Jiangbei City," said the host of the house, "please, Northern Liao King, come in for some tea!"

Family Head Song said coldly, what he meant was not to invite Ye Ling for tea, but rather he seemed almost eager to throw a few hammers in Ye Ling's face on the spot.

Ye Ling didn't mind their expressions, as he wasn't truly here for a visit anyway.

As he sat down in the hall, Ye Ling surveyed the arrangements around him with a faint smirk. Even though these people likely brought out their strongest to confront him, the highest among them was only at the early stage of War King, not even a late-stage War King, were they underestimating him?

Ye Ling calmly drank a cup of tea, while the four major families watched his composed demeanor, secretly resenting him.

Family Head Zhang, the previously mentioned elderly woman, said, "I had no idea the Northern Liao King was coming. Forgive us for not welcoming you sooner. You haven't been to Jiangbei before, have you?"

Ye Ling raised an eyebrow, swirling his tea cup, and responded indifferently, "You need not beat around the bush here, let me be frank with you—I have come to Jiangbei this time because you've overreached, even daring to encroach upon Jinling City!"

Ye Ling made his point clear and the Family Heads were startled, panic showing on their faces, though they quickly composed themselves.

After all, Ye Ling was not a magnate from the imperial capital. While he could display his power in Northern Liao, Jiangbei was not Ye Ling's home turf, and he ought to restrain himself a bit, right?

If Ye Ling disrupted the local balance, certain people in the imperial capital likely wouldn't let him off easily.

Thinking this, the great families felt as if they had backing and weren't intimidated anymore!

Family Head Song replied with a smile, "What are you saying? We merely wish to do business in Jinling City, after all, Northern Liao King must understand, our Jiangbei isn't blessed with rich resources like other places. To sustain the expenses of a great family, naturally, we can only expand our industries elsewhere!"

"Really?"

Ye Ling neither agreed nor disagreed, "If it were just for business, that would be one thing, but your methods are arguably too harsh, displeasing to others."

"Most importantly, the Wuji Group is now under my control, and your aggressive expansion of business naturally touches my interests. I might overlook other places, but stay away from Jinling City."

"Ha!"

Family Head Song laughed in anger, "Don't you think that you're being too controlling and overbearing, Northern Liao King?"

Chen Dao stepped forward, his body still stained with blood, his presence demonic as he was about to breakthrough, making his aura somewhat unstable yet very oppressive.

He grinned and exclaimed loudly in a presumptuous manner, "This is being overbearing? It's nothing compared to your Jiangbei four major families, who immediately disrupted the business balance in Jinling City!"

Family Head Song slammed the table, pointing at Chen Dao he shouted, "I was talking to your elder, what place do you have to interrupt, what are you?!"

Chen Dao's expression turned icy, "I am not 'what are you,' I'm just someone who could slaughter you as easily as butchering a dog!"

Family Head Song erupted, "Presumptuous!"

Ye Ling released his aura, "I see you being the presumptuous one!"

He said coldly, "Do you think I came here just to warn you? You of the Jiangbei families know very well what you have done, and who you've conspired with in the capital—I can find that out too..."

He looked up and swept his gaze across the faces of several family heads, a cold smile breaking on his face: "You were already jumping around three years ago, and three years later, here I am standing before you. Still thinking of jumping around?"

As soon as Ye Ling mentioned events from three years ago, everyone in the hall stiffened, feeling a pang of guilt.

Ye Ling's status was unlike the others; three years ago, Ye Ling was framed and thrown into prison. Although they were far in Jiangbei, their superiors were involved as well.

Now that Ye Ling had turned the tables and specifically made his way to Jiangbei, it wasn't impossible that he might kill in anger!

Now that Ye Ling had brought up the matter, it undoubtedly carried a warning.

Family Head Lu tried to lighten the mood with a smile, saying, "Your Majesty, the Northern Liao King is overthinking it. Us few small families couldn't possibly get involved in your high matters; we just stay in Jiangbei trying to make a living!"

Listening to his nonsense, Ye Ling gave a light smile and leaned back in his chair.

His posture was relaxed, but the air he carried was no joke, posing a strong threat to the four great families in terms of martial prowess.

The hall suddenly quieted down, the faces of the family heads looking rather unpleasant, and their Grandmaster bodyguards grew even more vigilant.

They realized that Ye Ling's presence was so overwhelming that it left them gasping for breath, his mere aura could crush them, let alone his martial strength.

Seeing that they were all silent, Ye Ling revealed a satisfied expression, raised his hand to pour himself a cup of tea, and said, "Actually, I didn't come here today just to make enemies. As long as you help me with three things, I will leave immediately."

The family heads fell silent for a long while, then looked at him, "What is it that you want us to do for you?"

"Simple."

Ye Ling put down his teacup, "First, let's talk about who instructed you to involve yourselves with Jinling through the Jiangbei Chamber of Commerce."

"You have been entrenched in Jiangbei for so long and indeed, there has been business with Jinling; however, it was not as rash as this time, even resorting to such aggressive tactics to take over many industries in Jinling directly."

"With such an abrupt occurrence, there must be demons behind any abnormality. It must be someone behind you who gave the order. I want to know who it is and what their intentions are!"

Everyone stiffened, not expecting Ye Ling to ask this question right off the bat.

How could they answer that?

It concerned a major figure in the capital; if they dared to reveal anything to Ye Ling so easily, it wasn't just about whether Ye Ling would let them go—the person above would definitely not spare them!

Family Head Zhang suppressed his anger and said, "Northern Liao King, that is asking too much of us. We really just wanted to make more money. There's no one behind us instigating anything. Given our status in the four great families of Jiangbei, who would dare to command us?"

Now they could only adamantly deny everything; after all, they would rather offend the Northern Liao King than infuriate a powerful figure from the capital!

Chen Dao watched their adamant denial, a cold smile appearing as he stepped beside Ye Ling and said loudly, "My lord, it seems they would rather face punishment than drink a toast, and won't shed tears until they see the coffin. Perhaps I should interrogate them!"

Ye Ling shook his head, appearing regretful, and said, "Alright! If you won't answer that question, then the second one: As far as I'm aware, the four major powers of Jiangbei, which means your four great families, wouldn't be involved, but today I did find myself troubled by two war-level Martial Artists. They surely weren't from your families. Which power's assassins did you hire to kill me?"