quarrel

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Visa family banquet began in the huge banquet hall.

People from various branches gathered here and shared their recent experiences while drinking and chatting.

Near the corner of the hall, several elegant women were gathered together chatting.

"Why do I only see your eldest daughter? Didn't your younger daughter come with you this time?"

"Oh, please don't mention it. That girl went to District 12 to watch some singer's concert. No matter how we called her, she wouldn't come back. Her father scolded her!"

"Is that true? That's really ignorant."

Another woman chimed in, "That's right. He's not even as good as the world's top singer, let me tell you."

The woman who said this then looked towards the center of the banquet hall, where Tamer was taking the "youngest son who had just reached adulthood" as she called him around for social events.

The young boy had a good-looking appearance, but his figure was a little bloated. There was a sense of weakness that emanated from beneath his delicate clothes, and no amount of luxurious lighting or the smell of alcohol could suppress it.

The woman who had just been teasing immediately changed her expression. She clasped her slender fingers together and put her palm to her mouth. "Stop talking nonsense! I heard that the youngest son of the clan leader is quite ruthless."

As she spoke, she glanced cautiously at the center again, her voice lowering a few degrees. "Not long ago, the only heir of that oil business family in the next district had an accident. The old man made a fuss about it to the higher-ups, accusing that young master."

"Huh?" Several pairs of gossipy eyes lit up. "The heir of that family, I remember, was a good-looking boy."

"Then the young master is..."

"That's right." The woman nodded gently. "My eldest daughter met him a long time ago, but someone recently sent a message asking the younger one to go too. My eldest daughter refused to let me, so I finally got a clue after much trouble."

"Oh, this is..."

The conversation in the corner was still going on when the ancient bell above the hall rang with a resounding sound that enveloped the entire territory.

It's half past eight.

Ying Yungui and Shi Youchen simultaneously retracted their energy. The intrusive energy that had blanketed the entire banquet hall left no trace, and the time was set back to 8:30.

The look in their eyes was self-evident.

"Chairman Ying, Assistant Lin, dinner has been served to you two. Would it be convenient for you to take it inside?" It was the voice of the female secretary from before.

Shi Youchen walked over and opened the door. The secretary was lowering her head and swallowing her saliva at the delicious food. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she looked up and saw the pair of eyes that she had been thinking about all the time.

"Thank you, I'll do it, you can go back." Shi Youchen took the handle of the dining cart and smiled at her politely.

The secretary stood there in a daze. After a few seconds, she felt a little wetness at the corner of her mouth. She quickly raised her hand to wipe it and found that she was drooling.

...It must be because the dishes are so delicious and I’m on a diet.

...It must be.

...Yeah?

She wasn't sure anymore.

When Youchen pushed the cart to the table, Ying Yungui hurriedly jumped off the bed and ran over barefoot to help him set the dishes.

A lot of food was delivered, far more than enough for two people, but unfortunately Ying Yungui didn't have much of an appetite, and Shi Youchen hadn't eaten dinner for years, so in the end, the item with the smallest portion was the bottle of wine.

"Shall we go for a walk?" Shi Youchen suggested.

Ying Yungui's alcohol tolerance is not very good and he gets drunk easily. At this moment, his cheeks are hot, which is an extremely rare look.

"Hmm...hmm!" He narrowed his eyes, nodded heavily, then stood up and took Shi Youchen's arm and walked out.

The clan banquet entered the second half. There were already only a few people who focused on eating, and now there were even fewer. The atmosphere of chatting during the meal became even more lively.

Kulin felt bored and stood up to leave, but the elder called out to him, "Where are you going?"

"I'm very tired and have no appetite. I want to go back and rest first. We can talk about it tomorrow."

The Great Elder was not surprised by his words. "President Ying is here. He is very concerned about your condition and asked you to come to him after dinner."

Kulin cheered up a little, straightened his clothes, rolled down his sleeves and asked casually, "Which room does he live in?" The elder told him the location of the room and then put a piece of sweet cake into his mouth.

"I see. I'll take a walk first and go later." Kulin decided to wait until after nine o'clock to find Ying Yungui. Thinking of this, he left the banquet hall directly without even saying hello to those "elders".

Everyone in the family, including the eldest elder, was becoming increasingly annoying to him.

There is a large garden in Visa Manor, which was specially renovated by a world-renowned designer invited by Tamer.

Shi Youchen liked the part with the theme of "Moon Goddess" very much and refused to leave the pavilion on the lake. Ying Yungui had no choice but to sit down with him.

"Do you remember when you insisted on dragging me to meet Lu Ming?" Shi Youchen closed his eyes, looked up, and felt the gentle breeze, and whispered, "This pavilion was designed by the same team as the one back then."

Ying Yungui's eyes were blank for a moment as he looked at the lake, then he frowned in dissatisfaction: "Why bring him up? It's just ruining the fun."

Shi Youchen tilted his head, opened his eyes a crack, and looked at him quietly. "Are you still affected by him?"

"I'm annoyed with him, even if I die." Ying Yungui reached out and unbuttoned the top two buttons, and a puff of hot air blew out of his nose.

Being angry.

He felt that Shi Youchen was asking the question even though he knew the answer.

It was in retaliation for the question he had asked in the reception room.

So he decided to change the unpleasant topic: "What do you think? These people from the Visa family tonight." Shi Youchen certainly knew what he meant. He opened his eyes wide and looked up at the thin moonlight in the sky.

It is true that Ying Yungui brought "Assistant Lin" with him to discuss matters related to super evolution with the Visa family, but in essence it was to make it easier for Shi Youchen to personally look for candidates.

The candidate to bear the bear totem.

"We've almost figured it all out. There are actually far fewer candidates than we thought." Shi Youchen quickly went through the information he had just obtained in the domain where the two of them had fused their energy. He had a clear table in his mind of every member of the Visa family who came to the clan banquet tonight, their social status, network of relationships, current energy level, and the potential risk level of fusion.

The carrier must not only be able to merge smoothly with the bear totem, but more importantly, in the future, he must completely obey Shi Youchen's orders to deal with any possible changes in plans.

Although it is not difficult for Shi Youchen now to control a person's weaknesses, he can use coercion, inducement or even complete mental manipulation, but in the end, all of these can be summed up in one word - willing.

The most ideal carrier is one who is willing like Xiaowei, Hexian and Mollier, or one who has a stable enough relationship like Pei Chanbai, or at least one who has a consensual "contract" like Labriel.

But obviously, Visa's family didn't have such a person. So he could only personally weigh the options and pick out a relatively suitable candidate, and then make him "willingly" do it.

As for what method to use, it depends on how "suitable" the person is.

"Those with high bloodline concentrations have relatively lower potential risks of fusion, but the most crucial thing is," Shi Youchen frowned slightly, "Facts have proven that those with higher concentrations of Visa family bloodline are closer to the center of power within the family. Even those from side branches can be brought in through marriage."

"They're just like Lu Cheng and Lu Ming."

Ying Yungui understood all too well what these so-called supernatural families were thinking. After all, once they held onto power for so long, it wasn't easy to let it go. It would strip them of their skin and flesh, torturing them beyond recognition.

No one wants to go from being glamorous to being unrecognizable. People hope that their glamour can be passed down from generation to generation through the umbilical cord of their blood.

It's like passing on the power in your hands forever.

Ying Yungui reached out a hand in annoyance, brushing his hair back to reveal his smooth forehead. "That's not a solution. All the bearer needs is the blood of the Visa family. As long as there's a suitable body, we can shape the soul ourselves."

Shi Youchen's gaze fell on the bright but incomplete outline of the moon on the lake, and he whispered, "It could have been possible."

The extreme measures that Ying Yungui mentioned were part of his plan before, until he learned about Noah's plan tonight.

"How?" Ying Yungui had just said two words when he remembered those project applications and the meaning behind them.

"Ryan has probably already targeted every eligible member of the Visa family. Mental transformation may be able to deceive everyone else, but in the face of the 'curse'..." Shi Youchen didn't finish his words, but they were actually self-evident.

Such risks must not appear in any part of the maintenance plan, which means——

"You want the bearer to know the truth?" Ying Yungui was shocked. "What if he doesn't accept it? What if..."

Shi Youchen suddenly asked, "What do you think of Kulin?"

Ying Yungui lost his voice.

Shi Youchen continued, "He knows about the existence of 'super evolution' and has witnessed those experiments firsthand. He's the successor that the Visa family has been training, but he's already alienated from the family and has no vested interests with them. If it were him, he'd probably agree with us."

"No!" Ying Yungui's voice was very hoarse, but the volume was frighteningly low, as if it was about to drill into the ground.

Shi Youchen: “Hmm?” He suddenly came to his senses and looked up to meet Ying Yungui’s eyes.

Fear, helplessness, panic, anger... regret, these were what he read in that look in an instant, but because there was too much content, he couldn't digest it completely for a while.

"You...what do you think is wrong with him? Or is there something wrong with what I just said?" Shi Youchen asked with some confusion.

Ying Yungui didn't answer his question directly, but just said more emphatically, "No, OK!"

This time, Shi Youchen clearly noticed something. "Are you angry?" He was sure Ying Yungui was indeed angry. "What are you angry about?" But he didn't quite understand.

"I said, Kulin can't do it." But Ying Yungui still did not answer his question, but just expressed denial again.

Shi Youchen's eyes darkened, and he crossed his arms and asked, "What's the reason?"

It was obvious that Ying Yungui had not thought of a reason, or rather, he had not thought of a reason at all. The moment he heard that Kulin was the candidate, he subconsciously developed a strong sense of denial.

"I'm asking you, what's your reason?" Shi Youchen followed Ying Yungui's wandering eyes and asked again.

Finally, Ying Yungui's emotions were pushed to the brink of explosion by his questioning. He gritted his teeth and said, "Since any bloodline of the Visa family is fine, why does it have to be Kulin?!"

Silence.

Shi Youchen's anger finally flared up, but he didn't show it on his face. "Do you think this is a reason I would accept?" he asked, observing Ying Yungui's expression.

Furrowed brows, tense temples, pursed lips, clenched teeth and a sharp jawline.

Ying Yungui was very angry.

"What I want is a reason why Kulin can't become the carrier, a reason that is enough to convince me, even if it's just a little bit. Do you have it?"

Ying Yungui looked at the disguised face in front of him, and felt a strange sense of relief in his heart - relief that the person he was arguing with was not the pure and complete Shi Youchen.

But those eyes that were staring at him intently, with their inky black pupils, were as deep as a thousand-foot pond.

It was clearly Shi Youchen’s eyes.