Seeing this, Bai Yusheng couldn't help but admire Qian Youying; his character was truly extraordinary.

With Qian Mancang and Qian Manping causing such a commotion, and with the corroboration from the Bai and He families, the Bai and He families, as well as the Zhou and Dongdan families who resided within them, all knew that a wealthy individual had arrived in Guyue City, spending hundreds of bottles of mid-grade spirit liquid in one go.

The heads of the two families, along with the members of the Zhou and Dongdan families who resided there, all gathered in the two families' reception rooms without prior arrangement.

At the Bai family residence, Bai Yanshou cautiously looked at Zhou Mingxuan and asked, "Young Master Mingxuan, do you think it might be someone from the Dongdan family..."

Zhou Mingxuan's expression was very unpleasant.

On the surface, the Zhou family and Dongdan are partners, in the same boat, but only the two families themselves know the true nature of their internal struggles.

Because the Dong Dan family managed to bring a third-level alchemist to this realm, they were able to overpower the Zhou family in every way.

Everyone in the Zhou family knew about this, and they were all frustrated, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Legend has it that ever since the previous sect leader of the Dan Sect ascended to heaven and perished, the Dan Sect has remained secluded and has not ventured out.

Since then, the alchemists of the Dan Sect have rarely been involved in worldly affairs, and even fewer have left the sect to make their own way in the world. The Dong Dan family must have had some incredible luck to have found a third-level alchemist and brought him to the Maple Moon Continent!

Zhou Mingxuan also suspected that it was the third-level alchemist from the Dongdan family who had come to Guyue City, but he couldn't say it, and he didn't want to admit it.

Otherwise, if Bai Yanshou, that cunning and treacherous old man, knew that the alchemist from the Dongdan family had arrived, wouldn't he immediately fawn over that third-level alchemist and switch allegiance to the Dongdan family?

Every cultivator knows that currying favor with an alchemist means having more lives and endless cultivation resources!

"In your eyes, are the people of the Dongdan family all suckers, so arrogant and domineering?" Zhou Mingxuan retorted disdainfully to Bai Yanshou, saying, "Don't forget, the He family, who live off the Dongdan family, only get seven low-grade spirit stones a Core Formation cultivator can mine for a month!"

"Yes, yes, no one can compare to your generosity, Young Master Zhou," Bai Yanshou quickly flattered him, then added, "However, that person who sells mid-grade spirit liquid at the city gate... Young Master Zhou, this person's background is probably quite impressive."

Zhou Mingxuan tilted his thin, slanted eyes upwards like a venomous snake flicking its tongue: "In this Maple Moon Continent, is there anyone with a greater background than my Zhou family and the Dongdan family? If she is truly that wealthy, Patriarch Bai, then we are about to make a fortune."

"Uh...hehe...Young Master Zhou is absolutely right," Bai Yanshou said with a forced, ingratiating smile.

His heart was pounding, and he mentally cursed Zhou Mingxuan profusely.

What do you mean we're going to make a fortune? That's Zhou Mingxuan making a fortune, but the one responsible for the windfall is the Bai family!

This same situation was also happening at the He family's home.

The difference is that He Maokun, the head of the He family, is now a complete puppet and can no longer sit in the rightful place; he can only sit there as a figurehead.

Sitting in the main seat of the He family head at this moment is Dong Dan Wenhao, the eldest son of Dong Dan Marquis, a direct descendant of the Dong Dan family.

The one in the vice-chair is Dong Dan Shuiyue, the only daughter of the Dong Dan King, a direct descendant of the Dong Dan family.

Next to them are the Dongdan family's collateral descendants, the Dongdan Mozhen and Dongdan Motong sisters, who accompanied and assisted the two.

He Maokun and his two children, He Lanhuai and He Lancai, huddled in the guest seats like three dogs living in someone else's house, looking pitiful throughout, wanting to beg for food but afraid of being beaten.