The Sword God of the Universe

If you don't take into account Jing Yan's reconciliation with City Lord Yuan Jihu, then the considerations of the Liu Family Patriarch indeed are quite comprehensive.

The Liu family not sending anyone to Zhang Min's funeral might displease the Zhang family, but a subsequent explanation from the Liu family would surely be understood by the Zhang family. This way, it would not upset City Lord Yuan Jihu, nor would it cause too much backlash from the Zhang family.

The Liu Family elders also agreed with the patriarch's decision.

In Haofeng City, families sharing the same concerns as the Liu family weren't few.

Another first-class family, the Hu family, also made the same decision not to send representatives to Zhang Min's funeral.

As for those second-tier powers roughly equal to the Zhang family, or even smaller and weaker families, most also didn't plan to send representatives to Zhang Min's funeral.

At this time, Haofeng City which seemed calm, was actually not as it appeared on the surface; describing it as having undercurrents wasn't an exaggeration!

Many people were still waiting for the City Lord to blow up. Especially those forces that were jealous of the Zhang family's recent rise, they would love for the City Lord to make a move against Jing Yan—if this could involve the Zhang family, all the better.

A day passed in a flash.

On this day, all members of the Zhang family wore white robes.

Zhang Min's status in the Zhang family was relatively high. Having advanced to Innate at a young age and then entering Dao Yi Academy, it could be said that Zhang Min was the pride of the Zhang family, so how could the Zhang family skimp on his funeral?

Moreover, Zhang Min's father was the Ninth Elder of the Zhang family.

Now there was an even more important reason—Jing Yan! Jing Yan was still with the Zhang family; even if you gave Zhang Yibing and the others a hundred guts, they wouldn't dare to handle Zhang Min's funeral carelessly.

Early in the morning, Zhang Yibing and several Zhang family elders came to the gates of their mansion to welcome guests.

Although many family powers had decided not to attend Zhang Min's funeral, there were still quite a few who did come. Hence, from the morning, the entrance of the Zhang family mansion was bustling with people, guests arriving in waves.

Though there were many visitors, the expressions on the faces of Zhang Yibing and the Zhang family elders were not very good.

Because so far, only the Gai family among those heavyweight family powers in Haofeng City had sent someone, and it was just a family manager at that; not even an elder-level figure had appeared.

As the sun gradually moved overhead, the flow of people began to thin out.

In the courtyard, leaders of various families gathered together.

"Heh heh... There are quite a few people who came, but not many important figures!"

"Yeah! It seems that the pressure of the City Lord is still very significant. Those major families are probably worried about displeasing the City Lord, so they didn't send anyone!"

"This time, Zhang Yibing is probably feeling uncomfortable. He probably didn't expect that those attending Zhang Min's funeral would just be us smaller families and powers!"

"If I had known that people from those major families weren't coming, I wouldn't have come either. After all, with so many families not sending representatives, Zhang Yibing can't just hold a grudge against me alone right?"

Some people gathered together, whispering quietly, some even showing schadenfreude on their faces.

People who can't bear to see others do well are always plentiful everywhere!

Outside the main gate of the Zhang family mansion.

"Sigh…" an elder sighed.

The others glanced at this elder and also shook their heads gently, understanding why the elder had sighed.

"It's already very good!" Patriarch Zhang Yibing said, "If it weren't for Mr. Jing Yan being here, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been so many people coming today."

Hearing this, the other elders also nodded.

"Those people probably don't know that the City Lord has already reconciled with Mr. Jing Yan. If they knew, they probably wouldn't have stayed away." An elder frowned and said.

"Our Zhang family has already sent out the message, whether they come or not is up to them," Zhang Yibing said with a cold laugh, "I don't really feel anything whether other families come or not. But the Liu family…it's rather disheartening!"

Hearing Zhang Yibing's words, the faces of the other elders also turned somewhat pale. The fact that no one from the Liu family came was definitely a thorn in the side for the Zhang family that wasn't easily removed.

"Patriarch, look, the Song family has come!" An elder suddenly perked up, fixating his gaze ahead, landing on several figures.

Zhang Yibing and the others also looked over.

"Second Elder Song, Third Elder, Ninth Elder, Twelfth Elder?" Zhang Yibing murmured in surprise.

"What are they doing here?" the Ninth Elder whispered.

The Zhang family had little intersection with the Song family. Now, because of Jing Yan's conflict with the Song family, it had caused hostility towards the Song family from the Zhang family.

"Could they be here to cause trouble?" the Great Elder said gravely.

"Be cautious, nothing must go wrong at Zhang Min's funeral today!" Zhang Yibing hurriedly said, "However, the Song family shouldn't do anything rash, right? Mr. Jing Yan is still with our Zhang family, would they dare to cause trouble? Aren't they afraid that Mr. Jing Yan might visit their Song family again?"

Jing Yan had eliminated the Song Family Patriarch, Song Zhongshan, along with more than ten powerful Song family elders, significantly weakening the current strength of the Song family. If Jing Yan were to visit again, then the Song family wouldn't be able to stay in Haofeng City; apart from the Song Family Patriarch, perhaps the Zhang family could even crush the Song family.

"Clan Chief Zhang!"

Just as Zhang Yibing and the others were somewhat bewildered, the Second Elder of the Song family, with a smile on his face, had already approached, gesturing a cupped fist salute to Zhang Yibing.

Led by the Second Elder Song, the other Song family elders also followed in saluting.

"This child, Zhang Min, was a promising young man, what a pity. Please, Clan Chief Zhang, accept my condolences!" Second Elder Song said in a sorrowful voice.

Zhang Yibing and the others were slightly taken aback.

Regardless of whether the expression and tone of Second Elder Song were genuine or not, even if they were feigned, this attitude didn't seem like they were here to cause trouble. Moreover, the Song family took this matter very seriously! They actually sent four elders directly, which wasn't a courtesy extended to just anyone.

"Second Elder, Third Elder… please come in!" Zhang Yibing responded quickly and then recovered his composure, gesturing with a cupped fist to welcome the Song delegation inside.

As long as the Song family wasn't here to make trouble, the Zhang family, of course, welcomed them. A camel, even when starved, is bigger than a horse; the power of the Song family today was still above many second-tier families, not to mention they also had a Peak Dao Spirit Realm Old Clan Leader.

In the Zhang family mansion, many were still whispering and mocking today's funeral when suddenly, seeing the arrival of several Song family elders, they all showed shocked expressions. Just like Zhang Yibing and the others, they clearly hadn't expected the Song family to send representatives to Zhang Min's funeral.

In their minds, who would come—the Song family shouldn't have, right?