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He didn’t deliberately release his aura, but the faint sense of composure he exuded had already affected the surrounding family leaders, making them curious about the veracity of the recent rumors and what kind of power Yang Chen possessed.

Many people didn’t believe that the Fire Spirit Beast was so easily destroyed, and they had come here purely to learn the truth behind the rumors, as not every family had witnessed the formidable power of the Black-winged Dapeng.

As such, when Yang Chen sat down, the surrounding family leaders all fell silent, their eyes fixed on him.

Yang Chen calmly gestured: “Everyone, please introduce yourselves.”

Hearing Yang Chen’s words, the family leaders began to announce their identities one by one.

“I am the Clan Leader of the Zhu Family, Zhu Menwei!”

“I am the Han Family Clan Leader…”

“The Wu Family!”

In this way, these family leaders began to introduce themselves one by one.

The attitude of these family leaders varied; some were courteous to Yang Chen, some were indifferent, and some even didn’t bother to spare Yang Chen a glance.

This was normal; while Yang Chen had a prominent reputation before leaving the Great Wilderness, it had been three or four years since then. Who could remember his prowess from back then? Furthermore, when Yang Chen left, his Martial Arts Cultivation was not at an invincible level, and many people didn’t take him seriously.

As for the guards in Liaocheng, they all knew that with so many changes within the city, who could spare the time to care about them? Most likely, Yang Chen had returned because he could no longer stay in Liaocheng.

Seeing the attitudes of these family leaders, Yang Chen remained calm, neither angry nor showing any intention of doing anything.

However, through this simple introduction, he had already roughly grasped the situation.

“It seems that the Fire Spirit Beast has indeed left a lot of fear among these clans, with at least 20% of the family leaders not attending,” Yang Chen rubbed his brow.

Yang Wu must have gone to invite them, but even he couldn’t get these family leaders to attend.

At this thought, Yang Chen’s mouth curled up and he shook his head.

How interesting, they couldn’t even be invited?

He could see that these major families still harbored fear towards the Fire Spirit Beast. Many of those who came to introduce themselves were watching with an observant attitude, mostly holding a half-believing, half-doubting stance toward the words he had released days ago. Some even outright dismissed his words, with a lazy, disdainful attitude.

Some didn’t even send a representative.

At this, Yang Chen’s anger turned to laughter.

Not taking his words seriously, huh?

“It seems that my decision to reorganize the Great Wilderness is not a mistaken choice after all,” Yang Chen muttered to himself.

Initially, he had decided to reorganize the Great Wilderness out of a sense of responsibility, as he was from the Great Wilderness himself. Now that it had fallen into chaos under the persecution of the Fire Spirit Beast, it was necessary to reorganize it. But now it seemed that the place had been in such a mess from the persecution of the Fire Spirit Beast, that it had to be reorganized regardless.

With this thought, Yang Chen leisurely said: “Yang Wu, at least 20% of the family leaders are absent, right?”

“I have already invited all of them,” Yang Wu said, puzzled.

Even though these family leaders had agreed on the surface, they still had their own double-faced agendas.

“The Zhou Family hasn’t arrived either,” Yang Chen said slowly.

He knew quite well about the Zhou Family, being one of the few major clans that had chosen to side with the Fire Spirit Beast.

Yang Wu was also full of confusion: “I taught them a lesson just yesterday. In theory, they shouldn’t be so stubborn and unenlightened. What are they planning by not showing up today?”

“Oh? That’s interesting; let’s put this matter aside for now, I’ll go and take a look later,” Yang Chen said unhurriedly.

“Yes,” Yang Wu replied.

After that, Yang Chen scanned the surroundings with his usual expression and said: “Let’s put the absentees aside for now. I just want to clarify one thing with those of you who are here. As you all probably know, the reason I invited you here today is to reorganize the Great Wilderness. Under the persecution of the Fire Spirit Beast, it has become chaotic, and it is necessary to reorganize it!”

“Well, young friend Yang Chen, reorganizing may sound simple, but how do you plan to do it?”

“Yes, young friend Yang Chen, how do you plan to reorganize?”

“Pfft!”

“He even wants to reorganize the Great Wilderness?”

“Is this a joke?”

In an instant, the family leaders expressed their varying opinions and attitudes.

Some were respectful, some disdainful, and some even taunted him.

Yang Chen remained calm, his composed demeanor as he spoke: “Reorganizing the Great Wilderness is simple; all it takes is to eliminate the parasites within it. Then, the families that suffered from the persecution of the Fire Spirit Beast and had their interests affected will be compensated. Different families will also gain different benefits! Rest assured, the Fire Spirit Beast is no more; everyone, the interests of the Great Wilderness will naturally have to be distributed by us!”

“Young friend Yang Chen, what about those families who haven’t come?”

“Yes, what about those absent families?”

Yang Chen calmly said: “It’s simple; since they haven’t come, it means they don’t take my words seriously. They have no qualifications to share in these interests. Whether they live or die in the Great Wilderness, suffer humiliation, or otherwise, it has nothing to do with me, Yang Chen. I wonder, does anyone have any objections?”

For a moment, there was an eerie silence in the surroundings.

Distribute interests?

Everyone was unsure if the Fire Spirit Beast was dead or alive, and they didn’t know how the situation currently stood. How could they talk about distributing interests? Who would dare? They couldn’t possibly believe that the Fire Spirit Beast had fallen due to Yang Chen’s one-sided account.

The people looked at each other, and as for the current situation, no one truly agreed with Yang Chen’s idea, nor did anyone truly take him seriously.

At this moment, a sudden sneer rang out from the crowd: “Yang Chen, are you thinking too much? Whose Great Wilderness is it now? It’s Lord Fire Essence Beast’s! You, Yang Chen, what kind of bullshit are you? You want to distribute the interests of the Great Wilderness? Are you qualified to do so?”

Yang Chen looked unhurriedly at the speaker, naturally having an impression of him.

This man was the Clan Leader of the Wu Family, named Wu Hai. According to Yang Wu, he was similar to the Zhou Family, choosing to side with the Fire Spirit Beast and being one of the most oppressive forces against others.

Yang Chen glanced at Wu Hai indifferently, able to sense his cultivation level.

“Interesting, Ling Wu Realm Seventh Layer? The Wu Family used to be a middle-ranking tribe, with the clan leader’s cultivation not far from that of the Yang Family Patriarch. But now it has reached the Seventh Layer of Ling Wu Realm, apparently thanks to the promotion from the Fire Spirit Beast. That’s right, there are many ways to promote Martial Arts Cultivation through excessive growth.”

Yang Chen briefly glanced at Wu Hai and almost immediately knew where his arrogance came from.

This made Yang Chen express a slight smile: “How is it, Clan Leader Wu, do you have any objections to my idea?”