Old Fox

The long-bearded old man looked into the restaurant after he screamed. He couldn't find his grandson.

He looked at Max. The old man knew that he was a friend of his grandson. "Max, where is my grandson?"

Jaxon wanted to cry. He had seen his grandfather, but he didn't recognize him. "I am your grandson, Jaxon." He called his grandfather.

The old man and Jaxon's other families looked into an uglier-than-pig man before them. They would never believe that he was Jaxon. Besides, the man had a different voice, this man was very hoarse. Jaxon's voice was different after he screamed during his beating.

"No, you aren't Jaxon." Jaxon's father stood and declared. "Where is Jaxon?" He looked into Max.

Max didn't know what he should do. Even his father couldn't recognize his son.

Trevon had completed Very Very Very Basic Disguise lesson. He applied his disguise skill to Jaxon. Master Rabbink had never sold a fake product. Even Jaxon's family couldn't recognize him.

[This is really effective?] Trevon didn't believe that.

Max could only point to uglier than pig young man. "He is Jaxon." Since Max saw Jaxon transformation, he knew that he was Jaxon.

Jaxon's grandfather was Carlxon Punmel, the family leader of Punmel family. He tried his best to recognize his grandson.

Carlxon was a short-tempered person. "Who hurt you?" He asked Jaxon. Jaxon looked into Trevon.

The passersby felt happy seeing the chaos.

"Look at that! This will turn into a big mess. An interesting fight will continue."

"Yeah! Nobody dared to mess with Punmel family."

"Even the old generation from Punmel family come. They were Rank 2 warriors. That man is Carlxon, the family leader of Punmel family." Another passerby who somehow knew about Punmel family was in the crowds.

Master Rabbink winked. [Gwahahaha.]

"No matter how powerful the young master and the young lady, they wouldn't win against the older generation." Another passerby proudly declared.

"They will be trialed by those five families. It will be ugly." All members of 'chit-chat' passersby group had been 'blinded' by Master Rabbink.

The Rabbink smartly used the light law to make Trevon's insignia couldn't be clearly seen by this 'chit-chat' group. It put those chit-chat in a near each other for a reason. Gwahahaha.

"You! Good! A young master from..." Carlxon stopped his speech. He just saw the insignia on Trevon's robe. The short-tempered old man couldn't continue his speech. While he was a hot-headed man, as a family leader, he knew what a red dragon insignia meant. It was the most powerful great family in Heavenly Phoenix, perhaps on the continent.

"Hahaha..." Carlxon could only laugh. He looked into his son, Jaxon's father. "What happened?" He started to feel something was wrong. Even himself didn't dare to fight with such a powerful family.

Jaxon's father was Emerxon. He quickly went to ask one of the bodyguards using his spiritual sense. Even he only came because he heard about a commotion here from a random passerby. Master Rabbink had counted the time very carefully when a person should appear.

[What happened?] Emerxon asked one of Jaxon's bodyguards using spiritual sense.

[This is what happened...] The bodyguard was in Primary Rank 1. He told the story using his own spiritual sense. Their young master was interested in a beautiful lady

Emerxon himself already saw the lady. Even he was tempted to make the girl his new concubines. However, he also saw the insignia on Trevon's robe. He wouldn't be that crazy to steal a lady from a young master of McArthur family.

[What? Are you sure the girl beat all these people?] He saw people from Lebeum family was barely alive.

[The Redwood family also had come. She directly talked with their Rank 3 warrior.] The guard showed the image of Viero.

[What?] Emerxon knew the Redwood family must have come to the premise. They were the owner of the restaurant. [Who is he?]

The bodyguard continued with his story about the talking between the lady and an elder from the Redwood family.

He quickly returned to his father and told all the story related to the girl and Trevon.

Trevon used his Scout skill to check the new people.

[Potential: 27/32] [This old person must be their leader.] He looked into Carlxon.

[Potential: 19/22] [Even Jack is stronger.] He looked into Emerxon.

...

No one could get Trevon attention. His grandmother could easily defeat them all. Of course, as long as the opponent didn't use the external helper.

Carlxon's face turned pale after he heard his son. He never imagined this beautiful lady was an important person. Unlike his son, he knew the person from Redwood family. The person was the number one expert in Redwood, Viero Redwood.

"May I know Young Lady's name?" Carlxon quickly asked Issabella. From the story, this lady was an important person from the McArthur family. Even the powerful Viero needed to agree to her demand.

"My name is not important." Issabella said. "What's more important is your family young master disturbed my breakfast." Issabella brewed another teapot and conducted a tea ceremony. She acted like Carlxon wasn't here.

"We will compensate lady's losses." Carlxon quickly said. Their Punmel family couldn't face the wrath from McArthur.

"That will be one million spirit stones." Issabella easily said.

Carlxon almost wanted to spit blood. That number was huge, especially since their family wasn't a big family. It was a budget for a year operation. They had some saving, but it will affect their growth in the future.

"Could we negotiate this number..."

"Wait, normally I won't be this kind. I have sent an imperial family prince to a hospital for one year because he disturbed my tea time. Fortunately, I am in a good mood today." Issabella quickly said. This made Carlxon remembered someone. Issabella McArthur, she was one of the most beautiful ladies in Heavenly Phoenix. The legendary event of her attacking an imperial family prince was very famous.

Soon, another group of twenty people with angry expression appeared. Those angry people were the Lebeum family. They saw their young master and their bodyguards almost dead.

Luckily, their family leader was a cool-headed person. He saw Carlxon Punmel, another family head was behaving very respectfully.

[What happened, Master Carlxon?] He asked Carlxon.

[This is what happened Master Duerto...] Carlxon quickly told the story. Of course, he changed the story to benefit his family position.

However, Duerto wasn't a stupid person. He quickly asked his grandson's friends and obtained more information.

Duerto cursed all Carlxon's ancestor in his heart. This old man's grandson made his grandson had some problems with such a powerful family. He knew his own grandson wasn't a leader type. Duerto could only regret his failure to teach his grandson properly.

Next after the Lebeum, another three families came. They were Max's family, the other young master's family, and the young lady's families. Of course, all these families knew the story from a random passerby. Master Rabbink had perfect timing to manipulate the destiny.

They quickly asked each other what happened. Some even asked their own young masters and their bodyguards. They finally knew what really happened.

Everyone looked into Punmel family. Their Jaxon Punmel just made an enemy with a great family and he managed to bring them into this trouble. Judging from Viero respected behavior, they knew this supreme beauty wasn't someone who was easy to handle.

Trevon used 'Scout' skill on them, but he didn't find anyone with high potential. He also checked their bodyguard. At best some could reach Rank 2, but most only had a potential to become a Rank 1 warrior.

"Have you discussed enough?" Issabella stopped sipping her tea.

All family leaders looked into the supreme beauty.

"I was enjoying my breakfast when some people destroying my moods. I want a compensation for that." She looked into the five family leaders.

"I have said the number, you can ask this gentleman." Issabella looked to Carlxon.

Carlxon only bitterly nodded. He knew this lady intentionally made another mess for him. His Punmel family would need to convince the other family about the number.

"I won't say how but I hope to see it delivered to my family pavilion." Issabella smiled a very beautiful smile. If not because of fear, all the family leaders would want to throw themselves to this supreme beauty. They couldn't be truly angry with Jaxon. This beauty was a devil's temptation. She was a trap for a spoiled young master.

"Excuse me, Young Lady." Max's family leader talked to the lady. "Our grandson, Max wasn't involved in the annoyance that you received." He tried to dodge the trouble. His Max wasn't even attacked the young lady or the young master.

"Without my interference, he must have attacked my beloved grandson. Your grandson had been analyzing the fight very carefully. He must plan for a dangerous thing for my grandson." Issabella said. She didn't care about reasoning. All were guilty in her eyes.

"The other young masters also almost took his sword. While the young lady had declared to help her friend bully my brother. Do you think I am lying?" Issabella looked very wronged.

"Ah! Of course, it was our grandson fault." Max's family leader didn't dare to deny it. People with power wasn't someone that they could challenge. In the end, the winner was the one with a bigger fist.

"We will quickly pay the compensation." Carlxon finally said. Since the lady didn't mention who should pay the compensation, he believed he could pool it with other family leaders. This wouldn't put his family in a very bad predicament.

The other four leaders looked into Carlxon. They definitely felt their grandson or granddaughter shouldn't involve in this compensation. However, they knew they needed to answer when the lady looked in their direction.

"I will satisfy Young Lady's demand." Max's family leader started to speak. He felt a huge aura pressure when the lady looked in his direction. [She is an expert. At the very least, she must be a Middle Rank 3 warrior.]

The rest of the family leaders hurriedly said the same things. They agreed to pay some compensations. Their family safety was of the utmost importance.

"I have also spent seven of my healing pills to save some lives." Issabella pointed to the injured Lebeum young master, his five bodyguards, and Jaxon.

"Thank you for your kindness, Young Lady." The Lebeum family leader said his thanks. At last, his grandson had received some treatment.

"Each of them worth two thousand spirit stones. They were lifesaving pills made by a Master Alchemist."

The Lebeum family leader suddenly wanted to eat his own grandson. After hearing the price, he hoped for them to be killed instead, he could ask some compensation that way. McArthur family would want to protect their image. This time, he was the one who had to pay some pills compensation.

With that number of spirit stones asked, he could train better people than this spoiled grandson. They have made some mess, even the lady was charging two thousand spirit stones for a person. He had six people, so he needed to pay twelve thousand spirit stones. His family needed to pay more than Punmel family.

"I want the money for the pills now." Issabella said. "Who is the one responsible for them? You might want to deliver them to a good doctor. The pill could only prolong their life. Some treatments should be done. We don't want a long-lasting injury."

Lebeum family leader and Carlxon knew that it was a bail price. They paid some spirit stones to the lady with a heavy heart. Some of their family members took the injured people and sent them to the doctor.

"For the rest of young masters and lady, they will be a quest in my family pavilion. We will not treat them poorly." Issabella said. "You all know where my family pavilion is, right?"

Trevon felt proud of his grandmother. His grandmother had just turned a few gold coins breakfast into such a huge profit. He felt he needed to learn. She even took some hostages in broad daylight under a righteous position.

The family of those three felt bitter. They knew they would need to pay some compensation. If they didn't, they would lose more face. Since their descendant became an involuntary quest in another family.

[We need to educate our descendants who they should befriend in the future.] They looked into each other while at the same time angrily gazed into Punmel family.

"Trevon, send your bodyguards to escort them to the pavilion! We don't want anything bad happened to them." She ordered Trevon.

"Yes, Elder Sister." Trevon proudly looked into his bodyguard. Jack and Jerry knew their service wasn't needed. [With a Rank 3 warrior grandmother next to him, who could hurt our young master?]

Jack, Jerry, Jonathan, Kevin, and Lance took the two young masters and one young lady to the family pavilion.

Issabella looked into the five families that surrounded the premise. "Do these elders have anything else to say?" She implied the five families to get lost.

"No, Young Lady." They declared. They didn't dare to face a wrath from such a large family. Those groups ran faster than when they came.

The crowds were surprised by the turn of event. They had seen the powerful cultivator family ran with their tail tucked. As a commoner, most of them viewed all cultivator families as a superpower. A commoner wouldn't know there existed a huge gap between cultivator families.

"Why did they run faster?" One of the chit-chat group members asked.

"Couldn't you see the insignia?"

"What insignia?"

"That is the red dragon."

"McArthur family?"

"Who else?"

"Could McArthur family kick those famous families?" The other passersby said.

"You must have never heard the term Great Family. McArthur is the biggest family in Heavenly Phoenix." Another person in the crowds explained, he had a deep yearned expression on his face. Not every common people knew the standard for cultivation family. In their eyes, cultivation families were all big and powerful.

They continued their gossip.

"We should go to a more private room." Issabella pouted. She acted like she was only a teenager. Those people who knew her real age would be surprised such an elder acted like this.

"Yes, Elder Sis." Trevon quickly asked an attendant to prepare a private room. He took Nana on his shoulder. The mouse had been happily eating while Issabella and Trevon didn't look.

The attendant had been ordered the restaurant guard to treat these two people as a VIP. They brought Trevon and Issabella to the best room in the restaurant.

Issabella activated her own formation plate and increased the privacy. She couldn't trust Redwood family property for her privacy.

"Do you know the reason for what I have done?" Issabella prepared some tea. She was also a Master Tea Ceremony Practitioner. The beautiful grand elder even could use spiritual energy to increase the tea quality.

"No. Gran..." Trevon felt a piercing sight. Therefore, he quickly corrected his word. "No, Elder sister. But Elder Sister is the best." Trevon used his powerful foot licking technique. It had never failed him before when he used this to his grandmother and grandfather.

"Elder Sister managed to obtain one million spirit stones for them. The pills also a huge profit." Trevon had seen the value in the family contribution point exchange.

"You are wrong Trevon. You need to learn more." Issabella continued her tea ceremony.

"What does Elder Sister mean?" Trevon didn't understand.

"This elder sister doesn't care about a mere one million spirit stones." Issabella said. Trevon agreed with his grandmother's words. He had seen the family spent billions on some supreme treasures in an auction.

"I only wanted to create a gap in their family unity. While our family is strong. It is unwise to challenge many families at the same time. They didn't come from our vassal families. They were from neutral or Redwood family's vassal families." She taught her grandson.

"With the compensation, there would be some frictions between them. This is especially since one of them had paid for more pills. We also took hostages from the family with the least responsibility. I also intentionally said the number to only one family." She proudly smiled. The beautiful grandma had lived for such a long age. Of course, she had become one of the old foxes.

She poured the tea for Trevon. Trevon really liked his grandmother tea. He could only taste the tea just a few times in the past.

"They would never unite to challenge us. Charles would handle the hostages. With our treatment, those three could be turned into our vassal families." Issabella wasn't as harsh as she looked on the outside.

Trevon nodded.

Issabella believed Charles and other old foxes in the family would understand her intention. She could check it at a later time. McArthur family would treat those young masters and lady with the best treatment. The family would even return the compensation in some way if they become their vassal families.

As a grand elder, she knew what their family long-term goal in Redwood. McArthur family wanted a large pie in Redwood. However, the Redwood family, the city founder had better connections in the city than McArthur. This small and medium families' voices were important for the family to establish themselves in Redwood. With their support, McArthur family could have a righteous position in the common people's perception.

McArthur family couldn't wrestle the power in the open since there was also the Imperial family watching from behind. Perhaps using this to gather an alliance to oppose McArthur if they used force. Therefore, they could only slowly build their connections.

Trevon enjoyed the tea from his grandmother. A beautiful woman like his grandmother, but with proper lady attitudes. That was the dream girl of Trevon.

"What do you think about Master Viero rejection of my proposal between Olivia and you?" Issabella asked.

Trevon felt depressed when he heard this from his grandmother. He wanted to say that it broke his heart.

"No big deal! I will get Olivia through my own effort." Trevon said. He was confident with his look and background. [Who could resist this handsome young master?]

[Many.] That was Master Rabbink thought. It stayed silent since it enjoyed eating many dumplings in the kitchen.

"I actually want to make a connection between Redwood and McArthur." Issabella said her reason.

Trevon didn't like to become a political chess piece, but he would never reject if it was with Olivia.

"Do not look that way to your elder sister!" Issabella could see some disappointments in Trevon's eyes. "Since you are no longer a family chosen, you should be prepared to be used as a political groom by the family. This elder sister is trying to find the best one for you."

Trevon couldn't refute his grandmother. This was the burden of every young master and lady from a big family. Even some noble and rich merchant family's heaven favored sons and daughters had this same burden. They had a price for the luxury lifestyle that they enjoyed.

"If you want to decide your own future. You need to show your power to the family."

Trevon kept silent. He knew what his grandmother wanted to say. His grandmother always believed that Trevon wasn't this bad.

"I prefer a marriage to a beautiful person like an elder sister." Trevon made a joke of his predicament. He knew the family would still consider many things before deciding on a marriage. At least the other party needed to be on equal standing on Trevon.

"With the rumor surrounding you. Do you think you could get a good match?" Issabella hinted about Trevon debauchery. While Trevon kept saying he was a virgin, he couldn't deny his fun time. He loved to visit Margareth, Cecillia, and many more beautiful girls. Yet, Trevon always avoided the last base.

"I am sorry, Elder Sister." Trevon also felt conflicted. "But I hadn't had any concubines. I am also a virgin." Trevon wanted to show his value. He could prove his virginity using some test. The spoiled young master still had his Virgin Yang energy.

Only powerful families could afford this test. Therefore, for common people, they didn't care about this virginity matter.

"Well, I really hoped that Viero would allow his Olivia to be married to you." Issabella said. "It will be good both for you and the family. However, you are that bad... This elder sister needs to teach you."

She had tried to get Olivia hand also not just for her grandson. It was also to make a connection with an important member of the Redwood family. Olivia was a family leader's daughter, so even when she was married to McArthur, she would have some influence inside the Redwood family.

However, the Redwood family had always tried to build a connection with the imperial family. The Imperial family was the only family who could challenge McArthur in the Heavenly Phoenix. This attitude was shown by Viero soft rejection. Therefore, she didn't insist on it. The rejection would be a thing that Viero would regret in the future.

"So, what is the strategy from elder sister?" Trevon knew his grandmother could help.

"It is difficult, my dear. From a long time ago, the Redwood family had been worried about our family, and they were correct in doing so. It will be impossible even if both of you love each other." Issabella gave a harsh judgment. "I will find a better girl for you. Even if you are not a talented person, you still carry my superior gene." She rubbed Trevon hair.

"Now it is your turn to tell this elder sister something." She smiled. While pouring more tea for Trevon.

Trevon felt a bad predicament.