Meeting

Zhou Mengyao looked at the glass window of the carriage, he is sitting in a very relaxed position. He can see that the people that are in line to enter the city make way for his carriage to enter the city gate that is open widely to receive him.

Their carriage slowed down as they enter the city gates, the street is pretty wide and the place is very organized. Shops like that of blacksmiths are neatly close to each other.

Most of the people that are in the street are going back and forth to blacksmiths. Zhou Mengyao judged them to be a visitor of the city, there are plenty of cultivators entering and leaving the city every day.

Since this place is a paradise for cultivators to buy high-quality weapons, there are plenty of foreign cultivators.

Their carriage continued on moving as people make way for them.

There isn't any traffic that has to impede them so they managed to quickly arrive in an ancient-looking structure which is the headquarters of the Zhou Family.

The structure is very big as it housed countless cultivators from the Zhou Family. The design is more of that of an ancient structure from the past thousand years, just this alone shows the long history of the Zhou Family.

They are already at the front gate of the structure and the security is very tight, the cultivators that are guarding their posts are very alert and they did not dare to even relax for a second.

"Can we see who is inside the carriage?"

The head captain greeted them as he asks questions, although he has already seen the banner of the Zhou Family in the carriage, questioning them is still a procedure that has to be done.

"Alright, here take a look at this badge."

Zhou Mengyao opened the door of the carriage as he calmly sits in the soft furniture, he tossed out a wooden plaque with his name on it. The guard injected his qi into the plaque and it glowed golden for a second before it subsided.

"So it is Young Master Zhou Mengyao! Welcome back young master, I am Head Captain of the guards' Zhou Shihong"

"Open the gates, let the young master enter."

Zhou Shihong greeted respectfully, although he doesn't have a good impression of Zhou Mengyao due to his body, his standing is still one of the highest in the family so being respectful to him is being respectful to the higher-ups as well.

The only one who can contradict him in this clan is people who have the same standing or even higher than him.

"Alright, return my identity token now."

"Yes, young master."

Zhou Shihong returned the wooden plaque that acts as the identity token of Zhou Mengyao that is part of the main family of the Zhou family. Although it looks like it is just a normal wood, there is actually an array in there that can confirm his identity.

Zhou Yanyu who watched everything did not choose to say anything, she is back to her usual average demeanor and even average look. She has just brushed off what happened to them in the back of her mind.

So seeing that they are already clear to enter, they get on their way to enter the huge villa. It was not an exaggeration to call it huge, it is even comparable to the castle of the capital.

It took their carriage three minutes of a journey before they stopped.

Zhou Yanyu opened the carriage for him and Zhou Mengyao stepped out, he is wearing a traditional robe with exquisite designs. It is created by the crafters of the Zhou Family so it naturally exudes an aura of grandeur.

As Zhou Yanyu opened the doors, there is another servant beside her.

"Welcome back Young Master, the patriarch is waiting for you at the main hall. Let me accompany you."

The servant that greeted him is the head servant, he is already old as wrinkles can be seen in his old figure but even then, as one of the oldest servants of the Zhou Family, his strength is not to be trifled with.

"Lead me to the main hall."

Zhou Mengyao fixed his posture as Zhou Yanyu made sure to fix the crease in his robes to make him look more presentable.

After finishing his looks and making sure that he is already presentable, he is quickly led by the head servant to the main hall. The villa is very huge so it took them some time of walking due to the huge land.

Zhou Yanyu also accompanied him as his personal servant but she will have to stop accompanying him to the main hall.

They have already arrived just near the main hall, they are in front of a towering door that measures about two meters, the door is made of unknown material as Zhou Mengyao knew that it is not black metal.

He is clueless about what it is since there are no records of what kind of material it is made of in their family's library or either the academy's library.

Nevertheless, he did not focus on what kind of material it is. The only reason he thought about it is that he can feel how strong it is instinctively.

The head servant knocked on the door thrice before a strong hoarse voice can be heard coming inside.

"Who is it?"

"Greetings Patriarch! This is Head Servant Zhou Chuntao, I have brought Young Master Zhou Menyao as per your order."

"Hmm, let him enter."

The door naturally opened without anyone touching it, Zhou Mengyao entered the main hall alone without anyone accompanying him. After entering, Zhou Mengyao spotted a red carpet on the ground and he continues to walk forward as just in front of him is his grandfather.

His grandfather is sitting in a chair with a huge round table in front of him.

"Greetings, grandfather. I have heard that you wanted to meet me?"

Zhou Mengyao cupped his fist and he bowed politely, if he is not his grandson then Zhou Mengyao will have to kneel down.

"Indeed, how was your life at the academy so far?"

"I am doing great, I have made a good friend in the academy and I have grown stronger as well."

"I can see that. Good."

Zhou Mengyao's eyebrows are irked since he thought that he will be bombarded by questions related to the academy.

"I have learned that your friend is very strong, try to acquaint her to the Zhou Family. If possible bind her to our family."

His grandfather whose tone is very gentle yet serious, suddenly showed his intention. His golden eyes that look like a grandfather showing his care to his grandson have changed to that of a crafty old man.

"I am afraid that will be harder, we don't even know where she came from but I can guess that her intention is to definitely use our family's power to her liking."

"That is why you should help her as long as possible, rope her in with the family's resources and ask anything that you needed to use. Use every resource of our family."

For the first time in a while, his grandfather that looks lifeless have suddenly regained his vigor as he smiled at his grandson. He never expected that changes will suddenly happen when he sent him to the academy.

He is now much bolder, ruthless, and deep thinker than his past self who is very dumb and a coward.

If it was in the past then Zhou Mengyao will stutter and will not talk to him with confidence.

Although he has heard of the events in the academy, Zhou Mengyao's grandfather Zhou Yongzheng has taken a liking to Zhou Mengyao's decision.

Since they wanted to harm him then they should be prepared to be harmed as well, why will he even care about someone who wanted to harm his family? No one should try to kill his family so they naturally deserved that death.

In order for one to live in this world, one must be ruthless especially if you are a leader. It is your responsibility to take care of the members of your group, their lives are at your hands so you have to protect them.

That is Zhou Yongzheng's vision in how to be a good leader, one must be ruthless to his enemy and forgiving to his ally.

He has gotten a report about how Zhou Mengyao spared Zhou Donghai's life despite the fact that he wanted to kill him. Although Zhou Yongzheng will not mind if Zhou Mengyao killed Zhou Donghai since the latter ask for it, he is still satisfied that his grandson knew how to give second chance to his allies.

Though if it is others that did it to Zhou Yongzheng then he will kill them without even batting an eye.

"I will try my best to acquaint her into our family. As long as I have the family's support I feel like I can do it."

"Do whatever you need."

His grandfather smiled at the opportunity, a young genius that suddenly showed up out of nowhere is a good addition to the Zhou Family's alliance.