Just as everyone was shocked, a hearty laugh suddenly echoed from the door: "Hey, Lin my brother, long time no see! I've missed you dearly."

Everyone looked towards the door and was stunned to see the four people entering.

The four entrants were none other than the Clan Leaders of the Liu, Wang, Yang, and Zhang families.

How could it be possible! The Clan Leaders of the Four Great Families have come!

These people all believed that a banquet from a third-rate family like Lin's wouldn't see attendance from the Clan Leaders of the Four Great Families, but they never dreamed that they would all come together.

Lin Chen smiled: "Brother Zhang, I was worried you might be too busy, so I didn't dare to invite you."

"Hmph, I think you wanted to save some wine and food," Zhang Tao teased.

At this moment, he caught sight of Zhang Lan.

"You little rascal, come over here," Zhang Tao beckoned to Zhang Lan.

At this moment, Zhang Lan was completely dumbfounded; even in his wildest dreams, he hadn't imagined that his father would be calling Lin Chen 'brother'.

Zhang Tao pointed at Lin Chen: "Call him Uncle Lin!"

"What, call him Uncle!" Zhang Tao was dumbstruck; moments ago, he completely looked down on Lin Chen, yet now his father wanted him to call Lin 'Uncle'.

Seeing Zhang Lan not respond, Zhang Tao frowned: "Are you deaf? I'm asking you to call him Uncle Lin."

"Dad, we're almost the same age, what skills does this guy have that I should call him Uncle?" Zhang Lan protested.

"Smack!"

A loud slap landed on Zhang Lan's face.

"Dad, why did you hit me?" Zhang Lan clutched his cheek, asking in disbelief.

"Hitting you is a light punishment. Do you think he's not qualified to be your uncle? Let me tell you, being acknowledged as his nephew is your good fortune from your past life. Do you know about the Zhou and Li families? Back then, it was your Uncle Lin who took them down, giving our Zhang family the chance to become one of the Four Great Families. You could say Uncle Lin is our family's benefactor," Zhang Tao said coldly.

"What? He destroyed the Li and Zhou families?" Zhang Lan was abroad studying at the time, so he knew nothing about the events in Capital City.

Most of Lin Chen's invitees were from second-rate family forces, so they were also unaware of the past secrets, and they were all left open-mouthed by Zhang Tao's revelation.

"Uncle Lin!" Zhang Lan blushed and uttered.

The reason why the Clan Leaders of the Four Great Families were so respectful towards Lin Chen was because they all knew that crossing Lin Chen meant he could easily destroy them with a flick of his finger.

Seeing the Four Great Families act respectfully in front of Lin Chen, all those family leaders wore expressions of amazement.

Understandably, the Four Great Families were entities they looked up to as if ants before giants.

Yet here was Lin Chen, who they had just been mocking, now joking and chatting with the Clan Leaders they admired.

But their shock was far from over; at this moment, another elderly man and a young girl entered through the door.

The elderly man was dressed in a Tang suit, while the young girl wore a military uniform with a general's rank.

"Old Long, how come you're here despite your busy schedule?" Lin Chen laughed.

Old Long chuckled: "How could I not attend such a big event as your Lin family returning to Capital City? Otherwise, Anna wouldn't have it!"

"Grandpa!" Anna said shyly.

Lin Chen later learned that Anna's full name was Long Anna, and she was actually a descendant of the renowned Long family, with Old Long as her grandfather.

It turned out that in order to train Anna, this fact was kept completely under wraps, and everyone just thought she was an ordinary Dragon Group warrior.

Later, Lin Chen learned from Anna herself that she was, in fact, a bona fide second-generation official.

Upon seeing Old Long appear, the family leaders almost went dumbfounded.

This old man was someone who frequently appeared on TV, yet Lin Chen had even managed to bring such a figure to his side.

At this time, everyone realized that despite Lin Chen's low profile, he was indeed the most formidable person here.

But just when everyone was reeling with surprise, another person appeared at the door.

This person carried a cigarette in his mouth and had a careless, slouching demeanor.

As soon as everyone saw him, peculiar expressions appeared on their faces. The newcomer was Yang Chao, notorious as the leader among the Four Great Scoundrels of Capital City.

After the fall of the Zhou and Li families, the Yang family leapfrogged into being the top family in Capital City. Given that Yang Chao was the sole heir, the Yang family doted heavily on him.

Yang Chao had committed numerous misdeeds—bullying the innocent, harassing young women—the worst of human behaviors, thus earning the infamous title among the Four Great Scoundrels.

Of course, Yang Chao's actions had long surpassed the level of a scoundrel, warranting the descriptor 'complete scumbag'.

Nevertheless, Yang Chao had quite considerable skills; it was rumored that he was buddy-buddy with underworld bosses, and thus many of his troubles never required the family to intervene, as he could sort them out himself.

Moreover, Yang Chao was Xue Ying's most fervent admirer, hanging around like a sticky patch of glue that couldn't be scraped off.

Upon hearing Xue Ying was attending the banquet, he hurriedly followed.

Lin Chen squinted slightly as Yang Chao walked in.

He hadn't expected Yang Chao to possess some martial prowess, with strikingly steady steps and eyes gleaming with brilliance at the peak of the Cloud-Sea Realm.

Yang Chao seethed upon seeing the closeness between Lin Chen and Xue Ying.

"You little punk, who told you to cozy up to my Yinyin?" Yang Chao fumed.

Lin Chen glanced drolly at the fool before him.

Just before Lin Chen could say anything, Yang Chao's father, Yang Wanshan, began to curse angrily: "You little brat, stop harassing people, get out!"

Yang Wanshan was almost losing his mind; Xue Ying was Lin Chen's woman, and yet his son was challenging Lin for her, which was tantamount to a suicide mission.

Yang Wanshan knew Lin Chen's temper; angering Lin meant dreadful consequences.

But at this moment, Yang Chao, being publicly scolded by his father, grew heedless, and lunged at Lin Chen.

Witnessing this, Yang Wanshan's soul was almost shattered, realizing his son had stirred significant trouble this time.

"You rebellious idiot, halt!"

Yang Wanshan shouted in desperation.

As he prepared to stop Yang Chao, suddenly, there was a bang, and Yang Chao directly kneeled before Lin Chen.

Watching his son kneel before Lin Chen, Yang Wanshan was equally dumbfounded. Since when had his son become so courteous?

At this moment, Yang Chao kneeled with an utterly bewildered expression.

With his groundwork skills, he could remain upright even on ice, yet today, he had inexplicably pratfell and ended up kneeling!

In actuality, Yang Chao was unaware that it wasn't him slipping, but Lin Chen who had struck him down using Qi.

Given Qi's invisibility, Yang Chao merely felt a sharp pain underfoot, then slipped and fell.

Lin Chen laughed heartily: "Good nephew, meeting for the first time with such grand courtesy, alas your uncle has come empty-handed!"