90: Chapter 90 You'll pay the price for angering me.

"Get lost! People from a God Venerate Family dare to try and befriend a genius like Brother Kang? You truly don't know what death is."

With a wave of his hand, a team of servants split the crowd into two rows.

In the distance, an old man dressed in fine silk robes stepped down from a carriage.

"I am Huang Tianba, the head of the Huang family. It is a pleasure to meet you, Brother Kang."

"Huang Tianba!" Upon hearing this name, Kang Dalei felt it was quite strange.

"Do you have four brothers named Hu, Bai, Liu, and Hui?"

"Brother Kang, you even know about my other four brothers?"

Huang Tianba was stunned; he hadn't expected Kang Dalei to know about his four brothers.

"So it really is you, Third Master Huang."

"Brother Kang, you even know my nickname?" Huang Tianba was shocked again.

Kang Dalei was speechless now. He had just said it casually; why was the man so eager to play along?

"Alright, stop spouting this nonsense to me. Even if you are an Immortal from the Northeast, you cannot interfere with me watching the young ladies dance!"

"How did Brother Kang know that the five of us brothers guard the far north and are known as the Five Immortals?"

"Damn it." Kang Dalei completely lost his temper and pointed at Huang Tianba, unable to speak for a moment.

Seeing this, Huang Tianba waved his large hand.

"Come, show Brother Kang the sincerity of my Huang family."

Immediately after, a group of servants behind him carried out large wooden crates one after another.

With two sharp clicks, the crates were opened, and in an instant, they gleamed with golden light, filled with extraordinary jewelry and treasures.

"Three hundred thousand taels of silver."

"Thirty thousand taels of gold."

"Three thousand bolts of fine silk and satin."

"Three hundred sets of low-grade armor."

"Thirty Huang-grade weapons."

"Ten Xuan-grade artifacts."

"Three Earth-grade magical treasures."

"Two drops of god sovereign jade marrow fluid."

"One bottle of azure white dew."

"And a large residence with six courtyards covering ten acres at the foot of Yuanchu Mountain, to serve as a bridal chamber for you and my daughter."

"This is the sincerity of my Huang family. I wonder if Brother Kang is satisfied?"

Huang Tianba introduced everything with a beaming smile, unable to hide the look of self-satisfaction on his face.

With these items brought out, who else could be more extravagant than his Huang family?

When Huang Tianba displayed the wedding gifts, everyone on the street was stunned by the spectacle.

Such a heavy gift would likely exhaust two-thirds of the wealth of even a Marquis-level family.

While everyone was shocked by the Huang family, they couldn't help but feel annoyed as well.

If the Huang family brought out so much, and they offered less, wouldn't they miss the chance to get to know Kang Dalei? More importantly, as fellow noble families, if the Huang family could bring out so much to befriend Kang Dalei while they couldn't, how would they hold their heads up among the Marquis-level families if word got out?

"This is certainly interesting. The Huang family really knows how to calculate."

"If we can't bring out these items, we admit our foundation isn't as deep as the Huang family's. If we do bring them out, since the Huang family has already set the bar, we would have to raise it even higher to compete."

"An old fox. No wonder he came in person; he was probably worried about this batch of resources."

"How about it, Brother Kang? Is the sincerity of my Huang family acceptable?"

"Hmm... I suppose it's alright." Kang Dalei couldn't even be bothered to lift his eyelids. After a soft hum, he waved at the two women behind him and said, "Come here."

The two women, who had been squeezed into a twist by the crowd, immediately followed Kang Dalei's order and pushed through the crowd to walk toward him.

Huang Tianba, seeing that Kang Dalei had no intention of accepting the wedding gifts, instantly saw his expression darken.

"Brother Kang, what is the meaning of this?"

"Hmm?" Kang Dalei looked at him, confused.

Huang Tianba swept his sharp gaze over the crowd, finally fixing his eyes on Kang Dalei.

"Do you know the benefits of marrying into my Huang family?"

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Kang Dalei was clearly getting impatient.

Seeing this, Huang Tianba didn't speak again but signaled to the people around him. The servants understood and immediately began to shout loudly.

"Marquis Wanjian, don't be ungrateful. It is your good fortune that our Huang family has taken a liking to you. Don't regret it when it's too late."

"Kill him."

With that light remark, the two women, who were currently pushing through the crowd with difficulty to get to him, didn't hesitate in the slightest. They drew their Heaven and Earth Frost Swords and slashed out with a single strike.

As the two divine swords, which rivaled the Dark Star Realm, were unsheathed, the surrounding air was instantly frozen by a chill.

The two women flashed in front of Kang Dalei, their sword tips pointing directly at Huang Tianba in front of him. "Daring to force our Master, you are courting death."

Just as the two women were about to thrust their divine swords, a sudden soft cough from Kang Dalei made them immediately stop their attack.

"Master, should we not kill him?" the two women asked.

Kang Dalei waved his hand, signaling the two women to put down their Heaven and Earth Frost Swords for now.

"No need, just clear him away. I'm not a serial killer."

At this moment, Huang Tianba, who had been pointed at by the frost swords, broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. It wasn't until he heard Kang Dalei tell them to let him leave that he let out a sigh of relief.

"Marquis-level, Divine Venerable, and there are two of them? How is this possible?"

It wasn't just him; the surrounding noble families and royal relatives who had wanted to build a relationship with Kang Dalei all widened their eyes, faces filled with astonishment and shock.

The strength displayed by the two women, Qing and Cheng, was undoubtedly Marquis-level.

"How is this possible? The intelligence said there was only one Marquis-level, Kang Dalei, and he was a newly promoted one at that. How are there two more?"

"Impossible. Even a King-level family couldn't possess two Marquis-level Divine Venerables as maids at the same time. This must be fake."

"Damn, what exactly is the identity of this Marquis Wanjian? He actually has two maids comparable to Marquis-level experts."

"Brother, Brother Kang, this old man meant no harm, no offense. Please forgive me."

Looking at the servant who had died an unjust death, Huang Tianba barely hesitated and decisively chose to submit.

Knowing that the other party had three Marquis-level Divine Venerables, acting tough would be truly stupid.

Kang Dalei actually held no malice toward him; he could be considered the most polite among the many arrogant Divine Venerables.

"Everyone, this Marquis is not someone who covets beauty. But you cannot block the commoners' streets for matters! You can talk to me privately. Remember, you must attach a portrait, otherwise, I won't accept it!"

Those who heard the first half of his sentence thought the matter was definitely blown, but once the second half came out, everyone realized they weren't stupid.

The noble families and the princesses had sent them as lobbyists, so they were naturally clever people.

They understood the meaning behind Kang Dalei's words in a second and happily made way for him.

Even Huang Tianba's heart, which had been doused by the Marquis-level threat, became active again.

"It seems my Huang family still has a chance."

"Lecher. A dog really can't stop eating feces."

Everyone was beaming with joy, but there was one person in the crowd who was fuming with rage.

This bastard is indeed a lecher.

Bai Xuaner, who had been hiding in the crowd, was quite happy to see Kang Dalei reject Huang Tianba, but she hadn't been happy for more than a few seconds before the scoundrel revealed his true colors.

Asking to talk privately, and even wanting portraits—what this bastard wanted to do was self-evident.

"Kang Dalei, you want to choose a concubine, right? This young lady will let you choose, and let you become the target of everyone."

Bai Xuaner was furious.

This Kang Dalei was originally her husband, and they still had the relationship established by the White Elephant King's matchmaking.

On the surface, they hadn't broken things off, and the relationship still existed, yet this Kang Dalei didn't take her, his fiancée, seriously at all.

"If you annoy this young lady, you will have to pay the price."