As the various clans were rejoicing for the arrival of their younger generation, they were shocked to receive an invitation for a banquet from the Cao clan.
Instantly, the joyous atmosphere in all the various clans disappeared into thin air. All their elders gathered for a serious discussion on the sudden invitation.
In the Xiao clan, they were not as tense as every other clan. They were the only neutral clan in the core city and had nothing to be afraid of.
Inside a private courtyard, the clan master and his family sat in a small pavilion. The couple looked at their four children with smiles full of satisfaction.
"Father, why would the Cao clan invite us, and why must we go?" Xiao FenFang, the eldest of the four children, said with a baffled expression.
She had little idea about the Cao clan. The only thing she knew about them was they were some weak, declining clan living in the inner city.
