Situ Ye, the president of the Situ Merchant Guild!

He was the most influential figure in Conglong and had a great influence throughout the entire city.

Some people even said that he was a strong contender for the next president of the Conglong Merchant Guild. It could even be said that he was almost certain to land the position.

Such a person was a person of great importance in Conglong. Even compared to Marquis Zhongxin, he was a big shot who could be on equal footing.

If Situ Ye came personally to celebrate the birthday of Marquis Zhongxin himself, it would be a great honor. After all, there were so many influential people in the city. If he had to come personally to celebrate everyone's birthday, he wouldn't have to do anything else for a year. Just attending birthday banquets and giving gifts would be tiring enough.

Therefore, although Marquis Zhongxin had sent out invitations as usual, he never thought that these important figures would actually come. It was already very good if they sent a representative. However, Situ Ye had come personally and even brought his beloved daughter.

Everyone looked at Kong Buyi again and felt that something was strange today. These big shots had actually arrived one after another.

Kong Buyi was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Situ Ye to come today. However, he immediately thought of something. He looked at Chu Yunfan and immediately understood.

Situ Ye was the same as him. He had come for Chu Yunfan. If it was just the marquis himself, he would not have such a big reputation to make them come personally despite their busy schedule. However, he did not know how Situ Ye had found out about Chu Yunfan.

Kong Buyi was no longer surprised after he understood all of this. He sat down on his seat and leisurely looked up at the sky as if all of this had nothing to do with him.

Soon, a middle-aged man with bright eyes appeared in front of everyone with a young girl in a gorgeous long dress.

"Hello, President Situ!"historical

"President Situ, long time no see!"

"Hello, President Situ. Nice to meet you!"

Along the way, many people spoke up to curry favor with Situ Ye.

From a certain point of view, Situ Ye was even more popular than Marquis Zhongxin. Although Marquis Zhongxin had a high position and authority, he was not as direct as Situ Ye.

Situ Ye was known to be a golden goose. As long as he gave them a little guidance, they would immediately become rich.

However, Situ Ye only smiled politely and nodded before walking over.

"Greetings, Matriarch. Greetings, Marquis Zhongxin," Situ Ye said.

Situ Miaoyi also called out sweetly, "Good day, Marquis Zhongxin. May you be blessed, Matriarch."

"Good! Very good!"

When the Matriarch saw Situ Miaoyi, she smiled happily. She liked Situ Miaoyi very much. Otherwise, she wouldn't have insisted on letting Situ Miaoyi and Chu Yunfan go on a blind date.

She looked at Situ Miaoyi and then at Chu Yunfan. She felt that the two of them were a perfect couple.

Situ Miaoyi's smile was as beautiful as a flower, and it never stopped. On the other hand, Chu Yunfan felt uncomfortable because of the matriarch's inexplicable smile. He was not stupid and quickly understood the matriarch's thoughts.

Although there was a huge age difference between him and the matriarch, everyone in the residence knew that she was raising Chu Yunfan as her son because he looked exactly like her late youngest son.

All the mothers in the world had the same thought. They couldn't wait for their children to get married and have children as soon as possible.

Chu Yunfan, who had already experienced this on Earth, could not understand, but he did not intend to expose it. Today was the matriarch's birthday. So long as she was happy, he went along with it.

"Brother Situ, today is my mother's birthday. I'm sorry to have troubled you to attend."

Although Situ Ye didn't have a noble title, Chu Yaowei didn't dare to act arrogantly in front of Situ Ye. Marquis Zhongxin's residence and Situ Merchant Guild had some business dealings, and they were people he wanted to rope in.

"Brother Chu, what are you saying? With our friendship, is there such need to say such things?" Situ Ye quickly said.

On the contrary, Chu Yaowei was a little confused. The relationship between them was just so-so. But with what Situ Ye, others would think they're very close.

"I came in a hurry today, so I didn't bring any generous gifts. I only brought a painting. I hope you won't mind, Brother Chu."

Situ Ye stretched out his hand, and the air shimmered. A painting appeared in his hand. It was an ancient painting that had yellowed. In this ancient painting, there was only a figure practicing punches.

Everyone's eyes blurred. They felt that this figure had actually come alive. In front of everyone's eyes, it had transformed into a human figure and was currently punching.

This set of fist techniques was earth-shattering, and streams of fist intent rolled toward them.

They were so shocked that they took a step back. Only then did they realize that the illusion in front of them had suddenly disappeared. The painting was just that painting. It was nothing more.

However, their eyes were burning.

"A Dao Entering-level painting!" someone exclaimed.

There was no doubt that there were thousands of paintings in the world, but those that could reach the Dao Entering level could be said to be as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. Anyone who could draw such paintings could be considered a grandmaster in the Spirit Realm, and the number was even rarer than Alchemy Grandmasters.

This kind of person had entered the path through painting and had already reached a miraculous level. When ordinary people drew, their highest goal was to draw the shape of the painting. This was the first level of the painter's path.

What was even more powerful than this was that besides the shape, it was a step further to the spirit. At this step, it could already be considered extremely impressive. This was the second level of the painter's path.

Above this similarity in spirit was the combination of form and spirit. This was because, in a sense, form and spirit were two parallel lines. It was not necessarily stronger than the other. For example, on Earth, the Western style of painting in the Common Era was mainly based on form, while ancient China paintings were mainly based on spirit.

However, when one reached the third level, having both body and spirit was extremely impressive. At this level, one could basically be called a grandmaster.

Even though a grandmaster's painting was precious, it wasn't enough to drive all the important figures here crazy.

The truly precious ones were those above these three levels. At the Dao Entering level, not only did their paintings contain both form and spirit, but they were also integrated with one's knowledge.

This kind of Dao Entering-level painting was extremely rare because it could help people comprehend the Dao. Even if it was just mountains, rivers, flowers, and birds, its value was immeasurable. It could manifest the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth in front of people.