Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains

"Elder Ku, please come in quickly."

"Vice Gang Leader Kang, your personal visit brings honor to the Hou family. Please, come in."

Everything had gone smoothly with Elder Ku Gongchan and Kang Ping being warmly welcomed by Hou Yucheng and Hou Yuling, likely because of their age. But when it was Hou Yujie's turn to invite Wan Xingyun and Yue Lingshou, problems arose.

"Has the Hou clan put on too much airs? It's one thing for the Master of the Hou Family not to show up, but to have Hou Yuduan abstain from greeting us as well? To send you to receive us?"

As soon as Wan Xingyun's words fell, Hou Yujie's expression darkened. Before he could speak, Yue Lingshou also said, "This does seem a bit pretentious, but we can understand. After all, the Double Dragons of the Hou family are listed on the New Star Ranking. It seems that, with our status, we're not even on their radar."

With the fuss raised by both, Kang Ping and Elder Ku, who were about to enter, also stopped in their tracks and turned back to look at the three Hou siblings. They were older and didn't really mind personally, but they were not there just for themselves. If the Hou family were genuinely intimidated by Wan Xingyun and Yue Lingshou, and they said nothing, then the Money Gang and Pingtian Gate would seem inferior to the Moling Sect and Xiong Yun Gang.

The sight made Hou Yujie's face grow even more sullen.

The Hou family was about to establish a mansion and should be on equal footing with first-class forces. If Sect Masters or Gang Leaders were to visit, Hou Yuxiao would surely come out to meet them. A Young Gang Leader and a Young Sect Master, both only at the Grandmaster Four Realms in cultivation, had already been favored greatly by his reception. Yet they expected his elder brother and Old Fifth to come out as well...

Hou Yujie was not one to mince words. With his victory over Shen Gu Yun and Ke Jiangyun less than a month past, he wasn't intimidated by Yue Lingshou and Wan Xingyun, much less Elder Ku and Kang Ping, who were both at Great Grandmaster level. Feeling challenged, a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"Are you suggesting that my elder brother must come out in person before you'll deign to enter?"

Hou Yujie still managed to calm himself, staying silent for more than a dozen breaths before asking the pair with a sullen face and a low voice.

Seeing Hou Yujie's sullen face, Wan Xingyun felt provoked. Anger surged within him as he scoffed, "What's this? Are you threatening me? Do we need to pay some kind of price for Hou Yuxiao to come out?"

When Hou Yuduan and Hou Yujie went to Xingnan Prefecture City three years earlier to buy war horses, it was Wan Xingyun who had handled that deal. He had looked down on the two brothers back then, at most curious about Master Hou, Hou Yuxiao, but never took the Hou family seriously.

In his opinion, even if the Hou family established a mansion, they were not on the same level as the Xiong Yun Gang. His father sent him as a courtesy to the Hou family, and here he found that Hou Yuxiao didn't bother to receive them in person. When he kindly gave a couple of pointers, Hou Lao Si dared to threaten him, which he found intolerable.

"You must be Fourth Young Master Hou, with quite the temper. Is Master of the Hou Family's health so precious that he cannot come out to greet us? Or is it true, as I said, that the four of us are so insignificant that he doesn't deem it worthy to personally step forth..."

Yue Lingshou was dressed in a gold-threaded dress with slits that reached her waist, exposing a broad swath of gleaming white skin. Combined with her seductively charming face and her coquettish smile, her demeanor was quite provocative.

Yet as she spoke, her words were sharp as knives, roping in Kang Ping and Elder Ku with her query of Hou Yujie, questioning if they were all so insignificant that Master Hou wouldn't come out to greet them.

Unfortunately for her, she thought that this line of questioning would put the Hou siblings on the spot, certain that they would not dare to answer her.

However, things were not as she anticipated.

Hou Yucheng, known for his volatile temper, spoke up directly in response to her.

His answer was decisive, brimming with scorn and mockery.

"Nonsense. What makes you four think you deserve my elder brother's welcome? If you're here for the celebration feast, get inside quickly. If not, get lost! It seems I need to make myself clear, madam—are you that desperate for attention?"

......

His words caused all four to stiffen, silencing the entire entrance of the Hou Mansion. Every visiting power and Wandering Martial Artist was stunned, unanimously turning their gaze toward Hou Yucheng, their expressions indescribably odd.

"Hou Lao Er, still as fiery as ever!"