The Six Islands of Junyang are the villas opened by Chen Zhenren, the ancestor of Taisu's generation thousands of years ago, to protect the blessed land and spiritual islands in the mainland of Taisu.
The Chen family has grown and spread over thousands of years, but its main line still resides on the six islands of Junyang. It has been managed from generation to generation, and the name of the Chen family in Junyang has been established.
On the main island, the Taoist boy hurriedly walked through the halls, passed three halls, and passed four or five courtyards, and came to a lake with rippling blue waves. A small pavilion and a gallery were built beside the lake. The bridge extends from outside the pavilion to a boathouse floating on the water in the center of the lake. A young Taoist is standing on the edge of the fence on the top floor of the boathouse, staring at the lake in trance.
The Taoist boy hurriedly entered the small pavilion. Before he stepped onto the covered bridge, he was blocked by two Taoists. They said expressionlessly: "The master of the house has an order. If there is nothing important, do not disturb him."
"It's important, it's such a big important thing!" The Taoist boy was so anxious that he almost jumped up, but the Taoist remained motionless and said indifferently: "Whether it is important or not, you don't have to say."
"You!" the Taoist boy said angrily: "There is an urgent message from the door. Chen Yuan and the master in the sixth room were taken away by the true disciple Xu Zhuang who broke into Danxia courtyard!"
"What?" The faces of the two Taoists changed, and one of them said hurriedly: "Just wait, I will go in and report now."
"No need." Suddenly a cold voice came, and the young Taoist on the ship suddenly appeared in front of the three of them and said to the Taoist boy: "Please tell me the matter in detail."
"Young Master!" The three of them hurriedly saluted. The Taoist boy did not dare to delay. He quickly told everyone what he knew. He then took out the letter talisman he received and handed it to the young man. The young man listened quietly to what the Taoist boy said and took the letter. Fu said calmly: "I already know the matter, so I will go in and tell the head of the family that you did a good job in this matter."
Then he said to the two Taoists: "The master of the house is entertaining guests. It is not appropriate to disturb him. You can continue to be on duty."
The three of them respectfully said "Yes!" Looking back, the young Taoist had already reached the ship building again.
The young Taoist returned to the ship building and looked at the letter talisman again. The previous paragraph recorded in detail how the new disciple broke into Danxia Academy and captured Chen Yuanji in front of the elders of Danxia Academy. At this time, the expression that had always been cold and cold showed a hint of complexity, "Xuzhuang..."
The young man stood by the fence for a while, regaining his cool appearance, and then strode into the ship building. After walking through the aisle, he heard the sound coming from inside, and suddenly he had a headache again.
I only heard a female voice say: "Brother! Since my sister got married, she has been thinking about home and you all the time. You're good! I've been home for so long, and I've been trying to avoid seeing you. Are you really treating your married sister like a piece of water that has been thrown away? Now you can't even hear my sister call you big brother!" His words were full of sadness and sadness.
The young man hesitated for a while, but finally raised the bead curtain and entered the inner room.
At a glance, I saw a middle-aged Taoist sitting above him, with black hair and black beard, and straight facial features. There was a cup of tea on the table. He took the tea with an expressionless face and took a sip.
Opposite him was a young and beautiful woman, with a hairpin and golden branches combing her temples, a beautiful face and willow leaves, double eyebrows, rouge and colorful clouds, her eyes were reddish, with a drop of tear hanging on them. Following the sound, she saw the young man entering, with a trace of far-fetched expression on her face. With a smile, he shouted softly: "Zong Feng, you are here." It was really pitiful.
The first Taoist is the current head of the Chen family, Chen Zongzheng, and the beautiful woman is Chen Zongzheng's biological sister, the former eldest daughter of the Chen family, Chen Lian.
Chen Zongfeng still had a cold expression. He simply saluted and called, "Auntie." He quickly walked to the middle-aged Taoist's side and saluted, "Uncle."
He checked his face again, glanced at the beautiful woman, hesitated for a moment, took out the talisman from his sleeve and said: "There is an urgent message at the door."
Seeing Chen Zongfeng's appearance, Chen Zongzheng looked slightly sideways, took the letter, glanced at it, and immediately focused his gaze, patted the letter on the case, and coldly snorted: "Stupid thing."
Chen Lian seemed a little surprised when he heard the sound, and his pitiful expression also calmed down a bit, and he was concerned: "Brother, what happened to the clan?"
"See for yourself." He glanced at Chen Lian lightly, then flicked his finger and put the letter talisman into her hand.
Chen Lian took the letter talisman and looked at it carefully. Immediately, a dazzling word came into his sight, and hatred flashed in his eyes.
"Xuzhuang!"
Chen Lian gritted his teeth and said, "Brother! You saw it, this thief humiliated Yuanji so much, and he didn't put Chen in his eyes at all!"
"What did you see? I did something stupid, fell into the hands of others, and damaged the family's reputation. I did see it." Chen Zongzheng said: "I want to ask you, did you instigate Yuanji's actions?"
Chen Lian said aggrievedly: "Brother, what do you mean by this? My sister has been married outside for many years, so how can she still speak in the clan? Who else did she instigate? Maybe Yuanji couldn't look past the thief and complained about his sister. , that's why you act like this. Brother, you are the head of the Chen clan now, how can you face outsiders and hurry up to rescue Yuanji."
"It's best this way." Chen Zongzheng said: "Yuanji broke the rules of the sect. Even if there is no punishment in the sect, I will punish him. As for him being captured by Xu Zhuang, the Law Enforcement Academy will naturally handle it."
Chen Lian was silent for a long time after hearing this, and his face turned cold. After a while, he said: "Now I understand why the eldest brother avoided meeting me. Is it because he was afraid that I would ask him to avenge me Lian'er?"
"Fourteen years ago, I, Hua'er, was killed by Yue Junlan. I begged my eldest brother, but my eldest brother rejected me because it was inconvenient to have a relationship with the Yue family. I swallowed my breath. Fourteen years later, I, Lian'er, The thief who was killed by Xu Zhuang was just a newly promoted true heir. He was neither born into a wealthy family nor a true disciple of the sect. Is it possible that eldest brother is so afraid of trouble?"
Chen Zongzheng picked up the tea, took a sip, and put it back on the table. After completing a set of actions, he said calmly: "Mr. Chen, she is Taisu's Chen."
"Okay, what a Taisu Chen family." Chen Lian sneered, "It seems that I, Chen Lian, am a married woman, and my children are not Taisu's disciples, so naturally they are not Chen family members. Lian'er, Hua'er and I are the real outsiders in my eldest brother's heart."
"Lian'er, you were born as the Chen family's daughter and my Chen Zongzheng's sister. Naturally, you are a member of the Chen family and will never be an outsider."
At this time, Chen Zongzheng directly called Chen Lian by his name for the first time, but his seemingly warm words were spoken in a tone as cold as frost: "Yang Lian, Yang Hua, I have never replied to you since I became an adult." When I come to live at home, I never interact with my Chen family members. When I go out, I always get into trouble with Taisu disciples. I never stop fighting and killing Taisu disciples..."
"Has your good son ever thought of himself as half a member of the Taisu clan? Has he ever thought of himself as the husband of the Chen family?"
"That's enough." Chen Lian closed his eyes and couldn't help but shed tears. "Since I married Yang Huaizun, I have gained so many benefits for the Chen family as Tai Su. How many people in the Tianhuo Sect have said that he He is Chen's 'good son-in-law' and Tai Su's lackey. Lian'er and Hua'er, they have been bullied and looked down upon so much, and they are in trouble with Huaizun and his son because of this! They are just young and rebellious, Chen Zongzheng! How could you say such indifferent words?"
The words were spoken in a calm tone, but they contained so much emotion that Chen Zongfeng's cold expression changed slightly, but Chen Zongzheng just remained silent.
When Chen Lian saw that Chen Zongzheng didn't respond, he was heartbroken. He smiled sadly, said nothing, and stood up without caring about any etiquette.
Until Chen Lian's figure disappeared outside the hall, Chen Zongzheng didn't look at her again. He only picked up the tea and sipped it lightly. The room was silent for a long time.
"Uncle, is this really good?" Chen Zongfeng asked suddenly.
Seeing that Chen Zongzheng did not respond, Chen Zongfeng hesitated for a while, but finally spoke again: "What my aunt said is not unreasonable, otherwise Chen Yuanji would not have rashly come forward for it. If you deal with it this way...will it chill the hearts of the clan members?"
"What kind of truth?" Chen Zongzheng said without raising his eyelids, "The clansmen only saw that Yang Huaizun obtained countless benefits for Taisu, most of which fell into the pocket of my Chen family. As for Yang Lian and Yang Hua, No matter how rebellious and how you antagonize the Taisu clan, you still won’t be at odds with my Chen clan, what does it have to do with us, does it?”
"You think so too?"
Without waiting for the most outstanding nephew of the next generation to think, Chen Zongzheng added: "Then have you ever thought about how many benefits Yang Huaizun has won? It has fallen into the Chen family's pocket, and your Chen family's eldest daughter, The son of a good son-in-law, the true heir of the Tianhuo Sect, but he is always in trouble with Taisu outside. He kills countless members of Taisu's family in battles. How do outsiders view him? How do other families view him? How do the members of the family view him?"
"You, the Chen family, are you the Chen family of Taisu, or the Chen family of Tianhuo?"
"This!" Chen Zongfeng took a step back in horror, "Tai Su's Chen family, or Tianhuo's Chen family?" ’ Chen Zongzheng’s words were like the ringing of a bell, deafening, echoing over and over in his mind, and in an instant he felt that his back was soaked with cold sweat.
Chen Zongfeng said with difficulty: "My nephew is stupid and made a mistake."
Chen Zongzheng did not reply, so the atmosphere became cold again.
After a while, Chen Zongfeng spoke again: "It's just...is this unfair to my aunt?"
Chen Zongzheng couldn't help being surprised, but he also felt relief or pity, and sighed: "Zongfeng, I didn't expect that you are always so cold and cold on weekdays, but at this moment, you can still think about others."
"It's just that no matter what, Mrs. Chen can't express dissatisfaction for this matter, let alone deal with the true successor of the sect, do you understand? Later, you remember to summon the sect to order Zonghe not to do stupid things."
Chen Zonghe is a Yuanying Venerable in the Chen clan, and he holds the position of deputy dean of the Law Academy in the sect.
After explaining the matter, Chen Zongzheng waved his hand: "I'm tired today, you can go down."
"Yes." Chen Zongfeng also knew that this was the most correct decision, so he said no more, bowed respectfully and prepared to leave.
But suddenly Chen Zongzheng shouted again: "Wait a minute."
Chen Zongfeng stopped and looked back in confusion, only to see Chen Zongzheng holding the tea without moving, as if he was undecided. After a long time, he took a long breath and said, "There is one more thing, please do it quickly."
"Go to Zong Yu's place. When you see him, regardless of whether Lian'er is there or not, tell him not to get involved in this matter."
"Brother-in-law?" 'Better not'?
Doubts flashed through Chen Zongfeng's mind. This brother-in-law was the youngest among his father's generation. Although he was an elder, he was already far older than his elder brother and sister when he was born, only a few hundred years old.
As far as Chen Zongfeng knew, Chen Lian took care of this uncle in addition to being a servant when he was young. The two had a close relationship, and there was indeed a reason to help his aunt at all costs, but...
Chen Zongfeng couldn't help but ask: "Although my brother-in-law is also... a former true disciple, his cultivation has been ruined. Even if he wants to stand up for my aunt, he is powerless, right?"
"Oh?" Chen Zongzheng glanced at him and said seriously, "Do you look down on Zong Yu?"
Although Chen Zongfeng didn't answer, Chen Zongzheng had read everything on his face and couldn't help but shake his head: "Even though his cultivation has been ruined, Zong Yu once achieved a top-grade golden elixir and ranked among the true legends of Taisu."
"What about you? It has been more than twenty years since you have perfected your practice. Before Xu Zhuang went out to travel in the past, his cultivation, spells, and reputation were far inferior to yours. What about you now? When will you be able to touch the golden elixir avenue, and when will you be able to take the throne? When can Lie Zhenzhuan truly support the next generation of the Chen family? Zong Feng? What reason do you have and what qualifications do you have to look down on Zong Yu?"
"So what about the high-grade golden elixir? Zhong Shenxiu shattered the golden elixir before it could become a golden elixir and ruined his cultivation." Chen Zongfeng said coldly: "Given time, I will definitely be able to achieve a high-grade golden elixir. Whether it’s Xu Zhuang or Zhong Shenxiu, I will have to compete with them sooner or later.”
"How about the top-grade golden elixir? The top-grade golden elixir means that whether it is talent, character, wisdom, luck... it means that everything is above you. This is true for Xu Zhuang, and the same is true for Zongyu. The way of the golden elixir is so simple, why is it that you can achieve the top grade? It’s Xu Zhuang who has the golden elixir, not you. If you can’t correct your mentality, it’s better to stop talking about achieving a high-grade golden elixir.”
Chen Zongzheng said coldly: "As for Zhong Shenxiu... This son is the genius of Zhong Tiandi, born in response to the destiny of Xuanmen, and a natural Taoist. Master Yuanshen also regards him as a future Taoist friend. Fight with him... ..." Before he could finish his words, a slight sneer said everything.
"Go." Chen Zongzheng was too lazy to say any more. He flicked his sleeves and suddenly disappeared, leaving only a cup of tea on the table.
"..." Chen Zongfeng's always cold expression did not change, but he clenched his fists in his sleeves. He stood quietly for a moment, then saluted the air and strode out of the room. The sky was no longer bright, and there was a half-witness of the setting sun. Hanging on the sea, it reflects the red clouds in the sky.
"High-quality golden elixir..." Chen Zongfeng looked at the setting sun in the distance. The fists in his sleeves clenched tighter and tighter. After a while, he loosened them. Drops of bright red blood flowed down the palms to the fingertips and dripped on the deck of the ship. superior.
At the same time, on the roof of the ship, Chen Zongzheng also looked into the distance, picked up the tea and put it down, shook his head, opened his hand to take the wine pot, without needing a cup or bowl, picked it up and poured it into his mouth, a stream of clear water Threads pour out from the Hukou Bell.
This drink changed the day and the moon. It was not until late at night that I put down the wine bottle in my hand for the first time and suddenly burst out laughing.
He suddenly thought: What words do I really want to say today, and what actions do I really want to do?
At the beginning of his Taoism, he was very pure and only had Dao, magic, and supernatural powers in his heart. As he gets older, he gradually understands sect, master and apprentice, family, and siblings. Later, in-laws, elixirs, magic weapons, resources, spiritual mines...
Unconsciously, more and more things occupy my mind.
Master, Master, you told me to try to wipe away the dust from my heart in order to hope for the way of the soul. Why didn't you do it too?
Now I have been trapped in a cage for a long time, sinking deeper and deeper. Can I still escape and pursue the Tao wholeheartedly?
"Yuan Shen..."
