After coming out of Yunjing's place, Shang Xia probably understood his responsibilities in the future.
After Shang Bo found a place to practice hard in seclusion, and Yun Jing had to retreat to recover from her injuries, Liu Qinglan had to deal with all the matters at Tongyou Station.
Although everyone knew that the most powerful person in the entire station at this time was actually Shang Xia, but in terms of seniority and seniority, he was the lowest among them all.
But Shang Xia himself also has a responsibility. Although it is the simplest, it is also the most dangerous, which is to step out of the guarding formation and restore the control of the Tongyou lineage to the original sphere of influence.
Regarding how Tongyou Academy controls the surrounding sphere of influence, he has already obtained the answer from Chu Jia.
When Shang Xia saw Shang Ke again, the old man looked full of energy. There was no sign of depression caused by the cessation of martial arts channels.
"What are you doing?"
Shang Xia looked at Shang Ke with some confusion, but for a moment he didn't know how to speak.
"All injuries are healed!"
Shang Ke said with a smile: "I can probably guess what Yun Jing wants to do, and now I, Fifth Grandpa, can help again."
Shang Xia said with guilt: "I should have left a few more talismans, otherwise you wouldn't have..."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Before Shang Xia finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shang Ke's loud voice. He smiled and waved his hands and said: "Boy, there is no need to worry about this. For me, the fifth grandfather, this is a big problem." A good thing."
Seeing the puzzled look on Shang Xia's face, Shang Ke slowly put away his smile and sighed slightly: "In order to keep up with grandpa's footsteps and to further strengthen the family, I have actually been trying hard to support him over the years."
"In order to support me in the early years, my grandfather spent a lot of resources on me. Unfortunately, my qualifications in martial arts are not satisfactory. No matter my cultivation or combat power, I have always been neither good nor bad."
"I wanted to give up my obsession many times back then. However, my family was weak at the time, and most of my uncles had not yet become talented. So I had no choice but to persevere."
Shang Xia said: "No matter what happened in the past, your cultivation has reached this point now. Wouldn't it be a pity to give up again?"
Shang Ke still shook his head and smiled: "In the past, it was just a matter of dragging grandpa down. At least he felt that he was his brother after all, so he didn't need to be too polite. But now, juniors like me have begun to take care of me. Doesn't that make me look too much? Was it useless?"
Shang Xia shook his head and said, "You can't say that. Over the years, you..."
Shang Ke once again reached out his hand to stop Shang Xia's words, and said seriously: "Son, the merchant is no longer what it used to be. Apart from me and grandpa, third aunt Shang Pei, and our merchant already has four fourth-level masters. , but in terms of high-level combat power, it is not even weaker than the Zhu family in Youzhou back then. Moreover, the second uncle may have successfully advanced to the fourth level now, but with the current situation, he may secretly take charge of Tongli. Youcheng for a while.”
Shang Ke sighed softly again, with a slightly guilty look on his face, and said: "Son, Fifth Grandpa is tired and a little scared. Instead of exhausting everyone and rushing around to fight for that illusory glimmer of possibility for me, why not It’s time for me, as the elder, to give up this thought completely and fight for some benefits for the younger members of the family.”
Having said this, the heavy color on Shang Ke's face was swept away, and his whole person returned to the energetic state from the beginning: "Say
To be honest, when I learned that the possibility of further cultivation was completely ruined because of the damage to my origin, my whole body suddenly relaxed. The heavy feeling that had been tight before suddenly disappeared. Then he took off most of it. "
After listening to Shang Ke's half-confession, half-explanation, Shang Xia felt that he really shouldn't ask too much from his great-uncle.
Looking back now, I realize that my great-uncle did have a mild-tempered and happy-go-lucky temperament.
It's just that the family situation in the past did not allow him to be comfortable. In order to share the pressure on Shang Bo, he had to bite the bullet and make progress. Now that the way forward is cut off, everything has gone according to his wishes.
The grandfather and grandson chatted for a while, and Shang Xia suddenly remembered something and asked, "I didn't expect that there are other fourth-level warriors in the Ji, Liu, and Yun families. Do you know about this?"
Shang Ke shook his head and said: "I recognize these three people, but I really didn't expect them to be alive and have advanced to the fourth level. But grandpa may know this."
Shang Xia nodded and said, "Is this the heritage of the three families of Youzhou in the past?"
Shang Ke smiled and said: "Maybe, but today, our merchants are no worse than these three. But..."
Shang Xia asked: "But what?"
Shang Ke pondered for a moment and said: "Before Ji Wenlong advanced to the fifth heaven, without the support of the blessed land, the only way to enter the Tianwai Qionglu was with the guidance of the fifth heaven warrior."
Shang Xia followed Shang Ke's wishes and said: "Yes, these three people, plus Lu Siyuan and Fang Kewei, are obviously brought to Tianwai Qionglu by Chief Kou Shan."
Shang Ke said: "That's enough, Lu Siyuan and Fang Kewei, but Yun Shu, Ji Wenbin, and Liu Jikun themselves do not belong to Tongyou Academy. Why did Kou Chongxue bring the three of them up?"
Shang Xia pondered: "You mean, these three families have some kind of secret deal or tacit understanding with Chief Kou Shan? But now two of these three families have died, and only Liu Jikun is left."
Shang Ke looked a little solemn and said: "I'm not worried about what the three of them are doing secretly with Kou Chongxue. What I'm worried about is grandpa!"
Seeing Shang Xia's slightly startled look, Shang Ke continued: "Don't forget that twenty years ago, there were no four major families in Tongyou City, only three major families, and our merchant at that time was just a small business that suffered relatively large losses after the catastrophe. They are just young middle forces. My grandfather’s cultivation has soared over the years. Although his own opportunities and efforts are responsible for this, it is undeniable that Kou Chongxue’s strong support is equally important..."
Shang Xia heard the unfinished meaning in Shang Ke's words and said, "Are you saying that Chief Kou Shan may ask his grandfather to do some unavoidable but dangerous things in the future?"
Shang Ke patted his shoulder and said: "The most difficult thing in the world to repay is a favor! Kou Chongxue may not have any ill intentions, but who can tell clearly in the future? Before Ji Wenlong advanced to the fifth heaven, the entire Youzhou only had Kou Chongxue alone is qualified to be a chess player in Cangyu and Canling realms, and all of us can only be his pawns."
Shang Xia knew that from the standpoint of the family, his great-uncle had always been wary of Kou Chongxue and Tongyou Academy.
But Shang Xia could listen to what he said today.
In fact, speaking of it, Kou Chongxue not only supported Shang Bo, but also cultivated Shang Xia a lot.
Shang Ke didn't teach Shang Xia to be ungrateful, but more importantly, he wanted him to view his relationship with the academy and his family separately.
In fact, Shang Ke said similar words to Shang Xia more than once.
After Shang Ke learned about the tasks assigned by Yun Jing to Shang Xia, he volunteered to go out with him, but was eventually declined by Shang Xia.
Shang Ke probably understood that with Shang Xia's combat power at this time, as long as he was not surrounded by several times the fourth-level high-level warriors, almost no one on Manyuzhou could do anything to him. If he followed him, If you really encounter danger, it will become a burden, so you won't force it anymore.
"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing!"
Shang Ke patted his forehead, released a bunch of things from the Jinyun Box, and said: "These things are the trophies collected from the dead aboriginal warriors. I have been practicing before, so I will The portion that belongs to it was collected first, and now it can be regarded as returning to its original owner."
Shang Xia glanced at the things on the ground. Although there were a lot of them, there were only a few that caught his eye. He picked up a few things that he might use, and pushed the rest to Shang Ke again. , said: "You'd better put it away first and bring it back to the family in the future. Maybe others can use it."
Shang Ke also knew that his grandnephew had a lot of treasures on him and did not pay attention to ordinary items, so he put them away casually and said: "These will be used as rewards for collecting various magic materials for making talismans in the future. Calculate the time. It’s almost time, let’s go and take a look.”
After saying that, Shang Ke stood up and asked Shang Xia to follow him out.
Shang Xia didn't know why, so he followed him and asked, "But what happened?"
Shang Ke replied: "It's nothing. Tianwai Qionglu sent other people over."
Shang Xia was surprised: "Didn't it mean that this kind of void passage across the star realm can only be restarted once every half a year?"
Shang Ke replied without looking back: "How could Kou Chongxue and Ji Wenlong not respond when such a big thing happened? Moreover, opening the void channel in the star realm requires a lot of heaven and earth energy. The reason why it is opened once every six months is because it does not want to be opened frequently. It is open and attracts attention, and now the attack by the high-level aboriginal warrior proves that our place has been exposed for a long time, so why is there any need to keep it secret?"
After Shang Xia came outside, Shang Xia saw other people flying towards this side from mid-air.
Shang Xia also met several fourth-level warriors he had never met before for the first time, including Fang Kewei, Liu Jikun, and Liu Zhidao.
Shang Lubing was still in seclusion to recover from his injuries. It was said that this veteran had provoked too many opponents at the last moment and was accidentally beaten.
If Shang Xia and Yun Jing hadn't teamed up to kill Hu Wendao and Zhang Tianji, shocking the other aboriginal warriors to retreat, he might have confessed on the spot.
At this moment, Shang Xia's divine will suddenly sensed a huge wave of void moving from far to near in the sky above his head.
In just an instant, the clouds above the station flew back in all directions as if they were frightened.
Liu Qinglan suddenly raised her head and said, "Here we come!"
As soon as he finished speaking, huge and steady fluctuations in the void came. A circular space portal opened above the station. Several figures suddenly fell out of it. Then, as the portal gradually closed, these figures moved faster or slower. He stabilized his figure in mid-air.
"Bu Jingshuang, Zhang Haogu, Qian Sitong, Yuan Zhen, and Chief Kou Shan have all taken over the entire family fortune of Tongyou Academy in one fell swoop!"
Shang Xia looked up and watched the four people slowly falling from the mid-air, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
