Chen family's other residence, Yutong Hall.
The front hall has a broad view, with plumed sycamores planted on the east and west sides, and red berries dotted among the low shrubs. Two or three meandering clear streams flow down the back mountain. The stream is not deep, and occasionally there are whitebaits jumping up. Because it is a place for entertaining guests, most of the people walking around are boys wearing gray and blue clothes. They are all thirteen or fourteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.
In the world of cultivation, people rarely judge people based on appearance, but people's pursuit of beauty has never stopped. Family members are closely related by blood. Children in the clan are often arrogant. There are many people who are greedy for pleasure, but the clan does not take this as a big deal. After all, in For Taoists, cultivation strength is the most important thing. As long as external enjoyment does not affect one's own cultivation, it doesn't matter.
Therefore, when Zhao Chun traveled along the way, what he saw and heard was very different from that of his master. If it was said that the Yukang Chen family was like a bunch of flowers, then even Kuimen Dongtian would have deserved a cold shoulder. But I heard that the Yukang Chen family was still in disgrace. Not counting the most powerful person in the Zhaoyan family, the leader in the family now is the Changwu Wang family. You can imagine how prosperous the latter family is.
She and Shi Xiangyuan took their seats one after another, but within a moment, a young man in blue came over with a whisk, and two boys in gray and blue followed him, with respectful expressions and no sideways glances.
After the two boys served the spiritual tea, the young man in blue flicked the whisk and said with a grin: "Just now I heard that the elders are here, and the younger ones are not far away to greet them."
Zhao Shun lowered his eyebrows and saw that this young man's cultivation level was not low. He was probably in the late stage of joining, but he had not yet established his Taoism. He must be a descendant of the Chen clan.
At this moment, the young man in blue also looked over, bowed his hands in a polite salute, and said, "Master Xihe is polite."
Zhao Chun nodded to him, and then he saw Shi Xiangyuan stroking his green beard under his chin and said to the young man: "It turns out to be Liansheng. Did you come here with Shaohong today?"
He did not forget to introduce to Zhao Shun: "His name is Chen Liansheng. He is a direct disciple of the Chen family. He is now practicing Taoism with Chen Shaohong, the elder of Hongqing Hall."
Regardless of the master or disciple in the family, the so-called cultivating with him is equivalent to the status of a disciple in the master's sect. Zhao Xun's expression became serious, but he was not thinking of Chen Liansheng, but thought of Chen Shaohong, the elder of Hongqing Palace mentioned by Shi Xiangyuan. . This person is the current first elder of Hongqing Hall. If nothing goes wrong, after he achieves Dongxu, he will take over the position of the head of Hongqing Hall from Wang Feng, the powerful Dongxu of the Changwu Wang Clan.
If the first one breaks through, the current palace master will take over. This is the sect's rule.
The appointment of the first elder requires a nod from the direct line, which means that when the first elder is set, most of the monks who were the masters of the temple at that time also have the idea of abdicating.
But today's Hongqing Palace is different. The previous palace master Han Xuzheng became an immortal and passed away thousands of years ago. The first elder who was supposed to take over as the palace master fell in the catastrophe of Jienan Tianhai. After several plots, he was able to seize the throne. Several major cultivation families joined forces to support Wang Feng in power. Not long after Wang Feng took over, he appointed an elder from the Chen clan as the head of the throne.
For nearly ten thousand years, Hongqing Hall has replaced its first three elders, all of whom are members of the Yukang Chen clan.
The ideas of these major aristocratic families were gradually revealed. Because the Changwu Wang family was the most powerful among them, Wang Feng was the first to sit on the throne of the palace. After that, he had to put a person from the Chen family as the leader. In the future, when a person from the Chen family came to the throne, the leader should The elders of the other aristocratic families repeat this cycle, causing the position of the master of the Hongqing Hall to continue to be handed over to several major aristocratic families.
Just like the position of the master of Jiudu Palace has always been firmly controlled by the head of the family.
However, it is not easy to break through Dongxu. The two leaders in front of Chen Shaohong saw that there was no hope of breakthrough and chose to abdicate in favor of talents. Whether he can achieve Dongxu and Wang Feng abdicate is still unknown.
But according to Shi Xiangyuan, Chen Shaohong is the monk of the Yukang Chen family who is most likely to achieve Dongxu. If he fails, there will be few remaining disciples who can compare with Chen Shaohong.
It can be regarded as carrying the hope of the clan.
Zhao Chun looked at Chen Liansheng, who looked young and young, with a somewhat high-spirited demeanor. Hearing Shi Xiangyuan mention Chen Shaohong, he showed a slight expression of humility and said, "That's not the case. It's because our ancestors went out this time and summoned the elders to accompany them." , this junior just came to Beppu to wait."
Shi Xiangyuan was slightly surprised, but his expression remained unchanged. He nodded slowly and said, "That's it." Then he looked sideways at Zhao Shun, raised his hand and pointed at the tea cup and said, "This is your first time to visit. I'm afraid you don't know yet. Chen There is a kind of tea in my family that is never exported. It is called Spring in the Mist and is famous for its bright soup and clear color. It is only used to entertain distinguished guests, so you might as well try it."
Zhao Shun then picked up the tea and saw that the clear tea soup was lightly lingering with mist, like the clouds in the mountains in the morning. The fragrance of the tea was light and long, and it wrapped around the tip of her nose like strands without anyone smelling it. She sipped it lightly After one sip, the taste is very light, but there is a stream of spiritual power flowing down the throat, gradually soothing the whole body, making the whole body feel comfortable. Afterwards, I feel that my mind is clear and my eyesight is clear, my meridians are open, and my true energy is running a little faster.
Even in the realm of true infants, spiritual tea that can have such an effect does not need to be guessed to know that it is of a high grade and must be classified as a spiritual medicine.
And from what Shi Xiangyuan said, the Chen clan would not entertain ordinary visitors with this. The reason why Zhao Chun could get one must be due to her recent deeds, in addition to the great power of Hai Qing behind her.
Sure enough, after hearing Shi Xiangyuan's praise of Spring in the Mist, Chen Liansheng's face suddenly showed a hint of pride, but he did not dare to neglect Zhao Shun at all. He immediately straightened his expression and said with a smile: "Master Xihe is of this generation. As the number one swordsman among my disciples, I, Yukang Chen, have always treated geniuses with respect, so naturally I will treat him with some good spiritual tea. If the Master likes it, I can take ten kilograms of it with me when I leave."
Zhao Chun said "Thank you" lightly, but then he saw a tall and burly figure striding in. He laughed loudly and said: "Xiang Yuan, you are here!"
Seeing that he was wearing purple clothes, a gold crown, and black boots, he was the witch dragon who had followed Zhao Chun back from Jiu Wangling.
Zhao Shun smiled, raised his eyes, and took in the expression on Chen Liansheng's face. He frowned slightly and pursed his lips. Even if Wu Jiao walked into the hall, he did not look at him. Instead, when Shi Xiangyuan nodded to greet him, he slightly bent down and said: "Junior has something important to do, so I'll go ahead." ”
After saying that, Chen Liansheng took a few steps back, turned around and left. Only then did Wu Jiao notice him. He looked back with a rather unnatural expression, and even his joy faded a lot.
Shi Xiangyuan asked him to sit down, but Wu Jiao's eyes lit up. He strode forward and picked up the tea cup on the table: "Spring in the mist, oh, what a good thing. It has to be Xiangyuan. You are now successful. Let's put it in the past." How can I drink such good tea? You should ask me to enjoy the blessings with you!"
He picked up the spiritual tea and drank it all in one gulp. Shi Xiangyuan could only sigh and scolded him for "cow chewing peonies".
I took a rest some time ago and had a low fever yesterday. I don’t know if it was Yang.
Working part-time is really painful
(End of chapter)
