"Shuang'er, why are you hiding behind that? Come and see your Senior Brother Zhao."
Sudden.
Xiong Zhan looked solemn and suddenly pulled out a young girl from behind.
This girl's appearance is similar to Xiong Zhanmo's, but compared to his huge and oppressive body, the girl looks much petite next to him. Even so, the girl is only slightly shorter than Zhao Yongqi.
"I've met Senior Brother Zhao."
The girl was reluctant and nodded feebly.
In the world of cultivating immortals, in addition to being from the same sect, people of the same generation are often close to each other and are often referred to as brothers and sisters.
However, this kind of senior brother and sister actually have some real feelings.
Only they themselves know that.
"Junior Sister Xiong is polite."
Zhao Yongqi also returned the courtesy.
Although he had never met the girl in front of him, the information he had about the Xiong family mentioned that Xiong Zhanmo had a daughter sixteen years ago. Although she only had the qualification of four spiritual roots, it did not prevent Xiong Zhanmo from doting on her.
If nothing unexpected happens.
The girl who can act so arrogant in front of Xiong Zhanmo should be the daughter of the Xiong family - Xiong Wushuang.
"Who are you showing off to? It's your mother who has spoiled you."
When Xiong Zhanmo saw the girl's perfunctory look, his face suddenly darkened and he scolded her repeatedly, but Zhao Yongqi saw it and didn't understand that this was being done to him.
There was a pause.
Xiong Zhanmo looked at Zhao Yongqi, and suddenly showed a very friendly smile: "I heard that Zhao Xian's nephew has not found a Taoist partner that he likes. If you have time, you can get close to Shuang'er. Maybe you and I, Zhao Xiong, can get closer." .”
Hearing this, Zhao Yongqi's mind moved slightly, and he immediately understood Xiong Zhanmo's wishful thinking.
I couldn't help but secretly curse the old fox.
He made no secret of this, saying that it was for the sake of strengthening the relationship between the Zhao family and the Xiong family. In fact, if Zhao Yongqi truly agreed to this matter, wouldn't he become Xiong Zhanmo's advantageous son-in-law.
The relationship between the two families is quite close, but given the strength gap between the Xiong family and the Zhao family, as time goes by, the Zhao family will slowly be annexed by the Xiong family.
"It's true."
Zhao Yongqi declined politely: "I actually have a Taoist companion, but outsiders don't know it yet."
There was a pause.
He looked at Xiong Wushuang again, who showed his unhappiness unabashedly on his face. He obviously didn't understand his father's good intentions. He added: "Junior Sister Xiong is probably not satisfied with me either. It's better not to do this kind of thing." Barely good.”
"But I haven't seen it..."
Xiong Zhanmo wanted to say something more, but was suddenly interrupted by Xiong Wushuang, who said softly: "Father, we already have Taoist companions, you can't bear to let your daughter grow up!"
Xiong Wushuang.
I barely grew up with a golden key in my mouth.
Even if it's a gold-plated key, it's still a golden key.
She grew up carefree in the Xiong family since she was a child, like a protected canary.
For her, her husband must be like her father, and he must be a foundation-building monk no matter what. She knew that the life she had now was all because her father was a foundation-building monk who protected her.
To her.
Although Zhao Yongqi is the head of the Zhao family, his cultivation level is too low, and he only has three spiritual roots, which cannot give her the living environment she wants.
Not even as good as the Qingsong Valley monk with dual spiritual roots she saw last time.
So she would rather stay in the Xiong family than go to the Zhao family to be the patriarch's wife.
"That's okay." Gu
Both parties disagreed, so Xiong Zhanmo had to give up the idea temporarily.
In fact, he is not entirely as sinister as Zhao Yongqi thought.
There is another reason that is not known to outsiders. He will be approaching the end of his life in more than ten years, so he wants to find a good way out for Xiong Wushuang as soon as possible while he is still alive.
pity.
So painstaking.
Xiong Wushuang couldn't help it if he didn't want to.
...
The next day.
When the He family arrived in Cangru Mountain, Zhao Yongqi and Xiong Zhanmo chatted with the head of the He family for a while, and then decided to leave for Qianzhong Alliance together after dawn.
Said to be in company.
In fact, when they are really on the road, the three parties still maintain a certain distance, but they are echoing each other and taking care of each other.
From the team going to Qianzhong Alliance.
You can see the difference between the three families. In addition to the monks, the Zhao family still has hundreds of innate warriors as guards. However, the Xiong and He families have completely given up on their mortal combat prowess. The innate warriors in their ranks are nothing more than horsemen driving carts and maids and servants serving tea and water.
They are just cultivators who went to the Qianzhong Alliance.
Each of the two families has sixty or seventy people. In addition to the clan leader, there are also two foundation-building monks accompanying them.
It's no wonder that Xiong Wushuang looks down on Zhao Yongqi, the head of the Zhao family.
...
"Nephew Zhao Xian, do you still remember the Spirit Snake Sect that came to Southern Xinjiang with your Zhao family?"
This day.
Xiong Zhanmo and Zhao Yongqi drank tea and discussed Taoism together.
Although Xiong Wushuang looks down on Zhao Yongqi, the Xiong patriarch has always been fond of Zhao Yongqi for some reason. These days, he still has not given up the idea of bringing the two together, even if Zhao Yongqi brought Zhao Yongwen with him to show that he is really right. As a couple, the other party still invites Zhao Yong to Qi small gatherings from time to time.
"Spirit Snake Sect."
Zhao Yongqi nodded slightly: "I only know that the Spirit Snake Sect has gone to the 'Five Yuan Valley', which is exactly in the opposite direction to Weishan Mountain. The two are nearly ten thousand miles apart, but I haven't heard anything about the Spirit Snake Sect for a long time."
He knew that Xiong Zhanmo looked like a simple and strong man, but in fact he had a very delicate mind and would definitely not mention the Spirit Snake Sect without any reason.
I couldn't help but ask, "Does Chief Xiong have any news about the Spirit Snake Sect?"
"Ha ha......"
Xiong Zhanmo laughed and said: "My nephew is indeed smart. Not long ago, I accidentally learned that the Spirit Snake Sect is not living a very happy life now."
"how do I say this?"
Hearing that the situation of the Spirit Snake Sect seemed not to be good, Zhao Yongqi immediately became interested.
The reason why he had no feelings for Xiong Wushuang was that he still didn't refuse Xiong Zhanmo's invitation. It's because you can often get some rare secrets that few people know from Xiong Zhanmo's mouth.
"My nephew should also know that although new clans coming to southern Xinjiang do not need to pay taxes to upper-level clans, if there are more than two foundation-building monks in the clan, they must send at least one foundation-building monk to listen to the call from Shuiyue Valley."
Zhao Yongqi nodded slightly.
Of course he knew this rule, but when he first came to southern Xinjiang, the Zhao family didn't even have a foundation-building monk, so there was no need to consider such things.
"What Chief Xiong means is that something happened to a foundation-building monk from the Spirit Snake Sect?"
After saying that, Zhao Yongqi felt something was wrong again and said doubtfully: "According to the rules of Shuiyue Valley, if you don't want to be recruited by them, you only need to turn in 50,000 spirit stones every year to take the place of a foundation-building monk. Could it be that the Spirit Snake Sect doesn't... ....”
"No."
Xiong Zhanmo shook his head, and then said: "According to the information I got, the Spirit Snake Sect, like other clans, turned in spirit stones every year to exempt the foundation-building monks from being recruited by Shuiyue Valley. But two years ago, I don't know if it was to make money. What's the credit? He actually sent a foundation-building monk to obey Shuiyue Valley's orders."
