At the instruction of the leading disciple, Wang Zijia walked into the reception hall with a few followers.
There were two people sitting in the room. It seemed that they had nothing to talk about. Maybe it was because they were not at a good level. Some of them didn't want to talk, so they were a bit silent. The two of them sipped their tea in silence.
Make the atmosphere solemn and depressing.
The sound of Wang Zijia entering the room attracted the attention of both of them.
"I've met our ancestors!" When Li Xingming saw Wang Zijia arriving, his tense nerves instantly relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief and stood up to greet him.
In the living room, another man was an old man. He also stood up at this moment, but he did not take any immediate action. Instead, he looked at the silver-haired Wang Zijia carefully for a while.
The old man also has white beard and hair. Unlike Wang Zijia's silver hair, his hair is bright white. Although it is not haggard, it is obviously different. His face also looks very old.
But such an image does not have much of a fairy-like temperament.
Regardless of his clothes or demeanor, he gave people the feeling of an old servant, and... Wang Zijia felt a strong ghostly aura about him.
Seeing the old man's face, Wang Zijia raised his eyebrows. He was really an acquaintance!
Ma Chen is a genius from the Ma family, a family of servants of the Li family. He was an old servant of the fifth-born Li Shenghui when he and Li Shenghong participated in the battle of Kowloon.
Li Shenghong had a lot of dealings with this person back then. Even after Wang Zijia was replaced, he still had a chance encounter with him.
At that time, two people came to Changbao to invite him to return to Shenjing, and it was this old man who followed them.
This kind of old butler-like servant who can follow him for a lifetime is a tradition of the Li family. The relationship between the two can become extremely close, and even depend on each other, just like family members.
Li Shenghong originally had one too, but because he failed to seize the rightful son, the one he was assigned was too high. In addition, he was disheartened, came to Changbao, took the initiative to cut off all contact with Shenjing, and left without even receiving the reward for seizing the direct descendant.
So it’s almost the same as nothing.
Different from the peak cultivation level of the Infant God when they first met, Ma Chen has now stepped into Yuanshen, but he just barely stepped forward, or even was forced to pull over, which seemed a bit vain.
A soul cultivator like him, with a lifespan of just over two thousand years, should not be alive until now.
In doubt, Wang Zijia gradually saw the clues.
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The two looked at each other for a long time, and both confirmed the other's identity.
"I have met His Highness Ninth Prince!" Ma Chen saluted Wang Zijia and said with some kindness and emotion: "I never thought that this old servant would see His Highness Ninth Prince one day."
"Really? I thought Fifth Brother wished that I would die early and be born early. Now it seems that Fifth Brother, the second with mediocre qualifications, has the last laugh. Third Brother, the genius who is the first, has taken the first step?"
However, Wang Zijia didn't show much good looks to the other party, and even said in a playful tone.
Ma Chen didn't mind Wang Zijia's attitude, not to mention that he couldn't see Wang Zijia's cultivation now. Even if he could see that Wang Zijia was just a baby god, he wouldn't mind Wang Zijia's attitude.
The attitude of the servant family towards the master's family is inherently different. Not to mention those who are rebellious, and those who do not have a sense of respect and inferiority from the bottom of their hearts, none of them can reach his level.
"It's been eight thousand years, why is His Highness Ninth still so entangled in the trivial matters of the past? Didn't the elders of the clan give His Highness a chance later on, and His Highness himself didn't want to?" Ma Chen said with a wry smile.
"Really?" Wang Zijia said without any gentleness: "How can I remember that at that time, the fifth brother had an attitude of launching an army to accuse me, and he almost asked me why I refused to admit my defeat, and what kind of off-the-table tricks I used to seek a comeback. !”
When Ma Chen heard this, he was silent for a while.
The scene that year was the last time they saw Wang Zijia. Wang Zijia at that time left a deep impression on them and they still remember it freshly.
Ma Chen was silent, but Wang Zijia was not silent.
"It's your good luck that you actually switched to the path of spirit ghosts. It seems that the fifth brother worked hard back then, but he was finally defeated by him. I think he has become a powerful person in the sect's family now, and he has successfully overcome the disaster. Alright."
That's right, the Ma Chen in front of him is no longer a human, but a ghost, or a ghost cultivator.
In fact, monks who turn to the ghost path are no longer considered human beings, not even in a racial sense, but are beings of another race.
Because the ghost path originally appeared, it was created by Daxiu by imitating a method similar to bloodline transformation and understanding the core foundation of the ghost clan.
Once transformed into a ghost cultivator, the race will undergo a fundamental transformation. In other words, ghost cultivators and ghosts are two completely different things.
Ghost cultivators are considered spirits, ghosts are just dead souls!
The advantage of converting to the ghost path is to change from a short-lived species of the human race to a long-lived species.
The longevity of the immortal species is at least ten times that of the human race. In other words, Ma Chen can live for at least 20,000 years now. Moreover, Yuanshen Old Ghost can already travel during the day without fear of the sun, just like ordinary people.
However, there are also disadvantages of the immortality species, that is, the cultivation level is like a turtle crawling, almost stagnant.
"Reporting to His Highness the Ninth, His Highness the Fifth has indeed been through the tribulation for many years and is now in charge of the clan mansion!" Ma Chen replied respectfully. When he mentioned Li Shenghui, he felt respect from the bottom of his heart, which was completely different from the feeling when facing Wang Zijia.
"Oh, then as my younger brother, should I congratulate you? Do you want to make up for the congratulatory gift?" Wang Zijia was not polite at all just because he heard the words that he had been saying for many years.
"Your Highness Ninth Prince, let him let the past matter pass. It has been eight thousand years, and there are not many people who are still alive back then. His Highness Fifth Prince misses His Highness Ninth Prince very much. As soon as he confirmed the news, he immediately sent an old slave to invite His Highness. Go back to Beijing." Ma Chen said seriously.
"What? Do I want to thank you a thousand times and shed tears of gratitude? Or do I want to thank the emperor immediately and thank fifth brother for his generosity?" Wang Zijia replied like this.
"The old servant knows that His Highness Ninth Prince has a grudge in his heart, so he also asked His Highness the Ninth Prince to go back with me. How about letting His Highness the Fifth Prince resolve the knots he has in his heart?" Ma Chen said softly.
"Who do you think you are? When did I, Chang Bao, need you, an old guy, to take charge? Or is it because I slept too long and Chang Bao changed his master? Has it become Fifth Brother's territory?"
Before Wang Zijia could reply, a domineering voice sounded outside.
Immediately afterwards, a rather tall figure walked in with swift steps.
He is in his twenties, with a resolute face and a slightly delicate physique, like an elegant scholar.
But it does not affect his domineering temperament, but makes him a little more gentle!
When the man stepped into the hall, the moment he saw Wang Zijia, all the anger on his face disappeared, and he stood blankly on the spot.
"Why, you haven't seen her for thousands of years and you don't recognize her?" Wang Zijia asked with a smile on his face.
"Brother Ninth!"
Li Shengshi, who was awakened by Wang Zijia's words, did not throw himself into Wang Zijia's arms like before. Instead, he stepped forward and gave Wang Zijia a bear hug.
"Haha, this thief has been very kind to Qi Qi. I can see Brother Ninth again. Qi Qi will have no regrets in this life!" Li Shengshi laughed as the two brothers hugged each other.
"I've met His Highness Seventeenth, but I didn't expect His Highness Seventeenth to be among the twenty-nine souls!" Ma Chen on the side waited for the two of them to finish hugging, then said with some emotion.
Li Shengshi put away his smile, looked at Ma Chen coldly and said, "Why, you are disappointed that I have not been trapped in the Infant God Realm for the rest of my life?"
"Your Highness Seventeenth, you misunderstood. The rescue incident that year really had nothing to do with His Highness Five." Ma Chen kept his posture very low and said softly.
"But pull it down. If I and the other five hadn't had some skills back then, we would have met the King of Hell long ago."
"Back then, everyone in Shengshi made it clear that they no longer had ambitions in the clan's mansion, but they still held on to each one of them, reaching as far as the border."
"In addition, the third prince Li Shengcheng did not make it to the end, and was picked by your Li Shenghui. There are some things that need to be thought about now? Do you really think that we are idiots?"
At this time, three more people entered the hall.
The strong-backed Li Wang Nong Shaoyong, with a sharp sword and a frosty face, and the cold-hearted Leng Jian Ye Youyu, who is gentle and pleasant, just like the blood Gu Ye Youqing of the farmer's elder sister, stepped in one after another.
It was Blood Gu Ye Youqing who spoke!
Ma Chen was about to say something else, but the next moment, the temperature in the room suddenly dropped cold.
It wasn't a change in the atmosphere, it was really cold. The temperature dropped sharply, the ice was biting, and the surrounding ground began to freeze.
Ma Chen's ghost body began to tremble.
"I warned you, this Changbao will no longer welcome disgusting guys like you without my permission, right?"
Following a cold word, an inconspicuous, palm-sized sapphire turtle flew in, looking at Ma Chen with a cold face and cold eyes.
"Your Highness Guiling, there is some misunderstanding..." Before Ma Chen finished speaking, he couldn't continue. Frost appeared all over his body, as if it was going to freeze him into an ice sculpture.
Being a spiritual being, he has extremely low resistance to this.
But he didn't dare to resist at all, and he didn't activate a single defensive spell.
Seeing that Ma Chen could hardly hold on any longer, Wang Zijia spoke.
"It doesn't matter if you use all your means to win in the end. We were born in the royal family, so we can accept these things. We are willing to admit defeat. But..."
Having said this, Wang Zijia paused, looked at Ma Chen and said:
"Since Fifth Brother has the last laugh, don't treat everyone as a fool. Some things may be difficult for the authorities to see clearly, but when you look back, they are really conspicuous. If something really happens, let him come find me on his own."
"Shenjing, I still say the same thing. I, Li Shenghong, have never thought about going back since the day I left Daqian Shenjing, and I don't need fifth brother to give me anything."
"Don't pretend to be brother-in-law and brother-in-law. Eight thousand years have passed since he took over the throne, and Li Shenghui doesn't need to show off to anyone."
While speaking, Wang Zijia glanced at Gui Ling'er.
Following Wang Zijia's words and actions, Gui Ling'er stopped the spell, allowing Ma Chen, who was almost unable to bear it, to relax a little.
Li Shengshi said with a cold face at this moment: "Old guy, go back and tell Fifth Brother that no matter what his plans are, don't jump at me."
"I don't care about what happened back then, whether it was right or wrong. I am not as skilled as others, and my brain is flawed. If I believe him, I will accept my defeat."
"But now, I am not the chief security officer of Li Shenghui, nor the chief security officer of his clan. Whatever he wants to do, he can do it in person."
"I haven't seen him for a long time. I really want to see what he looks like when he appears?"
"Is he the extremely considerate and gentle Fifth Brother back then? Or is he the conspirator who is afraid that his younger brother will become a threat and will not hesitate to ruin the entire journey?"
Ma Chen looked at the room full of hostile people, his lips moved slightly, but in the end he couldn't say a word.
"Alas... Your Highnesses have misunderstood the Fifth Highness too much!" Ma Chen sighed.
"You can pull him down. It was okay to be deceived by him back then. Now that the results have come out, is it difficult to connect some things? It's a waste that I thought back then that Li Shenghui was the only good person in Shenjing!"
The tiger-backed Li Wang Nong Shaoyong said with disgust and bluntly: "You old guy, are you going to get out of here? If not, I'll wait for a few people to give you a ride. It just so happens that I just broke through and I'm short of people to practice, so my hands are itchy."
As Ma Chen, who has watched the five of them grow up, he knows the Big Five very well. This man's fist is really not that hard.
He said no more and left in a hurry.
"What the hell!"
"It's this hypocritical attitude that is so memorable."
"Now that this attitude has come to us, I guess he has no good intentions."
"Brother Ninth, don't be deceived by him."
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Looking at the chattering words of several people, Wang Zijia smiled and said: "Don't worry, although I lost the fight with them back then, I have gone through many tricks, so I naturally understand. "
"Actually, it's not hard to guess the purpose of Fifth Brother's coming here. No matter how famous I was before, it can't compare to the fact that I helped twenty-nine people ascend to the level of Yuanshen after I was born. Other than that, there is only the secret of reincarnation."
"Thinking about it, these two things are enough to be remembered by him now."
"Stop talking about these unhappy things, let's talk about your experiences over the years!"
When Wang Zijia was saying his good words, Gui Ling'er swayed and flew onto Wang Zijia's shoulder.
Wang Zijia glanced at her and added: "For example, Ling'er didn't even transform, so how did she get together with Shengshi and give birth to two dragon turtles?"
Ba Xia inherits the Behemoth School, and she also directly gnawed on the inheritance back then, quickly breaking into the Infant God, without any possibility of transforming.
The lively atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
"Ha ha!"
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Nong Shaoyong and Ye Youqing burst into laughter instantly, and even Ye Youyu, who had a cold face, also smiled.
"Master, you don't know, my senior brother has specially cultivated the Nine Transformations of the Dragon just for this. What a big news!" Nong Shaoyong burst into laughter.
"You are the only one who talks a lot!" Li Shengshi said awkwardly.
"I see, I understand!" Wang Zijia nodded seriously.
"Ah, what are you talking about, father!" Gui Ling'er, who had just stopped on Wang Zijia's shoulder, was anxious.
"Ha ha!"
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There were bursts of laughter in the hall.
They had not seen each other for thousands of years, but with bursts of laughter, they instantly returned to the original time, when Wang Zijia led them to the happy time of Bao Sahuan.
Some people feel unfamiliar even if they haven't seen them for a long time.
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(End of chapter)
