Not long after flying away, Ji Liao and his party finally entered the Chen family's hinterland.
During this period, they passed through many mountains. Ji Liao found that there were many people guarding these mountains. Some of the peaks at the pass were guarded by more than a dozen people, and most of them were at the eighth or ninth level of Naqi.
Ji Liao frowned slightly. Normally, there are usually not so many people on guard duty, and the guards were too dense. They had been stopped more than a dozen times along the way. Ji Liao had a vague feeling that this Chen The family seems to be nervous about something.
However, Ji Liao had no intention of asking. He just wanted to use the Chen family to learn about Ji Nan. He was a monk in the foundation-building stage and had saved a direct descendant of the Chen family. The Chen family should welcome him very much.
After a cup of tea.
The scenery ahead suddenly changed.
The scattered mountains disappeared, replaced by a huge snow valley with an extremely long length.
This snow valley is between two opposite snow peaks.
The snow-capped peaks are shaped like an inverted figure and are tilted from the inside to the outside. They are more than three hundred feet high. It looks like a huge mountain has been split in the middle.
The slopes of the two snow peaks are not large, and they are covered with a thick layer of white snow. At the same time, traces of human life began to appear here. Houses and courtyards of bluestone bricks appeared, layer upon layer, densely packed and extending deep into the snow valley. There are many kinds of winter plums in bloom in the courtyard, as well as some flowers and plants that are still blooming in winter. In this vast white snow valley, they look fairy-like and colorful.
At the same time, at the bottom of the snow valley was a clear stream rushing past. Ji Liao was a hundred feet away, so he didn't need to use his magical power at all. He could see through the water and straight to the bottom of the river with his naked eyes. It was extremely clear.
There are crescent-shaped arch bridges built between the two peaks, and pedestrians can occasionally be seen passing by on them, giving the impression of peace and leisure.
Ji Liao glanced at these passers-by. The clothes on these people were different, but some were thin and some were bloated cotton clothes. The immortal cultivators could be distinguished from the mortals at a glance.
The huge body of the Snotlout Wolf passed through the snow valley, and the people on it couldn't help but attract side glances, pointing and exclaiming.
Ji Liao looked at the Chen family living here and sighed secretly, this scene was not far behind even compared to the Purple Air Sect.
"Senior, this is where my Chen family lives." Chen Jian looked at Ji Liao with a smile, and there was inevitably a sense of contentment in his tone.
"Yeah!" Ji Liao nodded lightly.
The group of people passed under the arch bridges and flew towards the depths of the snow valley. In a short time, they arrived in front of an extremely majestic palace.
This palace occupies a large area and stands on a relatively flat hillside. Various buildings surround the palace in the center. It is obviously the most important area of the Chen family.
Snotlout Wolf flew down to the square in front of the main hall, causing a strong wind with a bang.
The sudden appearance of the Snot Wolf immediately caused a commotion among the hundreds of people standing sparsely in the square, and they all retreated. However, as if they had agreed upon it, they formed a circle and surrounded them in the center.
Seeing this, Ji Liao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, and thought to himself.
"The people of the Chen family really share the same hatred!"
Ji Liao patted it, and the Snot Wolf turned into a stream of light and flew back to the spirit beast bag.
Their bodies also fell to the ground.
Because Chen Jian had an injury on his foot, when he landed on the ground, he stumbled unsteadily for a moment, but quickly regained his balance.
Seeing Chen Jian appear, some of the people gathered around him immediately recognized him and said in surprise, "Chen Jian!"
"Hahaha, I'm sorry to frighten everyone." Chen Jian laughed and cupped his hands to the people around him.
The disappearance of Snot Wolf had invisibly lessened the frightening effect on these Chen family disciples, and due to the appearance of Chen Jian, these Chen family disciples breathed a sigh of relief and gathered towards the two of them.
"Chen Jian, didn't you go to inspect the family boundaries?"
"Yes, why are you back so soon?"
"Did people from the Shi family and Wei family cross the line?"
All of a sudden, these people started talking all over the place, asking Chen Jian a barrage of questions.
Chen Jian was immediately in a hurry and overwhelmed.
At this moment, a coughing sound sounded from behind everyone.
Everyone looked for the sound and saw an old man with gray hair and silver robes standing behind them at some point.
Seeing this man, these Chen family disciples immediately stopped, bowed respectfully to the old man, and shouted in unison, "Clan Chief!"
"Hmm..." The old man hummed slightly, nodded, glanced at Ji Liao seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, and finally his eyes fell on Chen Jian.
"Chen Jian, why are you back? And who is this fellow Taoist..." the old man asked.
"Reporting to the clan leader, I encountered some troubles at the family boundary before. Thanks to this senior's rescue, I managed to escape with my life." Chen Jian quickly handed over his hand and replied honestly.
The old man was obviously much calmer. He noticed the words used by Chen Jian, frowned inadvertently, and glanced at Ji Liao in surprise.
Ji Liao looked at the old man indifferently, his face expressionless.
Ji Liao had noticed the old man since he appeared at the entrance of the hall. His spiritual consciousness swept over him and found that he was only at the thirteenth level of Naqi, so he didn't take it to heart.
Seeing Ji Liao's indifferent expression, the old man's eyes flashed, he thought for a moment, and bowed to Ji Liao.
"Senior, please speak in the palace."
"Yeah!" Ji Liao smiled and nodded.
"Please!" The old man sat in a please posture.
Ji Liao didn't say anything, and walked over with his hands behind his back. Wherever he passed, the surrounding Chen family disciples immediately retreated to both sides, revealing a path. Feiku
However, among these crowds, there was a beautiful woman about eighteen or nineteen years old, who locked Ji Liao with a strange look, and as Ji Liao walked forward slowly, the woman seemed to be possessed. Like a demon, his eyes followed Ji Liao's leaving back.
After entering the hall, the woman was still looking at the door of the hall in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Hey, Xue'e, what are you looking at?" At this time, a girl of similar age patted her shoulder and said with a smile.
Chen Xue'e shuddered, came to her senses, and glanced at the girl beside her angrily.
"Hey, you scared me to death."
"Me?" The girl stretched out her finger and pointed at the tip of her nose. She looked at Chen Xue'e in confusion, then her eyes quickly turned, as if she could read Chen Xue'e's mind, "Hehehe, I understand..."
"What do you know?" Chen Xue'e asked with her eyes widened.
"You must have fallen in love with the foreigner Chen Jian brought back, right?" the girl said with a smile.
"Hey, what are you talking about? How is that possible!" Chen Xue'e immediately blushed with embarrassment and quickly looked around and said carefully.
"I think so. That man is not good-looking and is from a foreign race. How could Chen Xue'e, the famous beauty of our Chen family, fall in love with that man?" The girl didn't see Chen Xue'e's embarrassment and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, okay, you are the smartest, let's go home quickly." Chen Xue'e took the girl's hand and said.
"Hey, you haven't finished your morning classes today? Why did you go home so early?" The girl was pulled by Chen Xue'e and ran two steps, and she said with a panicked expression.
"I won't do it anymore." Chen Xue'e turned around and said, but her gaze was directed towards the main hall in the center of the square.
In the hall, Ji Liao was sitting on a big chair, and someone had already served hot tea on the table beside him.
At this time, the hall was filled with a faint fragrance. There were only three people, Ji Liao, Chen Jian and the patriarch of the Chen family, so it seemed extremely empty.
Chen Jian, the head of the Chen family, did not sit down. Instead, he stood aside with his hands folded. As the head of the clan, his demeanor gave Ji Liao, a senior, face.
"Chen Wanhe, I don't know, senior..." the old man asked respectfully.
"Ji Liao!" Ji Liao was extremely satisfied with Chen Wanhe's performance and replied with a smile.
Chen Wanhe's eyes flickered slightly when he heard this. After thinking about it, he put on a smile and said, "It turns out to be Senior Ji. I wonder how Senior met Chen Jian from the clan?"
Ji Liao glanced at Chen Jian standing aside and said quietly, "I just accidentally saved this kid's life. I happened to be looking for a secluded place to recuperate, so I followed him here."
Chen Wanhe turned his head and glanced at Chen Jian.
Chen Jian nodded towards Chen Wanhe.
After receiving Chen Jian's affirmation, Chen Wanhe immediately laughed.
"Senior, it's a great kindness. Thank you for saving the children of the clan."
"It's just a small matter." Ji Liao waved his hand casually.
"In that case, in order to thank the senior for his great kindness, how about the junior bring a few elders from the clan to support the senior?"
"No need!" Ji Liao immediately refused upon hearing this, then paused and said, "I have been tired from traveling during this period. Please find me a secluded place. I will rest for a while and then come out to meet the people of your clan." Meet."
Chen Wanhe didn't expect Ji Liao to reject him, but since Ji Liao had already spoken, he couldn't say anything, "Okay, I will immediately order someone to arrange a place for seniors to live."
Ji Liao nodded.
"Come here, quickly arrange a place for Senior Ji to rest." Chen Wanhe shouted loudly outside the hall.
As soon as he finished speaking, a disciple of the Chen family walked in, reached in front of Ji Liao and cupped his hands, "Senior, please!"
Ji Liao put his hands on the armrests, stood up and followed the man out.
Chen Wanhe and Chen Jian bowed and saluted Ji Liao's leaving figure. After Ji Liao left, they stood up straight.
Chen Wanhe breathed a sigh of relief, sat down and looked at Chen Jian, "Let's talk about it!"
"Yes!" Chen Jian responded.
Then he told Chen Wanhe the whole process of getting acquainted with Ji Liao.
Chen Wanhe frowned slightly after hearing this, "You killed two people who were above the tenth level of Qi so easily. It seems that this person must be at the foundation level or above. But why did he tear through the void and come here? Where’s the origin?”
"Clan leader, in my opinion, he is not from our Extreme South, or even from our Fanyun Continent. At present, the integrity of our clan is in crisis, so it would be better..." Chen Jian said.
Chen Wanhe also thought of this, but as the leader of the clan, he had to consider everything carefully. He sighed, "I'm afraid it's easier to invite gods than to send them away."
"That's better than being cannibalized bit by bit by the Shi family and the Wei family. Today they dare to attack me within the jurisdiction of our family, and tomorrow they dare to swallow up our Chen family's territory in a big way. If this goes on for a long time, it won't be possible in the future. That’s easy to say.”
Hearing this, Chen Wanhe understood the meaning of Chen Jian's words. He tapped his fingers on the table beside him a few times, and then said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to let other members of the family discuss it together. You should immediately put the family aside." Several elders came to discuss this matter!"
"Yes!" Chen Jian responded, then turned and left.
Ji Liao followed the Chen family member through the winding stone road and walked all the way to a gorgeously decorated house.
"Senior, this is the guest room." The man cupped his hands towards Ji Liao and then stepped forward to open the door for Ji Liao.
Ji Liao nodded lightly, stepped in, turned around and said, "Don't disturb me during this time."
"yes!"
The man was stunned when he heard this and quickly answered with his hands raised.
