The Shen family is located in the southeast of the Shenque Continent, in the territory of Zhaoguo, and it is not too far from the Qinghua Immortal Gate in the east of the continent, but Zhuo Junchen and Mu Zisu have walked for a full month. When the two of them appeared outside the door of the Shen family's mansion, Mu Zisu couldn't help but sigh at the vermilion gate of the Shen family: "I didn't expect the world outside to be so terrifying!" I decided that after I went back this time, I would never leave Xianmen for half a step. Even if he is punished by the master every day for copying the medical and pharmacopoeia, it is better than suffering so much outside. ”

Zhuo Junchen didn't speak, but a look of approval flashed in his eyes. The tired look on his face was even heavier than Mu Zisu's. Along the way, they followed the road map given by the master in a regular manner and walked along the official road. It's just that somehow, troubles keep coming along the way. First, when they were staying overnight, they encountered a group of fire-breathing beasts, and then inexplicably provoked a small sect, and the two escaped in a hurry and provoked a wolf. Although Mu Zisu's cultivation was acceptable, when he was besieged and hunted down, he couldn't help Zhuo Junchen at all. Zhuo Junchen had to deal with those pursuers on the one hand, and he had to protect Mu Zisu on the other, which could be described as miserable.

"Fortunately, it's finally here!" Mu Zisu sighed with emotion.

Zhuo Junchen didn't continue to talk to him, took out the invitation card that Shen Hanfeng handed him and handed it to the concierge of the Shen family. The porter checked the post, first with a shocked look on his face, and then asked Zhuo Junchen to wait and left in a hurry.

Mu Zisu waited in front of the door with Zhuo Junchen for a while, and said impatiently: "The hospitality of this Uncle Shen's family is inevitably too bad, and the little guy went in a hurry, and he didn't even move a chair for us." ”

Zhuo Junchen smiled and comforted him: "Don't you look at it, at this golden gate, the two of us are sitting on a bench, what does this look like." ”

Mu Zisu thought for a while, and he was amused first: "This doesn't look like coming to a banquet, but like coming to collect debts." ”

As he spoke, a large group of people walked out from behind the shadow wall of the Shen Mansion, and the middle-aged man led by him happened to hear the second half of what Mu Zisu said, and the word debt collection made his expression change.

Zhuo Junchen and Mu Zisu didn't expect that more than 20 people from the Shen family would come to greet them, and such a mighty appearance made them a little stunned for a while.

The group approached, and the middle-aged man in the lead asked, "Two, but the Qinghua Immortal Sect is coming?" ”

Zhuo Junchen came back to his senses, first hugged his fists and said: "The younger Qinghua Xianmen Zhuo Junchen, on the order of the master, brought his junior brother Mu Zisu to congratulate the head of the Shen family on his birthday. After a pause, Zhuo Junchen said, "Dare to ask ......"

The man's expression softened, and he said with a kind smile: "I am Shen Hansong, the head of the Shen family, and the two of you will invite you first." As he spoke, Shen Hansong stretched out his hand to lead the way, Zhuo Junchen and Mu Zisu glanced at each other, and followed Shen Hansong into the door.

From the gate to the front hall, Shen Hansong personally led the way for the two. The scenery in the Shen Mansion is also like the feeling of the gate, with a sense of luxury and wealth, and the courtyard is full of exotic flowers and plants on both sides, which is dazzling.

After entering the front hall, a servant had already served tea and invited the two to take a seat, Shen Hansong sat on the main seat and asked gently: "The two of you have worked hard all the way, and the old man's birthday banquet has made the two of you bumpy all the way." ”

Zhuo Junchen carefully observed this Shen family master, although he was Shizun's brother, he did not look similar to Shizun, although his eyebrows and eyes looked gentle, he always felt a little strange and restrained.

"I am fortunate to go to the banquet for my master, and I dare not say that I am hard." Zhuo Junchen said, he himself felt strange in his heart, in the face of Shizun's family, the rejection in his heart was more than the feeling of closeness.

Shen Hansong stroked the short beard on his face with a smile, and said: "The two of you came to make Longzhang Fengzi, and you haven't asked yet, which True Monarch is under your tutelage?" ”

Just after drinking tea, Mu Zisu missed the opportunity to answer, and Shen Hansong threw another question over, and he immediately said quickly: "The junior learns from the peak master of the elixir peak, as for Jun Chen, his master is not a true monarch." ”

The more than 20 people who originally greeted the envoy with Shen Hansong did not disperse, and after entering the hall, they stood along both sides of the main seat. Hearing Mu Zisu's joke, he looked at each other for a while, and looked at Zhuo Junchen's eyes with strange suspicion.

Shen Hansong was not as breathless as the juniors, and he turned a few corners in his mind in an instant. Mu Zisu's master is one of the elders of Jiufeng, but now he is still dominated by Zhuo Junchen, and this Zhuo Junchen will naturally not be a small character who runs out of the horns. Since he is not the true monarch of the Yuan infant stage, is he the immortal monarch of the god transformation stage?

Shen Hansong's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "The old man guesses, isn't this Zhuo Shaoxia a senior disciple under the master's seat?" ”

The corners of Mu Zisu's mouth twitched, resisting the urge to pout, and looked at Zhuo Junchen. Although Zhuo Junchen also felt strange, he replied calmly: "The family teacher is the Immortal Sect Law Enforcement Elder, Shen Hanfeng. ”

The atmosphere suddenly froze, and the expression on Shen Hansong's face made Zhuo Junchen couldn't help frowning, with a hint of panic in his surprise, although it was only a flash, he was seen by Zhuo Junchen in his eyes.

There was a whispered discussion among a group of juniors in the Shen family, and Shen Hansong whispered, "Be quiet." There seemed to be a hint of anger in his voice, and there was no sound in the crowd. The majesty of the head of the Shen family can be seen.

Shen Hansong was no longer as stiff as Fang Cai at this time, and said kindly: "I didn't expect Zhuo Shaoxia to be the apprentice of the fourth brother, so that the old man can still be called a nephew." ”

Zhuo Junchen said indifferently: "The head of the Shen family is an elder, so naturally it is as you wish. "That being said, Zhuo Junchen called him the head of the Shen family instead of Master Shen, which was a soft nail in this sentence.

Shen Hansong pretended not to hear it, and cared about the two of them for a few more words, so he called a nephew and sent them to the guest room to rest.

Nothing to say all the way. The nephew of the Shen family sent the two of them back to the room and left. After Zhuo Junchen finished sorting out his things, he didn't rush to rest, and reviewed the scene of their meeting with Shen Hansong in his mind.

Since the first sentence they spoke, Zhuo Junchen didn't realize that he and Mu Zisu had done anything wrong, but the people of the Shen family, their reactions were too strange.

There was a light knock on the door, and Zhuo Junshen raised his voice: "Please come in." ”

It was none other than Mu Zisu.

Mu Zisu was holding two plates of pastries in his hand, which should have been taken from his own room, and there were two plates in Zhuo Junchen's room that were exactly the same. He put his things aside and sat down, his mouth was stuffed but he couldn't stop and said, "This Shen family's hospitality is too shabby. Looking at the large number of people coming and going, he didn't even ask a word of hunger and thirst when he sent us back. ”

Zhuo Junchen shook his head, picked up the teapot on the table and poured him a cup of tea: "Eat slowly, don't choke." ”

Before the words fell, Mu Zisu made a strange sound in his throat, ate the ordinary pastry in his hand and threw it back on the plate, picked up the tea and poured it down. The snack stuck in his throat was smoothed down, Mu Zisu coughed several times, and said angrily: "You crow's mouth, I didn't choke to death." ”

Zhuo Junchen thought it was funny, and refilled half a cup of tea for him: "If these snacks are not enough to eat, take mine too." It's nothing, I'm going to cultivate. ”

Mu Zisu raised his eyebrows: "Don't, you really think I'm here to eat dim sum!" ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhuo Junchen's eyes. Mu Zisu said smoothly: "Don't you think it's strange? When the people of the Shen family heard that you were Senior Uncle Shen's disciple, instead of being a little happy, the old man Shen was still a little scared. ”

Zhuo Junchen said: "You also noticed it?" It doesn't seem like I'm too careful. ”

Mu Zisu shook his hand: "It's not that I noticed it, but it's normal for them to have such a reaction." Mu Zisu picked up a piece of dim sum, "You haven't looked at the invitation carefully, what is written in this bells and whistles is not to invite Uncle Shen to the banquet." Originally, this invitation was sent to Qinghua Peak, but Qinghua Peak sent someone to our peak and handed it to Uncle Shen. When the master asked me to hand it over, he sneered at this invitation for a long time. ”

Zhuo Junchen frowned, a little anxious in his heart: "What do you know?" ”

Seeing him like this, Mu Zisu didn't sell Guan Zi anymore: "Do you remember when you opened the light, obviously you were still sick, but Uncle Shen didn't say goodbye." The master told you that he had taken over the decree of the master. ”

Zhuo Junchen frowned: "Is this a lie to me?" ”

Mu Zisu shook his head: "It's not enough to lie to you, Senior Uncle Shen did receive a decree, but he left in a hurry that day, and originally went back to the Shen family for funeral." The old head of the Shen family, Uncle Shen's father, was not there at that time. ”

Zhuo Junchen recalled carefully for a while, that time the master was injured, and he remembered it wholeheartedly. What's more, they didn't get along for a long time at that time, and they didn't notice how the master was up.

"I ...... I don't remember the situation of the master at that time, but I don't seem to be too sad. Zhuo Junchen felt guilty in his heart.

Mu Zisu patted him on the shoulder in understanding: "Uncle Shen's ice face, it's strange that you can see a flower." I don't know the specific things, it's just that when Uncle Shi came back, the elixir peak came first. In addition to the medicine given to him, I vaguely heard what they were talking about. Uncle Shen said, 'I used to think that I was carrying the burden of the family on my shoulders, but now it seems that it is just a joke'. ”

Zhuo Junchen was silent when he heard this, with his master's indifferent personality, he would say such a thing, and he was probably very disappointed in his heart. I just don't know how sad the master was at that time.

Or, the master he saw was always just the side that the master wanted him to see.

It seems that they depend on each other, but in fact, he has not really understood.