Li Mingzong didn't expect Ruan Chi to be so excited, he was a little frightened, and it took a long time before he smiled bitterly: "It seems that Yinong is right, you really refused." ”

Ruan Chi said: "In short, don't bother Lao Tzu in the future." ”

After that, without waiting for Li Mingzong's reaction, Ruan Chi walked directly outside.

Ruan Chi had just walked on his front foot, and at this time, a person suddenly walked out behind Li Mingzong, he was wearing a gray robe, a hat, and a rickety figure.

Li Mingzong looked very respectful to this hat man, turned around and bent down slightly, and said, "Elder Taishang, I'm sorry, the other party seems to have rejected our request. ”

The hat man stared in the direction Ruan Chi left, and for a long time, a hoarse voice came from under the hat on his head, muttering: "It seems that that little young man really looks like ......"

Li Mingzong was stunned for a moment and asked, "It seems?" What is it like? ”

The hat-taker paused, and then said, "That little young man is too similar to the ancestors of our Huaxia clan. ”

Li Mingzong was stunned, the man in front of him was not an ordinary person, he was the longest-lived elder of the Huaxia clan so far, although he had not been in charge for many years, but in fact, the entire Huaxia clan still looked at him.

The words of this Supreme Elder made Li Mingzong suddenly remember a very important matter.

About 900 years ago, less than 100 years after the end of the Third Battle of the Throne, when the knight king Messeriban, the ancestor of the Huaxia clan, established the Tianlong Empire in the Miracle Continent, he brought his wife, children and subordinates to Penglai and lived in seclusion in Penglai. and sealed the demon dragon concubine Reba Luna under the Panlong Stone.

But not long after. The Meseriban, however, suddenly disappeared. His descendants once tried to go back to the Miracle Continent to look for it, but in the end they found nothing.

Even when these descendants returned to the Miracle Continent, the Celestial Dragon Empire, which had been established by the Knight King Merceliban, had already fallen into the hands of others.

Disheartened, these descendants returned to Penglai, continued to live in Penglai, and established the Huaxia clan, claiming to be the orthodox descendants of the knight king Messeliban.

Time passed little by little, and it is today. The Huaxia clan did not forget their duty, which was to find the missing knight king Meseliban and regain the glory that belonged to them.

In order to find their ancestors, the Huaxia clan has been growing their power for thousands of years, and gradually, they have successfully established Penglai Pavilion in the Miracle Continent and began to develop their own intelligence network.

Although there is still no news of the Messiban after so many years, the Huaxia people are convinced that such a powerful figure as the Messiliban must still be alive in this world.

Li Mingzong is the patriarch of the 43rd generation of the Huaxia clan. Naturally, he also hopes to be able to find the footprints of his ancestors in his lifetime, and successfully lead the Huaxia clan back to the Miracle Continent.

I heard Elder Taishang say this. Li Mingzong couldn't help but be a little excited, "Elder Taishang, you're not mistaken, right?" Could it be that the little brother is related to the ancestors? ”

The hat man turned sideways slightly, and a trace of light flashed in his eyes under the hat, and he said slowly: "Mingzong, you still remember that I told you that back then, I and a few companions with a god-level realm had infiltrated the palace of the Heavenly Dragon Empire. ”

Li Mingzong nodded and said, "I remember, when you were young, Elder Taishang, you were indeed active in the Miracle Continent for a long time, and even sneaked into the palace of the Heavenly Dragon Empire in order to find the clues of the ancestors. ”

"I vaguely remember that it was about three hundred years ago, when we did sneak into the palace and enter the place where the ancestors once lived, although unfortunately we didn't find any valuable clues, but we found a portrait of the ancestors. ”

"Portrait?"

"Yes, a portrait of an ancestor, although it is a fake, but my companions and I are sure that the person in the portrait is the ancestor."

Li Mingzong frowned when he heard this, and said, "Elder Taishang, how can you be sure that the person in the painting is the ancestor?" You must know that since the Celestial Dragon Empire fell into the hands of those people, they have blurred the image of the ancestors. Although the ancestors are regarded as heroic kings everywhere in the Miracle Continent, in fact, in the territory of the human race, there is not even a statue commemorating the ancestors, and even if there is, they are all wearing helmets and armor, and they can't see it at all. ”

The hat man shook his head and said: "I don't know what you said, the reason why I am so sure that it is the portrait of the ancestor is because when I was a child, I once saw a self-portrait of the ancestor in my great-grandfather's place, although the self-portrait no longer exists, but I clearly remember that the self-portrait is exactly the same as the portrait I saw in the palace of the Tianlong Empire at that time." ”

Li Mingzong's body was shocked, and he lost his voice: "If the portrait is true, then you just said that the nephew's appearance is similar to the ancestor, then he must be related to the ancestor." ”

Thinking that he would soon find clues about the Knight King Meseliban, Li Mingzong was about to go out without saying a word, wanting to call back Ruan Chi, who had just left.

But at this time, the hat man stopped: "Wait, you can't go to him now." ”

Li Mingzong stopped, looked at the Supreme Elder, and asked puzzledly, "Why?" He is likely to be a direct descendant of the ancestor, and perhaps he knows where the ancestor is. ”

The hatsman shook his head and said: "Mingzong, you are still too reckless, although that young man is similar to the ancestor, but if he is really the descendant of the ancestor, will he not know the existence of our Huaxia clan?" He came back with the little girl of Yinong, and I could see from his eyes that he was really coming to Penglai for the first time. He didn't take the initiative to identify himself with us, which means that he was wary of us, or that the ancestors told him not to identify themselves. But for whatever reason, we are not right to look for him right now. ”

Li Mingzong also realized that he was a little reckless, and hurriedly arched his hand at the bucket man, "Elder Taishang is extremely right, so what are we going to do?" ”

The man was silent for a moment, and said in a half-loud voice: "The Zhenlong Conference is about to start, so let's take this opportunity to see if this young man is related to the ancestors, if it is confirmed." We have to find a way to keep him in Penglai. ”

Li Mingzong nodded a little excitedly. When I learned just now that Ruan Chi might be the direct descendant of the ancestor. He almost fainted with excitement.

In fact, although the remaining people of the Huaxia clan now consider themselves to be clansmen, in fact, most of their bloodlines are collateral and are descendants of the subordinates of the Knight King Messeliban in the past.

When the Knight King Meseliban disappeared, most of his direct descendants also died of strange diseases in the near future, and the direct bloodline has gradually become a collateral line after many years.

Only the Supreme Elder in front of him can barely be said to be a direct descendant of the Messeliban family. It is also the only one left inside and outside Penglai today.

……

Two days later, the intensive Zhenlong Conference was finally belated.

Li Yinong personally invited Ruan Chi to the place where the conference was held, and heard about the process of the Zhenlong conference in her mouth. The so-called Zhenlong Conference was actually divided into two parts.

The first part is called treasure hunting, and the rules are similar to when Ruan Chi first participated in the trial of the five kings of the orc clan, that is, enter a characteristic location, collect or compete for treasures within a specified time, and determine whether the participants are eligible to advance to the second part with the precious process of obtaining the treasure at the end.

The second part is called Linglong Martial Arts, and the rules are simpler, with sixteen participants who have advanced to the first part compete in martial arts. The last person to win the martial arts competition was the next Huaxia patriarch.

After listening to what Li Yinong said, Ruan Chi couldn't help but raise his forehead and said, "Miss Li." Although I promised you to participate in the Zhenlong Conference, I don't want to be a patriarch. ”

Li Yinong showed an embarrassed expression and said, "I know this, in fact, we just hope that Mr. Ruan Chi, you and a few brothers who have convicted the eleven people can represent our Dongpenglai Li family to win this conference." ”

Ruan Chi asked, "The Li family in East Penglai?" Wait, aren't you Zongjia? How do you make an East Penglai? Don't tell me that I still have Xi Penglai or something? ”

Li Yinong smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Ruan Chi, you are right, in fact, our Penglai clan has two factions, which are East Penglai and West Penglai. ”

Ruan Chi was not calm now, stared at Li Yinong and asked: "Sue me, there is anything you haven't made clear to me, don't cheat me when the time comes." ”

Li Yinong saw that Ruan Chi seemed to be a little angry, and hurriedly said: "No, really not, except for what I said just now, there is really nothing else to hide." ”

Ruan Chi thought for a moment, and then asked, "Can you tell me how your sect is divided into two factions?" ”

Li Yinong nodded, and as he walked, he briefly talked about the history and recent situation of their Penglai. As for Ruan Chitong's words, he finally determined the relationship between the Knight King Merceliban and the Huaxia clan.

And what Li Yinong said is basically the same as what Li Mingzong said.

At that time, the Meseriban lived in seclusion in Penglai until he suddenly disappeared, and some of his direct descendants and subordinates established the Huaxia tribe.

At the beginning, the entire Huaxia clan hoped to get the Messiliban back, but as the direct descendants of the Messiliban died of strange diseases one by one, the descendants of the collateral began to oppose them.

Especially in recent years, the differences between the races due to the problem of reproduction have become bigger and bigger, and some people have begun to think that everyone should return to the Miracle Continent, and propose to marry the human race to solve the problem of reproduction.

However, this practice obviously violates the training of the group, and it will pollute the bloodline of the Huaxia clan, causing the bloodline of the descendants to be impure, and the patriarch and others vigorously oppose it.

Gradually, the clan was naturally divided into two factions, one was Xi Penglai, who supported returning to the Miracle Continent and marrying ordinary people to ensure the reproduction of the clan. The other faction is against multiplying with the Terrans and continues to search for the ancestor Messeriban's East Penglai.

"The two factions of our clan have been arguing over this issue for a long time, and now it happens to meet the Zhenlong Conference once every twenty years, once the people from Xipenglai win the position of patriarch, they will definitely move back to the Miracle Continent in a big way to implement their marriage policy." Li Yinong said with a sad face.

Ruan Chi waited for Li Yinong to finish speaking, but said unceremoniously: "To be honest, listening to what you say, I think the people of West Penglai are obviously more rational than the people of you East Penglai, there are so few people left in your Huaxia clan, and you still want to get close to the marriage to ensure the purity of the bloodline, to be honest, even if you try to find someone to come back, it is impossible to fundamentally solve the problem of reproduction." Rather than this, it is better to find a marriage on the side of the human race, and in less than a hundred years, your population will definitely increase by dozens of times. ”

Li Yinong didn't expect Ruan Chi to support Xi Penglai's point of view, so he was a little stunned at the moment, and said hurriedly: "Mr. Ruan Chi, please don't say that, our Penglai clan is the only bloodline of the ancestors, if we really marry the human race according to what the people of Xi Penglai said, our Huaxia clan will no longer be a Huaxia clan, and we will no longer be the descendants of the knight king Meseliban." ”

"For the sake of this so-called glory, you are willing to wait for the destruction of the race?" Ruan Chi was a little unable to understand what the woman in front of him was saying.

"Yes." Li Yinong nodded very seriously.

Ruan Chi sighed, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Forget it, I don't really want to take care of your messy things, anyway, I will do what I promised you, let's say, how can I help you Dongpenglai get the position of patriarch?" ”

Li Yinong was overjoyed when he heard this, a smile bloomed on his face, and he continued: "Actually, the position of the patriarch in the Zhenlong Conference is not limited to those clansmen who have martial arts, for the sake of fairness, the participants who run for the position of patriarch can send representatives to fight, and the number of representatives is 5 people. When the time comes, Mr. Ruan Chi, as long as you win on my behalf at the Zhenlong Conference, I can get the position of patriarch. ”

When Ruan Chi heard this, he immediately understood why Li Yinong invited Aofu and the others over, and felt that they were all representing Li Yinong in the Zhenlong Conference.

Ruan Chi couldn't help but look at her with a little surprise, and said, "I didn't expect Miss Li to have such a grand ideal, and she plans to run for the position of patriarch?" ”

Li Yinong smiled slightly and said: "I just want to contribute to my own clan, only by being elected as the patriarch can I lead the future of the Huaxia clan." ”

Ruan Chi was suspicious again: "In fact, with Miss Li's strength, isn't it enough to win the final victory?" ”

Li Yinong said: "If it's just me, it's still a little worse, because in my clan, there are still a few people whose strength is better than what I thought or compared, such as Pastor Li of Xipenglai Zisha Hall, and Brother Yuanlong, with them participating, I don't have much chance of winning." ”

"Wait, isn't Li Yuanlong your fiancé? How is he from Xipenglai? Ruan Chi seemed to have heard something terrible.

Li Yinong smiled bitterly: "Brother Yuanlong's Zisha Hall was originally from Xipenglai, and although I married him, I was also a competitor. ”

"Hehe, is this considered love and killing?" Ruan Chi teased.

Li Yinong didn't want to continue to talk about Li Yuanlong, so he said: "In addition to the masters of Zishatang, Xi Penglai has also invited two powerful helpers, and they are our biggest competitors in East Penglai. ”

Ruan Chi grinned and said, "It doesn't matter who they look for, I just need to kill them all, can't I?" (To be continued......)