"You say, this Huo Mansion will really become the Lin Mansion?"

"Then who knows, to say that this Lin surname is not authentic, although the Huo family is in power, it has never treated them badly, and now it is doing this kind of thing, isn't this a white-eyed wolf?"

"Hundreds of years ago, this family was founded by two people, one surnamed Huo and the other surnamed Lin, at that time, they each controlled the general, and set the rules, whoever is more capable, will take over the whole family. In this generation, the Huo family has been in control for decades, and the Lin family naturally can't be willing all the time, this opportunity is to fight for it back, but this way ......"

"Shhhh ”

Soon, the morning sun hung in the east, and when the appointed moment came, a group of people came to the house of the manor.

Walking in the front is a somewhat thin middle-aged man, who looks unremarkable, but the most prominent thing on his face is the hooked nose, from which there is a hint of cruelty in his eyes, but it can be seen that this person should be very scheming.

Behind him were a few younger people, and Lin Long was among them, and at this moment he had a smile on his face, full of smugness.

After waiting for a while, another middle-aged man appeared in the room, but it could be seen that his mood should be relatively bad, and there was a trace of helplessness and pain on his face.

After him, only a few people appeared, all of them looking depressed and sad.

After a while, the hook-nosed man who came out earlier walked to the middle of the crowd, and then waved his hand, and after suppressing everyone's voices, he said slowly: "First of all, you are welcome to take the time to come to our family's meeting this time. At this public conference, I want you to witness that in a while, my line and the Huo family will compete in Dandao, if anyone can win the competition, then the family business will be in the hands of whoever controls it. ”

There are people who have not been in Maple Leaf City for a long time, and they came to see the excitement, and at this moment they were a little confused: "Is this person the head of the Huo family?"

"What are you talking about, this is Lin Tian, the head of the Lin family. The person next to him hurriedly said to him.

"Anyway, it's still Huo Mansion now, why did the head of the Lin family speak first?" the outsider asked puzzled.

"Hey...... Now that the Huo family is weak, I think, the head of the Huo family doesn't want to show his face, otherwise he will lose too badly for a while, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing?"

When the person next to him whispered, Lin Tian had already finished speaking, and then turned his head and looked at Huo Yuan, who was in a trance on the side, and said, "Of course, this competition, after all, is a competition between my Lin family and the Huo family, and I still have to ask the Huo family master to say a few words." ”

He smiled, then made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Master Huo, can you come to the stage and say a few words?"

Huo Yuan's brows furrowed deeply, and after a long time, he got up and said: "Since the Huo family took charge of this mansion decades ago, they have been working hard, treating our Maple Leaf City citizens like relatives, but doing business has always been real, but God does not fulfill people's wishes, and now that the mansion has reached the moment of life and death, I hope that the villagers can help the mansion, whether it is my Huo family in power or not, I also hope that everyone will look at the previous friendship and support the business of the mansion." ”

As soon as he said this, Lin Tian squinted his eyes, at this time, he still had to brush his favorability? But then he thought about it, but laughed, no matter how much his favorability was brushed, in the end, as long as the Lin family could win, then this was just a wedding dress for the Lin family.

"Master Huo, you are good to our Maple Leaf City, we all see it, I am a small person and have little power, but the words are here, no matter what, I will still cooperate with you in business in the future. ”

"Yes, don't worry, I still remember a few years ago, the Huo family gave porridge and rice in a year of great drought. ”

Lin Tian watched the audience talk more and more, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, it seemed that if this continued, even if the Huo family lost, they would get help from many people. The other businesses are only temporarily cut off now, but what about the future? If he finds an opportunity, it's hard to say whether he will turn around again.

Thinking of this, he quietly cast a color to a few people in the crowd.

"Huo family master, I heard that this is an alchemy competition, I see that the young master of the Lin family has been here for a long time, it is said that your Qilinzi also went to Tianyun Sect, why didn't you see it?"

"Yes, Young Master Lin is a first-class alchemist, what about the one in your family? It won't be stage fright, don't dare to come out, haha." ”

As if they had heard the command, several people in the crowd were talking word by word, and from time to time they let out mocking laughter.

"You, how can you do this?" said someone who had received the favor of the Huo family.

"Oh, what's wrong? Am I wrong? Why haven't I seen Huo Fengren yet? Besides, you like the Huo family, I don't like it, you know, Young Master Lin Long can reach a first-grade alchemist in just two months, and he will not be a good eater and spicy person in the future? Brothers, do you say?"

"That's right, we're just ordinary people, but we're not as noble as you. ”

For a while, the scene was a mess again, but these words were indeed very effective, and some people who had erratic ideas were secretly thinking about how to have a good relationship with Lin Long for a while.

Huo Yuan looked at this scene and sighed, but did not speak.

At this moment, a neutral voice came from outside the crowd: "Who said I didn't come?!"

Hearing this voice, Huo Yuan was suddenly stunned, but then a somewhat angry look appeared on his face: "Who asked you to come over?!" Didn't I say it, let you cultivate hard." ”

What he originally wanted was not to let Huo Feng come over and bear all this himself, so that he could always say that Huo Feng had something to delay, and he would not let those wall grasses completely lose confidence in the Huo family, and they might cooperate again in the future, but now that Huo Feng is here, if they lose next, those people may really not cooperate with him at all, and it will be even more hopeless if they want to turn over in the future.

On the other side, Lin Tian and Lin Long were overjoyed when they heard this voice, and the two glanced at each other, and the corners of their mouths hooked up with a smile.

Huo Feng passed through the passage let out by the crowd, and stepped in front of Huo Yuan in a few steps.

"Plop!"

Huo Feng knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice, "Father, I'm sorry, I'm late." Then he glanced at Huo Yuan, who was still implicitly angry, and said: "I know your hard work, but have you ever thought that those people are the grass on the wall, and now they can abandon our Huo family, if I am still weaker than the Lin family in the future, then they will still not cooperate with us, so I think we might as well fight, our Huo family, there is no bad seed!"

Huo Yuan looked at Huo Feng for a long time, and the expression on his face changed for a while, but in the end, he suddenly smiled, he looked at Huo Feng with relief, and said, "Xiaofeng, you are right, our Huo family, there is no bad seed." I, Huo Feng, have worked hard all my life, but in the end, I can't see it as my son, no matter if I succeed or fail, I have no regrets when I see you like this. ”

Huo Feng got up and looked at Su Lun and said, "Father, this is my friend Su Lun, who came to help me this time." ”

Huo Yuan glanced at Su Lun, and suddenly hugged his fists and said: "Su Xiaoyou, my Huo family is very grateful to you for saving my Huo family from danger at this time, but now the Huo family has nothing to repay, no matter what the result is, Su Xiaoyou is the most important guest of my Huo family, Huo Yuan, thank you here!" He was about to bend down and salute.

Su Lun turned sideways and hurriedly said: "Uncle Huo is serious, Huo Feng and I are very good friends, and I also want to try my best to help him this time." ”

Lin Long watched the two of them talk, but he was a little impatient, and said, "Huo Feng, what so much nonsense, just compare it quickly." ”

After Huo Feng got up, he suddenly looked at Lin Long coldly, and there was hatred in his eyes that could not be dissolved: "Shameless, my Huo family will never take a step back." ”

A moment later, the two men were on opposite sides of the manor.

In the middle of the manor, there was a makeshift tent with several Dan furnaces that had been prepared long ago.

Lin Long took a step forward first, looked at Huo Feng and said, "This competition, the rules are very simple, within the specified time, whoever can refine the most pills will win, okay?"

Then he pretended to be magnanimous and said: "In order to show fairness, and your alchemy time is short, you can choose the type of pill, as long as both sides can refine it." ”

Huo Feng nodded slightly, and after saying that he wanted to refine the Qi Replenishing Pill, he directly entered a tent.

Outside, Lin Long confidently glanced at Lin Tian, and then entered another tent.

Outside the tent, someone beat a drum and said, "The timer starts, and the time limit is three hours." ”

Time passed little by little, and since the alchemy process was generally not seen by outsiders, no one knew how it was progressing, and everyone was waiting patiently.

"Boom!"

A drum sounds, indicating that an hour has passed. But there was no movement in either tent at this time.

After a few more moments, there was another noise in a tent.

Everyone only heard a roar coming from inside Lin Long's tent: "Dancheng!"

"So fast!" said the Dan Master who was on the scene in shock.

"An hour and a half, although it is the most basic elixir for refining, but this is also a very short time, you know, Young Master Lin has only been cultivating for two months. ”

When Lin Tian heard this, the hooked nose on his face was about to smile crookedly, and he nodded with satisfaction while looking at the slightly envious and flattering looks of the people around him.

Although Huo Yuan was expressionless, he still sighed a little in his heart, why didn't he find out about the crisis in the family, it was only two months late, but it was the most important two months......

After the two drums sounded, there was still no movement in the tent where Huo Feng was, but Su Lun said, "Uncle, don't worry, believe Brother Huo." ”

Huo Yuan nodded, he was already very satisfied when he saw his son like this, but as for winning or losing, he didn't take it so seriously.

"Knock knock!"

Three consecutive and rapid drums interrupted the slightly tense atmosphere of the audience.

At this moment, there was another roar in Lin Long's tent, and then Lin Long walked out slowly, his face full of confident smiles.

"Two furnaces!"

Some people exclaimed, after more people saw Lin Long's figure, they secretly made up their minds to hug the Lin family, everyone knew that the Lin family might be really rising.

Almost at the same moment, Huo Feng's tent was lifted, and Huo Feng staggered out, obviously a sign of detachment.

Huo Yuan's figure flashed in front of him and supported Huo Feng.

Someone had already gone in and taken out the pill.

After a while, the number of people said: "Lin Long, twenty!"

"Ten pieces in one furnace is not bad. Lin Long was very satisfied with his results, and then looked at Huo Feng.

Huo Feng didn't even have the strength to see how many he had refined in the end, so he could only listen anxiously while resting at this time.

"Huo Feng, fifteen!"

Hearing this, Huo Feng's face suddenly turned pale, he sighed, and said in a weak tone: "Father, my son has done his best......"

Huo Yuan patted Huo Feng's shoulder to comfort him, his expression was not too frustrated, this performance already made him very satisfied.

Although Lin Long won, he was also stunned, and said, "Why can you refine so much? You also refined two furnaces?"

He didn't know that Huo Feng, under Su Lun's guidance, knew that he couldn't refine two furnaces in a certain period of time, so he added the amount of herbs that could refine twenty or thirty Qi Replenishing Pills, and it was precisely because of this that he spent three hours refining this furnace, but it was still too difficult to refine fifteen furnaces.

Lin Long saw that Huo Feng didn't answer, and he didn't care, and said with a smile: "The victory and defeat have been divided, and there will only be Lin Mansion in the future!"

"Oh, why is that?" said Su Lun coldly.