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In the ancestral hall of the Xia family, an old man with white hair and wrinkles on his face walked out with an angry face, he held a piece of rice paper in his hand, looked at Xia Haoran with cold eyes, and said sharply: "Now in this form, you are still causing trouble for me, do you want your grandfather to drive you out of the clan?" ”

"Ah, no, father, it was that little ghost who summoned a spirit to attack me, so I fought back angrily!" At the mention of his grandfather, Xia Haoran suddenly panicked in his heart, to know that his grandfather Xia Dun was ruthless in handling things, even if it was his own son, if he violated the clan rules, he would deal with it fairly, and now he summoned the soul general in front of the ancestral hall, although it was a legitimate defense, but it was still equivalent to violating the clan rules, if it was passed to the patriarch, he would definitely have to take off a layer of skin!

"Okay, let me go back and stay well, until the day I run for the patriarch, I will never be allowed to step out of the door again!"

“…… Yes, Father! ”

Xia Haoran didn't dare to resist his father, he could only glare fiercely at the child standing not far away, he knew what the child's name was, because when he signed up for the patriarchal election just now, it caused quite a stir, he was already a sixth-level ghost general at a young age, could he not attract the attention of others? The child's name is: "Xia Bing!" ”

Xia Haoran left in a gloomy manner, and his father Xia Chenxi glanced at Xia Bing coldly at this time, and an imperceptible murderous aura flashed in his eyes.

But Xia Bing didn't pay attention to this Xia Chenxi, after Haoran left, he turned around and walked to Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige, the two brothers, and then took out a pill and handed it to Xia Lige and said: "Uncle, thank you just now for helping me block the punch of that beast, this pill is for you, and the injury will be healed after eating!" ”

At this time, Xia Lige's jaw was broken, and it had begun to swell, and he couldn't speak clearly, so he could only say vaguely: "You're welcome, no thanks!" After speaking, Xia Ziqian gratefully took the pill in Xia Bing's hand and swallowed it for his younger brother.

The medicine is amazing, the swelling of the face immediately decreases after taking it, and the jaw also has a burst of itching, which should be due to the fact that the broken bones are recovering.

"Thank you, little brother!" Xia Lige, who was finally able to speak, thanked Xia Bing gratefully.

Xia Bing smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, it's all a family, and your injury was also beaten because you saved me, I want to thank you!" ”

Hearing Xia Bing's words, Xia Lige's heart trembled, and he was silent for a moment before he said: "That's right, we should be a family, what kind of clan branch and side branch, as long as our surname is Xia, then we should be a family!" ”

Xia Bing was stunned for a moment, then laughed, bowed to Xia Lige and left.

Looking at the back of Xia Bing leaving, Xia Ziqian couldn't help but speak: "Brother, do you think this kid is very kind, have we seen him somewhere?" ”

“…… Well, and I have a sense of intimacy when I see him, otherwise I wouldn't have come forward to provoke Xia Haoran! ”

Just when the two of them were puzzled by Xia Bing's life experience, the old man who had just come out of the ancestral hall suddenly opened the rice paper in his hand, and luckily read it out loud: "Fellow clansmen, this clan is running for a new patriarch, whether it is a clan branch or a side branch, you can sign up for the election, but the premise is that your soul power must reach a six-star soul power or above, and clansmen without six-star soul power are not eligible to sign up!" ”

As soon as the old man's voice fell, the audience was in an uproar, originally these side branches wanted to take the opportunity of this election to show themselves, maybe they could get a deacon to do it, not only can they get a lot of resources, but they can also add glory to the ancestors, but I didn't expect such a provision to suddenly appear, it seems that the position of the patriarch and the core manager are still the people of the seven major sect branches, because for the side branches, there is no ghost general with six-star soul power at all.

And when Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige heard this announcement, their faces immediately changed greatly, you know, they are one of the seven major sect branches, although the talent is withering now, but they still belong to the existence of the seven major sect branches, and now, except for their grandfather, no one can reach the strength of the six-star soul power, that is to say, the seven major sect branches are the only branch that no one is qualified to participate in the patriarch election.

"Brother, we ......"

"Let's talk about it later!"

Looking at the gray appearance of Xia Ziqian's two brothers, the old man who read out the announcement couldn't help but show a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth, and said to himself: "Hmph, the declining sect branch should be kicked out, and it no longer belongs to one of the seven major sect branches, from now on, there should only be six major sect branches!" ”

……

When the two brothers Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige returned home, they found their father Xia Yuan sitting in the living room smoking with a sad face, you must know that they rarely see their father smoking, because smoke is only available in the yang world, and smoking will cause a certain blockage to the meridians of psychics, so although there are flue-cured tobacco brought in from the yang world for sale in the spiritual realm, very few people smoke it.

"Dad, when did you start smoking?" Xia Ziqian walked over and asked worriedly.

Xia Yuan exhaled a thick puff of smoke, let out a long sigh, and said, "Actually, I've always smoked, I like this taste, it can calm me down!" ”

At this time, Xia Lige also came over and asked, "Dad, is there something wrong with you?" ”

Xia Yuan took out the cigarette butt, lit it again and took a puff before saying slowly: "The clan's resources were allocated just now, but when it comes to us, it is more than half less than before!" ”

"Huh? What do you mean? The two brothers, Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige, asked in unison.

Xia Yuan smiled mockingly and said: "What else can it mean, the clan said that our team has no people, and we don't have the strength to have it, so we don't need so many resources, we have to lose two-thirds!" ”

Xia Ziqian was furious, slapped the table and scolded: "Who did it?" Who makes the decision? What qualifications do they have to cancel our resources? ”

"What's the noise, this is the decision of the entire clan council, and your grandfather is also involved, what's the use of you shouting here?" Xia Yuan glared at his son angrily and reprimanded.

When Xia Ziqian heard his father's words, he was stunned for a moment, and said angrily in his heart: "Then why didn't Grandpa stop this matter?" Does he also think that his own branch should cut resources? ”

Xia Yuan snorted coldly, and said helplessly: "Your grandfather is already old, although he is a member of the council, he has long existed in name only, and he alone cannot influence the decisions of the entire council!" ”

"It's not such a bully, even if grandpa can't stop it, we can't just become meat on someone else's chopping board like this, let others slaughter, I'll go to grandpa, and then our family will go to the patriarch theory!" Xia Lige gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

"That's right, let's go!" Xia Ziqian greeted him, and the two brothers turned around and walked towards the gate.

"Stop!" Just as the two brothers were about to rush out of the door, Xia Yuan suddenly shouted behind them!

"I'll go too!"

Seeing their father stand up, the brothers couldn't help but smile slightly, at this time, the whole family should unite as one, and they must not be bullied.

……

In Xia Gongyue's big mansion, an old man was brewing fragrant tea with his slightly trembling hands, and when he saw Xia Yuan rushing in with his two sons indignantly, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

"It's all here, let's go with tea to extinguish the fire first!"

Looking at the four cups of fragrant tea that Xia Gongyue had already poured, Xia Ziqian couldn't help asking, "Grandpa, you already guessed that we were coming?" ”

"Hehehe, do you still need to guess this kind of thing? If you don't come, you won't be worthy of being my descendants!" Xia Gongyue picked up the teacup on the table and pouted lightly and continued: "Our branch is now withering, but it is not for others to bully, since someone wants to bully us, then we have to ask the ancestor if he agrees, go, let's go to the ancestral hall together!" ”

"Dad......"

"Grandpa......"

Looking at his father who suddenly straightened up his waist and changed his old appearance, Xia Yuan's father and son were in high spirits for a while, and their waists also straightened.

……

In the ancestral hall of the Xia family, the turmoil this morning had just subsided, and suddenly the "drum of grievances" that had not been sounded for thousands of years had been hung in front of the ancestral hall!

"Knock-knock-knock-"

The drum is made of special materials, once it is beaten, the drum must spread throughout Xiajia County, which suddenly makes everyone feel shocked, I don't know what happened, where did this drum come from? What kind of message is being sent? Because except for some old antiques, almost none of the children of the Xia family knew that there was such a drum of grievances in the ancestral hall.

"Bold, Xia Gongyue, you are crazy, you dare to beat this drum of injustice!" Xia Chenxi flew out of the ancestral hall and found that the person who played the drum was Xia Gongyue, and he was immediately furious.

But Xia Gongyue smiled disdainfully and said, "Xia Chenxi, it's not your turn to do things yet, you must know that we are inferior in generation, call your father out to talk to me!" ”

"Xia Gongyue, you don't rely on the old and sell the old there, the patriarch has something to do, but I don't have time to come to see you, if you have anything, just say it directly, why do you want to beat this drum of injustice and disturb the spiritual position of the ancestors?"

"Hahahaha, tell you? You can't be the master yet. I think that my Xia Gong Yue is also one of the seven major sect branches in the clan, and now that the council suddenly unreasonably reduces the resources of my branch, I must ask the patriarch to give me an explanation, otherwise I will beat the drum of injustice here until the old man dies here! ”

Seeing the emotional Xia Gongyue, Xia Chenxi was also angry in his heart, and he couldn't wait to go up immediately and shoot this old immortal to death here, but now there are more and more people gathered, if it is not handled well, he will lose his prestige on behalf of the clan leader.

"Xia Gongyue, the amount of resources issued to each branch every month is unanimously voted by the council, whether it is a branch or a side line, the resources received are fixed, as a member of the council, you don't lead by example, what kind of system is it to make trouble here?" Xia Chenxi said coldly.

Xia Gongyue was furious: "Fart, the bullshit council you opened, the patriarch didn't appear, and the six directors didn't arrive, this is all your Xia Chenxi's private family meeting, right?" ”

"Enough, Xia Gongyue, in front of the public, as a clan councilor, what kind of system are you messing around here?" At this moment, another majestic voice came from the ancestral hall, and everyone's eyes looked in the direction where they heard the sound......

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Xia Gongyue heard the voice coming from the ancestral hall, his eyes were cold, and his eyelids couldn't help but narrow slightly. The person who came out was the patriarch's younger brother Xia Lichuan, that is, Xia Chenxi's uncle.

"Hmph, Xia Lichuan, am I unreasonable? If you reduce the resources allocated to your branch by two-thirds, I'm afraid you'll be slashing people by now! ”

"Let me tell you Xia Gongyue, the distribution of resources in your family has been decided, it is useless for you to make trouble, now the patriarch is in retreat, and now all things in the clan are decided by me, the acting patriarch, if you feel that the distribution is unfair, if you have the ability, let your heirs compete for the position of the patriarch, if you don't have the ability, then you better shut up, otherwise don't blame me for driving you all out of Xiajia County!"

Xia Gongyue was furious, slammed his fist on the drum of grievances, and roared: "Xia Lichuan, you deceive people too much, this notice must have been made by you, right?" ”

Looking at Xia Gongyue pointing to the notice posted on the wall, saying that only ghost generals with more than six-star soul power can participate in the patriarch election, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a mocking smile: "That's right, I asked people to post it, do you think that you are not even qualified to be a patriarch if you are not even a person with six-star strength?" ”

"You ......" Xia Gong Yue was so angry that his face turned pale, and he couldn't speak.

"However, for the sake of you being a sect branch, I can make an exception and let your two grandsons participate, provided that you dare to participate, hahahaha!"

Listening to Xia Lichuan's mocking laughter, Xia Gongyue held back his breath and did not impulsively agree, because he knew that if his two grandsons went to participate in the patriarchal election, they would definitely fall into their trap, and in the end, not only would they not get any benefits, but they might even take their lives.

"Okay, that's what you said, let's sign up for the patriarch's race."

Xia Gongyue didn't say yes, but the two grandsons behind him, Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige, agreed in unison, which couldn't help but make Xia Gongyue and Xia Yuan feel a pimple in their hearts, and just wanted to stop it, but Xia Lichuan laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, okay, it's really a good son of the Xia family, there is no bad seed, I will be in the election for your name, go back and prepare for the future...... No, go back and prepare to recuperate for a while, and then take the position of the patriarch in one fell swoop, and double the resources belonging to your branch, hahahaha! ”

After speaking, Xia Lichuan and Xia Chenxi no longer paid attention to the Xia Gongyue family, turned around and returned to the ancestral hall.

Xia Gong turned his head to look at his two grandsons angrily, and scolded angrily: "Are you two crazy? ”

Xia Lige shook his head and said: "We are not crazy, we just want to participate in the patriarchal election openly, and then prove that our branch is not a soft persimmon in the election process, and we can pinch it if we want!" ”

"But you are only five-star soul power, and now the younger generation of other sects and branches have already appeared with six-star soul power, you are not their opponent, and Xia Lichuan clearly wants to kill the two of you, why are you still drilling into the sleeve?" Xia Gongyue said helplessly.

"Grandpa, Shi can be killed but not humiliated, even if he dies, we also want Xia Lichuan to bury us to prove that we are not so easy to mess with!"

"You ...... Alas, you guys are still too impulsive! As he spoke, Xia Gongyue shook his head, and his originally straight waist fell down again, and he walked slowly in the direction of home.

Xia Yuan glanced at his son and whispered, "I support you!" Then he hurried after his father.

The crowd dispersed, but the three pairs of eyes kept staring at this side, and finally the young man handed a small bag to the child next to him, and then turned and left with a beautiful woman.

The child took the small bag in his hand and walked towards Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige, and when he suddenly appeared in front of Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige, the two brothers were also stunned.

Xia Ziqian smiled at the child and said, "Little friend, are you still here?" ”

Xia Bing nodded and said, "I had already left, but then I heard the drums, so I came back to see what was going on!" ”

Xia Lige said with some embarrassment: "Let you see the joke, now the sect branch has become fragmented and is no longer as united as before." ”

"Hehe, it's okay, because I will soon become the patriarch, and when the time comes, I will unite the entire Xia Family Sect from the new clan."

Looking at the innocent appearance of the child in front of him, Xia Ziqian and Xia Lige glanced at each other, neither of them took Xia Bing's words seriously, Xia Ziqian smiled and said: "You are indeed very strong, if you can become the patriarch, we will definitely support you." ”

"Hahahaha, okay, for the sake of the two uncles who are willing to be my supporters, I, as the new patriarch, will give you a meeting gift, take it!" Xia Bing stuffed the small bag in his hand into Xia Li's singer, and before Xia Ziqian and the two came to their senses, the kid in front of him ran away.

Looking at the back of Xia Bing's departure, Xia Ziqian couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I didn't expect that I couldn't even compare to a child, it seems that I may really have to stop here." ”

"Big brother, don't be discouraged, we are still young, and we still have a chance to rush forward!" Xia Lige encouraged.

"Hehe, maybe!"

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When the two brothers returned home, they sent that their grandfather and father were there, and looking at their grandfather's angry expression, they should still be angry about the impulse of the two brothers just now.

Seeing this, Xia Lige hurriedly stepped forward to fill the tea for Xia Gongyue, and when he picked up the teapot, Xia Lige naturally put the small bag that was still in his hand on the table.

"Grandpa, drink tea!"

"Still drinking a fart, originally we were going to ask for justice, but justice didn't come back, and we put the two of you in, you are really ...... Is it really going to cut off the incense of my belt? Xia Gong became more and more angry, slapping the table and scolding.

Xia Yuan saw that his father was so excited, and immediately stepped forward to comfort him: "Dad, the matter has been decided, don't be angry anymore, it's a big deal on the day of the election, let the two of them quit the election!" ”

"Fart, just surrender? Then do we still need to stay in this Xia family clan? Surrendering directly is equivalent to not having to be driven out by others, we are covering up and leaving. ”

"Okay, grandpa, don't be angry, be careful of getting angry, drink a cup of tea to dissipate your anger!"

"You ...... Alas, what a sin! Xia Gong was more and more angry, but he was helpless, and in the end he could only take a sip of the fragrant tea in Xia Li's singer to moisten his throat.

However, as soon as the fragrant tea was eaten, Xia Gongyue was suddenly shocked, and suddenly turned his head to look at Xia Lige, and couldn't help but startle Xia Lige.

"Stinky boy, why did the taste of this tea suddenly change, do you have a treasure hidden on your body?"

"Treasures? Grandpa, what are you talking about? Xia Lige was puzzled and asked suspiciously.

Xia Gongyue's eyes lit up, and he immediately put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and patted Xia Lige's shoulder and said, "Hahahaha, you kid, it's understandable that you have treasures like the Myelin Cleansing Pill in your body to hide, but you can't hide it from me with my natural dog nose." But it doesn't matter, I don't blame you, as long as you will succeed in cleansing your soul, then even if you only have fifth-level soul power, you can still shine in the patriarch election, at least it is no problem to save your life. ”

Hearing Xia Gongyue's words, everyone looked at Xia Lige in surprise, you must know that Xia Lige doesn't even have an orange soul general on his body at this time, if there is a marrow washing pill in his body, then at least he can wash the marrow for a soul general, maybe after washing the marrow, the soul general can also comprehend one or two advanced skills, then he will make a lot of money.

But Xia Lige looked confused, spread his hands and said, "Grandpa, how can I have such a treasure as the Cleansing Pill?" If I had, I would have given it to the Soul General a long time ago, how could I still have it with me? ”

"Oh? I still want to hide it, it seems that I don't find it out, so you have nothing to say! As he spoke, Xia Gong grabbed Xia Lige's arm more violently and sniffed at him, only to find that there was no smell of medicine on his body except for the strong smell of medicine on Xia Li's singer, so his eyes looked at the small bag on the table.

"Stuff here!" As he spoke, Xia Gongyue grabbed the small bag that Xia Lige put on the table with one hand, and then excitedly put it on his nose and sniffed it.

"Sure enough, it's the Cleansing Pill, where did you get it?" After saying that, Xia Gongyue carefully opened the bag and poured out the pill inside with a trembling hand.

The two round pills lay quietly in Xia Gong Yue's hands, Xia Gong Yue was so excited that his whole body began to tremble, and the strong medicinal fragrance made everyone present suddenly feel refreshed.

"Two, there are actually as many as two, where did you get the elixir? You didn't have it on you when you just went out! ”

Xia and Xia Ziqian had already opened their mouths in shock, and the whole person was stunned, and when Grandpa asked him a question, Xia Lige came back to his senses and asked incredulously: "Grandpa, are you sure that these two pills are marrow cleansing pills?" ”

"Nonsense, even if I'm dizzy, but my nose is still smart, let's talk quickly, where did you get such a valuable elixir?"

"This is a kid for me and my brother!" Xia Lige replied in disbelief.

"Kid? Are you lying to me into making up a better lie? Xia Gongyue thought that his grandson didn't want to tell him, and said a little angrily.

But Xia Lige shook his head violently and said firmly: "It was indeed given to me by a child, at the gate of the ancestral hall, you and your father just left, and then the child ran over and gave us the pill, saying that it was to thank us for supporting him as the patriarch, this is a gift for us!" ”

Xia Gong Yue and Xia Yuan were shocked, they glanced at each other, and they were both thinking that Xia Lige should not lie, so Xia Gong Yue asked again: "Do you know this child?" Whose children are they? ”

Xia Lige shook his head and said, "I don't know, it's just that we inadvertently helped him in the morning......"

Hearing Xia Lige tell him what happened in the morning, Xia Gongyue couldn't believe his ears, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in the morning, this little stinky boy didn't tell himself.

"I didn't expect this kid to be able to knock down Xia Haoran with one punch at a young age, although there is a suspicion of sneak attack, but Xia Haoran is not something anyone can sneak attack, there must be a strong man behind this child, you really don't know the name of this child?" Natsumiya asked as he thought about it.

"Hmm...... It seems that he has heard the people around him mention him, after all, he is the youngest contestant to sign up for the patriarch election, plus he does not belong to the people of the Seven Great Sect Branches, and the people of the side branches still have high expectations for him, and his name seems to be Xia Bing! ”

Hearing the name, Xia Gong Yue stumbled and almost fell to the ground......