Everyone understands the truth.

What Huo De was worried about, Gu Qingfeng also knew.

It's just that knowing is understanding, and knowing is knowing.

Understanding doesn't mean he'll endure.

Just because he knows doesn't mean he'll be restrained.

A person's temper may gradually converge with the precipitation of time and the increase of experience, but a person's character will never change, no matter if you have cultivated for a hundred years or a thousand years, no matter how many things you have experienced, your nature will never change.

What's more, Gu Qingfeng cultivates a big free heart.

The quality of his mood determines his attitude.

As the saying goes, character determines fate, what kind of person Gu Qingfeng is, he doesn't need to say it himself, Huo De also knows it clearly, otherwise he wouldn't rush back in a hurry.

Xu was afraid that Gu Qingfeng was unhappy, Huo De didn't complain anymore, nor did he count it anymore, but pretended to be the third grandson, but he pretended to be a grandson here, but Gu Qingfeng didn't bother to pretend to be an uncle, patted his buttocks, and went back to sleep, leaving Huo De alone there depressed.

But soon, something even more depressing happened to him, and the Li family came in a mighty wave, angrily asking him to hand over Gu Qingfeng.

Many members of the Li family hold important positions in the Yunxia Sect, and the Li family is a big family in the Qingyang Realm, many people in the sect usually stutter, and most importantly, almost everyone knows that the Li family and Elder Jinde have a good relationship.

Now that Li Ziheng was seriously injured by a disciple, and his cultivation was all scattered, not to mention cultivation, whether he could wake up in the future was a problem, the Li family was naturally very angry, and came with a large team of people to ask for someone.

However, it is useless.

The old man Huode sat in Lingyin Garden and drank a little wine, no matter how fierce the Li family was, he would not pay two words.

You say that it is okay for me to rely on my status as a great elder and ignore the rules of the door, and it is okay to say that I am protecting my disciples, and if I don't pay it, I won't pay it.

Although the Li family is a big family in the Qingyang realm, they are helpless in the face of Huode's arrogance.

Although Huo De has been cultivating for seven or eight hundred years, he has no family background, no background, and no power, except for the identity of a great elder in the Yunxia Sect, he doesn't seem to have any real power.

However, there is one thing about Huo De that others can't compare, and it is also the reason why the Li family does not dare to touch him.

That's Huode's connections.

The old man has a lot of friends, and there are all kinds of three religions and nine streams, up to the elders of the big sects, down to the small merchants and hawkers, there is nothing he doesn't know, plus the old man has been mixed in the Qingyang realm for seven or eight hundred years, and he doesn't dare to say that he is friends everywhere, but there is absolutely no difference, the old man greets him, and the old guys with names and surnames in the Qingyang realm can come at least half.

If you want to say that the old man asked them to participate in the Yunxia faction, these people may not be able to participate for various reasons, but if the old man says that he was bullied, these friends will definitely kill them as soon as possible without saying a word.

The Yunxia faction was able to survive the catastrophe of the heavens, and to be honest, the loss was that the old man had many friends and a wide range of contacts.

Therefore, even if the Li family is angry and angry, if they want to be angry, they have to carefully weigh the consequences.

Later, the Li family was so angry that they invited Elder Jinde and Elder Mude over, but it was still useless.

If you don't pay, you don't pay.

No one can come.

It was a stalemate for more than an hour or two, and in the end the Li family could only leave angrily.

In the evening, a rare guest came to the Lingyin Garden, at least in Huode's opinion.

The person who came was none other than his senior brother, Elder Rende.

The reason why Huo De said that he was a rare guest was because Elder Rende rarely came to the back mountain to look for him, and the last time he came was more than ten years ago.

The two are brothers, but the relationship is not very good, not so bad, but not very good.

In Rende's eyes, Huo De is an old and unserious guy, and he is also an extremely irresponsible elder, he rarely stayed in the sect in the past, occasionally stayed in the sect for a few days a year, and then went out, and never managed any affairs of the sect, so he has always looked down on Huo De.

In the eyes of benevolence, fire virtue is so.

In Huode's eyes, Rende is a pedantic and ignorant, unsentimental, old-fashioned stubborn who only knows how to break the old rules and does not know how to be flexible at all.

In Huode's words, the two couldn't pee in a pot when they were young, and they didn't have a common language.

Now that Rende has come to the Houshan Lingyin Garden for the first time, Huode naturally couldn't help but sarcastically say a few words, but what he didn't expect was that Rende just smiled and didn't react much.

This surprised Huo De a lot, in his impression, Rende can't afford to joke, every time he makes a joke, Rende will be very serious, what's going on......

What Huo De didn't expect was that Rende not only greeted him with a smile, but also said that he would find a quiet place to catch up.

At this time, Huo De was completely stunned, and he didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Rende's gourd.

Of course, Huode did not refuse, although he was very unhappy with Rende, but he was not happy, one thing he had to admit was that since the head of the retreat, Rende has been taking care of the sect for so many years, and he also knew in his heart that if Rende was not in charge of the overall situation, Jinde and Shuide would have divided the Yunxia faction a long time ago.

Huo De knew that Rende didn't drink, so he didn't prepare anything, just found a quiet place to listen to what he said.

As soon as Rende sat down, he really began to reminisce, talking about the old past between their senior brothers, and when it came to the catastrophe of the heavens, Rende sighed: "If it wasn't for you, the junior brother back then...... We, the Yunxia Sect, can't hold on even if we......"

"Yes, don't put a high hat on us, I can't afford it, I said senior brother, if you have anything to say, just say it. ”

"After the catastrophe, the senior brother of the head of the sect went into retreat, and this retreat is nearly a hundred years, although I have been in charge of the Yunxia faction all these years, but ...... Hehe. ”

Rende never drinks, but this time he poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and said as if he was a little helpless: "Senior Brother Jinde has been secretly co-opting some families, and has supported many people in the inner and outer doors, I know that he has been peeking at the position of the head of the family, as well as Senior Brother Shuide, I also know that he has the Jiuhua Alliance behind him, as for Senior Brother Mude, don't talk about it, he has already worn the same pants as Jinde." ”

Huo De didn't respond, just listened silently, curious about what Rende wanted to say.

"Senior Brother has been in retreat, and we all know that he is afraid of ...... I can't get over this hurdle, I can guess, Jinde and Shui De must also know that the two of them have been cultivating disciples all these years, waiting for the opportunity to compete for the position of the prince. ”

Huo De pondered for a moment and said, "Senior brother, if you have anything to say, just say it, and it's a detour." ”

"Okay, junior brother, let me ask you one thing, did you find Gu Qingfeng to compete for the position of the prince?"

Well?

Rende sighed softly in his heart, and did not respond in time, but looked at Rende, and after thinking for a while, he said: "What's the matter, what's not the matter." ”

"If my guess is correct, it should be. Elder Rende looked serious and serious, and Huo De on the other side wanted to speak, but he interrupted him.

"Gu Qingfeng is not an ordinary person, although I don't know who he is, but in the inner door assessment, the first time I saw him, I already knew that he was not an ordinary person, he did not have the vigor of a young man, he was not shocked, he was not arrogant, he was not impatient, his speech and demeanor seemed to be frivolous and exaggerated, but in fact it was a kind of casual and free. ”

"Are you thinking too much?" Huo De smiled, but muttered inwardly.

"Senior brother, don't get me wrong, I don't ask you who Gu Qingfeng is, nor do I ask his identity, I believe that since you came to him, you must be trustworthy, I just want to know if he has the strength to compete for the position of the prince, this question is very important to me. ”

"Oh?

"If yes, I'll help you. ”

Rende's words were really unexpected by Huode, because in his impression, Rende was a completely neutral faction, although he did not join forces with Jinde and Shuide, but he would not stop it, as for who would be the head of the Yunxia faction in the future, he didn't care, as long as the Yunxia faction could be passed on.

"I was wrong before, I always thought that as long as the Yunxia Sect could be passed on, whoever was the head could do it...... But as Jinde and Shuide have been fighting openly and secretly, I have gradually discovered their selfishness...... If the Yunxia Sect really falls into the hands of the two of them in the future, I'm afraid it will ...... Therefore, I just want to ask this matter clearly, whether Gu Qingfeng has the strength to compete for the position of the crown prince. ”

"What if so......"

"If there is, I will resist the pressure and arrange for him to be promoted to the disciple of the Nine Halls as soon as possible......"