Early the next morning

The uncle did not send the medicinal herbs, but asked the old housekeeper to deliver the things when it was close to noon.

"Miss, the patriarch can't get out of the body because of something, so he asked the old slave to send the medicinal herbs over. You take a look at the herbs on it and see if there's anything missing. The old butler said respectfully.

"There's no need to count, since the eldest uncle asked you to send it over, it will definitely not be bad at all." Yuan Junyao said without looking at it.

"Grandpa Tang, I have something I want to ask you, and I hope you can tell me the truth!" Yuan Junyao's gaze unconsciously cooled, "My cousin's cultivation and left arm, who abolished it!" ”

'Grandpa Tang', whose full name is Tang Fenglin, has been the housekeeper of the Yuan family for generations, and his grandson Tang Yang is also Yuan Junyao's first love when he was a child.

The old butler Tang Fenglin looked embarrassed, and then smiled bitterly, "Miss, if you really want to know, let's go to Young Master Yuan Ran by yourself." This incident is not only a personal shame for Young Master Yuan Ran, but also the biggest shame for the Yuan family in recent years. As an old slave, it's really inconvenient to say more. ”

The old butler Tang Fenglin hesitated for a moment, and then said, "If the eldest lady really wants to stand up for Young Master Ran, the old slave suggests that you get back the identity of the family heir first." ”

The heir refers to the inheritance of the next patriarch.

The previous Yuan Junyao was the only heir to the next patriarch, but after she disappeared three years ago, the inheritance was automatically lost

The previous Yuan Junyao was the heir of the next patriarch, but after she disappeared three years ago, the inheritance was automatically lost.

This is the rule of the Yuan family, if the heir dies, or is incurably injured, or has been missing for more than a year, he will automatically lose the identity of the heir.

Yuan Junyao lost his identity as heir because he had been missing for more than a year and a half.

Her cousin Yuan Ran was also deprived of his identity as an heir because of an incurable injury.

Yuan Junyao didn't answer immediately, but looked at the old housekeeper Tang Fenglin, and said with a deep gaze: "Grandpa Tang, is this your own meaning, or is it the meaning of the eldest uncle?" ”

As the empress of one of the Nine Immortal Emperors, Yuan Junyao could certainly hear that the old housekeeper's words were encouraging her to take back her identity as heir.

The old housekeeper Tang Fenglin was stunned, after coming into contact with Yuan Junyao's gaze, he had a feeling that he had been stripped of his cocoons and his secrets were exposed.

At that moment, the old butler said, "This is what the old slave himself meant." However, the patriarch also has this thought, but the patriarch is not sure whether the current eldest lady is qualified to fight for the status of heir. ”

"Then Grandpa Tang is sure that I am qualified to fight for it?" Yuan Junyao couldn't help but wonder.

"Originally, I was only half sure, but now, the old slave is completely sure: as long as the eldest lady is willing, it is only a matter of time before she gets back the identity of heir." The old butler bent over, his posture was humble, and his tone was sincere.

"Grandpa Tang, you are very smart, smarter than I remembered. However, the next is not an example! Yuan Junyao looked at the old housekeeper, there was no coldness in his eyes, but it made the old housekeeper feel like he was on his back.

This is the majestic oppression from the empress.

Yuan Junyao did not doubt the old housekeeper's loyalty to her and to her eldest uncle Yuanhan, but no superior would like a subordinate who made his own decisions.

Especially Yuan Junyao, a superior who is used to dominating everything in the immortal world.

"Yes, eldest miss, the old slave promises that he will never do it again in the future!" The old butler took a deep breath, an inexplicable fear arose in his heart, and a row of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Let's go, take me to the clan's council hall." Yuan Junyao said, and had already walked outside the courtyard, "I can't let the eldest uncle get away, it is estimated that there is only a family meeting." The five elders are all unruly characters, and my father can definitely shock them with his strength, but my uncle may not be able to do it...... No surprise, even the Medicinal Herb Pavilion is now controlled by a certain elder. ”

The mansion of the Yuan family was very large, and when Yuan Junyao and the old housekeeper came out of the courtyard, they walked along a long corridor, lined with lakes, and the surface of the lake was covered with lotus leaves and lotus flowers.

Then, through one pavilion after another, I came to the outside of a magnificent hall, although this hall is not as magnificent as the Immortal Ice Spirit Palace, but it also gives people a lot of momentum.

At this time, the meeting hall of the Yuan family was completely noisy.

The five elders colluded and pressed the patriarch Yuan Han step by step, and Yuan Han, who was isolated and helpless, completely fell into disadvantage in the quarrel.

"Patriarch, since Yuan Ran was abolished half a year ago, the heir of the family has been vacant for half a year! Now the entire Yuan Ling City is criticizing our Yuan family for having no successor. For the sake of the family's reputation and the family's inheritance, please also ask the patriarch to appoint a new heir today! ”

"It just so happens that my son Yuan Dong already has a sixth-order cultivation of Yuan Ying, whether it is cultivation or talent, he is the first person in his family peers, so I propose to canonize my son Yuan Dong as the new heir!" The Great Elder pressed forward step by step.

"Enough! In your eyes, is there still me as a patriarch! Yuan Han slapped the table heavily, his face was already red with anger, his fists were tightly clenched, the behavior of the five elders at this time was tantamount to forcing the palace!

But with his cultivation and majesty, he couldn't control the scene at all. The five great elders, every cultivation is not below him, especially the great elder, the realm is even higher than him!

"Of course we have the patriarch in our eyes! But if the patriarch continues to act like this, then we can only set up another head of the family! ”

"The Great Elder is right, as the head of a clan, the most important thing is to think about the interests of the family! However, the patriarch's delay in appointing an heir not only damages the family's reputation, but even leads to the absence of a successor to the family. If the patriarch does not appoint an heir today, our five elders can only use the power in their hands to depose you! ”

"Patriarch, why are you doing this? Yuan Junyao, the eldest lady of the Yuan family, has disappeared, Yuan Ran has been hit hard by incurability, and now in the Yuan family, only Yuan Dong, the son of the great elder, can serve as the heir...... Why can't the patriarch leave behind the view of the door? An elder sighed and said, his tone seemed weak, but in fact he was still aggressive.

Under normal circumstances, the heir can only be the person of the most direct blood. For example, Yuan Xingyu and Yuan Junyao, or Yuan Ran, but one of them disappeared, one was taken to the Xuanying Sect, and the other was deposed. If someone else is not appointed as the heir, then the Yuan family will really have no successor.

This is also the reason why the other four elders will be persuaded by the Great Elder to force the palace together.

Of course, in addition to the righteousness of the family, it is unknown whether there are still shady activities in private.

Yuan Han was silent for a long time before he slowly raised his head, there was humiliation on his face, but there was also a rock-like firmness, "Okay, I can promise you to appoint an heir today, but it's not Yuan Dong, but Yuan Junyao!" ”

The moment Yuan Junyao returned, Yuan Han moved the idea of making her his heir, and at that time he also asked Yuan Junyao's cultivation realm, but Yuan Junyao's current cultivation fell to the third order of Yuanying.

But even so, Yuan Han still didn't waver in his thoughts. It's just that he is going to wait for a year or two, so that Yuan Junyao's realm will be improved before appointing her as the heir.

Of course, it is not without reason that Yuan Han wants Yuan Junyao to be the heir.

Yuan Junyao is his niece, with the most direct bloodline of the Yuan family, and she can best ensure the purity of the Yuan family's bloodline by succeeding her as the patriarch.

Secondly, only if Yuan Junyao succeeds as the patriarch, it is possible to avenge Yuan Ran!

With the brother-sister relationship between Yuan Junyao and Yuan Ran, after knowing the humiliation suffered by Yuan Ran, they will definitely seek justice for Yuan Ran, even if they do not hesitate to use the power of the family to fight each other hard!

But if Yuan Dong succeeds the patriarch, not only will he not be able to protect the purity of the Yuan family's bloodline, but Yuan Dong will not be able to go to war with them for Yuan Ran!

"Patriarch, are you joking, or are you intent on dying the Yuan family! Actually let a person who has been missing for three years and doesn't even know whether he is alive or dead be the heir! The Great Elder sneered immediately.

"Who is saying I don't know if I'm alive or dead!" At this moment, a crisp girl's voice sounded suddenly, and then a woman wearing a long skirt like fire, carrying an empty quiver, and having a temperament like that of the Nine Heavens Emperor walked into the main hall.

The woman's expression was indifferent, her gaze slowly swept across the audience, and her seemingly calm gaze was as sharp as a knife, so that no one dared to look directly at her. In her, there is also a spiritual oppression that seems to be nothing, which makes people uncontrollably give birth to an urge to worship her.

"Yuan ...... Yuan Junyao! ”

Except for the patriarch Yuan Han, everyone in the hall was stupid, and they all looked at Yuan Junyao as if they were ghosts.

No one expected that a person who had been missing for three years and was almost determined to have died a long time ago would appear in front of them again.

For a while, the crowd in the hall was all caught up in the memories of Yuan Junyao.

Once upon a time, Yuan Junyao was their most satisfactory heir, and it was also the pride of the entire Yuan family, whether it was Yuan Ran or Yuan Dong, the son of the Great Elder, they all looked so bleak in front of Yuan Junyao.

But she disappeared suddenly, and disappeared like evaporation from the world.

If she hadn't disappeared, she might have been able to support the Yuan family now.

"I'm back!" Yuan Junyao looked at everyone, there was no lofty posture, but it gave people a feeling of returning warriors.

"Meet the Lady!"

"Meet Miss Yuan Junyao!"

……

Except for Yuan Han and the five elders, all the stewards in the hall knelt down.

The eyes they looked at Yuan Junyao were full of respect, not only because of his father's residual power, but also because of Yuan Junyao's own aura!

In the year of her disappearance, the fourteen-year-old Yuan Junyao already had the cultivation of the fifth order of the Yuan Infant, and was known as the first day of the Yuan Ling City, and she was also the first day of the Yuan Ling City.

This record, in addition to being surpassed by the more demonic Xing Yu, others can only look up to Yuan Junyao.

Among the five elders, the Great Elder had a gloomy face, and the other three elders looked at Yuan Junyao with a complicated expression. In their minds, after three years, Yuan Junyao's cultivation will definitely have a qualitative leap.

"Five elders, I have appointed Yao'er as the heir, do you have any objections?" At this time, the voice of the eldest Bo Yuanhan rang out.

"No objections!"

"No objections!"

"No objections!"

"No objections!"

Without even hesitating, the second, third, fourth, and fifth elders agreed, and they agreed in unison.

"I'm ......" The Great Elder's face was uncertain, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say a word.

"Jun Yao, I can know, what kind of cultivation are you now......" The Great Elder would ask this sentence, and he was already subduing in disguise.

The hall suddenly fell silent, as if even the sound of breathing had disappeared, and everyone held their breath and pricked up their ears, waiting for her next answer.

This question was not only the curiosity of the Great Elder, but also the curiosity of everyone present.

Three years ago, she already had a fifth-order cultivation of Yuanying, but what realm would she climb to now......?

"Yuan Infant Third Order!" Yuan Junyao said without concealment, or she was too lazy to conceal it. In her eyes, there was no difference between the third order of Yuan Ying and the third order of Xingyue, and even the third order of the star spirit.

They are all mortal cultivations.

"Yao'er......" Eldest Uncle Yuanhan's eyes flashed with anxiety, he didn't expect Yuan Junyao to expose his cultivation without reservation.

"What did you say?" The Great Elder couldn't believe his ears, he even thought that the current Yuanjun Yao cultivation was most likely not under him. Unexpectedly, the answer in Yuan Junyao's mouth would be the third order of Yuan Ying!

If three years ago, the 14-year-old Yuan Infant Fifth Order Yuan Jun Yao was a super genius, then the 17-year-old Yuan Infant Third Order Yuan Jun Yao has completely reduced to an ordinary person!

The family stewards who had great hopes for Yuan Junyao also showed disappointment after hearing this.

"Are you disappointed?" Yuan Junyao put everyone's reactions into his eyes, and then fell on the account manager, "Uncle Yan, I remember calling you Uncle Yan when I was a child." Uncle Yan, are you disappointed in me? ”

'Uncle Yan' is a middle-aged man in his forties, he hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Don't hide it from the eldest lady, my subordinates are indeed very disappointed." After all, you used to be a first-day genius in Yuanling City, a 14-year-old super genius of the fifth order of Yuanying. But now, you're reduced to a ......"

'Uncle Yan' didn't finish his words, but everyone knew in their hearts that they were either ordinary people or stupid.

Yuan Junyao didn't care, but said calmly: "Three years ago, I went to Yuling Mountain to train, and I was unlucky to bump into an official army, and after a big battle, I was captured and imprisoned by them as a maid. During the three years of my imprisonment, not only did I not have time to cultivate, but I was not even guaranteed three meals a day, and after a long time, my cultivation also fell from the fifth order of the Yuan Infant to the third order of the Yuan Baby. ”

"I don't think there's anything to disappoint you, though. Because my people are still there, my talent is still there, and I promise that it won't take more than a year for me to sit back on the first day of Yuan Ling City! ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Junyao's gaze returned to 'Uncle Yan', "Uncle Yan, now please tell me, are you still disappointed in me?" ”

No one knew that when Yuan Junyao was speaking, a spiritual fluctuation that could not be seen by the naked eye extended from her body and enveloped the audience.

Including Yuan Han and the Five Great Elders, everyone was affected by this spiritual fluctuation.

The difference is just more or less.

Uncle Yan was inexplicably excited at this time, as if he had been ignited by Yuan Junyao, and looked at her with admiration, "Miss, my subordinates are not disappointed!" The subordinates believe that within a year, the eldest lady will definitely be able to sit back on the chair of the first day of Yuanling City! ”

"Miss, we are not disappointed!"

"Miss, we also believe that within a year, you will definitely be able to sit back on the first day of Yuan Ling City!"

All the stewards present said excitedly, and at this time, they looked at Yuan Junyao's gaze, even more eagerly than before.

"Alright, all quiet!" Yuan Junyao waved his hand, and everyone quieted down.

"Uncle, you can declare me the heir now." Yuan Junyao turned around and looked at Yuan Handao with a stunned expression.

"Okay, okay...... I'll announce it now! Yuan Han paused for a moment before he came back to his senses, but before he could officially announce it, he was interrupted by the Great Elder.

"Wait!" The Great Elder snorted coldly, his face full of sneers, "Jun Yao, I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for three years, although your cultivation has regressed, but your eloquence has made such a big progress, in just one word, everyone who has been deceived can't tell the difference between east and west, north and south!" ”

"However, your deceptive skills are too clumsy! Sitting back in the first day of Yuanling City within a year, you are really bragging and not afraid of scaring people to death! Do you know what kind of cultivation is on the first day of Yuanling City today? Even if you hadn't disappeared three years ago, you might not be able to catch up with him now, let alone ...... now."

Yuan Junyao suddenly waved his hand to stop the Great Elder from continuing, "Great Elder, don't talk about this nonsense, you still get straight to the point and tell me what you want!" ”

Yuan Junyao hadn't been so patient for a long, long time, if it weren't for the fact that her cultivation hadn't recovered now, she would have slapped the Great Elder to death a long time ago.

"It's very simple, since you said that you can sit back in the first day of Yuan Ling City within a year, then you will prove it with facts. But I can't wait for a year! I have a compromise that will allow you to prove it in a month! ”

"What's the solution?" The question had to be Uncle Yuanhan.

"Today, a month later, you and my son Yuan Dong duel! Whoever wins will be the new patriarch heir! The Great Elder smiled coldly.

"Great Elder, are you kidding? Jun Yao is only the third order of Yuan Ying now, and you actually let her duel with Yuan Dong of the sixth order of Yuan Ying in a month! Uncle Yuanhan's face sank instantly.

"Who is kidding you, since Yuan Junyao said that he could sit back in the first day of Yuan Ling City within a year, it would not be easy to defeat my son within a month? Of course, if she loses to my son in a month's time, it means that what she said before is just bragging. ”

The Great Elder said, looking at Yuan Junyao with a provocative expression, "Do you dare to agree?" ”

Yuan Junyao moved his arm, and said with a look of indifference: "Why don't you dare!" However, a month is too long for me, and it is set in seven days! ”

Wow!

As soon as Yuan Junyao spoke, the hall was in an uproar.

Originally, the one-month period that the Great Elder said made them feel that it was too short and unfair to Yuan Junyao. Unexpectedly, she actually took a month by herself...... Changed to seven days later!

Has she been missing for too long and has lost her mind?

Or did she feel that even after a month, she would not be Yuan Dong's opponent, so she simply broke the jar and changed one month to seven days later?

It's not just others who think so.

At this time, even 'Uncle Yan', who was already almost numb to Yuan Junyao's worship, thought she was crazy!

"Hahaha, that's what you said!" The Great Elder immediately laughed.

"Yao'er, are you crazy!" Uncle Yuanhan stared at her with wide eyes.

"Uncle, don't worry!" Yuan Junyao signaled to the uncle to be relieved, and said nonchalantly, "If it takes me a month to deal with that fool in Yuan Dong, it might as well be killed by a head-butt!" ”

Since he was a child, Yuan Junyao has beaten Yuan Dong a lot, mainly because Yuan Dong is so annoying! often relies on the identity of the son of the great elder to bully others.

There was even a time when Yuan Dong was almost castrated by the angry Yuan Junyao because he bullied Xingyu and needed a woman's protection!

Later, the elders arrived in time, so that Yuan Dong was spared.

……

……

After the seven-day war contract was made, the family meeting soon dispersed.