In the human race, once the daughter's family grows up to the age of eighteen, some families with a slight status will hold a coming-of-age ceremony for her.

This is a custom that has been passed down by the Terrans for many years.

In fact, the earliest meaning of this custom is to announce that the daughter of the family has reached the age of marriage.

But for a long time, under the influence of various rules and factors, this custom has long been changed.

Among them, there are conflicts of interests, divisions of forces, matching of worldly relationships, and so on.

This simple meaning is not limited by this.

In particular, those groups that advocate power use this as a common medium for power exchange and alliances.

One of the most typical ways is marriage, in order to achieve the purpose of consolidating power and expanding influence.

Of course, Zi Yanfei didn't want to do this, first, he didn't want to involve his children's feelings in the power struggle, and second, he didn't want to be subordinated to others because of this.

Even if he knew that the Duan family wanted to make the Purple family think that the Purple family had leaned towards the Duan family through the marriage with the Zi family, so as to slowly realize their goal of annexing the Zi family.

But as the head of a family, under the pressure of the conflict of interests within the family and the persecution of a super force, he really has no choice but to hope that something will happen in the process, so that their goal cannot be achieved.

But is this possible? Things have reached an imminent point.

Because it was ten o'clock at dusk, at Zi Ning'er's coming-of-age ceremony, Duan Changkong, the head of the Duan family, was about to announce the engagement of Zi Ning'er and Duan Tianyang, the son of the Duan family, in front of a full house.

The Zi family compound was full of people, and people came to congratulate Zi Yanfei one after another, and most of the people's eyes were full of deep meaning.

Zi Yanfei also replied numbly, without a smile on his face, as if he was preoccupied.

"Haha, Brother Yanfei, let's see who I invited?"

At this moment, a voice that Zi Yanfei didn't want to hear came laughing, and Zi Yanfei couldn't help but be surprised when he looked up: "This, City Lord, ......"

The person who came was Duan Changkong, the head of the Duan family, but half a step before him, he was leading an old man to stride over, and it turned out to be Ye Canglei, the city lord of Zhenzhou City.

"Ah, Yan Fei has seen the city lord, I don't know how the city lord can ......"

Before Zi Yanfei finished speaking, Duan Changkong had already interjected: "Brother Yanfei, today is not only Miss Ning'er's coming-of-age ceremony, but also the day of my son Tianyang and Miss Ning'er's engagement. ”

"Huh?"

After Duan Changkong finished speaking, City Lord Ye Canglei frowned slightly and glared at him.

"Ah, Lord of the City forgive me, Duan has overstepped it. ”

Seeing Ye Canglei's slight anger, Duan Changkong's heart tightened, and he quickly bowed down and said.

In fact, he knew that this would cause the city lord's dissatisfaction, but he still said that he wanted to use the power of the city lord to snuff out the little flame that Zi Yanfei had changed his mind.

"Hehe, the head of the Zi family, I heard that the Zi family has a happy event today, and the old man also came to join in the fun, after all, the Zi family is already a first-class family in my Zhenzhou City, and I, as the city lord, came to congratulate me. City Lord Ye Canglei said with a smile, but his words were gentle.

"Ah, thank you for your care. ”

Zi Yanfei clenched his fists and said, after speaking, he asked in the direction behind him, and said, "Lord City, please enter first, Yan Fei will personally accompany you later." ”

"Good, good. ”

Ye Canglei didn't feel anything wrong, after all, as the head of the family, he had to greet other guests here, so he just said yes and took the lead in the hall.

"Brother Yanfei, the auspicious time is coming, my son may already be on the way, when my son arrives, let's start!"

Duan Changkong finished speaking quickly, and also walked into the hall behind Ye Canglei, but there was an evil smile on his face.

"Alas, it seems that this matter has no change, pity my son......"

Looking at the backs of the two, Zi Yanfei shook his head tightly and sighed inexplicably, he never thought that this long sky would actually invite the city lord.

And just when Zi Yanfei was upset, Zi Teng had already entered Zhenzhou City.

The coming-of-age ceremony is usually held at 10 p.m. to get more witnesses by feasting on guests.

In order not to miss Zi Ning'er's coming-of-age ceremony, Zi Teng never stopped galloping all the way.

After flying out of Xingmo City, he flew directly along the Yunxia Mountain Range to the territory of the Desolate Weapon Clan with Bai Yu.

This is also a shortcut, because there is a teleportation array set up by Ziteng, which can directly lead to the Chiyang Ridge outside Zhenzhou City.

When he arrived at the Desolate Weapon Clan, Zi Teng simply explained, then opened the teleportation array and teleported directly to the cave of the Red Flame Soul Refining Ant.

In this way, Zi Teng returned to Zhenzhou City an hour early.

After Zi Teng entered the city, he was better at first, but the sooner he arrived in the city, the more he felt that something was wrong, because everywhere he went, he would hear something from the mouths of some passers-by.

And these things are not only Zi Ning'er's coming-of-age ceremony, but also some of the things that the Duan family has also come to the Zi family.

"What are the people of the Duan family doing here, it stands to reason that my father will never invite them to attend Ning'er's coming-of-age ceremony?"

Zi Teng frowned, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, but when he walked to the main street, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed a person who was talking about it in the stall on the side, and said in a deep voice: "What did you just say?"

"Ah, what, what's going on?" the man who was arrested looked panicked.

"That's what you just said, the happy event of the Zi family and the Duan family, what kind of happy event?" Zi Teng asked again.

"You, who are you?"

The man pushed his hand on Zi Teng's body, but he didn't push it under a push, and couldn't help asking.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

Zi Teng didn't have time to explain to him, at this time, he had already used a trace of demonic soul power to press the man on the table.

"Ah, this young master, it hurts, it hurts, I say, I say. ”

The man only felt a huge pressure pressing on his body, and he couldn't help but be frightened and hurriedly said, "Listen, I heard that Young Master Duan Tianyang of the Duan family will be engaged to Miss Ning'er of the Purple family today. ”

"What? You're saying it again?"

After the man finished speaking in one breath, Zi Teng was shocked when he heard it, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but add a little more force, pressing the man so that the table under him was already a little cracked.

"Ah, young master, spare your life, I also heard it. ”

The man was in terrible pain, and hurriedly begged for mercy, but as soon as he finished speaking, his eyes opened, and he pointed to a direction in front of him and said urgently: "Come, come, young master, look, they are coming." ”

"Here, what's coming?"

Zi Teng was still a little puzzled, and involuntarily turned his head to look, and saw a team of people walking mightily.

Led by the natural Tianyang, at this time it was a colorful costume, brocade clothes, eyebrows raised, and the spring breeze was proud, obviously there was something that made him feel extremely excited.

Behind Duan Tianyang, there were thirty or forty young people, all of whom were vigorous and awe-inspiring, and most of them were exuding an aura above the human soul realm.

What could it be that so many young people in the family could serve as a foil? Could this man be telling the truth?

"Duan Tianyang ......"

Zi Teng's face was gloomy, he groaned in his heart, threw down the person in his hand, and blocked the person in front of him with an arrow step.

"Looking for death, who is so short-sighted?"

Duan Tianyang, who was still in reverie, was stunned and couldn't help but scold, but when he saw the person who came, he was shocked.

"You, you, you, Ziteng? You're really not dead. ”

The corners of Duan Tianyang's mouth twitched, and he stammered.

He and Duan Tianya and his father Duan Changkong had analyzed this a lot, and they had also sent people to the Yunxia Mountain Range to check, and they had also suspected that Zi Teng was not dead, because they had not found Zi Teng's body.

But he couldn't have imagined that Zi Teng was really alive and came back at this time.

"Hmph, I won't die if you die. ”

Zi Teng said coldly, his eyes were even brighter, and then asked, "Are you going to the Zi family?"

"Boy, what if you don't die?"

Duan Tianyang replied to the question, but after finishing speaking, he laughed evilly and said, "Hehe, I am going to the Zi family, so what?"

"Ah yes, maybe you don't know it yet, after today, you Ziteng can also be regarded as my brother-in-law, even if Miss Ning'er is not your Zi family's biological son. ”

When Duan Tianyang said this, he hugged his shoulders and deliberately aired.

"What did you say?"

When Zi Teng heard this, his heart sank, and his fists clenched so loudly that he "clicked".

"Yo, angry?"

Seeing Zi Teng's expression, Duan Tianyang was even more excited in his heart, and continued to breathe: "Miss Ning'er and I are a natural match, but there is an unknown brother like you, but now it's okay, my marriage with Ning'er was jointly decided by Duan Zi's two families, and it can't be changed, not to mention that Miss Ning'er personally agreed." ”

"No way. ”

Zi Teng was already furious when he heard this, and he said word by word.

"Hehe, if you don't believe it, you can ask Miss Ning'er. ”

Duan Tianyang laughed evilly again, and then said: "Okay, okay, get out of the way, today is my big day, young master, I don't want to entangle with you here, I have to hurry to the Zi family." ”

"Go to the Zi family, no need, none of you can go today. ”

Zi Teng was already so angry that one Buddha was born, and the two Buddhas were born in the sky, how could they let them pass, as he spoke, his fists tightened, and the momentum of his whole body exploded.

"What, Ziteng, if you dare to act on the street, you are not afraid of breaking the city law?"

As soon as he saw Zi Teng running wild, Duan Tianyang hurriedly shouted, and everyone began to be on guard.

"Don't talk about doing it, what can I do if I kill you?"

Zi Teng shouted angrily, and the person had turned into a streamer and rushed over.

"Ah, it was his hand that stopped him, and it was not too much to kill him. ”

Seeing Zi Teng rushing forward, Duan Tianyang was in a hurry, and hurriedly shouted when he retreated sharply, he already knew that Zi Teng was strong and had many hole cards, even if he was a fifth-order cultivator in the Soul Realm, he didn't dare to meet his edge in person.

And as soon as he spoke, the people behind him had already risen in momentum and surged up like a tide.

For a while, the street, which was originally in the twilight of Hexi, became shouting and killing, and it was noisy, and passers-by scattered in fear, for fear of being implicated......