What determines the survival of a dynasty? Is it strength? Strength is important, but for some dynasties, it is not the decisive factor, what determines their survival is whether they can hide themselves.

There is a dynasty on the edge of the desert called the Sixiang Dynasty, which does not sit on hundreds of millions of miles of mountains and rivers like other dynasties, it has only one capital.

The Sixiang Dynasty, a dynasty established by the Ji family, for some reason the Ji family has always pursued a policy of "taoguang and obscurity" and never expanded their territory.

With the efforts of several generations, the position of the Sixiang Dynasty was finally consolidated, and during this period, there was no shortage of people with foreign surnames to join, and it has developed to the present day, even the high-level people within the dynasty have their place.

In a courtyard of the Sixiang Dynasty, a young man is cultivating, the young man is dressed in green clothes, his face is delicate, and his eyebrows give people a natural sense of closeness, this young man is Ji Chen.

There was a surge of power between his fists and feet, and the power shook the space a little, and the place where the fists and feet passed rustled, and the wind of the fists cut through the fallen leaves like sharp knives.

Ji Chen's bundled hair moved with the wind in the air, like a dynamic picture, and this look couldn't help but make people sigh: "This is someone else's child!"

Ji Chen cultivated so hard precisely because he had a heart that wanted to become a strong man, in this world, every cultivator had a dream of becoming a strong man, but not every cultivator could realize this dream.

From the beginning of the refining stage, most of them had already been eliminated, because some of them were destined to fail to break through the shackles and reach the Five Elements Spirit Realm stage.

And in the cultivation of the Five Elements Spirit Realm stage, it can only be regarded as the first glimpse of the doorway, and there is a more unfathomable realm above the Five Elements.

What's more, the cultivation world is not peaceful, not everyone can grow up smoothly, and there are not a few geniuses who die halfway.

Ji Chen, a former cultivation genius, is now stuck in the fourfold body refining for four years, no one knows the reason, some people predict that it may be accumulation, but until now, Ji Chen has not broken out.

Not long after Ji Chen's cultivation, a figure sneaked behind the rockery in the courtyard, a girl poked her head out, a pair of ponytails dangled behind her back, her pair of big black eyes looked at Ji Chen secretly, and the smile on the corner of her mouth made her look extremely moving.

With Ji Chen's current perception, of course he knows who is peeking at him, and of course it is Ji Xuan'er, the pearl of the General's Mansion.

Ji Chen pretended not to know, and the next second he suddenly jumped onto the rockery and said in a strange voice: "What are you doing?"

"Ah", Ji Xuan'er screamed in fright when she heard the sound, looked up and saw Ji Chen, pointed at Ji Chen, and said angrily: "Okay, you stinky brother, you dare to scare me, you give me down."

"It's just to scare you, you're sneaking around here, and what's so bad."

Ji Chen looked at Ji Xuan'er suspiciously, rubbing his chin, he seemed to remember that Ji Xuan'er tricked him every time he was concentrating on cultivation, Ji Chen's mouth pursed again.

Ji Xuan'er looked at Ji Chen, put her hands on her waist and pouted: "You really hold a grudge, didn't I just joke with you a few times, you still remember it until now." ”

"Then I don't dare to forget, I remember that once I cultivated too hard and shattered my clothes, if you don't help me get my clothes, forget it, you are still yelling all over the house, I blush when I think about it now"

"Another time I wanted to secretly wear my father's green dragon armor, and you followed me and beat gongs and drums to shout to catch the thief, causing me to be surrounded by a group of green dragon guards"

"And that ......"

"Eh, stop, stop, stop"

Just when Ji Chen was about to bring Ji Xuan'er's "evil deeds" together, Ji Xuan'er finally interrupted him.

"I don't remember anything before, can't you remember it and don't be so good?

Ji Xuan'er waved her jade hand and hurriedly changed the topic, for fear that Ji Chen would continue to talk on this issue, after all, a girl still doesn't want some of her little habits to be said so openly, but Ji Xuan'er's little habit is, of course, to trick his brother Ji Chen.

"Then tell me, what are you doing, but I can tell you, if you make fun of me again and delay my cultivation, I won't be able to spare you."

Of course, Ji Chen is just talking, even if this girl is really here to have fun, he can't help it, Ji Chen looked at Ji Xuan'er in front of him a little helplessly, obviously he didn't think that this girl could have anything serious.

"I've got something good for you"

Ji Xuan'er looked at Ji Chen with a smile, and her tender white palm slowly spread out, revealing something the size of a date.

This thing is indeed only the size of a date, and the whole body is dark green, like an irregular jade, and there seems to be a slight halo circulating on the edges and corners.

"What is this?"

Ji Chen took the jade and looked at it, thinking to himself what kind of good thing this broken stone could be?

"This is definitely a good thing, but I don't know what it is", Ji Xuan'er said without blushing and heartbeat.

Although she was so calm on the surface, she also knew in her heart that if someone said this to her, she would definitely roll her eyes and turn around and leave.

"Giving me such a broken stone wouldn't be what you said you were talking about, would it?"

When Ji Chen heard that even Ji Xuan'er didn't know what this stone was, he immediately laughed helplessly.

"This is something I found on the edge of the desert with great difficulty, hmph, don't forget it."

Ji Xuan'er saw that Ji Chen didn't seem to like this piece of jade very much, so she reached out and wanted to snatch the jade back.

Seeing this, Ji Chen hurriedly grabbed the jade and retracted his hand, and said, "Eh, who said I don't want it, I definitely have to ask for what you gave me." ”

When Ji Xuan'er heard Ji Chen say this, she pursed her lips and smiled evilly: "This is what you said, then this is a birthday gift I gave you in advance, but you can't regret it." ”

Ji Chen didn't get angry when he heard this, but a warm current gushed out, thinking that although this girl was usually a little weird, she really cared about his brother.

"Okay, you, it turns out that you are playing such an abacus"

Although Ji Chen said this, he was very moved in his heart.

"Actually, this jade was seen when I was playing on the edge of the desert, faintly shining green in the yellow sand, I saw it at a glance, I thought it was beautiful, and I thought I would give it to you."

Ji Xuan'er grinned and held Ji Chen's hand, and then carefully explained the origin of the jade.

"Since it's something found in the desert, I think there should be something different about it, in short, thank you Xuan'er"

Ji Chen touched Ji Xuan'er's head, his eyes were full of doting.

"Hehe, I'm glad that you don't blame me for picking up something and fooling you", Ji Xuan'er said with a smile.

"What are you two talking about so happy?"

A middle-aged man suddenly appeared, with a kind smile on his sharp face, looking at Ji Chen's brothers and sisters, this person was Ji Dongfang, the father of Ji Chen's brothers and sisters.

"Dad, Xuan'er gave me a birthday gift, and asked my father to look at it", Ji Chen took the jade to Ji Dongfang.

Ji Dongfang took the jade and looked at it again and again, but he didn't find anything special, and then returned it to Ji Chen.

"You girl is really unruly, since it's a birthday gift for your brother, how can you just send an ordinary stone and fool it over", Ji Dongfang stared at Ji Xuan'er angrily.

"Daddy, I've asked my brother, and my brother likes it too, don't you believe me, brother"

Ji Xuan'er took Ji Chen's hand and looked at Ji Chen with some grievances, hoping that Ji Chen could help her say good things.

"Yes, Dad, I still like it, I think the gift itself is secondary, Xuan'er's heart is the most important", Ji Chen said seriously.

Ji Dongfang waved his hand and said, "Okay, I don't care so much about your young people, by the way, you can prepare and go to the Xiao family with me in a while."

"Ah", Ji Chen was a little reluctant when he heard that he was going to Xiao's house.

It turned out that Ji Dongfang and Xiao Shan of the Xiao family had set a baby kiss for their respective children, but Ji Chen did not agree with this marriage.

"Ah what, the relationship between you and the Xiao family was decided when you were young, and besides, Xiao Ran is so beautiful, if I hadn't saved Xiao Shan, how could such a good thing fall on your head", Ji Dongfang said in a positive voice.

"I'm not bad looking, okay", of course, Ji Chen only dared to say this in his heart.

"Okay, go and clean yourself up, I'll wait for you in the living room", Ji Dongfang turned around and left after speaking, and Ji Chen had to respond.

As soon as his eyes turned, the Xiao family was not at peace at this time, and a girl was making trouble angrily at the moment.

"Dad, you can't be like this, I haven't seen him much, let alone like it, you can't let me marry someone I don't like, right?"

Xiao Ran disagrees with the statement that fingers are married, and she is fighting with her father Xiao Shan at this time.

"You kid, I didn't let you marry now, you still have a lot of time to get to know each other in the future", Xiao Shan put down the teacup in his hand and said unhurriedly.

"I don't want to, it's not certain if I can like him or not, this kind of marriage contract locks me like a lock, what if I like other people in the future? Besides, it's just a fourfold kid with a refining body!" Xiao Ran pouted.

Xiao Shan shook his head and said, "When General Dongfang saved me, you marrying his son can be regarded as a woman's father's wish, so it's decided." ”

"Why, Uncle Dongfang should repay him for saving you, but you can't sacrifice your daughter's future happiness, if you have to marry me, you can marry yourself, hum", Xiao Ran stomped his feet and ran out.