226. Succeeding the patriarch
Chu He smiled bitterly: "Xiang ...... Old patriarch, in this world, what is quiet, even if we don't fight, trouble will come to the door. Outside the village, the state army is stationed!"
"In that case, why don't we take the initiative into our hands?"
Xiang Jue waved his hand: "Now that you are the patriarch of our Xiang family, you can call the old Xiang Jue." The matter of the patriarch's succession ceremony, the old man will tell Xiang Xiong to prepare, and officially announce it tomorrow, and in the future, the Xiang family, as well as more than 10,000 villagers in Jiangwu Village, will be handed over to the patriarch. ”
Saying that, Xiang Jue took a few breaths, and said hesitantly: "Do you know that our Xiang family has a golden tripod skill, which can be enlightened and infused with the whole body of Yuan Power into others, and those who receive the merit can get one to two percent of the Yuan Power depending on their qualifications." ”
Chu He nodded: "Qianyuan has heard of similar methods. ”
Xiang Jue coughed slightly, "The old longevity is approaching, according to the usual rules, this body cultivation must be infused into the next patriarch, so as to improve the patriarch's cultivation and ensure the continuation of the family." ”
Chu He was slightly stunned, Xiang Jue is a great master of Xuandan, with as many as four or five hundred main attributes in a single item, it can be seen how strong the internal strength of a body is, if it is infused into others, even if it can only get one percent of energy, I am afraid that it can quickly become a four-grade peak martial sect.
If you get two percent of the internal strength, the five-grade copper furnace master is proper!
He hesitated slightly, then shook his head, resisting the temptation.
The speed at which he is improving now is quite amazing, he has just received the help of Tianyan and has been promoted to the peak of the Four-Rank Martial Sect, and then he has to try to stabilize the realm, if the promotion is too rapid and the foundation is not strong, it may be a bad thing.
It's like Gan Tian, although he quickly became a fourth-grade martial sect, there is a bit of a gap between his real strength and the martial sect that has been improved step by step, and he needs to retreat and digest the yuan power.
"Old Patriarch, in fact, the strength of Qianyuan is not weak, and Old Patriarch Xiang doesn't need to instill Yuan Li into Chu He. If there is an opportunity for creation, maybe the old patriarch can break through the realm and become a seven-rank god of war, and his longevity will be extended. ”
Although Xiang Jue asked Chu He to call him by his name directly, of course Chu He would not be so rude and arrogant.
Xiang Jue's face was gloomy, and he shook his head and said: "The old man knows his own situation, his blood and qi are exhausted, and there is no possibility of a breakthrough. ”
His voice paused, and he hesitated for a long time before continuing: "Xiang Xiong, this kid grew up with old age, although his qualifications are not outstanding, but he is diligent and has a solid foundation. ”
Xiang Jue's face became extremely serious, but there was a hint of pleading in his eyes: "Can the old man plead with the patriarch to allow the old man to give him a Daigo empowerment to help this child." ”
The reason why Xiang Jue possessed the Six-Rank Xuandan realm was not all due to his own cultivation, and a large part of the credit was due to the previous patriarch.
For the Xiang family, the patriarch's cultivation is Yuanli, which does not belong to his private property, and Chu He has become the patriarch of Jiangwu Village, so it can be said that Xiang Jue's cultivation is under the control of Chu He.
Now Xiang Jue proposed to infuse Xiang Xiong with cultivation, knowing that he had broken the rules, and to exaggerate, Chu He could dispose of it according to the clan rules.
Chu He groaned for a moment, looked at Xiang Jue with a positive face, and said in a deep voice: "Old Patriarch Xiang, in fact, before Qianyuan came to Jiangwu Village, he didn't think that he would become the patriarch of the Xiang family. However, since Qianyuan has the intention to dominate the world, he has to rely on the power of the clansmen, and it is impossible for Qianyuan to shirk the position of the patriarch. ”
"The Yizhou Xiang family, which is the same as our Qinzhou family, has been separated for hundreds of years, and it is somewhat alienated, and Qianyuan knows this very well. Even if Qianyuan becomes the head of the Xiang family, he really manages the affairs of the Xiang family, and he has to be helped by Xiang Xiong. ”
"Regardless of whether the old patriarch Xiang believes it or not, the old patriarch Xiang decided to infuse his cultivation into Xiang Xiong, and Qianyuan didn't mind, but was happy. ”
He took a deep breath, and finally said with emotion: "Qianyuan recently understood a truth, no matter how strong a person's force is, it is actually not of much use to fight for hegemony in the world, could it be that Liu Bang's force is stronger than Xiang Yu's ancestor?"
"Only when everyone works together is the real power, if Xiang Xiong can improve the realm, for the abyss, the effect is greater than pouring the yuan power into me. ”
Xiang Jue looked at Chu He fixedly, and his spirit seemed to be boosted a lot in an instant: "The patriarch can think like this, it should be a blessing for the children of our Xiang clan!"
"Please ask the patriarch to call Xiang Xiong in and protect the Dharma for the old decay!"
Chu He also wanted to see the miracle of Daigo's empowerment, so he agreed.
Xiang Xiong was called into the cave by Chu He, and he was a little puzzled at first, and when he heard that Xiang Jue was going to infuse Yuan Li into him, he was suddenly shocked.
As a character cultivated by the future patriarch of the Xiang family, he knows the rules of the Xiang family, and this empowerment method can only be used on the patriarch, how dare he accept Xiang Jue's skills!
Xiang Jue snorted coldly: "The patriarch's cultivation has reached the bottleneck now, and you can spy on the mysteries of a higher realm without external force, you have my strength to better help the patriarch, don't say much!"
Chu He also smiled and said, "Old Patriarch Xiang has discussed with me, you are the most suitable to accept Old Patriarch Xiang's skills, and I have agreed that Old Patriarch Xiang will use the empowerment method for you. ”
Xiang Xiong was still about to speak, but he knew that Xiang Jue's face froze, and with a slight gesture of his hand, Xiang Xiong involuntarily sat on the ground.
Subsequently, Xiang Jue, who was shriveled and dying, turned red on his face, his blood was full of energy, his body was like a ball that had been blown up, his vitality vibrated violently, and a huge spear phantom suddenly appeared above Xiang Jue.
Chu He saw that Xiang Jue's blood and qi continued to emanate from his body, converging on the phantom of the giant spear, and the giant spear that originally seemed a little vague became clearer and more condensed, and finally it turned out to be like a real thing, and there was constantly blood and qi circulating on it, containing some terrifying and majestic power.
Even though Chu He had already seen the power of the Seven-Rank God of War, he was still shocked and surprised when he saw the blood spear condensed by Xiang Jue's blood.
Under the eye of the sky, Xiang Jue's attributes decreased at an astonishing speed, and his realm also fell from the sixth rank to the fifth and fourth grades!
In the blink of an eye, Xiang Jue's swollen body quickly dried up again, and he looked several times older than before, just like a skeleton wrapped in skin, but the essence of his eyes was getting brighter and brighter.
The phantom of the giant spear shrank rapidly, and in the end it was only three inches long, turning into a bloody light and suddenly falling towards Xiang Xiong Tianlinggai!
There was no tragic picture of the hole opening on the top of the head as expected, and the shadow of this bloody air gun directly submerged into Xiang Xiong's heavenly spirit cover.
Under the white light of the heavenly eyes, Xiang Jue is now, although he is still at the level of the Bone Strengthening Realm, his attributes are not as good as ordinary people, and he is thin and only has bones left in his chest like a fan, and finally said in a faint voice: "Xiang Xiong, my strength has been infused into you, how much I can absorb depends on your creation!"
Xiang Xiong's expression was extremely excited and anxious, looking at Xiang Jue, but he couldn't speak, and finally had to close his eyes, breathe and breathe, run exercises, and refine the Yuan Force in his body.
Chu He was guarding the Dharma beside him, looking at Xiang Jue's Jin Ding Gong as real, and had a fairly clear understanding of the method of empowerment.
Although this exercise has a lot of limitations and the loss is amazing, it is definitely an extremely profound and extremely useful method!
It is no wonder that the wealthy families have always been able to hold power, and they have not faded for thousands of years, and young geniuses have emerged in an endless stream in the door.
As long as there is such a technique, the dying strong in the clan will infuse the cultivation into the juniors, and they will be able to cultivate a young genius in an instant, which is incomparable to the Hanmen Shu clan.
Of course, this exercise is actually similar to an elixir, or an extremely high-grade elixir, and if the recipient is not strong enough to withstand the infused internal strength, his life is in danger.
Moreover, the strong people who can use such an empowerment method are all six-grade and seven-grade war gods, and their net worth is rich, if they are just cultivating young juniors, they don't need to spend their own yuan power at all, and they can just take elixir pills for juniors.
Xiang Xiong's cultivation is a whole day, and after refining the Yuan Force infused into Xiang Jue's body, the momentum has undergone great changes, and the realm has been upgraded from the peak of the three-grade blood condensation realm to the five-grade copper furnace realm, although it is only the early stage of the fifth grade, but the strength has increased dozens of times!
Under normal circumstances, the empowerment method is extremely restrictive, even Gan Ning is the God of War, and it can only help Gan Tian to advance to the realm of the fourth rank.
It's not that Gan Ning is reluctant to give up his Yuan Li, the problem is that Gan Tian can't afford it.
A seventh-rank god of war, even if it loses two percent of its vitality, it is an incomprehensible amount of energy for ordinary martial artists, and if the recipient can get one or two, the realm can be raised to the level of the fourth or even fifth rank.
With each level of improvement, the strength is definitely increased by more than ten times, and the Yuan Power of the Seventh-Rank God of War is definitely more than ten times that of the Sixth-Rank Great Grandmaster.
The reason why Xiang Xiong was able to rise to the five-rank level was mainly because he had an excellent foundation, a strong body, and the exercises he cultivated were also in the same vein as Xiang Jue, so he could better absorb Xiang Jue's Yuan Force.
Even if Xiang Xiong only obtained two percent of the Yuan Power of the Sixth Rank Xuandan Grand Grandmaster, it was much stronger than the Yuan Power of a Fifth Rank Peak Copper Furnace Martial Artist, and Xiang Xiong was only promoted to the early stage of the Fifth Rank realm, all because most of the energy was used to enhance his physique.
If you change the Chu River and have the bottom of the golden bell jar, your own realm is also higher than Xiang Xiong, and you may even be directly promoted to the level of the late stage of the fifth grade!
Xiang Jue gave all the Yuan Li to Xiang Xiong, his blood and qi dried up, that is, his life in the past few days, Chu He did not continue to disturb Xiang Jue, and left in his leave.
Xiang Xiong did not have the joy of realm improvement in his heart, but looked melancholy and heavy, he wanted to stay and take care of Xiang Jue, but was stopped by Xiang Jue, so he had to leave the cave with Chu River.
Succession to the position of patriarch is a major event, and it should be very grand, but now that Jiangwu Village is facing the threat of the Yizhou Army, this succession will not take care of those cumbersome ceremonies, it is more like a formality.
Xiang Xiong gathered the children of the Xiang family, a total of more than 580 people, and the young boys who were waiting to be fed, outside the ancestral hall.
The clan elders and elders of the Xiang family all changed into formal clothes and sat solemnly in the main hall of the ancestral hall.
Xiang Jue, the old patriarch, is also a strong spirit, wearing a red gold feather crown, taking off his linen robe, and putting on a bright yellow robe, on which there are dragon patterns coiled, extremely luxurious, sitting on the patriarch's seat.
Three sacrifices and nine ceremonies, all of them are ready.
Some clan elders solemnly invited the portraits of the ancestors of the Xiang family for generations, hanging on the main hall, and the portraits of Xiang Yu's ancestors that would never be revealed on weekdays were also taken out at this time, located among many ancestors.
Subsequently, another boy took out the Xiang family tree woven with gold threads, and stood solemnly next to Xiang Jue.
The children of the Xiang family, most of them didn't know about the Tianlong breaking the city, and they didn't know that the person who broke the city with the Tianlong was the head of the Xiang family.
However, the Xiang family's family rules are clear, under the elders of the clan, these Xiang family children just don't dare to ask more, they can only solemnly watch the ceremony in the main hall.
Chu He knelt down to worship the ancestors of the Xiang family one after another, and according to the mention of the clan elders, the oath and other ceremonies were not mentioned, anyway, he was busy for most of the day.
Xiang Jue solemnly used a golden pen to add the name of Xiang He Xiang Qianyuan, the date of birth, etc., on the Xiang family tree, and then handed over the family tree and the seal to Chu He with a very serious face.
When Chu He saw that Xiang Jue was adding his name to the genealogy, his momentum was calm, his hands were steady, and his strokes were vigorous and powerful, and he thought that Xiang Jue's situation had improved, but he knew that he had just taken over the genealogy and the seal, and before he could stand up and speak, he saw that the light in Xiang Jue's eyes slowly dissipated, and as soon as his eyes closed, there was no sign of life.
Xiang never returned to heaven, but the people of the Xiang family did not have much sadness.
They also know that the old patriarch doesn't have a few days left, and the more than 200-year-old Shouyuan, this is a happy funeral, and when the new patriarch succeeds him, he is happy and happy, which should be a big congratulations.
It's just that now that the situation is critical, this wedding banquet can't be placed.
Chu He, the patriarch of the newcomer, wanted to say a few words to the children of the Xiang family, and then Xiang Xiong told the ancestral training of the Xiang family, and told the secret of the Tianlong Broken City Halberd, ordinary children of the Xiang family, only then did they know why Chu He, a person from the side lineage, became the head of the Xiang family.
The ceremony was solemn and formal, but it seemed to end in a hurry.
Next, Chu He personally presided over Xiang Jue's funeral, and according to Xiang Jue's instructions, the body was cremated, packed in a clay pot, and one day, he returned to the ancestral land of Xiang's Jiangdong and was buried in the ancestral land.
The Yizhou army gave Jiangwu Village seven days, and it took three days for Chu He to be tested, and he succeeded to the patriarch and other matters, and two days passed, and there were only two days left before the deadline given by General Chen.
That night, Chu He summoned dozens of people, including clan elders and representatives of Qingzhuangzhong, to hold a meeting at the ancestral hall.
From the mouths of Xiang Xiong and the others, knowing that General Chen who was guarding outside the village was the son of the Chen family in Yizhou, Chu He's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly had an idea, maybe he could lure Chen Bao out of Yizhou City!