Volume XXI, Chapter 31
The Holy City is very lively these days, the Ju family is going to hold a new patriarch election in the near future, this is a grand event once in ten years, although the Ju family is already in the wane, but people are the lord of the Holy City after all, the selection of the new patriarch not only has a rare dragon fight in ten years, but also there will be envoys from various countries to the Holy City to watch the game at the invitation of the Ju family, since so many people come to the Holy City, it is a rare business opportunity, and more importantly, the new patriarch of the Ju family is also related to the future development direction of the entire Holy City, which is a matter of concern to everyone, and the entire Holy City is lively because of the selection of the new patriarch of the Ju family。
The Interception family dared not slack off on this grand event, sent a large number of people, strengthened the inspection of the holy city, countless foreign envoys came to the holy city, their security work may be slack, although they were all arranged in the special reception hotel of the interception family, but they are all big living people, they will walk around, in case something happens when they go out, this interception family is not easy to explain to their king, after all, he is in the holy city under the command of the interception family, and at their invitation, the interception family can not afford to lose this face.
As promised, the selection of the new patriarch finally began as scheduled in everyone's expectations, however, this selection has a strange thing, the three elders of the Interception family did not participate in this selection, did they give up this opportunity? You know, they participate in every session, I really can't figure out what kind of medicine they sell in the gourd, although everyone is suspicious, but soon everyone's eyes were attracted by the competition on the stage, after all, everyone came to see the excitement, and it was not their turn to worry about the internal affairs of the Interception family. Everyone has given up on themselves, why do they care so much about watching the excitement.
But. This incident aroused the suspicion of the head of the Interception family, Intercept Guiyuan, and he really couldn't think of it. The reason why these three old guys didn't participate, did they already have some careful arrangements, their purpose this time was to pass on to their grandson - intercepting Chen Liu, these three old guys actually inserted a bar at this time, things may not be simple.
As the crown prince of the future patriarch of the Interception family, Intercept Chen Liu, standing beside his grandfather, he was also worried about today's affairs, these three old guys actually chose to give up at this time, he didn't believe it anyway, they must have some conspiracy. Suddenly, he thought of something, and hurriedly said to Jie Guiyuan: "Grandpa, I remember, isn't there a privilege for the three elders in the clan rules of this Interception family, if they give up the competition, they will have a privilege to elect one person from the Interception family to participate in the final quarterfinals competition." Could it be that he has this way?"
"Of course I understand this, but I really can't think of any kind of master in the Interception family who can match you and me, among the younger generation, you and Chen Yuxiu are the highest. And among the older generation, there is really no one else to choose except me and the three old guys. Don't worry, don't I teach you a lot. Be calm and calm when you encounter problems. This little thing will make you like this, how will you take on the big responsibility in the future, rest assured, no matter what tricks these three old guys play, I will definitely make them regret it!"
"Yes, son, take note of your teachings!" Don't look at Chen Liu's usual arrogance, but he doesn't dare to make the slightest mistake in front of his grandfather, looking at his well-behaved appearance, you know that he is absolutely in awe of his grandfather.
This day has finally come, many days of penance, today you can test the results, Gao Xiang was full of ambition to go to the interception family to participate in the new patriarch's competition, but he didn't expect that before he went out, Yingxue stopped him and didn't let him go out, and at the same time appeared in front of him his father-in-law - Qian Keru.
"What are you doing here?" Seeing that he was blocking his way, Gao Xiang asked with a puzzled expression.
"You don't have to participate in the competition, practice at home with peace of mind, after three days, you will naturally be allowed to play, remember to practice hard, there will be a fierce battle waiting for you after three days, you have to go all out!" Ying Xue said mysteriously, however, looking at him, he seemed to be confident, and his father-in-law also had this expression, as if he had planned with Ying Xue, but Gao Xiang had been kept in the dark.
"Yes, you don't have to doubt, practice at home with peace of mind, I'll go with Ying Xue to inquire about everything for you, remember Ying Xue's words, go all out, prepare for the decisive battle in three days, and also, your parents may also be on the scene at that time, you have to be mentally prepared!" Qian Keru must have discussed it with Ying Xue, otherwise why is he so confident, these days of getting along, although it is not long, but for Ying Xue's life and meticulous scheming, Qian Keru is very appreciative and admired, and Ying Xue also feels that although Qian Keru is a businessman, but he is indeed sincere to himself, this Ying Xue can feel it, it is really late to meet each other, and now they have become a pair of New Year's friends.
"Yes!" Gao Xiang felt a little lost, he didn't expect to wait for three days to show his skills, he really wanted to show his head now, so that others would know that Gao Xiang was not a vegetarian.
"Cheer up, each take its own responsibility, and do its own thing, haven't you heard this sentence, no matter how we plan for you, in the end, this crucial decisive battle must not be taken by you personally? Cranky thinking, lack of concentration, this is a cultivator's taboo, if you do this again, I think the result is already obvious. Ying Xue's words were like a slap in the face, awakening Gao Xiang in confusion.
"Don't you still believe me and Brother Li? The stupid bird flies first, and his heart is also one! Don't think nonsense! If we don't tell you now, we are afraid that it will affect your cultivation, but unexpectedly, it has aroused your curiosity, it is really unexpected, you can rest assured, after three days, everything will not be revealed, why bother thinking so much, you just need to do your own thing!" Qian Keru also nodded.
"Yes, thank you, I understand, don't worry, I will do my best to live up to your expectations. "Gao Xiang is a smart person, but the smarter the person, the less likely it is to concentrate mentally. I always think that I can understand other people's minds, but I don't know that I am smart but I am mistaken by my cleverness.
Ying Xue saw that Gao Xiang had already understood this truth. and Qian Keru left first, and Gao Xiang didn't have to look at the competition. But they have to go to watch the game, since Yingxue has gone, then of course the dragon will also go with Yingxue, which is bitter for Xiaojin and Xiaoniao, there is no way, the two of them can only stay in the Qian Mansion and live boringly, no matter what, it is a hundred times better than being locked up in the Sumeru ring.
Ying Xue and Yan Long are now Qian Keru's bodyguards. With Qian Keru's identity, it is not surprising that there are a few bodyguards around him, Ying Xue and Yan Long followed Qian Keru left and right into the competition venue, of course, they don't have to stand with those who watch the excitement, with Qian Keru's identity, of course, it is a VIP level, and the interceptor family has already arranged his seat.
The rules of the competition are simple, all the contestants are divided into seven groups, and then the lottery is drawn to get the right ones. Each group produces a final winner, and then the final seven winners, plus one person recommended by the patriarch, make a total of eight people. Compete for the final victory, as long as you can finally defeat the current patriarch and return to the yuan, you can become the new patriarch. However, today's competition seems to reveal a different atmosphere. Because the two grandsons of the current patriarch, Intercept Chen Liu and Intercept Chen Yu, both participated in the selection competition. This shows that it is impossible for Jie Guiyuan to recommend anyone to participate in the final competition, and he doesn't know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd, so the number of people will not become seven, and the final final will definitely be more intense.
No matter how everyone guesses, the competition still starts as scheduled, Ying Xue followed Qian Keru to the VIP stage, which is also the highest observation platform, where you can win seven stages, and the envoys from various countries are sitting on this VIP stage, Ying Xue doesn't care, because he doesn't know any of these envoys, and now everyone's eyes are fixed on the competition under the stage, who will pay attention to a subordinate like him, but when he stood on the stage and looked down, he suddenly found two familiar faces.
"Jiangshan, Huang Xiao! It's really terrible, I didn't expect the people from the Yanyue Corps to also come here, and it would be the two of them, it's no wonder that their headquarters is already near here, and it's impossible for them not to send people to participate in such an important matter!"
Ying Xue didn't want to see them now, so he quietly moved behind the dragon, Qian Keru found out about Ying Xue's actions, and couldn't help but cast an inquiring look, Ying Xue quietly attached to Qian Keru's ear and said: "There are two acquaintances in the audience, I don't want them to recognize me!"
"Then do you want to avoid it!"
"No, there are so many people now, they won't notice me at all, if I leave at this time, it will attract everyone's attention! ”
Qian Keru also knew that there were a lot of people in the stands now, so he also set his eyes on the audience. Qian Keru and the three of them never noticed that there was a pair of bright eyes on the VIP stage looking at him with a puzzled gaze, and they were also discussing softly with an old man beside him, the owner of those eyes was also a young man, dressed like a subordinate, when the young man seemed to want to leave, he might as well be caught by the old man, and then the two discussed for a while, and finally, they set their eyes on the game under the stage.
The day's game ended quickly, Ying Xue and Qian Keru still returned to Qian Fuzhong, there is nothing worth paying attention to in today's game, and there is no need to discuss anything, Qian Keru sat all day, after all, he is old, and he is not a person who practices martial arts, of course, this body is also a little worse, after returning home, he went to rest, in fact, everyone understands that today is just to have a lively picture, and now it is still in the knockout stage, there is nothing to see at all, the real dragon battle will be tomorrow and even the day after tomorrow when the top seven are produced, this is the time to be fascinating。
Xiao Tian had never shown his face on the stage at all, and although the three elders of the Interception family were present, they did not show any expressions, as if the result of all this was expected by them.
The next day, Ying Xue still went to the competition site with Yan Long and Qian Keru, his unnoticeable appearance, Jiang Shan and Huang Xiao didn't notice him at all, of course, Jiang Shan and Huang Xiao's attention was focused on the seven rings, not to mention this crowd, where would they notice the existence of Ying Xue. And Eagle Snow is still deliberately avoiding them.
Today can be said to be a pivotal day for the game, so far. Four groups have already decided on the final candidates, which means that the top seven candidates have already won four of them. They are one group of interception of Chen Liu, three groups of interception of Yuming, four groups of interception of Chen Yu, seven groups of interception of Chen Bao, and the other three groups are still in a hard battle, it seems that the final result will have to wait until tomorrow to be revealed.
The competition on the third day was even more boring, and there were not many people watching the excitement, and everyone knew that there would be three people competing for the position of patriarch with yesterday's top four candidates, and there was nothing to see in this competition. Since you have come to the Holy City, it is better to take this opportunity to go around, it seems that most people have this idea in their hearts, because there are not many people watching the game on the VIP stage today, but Ying Xue still went to the game site with Qian Keru, and sailed the ship carefully, in case something happens temporarily, it is good to have this plan.
In the past three days, Yingxue has always felt as if someone is secretly watching her. However, he looked closely at the VIP stage, and it seemed that no one was familiar, at least in his memory, and he did not find the existence of acquaintances. And his intuition told him that it seemed as if someone was really watching, and this feeling was like a thorn in his back. Ling Yingxue was uncomfortable, but he just didn't find out who was secretly peeping at him.
That feeling is coming up again. There is nothing to see today anyway, and Yingxue wants to take this opportunity to catch this person. After all, giving people a peep in the dark is not a thing to make yourself happy.
Ying Xue closed his eyes, Qin Xin's three-fold mental method quietly operated, and he felt that the image was suddenly magnified several times, and the scene of the entire VIP platform appeared in his mind, everyone's every move, even the sound of breathing, he could hear and sense, Ying Xue's cultivation has improved greatly recently, and his feelings have become quite sensitive, he is slowly observing everyone on the VIP stage one by one with his divine sense, and his divine consciousness is like an octopus, slowly spreading in all directions, with the gradual diffusion of divine consciousness, every face, every expression, and even everyone's eyes on the VIP platform are emerging in Ying Xue's mind, but it's a pity, Yingxue didn't seem to notice anything, and these people didn't seem to pay attention to him, which really made Yingxue wonder.
Suddenly, he felt a strong source of energy to prevent the invasion of his thinking and divine consciousness, this energy formed an invisible wall, blocking Ying Xue's invisible divine consciousness outside, Ying Xue couldn't sense the people hidden in this energy at all, however, although this energy was powerful, but it was very soft, Ying Xue's divine consciousness was gently bounced back as soon as it arrived, is the problem here, Ying Xue suddenly opened his eyes, but what greeted him were two unfamiliar faces, one was the face of a young descendant, and the other was the face of an old man, his dress was very simple, however, the person who was dressed in this way could sit on the VIP tableAt this time, the old man also seemed to have discovered Yingxue, and suddenly turned around, nodded slightly at Yingxue, expressed his approval, and then put his eyes into the game in the field, the young man was unaware, and still turned his face to the game under the stage, however, Yingxue could only see half of his face, the young man was very unfamiliar, Yingxue did not have the slightest memory, and did not pay attention to him.
This made Yingxue embarrassed, I didn't expect that there were also masters on this VIP stage, I was careless, and I was able to resist the invasion of my own divine sense, this old man must have a not simple origin, it seems that this empty continent is really Crouching Tiger Tibetans, masters abound, you have to be careful in the future, otherwise, if you are not careful, you will fall into a situation from which you will never recover.
Ying Xue saw that people didn't pay attention to him, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and turned his eyes to the game under the stage, at the moment when his eyes shifted, the young man next to the old man breathed a heavy sigh of relief, his face immediately turned red, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his head, it turned out that he was holding his breath and pretending to be calm, in fact, he was also nervous to death, if it wasn't for the old man on the side who grabbed his hand and hinted that he wanted to stay calm, he might have exposed his stuffing in front of Ying Xue.
Time is spent in this boredom, today's game is really boring, Ying Xue knows very well in her heart, with the skills of the three players in the audience, it is not easy to win the position of the patriarch, their ultimate fate is just cannon fodder, just make up a number.
The last three finalists have been born, Ying Xue saw that the competition was completely over, so he and Qian Keru prepared to leave for home, before leaving, he couldn't help but look back curiously at the strange old man, however, it seemed that the old man was also looking at him, the eyes of the two sides happened to meet, the old man stroked his beard under his chin, nodded and smiled at Ying Xue friendly, the young man next to him also turned his head at this time, smiled at him, seemed to show friendship, Ying Xue was a little puzzled, he didn't know these two people at all, but why they seemed to know him, really confused Ying Xue。
However, out of politeness, Ying Xue also nodded at them slightly, and then walked out with Qian Keru, Ying Xue was still a little puzzled, and couldn't help but look back again, it just so happened that the young man was also looking at his back, just so that Ying Xue's eyes caught that the young man didn't seem to think of Ying Xue's move, and couldn't help but be a little flustered, and immediately twisted his head to the side shyly.
"Such bright eyes, full of aura!" his intuition told him that this kind of look seemed to be seen somewhere, but he just couldn't remember, Ying Xue followed Qian Keru, and his mind kept thinking about these eyes, and inadvertently, he actually bumped into Qian Keru in front of him.
"Brother Li, what's wrong with you?" Qian Keru couldn't help but ask with concern when he saw that Yingxue's performance was a little abnormal today.
"It's okay, I found out that there was a master sitting on the VIP stage just now, so I was a little out of shape, oops! Not good!" Ying Xue suddenly glanced at the crowd, and he found that Jiang Shan and Huang Xiao were standing not far from his side, so he hurriedly hid behind the tall dragon.
"What's wrong?"
"It's two friends from the Yanyue Legion, I don't want to see them for the time being, let's go back quickly!"
"In that case, let's hurry back!"
And Jiang Shan also felt a little uneasy at this time, I don't know why he always felt a little flustered in the past few days, as if something was going to happen, but he just didn't know what would happen, this inexplicable sense of irritability made him even more uneasy.
"Hey, boss, why are you always absent-minded today!" Looking at the rivers and mountains looking around, Huang Xiao couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I seemed to see the figure of an acquaintance just now, but I disappeared in a blink of an eye, the back of that person seemed to be a little familiar, but I just glanced at him hurriedly, I can't remember who it is for a while!" Jiang Shan scratched his head and said.
"Acquaintances, how many acquaintances we have now, who doesn't know your reputation in Jiangtou now, our Yanyue Corps is now a hot big corps, there will definitely be people we once knew here, what's so strange about this!" Huang Xiao didn't feel strange at all, he would meet a lot of people to greet him every day, and he didn't know everyone, he just felt a little familiar.
"Maybe, by the way, why haven't I seen the figure of the man named Gao Xiang in the past few days, it stands to reason that he is also a person who intercepts the family, why don't you come?" (To be continued.) )