As soon as they heard that Chen Ning and the others were distinguished guests from the Ming Dynasty, and they were still invited by the ancestor to come over, the expressions of the two elders Lin Lan and Lin Feng immediately became solemn, and the gaze of Chen Ning and the others also changed.

The Ming Dynasty, this is a much more powerful imperial power than the Lin family.

"Welcome a few distinguished guests from the Ming Dynasty to my Lin family as guests, the arrival of a few of them really makes my Lin family shine, please inside, please inside." Elder Lin Lan's face was full of enthusiasm, and with a smile on his face, he invited Chen Ning and the others into the Lin family.

"Lin Lan and Lin Feng, two elders, you go and go busy with your affairs, the two of us will immediately bring a few distinguished guests to meet the ancestor." Elder Wang said with a smile.

As soon as they heard the ancestor, the two of them immediately stood in awe, the ancestor of the Lin family obviously had a very high status in the hearts of the two of them.

"Then the two of us won't delay the precious time of a few distinguished guests, Elder Jia, Elder Wang, and the matter of entertaining distinguished guests will trouble you." Elder Lin Feng said with a faint smile, since he learned that Chen Ning and the others were from the Ming Dynasty, the attitude of the two of them had also become modest.

After bidding farewell to the two elders, Elder Wang took Chen Ning and the others into the Lin family, and then came to a magnificent hall in the center of the Lin family.

As soon as a few people came here, a middle-aged man immediately ran out of the main hall and said, "Elder Wang, Elder Jia, the old master is already waiting in the main hall, please let the two elders bring the guests in." ”

The second elder nodded slightly, and then brought Chen Ning and the five national teachers of the Ming Dynasty into the main hall together.

The hall is very empty, but it is full of a majestic and grand atmosphere, although the layout inside is very simple, but Chen Ning can clearly feel the magnificent momentum that spreads invisibly in this hall, which is no less than the palace of the Ming Dynasty.

The existence of this hall is obviously very long, although it is built of precious stones, but it is still not immune to the washing of the years, so that every place in the entire hall has left traces of the years, giving people a simple and desolate feeling.

Chen Ning looked around, and saw that there were more than 20 chairs on both sides of the main hall, and more than a dozen old men over seventy years old were sitting quietly on the chairs without saying a word, their eyes slightly closed.

And on the high throne directly in front of him, an old man in a white robe with crane hair and a childish face sat cross-legged on his knees, the old man smiled, giving people a kind and amiable feeling, as if he were a kind old grandfather.

Just as Chen Ning and a group of people followed Wang Jia and the second elder into the main hall, more than a dozen old men sitting quietly on both sides opened their eyes at the same time, and their eyes flashed with essence, looking at Chen Ning and the six people curiously.

"Old master, the distinguished guest has been brought, this is the distinguished guest invited by the ancestor, and these people behind him are the national teachers of the Ming Dynasty." Coming to the center of the main hall, Elder Feng arched his hand to the old man sitting on the first place.

"In Xia Chenning, I have seen the head of the Lin family!" Chen Ning arched his hand with a smile on his face.

The old man sitting cross-legged on the throne looked at Chen Ning with a smile on his face, and said, "It is really a great honor for my Lin family to be a guest of the Ming Dynasty's protector of the country, please take a seat!" ”

Since the destruction of the Heavenly Eagle Kingdom caused a lot of trouble in this area, all the big and small forces were highly concerned, so the high-level of the Lin family had already investigated Chen Ning's identity in the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Ning and the five national teachers of the Ming Dynasty were also not polite, and they each found a free seat on both sides and sat down.

As soon as a few people sat down, the old head of the Lin family, who was sitting cross-legged on the throne, said: "Let's introduce myself, the old man is the head of the first two generations of the Lin family, but he has been out of office for more than sixty years, and he originally concentrated on finding a clean place in the back mountain to concentrate on cultivation, and rarely asked about family affairs." But this time, because of the visit of the distinguished guests of the Ming Dynasty, the stakes are very high, so the old man had to personally go out to greet the distinguished guests, if there is any neglect, please also ask a few distinguished guests to understand. ”

Next, Chen Ning and the old head of the Lin family exchanged a few words of greetings, and soon got to the point.

"Protector of the country, this time I invite you to my Lin family as a guest, in addition to the ancestor has important matters to discuss with the protector of the country, our Lin family also has a little misunderstanding, hoping to resolve it with the protector of the country." The old man continued.

"Old master, you should call me Chen Ning directly, so that I can listen to it more pleasantly, as for the things to be discussed, it doesn't hurt for the old master to say it directly." Chen Ning said with a slight smile.

"It's okay, then I'll call you Chen Ning directly." The old master thought for a moment and said, "Chen Ning, we have already learned the details of what happened in the trial space of the trial dao conference from Ruoyan's mouth, and here, on behalf of the Lin family, we sincerely thank you for saving the Sun and Moon Bow for us." ”

Although the soldiers of the earth level are the most important treasures for every family, the trial dao conference once every fifty years is also very important, and even let the big forces like the Lin family, the Shi family, and the Ming Dynasty all go to great lengths to compete for this first place, because all the contestants who win the first place are qualified to enter the holy land to cultivate for a period of time, which can lay a foundation for breaking through the Xuanzun realm in the future. Therefore, among every top family, if there is a person with outstanding talent, they will do their best to help them improve their strength, just hoping to win the first place in the trial dao conference, even if it is not good, they will get the top few rankings, and win a ground-level mystic technique to bring back to the family.

And Lin Ruoyan is the most talented person among the younger generation of the Lin family, and he is also a member of the family, and he has broken through to the realm of the half-step Xuan King at a young age, so the ancestor of the Lin family is willing to hand over the soldiers of the ground level to Lin Ruoyan, just hoping that she can represent the Lin family to shine at the trial conference and try her best to get the first place.

And once she obtained the qualification to enter the Holy Land to cultivate, with the extraordinary talent that Lin Ruoyan showed when she was young, it was very likely that she would break through to the realm of Xuanzun in the future, and this was the scene where she took the Sun and Moon Bow, the soldiers of the Lin family's ground level, to participate in the trial dao conference.

It's just that everyone in the Lin family miscalculated everything that happened in the trial space, because no one would have thought that the Shi family would use the special terrain in the trial space to snatch the Lin family's sun and moon bow, and under this defenselessness, the Lin family almost lost their family's ground level soldiers, and later thanks to Chen Ning, they safely brought the earth level soldiers of the sun and moon bow back to the Huang family.

Listening to the old master's words of gratitude, Chen Ning smiled indifferently and said: "I once had a relationship with Miss Ruoyan in Xia, and because of some things, I owed Miss Ruoyan, and what happened in the trial space of Tianxia City was just to make up for the debt I once owed to Miss Ruoyan, so the old master didn't have to take this matter to heart." ”

The old family owner didn't know what happened between Chen Ning and Lin Ruoyan, and he just thought that this was just a polite remark from Chen Ning, but he didn't dwell on this issue too much.

"And then there's the second thing." The old master continued to speak, but at this moment, the look on his face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and he looked at Chen Ning apologetically, "Chen Ning, we all know what happened a few days ago, it was just a misunderstanding, I hope you don't take it to heart, as for Elder Yan, he has already been severely punished by us." ”

Chen Ning waved his hand and said indifferently: "I have long forgotten what happened at the beginning, the old master doesn't have to take it to heart, speaking of which, all this is caused by the Qiangan Kingdom." ”

Seeing that Chen Ning was not pursuing the unhappiness that happened because of Xuanzun's skeleton, the old family master was finally relieved, after all, this is the protector of the Ming Dynasty, and he must not be easily offended, and aside from the protector of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Ning himself is still the benefactor of the Lin family, and the Lin family really can't do ungrateful things.

Just when the old master was about to continue to say something, he suddenly looked stunned, but quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Chen Ning, the ancestor wants to see you, please come with me, I will take you to the back mountain of the ancestor retreat." Elder Wang, Elder Jia, the two of you will entertain all the distinguished guests of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Next, the five Xiaotian followed the second elder and left here, while Chen Ning went to the back mountain with the old head of the Lin family.

Chen Ning followed behind the old master of the Lin family and rushed towards the back mountain, and soon stopped at the top of a sword-shaped mountain peak that went straight into the sky.

This sword-shaped mountain is more than 6,000 meters high, standing above the vast sea of clouds, and as far as the eye can see, the surrounding body is white and boundless, and the scenery under the clouds cannot be seen at all.

The peak itself is not large, only 100 meters in diameter, but the upper half of the peak looks as if it has been cut in half by a heavenly knife, so the top of the mountain looks completely like a flat ground, without the slightest unevenness.

And in the middle of the top of the mountain, there was a small wooden house standing alone, enduring the howling cold wind all year round, this scene seemed to make Chen Ning feel a sense of loneliness in his heart.

"Ancestor, the distinguished guest has been brought." The old head of the Lin family bent down and saluted, and said to the cabin with a respectful expression.

"Chen Ning Xiaoyou, come in!" An old voice came from inside the cabin.

Chen Ning arched his hand at the cabin, and then walked towards the cabin without hesitation, while the old head of the Lin family didn't stay here for long, turned around and left the mountain.

In front of the cabin, Chen Ning pushed the door directly in. Since this wooden house was too small and there were no furnishings in it, as soon as Chen Ning stepped into the wooden house, he saw an old man in a white robe.

The old man has a childish face, a pale hair is curled into a small bag and entrenched on his head, and a wooden hairpin passes through the middle, looking indirect and capable, his legs are crossed on a piece of jade, his hands are placed in front of his lower abdomen, and his face is a peaceful smile, giving people a kind of fairy wind and bone charm.

"In Xia Chen Ning, I have seen my predecessors!" Chen Ning bent down and saluted, with a look of respect on his face, after all, this was a hermit powerhouse of the Xuanzun class.

The ancestor of the Lin family had a pair of eyes blazing, bright as the moon, as if he could see the bottom of people's hearts, he looked at Chen Ning carefully, smiled, and nodded incessantly.

Facing the gaze of the ancestor of the Lin family, Chen Ning suddenly had a feeling that his whole body was being seen through, in front of the ancestor of the Lin family, Chen Ning felt as if he had stripped off all the clothes on his body, and his whole body was naked in the eyes of the ancestor of the Huang family, without any secrets.

The eyes of the ancestor of the Huang family soon became bland, and he no longer had the edge he had before, and praised: "It is worthy of being a person with the posture of a genius in the sky, not only has he reached the realm of King Xuan at such an age, but he is also not arrogant or impatient, calm as a mountain, it is really rare to be able to do this at such a young age, no wonder the Ming Dynasty is willing to be so relieved and bold to let such a young person serve as the protector of the country, because they not only see your talent, but also probe your personality and character." ”

The words of the ancestor of the Lin family made Chen Ning feel shocked, and he thought a little higher about the strength of the Xuanzun class again, but he didn't expect them to be able to see through themselves with just their eyes, which was really terrifying. But then, Chen Ning also felt a little worried in his heart, and he didn't know if these Xuanzun could see that he no longer had the secret of the natal weapon and the purple and green sword spirit.

However, seeing the look on the face of the ancestor of the Lin family, Chen Ning suddenly relaxed, because from the expression of the ancestor of the Lin family, it was clear that he did not know all the secrets on his body, otherwise, if they learned that a person without a natal weapon still had such a powerful strength, I am afraid that Rao Yixuanzun's state of mind would also feel very shocked, and he would not have shown such a calm state of mind at all.

Because the fate of the destruction of the natal weapon is either death or waste, this has long been an indisputable fact on the Xuantian Continent, and Chen Ning is just an alternative.

"The seniors have praised it, although they have made some meager achievements in the lower districts, how can they be as good as the seniors said, compared with the seniors, with the strength in the lower districts, it is really not worth mentioning." Chen Ning arched his hand and said, with an indifferent smile on his face, neither humble nor arrogant.

Hearing these words, the ancestor of the Lin family smiled, stretched out his hand to stroke the long beard on his chin, and said: "The old man has reached the current achievement, it has taken more than 1,300 years, recalling that at the beginning, when the old man was at your age, his strength had not yet broken through to the half-step Xuan King, and he was still wandering in the realm of the Great Xuan Master. ”

Chen Ning did not have the slightest pride on his face, he had the memory of two lifetimes, he had experienced many hardships and tribulations, and encountered a lot of winds and waves, and he had wandered between the two worlds of yin and yang countless times, which was completely different from those rich disciples who grew up in the greenhouse since he was a child, because his state of mind had already been tempered thousands of times.

"The seniors laughed, the future, who can say it clearly, although there are some achievements in the present, but there is still a long way to go, maybe when the next has not reached the realm of the predecessors, it will die halfway." Chen Ning's tone was very flat.

Hearing this, the ancestor of the Lin family nodded with great approval, and said: "What you said also makes sense, the Xuantian Continent has a large population, and people with outstanding talents abound, and there are even many geniuses with outstanding talents, but among these geniuses, there are not many people who can really succeed in going on, and many people either die halfway or fall in the cradle of growth." ”

The ancestor of the Lin family was stunned, stared at Chen Ning with a pair of plain eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not talk about such useless nonsense, Chen Ning, do you know why the old man asked you to come here." ”

"Forgive me for being ignorant, please be able to explain to my seniors!" Chen Ning said.

The ancestor of the Lin family stood up and said, "The room is really a little too small, let's go outside and talk about it." With that, the ancestor of the Lin family walked straight into the cabin.

When Chen Ning walked out of the wooden house, he found that around the mountain peak he was sitting on, a transparent barrier had appeared at some point, completely enveloping the entire mountain peak, and in the middle of the enchantment, the howling wind in the air could not be felt at all.

Not far away, a stone table completely condensed by the power of the earth element slowly rose from the ground, and the ancestor of the Lin family was already sitting in front of the stone table.

"Sit down!" The ancestor of the Lin family said to Chen Ning.

Chen Ning did not hesitate, came to the stone table and sat down.

The ancestor of the Lin family took out a jade bottle and two wine glasses from the space ring, poured a glass for Chen Ning personally, and said, "This place has been isolated by the old man with an enchantment, not only can the sound of our conversation not be heard, but the scene inside cannot be seen from the outside at all. ”

Chen Ning knew that the next conversation of the Lin family ancestor was the point, and his expression became solemn at the moment, but he did not speak, and quietly waited for the next step of the Lin family ancestor.

"Chen Ning, the old man invited you today, the most important thing is that I want to discuss with the Ming Dynasty, and since you are the protector of the Ming Dynasty, your status is comparable to the king of the Ming Dynasty, and you can fully represent the Ming Dynasty." The ancestor of the Huang family said.

Chen Ning thought for a while and said, "I don't know what the seniors want to discuss with the juniors. ”

The ancestor of the Lin family was not in a hurry to answer, he gently took a sip of the wine in the cup, and pondered for a moment before he began to say: "Chen Ning, the old man doesn't like to beat around the bush, so let's explain it directly, our Lin family hopes to be allies with the Ming Dynasty, if the Ming Dynasty can help our Lin family through the current difficulties, then our Lin family will be grateful." ”

"Senior, can you tell me what difficulties the Xia Lin family has encountered, is it because of the Shi family's affairs?" Chen Ning asked.

The ancestor of the Lin family shook his head and said, "If it is only the Shi family, it will not be enough to persecute our Lin family to such a point, and the most important thing for all this is because of the Hongfu family." ”

"The Hongfu family? Senior, could it be that the strength of this Hongfu family is stronger than that of the Shi family? Chen Ning was aroused.

The ancestor of the Lin family nodded and said, "Yes, this Hongfu family is indeed stronger than the Shi family, because there are a total of two Xuanzun and two earth-level soldiers in the Hongfu family!" ”

"What! Two Xuanzun! Chen Ning's face was full of shock, in the Xuantian Continent, the family power with one Xuanzun was already a top family, and there were actually two Xuanzun in the Hongfu family, and the strength was not much different from that of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing Chen Ning's shocked look, the Lin family ancestor smiled faintly and said, "Chen Ning, you don't have to worry so much, although the Hongfu family has two Xuanzun, their strength is in the realm of the second heaven and the third heaven, even if both of them have earth-level soldiers, the old man alone can deal with the two of them." ”

Hearing this, Chen Ning was shocked again in his heart, and his gaze at the ancestor of the Lin family suddenly changed, he was able to fight two Xuanzun with earth-level soldiers by himself, so how many heavens did the strength of the ancestor of the Lin family reach Xuanzun? Is it the Four Heavens? Or above the four heavens.

The ancestor of the Lin family continued: "The depth of the grievances between our Lin family and the Hongfu family has long reached the point where it cannot be resolved, but it was caused by the ancestors thousands of years ago, but all along, the strength of our Lin family and the Hongfu family is almost the same, even if they fight, they will end up with a lose-lose situation at most, so the two of us have not had large-scale conflicts, but the private fights are continuous and often happen, and the old man has fought with the two Xuanzun of the Hongfu family several times, but they have not played a real fire." ”

"But over the years, the relationship between the Hongfu family and several other big families has become very close, and the Yan family has also been pulled into their camp through marriage, and the attitude towards my Lin family has been repeatedly pressing, faintly with the intention of launching a decisive battle against my Lin family, which has greatly increased the pressure on my Lin family, and it is precisely because of this that when my Lin family's descendants entered the trial space of Tianxia City, the old man did not leave the power of enchantment in her body, in order to preserve her strength to deal with the sudden attack of the Hongfu family and the Yan family at any time."

"It's just that what the old man didn't expect is that the Shi family, who has always been with our Lin family's well water and does not violate the river water, suddenly made a move on our Lin family at this time, trying to seize our Lin family's ground level soldiers, although the old man has a way to forcibly recall the ground level soldiers, but the old man will also hurt his vitality because of this, if there is no ground level soldiers, the Hongfu family and the Yan family suddenly make trouble at this time, then even if the old man's strength is stronger than them, it is difficult to block their joint efforts, it can be seen that the Shi family is either co-opted by the Hongfu family, or secretly reached an agreement."

The ancestor of the Lin family had a helpless look on his face, and sighed: "One Hongfu family and the Yan family is enough for our Lin family to face a lot of pressure, but now there is another Shi family, if the three of them join forces, it is far from what our Lin family can resist, so our Lin family urgently needs to find a strong foreign aid." ”

Hearing this, Chen Ning was also a big head, the situation that the Lin family is facing now is really not optimistic, there are two Xuanzun in the Hongfu family, and the ancestors of the Lin family can barely cope with it, but the participation of the Yan family and the Shi family is equivalent to setting up at least two great enemies of the Xuanzun realm for the Lin family, and with the strength of the ancestor of the Lin family, it is obviously impossible to cope with the combination of the four Xuanzun.

And the motive of the Lin family's ancestor and the Ming Dynasty alliance, Chen Ning is also very clear in his heart, it is nothing more than wanting to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to protect the Lin family.

Chen Ning hesitated for a moment and said, "Senior, this matter is very important, please forgive me for not being able to make the decision." "Chen Ning really doesn't dare to call the shots in this matter, if he agrees, it is very likely to provoke two powerful enemies for the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty has four holy kings, but the two Xuanzun can still arouse the great attention of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, a scene that happened in the Qing Dynasty also made Chen Ning feel a little bad, in his opinion, the two Xuanzun of the Ming Dynasty are in person, even if they don't fight with the protector of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will definitely have to pay some price to settle this matter.

But in the end, the result of the matter was beyond Chen Ning's expectations, nothing happened in the Qing Dynasty, and the two Xuanzun of the Ming Dynasty left with a solemn face, which also made Chen Ning feel very bad in his heart, and he was faintly worried in his heart, although he didn't know what the two Xuanzun of the Ming Dynasty and the protector of the Qing Dynasty said, but since the two Xuanzun of the Ming Dynasty could show such a look, the matter must be related to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, at this critical moment, Chen Ning did not dare to set up more foreign enemies for the Qin Imperial State.