"What is it that makes it so mysterious that my father won't even let me go?" Looking at Xue Hongze and Ling Feng, who were getting farther and farther away, Xue Xiaoxiao pursed her lips with a look of displeasure.

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Ling Feng followed behind Xue Hongze, the two of them turned left and right in the Imperial Garden, and walked about a cup of tea, just when Ling Feng couldn't hold it back, Xue Hongze paused, pointed ahead, and said, "It's here, it's there." ”

Ling Feng looked in the direction of Xue Hongze's finger, and saw a huge artificial lake in front of him, and a very simple wooden house was built on the edge of the lake, with colorful and various flowers planted around the wooden house, and a few butterflies dancing among the flowers, and the whole environment was extremely elegant and clear.

"I didn't expect that there was such an elegant and beautiful place in the palace. Looking at the red flowers and green water in front of him, Ling Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"You come with me. Xue Hongze beckoned to Ling Feng and led him straight to the wooden house by the lake.

Ling Feng followed behind Xue Hongze and said secretly, "It seems that the person he said should be the owner of this wooden house." Being able to live in the royal family's imperial garden, it seems that this person's identity is very unusual. ”

The closer he got to the wooden house, Xue Hongze, who was originally extremely majestic in front of people, had a heavy look on his face, and the original awe-inspiring aura of a king on his body no longer existed.

Seeing the change in the momentum on Xue Hongze's body, Ling Feng couldn't help but become more and more puzzled in his heart, and he was even more curious about the mysterious person.

Bypassing the flowers, Xue Hongze and Ling Feng came to the edge of the lake where the autumn waves were shining, and at a glance, they saw that on the edge of the lake not far ahead, a thin back figure was sitting there quietly with a fishing rod in his hand, the whole person was motionless like a stone sculpture, and beside him was a fish bucket used to put fish. If it weren't for the clothes and gray hair on his body blown by the breeze, Ling Feng would have really mistaken it for a stone sculpture.

"Is that him?" Ling Feng glanced at the figure of the old man in front of him and whispered to Xue Hongze.

Xue Hongze nodded, put his finger to his mouth and made a silent gesture to Ling Feng. Ling Feng understood that Xue Hongze must be afraid that their words would disturb the old man fishing, so he immediately stopped talking. The two of them stood there far away, quietly waiting for the old man to finish fishing.

Being able to make Emperor Xue Hongze wait with his head bowed to the side, Ling Feng was now sure that the old man definitely had a very high status in the royal family.

As the minutes passed, the old man seemed to have noticed that someone was coming, and he remained motionless, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

After another moment, suddenly, the fish floating on the surface of the lake suddenly sank downward, and it was obvious that a fish had bitten the bait and had already taken the bait. At this time, the old man, who had not moved at all, lifted his arm upwards and quickly put away the fishing rod, and his movements were no less fast than that of a sturdy young man.

"Poof!"

The sound of the object breaking through the water sounded, and a red carp about a foot long was fished out of the lake by the old man.

"Haha!" the old man laughed happily and put the carp into the bucket beside him. Then carrying the fish bucket, he turned around and walked towards Ling Feng and Xue Hongze.

Ling Feng saw at a glance that the old man was about seventy years old, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and a kind face, which invisibly made people want to get closer. And what surprised Ling Feng the most was that he originally thought that this old man who made Xue Hongze awe-inspiring must be an extremely powerful powerhouse of the royal family, but Ling Feng found that the old man did not have a trace of martial arts aura on his body, and he couldn't sense any spiritual power fluctuations on his body at all!

While Ling Feng was puzzled, the old man walked over slowly, glanced at Xue Hongze, and said with a smile: "Xiao Ze, didn't you just come here yesterday, why did you come to my old man again today, is there something wrong?"

"Xiao Ze!" Hearing that the old man actually called Xue Hongze, the human emperor above 10,000 people, "Xiao Ze", Ling Feng's eyelids couldn't help jumping, and he exclaimed: "Who is this old man, it seems that people and animals are unharmed, and his face is kind, but even Xue Hongze has to add the word 'small' in front of him!"

While Ling Feng was shocked in his heart, Xue Hongze bowed to the old man and said respectfully, "Didn't you say yesterday that you were interested in that young man surnamed Ling. Today, I deliberately tried his strength according to your request, and only then did I dare to bring him over. As he spoke, he pointed to Ling Feng beside him.

"Oh?" Hearing Xue Hongze's words, the old man turned his soft gaze to Ling Feng, looked him up and down, and smiled, "Young man, are you the Ling Feng that Xiao Ze said he said?"

Swept away by the old man's soft gaze, Ling Feng suddenly felt an incomparably relaxed sense of comfort, although it was only the first time he saw the old man, he didn't have the slightest vigilance against him.

"Seniors, juniors are not talented, it is Ling Feng. Ling Feng replied respectfully.

"You are only eighteen years old to be able to reach the peak realm of the little innate nature, and you will definitely have a bright future in the future!" the old man smiled at Ling Feng and introduced himself, "Old man, my name is Xue Tianhong, and I am Xiao Ze's uncle, you can call me 'Xue Lao' in the future." ”

Hearing that the old man actually revealed his identity to Ling Feng, Xue Hongze couldn't help but be shocked. He knew that his uncle had never liked to reveal his name and identity to others, and even his three sons and daughters did not know his identity. However, when he met Ling Feng for the first time today, Xue Tianhong actually told him all his name and identity, which had to surprise Xue Hongze.

However, Ling Feng didn't know that Xue Tianhong rarely revealed his identity to others, let alone what that meant, so he just nodded slightly and said respectfully: "Xue Lao." ”

Xue Tianhong smiled slightly, and looked at Ling Feng approvingly, as if he was looking at a piece of jade: "If you need anything in the future, just say it, our royal family will definitely spare no effort to support your cultivation." ”

Ling Feng's growth is obvious to all, and a rare genius like him in a thousand years will definitely be cultivated by the Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family.

"Thank you, Xue Lao. Ling Feng clenched his fists and thanked him. He knew that this Xue Tianhong was trying to win himself over for the long-term interests of their Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family. With his own talent, if nothing else, he will definitely be able to grow into a strong party in the future. Now that they are cultivating themselves, they will naturally take care of the Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family at that time.

Xue Tianhong looked at Xue Hongze with a pair of old eyes: "Xiao Ze, I heard that your eldest son and second son have been targeting Ling Feng Xiaoyou and his family. You go back and supervise them for me, if they still dare to be unfavorable to the Ling family, don't stay in the royal family in the future, and demote them to commoners!"

Hearing this, Xue Hongze did not hesitate at all, and immediately nodded in agreement.

Ling Feng was relieved.

Although he was not afraid of the eldest prince and the second prince, after all, they had extremely large forces, and once it was unfavorable to his own people, Ling Feng was really afraid that something would happen. Now, with the words of Xue Tianhong, who even the human emperor Xue Hongze respects very much, Ling Feng believes that no matter how bold the eldest prince and the second prince are, they will no longer dare to be unfavorable to the Ling family.

"Well, people are old and tend to get sleepy. Ling Feng, little friend, we have time to change and talk again. Xue Tianhong yawned and beckoned to Xue Hongze, "Xiao Ze, help me back to the wooden house to rest." ”

Xue Hongze hurriedly walked to Xue Tianhong's side and grabbed his arm.

Seeing that the other party had given the order to evict the guest, Ling Feng no longer hesitated, bowed his hand, said goodbye to the two of them, and walked back along the road he came from alone, thinking about it in his heart as he walked.

In front of Xue Tianhong, the human emperor Xue Hongze didn't even dare to take a breath, why did he make Xue Hongze so respectful? And why did he see himself in person? Even if he wooed himself, there was no need to go out in person?

Is it just to see yourself?

Just as Ling Feng was thinking about it, a "blazing" stern warning voice came out of his mind: "Do you know that your kid almost lost his life just now!"

"What!" Ling Feng raised his eyebrows and exclaimed, "Why do you say that?"

"That old man is a master of the Gathering Spirit Realm, and he has used his soul power to explore the mysteries of your body three or four times, if I hadn't wrapped the Heaven Turning Seal in your body with my soul power and isolated his exploration, he would definitely be able to discover the secret of your Heaven Turning Seal just now, and when the time comes, even if you sacrifice the Heaven Turning Seal, you will definitely die!"

"What! That Xue Tianhong turned out to be a powerhouse in the Spirit Gathering Realm?" Ling Feng was taken aback, his face full of incredulity, "But why can't I detect a trace of spiritual power fluctuations from him at all?"