Chapter 009: Antecedents and Consequences

After Yan Shuangling slammed the door and left, in the woods far away from the cave room, the figure of Yan Zhenyu, the third elder of the Yan family, was revealed. He looked at his daughter's distant back, and then looked at the newlywed cave room where Chu Tianshu lived alone, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Third brother, I told you a long time ago that after Shuangling and Chu Tianshu got married, your best choice was to ignore it. But after all, you can't help but ask for trouble. With the sound of speaking, a middle-aged man of the same age as Yan Zhenyu appeared in the depths of the woods.

This middle-aged man was thin and elegant, and he did not come out of the woods, but sat in a wheelchair and drove with both hands shaking the wheels, obviously a disabled person with inconvenient legs.

Yan Zhenyu smiled bitterly: "Second brother, you still talk about me." If you could have done it, you wouldn't be here now. ”

This middle-aged man in a wheelchair is none other than Yan Zhenxuan, the second elder of the Yan family and Yan Shuangfei's father. When he was young, Yan Zhenxuan had excellent qualifications and was promoted extremely quickly, and he was once one of the most dazzling geniuses in Tianfeng City. It's a pity that ten years ago, when he entered the mountains to carry out the family mission, he was killed by a poisonous hand, and his legs were crippled.

Hearing Yan Zhenyu say this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly on his face: "Alas, it's all us old things who are useless and have no ability to fight for the interests of the family, but we have to sacrifice a little girl's marital happiness." I feel guilty in my heart, how can I ignore it...... I really regret the idea now. Originally, with Shuangling's talent, he would definitely be able to marry a hero and live a happy life, but now he has all been ruined by me!"

Yan Zhenyu said emotionally: "Second brother, how can I blame you for this! Born in the family, he has enjoyed all kinds of benefits and conveniences provided by the family since he was a child, and when the family is in need, no one has the right to stay out of the matter. Just like you, when you went to the mountains for the benefit of your family, you knew that you would risk life and death when you set off, but you didn't flinch. Because of this, you have crippled your legs, and you don't have any blame for the family. If it were me, as long as it was beneficial to the family, I would not hesitate. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Among the young people of our Yan family's generation, Shuang Ling has the best talent and the greatest potential. Only by leaving her in the Yan family in the way of recruiting can she have the opportunity to learn the core exercises and martial arts of our Yan family, and only then will she have the opportunity to help our Yan family win the ownership of the leyline spirit cave in this year's Spirit Cave Competition. Our Yan family hasn't won the right to use the Earth Vein Spirit Cave for twenty consecutive years, and we really can't afford to lose!"

Speaking of the Earth Vein Spirit Cave, the expressions of Yan Zhenxuan and Yan Zhenyu both became solemn.

Tianfeng City is located on the southwest edge of the Cloud Desolate Continent, and there are countless lofty mountains and mountains outside the city, stretching for thousands of miles. Many years ago, someone in Tianfeng City discovered a magical cave in the nearby mountains, the cave should be connected to the spiritual veins underground, which is not only full of heaven and earth spiritual energy, but also extremely pure.

Between heaven and earth, there is not only the aura of heaven and earth, but also a large amount of miscellaneous qi. In the daily cultivation of martial artists, they must first eliminate the miscellaneous qi absorbed into their bodies, and then they can condense and transform the remaining heaven and earth spiritual qi. This will naturally greatly affect the efficiency of cultivation.

However, if you cultivate in this earth vein spirit cave, because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is full and pure, there is no need to eliminate this step at all, and the speed of cultivation and promotion will be much faster than outside the cave.

Such a magical Cave Heaven Blessed Land has caused the three most powerful families in Tianfeng City, the Yan family, the Mo family, and the Ouyang family, to fight desperately.

After a series of battles, the three major families were all hit hard, their talents withered, and of course, no one was able to enjoy the benefits of accelerated cultivation in the leyline spirit cave safely.

In order to put an end to this situation, the heads of the three major families sat together and finally reached an agreement after difficult negotiations. It was decided that every five years, a spiritual cave competition would be held, and only young people under the age of 18 from the three major families could participate. In the end, the teenager of the family who wins the championship in the competition and beats the heroes can win the right to use the leyline spirit cave for the family for five years.

Originally, in Tianfeng City, the Yan family was the strongest family. But in recent years, there has been no top young talent in the family, and it has not won the right to use the leyline spirit cave for twenty consecutive years. This directly led to the number and strength of the Yan family's top masters opening up the gap with the other two, and the comprehensive strength continued to decline, losing the title of "The First Family of Tianfeng City". Even some of the previous spheres of influence and economic interests have gradually begun to be encroached upon by others, and there is a tendency to be unable to keep them.

If they can't win the right to use the Earth Vein Spirit Cave again this time, the Yan family's situation in Tianfeng City will be even more difficult, and they will even be at risk of being removed from the list.

After all, for so many years, the relationship between the Yan family, the Mo family, and the Ouyang family has been complicated, and although they can still maintain peace on the surface, they have a lot of conflicts and grudges in private. If you don't have enough strength to protect yourself, it's not impossible to be wiped out overnight.

Fortunately, among the school-age teenagers of the Yan family's generation, there is a talented Yan Shuangling. The eighteen-year-old master of the Great Perfection level of the Ning Yuan Realm has fully possessed the strength to compete for the championship of the Spirit Cave Competition.

But unfortunately, Yan Shuangling is a girl.

According to the rules of the Yan clan, the core exercises and martial arts of the family are passed on to men but not to women, so as not to cause leakage after the girl gets married. Although Yan Shuangling's cultivation was also the Yan family's most famous exercise, Tianhe Yuan Gong, she could only learn the first half.

Originally, if she cultivated to reach the Great Perfection of the Ning Yuan Realm, she would be able to obtain the teaching of the second half of Tianhe Yuan Gong, but because of her status as a woman, she was never taught, and her cultivation progress was greatly affected.

Faced with this situation, after Yan Zhenxuan's consideration, he proposed to Yan Zhenyu the idea of asking Yan Shuangling to recruit a son-in-law. In this way, the restrictions of the clan rules can be solved, so that Yan Shuangling can learn the second half of "Tianhe Yuangong", and add more certainty to winning the Lingdong Competition.

The martial arts style prevails in the Cloud Desolate Continent, advocating the strong, not to mention that it is impossible for a person with a superior family background to be a son-in-law, even if he is a young man from a poor background, he is rarely willing. And Yan Zhenxuan only came up with this idea after Yan Shuangling successfully entered the Great Consummation of the Ning Yuan Realm, and there were only eight months left before the day of the Spirit Cave Competition.

In order to try to give Yan Shuangling as much time as possible to cultivate the second half of "Tianhe Yuan Gong", he could no longer slowly select a suitable candidate. In the end, Yan Zhenyu's eyes fell on Chu Tianshu, the son of his friend.

Originally, when Yan Shuangling heard that the family was going to recruit a son-in-law for herself, and the target of the recruitment was still the loser Chu Tianshu, she had fiercely opposed it. But when she listened to her father and second uncle talk about the family crisis and the reason why she had to do this, she was no longer excited and chose to remain silent.

In the end, Yan Shuangling agreed to recruit a son-in-law. The only condition is how to live after getting married, and no one can interfere.

Yan Zhenyu and Yan Zhenxuan were already ashamed, and naturally they would not refuse to agree to this condition.

However, Yan Zhenxuan only has feelings for Yan Shuangling, and he only feels guilty about Yan Shuangling alone. And Yan Zhenyu, in addition to being full of guilt for his daughter, also has a more complicated mentality.

Before Chu Tianshu's father died, he earnestly asked him to help take care of Chu Tianshu. And letting Chu Tianshu get into the redundancy by himself is actually equivalent to cutting off the incense of the Ming family. Therefore, in his heart, he felt a lot of shame for Chu Tianshu's deceased father.

If it's a happy marriage, that's a little better. But now on the wedding night, the bride does not stay in the cave room at all, how can there be happiness at all.

Yan Zhenyu has no choice about this. The only compensation can only be to care more about teaching Chu Tianshu in the future. can let him know his way back and cultivate to become a talent, whether it is for himself or his father under Jiuquan, it can be regarded as an explanation.