Chapter 18: Ethnic Comparison
When the morning light broke through the shackles of the clouds and projected onto this colorful land, the entire cave cold mountain town surrounded by the icy mountain range was also in an uproar, and the warmth of the scorching sun reflected the enthusiasm in people's hearts.
The venue of the Chu family's clan comparison was chosen on the martial arts platform where the spirit summoning ceremony was held, because the bone spirit tablet was shattered for some reason, the people in the family used their convenience to transform it into a wide fighting battlefield, which was enough to accommodate nearly a thousand people around.
And those townspeople of Guhanshan Town, who had hardly slept all night, also gathered here early like ant colonies, and the noise here reached an unprecedented level.
Under the leadership of Chu Fengnan, Chu Muyun and his party quickly melted into the noisy crowd and did not attract much attention.
Because almost half of the eyes of the people were locked on the guest seats before the battle.
Chu Muyun, who was dressed in a pale blue family robe like water, also followed the burning gaze of everyone and looked from afar, and on the guest seats arranged in order next to the main seat, there were some obvious faces chatting with several elders in the family.
And behind those faces, there were also several young people and girls who had never met before, holding their hands and arms and looking at the juniors of the Chu family who were about to participate in the competition.
Chu Muyun looked at the strangers who were about the same age as him, and vaguely guessed the origin from their different clothes. As he expected, these people came from Xingyun Town, Deadwood Town, Lingchan Town, and Bronze Town outside the Cave Cold Mountain Range, and they were also the Quartet family forces that received the qualification for the Qingyun Order selection competition a month later, in addition to the Chu family.
Chu Muyun is very familiar with these four forces, and he is familiar with the true source of these four forces.
Like the Chu family in Guhanshan Town, they have clan support in the Loulan Imperial City, and behind these four small towns are the four major families in the Imperial City.
The purpose of this trip of the Quartet family must be to have a glimpse of the true strength of the juniors of the Chu family, and to know oneself and know the other in order to have the certainty of winning the championship in the subsequent Qingyun Order.
"Father hasn't come back yet, what should I do?" Chu Mulei, who had always been silent in Chu Fengnan's squad, looked at Chu Muyun with a little anxiety in his words.
"Don't worry, big brother, I believe that the uncle will definitely arrive......" Chu Muyun patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to feel at ease.
Chu Muyu, who followed closely behind her brother, stared at her brother's handsome and reassuring smile with glass-like eyes, and her worried heart became more and more uneasy.
She silently raised her head and looked at the blue sky, and could only recite the most pious prayer in her heart, hoping that everyone could spend this day safely...... Even if you really want to marry that nasty guy!
Thinking of this uneasily, she suddenly had a very afraid fear of losing, and her little face with seven points of victory over snow and three points of red over plum showed a look of pity.
She followed closely, and her slender jade hands tightly held Chu Muyun's arm, no matter whether there were thousands or thousands of people gathered here, no matter how hot everyone's eyes were, and whether they were pointing fingers or not, at this moment, she just wanted to be a sister who had been wronged.
However, when she felt a familiar force and held her little hand tightly again, she stared at her brother's handsome side face, and regained her almost blind trust!
She knew that her brother would do whatever it took to protect her!
When Chu Fengnan and the others were looking for a place to sit down, the crowd around them suddenly boiled.
Chu Muyun's eyes were also attracted by the noise, and he suddenly looked in the direction of the gate.
There, there was a large crowd of people pouring in in an orderly manner, and at the head of the crowd was an old man in plain clothes and full of white hair. The old man's steps were steady, giving people a rather tough feeling, and his deep eyes carried the majesty of not being angry and arrogant, and he was quite arrogant.
This person is the patriarch of the Chu family, Chu Jia's grandfather, Chu Zhenlin.
Behind Chu Zhenlin, Chu Fengxia and Chu Jia followed closely, and Chu Fengxia, who had cultivated a slender figure from the family's battle robe, attracted many young and fiery eyes in the past along the way.
As soon as the patriarch of the Chu family appeared, the people of Guhanshan Town were enthusiastic, and Chu Zhenlin also restrained his breath, greeted those villagers with a smile, and then stopped in the center of the seat, and exchanged a few words of greeting with the guests from the Quartet family.
Just as he was about to sit down, his restrained eyes inadvertently met Chu Muyun's clear gaze, and then his gaze shifted from Chu Muyun without hesitation, and finally locked on the old figure beside Chu Muyun......
Chu Zhenlin's steady footsteps dragged everyone's eyes in surprise, and stopped in front of Chu Fengnan.
"Patriarch!" Chu Fengnan also got up slowly and saluted Chu Zhenlin.
Chu Fengnan's movements seemed a little sluggish, and in the eyes of many people, he seemed to be pretending to be a gesture, and it was disrespectful to the patriarch of the Chu family, so many people were angry.
However, the sturdy patriarch of the Chu family didn't think so, he knew the physical condition of the old guy in front of him, who was about to give his hand, so when Chu Fengnan was about to bow his hand, he held him with a smile on his face, which made everyone puzzled.
"Patriarch Grandpa......" Chu Muyun and the three people on the side also got up and shouted.
"Hehe, the three little ones have grown taller again......" Chu Zhenlin's natural smile was completely different from when he had dealt with guests before, and his face was full of kindness and guilt.
"I've been in retreat these days, and I only learned about Muyu and Liancheng yesterday. Don't worry, as long as the little girl is unwilling, this battle won't be able to start today......" Chu Zhenlin looked at the figure in front of him who was thinner and older than him, and couldn't help but think of the scene when the two met for the first and only time.
The daring and graceful son of the clan back then, and the only time he met, saved his life, but now in front of his eyes, he was so sick, and sighed with emotion in his heart.
"You've done enough in the seven years you've been in this cave Hanshan Town. Sometimes I'm also worried, what can this crippled body do to repay your kindness in the remaining years!" Chu Fengnan also smiled.
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There were more and more discussions in the crowd, and there were more and more strange eyes from them towards Chu Fengnan and the others.
In the end, under the urging of the director, Chu Zhenlin returned to his seat.
Chu Zhenlin's gaze was as sharp as a sword, as if sweeping through everyone with a gust of autumn cold wind, and the noisy sounds around the battlefield gradually calmed down like ripples.
Everyone cast their eager eyes on the mighty old patriarch, and the clan ratio of the Chu family was finally about to kick off.
And the faces of the Seven Elders and the others, who had seen the previous curtain from afar, gradually became gloomy and cold as the crowd quieted.
"Hmph, eccentric old fellow, I want to see how you managed to take this battle under the eyes of everyone!" Chu Xiu clenched his palms and exchanged glances with the polite young man beside him.
The corners of Chu Liancheng's mouth curved a little, and a faint spiritual light gradually appeared around him.