Chapter 174: Consumption
"Captain!" Huang Shuyuan saw Bai Yuansheng fall, so he couldn't care about maintaining his enchantment anymore, and his whole body was covered with green fighting qi and immediately rushed towards Li Lanyan.
Li Lanyan withstood Bai Yuansheng's "Zhengyuan Killing Roar" at such a close distance, and although she could barely bear it with the protection of the "Mobao Thick Body Armor", the impact in her body was not light, and the battle with Bai Yuansheng also caused her to consume a lot of fighting energy, and now she may not have a chance to win against Huang Shuyuan.
While she was worried, Li Lanyan suddenly found that there were several faint green lights in the distance that were rapidly approaching, and the one that rushed to the strongest side flashed suddenly, and dozens of pillars of seven or eight meters high Dou Qi tornadoes whistled and blew Huang Shuyuan.
Huang Shuyuan was unprepared, and was blasted out by these fighting spirit tornadoes for a long time, and then several figures also rushed over in turn.
Li Lanyan is very familiar with those fighting tornadoes just now, the fighting skill of the Xu family in Emerald City is the "Whirlwind Tornado Array", and the only one who can exert the "Whirlwind Tornado Array" to such a power is Xu Hongqing, the patriarch of the Xu family!
Li Lanyan raised her eyes and saw that it was Xu Hongqing who saved her in time, and Zhou Yongdi and Zhang Keyan arrived with Xu Hongqing, in addition, there were also bursts of footsteps not far away, it seemed that it should be someone from the Royal Government Guard of the Puxue Empire.
"Niece Xian, are you injured?" Xu Hongqing called very kindly, showing that he cared about Li Lanyan very much.
Li Lanyan replied politely: "Small injury, don't worry, just now I have to thank Uncle Xu for saving me." ”
Xu Hongqing waved his hand generously: "What are you talking about, niece Xian, I have been friends with Li Lie for many years, and his daughter is my daughter, no one can hurt you in front of me!"
Looking at Xu Hongqing's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, Li Lanyan just smiled faintly, and then turned her eyes to Zhou Yongdi: "Teacher Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"Yes, I think I went to teach for a while when you were studying at Rose Academy, but I didn't expect that the reunion many years later would put you in such a situation, I'm really ashamed. Zhou Yong said and swept away Bai Yuansheng, who had fallen to the ground, and on the other side, dozens of members of the Royal Government Guards of the Puxue Empire who finally arrived also set up Huang Shuyuan under the leadership of Zhang Kecao.
Li Lanyan shook her head lightly and asked, "By the way, Teacher Zhou, Uncle Xu, why did you rush over? Didn't Huang Shuyuan set up an enchantment around here to block the fluctuations of Douqi?"
Zhou Yongdi sighed and said, "It was the student named Wei Dianfeng, he came to inform us, and it happened that Mr. Xu and they were with me at the time, so they all rushed over." However, Wei Dianfeng was too seriously injured, and he insisted on walking so much, and now he is in a coma and is undergoing emergency treatment. ”
"What a nice lad. Li Lanyan exclaimed, then turned her head and wanted to call Di Tian over, but then she found that Di Tian had already left alone.
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Since Bai Ming was dead, the final of the Puhua Inter-School Martial Arts Competition the next day naturally could not be carried out as usual, and Di Tian won the championship as a matter of course. The semi-finals were not played, and the finals were not played, and the title of Ditian inevitably caused a lot of criticism, but criticism is criticism, and the facts will not change. The bounty of 10,000 gold coins and the right to choose a set of fighting techniques in the library of the imperial government guard of the Puxue Empire smoothly fell into the hands of Emperor Tian, and according to the previous agreement with Zhou Yongdi, Emperor Tian donated half of the bounty, and the remaining 5,000 gold coins were collected into his own pocket.
After the award ceremony of the champions, Emperor Tian was led by Qi Zhengchen, the captain of the Royal Government Guard of the Puxue Empire, to their library. Just like the rumors, there are many high-level fighting techniques here, but because Di Tian already has the "Dragon Battle Duel" and "Demon Hand Five Changes", plus he promised Luo Kai before, he finally chose the "Luohui Seven Star Sword" set of fighting techniques.
After walking out of the library of the Imperial Government Guards of the Puxue Empire, Emperor Tian planned to go directly to Luo Kai to hand over the fighting technique of the "Luohui Seven Star Sword" to him, but at this time, he found that Li Lanyan was standing at the intersection and waiting for him quietly.
Last night, Li Lanyan did not hesitate to be the enemy of Bai Yuansheng for the sake of Ditian, which shows Li Lanyan's love and concern for this younger brother, and Ditian was also a little moved in his heart. But when he thought of Li Lie's expulsion from the house back then, Di Tian couldn't let go, so he left quietly last night, but now that he saw Li Lanyan again, Di Tian understood that what he had to face was still to be faced, so he slowly walked in front of Li Lanyan.
"Xu'er, how were you last night?, were you hurt in any way?" This was the first thing Li Lanyan said when she saw Di Tian, and her tone was full of sincere concern.
Di Tian was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "I'm fine, but my sister and Bai Yuansheng are probably a little injured in the battle." ”
Li Lanyan smiled: "Who told your younger brother to say that he wanted to fight, since you have spoken, then I, who is a sister, can only stand on your side." ”
"Thank you...... By the way, sister, you said yesterday that you had something to explain to me, and now I am willing to listen. Di Tian said suddenly.
Hearing Di Tian say this, Li Lanyan was stunned for a moment, and after a long while, she showed a very relieved smile: "If you want to listen, I'll tell you everything about that year now, do you remember the fight with a teenager of your age a week before you lost your fighting spirit? You broke one of his fingers at that time." ”
"Fighting?" Di Tian thought hard, he only remembered that he was arrogant and arrogant because of his talent, and he often started beating people without saying a word, but there were so many fights, how could he remember every one.
Looking at Di Tian's confused appearance, Li Lanyan said again: "It seems that you can't remember clearly, the young man who was broken by you at that time was called Zeng Pingzhuan, who was one year older than you, a four-star fighter, and a very talented young martial artist. ”
"Oh, this has something to do with my father kicking me out of the house?" Di Tian asked with some confusion, he really couldn't remember what happened more than two years ago.
Li Lanyan nodded slightly: "Yes, because that Zeng Pingzhu is not an ordinary person, he is the eldest grandson of Zeng Luan, the master of the Qingkong Gate of the Hundred Cities Empire, that is, the cousin of Zeng Pingjue of the Holy Emperor Academy that you know." Zeng Luan was extremely doting on Zeng Pingmian, the eldest grandson, and after learning that Zeng Pingzhuan's finger was broken, he immediately asked his father to hand you over. Qingkongmen is a branch of Zhengkongmen, which is one of the three major martial arts sects in the mainland, with a strong background. Zeng Luan is also a five-star Dou King, and his status in the Hundred Cities Empire is extremely high, and he personally went out to negotiate even his father, who felt a lot of pressure. If you are handed over, it is difficult to say what Zeng Luan will do to you, even if you want your life to jealous of his eldest grandson's finger, it is not completely impossible. But if we don't hand you over, Zeng Luan has already gathered thousands of Qingkong Sect disciples to come to our house to seek justice, and the situation can be described as very critical. At this critical moment, your vindictive spirit suddenly disappeared for no reason, and in the end, in order to save your life, your father simply calculated to Zeng Luan, saying that he deliberately used drugs to eliminate your vindictive spirit in order to apologize, and expelled you from the house to avoid Zeng Luan's suspicion. ”
"Is there such a thing? Just breaking one of his grandson's fingers is going to take my life!? But why did my father hide it from me back then? Why didn't he explain it to me clearly?" Li Lanyan's words made Di Tian very surprised.
Li Lan sighed lightly: "Zeng Luan is suspicious by nature, and his father is worried that you will not accept it if he tells you the truth, in case he shows any feet that make Zeng Luan feel that his father is protecting you in disguise, then he will still not let you go." ”
Emperor Tian traveled from the earth, and although he retained his previous memories, those memories were just memories and did not contain any feelings. When Di Tian was expelled from the house by Di Tian, Di Tian didn't know the hidden secret, so he was just resentful of Li Lie, but now that he knows the truth, he is inevitably a little shocked. In the middle of the ring, Emperor Tiancai asked Li Lanyan, "Is that Zeng Luan and Qingkong Sect really that powerful? Even my father is so jealous of him? If I go back now, they won't come to me to settle accounts again?"
"There is no doubt about the strength of the Qingkong Gate, as the largest branch of the Zhengkong Gate, its sphere of influence is all over the entire Eastern Yuan region, at least our family can't afford to provoke them. However, Zeng Luan suddenly died of a violent illness a few days ago, and his two sons, Zeng Ranshan and Zeng Ranlin, were fighting to the death for the position of the master of the Qingkong Gate, so they didn't have time to care about you. Besides, now that you have regained your vindictiveness, my father and I can no longer abandon you, and it was precisely because you lost your vindictiveness back then, in order to let you live simply like an ordinary person, that my father let you leave the Li family. Li Lanyan explained to Di Tian seriously.
Now the truth was finally revealed, and Di Tian was gradually able to understand what Li Lie did back then, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly said: "I heard that the situation at home doesn't seem to be very good recently, is something happening?"
Beginning to inquire about the affairs of the family also means that Emperor Tian can let go of the previous things, and a big stone in Li Lanyan's heart is also put down, and she immediately replied: "There are indeed some troubles, you also know that our family is mainly engaged in the transportation business, which naturally includes the protection of the transported goods, and the transportation industry of the entire Lanchen Empire and the surrounding countries is almost monopolized by us." However, in recent months, the goods we are responsible for escorting have often been robbed by some unknown robbers, and the compensation is small, the key is that the reputation of our family has been greatly affected, if we can't even protect the goods, who is willing to hand over things to us to escort. ”
Di Tian frowned and looked at Li Lanyan: "Could it be a competitor who did it?"
Li Lanyan's eyes lit up, and she nodded approvingly: "My father and I think the same way, and our biggest competitor is the Xiao family of the Hundred Cities Empire, they are the most suspicious, but it's a pity that we can't do anything to others without evidence." ”
"You can start with the robbers, capture a few alive, and then get out of their mouths the mastermind behind the scenes, with the strength of my sister and father, it shouldn't be difficult to capture a few robbers alive. Di Tian said.
"Here's the problem, no robbers will rob me and my father for the goods we are personally responsible for, and even if my father and I are quietly hiding in the escort procession, we will always be discovered, which is a headache for us. Li Lanyan said a little frustratedly.
Di Tian narrowed his eyes and said word by word: "It seems that there are ghosts in the family." ”
Hearing Di Tian say this, Li Lanyan was not surprised, but was silent for a while before saying: "Putting aside the previous matter for the time being, there is a major event in three months, the branch of the largest and richest Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce in the Galan Empire in the mainland will be transferred to the Hundred Cities Empire, and a batch of valuable goods will be escorted by our Li family." If this mission is done well, the Li family's credibility will be restored immediately, and if it fails, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have a chance to turn over in the future. My father and I will be involved in this mission, but our competitors will try their best to thwart it. ”
"There shouldn't be any problem with my sister and father escorting me personally, but it's really not okay and my brother, if I call my brother back to help, there will definitely be no problem!" Di Tian looked at Li Lanyan and said.
Li Lanyan showed a wry smile: "Morning Eagle, if he is willing to come back to help, he will naturally have no problems, but this is impossible." Now in the eyes of the morning eagle, he can only see power, his pursuit of power has become almost paranoid, indifferent to anything else, it is said that he is now in the abyss arena crazy to improve his strength, will not come back. ”
"How is this!?" For his brother Di Tian, who only knows how to pursue strength, he felt incomprehensible, and when he saw Li Lanyan's helpless appearance, he had to grit his teeth and say: "Okay, since Li Chenying doesn't go back, then I'll go back, I hope I can help a little!"
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The night in Puhua City is quiet and comfortable, and the faint moonlight gently sprinkles down, making people feel extremely comfortable, and at this time, Di Tian and Xu Ling'er are strolling through the streets, enjoying this rare leisure.
After talking with Li Lanyan, Di Tian gave Luo Kai the fighting technique of the "Luohui Seven Star Sword", and explained to Luo Kai and Leech that he wanted to return to Emerald City, Luo Kai and Leech immediately said that they wanted to go with him, and Jin Na naturally wanted to follow Di Tian together, so there was only one person left that Di Tian cared about before leaving.
"I've decided to go back to the Emerald City with my sister. Di Tian said softly to Xu Ling'er.
"Really, that's great!" Xu Ling'er's expression was a little surprised.
Di Tian looked at Xu Ling'er with a little puzzlement: "Looking at your appearance, you seem to be very happy to hear this news." ”
"Of course, if you want to go back, it means that the misunderstanding between you and Marquis Li Lie has been resolved, and of course I am happy for you. In addition......" Xu Ling'er suddenly showed a cute smile and continued: "It just so happens that I am also going to Emerald City, we can be together." ”
"What? You are also going to the Emerald City, but your studies have not yet been completed, have you told Pavilion Master Xu about this?" Di Tian was very surprised.
Xu Ling'er still smiled and said: "It was my father's intention to come to the Rose Academy to go to school, not my original intention, in fact, my biggest dream is to join the Royal Government Guard of the Blue Chen Empire. Do you know? Lan Zhixin, the captain of the Royal Government Guard of the Lan Chen Empire, is the person I admire the most! Captain Lan is a powerhouse in the Douhuang realm, the only female captain of the Royal Government Guard in the entire continent! And next month she will recruit new members of the Royal Government Guard, and these members even have the opportunity to become her own soldiers, I must try it anyway! Although for some reason, my father has been reluctant to let me get close to the Emerald City since I was a child, let alone let me join the Royal Government Guard, but I hope to be able to make my own decisions in my life!"
"Then you mean that you are planning to hide it from the Xu Pavilion Master?" Di Tian asked.
Xu Ling'er squeezed her eyes mischievously at Emperor Tian: "Don't worry, I will explain it to my father when I become an official member of the Royal Government Guard." ”
Di Tian thought for a moment and then nodded and said, "Well, it's okay, so that the two of us are in the Emerald City, so we don't need to be separated." ”
"yes, that's what I thought too. Xu Ling'er also nodded and whispered, her delicate cheeks flushed slightly, and her slender little hand had already held up Di Tian's arm.
There was no longer any hesitation about what was decided, and the next day Emperor Tian and the others followed Li Lanyan to Emerald City. Seeing Di Tian with two women by his side, Li Lanyan was really a little surprised, but she didn't ask much, anyway, in her opinion, both Xu Ling'er and Jin Na were good women.
And on the same day that Emperor Tian and the others left Emerald City, the candidate for the position of deputy captain of the Royal Government Guard of the Puxue Empire was finally settled, and the person who finally sat in this position was Zhang Kecao, and Zhou Yongdi took over the position of the captain of the Baiyuan Shengpuhua City Government Guard. This result is also reasonable in the eyes of Emperor Tian, after all, Zhang Keyan is a member of the Royal Government Guard of the Puxue Empire, and he is more familiar with the situation inside, and he is familiar with things. And Zhou Yongdi's character is too meticulous, it is really not suitable to climb too high, you must know that none of those powerful people are old and cunning, and Zhou Yongdi is probably still a little immature to deal with them.
Li Lanyan really didn't have much to do as the eldest lady of a big family, and she only brought a carriage, a groom and a personal maid with her when she came to the Puxue Empire this time. So when Di Tian appeared with two men and two women, a total of four people, Li Lanyan had to take them to the largest market in Puhua City to rent two more carriages, and it happened that they also happened to meet Xu Hongqing and his two daughters here.
Xu Hongqing's faction is much bigger than Li Lanyan, he came to Puhua City with a total of five carriages and more than a dozen entourage, but because Xu Ruoxi and Xu Ruoxue had too much luggage, the five carriages could not be loaded, so they came here to rent two more carriages.
Seeing Di Tian and his party, Xu Hongqing looked very happy, he walked straight to Di Tian and said affectionately: "Long time no see, virtuous nephew, it seems that you are preparing to go back to Emerald City, this is really a great joy, Brother Li will be very happy to see you!"
Emperor Tian really didn't have a good impression of the people of the Xu family, but because of his feelings, he had to smile reluctantly and said, "Thank you Uncle Xu for your concern." ”
"Where, where, are you also here to rent a carriage? Since we have met, why don't we go on the road together, and I will rent a few more carriages!" Xu Hongqing patted Di Tian on the shoulder and said enthusiastically.
It seemed that he saw that Di Tian was unnatural, and at this time, Li Lanyan immediately replied for Di Tian: "There are many of us, just rent a car by yourself, don't bother Uncle Xu." ”
"No! No! If the virtuous niece doesn't go on the road with us, she won't give Uncle Xu this face, and your father will say that I'm too stingy as an uncle! Let's go, let's go! Let's go on the road together! It just so happens that Xi'er and Xue'er can have a companion, so that the road will not be so boring. Xu Hongqing waved his hand vigorously, and pulled Emperor Tian and them on the road together.
After being pulled into the carriage by Xu Hongqing, Di Tian and Li Lanyan looked at each other and smiled helplessly, Di Tian shook his head and said: "Xu Hongqing is really good at acting, I still remember the indifferent eyes of him and his two daughters when I left Emerald City, but now he is so enthusiastic, as if nothing had happened before, it is really admirable." ”
"Isn't Xu Hongqing always like this, I know you don't like him, in fact, my sister is the same, but who called their family the largest weapons and equipment dealer in the Lanchen Empire, so our family can only maintain a good relationship with him. I heard that he is about to break through to the Dou Wang realm recently, if this is really the case, I think his status in the Blue Chen Empire will improve again. Li Lanyan shook her head as she spoke.
"What about my father, is it still at the level of the Eight-Star Douzun?" Di Tian asked.
Li Lanyan nodded lightly: "Father has reached the bottleneck, if there are no special circumstances, I am afraid it will be difficult to improve." In fact, he often mentions you at home, and he says that if you don't suddenly lose your fighting spirit, you will have a bright future in the future. Morning Eagle has embarked on a cold-blooded path to the strong, and you have lost your fighting spirit, so my father has aged a lot in the past two years. ”
"Isn't there still a sister, my sister is a seven-star Douzun at such a young age, maybe she will have the opportunity to become a Dou Emperor in the future!" Seeing Li Lanyan's melancholy appearance, Di Tian comforted.
"I know that I can make my sister happy, my sister is not young, she is 26 years old, it is impossible to become a Dou Emperor, if I can be promoted to the Dou Wang realm in the future, I will be content. Li Lanyan said seriously.
Hearing Li Lanyan say this, Di Tian couldn't help but feel a little emotional, it seems that there is only one realm from Douzun to Douwang, but it is not easy to break through, it takes a lot of sweat and hard work. Everyone has their own talents and talents, but everyone's qualifications are different, some people can only wander in the realm of fighting masters all their lives, while some people can achieve Douwang, Douhuang or even Doudi, this is the reality. What would he have done if he hadn't received the Dou Qi given by the man who had the black Dou Qi? The Dou Qi he got from him was at most the level of the Dou King's peak, and when he reached that realm, would he be able to continue to break through? One question after another began to plague Di Tian, and he suddenly asked Li Lanyan: "By the way, sister, I have a question I want to ask you, is there a martial artist in this world who has a black Dou Qi?"
"Black Dou Qi? There shouldn't be any, the colors of Dou Qi in the Martial Fighting Continent are only white, purple, blue, cyan, green, yellow, orange and red, and I've never heard of any black Dou Qi. Li Lanyan looked at Di Tian with some puzzlement.
"Oh, then have you heard of a man named Gongchi City?" Di Tian asked again.
The man with the black fighting spirit once told Emperor Tian that he would go to Gongchi City after he entered the realm of Douhuang, and Emperor Tian had always kept this matter in mind, but since Emperor Tian had not met anyone trustworthy in the past six months, he had always kept these problems deep in his heart.
"Gongchi City, I know, he is a big man, the captain of the Zhenyang Imperial Imperial Government Guard in the Nanyuan Region, a Nine-Star Dou Huang! Why did you suddenly ask about him? By the way, I heard that you have learned the fighting technique in the Three-Handed Witch Su Caiyi's 'Demon Hand Five Changes', Su Caiyi is the deputy captain of the Zhenyang Imperial Imperial Government Guard, how did you meet them?" Li Lanyan asked curiously.
"No, I don't know Gongchi City, nor do I know Su Caiyi, and I can't figure out some of the things that happened in the middle, so I can't explain it to my sister. Di Tian said to Li Lanyan, but did not mention the man with a black fighting spirit, because he remembered that the man had said that he was being hunted down by the enemy, Di Tian faintly felt that the matter involved was quite complicated and dangerous, and he thought it was better to keep it a secret for the time being.
While Di Tian and Li Lanyan were chatting, Xu Hongqing was also talking about something with his two daughters in a carriage in front of them.
"Ditian, this kid is really interesting, it seems that Li Lie deliberately arranged what he lost his fighting spirit at the beginning, just to avoid being retaliated against by that old guy Zeng Luan, and now that Zeng Luan is dead, he naturally wants to take him back. I'll just say, how can someone's vindictiveness suddenly disappear? However, what Li Lie did was really amazing, he actually threw such a gifted child as Emperor Tian into a broken place like Gumeng, otherwise he would have entered the realm of Douzong by now. By the way, Xi'er, Xue'er, you shouldn't have done anything rude to others during the time that Emperor Tian was in Puhua. Xu Hongqing asked Xu Ruoxi and Xu Ruoxue, who were sitting in front of him.
Xu Ruoxi and Xu Ruoxue looked at each other, both showing a hint of embarrassment, and hesitated and did not dare to answer Xu Hongqing.
Xu Hongqing's face immediately sank, and he lowered his voice and said: "It's really a vain teaching the two of you! How many times have I told you that you must be exquisite in all directions outside, make more friends and make fewer enemies! Why don't you understand! Do you think that the Li family's recent situation is not very good, and the family will fall into the middle of the road? No brain! Although Li Lie's ability is limited and has not changed in the level of the Eight Star Douzun for decades, his three children are not simple! Especially these two sons! Li Chenying has become a fighting king at the age of only 24, and the future of Emperor Tian is even more limitless! Do you understand it or not? We must not stiffen the relationship with such a character!"
Looking at Xu Hongqing's angry appearance, Xu Ruoxue suddenly felt aggrieved, and couldn't help muttering: "But when Emperor Tian was expelled from the house, it was your father who asked us to cut off relations with him and keep our distance." ”
"Dare to quibble!" Xu Hongqing scolded angrily, "I don't care if you two apologize or whatever, when I return to Emerald City, I must get close to Emperor Tian again, if possible, I hope he can be my son-in-law, don't you understand!?"
"What!? Father said this, it's too difficult for a strong person, our relationship with Emperor Tian is already like that, do you still ask us to take the initiative to send it to the door? How can this kind of thing be done with a face, we are your daughter......" Xu Ruoxue couldn't help but say.
But before she finished speaking, Xu Ruoxi, who was sitting next to her, hurriedly pulled the corner of her clothes, Xu Ruoxue realized her gaffe, obediently closed her mouth and did not continue.
And Xu Hongqing, who was about to get angry, suppressed his anger when he saw Xu Ruoxue stop, and just said lightly: "Father is also for your good, I hope you can find a good man who is really useful and powerful, and there will be nothing wrong with listening to your father's words." ”
The Emerald City, the capital of the Blue Morning Empire, is an ancient city, many of the buildings are hundreds of years old and well-preserved, and the streets are all paved with a kind of cyan emerald rock, hence the name Emerald City.
After more than two years, Di Tian returned to the Emerald City again and really felt emotional, thinking about how embarrassed and depressed he was when he left, but now he is coming back with the aura of the champion of the Puhua Intercollegiate Martial Arts Competition, the situation is completely different.
The three carriages carried Di Tian and Li Lanyan, Xu Ling'er and Jin Na, as well as Leech Mound and Luo Kai, and slowly drove towards the Xicheng District of the Emerald City, just when they were about to arrive at the Li family's mansion, Di Tian suddenly found a group of people standing at the gate of the mansion, among which standing in the front was a tall and vicissitudes of life, he stood there quietly, his expression was serious and revealed a trace of nervousness.
"My father hadn't personally come out to greet a guest for several years. Seeing the figure of the middle-aged man, Li Lanyan said with a smile.
Di Tian was stunned for a moment, and a complicated emotion suddenly welled up in his heart, indeed, his father in this world was much older than two years ago. Although his figure was still tall and his expression was still majestic, he couldn't hide the haggard and worried in his eyes.
After the carriage stopped, Di Tian followed Li Lanyan to Li Lie, Li Lanyan smiled and said to Li Lie, "Father, I brought Xu'er back." ”
Li Lie slowly put his eyes on Di Tian, looked at it for a long time but didn't speak, and finally Di Tian was the first to open his mouth and shouted softly: "Father, I'm back." ”
Hearing the word "father", Li Lie's tall body suddenly trembled, and then lowered his head silently, as if he didn't want people to see his expression, just patted Di Tian's shoulder and said in a hoarse voice: "It's good to come back." ”
In order to welcome his son back, Li Lie had already asked his subordinates to prepare a sumptuous dinner, and almost all the members of the family attended, but only the two families of Ditian's uncle and second uncle did not appear. The official reason why they didn't attend was because they had to be busy transporting goods, but in fact, Emperor Tian knew in his heart that they didn't come on purpose. I think that when Di Tian's eldest uncle competed with the second uncle and Li Lie for the position of the patriarch of the family, it was already unpleasant, and now that Di Tian is back, it means that the sons of his eldest uncle and second uncle, that is, Di Tian's two cousins, are afraid that they will also be compared in the competition for the next patriarch, and in the face of such a situation, of course they are unwilling to attend the dinner party to welcome Di Tian's return.
On the first night of going home, Di Tian had a good meal and slept peacefully, and Xu Ling'er, Jin Na, Luo Kai and Leech Mourpa were also arranged to have their own rooms, which were more than 100 square meters, and such a standard of hospitality also proved that Li Lie regarded Di Tian's friends as the most important guests.
The next day, after Di Tian got up, he went to Xu Ling'er and their house to knock on the door one by one, he planned to lead them to the Li family's martial arts field to practice together, after all, he was now a nine-star fighting general, and he always wanted to enter the realm of Douzong as soon as possible.
Xu Ling'er, Luo Kai, and Leech went out with Di Tian without hesitation, but Jin Na refused, she told Di Tian that she had just entered the realm of Dou Jiang, and was fully cultivating the "Golden Yang Alchemy Technique" and planning to develop a new elixir, so she just wanted to cultivate alone in the house.
Since Jin Na said so, Di Tian naturally wouldn't force it, but he always felt that Jin Na had been weird recently, perhaps because Xu Ling'er came to his side, Jin Na deliberately kept a certain distance from him.
When the time is right, shouldn't you let Jin Na leave her to pursue her own life? After all, Xu Ling'er is her lifelong companion for herself, Di Tian thought about it while coming to the Li family's martial arts field.
The Li family's martial arts field is the size of a football field, although it is still early, there are already many young people of the younger generation of the Li family who have cultivated in it, and when the four of them walked into the martial arts field, it immediately caused a lot of commotion, and almost all the eyes of everyone in the field turned to them.
"It's Ditian, he's really back!"
"I heard that he won the championship in this Puhua Intercollegiate Martial Arts Competition, it seems that the three of them are really not simple!"
"Now Cousin Li Hao is afraid that he will not be able to sit still. ”
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Everyone in the audience looked at Emperor Tian and them, and talked in a whisper.
"What a quarrel! go back and practice your own!" At this moment, a young man in his early twenties suddenly shouted, and everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at him timidly. And this man is Di Tian's cousin Li Hao, that is, the son of Di Tian's uncle. Beside him stood a man and a woman two young men of the same age as him, they were Li Chen, the son of Emperor Tian's second uncle, and Li Qing, his daughter.
"Cousin Li Hao, it's been a long time. Di Tian slowly walked up to Li Hao and said.
Li Hao glanced at Di Tian and said coldly: "I heard that you won the championship in this Puhua Inter-School Martial Arts Competition, congratulations." ”
"It's just luck, it's not worth mentioning. Di Tian said.
"Yes, you're really lucky, I heard that your opponents in the semi-finals and finals have abstained, this kind of thing doesn't seem to have happened in the history of the Puhua Inter-School Martial Arts Competition, it's really not ordinary luck. Li Hao said deliberately, revealing a straightforward sarcasm in his tone.
Di Tian still remembers Li Hao's gloating expression when he was expelled from the house, but he didn't expect that Li Hao would sneer again as soon as he came back, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of displeasure in his heart, but he just stared at Li Hao tightly and didn't speak.
However, Li Hao actually said inch by inch: "By the way, there seem to be more people in the martial arts field today, if everyone cultivates here, I'm afraid it's a little crowded." Everything has a first come, first come, and since Brother Emperor Heaven and your friends are late, I think we can only go to the old martial arts field to cultivate. ”
The old martial arts practice field has been abandoned for many years, and now it is a place to pile up sundries, Li Hao said this obviously to embarrass Emperor Tian in public, and how can Emperor Tian endure this breath now? I saw him suddenly smile and said loudly: "I have been away from home for more than two years, and I don't know how the strength of my brothers and sisters in the family has improved during this time, there seem to be so many people here today, it is better for everyone not to cultivate, let's learn from each other, this place should be enough." ”
"Emperor Tian! Don't you know what to do! Cousin Li Hao is already a five-star fighter, do you think you, who won the championship of the Puhua Intercollegiate Martial Arts Competition by luck, can beat Cousin Li Hao!?" At this time, the woman named Li Qing next to Li Hao suddenly shouted to Emperor Tian.
Di Tian glanced at Li Qing and said lightly: "Oh, I didn't plan to learn from Li Hao's cousin in person, but I planned to let my entourage Luo Kai try his hand, he just got a new set of fighting techniques recently, and he hasn't had a chance to use it yet." ”
Di Tian looked at Luo Kai, and Luo Kai immediately walked out and said to Li Hao: "Come on, I will be merciful." ”
"You...... Okay, I'd like to see how capable you are as a follower!" Li Hao became furious, and suddenly advanced forward, waving his right arm and smashing at Luo Kai with five fist shadows.
Luo Kai was not in a hurry, stretched out his hand and swept lightly, and a blue sword shadow slashed towards Li Hao, and the five fist shadows were cut in an instant, and Li Hao was also forced to retreat several steps back.
Just one confrontation, Li Hao saw that Luo Kai's strength was not bad, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, if he lost to one of Di Tian's retinue in front of so many people, then no one in the family would look down on him in the future. After a little thought, Li Hao planned to show his best fighting skills, hoping to defeat Luo Kai with one blow.
Clusters of blue Dou Qi gathered on Li Hao's right hand, and then he swung it out again, and a huge Dou Qi fist that was one and a half tall slammed straight into Luo Kai at an extremely fast speed.
"Screaming in the sky!" Luo Kai didn't know when there was already an extra blue fighting qi long blade in his hand, and with his swinging sword, a blue blade appeared in the air, not only splitting Li Hao's fighting qi giant fist, but even knocking Li Hao himself out.
The audience was in an uproar, those young people of the younger generation of the Li family couldn't believe their eyes, they had always thought that the strongest cousin Li Hao had lost to one of Emperor Tian's entourage so easily!
"This can't be! This entourage of yours must be a master hired by you with a high salary! If you have the ability, you can come out and learn by yourself!" Seeing Li Hao being defeated, Li Qing immediately stood up and shouted unconvincingly at Di Tian.
Di Tian looked at Li Qing coldly: "Do you want to talk to you?" It is impossible to get within two meters of me with your words. ”
"Don't talk big!" Li Qing suddenly condensed a light blue sword in his hand, and his body stepped forward and rushed towards Emperor Tian.
However, just as Li Qing was about to approach Emperor Tian, he suddenly felt as if he had been pushed hard by an invisible big hand, and he was bounced away for some reason.
The audience was amazed, and everyone didn't understand what was going on, but they saw that Di Tian's right hand was shining with dark blue fighting energy.
Li Qing frowned even more, looked at Di Tian and asked suspiciously, "What kind of fighting skill are you?"
"It doesn't matter what fighting skills you have, as long as you can stop you, you're good at fighting. Di Tian looked at Li Qing and showed a playful smile.
"Hmph!" Li Qing's face turned red, and he rushed towards Emperor Tian again with all his strength.
But the result was still the same, as soon as she entered the range of Emperor Tian's "Wind Pusher", she was bounced away again.
When the stubborn Li Qing was about to attack Emperor Tian for the third time, her brother Li Chen suddenly stood up and stopped her: "Forget it, Li Qing, let's go." ”
Li Qing looked at Li Chen puzzled and asked, "Why do you want to go?" Could it be that my brother also thinks that I can't beat him!?"
"Okay! Let's go!" Li Chen didn't explain, pulled Li Qing and helped Li Hao, who had been knocked down by Luo Kai before, and hurriedly left the martial arts field.
Looking at their backs, Di Tian said lightly: "It's still this Li Chen who is a little more sensible, and they dare to provoke me with their strength, it's really a joke!"
At dinner time that day, Di Tian's eldest uncle and second uncle rarely appeared, and as soon as he saw them appear, Di Tian knew that he must have complained to Li Lie for the sake of the day's affairs.
Sure enough, before everyone started eating, Emperor Tian's uncle Empress Li said to Li Lie with a little excitement: "Li Lie, how did you discipline your son!? Do you know that Emperor Tian injured my family Hao'er this morning!
Hearing Empress Li's words, Li Lie raised his eyebrows, looked at Emperor Tian and said solemnly: "Xu'er, is there such a thing?"
Di Tian replied calmly: "I think Uncle should have misunderstood, we and Cousin Li Hao were just learning from each other in the morning, since it was a discussion, it was inevitable that we would be hurt a little, but it should be a little injury." ”
"Oh, I see, that is, your family's Hao'er skills are not as good as others, and I can't blame my family. Li Lie nodded, looked at Li Hou and said.
Empress Li was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly, slapped the table hard, and shouted: "Okay, you Li Lie! Do you protect your son like this? Don't think that if you are the patriarch of the family, your son can do whatever he wants!
After saying that, Empress Li left angrily, and Li Pei, the second uncle of Emperor Tian, also immediately stood up and left with Empress Li.
"Father, this ......" Looking at Empress Li and Li Pei, who left the scene angrily, Di Tian felt that he seemed to be in trouble, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry.
Li Lie waved his hand: "It's okay, your eldest uncle and second uncle have always rarely done practical things in the clan, but they are the two families with the most expenses in the clan, and now the situation at home is not as good as before, I can't let them go on like this anymore, and I am also looking for an opportunity to warn them." You're doing the right thing, don't worry about it. ”
"Oh, if there's anything my father needs my help with, just let me know. Di Tian nodded.
Li Lie gently patted Di Tian on the shoulder: "En." ”
At the same time, in a tavern in the Emerald City, Li Hao and Li Chen were sitting drinking and chatting with two other young men in their early twenties, and these two young men were Chen Ting, the eldest son of Chen Zhanyun, the captain of the Emerald City Guard, and Chen Jian, the youngest son.
"Damn! I won't let go of that kid Ditian! And that old guy Li Lie and that stinky bitch Li Lanyan! None of them are good things!" Li Hao seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, his face was flushed, and he shouted drunkly.
Chen Ting looked at Li Hao, who was full of alcohol, showing a trace of disdain, and turned to Li Chen and asked, "What is the current strength of that Emperor Tian?"
"In my opinion, he is already the peak of the Nine Star Dou General, maybe he will be able to break through to the Dou Zong realm at some point. Li Chen replied.
Chen Ting took a deep breath: "It's really not simple. ”
"What about the nine-star fighting general, my brother is a three-star fighting sect, are you still afraid that he will not succeed? Who in Emerald City doesn't know that Li Hao has a very good relationship with our brothers, and he actually dares to call his entourage to hurt Li Hao in public, as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog, it really doesn't give me Chen Jian face!" Chen Jian's tone was arrogant and domineering, and he didn't take into account Li Hao's feelings around him when he spoke.
Chen Ting glared at Chen Jian fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense! Li Lie's daughter and two sons are by no means fuel-efficient lamps! You are 23 this year, and you have only just been promoted to the realm of Douzong, and that Emperor Tian is only 16 years old this year!"
"Cut, then just kill him before he grows up!" Chen Jian had a fierce glint in his eyes, and he actually opened his mouth to take someone's life.
Chen Ting shook his head helplessly: "Emperor Tian, did he provoke you? You said that you want to kill people at every turn, you are really spoiled by your father! Don't talk about this, by the way, I heard that Xu Ruoxi and her sister have also returned to Emerald City?"
Chen Ting suddenly changed the topic and asked Li Chen, but Li Chen nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Ditian and Li Lanyan came back with Xu Hongqing's family, it seems that Brother Chen still misses Xu Ruoxi." ”
Chen Ting smiled faintly: "It seems that I have to take some time to visit the Xu family." ”
The next day, in the big garden of the Xu family, Xu Ruoxi and Chen Ting were leisurely strolling together, while Chen Jian and Xu Ruoxue were chatting loudly in the gazebo.
"They really fell in love, and every time they met, they seemed to have endless things to say. Looking at Chen Jian and Xu Ruoxue, who were chatting happily, Xu Ruoxi said with a smile.
Chen Ting nodded: "Yes, it would be nice if they could really make a couple." ”
"Both of them are too impulsive and reckless, and they really have a lot of problems together. Xu Ruoxi shook his head and said.
"What about us?" Chen Ting asked suddenly.
Xu Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "My marriage with Ruoxue must be arranged by my father, and we can't be the master." ”
"What does it matter, I asked my father to propose marriage in person, and Uncle Xu will definitely not refuse. Chen Ting hurriedly said.
Xu Ruoxi looked at Chen Ting, but did not speak.
Chen Ting continued: "I know that Uncle Xu is bent on marrying your sisters into a wealthy family, although my family is not as good as the largest families on the mainland, but its status in the Lanchen Empire is still quite high, if it is really those super families with Douhuang powerhouses, how can they be willing to marry your sisters......
As he spoke, Chen Ting felt out of shape, stopped again, and the two of them fell into an awkward silence for a while. After half a sound, Chen Ting asked coldly, "Uncle Xu should still think about marrying you or Ruoxue to Emperor Tian's kid, right?"
Xu Ruoxi looked up at Chen Ting violently, then lowered his head again, still did not speak.
Chen Ting immediately understood what Xu Ruoxi meant, and he shouted excitedly: "Can he Emperor Emperor really be able to achieve Emperor Dou in the future!? Li Chenying has only one! Although Emperor Tian is his younger brother, it does not mean that he has the same qualifications as Li Chenying! I must let Uncle Xu know that Emperor Tian is not as good as me at all!"