"Mother, this is Qin Mo."

Li Yuan pointed at Qin Mo and introduced his identity to the Duchess of Guo.

"Good evening, Madame." Qin Mo said hello.

Hearing this, the Duchess slowly bowed her head and smiled: "You don't need to see the outside like this, treat this place as your home, just feel free, come and sit first." ”

With that, she and Qin Mo walked into the inner hall together and sat on the sofa.

As soon as he entered the door, Qin Mo was secretly looking at the layout in the castle, although there was not much furniture here, but every piece and every piece revealed luxury and status.

Whether it's carpets, sofas, fireplaces, or high lights, the materials and materials used for these are very expensive and expensive.

Not to mention, there are a lot of things you can't buy with money.

From these inconspicuous details, it is enough to see what is called a thousand-year-old family and what is called ...... Upper class.

The gap between classes has always been greater than that between ordinary people and the awakened.

Li Changfeng's dream is to step into the circle of the upper class, but they have not been allowed to enter.

Now, Qin Mo has stepped into the manor castle of the Qingyang Li family in the imperial capital, so it is equivalent to half a foot that he has already stepped into this circle.

"You should be that little friend, I heard from the old man's mouth that he often mentions you, and always says that you are similar to him, and you are very close to him." The Duchess of Guo, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly asked.

Hearing this, Li Yuan on the side couldn't help but glance at him, his eyes were strange.

She didn't know that Qin Mo was actually that little friend, the last time she went home, she didn't see Li Mou, it turned out that she went to meet Qin Mo.

No wonder......

Li Yuan nodded secretly in her heart, she still wondered what the two of them were arguing like in the afternoon, it turned out that they had known each other for a long time, and the relationship was not bad.

"Brother Li and I ...... Well, I am indeed very close to Li Guogong. Qin Mo habitually called Brother Li, and he was already smooth.

Seeing his generous admission, the smile on Mrs. Li's face became more and more intense, she raised her arm to pick up the teapot on the coffee table, and slowly poured a pot of tea into the cup.

At the same time, she said casually: "It's a good thing to fall in love, but some vices can't be learned, you shouldn't have been to a place like a club, right?" ”

Club?

Qin Mo's body stiffened, and his heart suddenly chuckled, and he said secretly: "It's broken!" ”

The matter of Li Mou's going to the great health care was spread all over the city as early as a few days ago, and of course the Duchess also knew it clearly.

Speaking carefully, this is still the big health care he took Li Mou to, although his strength is not low now, but he was questioned in public by his wife......

This, no matter how high the strength is, is terrifying.

Qin Mo tugged at the corners of his mouth and squeezed out a stiff smile, he was about to speak.

Unexpectedly, Li Yuan on the side frowned first and said: "Mother, Qin Mo is not that kind of person, I have been with him for more than a year, and I still know a little bit about him." ”

In the same way, when Li Mou went to the club, she also said so.

As always, as determined, as always, swearing.

"That's right."

Qin Mo nodded, and said righteously: "I never go to the club. ”

"That's good, at such an age, I already have a strong strength comparable to the S-level, and the future can be described as promising, I didn't expect to have such a heart, it's really commendable."

The Duchess took a sip of tea and said with a smile on her eyebrows: "I see, among the young generation of Daqin, you should be the first." ”

"Madame is overrated."

Qin Mo replied with a smile, and the atmosphere in the audience was extremely harmonious.

The Duchess of Guo has no pretensions, is very approachable, and has a wide range of knowledge, chatting with her is like a spring breeze.

The three of them chatted like this for a while, and then they heard footsteps suddenly coming from outside the door.

Qin Mo looked up and saw Li Mou walking in energetically, the injury seemed to be completely unaffected, and Li Mo followed him quietly.

"What are you guys talking about?" Li Mou asked.

Hearing this, the Duchess turned her head to look, and then smiled: "I didn't talk about anything, I just chatted with Qin Mo about some family things." ”

"Hmph, you have to be cautious when chatting with this kid, he can't spit out a few words of truth."

"I think Qin Mo, this kid is very good, he is an honest character, different from you." Madame retorted as she got up.

Hearing this, Li Mou was stunned for a while, and didn't continue to fight back, but just glared at Qin Mo quietly.

"Let's eat first." He spoke.

With that, several people followed each other towards the dining table.

Li Mouzi sat on the main seat as a matter of course, Qin Mo sat beside him, and Li Yuan on the other side.

Except for their family of four, there was only one outsider at the dinner table, Qin Mo, who was accompanied by the old housekeeper and did not sit at the table.

According to the past, this should be Li Tongshan waiting, but who would have thought that this guy would actually be an internal ghost, so this would only bother the old housekeeper.

This is a family banquet for Li Mou's private banquet, not a formal invitation.

Therefore, everyone is very casual, chatting about some parents while eating, and sometimes there is laughter and laughter, a happy and peaceful appearance.

No one talked about work, and this was the content after the feast.

Qin Mo did not show any timidity on this occasion, and his demeanor was elegant and measured, and he was deeply liked by the Duchess of the Kingdom.

This is the confidence that strength brings him, with strength, that is, with confidence, he will not panic wherever he goes.

The night banquet lasted for nearly an hour, and when it was over, Li Mo went to deal with the follow-up of today's action, and his wife took Li Yuan to the boudoir upstairs to say something private.

As for Qin Mo, he followed Li Mou, and the two followed each other into the study.

The old butler had the foresight to retreat from the nearby maid, and then quietly walked away himself.

He knew that the spy was about to begin.

The night banquet is never the point, it is just incidental, the real key is after the night party......

At this time, in the study.

Qin Mo and Li Mou sat opposite each other, with a chessboard in front of them, and chess pieces in their hands.

Smack.

The crisp sound of falling children sounded, and Li Mou dropped a sunspot in the corner, and at the same time he said slowly:

"Today, you really shocked me, I thought you would need three more years before you could be promoted to S-rank, but I never thought that your strength would surpass me in just a few days."

Hearing this, Qin Mo raised his eyebrows, and he asked while dropping a white child, "You knew before today that I was an Awakened One?" ”

"Hmm."

Li Mou hummed lightly and raised his head to look at Qin Mo.

A faint trace of dragon power suddenly spread in the study, and his pupils had changed unconsciously, turning into vertical pupils, flashing with a ray of gold.

"Under the gaze of the dragon, there is nowhere to hide."

Subsequently, he told him roughly when he found out about Qin Mo, and then he saw him make a move many times.

After hearing this, Qin Mo nodded slowly, frowned, and said, "S-level awakened person, if it's really powerful, I don't even realize it." ”

"Everyone who can advance to an S-level awakened person can be said to have a very comprehensive control over the power of their own genes, and the means are endless.

Although you have strong strength now, when facing other S-ranks, you must not take it lightly and take it lightly.

It is important to know that the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength. Li Mou said in a deep voice, this was his admonition to Qin Mo.

Qin Mo nodded, indicating that he understood, and then he asked, "This afternoon, that S-class of the Heaven and Earth Society suddenly disappeared in front of my eyes, is that some kind of means he possesses?" ”

He was very puzzled about this matter.

Li Mou shook his head and said slowly: "No, that is the effect of the Holy Spirit Relic, and it has nothing to do with him." ”

Relic of the Holy Spirit?!

Qin Mo became more and more puzzled, and he asked puzzledly, "Even if it is a Holy Spirit Relic precipitated by an S-level awakened person, it shouldn't have such a powerful effect, right?"

How can a dead man compare to a living man? ”

It can be seen from the Holy Spirit relics preceded by the A-level awakened that the relics themselves are not as powerful as they were in life.

Under the drawer in Qin Mo's house, there are still several pieces left there to eat ashes, which are not of much use on weekdays.

"You're right."

Li Mou first agreed, and then continued: "If it is at the same level, then the vast majority of Holy Spirit Relics and Elemental Crystals are not comparable to the Awakened Ones.

But...... There is also a gap between the ranks. ”

He put away Long Wei, his pupils returned to normal, and then said: "You should know that the higher the rank, the greater the gap between the ranks, and the stronger the strength will become. ”

Qin Mo nodded, he had already discovered this matter in the last few encounters with the Heaven and Earth Society.

is also A-level, and the Vermilion Bird transformed into the second of the Heaven and Earth Society is much more powerful than Li Yi's goshawk, and the former is basically pressing the latter to fight.

As for the gap between the ranks, the difference between the A and S levels has been described by the separation between heaven and earth, and it is clear at a glance.

"You mean to say that the Holy Spirit Relic was precipitated after the death of the best of the S-Class Awakened Ones?" Qin Mo frowned and asked.

Li Mou smiled slightly, and said slowly: "To be precise, it is an S-level ninth-order mimic system awakener, if I am not mistaken, it should be a winged bird." ”

"Ninth Order?"

Qin Mo was surprised: "How is this divided?" Is there a higher rank above the S tier? ”

"Of course, the power of genes is endless, and since the explosion of genes thousands of years ago, human exploration of genes has never stopped, nor has it ever reached the end."

Li Mou pointed to the chessboard between the two and said softly: "Just like Go, it's just black and white, but it can derive infinite changes.

Mimicry, awakening, and spirituality, different simulations and different elements will have different power displays, which you can understand as ......

Genetic diversity. ”

Qin Mo remembered them one by one in his heart, these were things he had not touched before, involving the secrets of power itself, which only a small number of people in this world knew.

Without waiting for Qin Mo to speak, Li Mou continued to popularize to him: "When a person has developed all the surface power of genes, then he is a top A-level awakened person, and then he needs to touch deeper things.

This process is extremely difficult, and most people will never touch it in their lifetime, as if there is a moat in front of them.

But once you cross this threshold, you will come to a wider world, break the barrier, and ascend from the earth to the sky, so that you can achieve the S-rank.

This can be said to be a certain leap in the level of life, a qualitative change, and the power of control is far from the same as before.

After the S-level, there is the Heavenly King level, which needs to cross a huge chasm.

And in the middle, because the level of strength is too high to rise, it is divided into nine levels, the first order is the lowest, and the ninth level is the highest. ”

Listening to Li Mou's detailed explanation from shallow to deep, Qin Mo's eyes flickered thoughtfully.

He had guessed earlier that the S-Class was not the pinnacle of genetic power, but now it seemed that it was.

After all, something that can be known to ordinary people is definitely not the most real face, especially when it comes to the awakened.

"Heavenly King-level ......," Qin Mo muttered softly.

Li Mou looked at him, and the smile on his face became more and more intense.

"The origin of the name Heavenly King, if you trace the origin, is still a thousand years ago."

Li Mou looked nostalgic and recalled: "In that dark era of melee wars among the countries, Great Qin continued to fight in all directions and rose rapidly, among which five people were the strongest, the most brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions to Great Qin.

Later, when the Dark Ages ended, the two countries of Qin and Qi began a thousand-year-long confrontation, and those five people were also named the Five Heavenly Kings by His Majesty Taizu, enjoying supreme glory and wealth for generations. ”

"These five heavenly kings, can't they be ......," Qin Mo asked tentatively.

Li Mou knew what he meant, nodded with a smile, and admitted: "That's right, it's what you see now, the Five Thousand Year Families." ”

Hiss......

Qin Mo's eyes widened, this could be regarded as an absolute secret, he really didn't know that these five thousand-year-old families had such roots.

However, if you think about it, if you don't have such a history, how can you stand for thousands of years without falling and continue to be strong today?

"Your current strength, I estimate that it should have reached the second order of the S-rank, with such an amazing talent as you, it may be possible to be promoted to the Heavenly King level in the future."

Li Mou opened his mouth and said, he was quite optimistic about Qin Mo's potential.

Twenty-three-year-old S-level, this is enough to overwhelm a lifetime, no matter how wide the gap at the Heavenly King level is, Qin Mo can try to take a leap.

However, what he didn't know was that Qin Mo didn't have any rank at all.

He is not an S-class awakened person in the real sense, so where did he come from?

The so-called threshold does not exist at all for Qin Mo.

He has a superhuman gene awakening panel, which only needs to continuously absorb the sun's energy and accumulate light energy points to grow rapidly.

At Qin Mo's current speed, in another year or two, all his attributes will be able to break a thousand.

When the time comes, it will not be difficult to blow up a planet with one punch at all.

What about the Heavenly King level?

A superman in his full form, he has never been afraid of anyone.

Pressing the thoughts in his heart for the time being, Qin Mo's mind turned, and he asked curiously, "Is there still a Heavenly King-level existence now?" ”

"Of course there is, the five great families all have Heavenly King-level ancestors in charge." Li Mou said casually.

Then, he looked at Qin Mo and asked with a smile: "You don't think that these awakened people in the imperial capital now are all the power of the Qingyang Li Clan, right?" ”

"Young man, the thousand-year-old family is not as simple as you think, and the real heritage is still in the territory inherited by each family.

For example, the Qingyang Li clan is Qingyang County, where the Council of Elders and part of the backbone are there, and there are also some troops stationed on the border, guarding against the Qi State.

On the side of the imperial capital, it is only a very small part, and the five major families are like this. ”

Li Mou said a lot to Qin Mo, and it was also very in-depth, which further showed how much he valued Qin Mo, otherwise he would not be so confident.

Even if they are old friends, but when it comes to the family, they must be cautious in what they say and do.

As before, when the two did not know each other's identities, they both concealed something.

It's different now.

"The members of the Council of Elders are supposed to be the S-level heritage of the thousand-year-old family." Qin Mo thought to himself in his heart, he didn't continue to ask.

He is not a member of the Qingyang Li family, and there are some deep secrets that should not be asked.

Advancing and retreating in a certain way is the way to live in the world.

The two of them were chatting while playing a chess game like this.

Of course, most of the time, Qin Mo was asking, and Li Mou was answering.

It didn't take long for their topic to naturally shift to the Heaven and Earth Society.

Li Mou picked up a black piece from the chess black, deliberated and went down to the upper right corner, frowned and said:

"The person who escaped from under your hands this afternoon, I have already asked Qingyang County to investigate quickly, and the Council of Elders called me not long ago, and his identity has been ascertained."

When the words landed, he looked up at Qin Mo and said in a deep voice: "This person's surname is Ximen, his single name is a tiger, and he is from the Qi country. ”

Hearing this, Qin Mo raised his eyebrows suddenly, and said in surprise: "Qi people? Could it be that heaven and earth will be a force secretly supported by the Qi State? ”

He looked puzzled, puzzled.

An S-class awakened person, if it is so easy to cross the border between the two countries, then the people on the border on the side of Great Qin will commit suicide en masse.

And this person still came silently, Li Mou didn't receive any news here, and the border was unaware, which is even more a big suspicion.

Li Mou obviously thought of this, he shook his head, and replied: "I don't think it's that simple, my intuition tells me that there are shadows of other families behind this.

It's just that it is not clear which one it is and what their ultimate purpose is, and we still need to wait for the follow-up to investigate slowly. ”

"If it's a thousand-year-old family...... It makes sense. ”

Qin Mo nodded slowly, and then said: "Anyway, now that most of the forces have been wiped out, there is time to check slowly, and there is no hurry." ”

"Well, that's true."

Li Mou agreed, and then a smile appeared on his face, and he said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you kid has contributed a lot to the destruction of the Heaven and Earth Society.

If you have merit, you will be rewarded, our rules of Great Qin since the founding of the People's Republic of China are like this, you happen to be in the Security Bureau, but you can directly accumulate military merits and exchange them for knighthoods. ”

Although the Security Bureau has become the backyard of the Qingyang Li family, from the bright side, he is still subordinate to the Great Qin royal family.

With this relationship, it is a matter of course for military merit to change knighthood.

The benefits of the iron rice bowl are vividly displayed at this moment.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the title of Great Qin was divided into six ranks, from top to bottom, they were the king of Zhenguo, the prince of the country, the marquis, the earl, the viscount and the baron.

Later, for some unknown reasons, the rank of the Heavenly King of Zhenguo was banned, and only the latter fifth rank remained.

For example, Li Mou, he is the prince of the country.

Each head of the five great families is a prince of the country, which is promised by His Majesty Emperor Taizu to be hereditary, representing a very high glory.

Other than that, there is no more national government.

To put it simply, the duke is completely monopolized by the five thousand-year-old families, and if it is not for the people of these families, even if he has S-level strength and has made great contributions, it is impossible to be canonized.

Therefore, Qin Mo can change the marquis at most.

This is the real status, canonized as a marquis, that means becoming a human being, having a fief, having countless wealth, and having an honorable treatment that ordinary people can't touch.

Obviously, Qin Mo's other foot is about to step into the upper class.

"According to the past, as long as you are an S-level awakener, regardless of whether you have military merits or not, you can be knighted, but there is also a gap between the title and the title, the twenty-rank Marquis of Great Qin, I want to meet Your Majesty tomorrow, please make you a ......"

At this point, Li Mou paused, his expression became solemn, and he said word by word:

"First class, Champion Hou!"

(End of chapter)