Chapter 6: The Storm
Qinglan City Xiang Home suddenly became lively. Red lanterns were hung in almost every corner, and the people were happy. The handover of the head of the family is a big day, and everyone wants to perform well, so that they may be able to live a better life in the future.
The old man Xiang Nantian also showed his spirit today, and the smile on his face was not broken, and he had to personally inspect every arrangement.
Compared with the old man Xiang Nantian's happiness, Xiang Yingying, who was ready to take over the position of the head of the family, seemed much calmer, and half of his taking over the position of the head of the family was forced to be a helpless choice.
Of course, others don't necessarily think so, Xiang Xiaoxiong has been calm in the past few days, in his heart he is the first person to take over the position of the head of the family, but now that the position of the head of the family is about to fall into the hands of his younger brother, he is naturally unwilling.
In addition to Xiang Xiaoxiong, Xiang Renxiong's thoughts are similar. If there is a choice between the eldest brother and the second brother, he would rather choose the eldest brother, because the eldest brother is brave and unscrupulous, and his role is more important.
Xiang Chen never appeared, except for Xiang Nantian and Xiang Yingying, no one knew that he had returned to Xiang's home. Xiang Chen is also happy to be ignored like this, he will not appear until he needs himself, so the effect of the line will be even more shocking.
"There is a guest here, Jiang Huan, the head of the Jiang family in the West District, is here to congratulate!" the busy Xiang family welcomed the first guest.
The entire Qinglan City is divided into four areas, which are occupied by four families, the Xiang family is in the eastern district, the Jiang family is in the western district, the southern district belongs to the Wu family, and the northern district is the territory of the Shen family. For hundreds of years, the four families have never changed, although they all look at each other a little unpleasantly, but they are not able to grab each other's territory.
Of course, on the surface, the big families are still very friendly, especially between the heads of the families.
"Brother Jiang, please!" "It is Xiang Renxiong who is responsible for welcoming guests, he can usually speak well, and he is the third master of the Xiang family, so it is very suitable for him to welcome guests.
"Jiang Shinephew, today is my first guest to the Xiang family, please take a seat!" In terms of seniority, Jiang Huan is a generation lower than Xiang Nantian, but he is also the head of the family, so Xiang Nantian still treats each other with the courtesy of the head of the family.
"Xiang Shibo doesn't have to be polite, today is the big day for the new head of the Xiang family to take over, of course I have to arrive early!" Jiang Huan looked very polite.
"Visitors to ......"
"Visitors to ......"
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As soon as Xiang Nantian invited Jiang Huan to sit down, another guest came. This time, several waves of people arrived at the same time, the most famous of which were Wu Nanren, the head of the Wu family in the southern district, and Shen Canghai, the head of the Shen family in the northern district.
"Xiang family master, congratulations!" Wu Nanren and Shen Canghai said to Xiang Nantian as soon as they entered the door.
"Two of you, please take a seat!" Xiang Nantian bowed his hand and let the two of them be in the guest seat.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a big day for us to succeed to the throne of the new head of the family, so I invite you to be a witness, and today I will pass on the position of the head of the family to my second son Xiang Hero, Hero, you come over. When Xiang Nantian saw that all the important people had arrived, he began to declare his purpose, and nodded to the hero to come to his side.
"Old man Xiang, I'm afraid that you are a little hasty in doing this, why do you have to listen to the opinions of the rest of the Xiang family!" Just as Xiang Hero was about to take a step, Shen Canghai, the head of the Shen family, spoke.
"What do you say about the Shen family master, do I have to approve who I appoint to take over?" Xiang Nantian frowned, when Shen Canghai and Wu Nanren arrived together today, he felt that there was a problem, and now he felt that something was wrong.
"Of course you don't need to ask me, I mean the old man Xiang has an eldest son, which directly skips the eldest son and passes on the position of the head of the family to the second son, I'm afraid that it doesn't agree!"
"Who succeeds the head of the family is my family's business, or is it my decision, I say that I don't need to ask anyone's consent for whoever I pass it on!" Xiang Nantian is not a vegetarian, and his words are also full of warnings to Shen Canghai.
"Dad, I think what the head of the Shen family said is still reasonable, the eldest brother is indeed more suitable for the position of the head of the family than the second brother......" Xiang Renxiong spoke at this time, but his words were biased towards Shen Canghai.
"Shut up!" Xiang Renxiong was stopped by Xiang Nantian before he finished speaking.
"Dad, you have to think about it carefully, the head of the Xiang family doesn't only look at his personal ability, but also the ability to pass on his heirs, I ask myself that my ability is not worse than that of my second brother, and my two children are definitely stronger than Xiang Chen!" Xiang Xiaoxiong finally couldn't help but speak.
"Xiaoxiong, it seems that you should have been peeking at the position of the head of the family for a long time, right?" A black line had already appeared on Xiang Nantian's forehead, and these two sons were too faceless today, not to mention that there were outsiders at the scene.
"Dad, you can't say that, I'm older than my second brother, and my ability is no worse than my second brother, not to mention the heirs, my two boys are at least here today, but what about Xiang Chen, where did he go? This is enough to show that Xiang Chen is not as good as his two elder brothers!"
"Who said I wasn't there? Today is the day when my father takes over as the head of the family, how can I, the young head of the family, not be there?" As soon as Xiang Xiaoxiong's words were finished, Xiang Chen flashed out from behind Xiang Nantian.
"Grandson has seen grandpa!" After coming out, Xiang Chen's first action was to salute to Nantian.
"When did you come back?" Xiang Xiaoxiong frowned and said in a deep voice to Xiang Chen.
"I've always been at home, I've never been out!" Xiang Chen smiled slightly.
"It's impossible, you obviously eloped with that Miao Xin before!" said Xiang Xiaoxiong.
"Uncle, you can't spew blood, I've always stayed in my room, otherwise you have sent so many people to step up inspections these days, why haven't you seen me enter the mansion?"
First of all, Xiang Chen must have gone out. Secondly, there must have been contact with Xiang Xiaoxiong's people, but the other party didn't find out, and if he only stayed in the mansion, it would definitely be impossible to know that Xiang Xiaoxiong sent people to inspect it.
In addition, it was Xiang Xiaoxiong's motive, why did he suddenly send more people to patrol? It is likely to prevent Xiang Chen from returning to his home at this time.
Therefore, Xiang Chen's words dug a pit for Xiang Xiaoxiong.
"Hmph, do you think you'll be able to change something when you come back?" said Xiang Xiaoxiong coldly.
"Uncle, you are wrong again, what do I need to change? I just came to see my father take over as the head of the family!" After so many years of fighting wits with the old bustard and competing with gamblers, he has relied on talking about things.
"Sharp teeth, do you just talk to the elders like this?" Xiang Xiaoxiong knew that he would lose money if he continued to talk like this, so he simply came to the big and pressed the small and moved his seniority out.
"Uncle, I learned this from you, didn't you talk to grandpa like this just now? Besides, I didn't collude with outsiders to make trouble at Xiang's family, right?" Xiang Chen's reaction was much faster than Xiang Xiaoxiong's, and every word he said meant something.
"You ......" Xiang Xiaoxiong was speechless, he was really anxious about this matter today, but if he was not in a hurry, the position of the head of the family would be handed over.
"Xiang Chen, it's useless to be able to do a good job, my father and second uncle are similar in cultivation, needless to say, but what qualifications do you have, your cultivation is the worst in the Xiang family, if it is compared to the potential of the heir, the second uncle is not qualified to be the head of the family!" Xiang Xiaoxiong's second son Xiang Yun couldn't stand it, and his father fell behind everywhere in the verbal confrontation with Xiang Chen, which was very unfavorable to the competition for the position of the family.
"It turned out to be Second Brother Xiang Yun, since Second Brother Xiang Yun said so, then I can only sacrifice once, although my cultivation is the worst among all the children of the Xiang family, but for the sake of my father, I can only meet your challenges, if anyone thinks that it is higher than me, the person with the worst cultivation, then you can come out and give it a try!" For Xiang Yun, Xiang Chen hated the root of his teeth, and Miao Xin's matter was planned by him.
"I don't know whether I live or die, Xiang Kun, you go and teach him a lesson!" Xiang Yun twisted his face and said to another disciple of the Xiang family.
Xiang Kun is a side disciple of the Xiang family, and he usually walks very close to Xiang Yun, and his cultivation is not weak in the early stage of the Ning Yuan Realm. Xiang Yun didn't choose to do it himself, firstly, because of his own identity, his cultivation was the descendant of the Xiang family, and he felt that he had lost his identity when he shot at Xiang Chen, who had the worst cultivation. In addition, he was also a little confused about Xiang Chen's sudden surge in confidence.
"Third Brother Xiang, then I'll ask you for a few tricks, and please be merciful to my subordinates!" Although Xiang Kun said politely, his eyes were full of disdain, he didn't believe that Xiang Chen, who didn't even transform into the Spirit Realm a month ago, could improve his cultivation to surpass himself in such a short period of time.
"Please!" Xiang Chen didn't say much, it was useless to say anything at this time.
Regarding Xiang Chen's approach, Xiang Nantian only frowned, although he didn't want to see the children of the Xiang family fighting fiercely, but he knew that in today's situation, if Xiang Ying and Xiang Chen could not stand up in front of others, I am afraid it would be difficult to manage the Xiang family well in the future. So the old man just frowned and sat down to watch the excitement.
"Pick up!" Xiang Kun pinched a spell in his hand, and then a light flame rushed towards Xiang Chen.
"Fire control technique?" Xiang Chen's face was a little strange, fire control is the true inheritance of the Xiang family, and it is also a basic skill, in order to reach the spirit realm, he will practice fire control technique, but ordinary people will not use fire control to fight against others. Xiang Kun's fire control technique here is obviously looking down on himself.
A mocking smile appeared on Xiang Chen's face, and with a flick of his fingers, a smaller, but darker flame met Xiang Kun.
Xiang Chen's movements were not big, but they surprised everyone, so understated and calm, everyone didn't expect that Xiang Chen's fire control technique had been cultivated to such a pure level.
"Ahh
A scream came out of Xiang Kun's mouth, and it turned out that Xiang Chen's shrunken ball of fire had passed through Xiang Kun's fire control technique and hit him right on the arm. As soon as the flame came into contact with Xiang Kun, it burst into flames. However, this flame only burned one of Xiang Kun's sleeves, and although his arm was blackened, there was no trace of burns.
Now Xiang Chen's control of the fire control technique is already very measured, and he can burn wherever he wants, and he will definitely not burn any more.