Chapter XXIV: Fairness, Impartiality, and Openness

Just when this large group of warblers and warblers went up the mountain, on Yinniu Mountain, the deputy owner of Luoshen Villa, Dugu Xuezheng lived on this Yinniu Mountain.

Dugu Xuezheng and Dugu Shidao are cousins.

The two have the same grandfather, and they are both in the same lineage.

Even Dugu Xuezheng is a grandson, if in order of ordinary people's eldest and youngest, he should be able to inherit the Dugu family as a matter of course, and inherit Luoshen Villa.

But back then, his talent was worse than that of Dugu Shidao, not a star and a half.

In the end, he could only let his cousin become the head of the Dugu family.

And he became the deputy owner of Roselle Villa.

Over the years, he has been very low-key, and he has been obscure.

He put all his focus on raising the second generation.

His two sons did not disappoint him either.

It's a pity that his eldest son is now known as the first person of the second generation of the Dugu family.

But when Dugu Shidao's son was still alive, his son's glory was still covered by the other party.

Even the son of the other party can be called the first person in Roselle Villa.

You must know that the Dugu family, the five major families of Luoshen Villa, is definitely the strongest, but the other four families are not much weaker.

Today, among the young and middle-aged people in Luoshen Villa, Dugu Zhiyu can be regarded as the strongest group.

But it's not the strongest one.

Among the other four, there are also those who are not weaker than him.

But at the beginning, when they were still young, the son of Dugu Shidao was a standout and leading the way.

Therefore, although now his son is the first person of the second generation of the Dugu family.

But he never allowed his son to speak of his honor outside,

In his opinion, this is not much of an honor.

It's a humiliation.

Fortunately, his grandchildren gave him a long face.

The talents of the two grandsons are not weaker than the grandsons of Dugu Shidao at all, and the talents of the three are only between the best.

And the little granddaughter of Dugu Shidao has not been able to practice since she was a child.

In those ten years, Dugu Xuezheng was happy every day.

Fight yourself, fight your son, you can't fight.

Fight grandson finally fight!

But it didn't take long for him to laugh.

When the girl was sixteen years old, she secretly entered the arsenal of the Dugu family.

was caught red-handed by his grandson, and everyone was stolen!

According to the rules of the Dugu family, people who do not have enough cultivation are not allowed to enter the arsenal.

It doesn't matter who you are, grandchildren!

But things didn't come as expected.

That girl had never practiced at all.

But he was able to beat his grandson, who had begun to get through the second line of Ren Du, to be seriously injured.

When he came forward to ask how the matter should be resolved,

The girl showed her super talent.

shocked the entire Dugu family, and even Roselle Villa.

Not only the other four major families, but even the leaders of the nine major forces of Zhongpin also came to the Elephant Mountain.

I want to see what this girl's talent is.

Born to be a great achiever!

These five words were like a mountain on that day, as if they were going to be carried on his shoulders forever.

Unexpectedly, in just four years, Dugu Shidao disappeared, giving them this excellent opportunity.

The Dugu family of Luoshen Mountain Villa has not had a female owner or female head of the family for several generations.

The status of women in the Dugu family has long been completely different from that of more than 100 years ago.

As long as you can marry that girl.

Not to mention Roselle Villa, at least the Dugu family is still theirs.

As long as they can control the Dugu family, Roselle Villa is also theirs.

Even if that girl has the ability to reach the sky,

At most, he is the guardian of Roselle Villa, not the one who controls it.

The old man's abacus crackled.

What he didn't know was that a storm was about to envelop the entire Roselle Villa.

And all of this is because of his undeserved obsession.

The next day, October 20.

There are still ten days left before the competition of October 30 Roselle Villa.

The location of the conference is on Tianlong Mountain.

For this reason, the site was set up a month ago.

Tianlong Mountain is the gentlest of the several peaks in Roselle Villa.

There is a large open space on the mountainside, and hundreds of small wooden houses rise from the ground.

There were three families of young people in their prime, and it was all too easy for this kind of log cabin to erect.

And Roselle Villa wants to build a thousand wooden houses here for the martial arts people who come to participate in the martial arts competition to live.

As the host of this conference, Dugu Zhiyu has been busy here for the past few days.

In fact, he is also busy for himself.

If the next owner of Roselle Mountain Villa can really fall into his vein, he is undoubtedly the biggest profiteer.

Even if he can't be the owner of this Roselle Mountain Villa, this position will at least be obtained by his son.

The entire venue for the competition has actually been arranged, and he just dangles two sides here every day.

Brush up on presence.

Today his son was going to bring some like-minded friends to meet him, so he hurriedly made a round around and returned to his station.

It didn't take long for Dugu Zhengxuan to come here with a few young people.

"Father!"

In the conference living room, Dugu Zhiyu sat on the top and looked at the young people below kindly.

He knew in his heart that these were the most outstanding young talents that his son had found.

The purpose is to be able to compete for the position of husband of his niece.

His niece's talent is only circulated within Roselle Villa.

Because this talent is just too powerful.

As a result, the four major families except the Dugu family are not much interested in her.

Sometimes it's a hassle to be too talented.

Even the other nine major forces of the middle grade and the forty-eight lower grades have few people shown interest in them.

However, the female dolls in these families all admire their niece very much.

But after all, it's a group of women, and no matter how much it is, it can't make a big deal of it.

Even he felt that his father was holding back at the beginning, just to make her niece make trouble.

After all, his niece's temper was very stubborn.

When he was an ordinary person, he dared to enter the arsenal under the clan rules of the Dugu family.

Later, if it weren't for her talent for defying the sky, she would have been three feet tall by now.

At that time, all those forces had come to see this girl, and they all thought that she would be the one who would revitalize Roselle Villa again in the future.

But everyone wants her to just be the guardian of Roselle Villa, the pioneer.

No one wants such a girl to be at the helm of the entire Roselle Villa.

Patriarchy is actually fine in this era, but despising women and weakening women in the rivers and lakes is a habit that has gradually formed for a long time.

After all, the proportion of female warriors is too small, and the strength is not strong enough.

Even if the Luo Shen Lady of the Dugu family of Luoshen Villa will be the ancestor, it seems that she is also the cultivation of the top-grade Dacheng realm.

If you don't become a grandmaster, you can't occupy a place for women in the whole world.

And now there is a girl with the qualification of a grandmaster.

Roselle Villa cherishes it and doesn't know what to do with her.

This time, under the leadership of the Dugu family and Dugu Xuezheng, the whole of Luoshen Villa agreed to his decision by default.

That is, in her name, recruiting a son-in-law.

This son-in-law must enter Roselle Villa.

and no longer enjoy all the qualifications of the city where they were before.

That's the bottom line.

At the same time, this also avoids the possibility of many young talents of the same level participating.

For example, the Holy Sect, the personal disciples of those sect masters and the most outstanding disciples could not abandon the identity of the Holy Sect to enter the Roselle Villa.

A wealthy identity is enough to stop them.

It's a pity that these old guys in Roselle Villa think too old-fashioned about today's young people.

Especially thinking about the Holy Sect is too old-fashioned.

Liu Xin never even thought about whether the news that he was going to enter Luoshen Mountain Villa as the senior brother of the Holy Sect would cause displeasure among the elders of his sect.

If he knew what these old fellows were thinking, he would have scoffed.

"My master still wants me to join your Roselle Villa and marry the most talented woman in your Roselle Villa.

After getting married, it's not up to me to decide whether I get rich or not.

The heavens and the earth are big, and everything is big, and only the face is the most worthless thing in the Holy Sect.

You can go and inquire about when the Holy Sect wants to face this thing.

The Holy Sect has always had only fists, and as long as there are fists, he can have face.

When your fist is big enough, you dare not give me face? ”

It can only be said that the place where he stood influenced his thoughts.

Maybe if Dugu Shidao had this thought, he would know that he was taking it for granted in the next moment.

And although people like Dugu Xuezheng are also in high positions, they have been decadent from time to time for many years, cheering up again, and decadent again.

In such repeated internal friction, he didn't really think about problems from this height at all, and he had already lost his keen perception of these problems.

"I've seen Dugu seniors!"

Several young people spoke.

"Father, let me introduce you."

Dugu Zhengxuan behaved very elegantly, and with his status in the rivers and lakes, he can definitely be regarded as the son of a top wealthy family.

And these people are a few of the better talents he found in his acquaintances during this time.

Ambitious, easy to control, and some strength.

This is the perfect husband that the Dugu family wants to find for their little princess.

"This is Qingyang Ziyang Pavilion, Young Pavilion Master, Ying Chuanjiang, Brother Ying."

Dugu Zhiyu looked at the first person on the right.

He is about twenty-five years old, with a tall posture, like a pine and cypress, and a plain white robe, like a fairy who does not stir up dust.

Although I haven't heard of any Ziyang Pavilion, he is still a young pavilion master, but just this appearance and posture can already be installed on the countertop.

Dugu Zhiyu nodded with satisfaction.

This Ying Chuanjiang also had some self-cultivation, and respectfully bowed to Dugu Zhiyu again.

Dugu Zhengxuan smiled and pointed to the man beside Ying Chuanjiang:

"This is the chief disciple of Yunqi Valley in Xi'an Mansion, Meng Yuanzong, Brother Meng."

"I've seen my seniors!"

Meng Yuanzong's voice was hearty, his face was well-defined, like a knife and axe, and he was carrying a jet-black sword on his body, and the sword body was inlaid with simple cloud patterns.

"Dark Cloud Sword, are you Tang Qianzai's disciple?" Dugu Zhiyu was a little surprised.

He knows about this Yunqi Valley, and if he wants to talk about the power, it should be equivalent to the mid-grade power of Luoshen Villa.

Its valley master has been practicing in retreat for more than ten years, and before the retreat, it was a medium-grade Dacheng realm, and after these years, it is estimated that the cultivation has stopped here.

However, in this Yunqi Valley, there is one person who still has some friendship, and that is Tang Qianzai.

Known as a genius disciple who can revive Yunqi Valley, Dugu Zhiyu once fought with him when he was young, but it is a pity that Yunqi Valley is too small and some can't accommodate him.

However, at that time, Tang Qianzai was a child raised by Yunqi Valley, and he had feelings for the sect and was unwilling to accept Dugu Zhiyu's solicitation.

It's been twenty years since he said goodbye, and now that his disciple is standing in front of Dugu Zhiyu, he can't help but sigh.

is also sighing, it seems that Tang Qianzai has figured it out, so this will let his disciple come.

This dark cloud sword is Tang Qianzai's weapon, the best of the imperial palace, and it is considered a top-notch weapon in the rivers and lakes.

"Okay, good, although we have the old, but the competition to recruit relatives, the competition is still our own strength!"

Meng Yuanzong nodded, and the rest of the people also had smiles on their faces.

Although everyone was invited by Dugu Zhengxuan, the relationship has been good these days, but the competition stage still has to see the real ability.

Dugu Zhiyu's words can be regarded as relieving some of their worries.

I'm afraid that this competition is predetermined.

As long as they rely on real skills, these young talents in the rivers and lakes still have confidence in themselves.

Dugu Zhengxuan then introduced: "This is the son of the defenders of Nanyang Mansion, all celebrate, all son!" ”

Quan Qinghe's slender and muscular figure is clearly the result of years of training. His temperament has the coldness of a sword and a hint of gunsmoke, and his eyes are calm and keen.

At first glance, he is a good hand in the army.

But I don't know why people in the army want to come to participate in the competition in the rivers and lakes to recruit relatives.

However, Roselle Villa and the military have always had a good relationship, and if Quan Qing can win, it is also a good thing to bring another military boost to Roselle Villa in the future.

Dugu Zhiyu still nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the young man beside Quan Qinghe who had a completely different temperament from Quan Qinghe.

Dugu Zhengxuan knew what his father meant, and immediately opened his mouth to introduce:

"This is Bu Wenwu of Nanchang Mansion, Brother Bu."

Bu Wenwu is tall and muscular, which is obviously the result of years of training in the rivers and lakes. He carried a wide-brimmed hat behind him, his eyes were deep and determined, but the clothes on his body were a little tattered.

Finding that some of the scrutiny in his father's eyes was incomprehensible, Dugu Zhengxuan opened his mouth to explain:

"Brother Bu walks the rivers and lakes, informal, and I will take Brother Bu to change clothes when I turn around."

"No!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Dugu Zhengxuan's voice fell, Bu Wenwu retorted:

Bu came from a humble background, originally a farmer, later joined the dart game, and then walked the rivers and lakes. This is who I am, and I don't need to hide it! ”

Dugu Zhiyu smiled, such a person is easy to control, there is no backstage behind him, he can pinch as much as he wants.

In the end, Dugu Zhiyu looked at the last person, this person was actually the first person he paid attention to, but his son seemed to be ready to save the best for the last.

"This is, Chongqing Mansion, Linghu Family, Linghu Shicheng!"

Ling Hu Shicheng smiled and bowed his head.

"I've seen Dugu seniors!"

The Linghu family, one of the eight major families!

The eyes of the other four people turned to Linghu Shicheng.

I didn't expect that the person who came just today turned out to be a member of the Eight Great Families.

Doesn't it mean that there are no big forces that will participate in this competition to recruit relatives, why did a person from the eight major families come?

Isn't it, this person doesn't have much power in the Linghu family?

But the next moment, they knew they had guessed wrong.

"Who is your father?"

Dugu Zhiyu asked.

Ling Hu Shicheng calmly spoke:

"Father Linghu is the head of the family, Linghu Yiqing!"

As soon as these words came out, the pupils of the other four people shook suddenly, and then Bu Wenwu turned directly to look at Dugu Zhengxuan, with a question in his eyes.

In the past few days, Dugu Zhengxuan has repeatedly assured that this time it is fair competition.

If you don't play virtual, you will compare strength!

Unexpectedly, this came to a person from the eight major families.

The Eight Great Families, the Linghu Family and the Dugu Family are called the Eight Great Families.

Isn't there anything wrong with these two?

Feeling the emotional changes of the four people around him, without waiting for Dugu Zhengxuan and Dugu Zhiyu to speak, Ling Hu Shicheng turned around and said with a smile:

"Everyone, listen to me first!"

The four of them looked over one after another, wanting to see what this Ling Fox Shicheng was going to say.

"Although I have made the Fox Family and the Dugu Family both belong to the Eight Great Families.

But there are actually some misunderstandings.

Maybe the eight families have always been said in the rivers and lakes, and everyone will think that the eight families are in the same spirit.

But it's not.

The eight families of the rivers and lakes are the eight old families with the deepest heritage in the rivers and lakes.

Of course, I may be suspected of boasting when I say this, but in fact, it is all true.

Between the eight families, there is actually not much key to each other.

For example, between my Linghu family and the Dugu family, at most there are some ordinary business dealings.

Gift?

Not much.

Just like the Dugu brother and Dugu seniors I only met today.

And I participated in this competition to recruit relatives for fairness and justice.

Didn't you say that people from my eight major families were not allowed to participate this time, right? ”

Ling Hu Shicheng turned to look at Dugu Zhiyu.

Dugu Zhiyu shook his head and said:

"Naturally, there is no such rule."

Linghu Shicheng then turned to look at the other four.

"You are all young talents in the rivers and lakes.

Naturally, talent goes without saying.

can be favored by Brother Dugu, naturally they are all dragons and phoenixes among people, how can they be afraid of competing with me from the so-called eight families? ”

"Competition, I'm naturally not afraid!

But I'm afraid that you big families will collude with each other.

In the end, we just became a stepping stone for you! ”

Bu Wenwu said.

His words were very direct.

However, Dugu Zhiyu and Dugu Zhengxuan both looked at him with smiles.

Dugu Zhengxuan said with a smile:

"If there is any trickery in this competition, Brother Bu can debunk it at any time.

Don't worry that this time our big forces will be against you.

In addition to inviting some big families and big forces to come over to watch the ceremony, what we invited this time were all Jianghu scattered cultivators and elders from all over the country.

The purpose is to be fair, just and open! ”

At this point, Bu Wenwu didn't say anything more, arched his fist and took two steps back, returning to his original position.

The faces of the other three also softened slightly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old man swears by the ancestor of the Dugu family, Luo Shennu, this time the competition will be fair, just and open!"

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"Fart, what is fair, just, open?

Fair, just, and open, don't invite those top sect forces of the righteous path? Don't invite the other eight families?

Just invite some casual cultivators, what do you think of my sister?

Dugu Zhengxuan, you wait for me!

Dugu Zhiyu, you old immortal, when my grandfather comes back, he will definitely let him break your legs! ”

"Why is Brother Dugu so angry early in the morning?"

As soon as Liu Xin came out of the room to the middle courtyard, he heard that Dugu Xuanqing was scolding there.