Chen.

Chen Liren sat in his study, looking a little uneasy, always feeling as if something big was about to happen. It was like a premonition of an impending crisis, so strong that it made him feel like a heavy stone in his heart.

However, everything in the Chen family has been making steady progress recently, although the turmoil in Liyuan City is turbulent, and the Shi family and the Zheng family are not very honest, but the Chen family is still moving forward steadily, not only has it suffered any damage in the turmoil, but there is a tendency to rise.

After Chen Liren thought about it, he only thought that the recent period of unevenness had made him a little sensitive, put down the file in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows, and then turned around and left the study.

Today is the day when the old man comes out, after completely absorbing the inheritance of the bloodthirsty martial artist, the old man, who has been in retreat for nearly ten years, has finally reached the Tianyuan realm, and decided to leave the customs today.

A Tianyuan Realm powerhouse represents not only the Dinghai Divine Needle that guards the family, but also a powerful deterrent to the outside world.

As long as the Chen family also has a Tianyuan Realm powerhouse, even if it is hindered by some rules, the Bai family's actions in the future will begin to converge.

Pacing to the conference hall, the important people of the Chen family had already arrived here to wait, and when they saw Chen Liren coming in, they all said hello one after another.

The elder of the Chen family, that is, Chen Liren's second uncle, raised his eyelids and asked, "Liren, how long will it take for the eldest brother to leave the customs?"

What the Great Elder asked was exactly what these people of the Chen family were most concerned about. The previous head of the family, Chen Rentu, had been in retreat for many years, and today he broke through to the Tianyuan Realm, this major event is an encouraging news for the entire Chen family, which means that they finally have the capital to confront the Bai family, and they will no longer continue to be inferior.

Chen Liren said: "Father should have already started to prepare, after all, the Death Pass requires a lot of trapped runes to be engraved, and it is not easy to break through those shackles. ”

"After so many years, our Chen family finally has a Tianyuan Realm powerhouse. The Great Elder smiled with relief, there were too many benefits that a Tian Yuan Realm powerhouse could bring to the Chen family, because once he reached the Tian Yuan Realm, he was qualified to climb to the top of the strength pyramid. At the very least, in this Southern Desolate Continent, the powerhouses of the Tian Yuan Realm are already equivalent to invincible existences to some extent, and it is no longer so easy for the same realm to kill each other. Although Bai Bushi of the Bai family had already reached the peak of Tianyuan, he only had the strength to severely damage the Tianyuan powerhouse at most, but he could not completely kill the other party.

Because the life forms of the Tian Yuan Realm powerhouses have all begun to transform towards another level, reaching this realm, unless more than two Tian Yuan powerhouses attack together, they are basically impossible to kill.

Another elder with a high status also nodded: "The fact that the old family master can break through has too many benefits for our Chen family's current situation. The territory of Lingyan City, we have always had contacts, but because of the lack of strength, it is difficult to devour that side, but the complete eradication of the Bai family's forces there at the beginning can be regarded as leaving a foreshadowing for our current stationing, starting tomorrow, we can slowly control the Fang Market on the other side of Lingyan City, and grasp this rich place. ”

"However, it is also a place that the Xia family has always been optimistic about, and I heard that the Xia family has spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build an auction house in Lingyan City. If we do this, we may have a bad relationship with the Xia family. ”

The Great Elder frowned, not particularly optimistic about this kind of quick success.

Moreover, the situation of the Chen family is not particularly optimistic now, and if you offend a Xia family again, you are afraid that you will be attacked by the enemy on your back, and you will not be able to prevent it.

The elder sneered and said disdainfully: "The Xia family is just a merchant family, and there are not many strong people, so just a few so-called Keqing elders who don't show their faces also want to confront us?" ”

"I can't say that, the Xia family has a good relationship with the descendant of the Heavenly Sword Martial Venerable, I heard that he has already reached the Tianyuan Realm, and there is a possibility of stepping into the Martial Venerable Realm. If this is really the case, we will reach out to Lingyan City too early, and therefore offend the Xia family, we may offend together with the descendants of the Heavenly Sword Martial Venerable, which is obviously not very wise. Speaking of this, the Great Elder paused, then waved his hand and said, "Besides, our discussion is too early now, and when the eldest brother comes out, everything will be decided by him." ”

Chen Liren turned a deaf ear to these statements, as if an old monk was sitting still, and sat there motionless.

The uneasy feeling in his heart had not yet dissipated, and even the power of the Earth Yuan in his body was a little sluggish.

This is not just some kind of bad feeling, but a complete harbinger of crisis. When the strength has reached the level of the earth element, in fact, it already has the ability to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and it can also sense some dangers in advance.

But......

What is it that makes you feel so uneasy that you are suffocating?

Just when Chen Liren was still hesitating, a loud announcement suddenly came from outside the door.

"The city lord has arrived!"

In just three words, everyone present was silent for a moment, especially the older elders, who looked at the door with doubts on their faces.

Surrounded by several people, an old man slowly walked in from outside the door, his expression was quite kind, he glanced at everyone present, and then said to Chen Liren: "Patriarch Chen, I heard that the Chen family has a happy event today, and my old bone has not shown his face for a long time, so I am here to congratulate you." As he spoke, the old man looked around, then smiled and said, "Why don't you see your father?"

Chen Liren stood up and responded with a smile: "Father is still not out of the customs, the city lord is please." After inviting the old man to a seat and summoning his servants to serve refreshments, Chen Liren smiled and said, "The city lord is busy with everything, and it is really a sin to bother you to come here." ”

"Hehe, I am also an old friend of your father, how can he not come to congratulate him when he leaves the customs today? ”

The old man, who was the lord of Liyuan City, shook his head and said lightly: "Since he hasn't appeared yet, I'll wait here, I haven't seen him for many years, so I can take this opportunity to catch up with him." ”

Such stubborn words made Chen Liren frown, and the faces of the Chen family, including those in the audience, were also ugly.

The Liyuan City Lord was nominally an ally of the Chen family, but in reality, his position had always been erratic and somewhat elusive. Today, his behavior similar to his statement made everyone in the Chen family have to wonder what happened, and it was possible for an old treacherous fox like the Liyuan City Lord to have to come to visit, and even had some troubles.

A little embarrassed and frowned, Chen Liren was just about to speak, but was interrupted by the old man raising his hand, and looked at him with a smile that seemed to be not smiling: "I heard that there is a young man in your family named Chen Greedy Wolf?"

"It's coming. ”

Hearing this, Chen Liren knew that this old fox was about to say what he meant.

Although he was quite slanderous in his heart, Chen Liren still replied: "It's my little nephew, I don't know where this kid collided with the city lord? ”

"Hehe, I can't talk about the collision, but I received news that Chen Greedy Wolf seems to have done something big. The old man squinted his eyes and said with a light smile: "I heard that he arrested a little girl of the Bai family, it seems that her name is Bai Yiyi, do you know about this matter, Patriarch Chen?"

What the?

There was an uproar at the scene.

But most of the people had a frowning expression, because Chen Greedy Wolf grabbed the people of the Bai family, which was tantamount to a slap in the face of the Bai family. This matter can attract the Liyuan City Lord to come to the door in person, which shows that some people want to make this matter bigger, and it is best to make this matter not easy to solve, once the Chen family and the Bai family have a head-on conflict, they will be able to obtain enough benefits.

It was actually self-evident who these people were, but the attitude of the Liyuan City Lord made the Chen family feel a little strange.

Since he would take the initiative to come to the door, it meant that he actually didn't want to make things too big, but this appearance of the deputy Xingshi asking for guilt made everyone in the Chen family a little difficult to understand.

"I don't know about it. With a deep groan, Chen Liren raised his head and said, "If it was really Chen Greedy Wolf who did it, I would punish him." ”

The Liyuan City Lord raised his eyelids and said with a smile: "Punishment? Of course not, this matter, in fact, he did a very beautiful job." Because once Bai Bushi endures it, Bai Yiyi's father, that is, Bai Ru, will definitely be dissatisfied. The current second generation of the Bai family has been intriguing with each other, the most talented Bai family is the third one who dies, leaving Bai Xuanjing, Bai Jian, Bai Ru, Bai Haoran, and an elusive old five, Bai Ru is the one who thinks about the Bai family the most wholeheartedly. As long as Bai Ru has a grudge against the Bai family, then the fortress of the Bai family will be self-defeating internally. ”

After saying this, the Liyuan City Lord took a box from his entourage, handed it to Chen Liren, and said, "Give this thing to your father and tell him that what Bai Bushi owed back then, it is time for us to go and ask for it back." ”

Speaking of which, the Liyuan City Lord had already stated his position, Chen Liren took the box, 'Thoughts' probed it, and after feeling what was inside, his eyes immediately lit up, "With this, the Bai family will soon become vulnerable in front of us!"

The Liyuan City Lord smiled and was about to speak, but suddenly as if he felt something, the voice remained in his throat and did not come out, and he looked out of the door in shock.

A black-robed man slowly stepped up the steps and appeared in everyone's sight, and then looked around as if no one was around, and a faint voice came from under the cloak.

"I'm afraid your plans will have to stop. ”