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The Zhu family is one of the subordinate forces of the Cheng family, with a history of nearly 200 years, and its strength in Qianyang County is also very strong.

There are two small realms in the elixir realm, one is the elixir realm that has just broken through, and the other is the elixir stage above the elixir stage.

The head of the Zhu family has the cultivation at the peak of the elixir stage, so he has already begun to prepare a large number of cultivation resources a year ago, and now he has begun to prepare for a breakthrough, and once he is out of the customs, it is very likely to reach the second realm of the elixir realm, the spiritual sea stage.

Once he reached the Spirit Sea Stage, his cultivation would be enough to serve as an ordinary elder in the four major families, and the status of the Zhu family would also rise a lot.

The retreat place of Zhu Gangming, the head of the Zhu family, is very secretive, and the same is true in other families, firstly, to have a quiet environment, and secondly, to prevent some people who want to destroy.

In the dim passage, a rush of scattered footsteps came from afar, gradually approaching Zhu Gangming's retreat, and when the footsteps stopped, a group of Zhu family elders with anxious faces were revealed, and the place where they stopped was outside a stone gate at the end of the passage.

It's just that after coming here, these Zhu family elders suddenly hesitated a little, because interrupting a person to break through is no less than blocking the path.

And since Zhu Gangming has been in retreat until now, everyone doesn't know where he has come.

It's just that after thinking about it again and again, between Zhu Gangming's breakthrough and the survival of the family, they finally chose the latter, after all, the family is the foundation of their survival.

"Family master, there is a big event in the clan, which is not only related to the two young masters, but also related to the survival of the Zhu family, I have to come to disturb your retreat, and ask the patriarch to go out to preside over the overall situation"

Bowed deeply to the gate, and finally under the signal of the Zhu family elder led by him, one of them trembled and carried the true qi in his body, and passed the message to Zhu Gangming inside through the heavy stone door.

In the eager waiting of the elders of the Zhu family, the heavy door finally opened slowly, revealing Zhu Gangming with a gloomy face inside, seeing this, their faces couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed, but they were all very nervous and lowered their heads.

"Hmph"

It's just that before they could speak, Zhu Gangming, who had just come out of the customs, had a sharp look in his eyes, looked at the elder Zhu who was spreading the news to him, and with a wave of his sleeve robe, the elder was thrown and hit the wall of the passage with blood in his mouth.

And Zhu Gangming, who showed his face, looked at the elders of the Zhu family lightly, and an unimaginable pressure also appeared in their hearts, full of panic and uneasiness, knowing that although Zhu Gangming had vented a lot now, he still had anger accumulating.

At this time, the elders of the Zhu family also felt the aura of cultivation emanating from him, and now they had reached the limit of the elixir stage, and they were afraid that they would only be able to successfully break through to the Linghai stage in a few days, but with the current exit, this retreat can be said to be a failure.

You must know that this is the cultivation resources that the Zhu family spent a year to prepare, and now that Zhu Gangming's breakthrough has been interrupted, it will only take longer to raise enough resources again, and once he is out of the critical state of breakthrough, it will be difficult for him to enter that kind of mysterious realm again, and naturally there will be anger in his heart.

"What is going on, you can not hesitate to alarm me who is in the critical juncture of retreat, do you know that it only takes a few days for me to successfully break through to the Linghai Stage, such a great opportunity was ruined by you like this, if you can't tell a reason, don't blame the head of the family for not remembering the friendship of the same clan"

Looking at Zhu Gangming, who was still trying to suppress the anger in his heart and maintaining his rationality, the great elder of the Zhu family led by him could only stand up and tell him what happened to the two Zhu Tong brothers with a solemn face.

It's just that the Zhu Tong brothers' cultivation was abolished, for fear that Zhu Gangming would abolish them all in a fit of anger.

"Hmph, these two rice buckets, waste, not enough to succeed and more than to lose, I raise two pigs better than them, I really don't know what to say, I dare to threaten others in that situation.

It's just that even if they are wasted, they are my Zhu Gangming's sons, and they dare to attack my son, their courage is really not small, Zhu Tong and them, shouldn't they dare to come to see them because of such a big incident?"

Zhu Gangming also knows the character of Zhu Tong's brothers, and he has always been very conniving, but he will never allow others to teach his son a lesson.

"This family master, now the Yuan deacon of the Cheng family is waiting outside with the order of the eldest lady of the Cheng family, I think it is better for the head of the family to go out and meet him first."

In the face of Zhu Gangming's inquiry, the elders didn't know how to answer for a while, so they could only say something vaguely, attracting Zhu Gangming's attention to Yuan Kun.

Zhu Gangming, as the head of the Zhu family, naturally knew the urgency of the matter, although he saw that something was wrong with them, he also knew that he couldn't let Yuan Kun wait outside for too long, so he nodded suspiciously and walked over them and walked outside.

In the main hall of the Zhu family, Yuan Kun looked at the Zhu family elder with a flattering face in front of him, with impatience and disdain in his heart, but he could only pretend to have a friendly conversation.

"This elder, Yuan has been coming to the Zhu family for a long time, and he is still waiting to go back to report to the eldest lady, the delay has been long enough, I don't know when your family master will be able to meet me"

Nearly an hour has passed since he brought the Zhu Tong brothers to the Zhu family, and he has not seen anything else except the Zhu family elders in front of him, obviously he has already known what Zhu Tong and the others have committed, and is waking up Zhu Gangming, who is in retreat.

"Well, this elder brother, please wait, the head of the family is in retreat, and it will be difficult for us to contact the head of the family for a while, but the Great Elder has already passed and should come over soon, you wait"

The elder of the Zhu family smiled at Yuan Kun in fear, and the corners of his eyes swept to the six people standing behind Yuan Kun from time to time.

It was a group of cultivators dressed in black with a scimitar at their waists, and they were elite guards who were specifically responsible for the safety of the eldest lady of the Cheng family, and they would only follow her when Cheng Wanqing went out to leave the county town, and they were called twelve secret guards by the Cheng family, and there were a total of twelve people.

Not only are all of them deeply cultivated, but they also cooperate with each other very tacitly, once under the joint efforts of six people, they blocked the cultivators of the elixir period for half an hour, and it is said that the twelve people joined forces to easily compete with the cultivators of the elixir period, and at the same time, they are also a group of ruthless existences, which can be described as a fierce reputation.

"Hahaha, Deacon Yuan came to my Zhu family, as the head of the Zhu family, I can't greet the master, I'm really sorry"

As Zhu Gangming's voice came, Yuan Kun also put away the impatience in his heart, and saluted him who walked in, as for the elder who accompanied him, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked aside silently.

"Master Zhu, please forgive me, I came this time with a mission, and the eldest lady specially ordered me to deal with this matter, so there is no need to say anything else."

There was a trace of displeasure on Zhu Gangming's face, but after seeing the six secret guards behind Yuan Kun, that trace of displeasure was instantly put away, and instead there was a solemn appearance.

"It's easy to say, since it is the matter that the eldest lady explained, Zhu will definitely do his best, and there will be no objections"

Although he was surprised by Zhu Gangming's attitude, after hearing what he said, Yuan Kun also laughed, and waved his hand to bring Zhu Tong and the two up.

"Daddy, Daddy, you're going to be the master for us."

"Dad, our cultivation has been abolished by a kid, you have to be the master for us"

The two who had already woken up immediately burst into tears and shouted after seeing Zhu Gangming, with deep resentment in their tones.

"Who, who is so bold and dares to abolish you, I think he can't find death"

Looking at the two Zhu Tong, who were completely embarrassed by their cultivation, Zhu Gangming, as a father, couldn't suppress the anger in his heart in an instant, and released his cultivation, and a coercion that belonged to the elixir period permeated here, and the murderous aura in it was even more like substance.

"Ahem, Master Zhu, what are you trying to do, please put away your coercion, otherwise the few behind me will make a move"

Yuan Kun, who was standing in front of him, said with great difficulty, and there was a deep warning in his words.

And the eyes of the six secret guards standing behind him also flashed, and after walking by mistake, the breath of the six people instantly connected as if they were one person, resisting the coercion released by Zhu Gangming.

Zhu Gangming also noticed his gaffe and hurriedly put away his coercion, but there was still a murderous aura exuding from his body.

Feeling a relief on his body, Yuan Kun looked at the elders of the Zhu family with a little deep meaning, and then told Zhu Gangming about the reason why Zhu Tong and them were abolished.

"Master Zhu, this is the reason why Ling Gongzi's cultivation was abolished, in this matter, it is not only my Cheng family, the Gong and Zhao families are also witnesses to this matter, we also have to do this, and please don't do something stupid to bring the Zhu family into a place of no return.

Since you have just said that you will not have any objection to the order of the eldest lady, then please ask the Zhu family to hand over sixty percent of this year's income to the Cheng family's mansion as soon as possible, otherwise you will know the consequences."

"Also, the eldest lady said that she doesn't want the Zhu family to do something that will affect the reputation of the Cheng family, so in the next period of time, it is better for the head of the Zhu family not to send someone out, otherwise it will be easy to cause misunderstanding."

Facing Yuan Kun's warning, Zhu Gangming nodded with some horror.

"Please Deacon Yuan inform the eldest lady that Zhu will definitely give six of the Zhu family's income this year to the Cheng family as soon as possible."

Yuan Kun naturally saw Zhu Gangming's unwillingness, so he could only nod secretly in his heart, then said goodbye, and walked to the gate of the Zhu family, and the secret guards who followed him also followed, and the seven people walked out of the Zhu family in Zhu Gangming's laughter.