Chapter 20: Putting on a good show
Chu Zhongtian sat upright like a clock, but his eyes became moist the moment the young man knelt down, and he was a little choked with the sound he made, trembling and helping the young man in front of him up.
"Good boy, for the Father knows, come, sit first. ”
Chu Tianxing didn't sit down, he just stood straight in front of Chu Zhongtian like this, as if he wanted the latter to see his appearance clearly.
"Well, yes, after so many years, do you feel bitter?" Chu Zhongtian looked at his son in front of him, his eyes softened incomparably, so he stopped sitting down, got up and patted Chu Tianxing's somewhat thin shoulder: "The body is also much tougher, it seems that what they said is true." ”
Chu Tianxing was stunned for a moment, but then he understood, although the Sword Lake Palace was thousands of miles away, some news might not reach the ears of the public, but as the head of a family of cultivating immortals, if there were no channels to obtain these news, it would be too unbelievable, not to mention, these news were still about his only son.
"Father...... Do you know everything?" Chu Tianxing's eyebrows flickered, he was still worried, and he looked for countless reasons to explain what happened to him along the way, but he didn't expect his father to know everything, so he immediately knelt on the ground again, bowed his head and said, "The child is reckless and causes trouble, please punish your father." ”
"Haha!" Chu Zhongtian was haha, "What is there to punish, a cultivator should do whatever he wants, happy and revenge." It's not that people are bullying you, and you have to sit back and wait, and there's nothing wrong with what you do. ”
"What does the father mean?" Chu Tianxing never came to his father first, and from his tone, there seemed to be no hint of blame at all, but there was a joy that could not be concealed.
"The heart of cultivation should have nothing to fear, nothing to fear, nothing to worry about, nothing to slacken, so it is omnipotent! Throughout the ages, countless people who are amazing and gorgeous, and who are thorough through the world, which one is not to attract jealousy, cause thousands of disasters, and provoke countless enemies, my Chu family can produce a genius like you, it is definitely a great blessing. As for what happens after that, the water will cover the ground and the soldiers will block it, so there is no need to worry too much. However, the two forces you provoked are too powerful, and maybe they will also cause life and death for my Chu family. But don't worry, the family won't blame you!"
"But......" Chu Tianxing needed to say something more, but was interrupted by Chu Zhongtian.
"Needless to say. I heard that on the way back, you were intercepted and killed by the Lu family's people, and the other party was building a foundation and cultivating it?" Chu Zhongtian didn't seem to care about the predicament that the Chu family was facing now, but asked about another thing quite expectantly.
Chu Tianxing frowned, his attitude towards his father was too strange, but when Chu Zhongtian asked, he naturally had no need to hide it, and the matter of the robbery and killing of the gray-robed man in the future, as well as the leakage of news from Chu Tiancheng, were generally talked about.
After listening to Chu Tianxing's story, Chu Zhongtian unexpectedly showed a little smile on his face, twisted a few beards on his chin that were not very obvious, groaned, and finally made up his mind, pulled Chu Tianxing up, and walked towards another courtyard in the latter's inexplicable face.
Time flies, since Chu Tianxing and his son walked into the courtyard, they didn't even walk out until the night was deep and the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, but the demeanor of the two was completely different, the former scratched his ears and cheeks, and looked a little unbelievable, while his father Chu Zhongtian was calm and smiling.
Returning to the courtyard again, Chu Tianxing was still immersed in inexplicable amazement, and Chu Zhongtian, who looked at him, shook his head again and again, although this son's cultivation was already very different, but after all, he was too young, and his mind was not trained enough.
"Okay Tianxing, it's getting late today, you have a good rest first, and when I arrange everything properly, I'll sing a good show for Yancheng." Chu Zhongtian seemed to be extremely happy, and with his hands behind his back, he shook back to his room step by step.
Chu Tianxing stood in the courtyard, thinking about what he heard and saw this night, his mind swelled for a while, especially when he thought of what was going to happen tomorrow, his head was even bigger, he shook his head helplessly, sighed a few times, and returned to his room.
The big rhubarb, who had no one to pay attention to along the way, grabbed his head with a loud sound, and it seemed to be bigger than Chu Tianxing's head.
Nothing was said all night.
On the morning of the second day, news suddenly spread on the street that the Chu family, which had just held a clan comparison last year, was going to conduct a clan comparison again today. However, this news is not too surprising, after all, there are many families that hold clan competitions in a row every year, but the strange thing is that this news was actually temporarily decided by the Chu family last night.
But there are also many families who are not as surprised as others when they hear the news, but they look like they are. So, after a short period of surprise, another news quietly circulated that the fourth master of the Chu family finally decided to take action and snatch the position of the head of the family after tolerating it for many years.
Almost everyone was impressed by this news. Only a few families with a very small number shook their heads one after another when they heard the news.
"Fourth Master Chu, how can it be so easy!"
When the scorching sun finally shrouded the entire Yancheng, many people were surprised to find that the entire Chu family mansion had been renovated overnight, and even the enchantment that shrouded the mansion had been reinforced, and then they saw that the children of the Chu family were actually standing at the door and began to greet the guests with care.
And when everyone thought that because of the hasty decision to hold the clan competition, the Chu family would not have too many guests to watch the ceremony, the heads of the families or the middle and high-level members of the clan and the elite disciples of the clan began to appear on the street where the Chu family was located one after another, among which there were not only families with the same strength as the Chu family, but even the top five huge families in Yancheng also had elder-level figures coming, and in the end, even the city lord of Yancheng, who almost never participated in the clan competitions of various families on weekdays, also appeared at the door of the Chu family!
All of a sudden, the little Chu family is like a city!
Compared with the bustle outside the Chu family, the courtyard where Chu Tianxing is located is quiet. With a squeak, Chu Tianxing walked out of the door, looked up at the rising sun, stretched his waist, patted his chest, and exhaled a breath of turbidity.
When he returned home, although he brought the dust and troubles along the way, when he returned home and returned to his father, the kind of stability that came from the bottom of his heart made him sleep very sweetly this night.
After thinking about yesterday's events, after a night of thinking, Chu Tianxing finally completely sorted out the things discussed yesterday. I can't help but admire my father.
Speaking of Chu Zhongtian, he has a lot of fame in Yancheng County, not because of how high his cultivation is, but because of his amazing talent in governing the family, you can never imagine that a patriarch in the condensation period can manage at least four families in the foundation building period in an orderly manner!
There are even many people who think that in fact, Chu Zhongtian himself is extremely talented, but because he has been on the family affairs for a long time, he has seriously delayed his cultivation, and some people believe that Chu Zhongtian actually has no intention of cultivating immortals at all, so he does his best in family affairs.
didn't go out immediately, Chu Tianxing came to the courtyard and began to beat out the long-lost Nine Spirit Chong Fist Technique, and after a while, he was sweating profusely, but such a comfortable cultivation also completely made his mental state reach the best state.
"Skywalk. Chu Zhongtian appeared at the door of the small courtyard, and when he saw Chu Tianxing's cultivation without distraction, he didn't bother, knowing that he had finished beating a set of boxing techniques, so he spoke up.
"Father. Chu Tianxing took the towel on the side, wiped the sweat off his body, and said with a smile.
"It's almost time, let's go. Chu Zhongtian didn't say much, and the two of them walked towards the martial arts arena where the clan would be held.
However, when Chu Tianxing followed Chu Zhongtian to the martial arts arena, the scene in front of him still surprised him a little, there were already quite a lot of people here, and the crowd was full of people, and it was extremely lively at a glance.
The strength of the Chu family in Yancheng is extremely limited, and it has only been developing steadily because of some special reasons, and every time there is a clan comparison, there will be a lot of distinguished guests to come to observe, one is to make a relationship, and the other is to take the opportunity to see the ability of the younger generation of the Chu family, after all, for this kind of family, excellent fresh blood is extremely important. And the potential of the younger generation is to a large extent the future strength of a family, and it is necessary to be familiar with each other's strength.
Therefore, the clan ratio is more like a display, and the observation is also a kind of temptation to a large extent, which is something that everyone knows to each other.
But compared to the Chu family, which had just held a clan comparison last year, today's battle was indeed a bit excessive.
Chu Zhongtian was busy greeting the VIPs who came to observe, while Chu Tianxing stayed quietly and didn't care about these troublesome things.
At this moment, in the VIP seat of the martial arts arena, there were already many people sitting, laughing and talking with each other.
In the middle of the VIP seat, a slightly lean middle-aged man was talking and laughing with a few guests around him who were good friends with the Chu family with a smile, and while laughing, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of Chu Tianxing, and he was stunned for a moment, and then his brows wrinkled without a trace.
On the left side of the lean middle-aged man, there were two teenagers, both older than Chu Tianxing, and the neat clothes of the Chu family disciples were worn on their bodies, but they were inexplicably a little more energetic, the former should be Chu Tianxing's second uncle, Chu Zhongzheng, and the two teenagers were his cousins, Chu Tianying and Chu Tianxiong.
Next to Chu Zhongzheng, Chu Tianxing's uncle Chu Zhongyun was looking at the guests and the children of the Chu family with a smile on his face, and behind him was a tall and beautiful girl, who was his cousin, Chu Yanran.
On the other side of the Taishi chair, it was Chu Tiancheng and Chu Tianheng's father, Chu Zhongting, but Chu Tiancheng did not come today.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian sitting on top of the chairman, Chu Zhongting's eyes wrinkled, and he laughed loudly: "Third child, looking at your red face today, you must be in a good mood, but I don't know if your waste son can save some face for you today." ”