Ji Xiang propped his hands on the edge of the desk, and stared at the animal skin scroll with a pair of eyes.

This is a picture scroll collected for nearly 1,000 years, the animal skin has been yellowed, probably after the treatment of medicinal herbs, there is no musty smell, and there is not a little mottled mildew spots, appearing on the animal skin.

The cinnabar of the painting, the ink is dry, and it has completely blended into the animal skin.

Ji Xiang's eyes had already been attracted by the animal skin scroll, and he looked at the scroll.

The scroll depicts a middle-aged scholar, who has been eroded by time for nearly a thousand years, but he is still vivid.

The scholar's face is like white jade, sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, lupine scarf, and high spirits.

At this time, Murong Tian pointed to the scholar on the scroll and explained to Ji Xiang: "This is the first portrait of the patrol envoy preserved by the family, he, born in the human race, is the benefactor of my Murong, Nanguo, Ximen, and Shangguan families. ”

Murong Tian first bowed to the middle-aged scholar who painted the portrait, and then, he gently stroked the scroll, and continued:

"That time was a thousand-year catastrophe for the family, and the population of my Yun County was alive, and there was not one in ten, and because of the protection of the patrol envoy, one percent of the population of Yun County did not become the blood food of demon beasts. ”

When Ji Xiang heard this, he was shocked, and the information brought from the spirit mine in thirty-nine points, and the hexagram of the deacon elders, predicted the thousand-year tribulation of the family, and it was not one in ten.

"Is it a thousand years of reincarnation? Ji Xiang looked at the jade-faced scholar in the picture scroll, and said secretly in his heart.

"It's a pity that the benefactor died early, and my Murong family was just established, and before I could thank him, he traveled west. Murong Tian sighed, silently rolled up the scroll, and carefully put it into the wooden box.

Immediately, Murong Tian took out the second scroll from the wooden box, unfolded it, and slowly spread it on the desk.

With Murong Tian's movements, the first thing that caught Jixiang's eye was a smiling face.

There is no doubt that the second Inspector was a woman, a woman of beauty and wisdom.

After Murong Tian flattened the scroll, he said, "This is the second envoy who is kind to my Murong family, because of her, my Murong family has become the head of Yun County." ”

Similarly, Murong Tian bowed deeply to the patrol envoy, and then continued to explain to Ji Xiang:

"The four great families of Yunjun, facing the first beast tide that has not been encountered in a hundred years, seeing that the defense of Yunjun County has been breached, and all humans in the county are about to become the blood food of demon beasts, the patrol envoy descends from the sky. ”

Murong Tian's tone was not hurried or slow, and he spoke eloquently.

Ji Xiang's gaze did not stay on the picture, but moved to Murong Tian's body and looked at his face.

"Grandpa, the first inspector and the second inspector appeared a hundred years apart, in between, is there any other patrol history. Ji Xiang asked.

"Yes, according to the family records, there are nine inspectors among them. Murong Tian replied.

"Why don't you have a portrait of them?"

"That's a good question, according to the family annals, these nine inspectors were born in different demon clans, and they stayed among the demon beasts and barely showed up, so the ancestors couldn't depict their appearances. ”

"Demon Clan. Ji Xiang muttered to himself.

"That's right, different demon clans, one of them is actually a low-level and weak Heavenly Spider clan, and he hasn't even turned into a human form. Murong Tian said with a smile.

"Is it that the scale of the beast tide is related to the strength of the patrol envoy?"

Murong Tian didn't give an answer immediately, he pondered for a while before he said: "It seems that this is the case, the old man commanded the human race to fight back in the six beast tides, and the beast tides are indeed related to the power of the patrol envoys. ”

"Six beast tides, the patrol envoys are all from the demon clan?"

"Exactly, the last time the patrol envoy was the fox clan, and the last time it was the wolf clan...... Murong Tian cited them one by one and explained them in detail.

Waiting for Murong Tian to finish explaining, Ji Xiang asked a new question: "Grandpa, have you ever witnessed the Terran patrol envoy?"

This is a key issue, and the deacons and elders speculate that the inspector of this thousand-year-old family catastrophe is from the human race.

And the hexagram is a short-lived scene, and the deacons and elders feel very familiar, that is, the inspector will probably appear in the county town.

The county town is the sphere of influence of the Murong family, and so far, no monk who has broken through to Jindan and whose strength is higher than that of Murong Tian has appeared.

When Murong Tian heard this, he immediately opened his mouth, looked at Ji Xiang, and asked, "The deacon elder predicts that the patrol envoy will be produced among the human race?"

Ji Xiang nodded.

"Is he okay?" Murong Tian asked again, he was the deacon elder.

The deacons and elders are dozens of years older than him, and their bodies are almost exhausted, and if they don't break through, their life will come to an end.

"Break through to Jindan and become a Jindan Grand Monk. Ji Xiang replied, he didn't hide it in front of his grandfather.

"Good!good!good!" Murong Tian said three good words in a row, and he was overjoyed, the deacon elder was the first wise man in the county, and his breakthrough was a huge wealth added by the human race.

He predicted that in the thousand-year-old family catastrophe, the four major families would not exist, and the Yunjun human race would not survive. Ji Xiang said.

This was a thunderbolt from the sky, Murong Tian was startled, and hurriedly asked again: "What else did you predict?"

He also predicted that the patrol history would appear in Yunjun, but the moment he saw that place, the deacon elder passed out. Ji Xiang told his grandfather what he had mastered one by one.

Grandpa is the head of the patriarch of the four major families, and he has commanded six beast tides and has rich experience in dealing with the demon clan.

And this once-in-a-century beast tide, its scale and destructive power surpassed all the beast tides that the Murong family had experienced.

The purpose of this beast tide is to make the four major families of Yunjun completely disappear in this world.

Relying on Murong Lin Zhi alone, it was simply whimsical, even the entire Murong family was powerless to return to the sky.

Only by relying on the four major families of Yunjun can unite the entire human race of Yunjun and work together to see if they can protect themselves.

The old man immediately dispatched the patriarch's order and gathered the four patriarchs to discuss countermeasures. Murong Tian put away the scrolls one by one and put them back into the wooden box.

Then, picking up the wooden box with both hands, he collected it in the secret cabinet again, and after everything was restored to normal, Murong Tian asked, "What else did the deacon elder say?" ”

At this moment, Ji Xiang did not hide a trace of it, but he put aside his heart and said everything he knew: "The elder burned his life and predicted eight words: Li Dai Tao stiffened, hiding from the sky and crossing the sea." ”

"Li Dai Tao stiff, hiding from the sky and the sea. Murong Tian repeated these eight words, and finally, he shook his head, unable to think of the key point.

"It's fate. Murong Tian looked up to the sky and sighed.

"No, why not go against the sky. Ji Xiang said, "If the sky takes me as a dog, I will cut it off." ”

The voice was not loud, but it made Murong Tian's whole body shake up, and said: "Okay, Zhi'er, grandpa will lead the four major families and fully support you." ”

Speaking of this, he stroked the long fluttering beard on his chest with his left hand and said, "Let's go, go to the council hall, the old man will issue a patriarch's order, convene all the patriarchs, and discuss the plan." ”

Ji Xiang didn't hesitate, and when he saw Murong Tian walking out of the door of the study, he pulled his legs and left, following closely behind Murong Tian.

The council hall is in the very center of the Murong family, built on the mountain. The Demon Race also has a council chamber, but it can't be compared to the Terran one.

The Murong family's council hall was grand in scale and towering into the sky, which was incomparable to the demon clan's wood-bound council halls.

Its main body is almost marble, while the vestibule and the entire floor are mostly paved with white marble.

The ground is clean and spotless, and there are fewer urine stains and no peculiar smell than the demon beast's chamber.

Ji Xiang has entered the council hall N times, but he has never been the core figure, so he is silent and listens to the discussion of the family elders.

Although, his current cultivation is already at the peak of the ninth layer of the Gathering Core, which is higher than the cultivation of most elders.

However, he used the Hidden Spirit Technique to conceal his cultivation, and it seemed to outsiders that he was only practicing the fourth level of qi.

Three hundred meters away from the council hall, there are family guards patrolling, five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, which increases the coercion of the council hall and also increases the sense of mystery.

Ji Xiang followed behind Murong Tian, so he didn't go to the check, and he also got a grand courtesy.

"Hello patriarch, hello young patriarch!" The voices came and went, from hundreds of meters away, all the way to the door of the council hall, and they did not stop.

Ji Xiang followed Murong Tian's example and waved his hand to the guards, although they did not speak, the guards were still smiling on their faces, feeling the warmth of spring.

As soon as Murong Tian entered the door of the council hall, he ordered the leader of the guards on duty: "Hit the family bell and pass on the patriarch's order." ”

"Yes! Patriarch!" the leader agreed, taking the patriarchal order from Murong Tian.

Murong Tian glanced at the leader and confessed: "Hit the bell ninety-nine times." ”

"Patriarch?" the leader's face was full of confusion, and he struck the bell ninety-nine times, which was the bell of survival, marking the moment of life and death for the family.

All elders, as long as they have a little power and authority in the family, must put down everything in their hands and rush to the council hall when they hear the bell of survival.

The leader touched the patriarch's order in his hand, and knew that the situation was serious, and immediately replied, "Yes, patriarch!"

Soon after the leader left, there was a "boom, boom" bell from the bell and drum tower, which lasted for a long time and echoed throughout the sky of Yunjun.

A team of unicorn cavalry, starting from the Murong family, galloped and flew towards the four major families of Ximen, Nanguo, and Shangguan.

Nan Guo Feifei was sipping tea, and suddenly heard the bell ringing from the Murong family's bell and drum tower, and at first, he didn't care.

But the bell rang for a long time, and he had to listen carefully.

Forty-nine times, Nan Guo Feifei put down the teacup in his hand, seventy-two times, Nan Guo Feifei's body bounced up from the chair, and at eighty-one times, he walked out of the door, came outside, and looked in the direction of the Murong family's mansion.

When the ninety bells rang, Nan Guo Feifei heard the sound of rushing running, and at the same time, someone shouted: "Patriarch, the Murong family has sent the order of the Murong Patriarch." ”

"What's going on?" Nan Guo Feifei pondered in his heart, but he still ordered his subordinates: "Prepare the beast, go to the Murong Family Mansion Hall." ”