The third elder spoke slowly: "Zian, for so many years, you have taken over most of the affairs of the Xiao family. Isn't it very hard for you to take care of it?"

Xiao Zian had a distant smile on his lips: "It's not hard work, it's the duty after all."

"Today, several of our elders have discussed it and feel that the burden on you is a little heavy. It can be relieved a little so that other juniors of the Xiao family can experience it."

Xiao Zian's eyes darkened: "Just talking about this?"

"If any younger brother or sister wants to start a career, why bother alarming the elders? Just come to me directly, and I will naturally give my full support."

The eighth elder raised his hand and touched the trimmed mustache, with a hint of treachery on his face: "Third brother, what you said is too tactful. Young Master Xiao of our Xiao family may not understand what you mean."

"Zian, how long has it been since you made a breakthrough in your cultivation? It's obvious that you have been busy with family affairs these years, which has delayed your cultivation. You don't have to take care of things in the future, just take it easy and relax."

Xiao Zian's eyes turned cold: "Shu Zian is powerless and can't do it."

At the same time, Xiao Zi'an was also puzzled.

Although the Eighth Elder has always been reckless and bold in his actions and disliked him, he has never challenged him directly like he did today...

Why?

"That's not up to you!" The Ninth Elder snorted, and suddenly raised his hand to form a seal, mobilizing a formation disk.

The next second, a formation appeared under Xiao Zian's feet.

Xiao Zian's face changed slightly. When he wanted to evacuate, he found that his whole body could not move even half a minute. Not only that, it seemed like a big mountain was pressing down on his shoulders, constantly forcing him to bend down.

Ten breaths later, Xiao Zian spit out a mouthful of blood and knelt down on the formation unable to hold on any longer.

"Third Elder...what exactly...do you want to do..."

Xiao Zian raised his head and glanced at the third elder in the high position.

Soon, his vision became blurry, Xiao Zian shook his head, his whole body felt weak, a wave of fatigue came over him, and he finally fell into a coma completely...

Seeing that Xiao Zian fell down and was already unconscious, the third elder showed a not too friendly smile: "Zian, please take a little sleep!"

The third elder gave a look to the ninth elder, who understood and immediately took Xiao Zian to prepare to leave.

"Lao Jiu! Where are you taking Zi An?"

Things happened so suddenly. When the seventh elder came to his senses, he flew forward to stop the person, but was stopped by the eighth elder who looked at him with a sinister look on his face: "Seventh Elder, don't be so angry."

In the end, the seventh elder watched helplessly as Xiao Zian was taken away.

"Now the plan is mostly successful. Let's make it clear to Lao Liu and Lao Qi."

The third elder was in a good mood at the moment, so he revealed his true purpose:

"The top-quality wood-attributed Heavenly Spiritual Root in Zian's body is really a waste if it remains in his body. Over the years, although Zian's Wooden Spiritual Root has more outstanding qualifications than the ordinary Heavenly Spiritual Root, in his early years, Zian practiced a fragmentary skill. Dharma causes cultivation to stagnate when it reaches the Nascent Soul stage."

"The Yan family, the Ao family, the Feng family...the younger generation all have talented people who are enough to support the prosperity of the next generation of the family, but only the Xiao family, with Zi An's age, even though he is a seventh-grade alchemist. His achievements are also dazzling, but his cultivation in the Nascent Soul stage has long been unable to match..."

"The Xiao family can't wait too long, they must introduce a new leader!"

"It just so happens that one of the younger members of the clan has a fire spirit root that is also at the level of a heavenly spirit root. As long as the wood spirit root is also integrated into it, and the two heavenly spirit roots of fire and wood are gathered together, the speed of cultivation is bound to be able to travel thousands of miles a day, within a hundred years. Our Xiao family can also produce a young genius who can match Yan Mingyuan of the Yan family and Ao Wushuang of the Ao family."

Some remarks about the rise and fall of the family made the sixth elder and the seventh elder feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

"Changing spiritual roots? This is a forbidden technique!!"

"Once discovered by other forces, our Xiao family will become the target of public criticism! How can we be prosperous?!"

The third elder shook his head lightly: "It's not about changing, but merging the spiritual roots to create a spiritual root that is more suitable for the Xiao family's alchemy family."

"That's not what you said before. You only said that you should let Zi An take over the power and give the juniors below him some experience. You can't put all the treasure on Zi An..." The seventh elder's voice weakened, as if he had thought of something. , and suddenly glared at the third elder and the others with sharp eyes.

The sixth elder's face was also dark at this moment, and he didn't know that he and the seventh elder were being plotted.

"And, since it is a fusion of spiritual roots, why dig up Zian's spiritual roots? Wouldn't it be better to just dig up another person's spiritual roots and fuse them with Zian?"

Compared to the third elder who still harbors so-called geniuses, the sixth elder prefers Xiao Zian, whom he has seen growing up.

Although Xiao Zian's cultivation level has not improved in recent years for some unknown reason, if there is such a way to integrate spiritual roots to improve his talent and qualifications, the Sixth Elder's first idea is to let Xiao Zian integrate it.

How could one dig out the spiritual roots of a young master of the Xiao family and use it as a stepping stone for another unknown person?

The seventh elder was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves: "You are really confused! You are so confused!"

The third elder turned to look at the small door in a corner: "Since you are curious about who the other person is... Ziyan, come out."

Inside the small door, Xiao Ziyan's figure appeared gracefully, and he held his hands towards the elders: "Ziyan has met all the elders."

Seeing clearly who was coming, both the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder were shocked:

"Third brother! Why are you crazy?! Xiao Ziyan has been practicing for decades and hasn't even broken through to the golden elixir stage? Is he the Xiao family kid you said is more talented than Zi An?"

"Hmph! And the name of this Xiao family member... is not necessarily pure!"

Xiao Ziyan said calmly: "It's not certain whose bloodline is not pure."

The sixth elder's eyes were sharp: "What do you mean by this?"

Xiao Ziyan took a few steps forward and said angrily: "Two elders, I am actually the eldest son of the Xiao family!"

Sixth Elder: "How is that possible?!"

Seventh Elder: "Absurd!"

Xiao Ziyan's voice suddenly dropped and he was slightly choked: "Back then, my father had a sudden change of heart and was fascinated by the pillow wind in the lowly outer room. He tried to trick a civet cat into changing the prince. Over the years, my father treated me I have always felt guilty, and once I spilled the beans when I was drunk, and the third elder and several others heard me."

"If the two elders don't believe it, you can test my bone age now."

The Sixth Elder was the first to step forward and grabbed Xiao Ziyan's wrist.

"This bone age is indeed..." The sixth elder's expression changed slightly, and he turned to look at the seventh elder.

The seventh elder was also very confused. He stepped forward and personally measured Xiao Ziyan's bone age.

The results are obvious...

As the eldest son of the Xiao family, Xiao Zian has been closely watched in every aspect since his birth, and all kinds of information have been recorded and kept confidential. However, the Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder are both members of the Presbyterian Council, so they naturally know Xiao Zian's bone age. how many.

But now, Xiao Ziyan's bone age has become exactly the same as Xiao Zian's?

Xiao Ziyan said loudly: "So, I am the legitimate eldest son of the Xiao family, and a mere outsider took his spiritual root and used it for me. Why not? Everything is for the overall benefit of the Xiao family. For your own sake.”

"Is it possible that the sixth elder and the seventh elder really support an outsider to continue to be the young master of the Xiao family, or even the head of the Xiao family in the future? If word spreads, wouldn't the major forces in Zhongzhou laugh at me that there is no one in the Xiao family? Let an outsider come into the house? Take charge of the overall situation? "

The seventh elder still looked disapproving: "But Zian has contributed a lot to the Xiao family over the years... after all..."

Although the drama of the civet cat exchanging the prince shocked the two elders, and they were unable to react for a while.

But thinking about Xiao Zian's current situation, he still couldn't help but subconsciously favor Xiao Zian.

Even if Xiao Zian's cultivation is not improving now, he is still a seventh-grade alchemist. Even in an alchemy family like the Xiao family, a seventh-grade alchemist is a rare talent.

"Two elders, don't worry. After all, Xiao Zian has made some contributions to the Xiao family. Even if his spiritual root is extracted this time, I will ask the third elder to refine the elixir in the future to hang his life. I will not let him The rest of my life will be too painful.”

The corner of Xiao Ziyan's lips curled up coldly, as if mocking but also concerned: "The Xiao family has a big business, and a person who is idle can still afford to support him."

"This……"

The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder looked at each other with a lot of doubts in their hearts, but now it was a foregone conclusion, and the other five elders were not in the Xiao family, so it was difficult for them to make a decision.

Moreover, the three elders and the three of them obviously came prepared and deliberately set up a trap to drag them into the water.

The Sixth Elder and the Seventh Elder couldn't imagine what kind of turmoil would happen in the Xiao family if they waited until the First Elder and the others returned and saw Xiao Zian, who they had always valued and supported, become a useless person...

……

Three months later.

MSI Peak.

Rong Shu completely stabilized his cultivation in the late Jindan stage.

This result is not ideal.

Rong Shu originally thought about whether she could suppress her cultivation level again, because this time the rocket rose too fast, which made her feel uneasy.

But after three months, Rong Shu failed to suppress his cultivation, and there were still faint signs of breaking through Nascent Soul. With no other choice, Rong Shu had no choice but to suppress his cultivation at the late stage of Jindan.

"It will take at least three years to improve your cultivation this time... No! Within ten years! There must be no further breakthrough!"

“You have to play it slow and steady!”

Rong Shu came out of the house and was about to go find Rong Yan and Xiao Baihu to see how they were practicing when he felt someone coming to Wei Xing Peak.

Rong Shu raised his hand and touched the void, and a 'picture' suddenly appeared.

In the picture, Leng Mingjing's figure happened to appear.

"Eldest brother is here?"

Rong Shu was a little surprised, but he still turned off Wei Xingfeng's formation and let Leng Mingjing in.

After the formation was closed, Leng Mingjing's figure appeared in front of Rong Shu. He said with a smile: "Junior sister, congratulations on being released from seclusion."

Rong Shu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Leng Mingjing asked: "Junior sister, are you free?"

"Yes, what's the matter? Senior brother."

Rong Shu felt a little strange. She didn't tell her senior brother the specific time of leaving seclusion, and even she didn't know it herself.

Why did his senior brother come directly to Wei Xing Peak as soon as he came out of seclusion?

Leng Mingjing explained the purpose of his visit: "Zian returned to Xiao's house three months ago and there has been no news. Maybe he was caught up in something. You go to Xiao's house to look for him."

"Okay." Rong Shu nodded: "I just feel that I can break through the alchemist level recently, and I also want to go to the fourth senior brother to help me with the assessment."

The alchemist's level has been stuck at the fourth level since he entered the secret realm of fire.

Rong Shu has now gone through almost three years of accumulation and feels that he can try to break through to the fifth level alchemy master.

Leng Mingjing said: "Go, you go with Yanyan. If anything happens, remember to use the Heart Guard Bell to send a message back."

"Heart-protecting bell? Does the heart-protecting bell still have such a function?" Rong Shu picked up the heart-protecting bell that had been hanging on his waist.

This is the "token" of the disciples of Mingzhan Mountain that belongs exclusively to Rong Shu. Rong Shu has been wearing it since he entered Mingzhan Mountain.

"Yes." Leng Mingjing nodded slightly and explained:

"A concentric formation is added inside. With just a thought, the message can be sent to other people who also have this formation. There is a concentric formation in the 'tokens' of several of us."

After Rong Shu asked Leng Mingjing in detail how to use it, he tied the heart-protecting bell on his waist again: "Okay, I've written it down."

Afterwards, Rong Shu went to find Rong Yan and Xiao Baihu.

Rong Yan has come out of seclusion, but the little white tiger has not come out yet.

Seeing this, Rong Shu had no choice but to take Rong Yan down the mountain first.

"..."

Leng Mingjing stood on the mountain, looking at the two people's retreating figures. When he turned around, there seemed to be a sigh:

"It's a pity that I can't go down the mountain."

"I hope...it can still come in time."

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