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Chapter 667: The rich and powerful return to their hometowns

Chapter 667: The rich and powerful return to their hometowns

The daytime stars appeared, a little bit of spiritual light appeared in the sky above Qianzhou Daocheng, getting bigger and bigger, as if the stars in the void were falling towards the mountain and sea realm.

Even though Qian Palace had announced early on that an immortal would descend on Qianzhou Daocheng, many people in the city were still frightened by the scene before them, thinking that Tianqing was about to happen.

Some people who had some knowledge were excited and kept shouting:

"Qian Gong really didn't lie. A first-grade golden elixir has appeared in Qianzhou!"

"With so many immortals coming, what else can happen except that someone has achieved the first-grade elixir? Haha!"

Exclamations and sounds of great joy were heard in every corner of Qianzhou City.

And inside the Qianzhou Taoist Palace, there is a residence with excellent spiritual veins.

Two figures were leaning against the mottled wooden door, holding hands with each other, looking at the mysterious scene on the ceiling from afar.

They also covered their mouths and cried out softly, their faces filled with joy, but after the joy, there was an indescribable feeling of complexity and melancholy, as if an ant saw the blue sky and knew its own size.

"Lege..."

In addition to these two people, there were two other groups of people in Qianzhou Dao City, all of whom were looking up at the sky with complicated expressions.

The elderly people among them had extremely disappointed looks on their faces, and kept muttering: "What a pity!"

"I really regret it! If we had taken good care of Taoist Yu Lie's godmother, our Yu family would be a wealthy family in the Mountain and Sea Realm now!"

These two groups of people were none other than the Yu family members who were brought by Yu Lie into Qianzhou Daocheng and lived in separate groups.

Over the years, the Yu family members have been taken care of by the Taoist court and have lived a good life. After several decades of development, they have regained their original glory and can be regarded as a small family in Qianzhou Taoist City.

But up to now, there has been no Taoist-level figure in the two Yu families. No matter how well they do, they cannot be considered respectable in Qianzhou Taoist City.

"Grandpa, are you serious? Did Taoist Master Yu Lie really leave my Yu family?"

When a young man from the Yu family heard this, he couldn't help but shout in surprise.

However, faced with such an answer, the elders from both families trembled in fear and did not dare to give a positive answer.

The reason is simple. Although the members of the Yu family have been taken care of by the Qianzhou Taoist Palace over the years, they have also received many warnings, strictly prohibiting them from parading outside under the banner of Yu Lie.

In both clans, there have been young men who were bold, unconvinced, and determined to get close to the enemy.

The Taoist Palace did not take action personally, but they all met with unexpected events. Either their strengths were discovered by other families in the city and they were destroyed, or they were injured in accidents.

In recent years, the Yu family has long understood that the Taoist Palace must be consciously trying to reduce their presence in order to prevent the ancestor of the Yu family from causing trouble and damaging his practice.

Faced with such a situation, even though the two Yu families were unwilling, they could do nothing about it.

Especially when they thought of the scene when Yu Lie saved the Yu family, they were even more silent. With Yu Lie's personality, even if they all came together and cried to the sky, they would most likely be brushed aside with disdain.

Moreover, becoming the family of such a great person will bring wealth and honor, but it will also be accompanied by great risks.

On the contrary, now under the jurisdiction of Qianzhou Dao Palace, being a small family in Qianzhou Dao City and being law-abiding is the most stable and appropriate thing. With the care of the Dao Palace, as long as the Yu family does not show off too much, they will be more stable than any other family in the city.

In the silent Yu family, someone suddenly laughed.

The person who laughed was an old woman. Although she was dressed simply, she stood in front of all the Yu family members. The people around her, whether they were the elderly or the young people of the Yu family, all respected her very much.

"It is a blessing for Qianzhou to have such a person born. Even my Yu family can benefit from it and celebrate."

The old woman said slowly, "But we can celebrate if we want to. If there are people who want to curry favor with the rich and powerful and fabricate a story about our relationship with that adult, our Yu family is too small to be included in the family tree. They can just leave on their own."

These words made everyone in the hall who were still clamoring tremble in their hearts.

Now that the issue of abolishing the family tree had been brought up, even if they had other ideas in mind, they had to suppress them.

In silence, the old woman turned to look at one of the elders and asked, "How many of your sons and daughters have become successful this year and have gone out on their own to establish their own families?"

That person was the patriarch of the Yu family. When he heard the ancestor of the family asking questions, he immediately bowed and responded:

"Reporting to the ancestors, this year there are three tribesmen who have established themselves abroad. Two of them are in Taozhou and Myanmar, and one has gone a million miles away. I heard it is called Dingzhou."

The old woman's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she became interested. She said, "Not bad, not bad. There are actually people who can successfully establish a foothold in such an unfamiliar place."

The head of the Yu family hesitated for a moment and whispered, "But that man seems to have married into a local ruined clan. His descendants even changed their surnames to 'Yu' instead of 'Yu'. I wonder if this lineage can be considered to have branched out..."

The man used his magic power to write the word "于" in the air.

The old woman didn't care at all: "Why not? Take out all the money from the clan's treasury this year, divide it into three parts, and send someone to give it to them."

After a pause, she changed her tone, "Forget it, divide it into four parts. The one who is wandering outside is too far away from home, and he is also married into the family, so his situation should not be good. You can give him two parts."

"Yes." The head of the Yu family agreed immediately.

There were young men in the hall who were participating in such a clan meeting for the first time. When they heard that the old ancestor wanted to empty the entire Yu family's assets in just a few words, the clan leader and others did not object.

They couldn't help but make a commotion again, whispering: "Now that all the spiritual stones and food resources have been taken out, what are we going to do next year? The several shops in the clan are also short of spiritual stones and raw materials recently!"

"What's wrong with the ancestor? Even if you want to have more branches and leaves, you can't draw blood from the clan like this!"

When the head of the Yu family heard these discussions, the humble look on his face immediately changed. He turned his head and stared fiercely at the young people who were discussing them, and ordered:

"Withhold four months' salary from them, confiscate it all, and give it to the three members of the tribe who are outside."

This made the young people who were worried about the clan's assets suddenly change color and they hurriedly wanted to argue, but they were immediately silenced by the people around them, dragged away, and strictly disciplined.

As the young men were dragged away, the old woman looked at them with a dumb smile and whispered, "The family salary for these boys should be taken from my provisions. Young men are strong and can't be delayed any longer."

The head of the Yu family immediately said, "Yes. When they learn more about the truth, they will understand the hard work and intentions of our ancestors."

The old woman didn't comment, she slightly closed her eyes, and only said one last sentence: "When the clan is in deficit, if you need to borrow money, just let me know. While I am still alive, I know a few people in the Taoist Palace, so I will lend as much as I can."

After she finished speaking, she slowly walked out of the lobby with the help of several women from the Yu family.

"Our ancestors are wise!"

The Yu family, leading a group of clansmen, quickly bowed to the old woman.

Amid the shouts, many young members of the Yu family also revealed thoughtful expressions, and from time to time some of them showed excitement in their eyes.

"We can borrow spirit stones from the Dao Palace, and we are not afraid of debt collection. In other words, the Dao Palace has not demanded debt collection from our Yu family in recent years. Is this honor really given by our ancestors?"

"It seems that my Yu family is really closely related to that Taoist Master Yu Lie. Otherwise, how could our ancestors dare to take out the family's resources every year to help the clan members who are away from home to start a family and a career."

"The clan's decades-long strategy of branching out and spreading out encourages us to go further and further. It seems to have a profound meaning."

This matter was indeed as these young people had guessed, with the old woman's hidden meaning.

This old woman was none other than Yu Lie’s godmother’s daughter, Yu Honglian.

After she experienced the confinement of the entire Yu family in Qianshui County, she also understood the possible risks of being a blood relative of a Taoist priest, especially the blood of her own brother.

At the same time, Yu Honglian also knew the attitude of her younger brother and Zi Zhuzi in Qianzhou Taoist Palace towards the Yu family, which was to not bring trouble to Yu Lie, live a good life, and continue the bloodline of their ancestors.

She just happened to think so.

The entire Yu family, including her, has done their best not to cause trouble to Yu Lie and not become a threat or interference to Yu Lie. This is the greatest contribution of the Yu family.

Therefore, Yu Honglian formulated a method to continuously divide the family. The more dispersed and farther the family was divided, the better. It was also better for women in the family to marry far away, and it was not considered a shame for men to marry into the family and change their surnames.

In this way, even if all the members of the Yu family in Qianzhou were captured and killed, the bloodline of the Yu family would not be cut off, and it would not become a handle for others to force Yu Lie.

As for the method of draining the family property of the Yu family every year, it was because Yu Honglian relied on the fact that the Yu family was Yu Lie's direct relative after all, and did it intentionally to take advantage of a loophole.

After all, although Qianzhou Taoist Palace will not give them too much help, it will never allow the Yu family to fall apart. They will provide support, especially when Yu Honglian is still alive.

………………

Yu Lie was unaware of the disturbances in Qianzhou Dao City.

However, after meeting Zi Zhuzi, he glanced around Zi Zhuzi in joy, frowned slightly, and did not see the other two figures.

But now that all the immortals have arrived, this is not the time to care about such private matters.

Yu Lie faced the group of immortals descending from the sky and shouted:

"I am a junior, Yu Lie, and I am honored to meet you all. You have all come today, and I am sorry that Qianzhou failed to welcome you in person. I hope you will forgive me!"

One after another, spiritual lights were suspended above the Purple Mountain.

Hearing Yu Lie's greeting, one face after another appeared, nodded towards Yu Lie, with a kind look on their faces and smiling without saying a word.

One immortal waved his hand lightly, and golden lotuses fell from the sky and floated towards Yu Lie; another immortal exhaled lightly, and clouds and mist appeared out of thin air, evolving into palaces and buildings, which also fell towards Yu Lie.

Another immortal clapped his hands, and groups of graceful women from all races came towards Zishan in groups. Some even took out spirit stones, which fell like rain...

The immortals who came to the banquet took out the gifts they had prepared without saying a word.

This made Yu Lie, who was still thinking about chatting with them, feel quite surprised and delighted.

Fortunately, at this time, Tianwenzi Dixian, who had met him before, appeared and said kindly: "Take them all. These are just a little help from us old guys to the younger generation of Shanhai. It's nothing."

At the same time, a secret message rang in Yu Lie's ears: "The Great Celestial Venerable has issued an order that no one in the Immortal Court should interfere too much with you. The order to keep silent has been issued to prevent anyone from exerting influence. This time, only this Immortal can act as an envoy to negotiate with you.

Just watch these immortals from afar and don't pay too much attention to them. Today is your celebration after all."

Yu Lie listened and was slightly stunned.

He thought that the immortals were reserved and self-conscious about their status, so no one spoke up. He didn't expect that it was the Great Celestial Lord who ordered them not to speak up.

This made Yu Lie extremely surprised, and he had a clear understanding of the control that the Great Celestial Venerable had over the immortals in the Immortal Court.

You must know that he had just counted them, and the number of immortals who came to the meeting today to show themselves was close to a thousand. In addition, there were some immortals who did not like to show themselves in front of him, and were watching secretly, or had not yet descended to incarnate.

It is truly amazing that just one order from the Great Celestial Venerable can make so many immortals dare not disobey.

Nearly a thousand balls of light were suspended above the Purple Mountain, as if there were nearly a thousand suns. All kinds of spiritual objects were showering down, dazzling everyone.

All the mortal Taoists in the entire Qianzhou Taoist City were dazzled and enjoyed some benefits, shouting in joy.

After Yu Lie paid his respects to nearly a thousand immortals, he found that he really did not recognize these immortals and it was difficult to even greet them, so he chose to follow Tianwenzi's advice and treat them as background.

The next group that appeared in Yu Lie's eyes after the immortals were the other Taoist city delegations that had arrived in Qianzhou early and were waiting for him.

They followed the order, shouting auspicious words such as "Congratulations to Lie Zi for his successful elixir" and presenting gifts to Yu Lie.

Just collecting the rewards from the immortals and sorting out the gifts from the diplomatic envoys kept the staff of the Huoluan Immortal Palace and the Qianzhou Taoist Palace busy for a long time. Yu Lie himself didn't have time to do anything else. He was so overwhelmed with gifts that his face almost froze from smiling.

at the same time.

There were also people in the dark whose expressions were completely opposite to Yu Lie's, some were extremely jealous, while others were extremely gloomy.

Among them, there was a group of people whose focus was not on Yu Lie, but on the nearly one thousand immortals above Yu Lie's head, and their expressions were the most sinister.

"There are indeed many immortals!"

There was an unwilling voice:

"Damn it! How could this group of evil mountain and sea cultivators develop to such a level in just 30,000 years..."

(End of this chapter)