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North of Liyue Port, at the foot of Tianheng Mountain.

In the past few days, for unknown reasons, the Shi family's residence has been a little deserted, and few people have walked in the residence.

When Shi Bai passed away, this happened briefly in the resident.But that's because the old Patriarch left the world, and all the alchemists returned to the ancestral temple to perform sacrifices according to the usual practice, and the reason why there were fewer people in the clan.

During the current period of time, the alchemist family has not encountered any large-scale missions assigned by Liyue officials, nor has it encountered any accidents. It is really abnormal for this situation to occur in the resident.

As the current Patriarch, Shi Qi obviously knew about this situation, but it seemed that his seniority could not solve this matter.

In other words, because he is too close to Liyue officials, he has already been rejected by the old people who have regained their vitality.

At the beginning when the alchemist family joined the Liyue official, all the elders in the Shi family had no objections, because they also knew that if there was no strong support behind them, the alchemist family would really collapse.

But as time went by, with the support of Liyue, the aristocratic families gradually came back to their senses, and the alchemist clan had a tendency to recover again—these old people had experienced the glory of the past for a long time, so their hearts changed back to the previous arrogance.

"The alchemist family can't survive only by relying on the Seven Stars. Over the past thousands of years, the glory of our family has been killing demons and demons. Now that we belong to the government, what have we done?"

"Protecting the festival activities and casting spells for chess games. It is really a misfortune for our alchemists to use the spells of killing demons and eliminating demons in these heresy places!"

"At this point, we must change this status quo. The glory of the alchemists must not be shamed in our hands."

This is what those old people said, they didn't even shy away from Shi Qi, they even seemed to say it to Shi Qi on purpose.

Shi Qi also tried to refute this.

"The alchemist family must change themselves. The times are different from the past. It is not a good strategy to subdue demons and eliminate demons alone! Before we belonged to the official, we almost mortgaged our ancestral land. Don't you elders see it through!"

It's just a pity that these words fell into the hands of the old people, but it turned into a different flavor.

"Shut up! Zhu Zi'an dares to lie!"

"Shi Qi, don't think that because Shi Bai passed on the position of patriarch to you, you can ignore us old fellows! Let me tell you, the glory of the alchemist clan must not be tarnished, and no matter what, they must not be manipulated by others! "

Shi Qi still remembers how furious the elders of the clan were on that day, they were like cats whose tails had been stepped on, facing the whole world with their teeth bared.

Of course he understood that these people might not object to Liyue officials at all, what they really wanted to suppress was himself as the new Patriarch.

After all, he neither has the strength and awareness of old man Shi Bai, nor the ability to make the alchemist family independent and self-reliant.He can only follow the previous policy and continue to follow the Liyue official.

But is this wrong?
On the bright side, the alchemist family does have the appearance of ZTE.But Shi Qi knew very well that this so-called "sign of Zhongxing" actually relied on the Liyue Seven Stars behind it.

If the Seven Stars withdrew their support for the Shi family, then the huge family would return to the predicament it was in overnight - it might even be even more pathetic than before, because they had already moved to the sky. This remote place at the foot of Mount Heng.

Can't those old people see it?Shi Qi didn't know, and he didn't want to know now.

If they only use their words, Shi Qi doesn't intend to compete with them.But now he heard the news from Yu Hengxing, that someone in the clan dared to conceal the news, and blocked what he should know as the head of the family.

He personally asked the authorities because of the alchemist's aura coming from the rock abyss, but he didn't know that the rock abyss had been blocked long ago, and almost no one was allowed to enter there.

Just imagine, what would they say if Shi Qi didn't go through the procedures to ask the officials, but went directly to the layered rock abyss?
The master of the alchemist family knew the law and broke the law, but he secretly entered the mine knowing that the mine was closed. What's the intention?
Those old guys have been keeping quiet, aren't they just waiting for him to make a mistake?
After returning to the clan's place, Shi Qi went directly to the clan's main office, and as expected, the oldest members of the family were sitting here.

Looking at their appearance, they seemed to be talking about something, and they had no intention of worrying about Shi Qi at all.

According to the rules passed down by the alchemists, the family master hall can only be started under the auspices of the head of the family, and this place is generally used to discuss various matters that will have a major impact on the future of the entire family.

"I said, don't hesitate any longer!"

Seeing Shi Qi came back, an old man suddenly increased his volume and said loudly: "The aristocratic family has fallen into a difficult situation, if you don't make a decision at this time, you will have no chance!"

"Elder Ge's words are true. If we look forward and backward again, there will be no inheritance from the alchemist family in the future."

"Yes, we must make a decision immediately!"

Hearing this, Shi Qi paused, but he returned to normal in the next second.

Then he walked to the chair in the middle of the meeting room, and then sat down - this is the position of the Patriarch. Although these old guys have surpassed the identity of the Patriarch to start the meeting privately, they are not arrogant enough to directly take the Patriarch's position. It was banned.

After sitting down, Shi Qi showed a smile, looked at the old people around, and said in a gentle tone: "Qi has already remembered the words of the old gentlemen."

"Hmph, what if you don't take action, even if you keep it in your heart?"

Hearing his words, the old Ge who spoke before couldn't help but sarcastically.

"Hehe." Hearing this, Shi Qi smiled, then looked at him, and then said: "Old Ge is right, if there is no action, then it is meaningless to keep anything in your mind or heart. "

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, all the old people present would look at each other, as if they didn't expect Shi Qi to say such a thing.

"Since you know it, why stop it?"

After a long silence, Elder Ge frowned and asked.

"Stop?" Hearing this, Shi Qi showed a surprised expression, "Stop what? Do the old gentlemen have any plans?"

"This"

Hearing this, the elders didn't seem to have expected such a situation at all. At this moment, they looked at each other, as if they didn't know what to say.

After being silent for a while, Elder Ge frowned and said, "Patriarch Qi, you really don't know?"

"What's the matter?"

Shi Qi's expression also became a little strange, as if he really didn't know about it.

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Seeing his reaction, Elder Ge seemed to have remembered something, and his whole old face turned a little red.

"Old Ge? What's wrong with you?" Shi Qi also frowned.

After hearing this, not only Elder Ge, but also the other elders faltered, not as righteous as before.

It seems that there is some secret in it.