The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 223: A glorious family! Curry favor with the powerful! (asking for monthly votes)

Originally, Lu Chen was very happy listening to other people's gossip, and he was just about to bring a small stool and crack some melon seeds.

But now, you hear gossip about yourself?

Do I have children?
Don’t you know how to make a more reliable rumor?
Lu Chen's divine sense moved, wanting to see who was spreading rumors about him, but he found that his divine sense was suppressed a lot here.

"A formation that can suppress ordinary Yuanshen Zhenren... What a great move."

Although he thought so in his heart, Lu Chen didn't care too much.

The Xie family is a large family, and a veritable powerful clan. It ranks second among the four great clans of the Southern Dynasty, Wang, Xie, Yuan and Xiao. For many years, they were even referred to as "Wang and Xie".

The Wang family is naturally the Wang family of Langya, which now occupies two of the four prime ministers.

Since the Xie family can keep pace with them, naturally they won’t be much behind.

As a large family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, it is not surprising that there is a heritage in the world of cultivation.

There is no formation in Jiankang, because there is a golden dragon of the dynasty's luck there, and all extraordinary things must restrain their edge.

But there is no dynasty's fortune here, so it is reasonable for the big families to set up formations to protect their own safety.

Otherwise, some evil practitioners would have already played the so-called aristocratic families at their mercy.

However, this formation could not completely suppress Lu Chen. At most, it could only restrict the use of his soul and magic.

After sensing a circle with his soul, Lu Chen was surprised to find that there were as many as three true souls, one of which was even under the ground!
It is obvious that the spiritual practitioner is the foundation of the Xie family.

Although each of these Yuanshen Zhenren is weaker than the other, the strongest one is not even half as strong as Shu Jizhen, and the weakest one is not much stronger than the soul of a mage-level practitioner. Their souls have a lot of impurities and emit a cold aura. It is obvious that they are not on the right path and should have mixed in the practice methods of witches and ghosts.

However, the fact that so many Yuanshen Zhenren and magician-level practitioners have gathered together is enough to show that the level of this gathering is extremely high.

In addition to Yuanshen Zhenren, there were also more mages who had access to the bridge between heaven and earth, and their number exceeded the number on the fingers of both hands!
As for the alchemists, there are even more. There are more than fifty alchemists in the yard alone. Lu Lin, Lu Xiujing, and Sun Youyue beside him are among them.

The so-called 'Master Lu Shao' is also among them.

Lu Chen quickly found the divine eagle of 'Master Lu Shao', who was a young and handsome Taoist in green clothes, meditating in a corner.

Some maids passing by would stop involuntarily and look at him with blushing faces.

But no one dared to come forward and talk to him, as if disturbing him was a sin.

The people who were talking about him were a few young men not far away. Among them, a fat young man was pointing at the young Taoist and saying "Master Lu" with a few noblemen.

This made Lu Chen lock onto this so-called 'Master Lu Shao'.

And Lu Chen also knew why this young man was called 'Master Lu Shao'.

There was no other reason, his cultivation was indeed good, a perfect master cultivator's cultivation was almost the same as Lu Xiujing's.

The foundation is also very solid, the magic power is clear, and it carries the aura of the Shangqing School. It is one of the thirty-nine methods of practice recorded in the "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing".

"Is he really a direct descendant of the Shangqing Sect?"

Lu Chen looked at Shu Jizhen who was standing beside him.

The latter also looked at the young Taoist at this time, but just frowned and sent a voice message to Lu Chen: "Master, I have never seen this boy. However, when I was fighting with Xu Huangmin, many elders of Shangqing Sect did not get involved and left one after another. This boy may be from a certain branch..."

What Shu Jizhen and Xu Huangmin were fighting for was the main branch of the Shangqing Sect, the purple book "Shangqing Dadong Zhenjing" and the Nine Elders Immortal Capital Seal.

The Shangqing Sect is not just composed of these two branches, but most of the branches of the Shangqing Sect have already lined up.

There was also a group of old people who followed Xu Mu to establish the Shangqing Sect but did not actually take sides. Instead, they left the main branch and stayed away from the center of the conflict.

"What's going on with Master Lu?"

Lu Chen's voice was flat, but Shu Jizhen did not dare to neglect it and continued, "The old Taoist has already instructed the Maoshan disciples to use the Shangqing Xuantan to transmit the message to all meridians, letting them know that the main meridian has been integrated. Although this person is practicing one of the Shangqing Zhengfa, he has not integrated the talismans. He should be one of the disciples traveling outside and does not know the inside story. Otherwise, the old Taoist will go and ask him?"

"No, just let it be."

Lu Chen also wanted to see how brave this man was to pretend to be his son.

And he is the eldest son!
Of course, this person's cultivation is not weak, his aptitude is much better, and his aura is also pure, which means that he is not an evil person. If he had dark thoughts, he would not be able to cultivate such pure and refined aura.

This quietly reduced the anger in his heart by a little bit.

Lu Chen's heart moved, and he asked again: "Is there any elder with the surname Lu in Shangqing Sect?"

Shu Jizhen thought carefully about the names of the Shangqing elders he knew, and replied, "Never before."

Lu Chen nodded slightly.

Shu Jizhen stopped talking when he saw this. He already understood what Lu Chen meant. He just wanted to see whether this Shangqing disciple pretended to be the "son of Master Lu Tian" intentionally or unintentionally.

That would change the way he handles it.

At this time, Zhu Youpeng shouted to the young fat man in the distance.

The fat young man left the crowd and walked towards the crowd.

"Father."

"Anqi, this is your uncle Lu, your brother Lu Shi, and these masters of the Shangqing Sect. Brother Lu, this is my son Zhu Anqi." Zhu Youpeng introduced.

"Zhu Anqi, meet Uncle Lu, Brother Lu Shi, meet the Taoist priests."

Although Zhu Anqi was fat, he had good manners in dealing with people. He bowed to several people and behaved like a noble man.

Lu Lin looked at Zhu Anqi's posture and felt that he looked familiar. She asked Zhu Youpeng curiously, "Where did you go to practice martial arts, nephew?"

Zhu Youpeng smiled and said, "Haha, Brother Lu figured this out? My Dongqian Zhu family is not a rootless descendant. We are originally a branch of the Wujun Zhu family. Anqi has had a talent for martial arts since he was a child. He was absorbed into the main branch to practice martial arts. He was once personally trained by Marshal Lingshi. Now he has been absorbed into the family tree by the Marquis of Fengcheng County."

Lu Lin's face froze for a moment, but she still forced a smile and bowed, saying, "Congratulations to Brother Zhu for getting what he wanted and joining the main branch."

The Zhu family of Wu County is also a large family with hundreds of years of history, and is no weaker than his Lu family.

The two brothers Zhu Lingshi and Zhu Chaoshi from the previous generation of the Zhu family were generals under Liu Yu when he was the Grand Marshal. Zhu Lingshi even served as a marshal and won many merits. However, they were unlucky and the two brothers died in the battlefield on the eve of the establishment of Liu Song.

However, Liu Yu did not treat the Zhu family unfairly. The current head of the Zhu family is the son of Zhu Lingshi, who has the title of Marquis of Fengcheng County and is one of the true founding nobles.

Zhu Youpeng is one of the branches of the Wujun Zhu family, which is something Lu Lin did not expect.

The Lu family established themselves on culture, while the Zhu family established themselves on military power. Their ancestors were the great generals of the Wu State, Zhu Huan, Zhu Ju, and Zhu Yi. They were a prominent family during the Wu period. Because they were based in Wu County and had military power in their hands, they had always been the targets of later dynasties. They no longer gathered around the Sun family, but would still attend some banquets held by the Sun family.

The reason why he felt familiar with Zhu Anqi's posture was that the Zhu family was a family of military men, and although their general etiquette was similar, they also had some simple little gestures to indicate their origins.

After all, the Zhu family is a family of military power, and everyone in the circle can recognize the salute gestures. Even if there is a misunderstanding, after saluting, no one will go too far and hurt the harmony.

Lu Lin looked at the smile on Zhu Youpeng's face again, which seemed to say, "My Zhu family is not a nouveau riche, we also have a solid foundation, no worse than your Lu family!"
Seeing Lu Lin's appearance, Zhu Youpeng smiled even more, like a blooming chrysanthemum, and then said to Zhu Anqi: "Anqi, is Master Lu free? These two Taoist priests are also masters of the Shangqing Sect, maybe they know Master Lu."

Zhu Anqi smiled faintly and said, "I will go and ask Master Lu for instructions. Please wait a moment."

The last few words were addressed to Lu Chen and Shu Jizhen.

Lu Chen nodded and let him go.

"Master, all the branches of our Shangqing Sect have been notified and they all know your name. If you are recognized..."

Shu Jizhen sent a message to Lu Chen. He was a little worried that if Lu Chen's identity was exposed in this situation, it would disturb Lu Chen. He knew Lu Chen's personality and he didn't like to be disturbed.

"No need."

Lu Chen echoed.

It doesn't hurt to recognize him. Letting people know that he, Master Lu, is related to the Lu family will also make things easier for the Lu family in the future.

This was originally one of his purposes.

Zhu Anqi came to the side of the 'son of Master Lu Tian', bowed his head respectfully and asked, the son of Master Lu Tian nodded, stood up, and followed Zhu Anqi towards the few people.

"I am Lu Xingdao, a humble Taoist. Nice to meet you two Taoist friends."

Lu Xingdao introduced himself first.

Lu Chen bowed his head: "I am just like dust."

"Shu Jizhen."

Shu Jizhen's tone was a little stiff. He was far away just now and didn't see clearly, but now he could see clearly. This Lu Xingdao looked very similar to someone in his memory.

Lu Xingdao recalled in his mind and realized that he had never heard his father say that there were masters with these two names in the Shangqing Sect.

The tension in his heart was finally put down. He smiled and said, "Which branch are you two from?"

Lu Chen sent a message to Shu Jizhen, asking him to make up one. In terms of his understanding of the various branches of the Shangqing Sect, Shu Jizhen must be a professional.

This person does not know the name of 'True Lord Ruchen', so he has obviously not received any news from Shangqing Xuantan.

Shu Jizhen said, "The lineage of Grandmaster Yang Xi."

"Oh, so you are the descendant of the second generation ancestor."

Lu Xingdao bowed respectfully, but he felt more relieved in his heart.

The founder of the Shangqing School was Wei Huacun, the first generation master, and he had no successors.

The second generation ancestor is Yang Xi.

However, Yang Xi's title as the second generation ancestor was a dubious one. It was only after the third generation ancestor Xu Mu abolished the second generation ancestor Hua Qiao that Yang Xi was promoted to the position of the second generation ancestor. Therefore, the real main force of the Shangqing Sect must be passed down by the Xu family, and the inheritance of the second generation ancestor Yang Xi is all scattered veins, not part of the main branch.

Lu Xingdao was happy because Shu Jizhen had deliberately made him think so. He immediately said, "I heard that Master Lu is the eldest son of the current Taoist master of my Shangqing Sect?"

Lu Xingdao shook his head repeatedly: "How can there be such a title as the eldest son in my Taoist sect? It's just that people don't know that my Taoist sect is elegant and inaction, so they just randomly put a label on it... However, my father is indeed the current Taoist master of my Shangqing sect."

Shu Jizhen was so disappointed that he said, "The Taoist friend from the old Taoist temple is similar to my old friend... I wonder if your father's Taoist name can be translated as Lingyan?"

Lu Xingdao was stunned on the spot for a moment.

He looked at Shu Jizhen with an extremely shocked expression. After the shock, he became a little embarrassed and said repeatedly: "Um, yes, my father's Taoist name is Lingyan. Senior, have you met my father?"

The heavy stone in his heart was lifted up again.

His father’s surname is not Lu!
Shu Jizhen's mouth twitched, and he said in a stiff voice: "No, I just heard about it..."

He wanted to say something, but was too embarrassed to say it. He turned his head to look at Lu Chen and said, "Master, this person... is the old Taoist's nephew... niece."

That’s right, the so-called eldest son of Master Lu, Master Lu Shao, in front of him is a woman disguised as a man!

So her appearance tends to be gentle.

It's just that she has a magic weapon that can disguise herself, so ordinary people can't see it.

However, it couldn't stop the eyes of Yuanshen Zhenren like Shu Jizhen and Lu Chen.

Lu Chen looked at Shu Jizhen strangely: "You mean to say that your niece pretended to be my son?"

"This matter... this matter must have some misunderstanding."

Shu Jizhen was also extremely nervous and quickly told the whole story.

He originally had an elder brother named Wang Lingyan, who joined the Shangqing Dao together with him. However, his brother's talent for cultivation was not profound, and he was also loyal to the Xu family.

After he launched the "Plan to Overthrow Xu" in Maoshan, his brother chose to ignore it for the sake of loyalty and righteousness, left the main branch, retreated into the mountains, and practiced in seclusion.

"Haha, in order to satisfy both loyalty and righteousness, you choose to ignore it? Your brother has a very deep understanding ability." Lu Chen's tone was still light.

Shu Jizhen was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his face and his movements were hesitant.

If it were anyone else, he would have dealt with it.

But the person in front of him is his niece!
How could he do this?!
However, in the eyes of Lu Lin and Zhu Youpeng, his attitude was like a subordinate seeing his superior.

Zhu Youpeng smiled and said, "It is a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar. Brother Lu, since Shao Tianshi and the two Taoist priests are from the same sect, let's sit down together."

"This……"

Lu Lin felt a little uncomfortable.

Now that he was at a disadvantage, he just wanted to stay away from Zhu Youpeng.

Lu Xingdao glanced at Shu Jizhen and was about to say "no need", but the next second, Zhu Anqi said: "We still have a discussion today, and the young Taoist priest and the two Taoist priests together can also enhance the prestige of the Shangqing Sect."

"can."

Lu Chen glanced at Lu Xingdao and nodded slightly: "It is a blessing for us to be with Shao Tianshi."

His tone was full of meaning, and Shu Jizhen's cold sweat broke out even faster. He just hoped that his niece would not lose face for their Maoshan Shangqing Sect.

Seeing this, Lu Xingdao could only swallow the rest of his words and nodded with a slightly arrogant look.

Although he was somewhat worried that Shu Jizhen knew his true identity, his father had left Shangqing more than 20 years ago and lived in seclusion to practice Buddhism.

Moreover, most Taoists say their Taoist names to each other, and it is not certain whether they add their surnames or not.

Even if the descendants of the second generation master know their father, they may not remember his father's real name.

However, just in case, she still said: "Two senior brothers, I heard that someone made wild remarks about my Shangqing Sect, saying that my Shangqing Sect has no one and is in chaos, and that my father has no story and that it was a villain who gained enlightenment, so I came here to argue. I am very grateful to you two Taoist friends for your support."

What she said was just another patch.

What she meant was that I came here to give the Shangqing Sect a good name. Please don't expose my shortcomings. I am here for the reputation of the Shangqing Sect.

Even if Shu Ji really knew that her father was not the real Shangqing Sect's current Taoist master Lu Tianshi, he could still give her some face for the sake of being from the Shangqing Sect.

Shu Jizhen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. That's good, that's good.

My niece is not pretending to be the legitimate daughter of the Taoist master to brag and act impressive, but to restore the reputation of the Shangqing Sect.

He couldn't help but observe Lu Chen's expression, but the latter's expression remained as calm as water.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Yes, even if it is to restore the reputation of Shangqing Sect, he should not pretend to be the son of Heavenly Master.

His mind couldn't help but become anxious again, and he just hoped that his niece wouldn't cause any trouble.

Otherwise, even he would have no way to explain.

At this moment, someone shouted, "Xie Gong is here!"

The crowd, which had been gathering in groups of three or five, suddenly became excited.

They all looked in one direction and saw a large group of people walking along the corridor and into the yard, led by servants and maids.

"Where where?"

"Ah! That's Lord Hongwei! I met him once when I was in Jiankang. The child next to him is Lord Hongwei's child, Lord Zhuang. I even attended Lord Zhuang's daytime banquet!"

"Lord Lingyun, Lord Chengbo, Lord Xuanyuan, Lord Xuanjing, Lord Mingyuan... these... all the elders of the Xie family are here!"

"The ones behind are all the young masters of the Xie family. What a prosperous family!"

"..."

Countless whispers were heard, and the envy was beyond words.

Although the Xie family had experienced the disasters of Sun En in the previous generation, as well as the disasters of Xie Hun and Xie Hui, it was unknown how many talented people in the family had died.

But even so, the Xie family still has many well-known family members who can carry on the family business.

Xie Lingyun, one of the top literary role models praised by the world, Xie Chengbo, Duke of Luling County, Xie Xuanjing, Minister of Works, Xie Xuanyuan, was originally the brother of Xie Hui, but because of his brother's rebellion, he resigned and stayed at home, but he was also a famous writer... The last one was Xie Hongwei, who was the head of the Xie family, served as the prime minister, and retired as the Prince's Right Guard.

At the beginning of Emperor Wen's reign, he served as the Yellow Gate Minister, and was known as the Five Ministers together with Wang Hua, Wang Tanshou, Yin Jingren, and Liu Zhan. It is worth mentioning that he and Liu Zhan are cousins, and Liu Zhan was able to become the prime minister with the support of the Xie family.

The names of the members of the Xie family are names that people have heard countless times.

And there are countless Xie Jiajuns behind them, many of whom have already shown their talents.

Any one of them you pick out is enough to make smoke come out of the ancestral graves of ordinary people’s homes.

Even people like Lu Lin and Zhu Youpeng were extremely envious when they saw it.

If my family could have half the prestige of the Xie family, I would be thankful.

"Liu Puming from Nanyang greets Lord Hongwei."

As some people bowed 90 degrees, countless people rushed forward. Without taking the time to tidy up their messy clothes, they began to introduce themselves. They didn't care whether Xie Hongwei could remember them or not, and just bowed.

Be it currying favor or flattering, as long as the Xie family can remember my name, then this trip will not be in vain!
Xie Hongwei's face was a little pale. He led his son Xie Zhuang with one hand, whose eyes were shining with curiosity, and smiled and nodded to the person who saluted him.

As for the Xie family members in the rear, they all acted as if it was a matter of course.

As the most prestigious family in the Southern Dynasty, even the emperor had to give the Xie family some respect. When Liu Yu came to power, he had to show respect to the Xie family. No outsider dared to take up the position of prefect of Chenjun, and it had always been managed by people sent by the Xie family.

This is the posture!
This is the right!
The land of the Three Wus is the private domain of aristocratic families like the Xie family. Even the imperial power has to take a back seat!
Just as everyone was greeting each other, countless servants came out from all directions, quickly cleaned up the chaotic place, and cleared out a large open space.

Then a new group of servants brought out the tables and arranged them neatly according to the number of guests present and their status.

Then one servant came forward, identified the person they had found, and led them to their respective positions.

Lu Lin and Zhu Youpeng were also found by two servants.

"We can do it together." Zhu Youpeng said to the servant with a smile.

"This……"

The servant looked at the other servant with a manly look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Youpeng asked puzzledly.

The servant hurriedly said, "Master Zhu, please forgive me. The Zhu family is seated in the first row, and the Lu family... is in the third row. If there is any change..."

He looked embarrassed.

The seating levels of the attendees from each family had been recorded long ago.

Every position is arranged.

It is easy to swap between columns in the same column, but it is really difficult to swap between the first column and the third column.

After all, those sitting in the first row are all from prominent families. It would definitely be too late to change them now, and we can't just move the Lu family up two levels just because of Zhu Youpeng's words.

If we really do this, what will we do if others follow suit?
This is no longer difficult to do, it is impossible to do!
These are all unwritten rules.

(End of this chapter)