Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 153 Five Years Later

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Suddenly.

Cui Xiuming knelt down in front of the Golden-Feathered Crane with a plop, and cried out with a miserable and sad expression: "Ancestor Crane, please save the Cui family~!"

What?
This time, not only was the Golden-Winged Crane stunned, even Chen Ningtai was shocked.

"Brother Xiuming, what happened?"

As he spoke, he quickly helped Cui Xiuming up.

Although there were some frictions among everyone regarding the Golden-winged Crane, Chen Ningtai still had a good feeling towards Cui Xiuming.

This is a qualified family head with impeccable abilities and character. Especially when the Cui family was in danger, he demonstrated his outstanding abilities.

"What happened?" Cui Xiuming staggered, his face grim. "There are troubles everywhere, and it's dangerous everywhere. It's difficult to take a step forward. Ancestor He, my Cui family is in such a difficult situation right now!"

"Let's talk about the Yixian Market first. Originally, our Cui family was the largest shareholder, but when our family got into trouble, the other old foundation-building families conspired together, jumping up and down, constantly squeezing and swallowing up our family's equity and interests. Especially the Hedong Lu family, which has now become the largest shareholder of the Yixian Market, almost excluding our Cui family from the decision-making circle."

Hedong Lu family?

Chen Ningtai frowned and said, "Shouldn't the Hedong Lu family be implicated by the Blood Soul Envoy Blood Mist and be under the sect's control and investigation?"

"Brother Ning Tai, there is something you don't know about Ancestor He." Cui Xiuming sighed and said, "The situation of the Lu family is a bit special."

"Firstly, after the sect's law enforcement hall investigated, it was discovered that the Lu family was not deeply involved in the blood mist incident. Except for a few conspirators, most of the clan members did not know about this and were completely kept in the dark."

"Secondly, the Lu family has a female member with four spiritual roots. She has been a disciple of the Yunyang Sect [Shuiyue Sword Tower] since she was a child, and is deeply loved by the owner of Shuiyue Tower. The kind of love I'm talking about is not love in a broad sense, do you understand?"

Chen Ningtai was stunned: "There is such a thing? The sect doesn't care about it?"

"Why should we care?" Cui Xiuming sighed. "The wife of Shuiyue Tower Master has already passed away. Although the relationship between a master and a disciple will be bad for their reputation, it is not a big deal! Therefore, under the protection of Shuiyue Tower Master, the Law Enforcement Hall only dealt with some related people and did not implicate the entire Lu family."

"In addition, our Cui family is involved in various industries, and our competitors are eyeing them covetously. If Ancestor He does not go back to take charge, stabilize people's hearts, and deter the villains, our Cui family will probably shrink day by day and be completely finished."

The golden-winged crane was very intelligent, almost as intelligent as humans. Upon hearing that Cui was in such a miserable state, it became so excited that it cried out loudly. It immediately prepared to go back and take charge of Cui and support him.

It has been in the Cui family for so many years and has very deep feelings for the deceased ancestor of the Cui family. Naturally, it will not sit idly by and watch the Cui family really perish.

Become!

Cui Xiuming was secretly proud.

Chen Ningtai, ah Chen Ningtai, even if you put in a lot of effort and tried your best to please Patriarch He, you are still just a mistress after all.

Ancestor He is just seeking novelty for the moment. Our Cui family is Ancestor He's real home. Once a crisis occurs in the family, wouldn't Ancestor He have to rush back home immediately?
Looking at Cui Xiuming's smug look, Chen Ningtai frowned deeply.

In fact, he also knew that the Cui family was now facing various difficulties. It was difficult, for sure, but not as exaggerated as Cui Xiuming said.

It is pure nonsense to say that if Ancestor He doesn't return, the whole clan will be doomed.

"Brother." Chen Ningtai said with a heavy face, "Logically speaking, as a younger brother, I shouldn't stop you from going to Cui's to support them."

!!!

Cui Xiuming's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad feeling for no reason.

Next, should it be "but", right?
"But, for the sake of Cui's family, I have to remind you." Chen Ningtai said in a serious tone, "For a long time, our Cui family has been living under the protection of the Golden Core Ancestor. No matter which industry they get involved in, other families have to give way to them. This makes the Cui family's domineering business flourish."

"Uh..." Cui Xiuming wanted to refute, but he opened his mouth and couldn't say anything.

Because what Chen Ningtai said was the truth. In the past, Cui had used many overbearing means to interfere with Chen's jade slave industry.

Even after Cui Xiuming took over, his methods were not as tough, but he still used the same means to suppress and target people.

Cui Xiuming had no choice but to speak: "Brother Ning Tai, why are you saying this now? I have apologized to you. As the saying goes, this time is different, that time is different. Now my Cui family is indeed facing many difficulties."

"Brother Xiuming." Chen Ningtai sighed and said, "You, the Cui family, were used to doing business in an overbearing way. Now you are facing real business competition and survival competition. You just complain as if the sky is falling when you encounter a little difficulty or even others take advantage of the situation to suppress you."

"You know, difficulties and setbacks are the norm in this world, and brutal competition is the essence. You must mature faster, adapt to the current situation as soon as possible, and work hard to improve your abilities and competitiveness, instead of blindly moving away when you encounter a slight setback and getting used to suppressing others with force."

At this point, Chen Ningtai's voice became more serious and earnest: "Brother, have you ever thought that if you go back to support Cui's family this time, they will rely more on your name and protection? And then when you leave, they will be in trouble again? Then won't you become Cui's nanny? Do you want to be Cui's nanny for the rest of your life?"

"Angchi, angchi!" The Golden-Winged Crane thought that it did make some sense and flapped its wings to express its agreement.

Cui Xiuming was just about to defend himself.

Chen Ningtai spoke before him, his voice somewhat impassioned: "Brother, I am doing this for the good of Cui. We must let the child learn to walk on his own. Without experiencing the hardships, how can he grow into a true eagle?"

"Of course, if the Cui family is really facing the crisis of extinction, Ning Tai will not only not stop you, but will also be willing to rescue the Cui family together with you."

"Angchi, angchi!"

At this moment, Jinyu Linghe felt that what Chen Ningtai said made sense and couldn't help but glance at Cui Xiuming.

You little rascal, I almost fell for your trick.

Is this okay? ! !
Seeing this scene, Cui Xiuming was dumbfounded.

Chen Ningtai, you bastard, you are really good at bewitching people!
He immediately racked his brains to come up with a plan to break the impasse.

We must let Patriarch He return to the family, otherwise, our Patriarch He will drift further and further away from the Cui family.

Just when Cui Xiuming was racking his brains.

Chen Ningtai suddenly changed the subject and smiled happily: "Brother, I have some good news to tell you."

"Anger!" The Golden-Winged Crane looked very interested.

"When I was performing the ancestor worship ceremony, I communicated with my father's spirit in heaven and reported our sworn brotherhood. My father responded by expressing his great happiness and appreciating our brotherhood. He is also willing to adopt you as his adopted son." Chen Ningtai became more and more excited as he spoke. His eyes were shining, as if he had really received a revelation from his father's spirit in heaven.

When Cui Xiuming heard this, his eyes widened and he cursed in his heart.

Fuck you, you shameless Chen Ningtai! Your father has been dead for decades, and you, a rebellious son, are still using him as a pawn. You even say "the spirit in heaven will respond to you". Look at my face, do you think I believe it?
He didn't believe it, but the Golden-Feathered Crane did.

It flapped its wings happily, making a series of happy crane-like sounds.

"However, my father's spirit in heaven has another revelation. He thinks that since you and I have become brothers, it is better to record it formally in the family tree. But it seems that you only have a nickname called 'Jin Yu'? My father feels that it is not formal enough." Chen Ningtai said solemnly, "After careful consideration, I think it is indeed the case. Therefore, my father said, how about letting you be listed in the 'Ning' generation and be called [Chen Ninghe]?"

What?
Cui Xiuming was completely stunned by this powerful move.

"Ning" generation, Chen Ninghe?
He shuddered all over and hurriedly tried to stop it: "Ancestor He, please don't agree to it, this, this is..."

"Brother Xiuming." Chen Ningtai interrupted directly, "Brother Ninghe and I are real brothers. It doesn't have a proper name, so what's wrong with calling it [Chen Ninghe]? Master Xiuming, you are not jealous of the pure and innocent relationship between me and my brother, and want to sow discord between us, right?"

"Ang~~" The Golden-Winged Crane also cast a dissatisfied look at Cui Xiuming.

My brother's name is Chen Ningtai and my name is Chen Ninghe. There's nothing wrong with that. What are you trying to do by being so anxious?
Afterwards, the Golden-Winged Crane ignored the bitter look on Cui Xiuming's face and called twice to Chen Ningtai, expressing that it was very happy and willing to accept this name.

This name is great, it sounds like they are real brothers!

Seeing this, Cui Xiuming knew that the naming was irreversible and could only cry without tears.

Why has our family never thought of giving Ancestor He a name and arranging his generations?
Patriarch He had clearly lived in the Cui family for so many years, yet the Chen family actually took the lead in this matter. What a mistake!

He felt that he could not stay there any longer, and had to go back and mobilize the entire clan to help, and think carefully about how to defend Ancestor He.

Unexpectedly.

Chen Ningtai had no intention of letting him leave so easily. He took advantage of the victory and said with a smile: "Brother Xiuming, your arrival this time is just a coincidence. My brother and I have researched the Nine Golden Crane Swords, which is a set of joint attack techniques. Please appreciate it and help us find out where we are lacking."

"Excited!"

When Chen Ninghe mentioned this combined attack technique that condensed countless efforts of one man and one crane, he looked at Cui Xiuming with anticipation in his eyes.

It also can't wait to show its results in front of others.

in this way.

What else could Cui Xiuming say? He could only bite the bullet and put on a smile to show that he was willing to watch.

Half a day later.

A medium-sized spirit boat took off from the square outside the Chen family's main residence in Qingyu Cliff and flew towards Tianjian Peak where Cui family was.

On the deck, beside the ship's side, Cui Xiuming's face was pale and his eyes were blank.

At this moment, his mind was full of the scene of Chen Ningtai and Old Ancestor He practicing the Nine Swords of the Golden Crane together.

The scene was really beautiful, one man and one crane, their figures intertwined, the crane dancing in the air, and sword light filling the sky.

They cooperated with each other very well, a picture of harmonious relationship.

But Cui Xiuming felt as if his own wife was in front of him... No, even though his wife had died of old age a long time ago, yes, that was the feeling, understand?

In the clouds.

Suddenly, Cui Xiuming's grief-stricken and angry shout was heard.

"Chen Ningtai, I will come back!"

****
Cui Xiuming was just an episode. After he left, Chen Ningtai's attention fell on the people in Wanhua Palace again.

Everything was arranged in an orderly manner, and soon, Chen Xintao officially became Si Jianli's disciple. Then he bid farewell to his parents and went to Wanhua Palace to enjoy the colorful life surrounded by senior and junior students.

Because he was only thirteen years old and had not yet officially graduated from the clan school, he was given a lot of homework before leaving.

In addition, Fairy Yulian also passed Chen Wenjing's information to Senior Brother Kong Qing of Qianqiu Valley as promised.

It's just a coincidence that Senior Brother Kong Qing is currently on a mission and is not in the sect, so he cannot receive the news immediately. However, the sect will notify him later to come in person to accept him as a disciple.

Chen Ningtai was not very disappointed after receiving the feedback.

There's no rush anyway.

Chen Wenjing, who has the poisonous spiritual root, is only five years old now. Even if she becomes a disciple, she will have to grow up at home. When she has the ability to take care of herself and relatively mature judgment, she will be allowed to leave home to live in Wanhua Palace. As for the girl with three spiritual roots picked up from the drifting bottle, since she wants to get by by pretending to be stupid, Chen Xuanmo will not take the initiative to expose her. He just told Chen Ningtai not to treat her specially, but to keep her as a distant relative and let her go to school with other children in the clan school.

For the Chen family, the annual ancestral worship ceremony has come to an end, and the days of clan members gathering together have also ended. Next, naturally, those who should be busy should be busy, and those who should go to the sect should go to the sect.

The huge Chen family suddenly became much quieter.

Moxiang Pavilion.

Chen Xuanmo was calculating the amount of purple energy.

This time when he woke up, the newly gathered purple energy plus the remaining purple energy made the lucky bead have a total of 943 strands of purple energy, but not much was consumed.

That is to say, he gave Wang Qianqian a golden seal, which helped her to overcome a difficulty in the development of the foundation-building puppet, and pushed her progress in developing the foundation-building-level [Jade Slave] one step further.

Even so, there is probably still some distance to go before it can be truly successful in research and development.

But Chen Xuanmo felt that all the investment was worth it.

Once the foundation-building jade slave is successfully developed, Chen's development will enter another stage, so it is worth spending ten gold seals or even more.

The rest of the purple energy was consumed to maintain the existence of Chen Xuanmo's spirit these days, as well as the consumption when testing the flight speed.

However, Chen Xuanmo had nothing else to do at the moment, and there was no danger in Hedong County for the time being. After much thought, he simply used the remaining 800 strands of purple energy to make three gold-sealed jade plates and thirty purple energy jade plates, consuming a total of 660 strands of purple energy.

Then, he handed all the jade tokens to Chen Ningtai for disposal.

Although there will be additional losses in making the jade token, its flexibility of use is much greater than Chen Xuanmo's direct imprinting. In his opinion, it is very necessary.

After doing all this, he fell into a deep sleep.

***
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, five years have passed.

August, the 233rd year of the Xuanmo calendar.

On an island about tens of thousands of miles northeast of the Dongchao Islands.

A medium-sized spirit boat with the flag of the Cangyi Chen family flying and the words "Wuyun No. 1" painted on the hull was anchored in the harbor of this island.

The name of this island is [Qixing Island].

It is called this name because its main island and the other six islands form a small island chain. Looking down from the sky, it looks like seven stars dotted in the sea.

As the main island, it is more than a hundred miles long from east to west and more than thirty miles wide from north to south. A small foundation-building family called the Seven Star Chen Family lives on the island.

The Seven Star Chen family only has one foundation-building cultivator to inherit the family lineage, but in this island chain, it is already considered a powerful local family. There are countless similar islands or island groups in the [North Star Sea], and it is not even a small part of one of them.

The so-called [North Star Sea] is a vast sea area in the northeast of the Great Wu Kingdom.

Starting from the eastern coastline of the Great Wu Kingdom and heading northeast for 60,000 to 70,000 miles, there is a huge island chain system that stretches for more than 200,000 miles.

This island chain and the waters surrounding it are the famous [North Star Sea].

This is also one of the closest overseas forces that the Great Wu Kingdom can come into contact with.

The Seven Star Island where [Wuyun No. 1] is located is already a border area of ​​the North Star Sea, and is only 60,000 to 70,000 miles away from the Great Wu Kingdom.

now.

Chen Xuanmo's eldest grandson, Chen Daoling, was standing at the bow of the Wuyun No. 1 ship, gazing at the distant sky with a serious expression.

It was dark.

In the distant horizon, huge black cyclones can be vaguely seen rolling in the sky. They dissipate, devour, or are devoured as they collide with each other, interweaving to create an unpredictable and bizarre scene, as if the power of heaven has descended.

The sea ahead was even more turbulent, with huge waves rolling one after another, forming waves more than ten feet high.

If this happened on Earth, it would be a tsunami that could cause disasters!
Fortunately, the human race living in the North Star Sea has long been accustomed to the capricious changes of the sea. They protect the safety of the island by building giant breakwaters, solid harbors, and various exquisite and unique formation systems.

Heavy rain was pouring down from the sky.

In order to save the consumption of spirit stones, the Seven Star Chen family did not activate the mountain protection formation, allowing the heavy rain falling from the sky to hit the entire island and the main house.

They have long been accustomed to this situation.

However, the Chen family members who had lived inland since childhood were not accustomed to such heavy rain. Therefore, an energy shield was erected on Wuyun No. 1 to keep the storm out.

The heavy rain poured on the shield and instantly gathered into a waterfall, pouring down along the arc of the energy shield.

Just at this time.

A beam of light flew out from the high-altitude main residence of the Qixing Chen family, drew an arc in the sky, and flew towards Wuyun No. 1.

Against the backdrop of the dark sky and the pouring rain, the ray of light was dim, as weak and pitiful as a candle in a storm.

soon.

The escaping light staggered into the energy shield of the small five elements formation.

Because he was wearing a special jade pendant, he was not blocked by the shield, but was directly integrated and penetrated.

The man's clothes were disheveled and he looked a little embarrassed, but he still pinched his fingers and made a graceful sword-collecting movement as best as possible, putting a shuttle-shaped magic weapon into his pocket, and then removed the water spirit shield on his body.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Chen Daoling, who looked a little old but still very energetic, asked with full energy: "Jingsi, what does the Seven Star Chen family say? When will this hurricane pass?"

Wuyun No. 1 has been stranded on Qixing Island for nine days. If it is delayed any further, it will miss its chance to return home to worship its ancestors.

Although Wuyun No. 1's exploration and business in a corner of the North Star Sea was quite fruitful, no matter how rich the harvest was, if he delayed the ancestor worship, he would be beaten to death by his father.

At this time, Chen Jingsi had grown from a thirty-year-old young man to a sixty-five-year-old pillar of the family.

He has been carrying out missions at sea for many years, and the years and environment have left deep marks on him.

He looks older than his peers, but his spirit and energy are very good, and his cultivation has reached the peak of the eighth level of Qi training.

He bowed to Chen Daoling and said, "Uncle, the head of the Xinhai family said that it is already the end of August. According to his observation, this post-season hurricane will move northward in less than two days."

Chen Jingsi has been active in the East China Sea and the Dongchao Islands, but he only controls some ordinary ships. Five years ago, he was recruited by Chen Daoling, and he brought all his elites to join Chen Daoling and became a crew member of Wuyun No. 1.

Hearing this, Chen Daoling heaved a sigh of relief: "That's great, we can still make it in time for the ancestor worship."

After relaxing, he couldn't help but think of his younger brother Chen Daoyuan. Daoyuan was in charge of [Wuyun No. 2], which was crossing the southern wilderness area along the east coast to open up trade routes to the Southern Liang Kingdom. He didn't know what the results were?
However, considering that Nanliang Kingdom is an inland country, its harvest will certainly not be as great as Chen Daoling's. He will definitely be shocked by the harvest.

When he thought of this, a happy smile appeared on Chen Daoling's lips.

Three days later again.

Chen Daoling looked through the Thousand Mile Spiritual Mirror and saw that the hurricane in the distance had finally dissipated and the sky was beginning to lighten up. His mood suddenly became brighter.

This made him feel deeply moved. It is really not easy for a family on this island.

Subsequently.

He personally went to the main residence of the Seven Star Chen family, said goodbye to the head of the Xinhai family, gave some gifts of thanks, and said that he would bring a [Foundation Building Pill] next time he came. Then, under the watchful eyes of important members of the Seven Star Chen family, he drove the Wuyun No. 1 into the sky and flew away.

The route was smooth all the way.

Another two days passed.

This day.

Chen Jingsi was driving the Wuyun No. 1, while Chen Daoling was standing on the deck, observing the surrounding waters with a thousand-mile spiritual mirror, drawing and correcting some old nautical charts in his hands. Everyone was busy with their own affairs and everything seemed in order.

When sailing in the vast ocean, or even in the sky, you have to be extremely careful.

Dangers are everywhere in the sea. Various natural forces, monsters, and even roaming pirates can lead to fatal crises.

Therefore, nautical charts and routes have become extremely important.

The so-called "route" refers to the safe route that has been explored by generations of monks. Although this safe route may be a little roundabout at times, it can avoid many dangers.

Wuyun-1 is currently underway.

Suddenly!

A huge splash of water exploded beneath the rolling sea surface.

A huge figure more than 20 meters long suddenly flew out from the sea, swam towards the sky at a high speed, and rushed straight towards Wuyun No. 1 which was hundreds of meters high in the sky.

"I #￥@!"

Chen Daoling, whose emotions suddenly became tense, swore a curse, but did not dare to delay. He immediately flew to the side of the ship to take a look, and was instantly frightened to death.

It was a dragon-shaped monster with bared fangs and claws... No, to be exact, it should be a sea dragon. Judging from its size and length, it should be a fifth-level sea dragon.

"How could we encounter a fifth-level sea dragon on this safe route? It's all over!"

Chen Daoling felt a chill in his heart.

Fortunately, he still has a lifeline.

At the critical moment, he reacted quickly and slapped his chest immediately, and the gold seal and jade plate hanging on his chest were instantly smashed to pieces.

At the same time, he quickly chanted: "Grandpa, bless me!"

then.

A golden mark formed on Chen Daoling's forehead.

The next moment, the golden mark was instantly broken and turned into stars and disappeared.

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(End of this chapter)