Eternal Sovereign

"It's already dark." Chen Yi looked at the sky and realized that the sky had already darkened without him realizing.

This time, six hours had passed since Ning had gained insights into the Dao through the Dao-stone.

"Chen Yi, you've finished your training."

"Chen Yi, I heard you're going to train with my clan?"

"Haha, Chen Yi, you've really made a name for yourself this time."

"Chen Yi, everyone outside is saying that you're the Chen family's strongest genius."

Chen Yi heard the noise and turned his head to look, only to discover that quite a number of Chen family disciples had gathered outside the courtyard. Their eyes were all shining as they looked at him with inexplicable excitement.

His appearance somewhat resembled that of a brainless fan of a celebrity.

Chen Yi had never received such a welcome before. In the past, because of his' wasted body ', no one would be willing to come to his side.

But today …

Chen Yi thought it was already night, perhaps his uncle and the others had already come back, then news of the incident in Xuying Pavilion must have spread out.

No wonder he had so many people here all of a sudden.

Chen Yi wasn't used to this, so he could only reply with an embarrassed smile.

The group of Chen family disciples immediately ran to Chen Yi's side and surrounded him, chattering away and asking all kinds of questions to express their respect.

This world was dominated by martial artists. Respect for the strong was an instinct carved into the bones of every martial artist.

This time, Chen Yi had shown great power and even defeated the direct disciples of the Black Shadow Sect. He was even praised by the innate experts of his family. How could this not make the people of the Chen family in Yongde Town jealous?

Of course, there were also some who didn't just revere him, but wanted to become friends with him.

But no matter what, it was a fact that Chen Yi was much more popular than Chen Jinghe.

Just when Chen Yi was growing increasingly tired from responding, someone finally rescued Chen Yi.

The person who came was the Chen Mansion's butler, a follower of Chen Hanhai's youth. With Chen Hanhai's establishment of the Chen Mansion in Yongde Town, this follower also became the Chen Mansion's butler, and was honored by the name of Uncle Li.

Chen Yi and the others, on the other hand, had to call him Grandpa Li.

"Grandpa Li."

"Grandpa Li."

When the people beside Chen Yi saw Butler Li appear, their expressions immediately became more restrained. As they shouted "Grandpa Li," they made way for Butler Li.

Butler Li said with a gentle smile, "Young Master Yi, the Patriarch invites you in."

Chen Yi was surprised for a moment before leaving with Butler Li.

On the way, Chen Yi realized that something was wrong. This route should lead to the meeting hall of the Chen residence. It was open only when there were some important decisions to be made.

Normally, the younger generation of the Chen Clan was not allowed to enter the meeting hall.

Why did you …

Manager Li didn't pay attention to Chen Yi's astonishment and quickly brought him to the main hall of the Chen Estate.

Manager Li said gently, "Young Master Yi, go in."

"What about you, Grandpa Li?" Chen Yi asked.

Manager Li's position in the family wasn't low. Even though his talent was limited, he was only at the early stage of the Circulatory Cycle Realm. In fact, he hadn't even reached the pinnacle of the early stage of the Circulatory Cycle Realm yet.

However, his qualifications weren't any worse than those senior elders. Manager Li even followed Chen Hanhai earlier than these elders. In Chen Hanhai's heart, his position was different.

Butler Li said, "I won't be going in. I'll be waiting outside."

Chen Yi nodded and finally stepped into the meeting hall.

Shua shua shua!

Many gazes fell upon Chen Yi in the span of a moment, all of them filled with disbelief, surprise, and even a few as they sized him up.

"Unbelievable. If it wasn't for the fact that the Patriarch and Grand Elder personally said so, I would never have believed that Chen Yi would be so formidable."

"Wasn't Chen Yi crippled in the past?"

"At this time, you still believe that Chen Yi was a 'cripple' before. Obviously, this is the effect before Chen Yi's bloodline awakened. Now that his bloodline has awakened, it's naturally no problem." Not only that, he even managed to break through four meridians in an instant, and even managed to cultivate to six meridians.

The few elders who were close to him conversed in a low voice.

Chen Yi swept the area with his gaze and found that most of the Chen family's Heavenly Axis Realm experts were sitting here. At the top was his grandfather, Chen Hanhai, who was currently weakly sitting on a chair.

On the two sides closest to Grandpa Chen Hanhai sat Eldest Uncle and Second Uncle.

What made Chen Yi surprised was that the one sitting next to his second uncle was not the other Revolving Core elders, but Chen Jinghe. Chen Jinghe and his second uncle's expressions were not good. When they saw Chen Yi, they even glared at him.

Chen Yi paid no attention to the two of them.

When Lu Manling was bullying the Chen family, she had never seen the two of them stand out.

It wasn't without reason that he thought of Chen Xun's personality.

There was an empty seat beside Uncle Chen. Father Chen beckoned for Chen Yi to sit beside him.

A puzzled expression appeared on Chen Yi's face. He was merely a junior. How could he surpass so many people and sit so close to the front?

Chen Yi still clearly understood what the seats in the Meeting Room represented.

The closer he got to his grandfather's position, the higher his status in the family.

Wasn't sitting beside his father more important than the other elders in the Heavenly Axis Realm?

However, Chen Yi quickly recalled that Chen Jinghe was also sitting next to his second uncle and was sitting in front of many of the Revolving Core elders. This was likely to be an exception today.

When he thought of this, Chen Yi sat down beside his father safely under the gazes of all sorts of cultivators.

Chen Hanhai propped up his weak body. Seeing Chen Yi sit down, he coughed a few times, drawing the attention of many other Heavenly Axis Realm experts.

Chen Hanhai said weakly, "This time, I've invited everyone here because I have something to discuss with you. I'm afraid you all know what it is."

Many of the Revolving Core elders nodded. With Chen Hanhai's appearance, he definitely wouldn't be the leader of the group.

Today was the day to discuss who would be the next Patriarch.

According to the past, it was definitely Second Uncle Chen, but Second Uncle Chen and Chen Jinghe's performance in Xuying Pavilion had already been announced by the two Revolving Core elders. This caused many elders to be unhappy, feeling that Second Uncle Chen was not up to the task.

Especially after knowing Chen Yi's performance, many of the Heavenly Axis Realm experts were against Second Uncle Chen's succession as the next head of the family.

In the future, Chen Yi would obviously become an expert above the Circulatory Cycle Realm. He would at least be a quasi-innate expert.

It was even possible for him to become a true Xiantian expert.

However, Chen Yi didn't have a good relationship with Second Uncle Chen and Chen Jinghe. If Second Uncle Chen took over, would Chen Yi treat the Chen family well in the future?

If Chen Chi He had entered the Xuan Ying Sect, then it would be fine, but in the future, he might not be as good as Chen Yi. Even if he was not, he would definitely become a powerful expert.

They could still enjoy the benefits.

However, Chen Jinghe did not enter the Xuan Ying Sect. With the resources of the Chen family, he might not be able to push Chen Jinghe to the Xiantian realm, let alone the Xiantian realm.

In the future, Chen Jinghe was destined to be left far behind by Chen Yi.

On one side was the promising Chen Yi, and on the other was Second Uncle Chen, who seemed to have a screw loose in his head. Many of the Heavenly Axis Realm elders would definitely be more inclined to have a good relationship with Chen Yi as the Patriarch.

This way, when Chen Yi became a Xiantian master, they could have meat to eat together with him.

Chen Hanhai didn't wait for the elders to make a suggestion: "We have invited you here to discuss the choice of the master."

"This old man proposed for Xiu Ming to be the next Patriarch. Everyone, do you have any different ideas?"

Chen Xiu Ming was Uncle Chen Yi's name.

Uncle Chen suddenly raised his head, as if he couldn't believe his father's suggestion. He had no son at all, only a daughter.

He didn't know that Chen Hanhai was also reflecting. He seemed to value bloodlines too much. His eldest son didn't have a son, but he had a daughter. Could it be that granddaughter didn't have his own bloodline?

Previously, he had been too persistent and was only able to continue his bloodline because he was obsessed with men. Therefore, he had been too biased towards his second son and had even protected his true grandson, Chen Jinghe and Chen Xun.

And the result?

However, the relationship between the three brothers grew weaker and weaker. The grandchildren were even more conflicted.

Is it really okay to give the position of the family head to Second Bro?

With Old Second's personality, he was afraid that his succession as the next Patriarch would instead intensify his conflict with Old Third, to the point that it was very likely that Chen Yi and the Chen family would lose all decorum in the future, completely breaking away from the Chen family.

In the past, Chen Hanhai might not have minded, because Chen Yi had always been a 'cripple'. The grandson Chen Jinghe, whom he had high hopes for, had good innate talent.

But now, Chen Yi clearly had a better future, and he was favored by the main clan of the Yuan Le City, it was very likely that he would become an Upper Sky in the future.

What he was truly worried about was, after the Second Brother became the Patriarch, he would do some irrational things to get further and further away from the Third Brother. Without a relationship with the Third Brother, the Chen Yi who would grow up in the future would let the Second Brother's family go?