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Chapter 176: The Strange Tianyi Sect.
How could my father win over the people from Tianyi Sect?
Lu Sheng looked at the people coming and going in his house and felt a little dazed.

In his impression, his father was indeed an ambitious man, but to be honest, after so many years, he saw that the other party was just winning over some useless people. Deep down in his heart, he did not agree with his father. But he did not expect that he could actually win over people from Tianyi Sect!
Jianghu followers are a symbol of a family's strength. After all, many local issues can be easily handled by these high-level Jianghu warriors. Even some second-rate sorcerer families have Jianghu followers. As a result, the Lu family, a distinguished family in the capital, does not even have a decent vassal sect. It is indeed a bit unacceptable.

Of course, the Shen family doesn't have it either, but the Shen family's reputation has been built up over thousands of years. The Lu family is different. Those sects controlled by the Lu family a hundred years ago have gradually been eliminated. It is obvious that they lack strength. After all, most of the family forces have gone to the southwest. How many martial arts sects are willing to go to that damn place?

"Oh, I haven't seen you for a few years. My nephew has become more handsome."

A man in black holding a feather fan walked over with a smile.

"Fourth Uncle." Lu Sheng looked at the other person speechlessly. He was familiar with this uncle. He liked to hold a fan regardless of winter or summer. It seemed that he wanted to imitate the style of some great scholar in ancient times. He always gave people a weird feeling.

But sometimes, he envied the other person, who became the academician at an early age and lived a carefree life. As a direct descendant of the Lu family, even if he was promoted later, he would most likely join one of the six ministries and might not have the opportunity to be sent out.

"Why is Fourth Uncle here too?" Lu Sheng was a little curious. Were there too many uncles coming back?
"When entertaining guests, it has to be grand." The man in black said with a smile.

Lu Sheng frowned. That being said, his fourth uncle worked in Zhangzhou in the southwest, which was thousands of miles away from the capital.

"Fourth Uncle, what's going on?" Lu Sheng asked in a low voice.

The Lu family had so many disciples come back just to entertain Tianyi Sect?

Although the status of Tianyi Sect is noble enough, as long as my father and the great elder are here, it should be enough. Is it necessary for all the relatives who are on duty to come back together?

"What could it be?" The man in black shook his head with a smile: "Isn't this just the National Competition? We came back to join in the fun. Didn't you see that we didn't go back to Beijing during the New Year?"

"Is that so?" Lu Sheng wondered. The officials of Dajin had a long rest period during the spring. Except for a few people on duty, the officials' rest period was more than one month. Officials serving in remote areas had an additional 15 days of vacation. With this calculation, it was not impossible for him to come back from the National Competition to join in the fun. But the question was... would all the relatives like to join in the fun?

He remembered that most of his family members had no interest in this martial arts competition, right?

"It's mainly because there's nothing going on. I haven't seen my eldest brother for a long time. I don't know how my eldest brother was able to cooperate with Tianyi Sect. It's a big deal for the family. When we received the news, we decided to come back together to take a look."

"Is that so?" Lu Sheng nodded. This statement made some sense.

"You, if you don't think about becoming a first-class sorcerer as soon as possible, you will just think about all sorts of things." The man said with a smile, "You are the eldest son of my eldest brother, and you are almost thirty years old now. If you don't become successful, who will use our family's resources in the capital?"

"Don't we have Lu Yuan?" Lu Sheng curled his lips.

"Lu Yuan," the man said meaningfully, looking at the other person, "After all, he died once."

"Uncle, don't say anything when you see him." Lu Sheng frowned: "Lu Yuan is very taboo about others mentioning this matter. Last time I just mentioned it a little, he almost took action."

"Oh, really?" The man laughed and said, "Then I have to be more careful. Okay, go and help your father. It's a good opportunity to get to know an important figure in Tianyi Sect."

"it is good"

After Lu Sheng left, the man shook his head and sighed: "If you had half the talent of your brother, why would you risk this? The key is that you don't have a good brain. Don't you think about it? How can a dead person come back to life be such a good thing in the world?"
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"Oh, Taoist Qingyunzi, it's such a pleasant surprise that you can come to our palace," Lu Chengfeng greeted him with a hearty smile.

Qing Yunzi was not surprised by the enthusiasm of the Lu family patriarch. He smiled and bowed in a Taoist manner: "Greetings, Lord Duke."

"Hey, Taoist Qingyunzi, you're welcome. Come on, the rest of the Tianyi Sect is inside, this way."

Qing Yunzi looked around the Lu family and took a deep breath. From the moment he entered the door, he had a very uncomfortable and oppressive feeling. Could it be because of the Yin Spirit in the Lu Mansion?
However, he did not have this feeling with Zhang Fu and Zhang Rui. They were both sorcerers, so why didn't the one with the surname Zhang make him feel uncomfortable?
Lu Chengfeng led Qing Yunzi all the way to the Lu family hall, which was already full of people from Tianyi Sect. Qing Yunzi took a look and frowned slightly. There were quite a few people who came. Except for Junior Brother Ling Yunzi, all the elders were present, even Zhang Lingyu, the master's direct disciple.

"Uncle Master is here?" Zhang Lingyu was still as elegant and polite as ever.

"Yeah," Qing Yunzi nodded coldly. He had watched Zhang Lingyu grow up since he was a child, and he was very satisfied with him. When he lost to Hong Lie, he was extremely depressed and did not practice martial arts for three consecutive years in the mountains. Many people thought he was useless. He was also very disappointed at the time, but they were all patiently waiting for him to come out.

But behind.
I have come out of it, I practice more diligently every day than before, and I seem to have regained my previous confidence, but...
Qing Yunzi always felt a chill in his heart when he looked at the other person. This feeling was not only directed at him, but also at his junior brother. It seemed that his junior brother had changed since some day, and this extremely talented nephew had also changed, becoming somewhat unfamiliar to him.

"Senior brother."

A tall and handsome Taoist priest stood up and saluted, and a group of elders behind him also stood up. Qing Yunzi was the most senior elder and should have received this courtesy. Even the head of the sect should have treated him with the same courtesy. However, Qing Yunzi knew that it was not like this before.

When did it start to change?
And how come Xing Yunzi and his people have become like this?
"Well, where's Ling Yunzi?" Qing Yunzi followed the headmaster's invitation and sat in the first seat: "Didn't he come before me?"

"Oh, Junior Brother Ling Yunzi has some things to do." The headmaster said with a smile, "We will just wait for a while."

Qing Yunzi nodded, and at the invitation of the headmaster, sat in the first seat on the right. Qing Yunzi frowned, but still chose the second seat. The headmaster did not refuse, and seeing that the other party insisted, he sat directly in the first seat.

But Qing Yunzi felt even more uncomfortable.

Junior brother is the head of the sect. When he is outside, especially when he is a guest at someone else's house, how can he sit behind his fellow disciples? No matter how polite he is, he can't be so polite. Like Zhang Lingyu, Junior brother has become more and more unfamiliar since I don't know when.

"Oh, okay, okay, are you all here?" Lu Chengfeng and a group of Lu family elders sat on the other side of the living room.

"Master Lu, you are too polite."

Before the headmaster spoke, Fu Yunji stood up and saluted with a smile on her face.

Qing Yunzi frowned. This woman really didn't know the rules anymore. At this moment, when both parties were present and the head of the family had spoken, how could it be possible for you to take charge?
However, the headmaster seemed to pamper this woman as always, and did not even raise any objection. But what surprised Qing Yunzi was that the other elders did not seem to be dissatisfied at all, especially people like Mo Yunzi, who attached great importance to rules. If they did not scold them on the spot, they would at least give them a cold shoulder in secret. As a result, Qing Yunzi just glanced at them and saw that Mo Yunzi and others, like the headmaster, smiled gently and unfamiliarly.

"I have long heard of Taoist Qing Yunzi's name. Try our Lu family's Yunyan Qinglu. The taste should be no less delicious than your Tianyi Sect's Lingwu Xiancha."

Lu Chengfeng nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Although he did not approve of the alliance between Tianyi Sect and the Lu family, the other party was a duke of a country and the patriarch of the Lu family after all. He could not help but give him face when he was trying to please him.

But I have to say that the Lu family's tea tastes good. It is sweet at first and mellow in aftertaste. It is indeed comparable to their own Yunwu tea.

Fu Yunji, on the other hand, looked a little unhappy. Just now, Lu Chengfeng didn't seem to care much about her. Instead, he was so flattering and polite to Qing Yunzi.

Qing Yunzi is indeed of a high enough generation and status, but this is not a reason for you to disrespect the headmaster's wife, right?
Thinking of this, Fu Yunji's smiling face slowly turned cold. The Lu family didn't have this attitude before. Now that she has succeeded in making the connection, they don't take her seriously anymore?
"Since we're all here, let's discuss what to do after entering the palace?" Lu Chengfeng said with a smile.

"Enter the palace?" Qing Yunzi was stunned. Wasn't he here today to discuss the terms of cooperation?
Why does it sound like they have already reached a cooperation and are about to start planning what to do next?

what's the situation?
He turned his head to look at his junior fellow apprentice and found that all the elders, including the head apprentice, seemed to have no objection. Except for Fu Yunji who looked a little unhappy, almost everyone was listening to Lu Chengfeng's plan very seriously.

"There will be a great chaos in the palace that day, and on that day, there is something that we must get," Lu Chengfeng continued.

Qing Yunzi got goosebumps all over his body.

The warrior's intuition told him that something was wrong.——
"My lord, please take a look."

Zhang Rui rushed to the Dali Temple as soon as he received the news. As the Chief Justice, they were responsible for the first important case. The Dali Temple now had twelve Chief Justices including himself, but the other eleven avoided the case with various excuses. The people below had no choice but to contact himself, the new judge.

Zhang Rui took a deep breath and opened the curtain covering the corpse. After seeing the corpse, his face still became gloomy even though he was mentally prepared.

Ling Yunzi Taoist.
(End of this chapter)