Travel through the heavens

"That's a good name." Xu Fengnian clapped his hands in praise, and then said to Fang Muye solemnly: "Wen Hua, I want to thank you on behalf of Huang Man'er."

Fang Muye smiled slightly: "We are brothers. Huang Man'er is your brother, so he is also my brother. What is there to thank him for?"

Huang Man'er, who was being talked about over there, had been concentrating on cooking the fish. She only looked up at this moment and grinned at Fang Muye. Then, as if she suddenly thought of something, she stood up with a cry, said to Xu Fengnian, "Wait for me to come back", and turned around and ran out of the temple.

Xu Fengnian was stunned for a moment: "What's going on?"

Zhao Xituan fanned the fire with a palm-leaf fan and said with a chuckle, "Don't worry, there are a few hawthorn trees outside. The child used to wait by the trees every day, waiting to pick hawthorns for you to eat. He must have gone to pick hawthorns now and will be back soon."

Xu Fengnian smiled with satisfaction, and then tried to ask Zhao Xituan: "Old Heavenly Master, Longhu Mountain and Huishan are separated by a river. You should know a lot about the Xuanyuan family in Huishan, right?"

"It's okay." Zhao Xituan looked at Xu Fengnian and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Li Chungang snorted coldly: "This kid is probably trying to drag the Xuanyuan family onto his pirate ship."

Zhao Xituan frowned slightly: "This Xuanyuan family is a famous family in Jianzhou that can stand shoulder to shoulder with our Longhu Mountain. Also, the ancestor of the Tianxiang Realm, Xuanyuan Dapan, will not easily surrender to Beiliang."

Before Xu Fengnian could say anything, Li Chungang spoke up: "Xuanyuan Dapan is still alive? You just said he was in the Celestial Realm, the same as me?"

Zhao Xituan nodded and said, "It's the Celestial Realm. I entered it many years ago."

Xu Fengnian turned to Li Chungang and asked, "Senior, do you know the ancestor of the Xuanyuan family?"

Li Chungang hummed and said, "I once fought with Xuanyuan Dapan on the snowy plain of Guniujiang in Huishan."

"Sword fight? Who won?" Xu Fengnian immediately became interested.

"I've only lost to Wang Xianzhi." Li Chungang was very dissatisfied with Xu Fengnian's question: "Realm doesn't represent everything. What matters is the ability to fight. Besides, when we were fighting swords, he was not even in the Celestial Realm."

Li Chungang paused, winked at Xu Fengnian, and suggested, "Boy, considering Xuanyuan Dapan's character, it may not be easy for you to subdue Huishan. Why don't you marry the girl you met when you came here?"

"Although the Xuanyuan family controls the world's waterways, which is very useful, I, Xu Fengnian, will never sell myself!" Xu Fengnian immediately refused righteously, looked at Fang Muye and changed the subject: "Wen Hua, you said before that Xuanyuan Qingfeng would have a disaster when he went to Huishan this time. Is it true?"

"Of course it's true." Fang Muye nodded and asked, "Have you ever thought about why Xuanyuan Qingfeng's father sent his retainers to stop her when she returned to Huishan?"

Xu Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "It is said that Xuanyuan Qingfeng has a very bad relationship with her father, so she has not returned to Huishan for many years."

Fang Muye asked again: "Why is her relationship with her father so bad?"

Xu Fengnian replied, "Her father, Xuanyuan Jingcheng, is the eldest grandson of the Xuanyuan family. Logically, he should be in charge of the family business, but now no one in Huishan takes him seriously."

Li Chungang asked curiously: "Why?"

"This old Taoist knows something." Zhao Xituan laughed and explained, "This Xuanyuan Jingcheng, although he is from the eldest son of the Xuanyuan family, just likes to read books and doesn't like to practice martial arts. He is a person who does not compete with others. If he were in an ordinary aristocratic family, the eldest son's behavior might be able to barely maintain an image of being gentle and polite, but in the Xuanyuan family that has worshipped martial arts for hundreds of years, he can't hold his head up, and is often laughed at as a waste who can't achieve anything great."

Xu Fengnian smiled shamelessly and said, "It's about the same as my previous reputation. My previous reputation might have been worse than his."

Li Chungang snorted and laughed: "You are a cruel boy, and you hide it well. The boy from Xuanyuan family might be the same."

Fang Muye looked in the direction of Huishan and said softly, "In fact, you can also read the celestial phenomena from reading."

Li Chungang and Zhao Xituan were both stunned when they heard this, and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Can you read the celestial phenomena by reading?! If that's true, then he hid it longer than me." Xu Fengnian exclaimed in shock, and then changed the subject: "No matter whether he hid it or not, it's because the eldest branch is weak and Xuanyuan Qingfeng regards her father as a shame, so she simply left Huishan, out of sight, out of mind."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "If that's the case, Xuanyuan Jingcheng should be happy that Xuanyuan Qingfeng is back at Huishan and can see his daughter. Why did he stop her and kill her followers? That's why I infer that Xuanyuan Qingfeng's return to Huishan this time is probably not a good thing for her."

At this point, Fang Muye turned his head to look at Zhao Xituan and asked, "Old Heavenly Master, is there anything interesting in the Xuanyuan family?"

Zhao Xituan smiled and said, "Yes, there are some."

"Tell me about it." Xu Fengnian had a gossipy expression.

"It is said that there is a jade seal with the words 'Feng Tian Cheng Yun' buried at the bottom of our Longhu Mountain, which is why it has become the place where hundreds of gods and thousands of immortals receive their duties and titles. There is also an ancient stele on the Huishan Mountain occupied by the Xuanyuan family, with the words 'Enjoy the Pure Bliss of the Land Alone' inscribed on it. Whether it is true or not is no longer verifiable."

Zhao Xituan said slowly, "But Xuanyuan Dapan is indeed a man who knows how to enjoy a peaceful life. He is shameless and gets worse as he gets older. He practices dual cultivation with women who are young enough to be his granddaughters or great-granddaughters. Even the outstanding members of the Xuanyuan family have been harmed by him."

"How shameless is he?" Xu Fengnian was full of disbelief and angrily cursed: "Xuanyuan Dapan didn't even let go of the women in the Xuanyuan family. This is completely against ethical principles. It's really shameless!"

Zhao Xituan said lightly: "Xuanyuan Dapan is not from the Xuanyuan family."

"Xuanyuan Dapan is not from the Xuanyuan family, how is this possible?" Xu Fengnian was even more shocked.

"It's true." Li Chungang confirmed, "This old guy used to be a retainer of the Xuanyuan family. Later, he married into Huishan and changed his surname to Xuanyuan. However, his marriage was never spread to outsiders, and only the old people like us know about it."

Zhao Xituan said, "Yes, after all, he has entered the Celestial Realm, and thus has become the ancestor of the Xuanyuan Family."

Xu Fengnian asked: "So now the Xuanyuan family are all his descendants?"

"That's not the case." Zhao Xituan shook his head. "After several years of fighting in the martial arts world, not a single one of his bloodline survived. They all died."

"This is to guard against him." Xu Fengnian immediately understood the meaning.

"Alas." Zhao Xituan sighed: "At that time, he had not entered the celestial realm, so he had to endure it. But what is unexpected is that after all his descendants died, he is still willing to stay in the Xuanyuan family and be the ancestor. I am afraid he really thinks of himself as a member of the Xuanyuan family."

Fang Muye shook his head and said, "He wanted revenge."