Huang Xie had never thought that he would be noticed by the master family one day. Huang Xie was a marginal figure in the Huang family before, and no one would ask about him on weekdays. There were no strong people in his lineage. The strongest uncle was only in the early stage of foundation building, and he was two levels away from him. He was a relative whose name he could not even remember.

Huang Xie had long been accustomed to it.

The Huang family is too big, and there are at least 2,000 blood relatives in this generation. It is impossible to take care of all these people.

Huang Xie usually worked outside as a disciple of the Huang family. The resources he needed for daily practice were all earned by completing tasks. Even the practice methods were bought by him on the black market. Until a few days ago, someone from the master's family suddenly found him and said that he had offended someone and asked him to come back to apologize.

After that, he was brought back in a daze and had no idea what was going on the whole time.

"Junior Huang Xie, I have offended you out of ignorance, I hope you will forgive me."

Huang Xie fell to his knees and apologized sincerely.

Even though he himself didn't know what he had done wrong. This was the family's cultivators. They borrowed the family's power and had to listen to the family's words. If he had changed his identity, even if he was a casual cultivator, Huang Xie would never kneel down and kowtow here. At most, he would bow his head and clasp his hands to show respect.

"It's just a small matter, no need to be so serious." Chen Luo waved his hand. To him, Huang Xie was just a small figure.

The same goes for the head of the Huang family.

The so-called apology from Huang Xie was just an excuse.

Many people think that if they offend someone, they will become enemies, but this is not the case.

Sometimes, apologizing is also a way to build relationships. If used well, enemies can become friends.

"You still haven't thanked Brother Chen yet."

Huang Cheng immediately changed the way he addressed her, and the smile on his face became much brighter.

"Thank you, senior."

After Huang Xie kowtowed, he retreated very tactfully.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time I've met Brother Chen. I wonder where you practiced before. I think I know a little bit about Qingyan City. Maybe you and I had some connection a long time ago."

After two glasses of wine, Huang Cheng began to test Chen Luo.

His purpose of inviting Chen Luo over this time was to use him to find out the origins of the deputy city lord Zi Ji Zhenjun.

This Yuanying Zhenjun who suddenly appeared changed the situation of Qingyan City.

Especially since Zi Tianji had completed the blood contract not long ago, he was destined to be integrated into Qingyan City. At that time, some people's interests would inevitably be divided out. As the local snake, the Huang family was naturally the most informed of this kind of news. Asking Huang Xie to come and apologize was just an excuse he made up. If he wanted to, he could easily come up with 17 or 18 excuses. The key was whether Chen Luo would give him face.

"I am a man from the mountains. I used to practice in a secret realm. Not long ago, the secret realm was broken and I drifted out."

The secret realm is the most common special area in the entire world of immortal cultivation.

Relics can form secret realms, ancient formations can form secret realms, and magical heavenly and earthly spiritual materials can also form secret realms. For cultivators, secret realms are the places they deal with most often. Chen Luo's excuse can be said to be impeccable. Even if Huang Cheng wanted to find a flaw, he would not be able to do so.

"I see."

Huang Cheng nodded with a smile on his face, and then spoke as if expressing emotion.

"No wonder I haven't met you before. Ruins are too rare for ordinary people. I have practiced in Qingyan City for most of my life, but I have never been to a ruin. No wonder Master Ziji accepted you as his disciple. This kind of luck is worthy of this opportunity."

Chen Luo smiled and did not respond to Huang Cheng's words.

The old man talked in a roundabout way for a long time, and finally brought up Zi Tianji. Zi Tianji's choice to integrate into Qingyan City aroused the vigilance of many people.

Huang Cheng tried several more times afterwards.

Most of the topics revolved around Zi Tianji, but Chen Luo simply refused to respond. After trying several times, Huang Cheng understood what Chen Luo meant and stopped trying.

The topic of their conversation gradually shifted from Zi Tianji to spiritual practice.

After a conversation, Huang Cheng's impression of Chen Luo changed greatly. He originally thought that he was just a lucky guy who had gotten a good reputation. But now it seems that this person does have his strengths. No wonder he could catch the eye of the Yuanying old monster.

"This sword-controlling technique is different from all the sword techniques I have come across. It is such a precious skill."

Huang Cheng was greatly shocked when he saw the foundation-building sword technique that Chen Luo casually threw out.

This was a sword cultivation method that he had never encountered before. Although it was only at the foundation-building stage, the idea behind it was completely different from the cultivation method mastered by their Huang family. The fact that this person could bring out such a precious secret book to exchange with others showed his true nature.

This person is a determined practitioner and has no sectarian views in his heart.

"The greatest value of martial arts is communication. How can one become an immortal if one works in isolation?" Chen Luo said seriously.

This set of skills was a book he picked up randomly from the corner of his storage bag, and the words were carved on it temporarily.

Master Chen treats people sincerely, and he really can't come up with any lower-level skills.

"Although our Huang family is not a family of sword cultivators, we also have many sword cultivation secrets." Huang Cheng weighed the pros and cons and decided to take out some unimportant secrets in his home for exchange. At the very least, he should not lose to the other party in terms of momentum.

After a while, someone brought a sword manual from outside.

Chen Luo took a look at it and threw it aside.

The level is too low and has no reference value.

This guy Huang Cheng actually used the sword-fighting secrets of the Qi Refining Realm to fool him.

Seeing Chen Luo's attitude, Huang Cheng's old face turned red.

It is indeed unreasonable to exchange the foundation-building method for the Qi-refining method. Thinking of this, he seemed to suddenly remember something and spoke.

"Speaking of which, our Huang family also has a genius who happens to be proficient in swordsmanship. Maybe he can exchange a few things with Brother Chen."

"oh?"

A smile appeared on Chen Luo's face, he finally caught a fish.

"Please wait a moment, fellow Taoist. I'll be back soon." Huang Cheng stood up, bowed, and then left in a hurry.

Chen Luo sat in the yard and continued to enjoy the spiritual fruits and wine.

Huang Cheng was very fast, and he returned in just a moment. He was accompanied by a young man, who was the other Jindan cultivator that Chen Luo had sensed with his spiritual sense.

"Where did you get that sword manual?"

Huang Tian asked directly. He came back this time for the sect competition. The internal struggle of the Ancient Sword Sect was much more intense than that of the outside world. If he wanted to obtain more resources, he had to compete for the ranking. Only by raising his ranking would he have the opportunity to become a direct disciple and obtain the core inheritance of the sect.

"Name your price."

“All I got was a fragment.”

Chen Luo shook his head and refused.

"Only fragments?"

Huang Tian was displeased, thinking that Chen Luo was lying and refusing to give out the good stuff.

"Two thousand spirit stones."

"Really not"

“Three thousand!”

“.”

"Five thousand! This is already the price of a late stage technique."

Huang Tian frowned and looked at Chen Luo, thinking that this man was too greedy. Did he think that he could do whatever he wanted just because he had a Nascent Soul cultivator behind him?

After all, he is just a casual cultivator and his vision is too narrow.

"Forget it, I'll try it myself."

Huang Tian stretched out his hand, and a third-level magic weapon flew out from his sleeve. As soon as the sword appeared, a large amount of sword energy was immediately rolled up. Huang Cheng, who was watching from the side, was anxious and subconsciously wanted to speak up to stop it.

This was totally inconsistent with his purpose. His original plan was to use Huang Tian's identity to improve his relationship with Chen Luo, but he didn't expect Huang Tian to be so disrespectful and completely disregard the interests of the family.

"Second Uncle, you go down first."

Huang Tian's sword shook, and a wisp of sword energy blew Huang Cheng away.

As an inner disciple of the Ancient Sword Sect, Huang Tian's sword skills are naturally far superior to Huang Cheng's.

"you!!"

Looking at the clothes that were torn open on his chest, Huang Cheng was so angry that he wanted to curse, but when he saw Chen Luo who was indifferent on the opposite side, he tactfully suppressed his anger.

Neither of the two parties is in a hurry, so why should he, an outsider, be in a hurry?

"You won't draw your sword?"

Huang Tian waited for a moment, and seeing that Chen Luo was still sitting there without moving, he couldn't help but frowned.

He didn't expect this person to be so arrogant.

"Isn't this a sword?"

Chen Luo picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table and gestured twice. Huang Tian was furious at his nonchalant attitude. As a genius with a spiritual sword body who was accepted into the inner sect of the Ancient Sword Sect at birth, when had he ever been looked down upon like this?

“Arrogant!”

Huang Tian was originally prepared to give the other party some dignity, but now he felt that it was unnecessary. This kind of lunatic cultivator must be dealt with severely in order to make them submit.

The sword energy blooms.

A green sword shadow emerged from Huang Tian's body, and he flew into the air. The spiritual power in his body surged to the spiritual sword in his hand, and the spiritual power in the courtyard also surged, gathering into a vortex and gathering towards the sword blade.

But before he could successfully condense the sword energy, he felt a numbness in his head, as if a hand had hit the back of his head.

Bang!

The whole person fell from the air like a stone, and fell down the same way he flew up. His consciousness went dark, and he fainted instantly. The powerful magic sword that he had held in his hand before was picked up by Chen Luo's chopsticks and was stuck on the big stone and kept shaking.

Huang Cheng, who was standing on the edge, had not yet come to his senses when the battle ended.

Looking at Chen Luo who was still sitting in the yard drinking, and then looking at Huang Tian who was lying on the ground, his life or death unknown, Huang Cheng subconsciously shuddered and came to his senses.

This guy is not a Dan!

Although Huang Cheng was not a Yuanying cultivator, he still had some basic judgment. He had only seen Yuanying Zhenjun use this method to kill Huang Tian, ​​who had a transparent sword body, in one move.

“No.”

Chen Luo removed his hand from Huang Tian's head. He had just used the soul-searching technique to look through Huang Tian's memory, but there was no method to return to the Ancient Sword Sect. This made him a little strange. With the soul-searching technique he had mastered, it was absolutely impossible for him to miss anything. (End of this chapter)