Yun Che arrived at Yun Qinghong's courtyard and saw him sitting in front of the emerald grape trellis. Under him was the old wheelchair, which was pushed by Yun Xiao. Seeing Yun Che, Yun Xiao hurriedly went up to him and said eagerly, "Brother, you got up so early today. Were you woken up by someone? By the way, today is the day of our Yun family's clan competition. It starts at nine o'clock. Do you want to go and take a look later?"
“Of course I have to go and see it. I’m very interested. By the way, where’s mom?” Yun Che asked.
"Mom is still in the room." Yun Xiao replied.
Yun Che nodded, and then said calmly: “Go call mother. There are sounds of fighting coming from Shengyuntai. We should go over there. I have something to say to father alone.”
After two months of getting along, Yun Xiao almost worshipped this sworn brother as a god. Although he was curious about what Yun Che wanted to say to Yun Qinghong, he did not ask any more questions and let go of the wheelchair: "Okay, I'll go right away."
Yun Xiao left, and Yun Che stepped forward, took out a small jade token, placed it in front of Yun Qinghong, and said in a low voice: "Dad, this is for you."
“Oh?” Yun Qinghong turned his head. When Yun Che loosened his clenched palm and revealed the jade token in his hand, the usually calm Yun Qinghong suddenly felt as if struck by lightning. His pupils shrank several times in an instant. He almost hastily picked up the jade token. He held the small jade token with both hands, sensing the aura on it. His hands trembled violently: “This… this… this is…”
He raised his head suddenly and looked at Yun Che: “Che’er, how come this thing… is on you! Where did you get it from?!”
Yun Che was not surprised at all that Yun Qinghong would have such a reaction. If it were someone else, his emotions would have been completely out of control. He said calmly, "Dad, the family competition will begin in less than an hour. Now is not the time to discuss its origin. If Dad can keep his position as the head of the family today and regain his prestige, I will tell you its origin in detail."
Yun Qinghong stared at Yun Che with a turbulent look in his eyes. After a long while, he finally calmed down and nodded slowly: “Okay… But, when the time comes, you must tell me everything I want to know, and don’t lie.”
“Okay.” Yun Che nodded without hesitation. He looked at Yun Qinghong’s wrist and confirmed, “Dad, can you and mom’s ‘Seal the Mysterious Buckle’ be kept secret from everyone?”
“Although I can’t be absolutely sure, in their eyes, I have been a useless person for more than 20 years. They won’t deliberately investigate me.” Yun Qinghong said: “Back then, your mother and I were able to escape pursuit many times, and these two Fengxuan buckles played an indispensable role.”
As Yun Qinghong spoke, he pulled up his sleeves to cover the things on his wrists.
Today is the day of the Yun family's clan competition. It is such a big family event, but until now, the courtyard where Yun Qinghong, the head of the family, is still deserted. There is not even a younger generation who came to report. It can be imagined how insignificant the position of Yun Qinghong, the head of the Yun family, is. From Yun Che's expression, Yun Qinghong saw what he was thinking, and smiled faintly: "No matter which world, profound strength is respected. A useless person who is about to die, who would really take him seriously except his relatives and close friends? I am a useless person, but I can continue to stay in the position of the head of this family for more than 20 years. Even if it is because of the support of the Mu family, it should be the limit of what they can bear."
“Have they forgotten who founded the Yun Family, and who led the Yun Family to the pinnacle of the Illusory Demon Realm? If it weren’t for your family head’s lineage, how could they have their current status and glory!” Yun Che frowned. During his stay at the Yun Family, he naturally got to know more and more about the Yun Family. The Yun Family had been passed down for so many years, and the family head’s lineage had always been respected. In order to prevent disputes among family heads, the family head’s lineage had established a rule six thousand years ago that each family head could only have one son. Yun Canghai was the only son, and Yun Qinghong was Yun Canghai’s only son. And Yun Qinghong, at least until now, had only one son.
Every generation of the Yun family's patriarch has been extremely outstanding, and it is also this lineage of patriarchs that has made the Yun family the leader of the twelve guardian families that dominate the Fantasy Demon Realm. For thousands of years, it has been a transcendent existence second only to the Fantasy Demon Royal Family.
But by Yun Qinghong's generation, they were despised to this extent.
Yun Qinghong shook his head and laughed at himself: "They won't think about these things. They only care about things that can affect their future interests... This can be regarded as human instinct."
“The Yun family has been passed down for thousands of years. The position of the patriarch has never been related to profound strength, but to bloodline! The whole Yun family should know clearly that even if you have become a cripple, you are the only one who is qualified to be the patriarch. But it seems that everyone has subconsciously forgotten this point.” Yun Che sneered: “Moreover, it’s ok to ignore your identity as the patriarch because of your cripple, but it seems that they don’t even have the most basic respect and attention for you. Yun Xiao is the son of the patriarch, but an ordinary Yun family disciple can bully him at will. For such a big event as the family competition, there was no one who came to discuss it with you for two months... I don’t believe that the Yun family, which has been prosperous for so many years, would be a group of such selfish and heartless people.”
Yun Qinghong closed his eyes slightly and said lightly, "There is really no need to discuss this clan competition with me. Because the so-called clan competition is just a cover, the real purpose is to make me, a useless person, abdicate. In less than a month, it will be the Little Demon Queen's Centennial Ceremony. This ceremony is by no means ordinary. It is very likely to determine the future of the entire Illusory Demon Realm, and it will also determine the fate of the twelve guardian families, especially the Yun family. At this critical moment, it is reasonable for them to abolish me, a useless head of the family. Originally, I had already silently accepted this upcoming result, but I didn't expect to meet you."
Yun Qinghong smiled silently, his face full of melancholy.
Yun Xiao and Mu Yurou walked out. They did not stay for long. Soon, Yun Xiao pushed Yun Qinghong in a wheelchair, and the four of them walked slowly towards the center of the Yun family, the place where the clan competition was held.
In the very center of the Yun family is the ancestral stele that emits a mysterious purple light. The stele is more than thirty feet high and is engraved with the names of each generation of the family head. Among them, the most conspicuous is "Yun Canghai", because on the right side of this name are two red characters like flames: Demon King.
Among the dozens of patriarchs of the Yun family, only Yun Canghai has won the honor of "Demon King". This is not only Yun Canghai's honor, but also the honor of the Yun family for thousands of generations. However, this honor that made other guardian families extremely jealous and envious is fading quickly at the speed of a falling meteor...
In front of the ancestral monument was a huge square. There were seats all around the square. In the center was a platform that was thirty meters square. This was the Holy Cloud Platform used for internal competitions within the Yun Family. When Yun Che and his three companions arrived, two young Yun Family disciples were competing on the Holy Cloud Platform.
The clan competition will not officially begin for more than half an hour, but some Yun family disciples can't wait to compete.
Yun Che and his companions arrived relatively early. Although the place was already bustling with activity, most of them were young disciples. When these young disciples saw Yun Qinghong and his wife, some would go forward to greet them, while a few would simply walk away or look directly at the Holy Cloud Platform, pretending not to see them. Yun Che glanced at the clothes of these Yun family disciples... Most of them were the sons of elders who held real power in the Yun family. They had not experienced the glory of the Yun family under the leadership of Yun Canghai, nor had they seen how Yun Qinghong had intimidated the Illusory Demons. In their eyes, he was just a useless person with the empty title of Patriarch, a person who was far inferior to their elders... And he was about to be kicked out of the position of Patriarch, so of course they would not bother to greet him.
Yun Qinghong was already used to this. At this time, two young Yun family disciples were fighting on the Holy Cloud Stage. They seemed evenly matched, with swords whistling, purple thunder rolling, and two orange Xuan Gangs colliding closely. There were constant shouts and cheers from below. Finally, one of them seized the opportunity and knocked the other down with a flash of lightning. Then the Xuan Gang rushed up and knocked him off the Holy Cloud Stage.
The two Yun family disciples on the stage were not very old, but they were definitely the best among their peers in the Yun family. However, after watching the two fight, Yun Qinghong secretly shook his head, a hint of disappointment flashed across his face. He slightly tilted his head and said, "Xiao'er, you go ahead."
"Ah?" Yun Xiao was stunned, then nodded: "Okay!"
After saying that, Yun Xiao jumped up without hesitation. A purple light flashed in the air. When he landed on the stage, he was holding a long sword surrounded by purple light. This was the King Xuan Sword, Benlei, which Yun Qinghong gave him when he was eleven years old. He has been using it until now and has never left it. When combined with the Yun family's core profound skill, the "Purple Cloud Skill", it can exert great power.
"Brother Yunqiu, please teach me!" Yun Xiao clenched his Benlei, stared at his opponent, his face serious and solemn, his ears completely blocked out the chaotic discussions around him. Over the years, as he grew up, the pressure of public opinion and the strange looks he endured became heavier and heavier, and he endured all of them quietly. In order to make his parents proud and to have the power to protect his parents in the future, he practiced desperately... Without Xuan Gang, he made up for it with hard work, and without resources, he made up for it with even greater efforts.
At the age of 22, he was already half a step away from becoming a Overlord! Among people of the same age, even if he was facing all the Yun family members who were born with Xuan Gang, he was still at the top! Except for himself, no one knew how much effort and hardship he had put in for this.
He has always kept his parents' safety in mind and has never been willing to fight with anyone. Even when he was bullied and insulted, he would endure it in silence. But today... it's time for him to show himself to his parents and everyone else.
Seeing that the person who suddenly came up to challenge was Yun Xiao, Yun Qiu was slightly stunned, because Yun Xiao usually kept a low profile and never showed up in a duel. Immediately, his face became slightly solemn. Although Yun Xiao was younger than him and did not have Xuan Gang, he had heard that Yun Xiao had already entered the realm of a half-step overlord. Moreover, like many Yun family disciples, he had secretly laughed at Yun Xiao's bloodline many times. If he was defeated in public by someone who did not have Xuan Gang and whom he often laughed at, it would be a somewhat embarrassing thing.
He immediately let out a low shout and attacked first. With a wave of his arm, a chain of lightning swung out from the sword. At the same time, Xuan Gang also turned into a yellow sword, floating down in the air and piercing Yun Xiao Tianling directly.
Yun Xiao's expression was calm. He thrust out the tip of his sword, and a lightning chain also shot up into the sky. However, the lightning chain he released was exceptionally solid, like a real chain. It also emitted a rich, crystal clear purple light, and the entire chain looked like it was made of amethyst.
Just by looking at the lightning chains, it is obvious whose Purple Cloud Skill is more profound!
The lightning chains of both sides were entangled with each other, but after only a few breaths, Yun Qiu's lightning chain was cut with a "crack". Yun Xiao's lightning chain did not take the opportunity to attack Yun Qiu, but rose up and slammed into Xuan Gang with a violent hissing sound, shaking Xuan Gang far away, and then disappeared in mid-air.
Yun Qinghong nodded slowly, a comfortable smile on his face.
Yun Qiu stumbled back a few steps, then sat down on the ground, stunned. His profound strength was not as good as Yun Xiao's, but it was not far behind. He thought that with the advantage of profound strength, he would not be easily defeated even if he could not win. He did not expect that Yun Xiao, who was usually cautious, dared not offend anyone, and was even a little timid, had practiced such a strong profound strength and purple cloud power. In just a few breaths, he was suppressed and defeated.
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