Chapter 288: Insight into People’s Hearts

Before Chen Xiyao finished speaking, Ning Daoran already understood everything.

Zhou Qingshan serves as an inner sect elder in the Chaos Sect, and is also in charge of Longxiang Village from afar. At this time, Zhou Qingshan's state of mind is probably very different from that of the young man when he first went up the mountain. He has seen so many beautiful scenery that he wants to leave all of it to the descendants of the Zhou family.

Therefore, after the Chen family finally produced a genius like Chen Xiyao after hundreds of years, the first thing Zhou Qingshan thought of was to hide this genius and let her fend for herself in the secular world.

In fact, Zhou Qingshan should be thankful that he did not silence Chen Xiyao. This little bit of kindness saved his life.

…

"Chen Xiyao."

Ning Daoran said seriously, "I will not hide it from you. In fact, you have a spiritual root, and it is a third-grade thunder spiritual root, which is extremely rare. Are you willing to follow me to the Chaos Sect to learn the law and cultivate immortality? Don't worry, Xiao Hehua is my relative, and I will definitely treat you well."

"Xiyao is naturally willing!"

Chen Xiyao immediately put down her skirt-pressing knife and knelt on the ground. When she looked up, tears appeared in her eyes: "Grandmaster, does Xiyao really have spiritual roots?"

"Yes, and it is a top-grade spiritual root."

Ning Daoran raised his hand lightly, used the power of the Evergreen Technique to help Chen Xiyao up, and said, "Let's not talk too much, let's return to the Chaos Sect immediately?"

"yes!"

The next second, Ning Daoran flicked his sleeves and took out a flying boat that was ten meters long from his storage ring. After letting Chen Xiyao get on it, he activated the flying boat and took the big stupid deer back to Chaos Sect.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the sect.

"Huh?"

An elder in the early stage of foundation building who was guarding the mountain gate was startled: "Ning... Ancestor Ning is back?"

"Well, I came back for something."

"Welcome, ancestor!"

A group of monks guarding the mountain gate hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted.

Ning Daoran controlled the flying boat and did not return to Qiongbi Peak. Instead, he turned into a ray of light and flew towards Zixiao Peak. No one else in the sect could handle this matter. Only the sect leader Han Bing could make the final decision.

…

“Senior Brother…”

Inside the cave, Han Bing looked at the girl with her beautiful eyes: "She... who is she?"

"Descendants of Little Lotus."

Ning Daoran sat upright and said, "Her name is Chen Xiyao, a third-grade thunder spirit root. When I found her, she was performing shadow play in a troupe."

"ah?"

Han Bing shuddered slightly and said, "Since he has a third-grade thunder spirit root, why didn't Zhou Qingshan come to report it? Doesn't the sect have someone go to Longxiang Village every year to test the spirit roots? Why did Chen Xiyao miss it?"

Chen Xiyao looked at the fairy sister and knew that she was of a very high status. She did not dare to overstep her boundaries and just whispered, "Your Excellency, when I was very young, my people sent me to join a theatre troupe..."

"Junior sister, there's no need to ask."

Ning Daoran said calmly, "Zhou Qingshan has seen Chen Xiyao, and he must have discovered it when he saw her. Otherwise, with the connections the Chen family has in the village, why would Chen Xiyao, at such a young age, be sent to a troupe to suffer through the wind and rain, and perform in all the streets and alleys of various villages?"

"I see."

Han Bing took a deep breath: "Brother, what are you going to do?"

"That depends on Zhou Qingshan's reaction. Let's talk about Chen Xiyao first."

Ning Daoran said, "Chen Xiyao was abandoned by her tribe when she was young. She has a strong character and a third-grade thunder spirit root. The only pity is that she missed the golden period of ten years of cultivation. But it doesn't matter. We can make up for it for her. She is still a promising talent."

He narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Little Junior Sister, what do you think of her?"

“Excellent.”

Han Bing understood and said with a smile: "In that case, Senior Brother, I will personally accept Chen Xiyao as my disciple and inherit the legacy of the Zixiao Peak lineage. It just so happens that Xiyao has a thunder spirit root, so she can practice the Zixiao Yanglei Sutra left by Senior Sister, and add the Ziyun Sword Art of my Ziyun Peak lineage, maybe there will be hope for Dan in the future."

Chen Xiyao opened her big watery eyes and didn't understand at all.

…

True Yang Peak.

In a cave on the top of the peak, an elder in the early stage of foundation building floated in, his face pale and said: "Brother, Ancestor Ning has returned to the mountain, and he brought a woman with him on the flying boat."

"well……"

Zhou Qingshan sighed and put away the fiery red mirror in his hand. In fact, he had seen everything with this magic mirror not long ago. The girl was none other than Chen Xiyao.

The thing I was most worried about finally happened.

Back then, Zhou Qingshan was selfish and made a mistake. He blocked the fact that Chen Xiyao possessed superior spiritual roots. This was naturally done to ensure that the Zhou family could secure their position in Longxiang Village and even in the Chaos Sect. But who would have thought that when Ning Daoran returned to the village, he still found Chen Xiyao and brought him back to the Chaos Sect.

With Ning Daoran's cultivation and knowledge, he would undoubtedly be able to easily see through the secrets of this matter.

"The Zhou family is finished..."

Zhou Qingshan sighed, his face showing pain: "It's all my fault that I was too selfish at the time, which led to such a big mistake. For something like this...how could my grandfather forgive me so easily?"

"What's the point of being upset now, brother?"

The foundation building elder frowned and said, "Ancestor Ning has already brought Chen Xiyao to see the sect master. At this moment, the sect master is most likely aware of this matter. Since the matter has been exposed, it is useless for Senior Brother to regret it. It is better to think about how to make up for the consequences of this matter."

"Well..."

Zhou Qingshan stood up majestically and said, "Immediately send out orders to gather all the descendants of the Zhou family who are practicing in the sect, and go with me to Zixiao Peak to apologize to my grandfather... Especially those children who are still young, bring them all. With so many descendants kneeling together, I believe my grandfather will definitely be moved with compassion and will not be too cruel to our Zhou family..."

"good."

The foundation-building elder was sweating profusely and hurried away.

…

In the early morning, before sunrise, a large group of descendants of the Zhou family appeared outside Han Bing's cave residence on Zixiao Peak. There were more than forty of them, and they knelt towards the cave residence under the leadership of their ancestor Zhou Qingshan.

"Grandfather, Zhou Qingshan has acknowledged his guilt and is willing to accept any punishment!"

After Zhou Qingshan knelt down, he kowtowed and remained kneeling for a long time without getting up.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"snort!"

In the cave, Ning Daoran sneered: "You are quick to see the opportunity."

Han Bing said softly, "Zhou Qingshan...is usually diligent in his work in the sect, and is quite restrained towards the descendants of the Zhou family. However, he did something despicable in this matter. How to deal with him and the descendants of the Zhou family is entirely up to you, Senior Brother."

"Um."

Ning Daoran nodded: "Junior sister, come with me and let Senior Brother Rong use his power to bully others."

Han Bing couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Outside the restricted area of ​​the cave, a wisp of mist emerged, followed by two Jindan monks walking out of the cave.

"Meet the Grandfather, Meet the Sect Master..."

The Zhou family members looked pious, especially the young cultivators, who were extremely in awe of the two Jindan cultivators.

"Zhou Qingshan."

Ning Daoran put one hand behind his back, exuding an aura of indifference and indifference. He said, "Have you forgotten the time when I brought you up the mountain? You went from having nothing to having what you have today, so why are you still not satisfied? Could it be that only you, Zhou Qingshan, deserve all this, and no one else in the village deserves it?"

"Zhou Qingshan...knows his mistake..."

The old ancestor knocked his forehead hard on the ground and cried, "Grandfather, Zhou Qingshan has disappointed you... I'm sorry... I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have done this..."

"Just an apology?"

Ning Daoran raised his sword-like eyebrows: "People have to pay the price for their actions."

"Please punish me, Grandfather. Zhou Qingshan will have no complaints!"

"good!"

Ning Daoran said calmly, "You have three days to take all the Zhou family members out of Chaos Sect. From now on, you are no longer members of Chaos Sect. Go seek immortal fate elsewhere. The protection of Zhou family ancestors is also cut off here because of you, Zhou Qingshan. In addition, I went to the village and found that the tombs of Zhou family ancestors have not been worshipped or taken care of for many years. After you, Zhou Qingshan, became a foundation-building cultivator, could it be that you have really forgotten your roots and ancestors?"

"I……"

Zhou Qingshan was trembling all over.

"You should be thankful that you didn't kill people to silence them and didn't get rid of Chen Xiyao. Otherwise..." Ning Daoran's eyes showed a fierce look, and immediately a group of Zhou family descendants were chilled to the bone.

"Grandfather..."

Zhou Qingshan trembled all over, and his mind couldn't help but recall the state of mind when he made the decision. He only wanted the Zhou family to be the only dominant family in the village, but he never thought of killing the descendants of the Chen family. But if he had really killed them back then, would what was happening now not have happened?

When this thought came to his mind, Zhou Qingshan couldn't help but quickly reject it in his mind. This thing must not be done. He, Zhou Qingshan, was not the kind of person who would do anything to achieve his goals.

At this moment, a chill suddenly swept through Zhou Qingshan's soul, as if it had seen through all his thoughts. When Zhou Qingshan looked up, he saw Ning Daoran's icy eyes.

For a moment, Zhou Qingshan broke out in a cold sweat, and his clothes were instantly soaked.

My grandfather's cultivation is so profound that he can even see into other people's minds...

Zhou Qingshan was sweating all over, knowing that he had just had a close call with death. If he had harbored any hope or regret for not killing Chen Xiyao, he would have been a corpse by now.

"Okay, no need to say more."

Ning Daoran said: "Do as you are told. From now on, your lineage has nothing to do with the Chaos Sect, nor with the Longxiang Village Zhou family. Leave Qingzhou and seek a way to make a living elsewhere."

"Yes, Grandfather..."

Zhou Qingshan bowed slowly.

But at this moment, Ning Daoran's eyes fell on a silly boy in the crowd. The boy looked to be about five or six years old, dark-skinned, holding a meat bun in his hand, with snot bubbles hanging from his nose, and a pair of eyes focused in the middle with a clear light in his eyes.

This boy is very similar to his ancestor Zhou Tiezhu! Moreover, surprisingly, this boy actually possesses a fourth-grade fire spirit root!

(End of this chapter)