Chapter 133 Huang Xuan's wedding, news from old friends

The twenty-fourth year of Chu Ning.

The end of the year is approaching.

The former capital of the Liang Dynasty, now Feijian Villa.

Chu Ning came out of the ancient well.

The spiritual consciousness dispersed.

After a while, Chu Ning smiled slightly and walked out of the villa.

During this period, no one was alarmed.

Capital city.

It’s more lively than ever.

Walking on the street, Chu Ning could see cultivators everywhere, but most of them were in the early and middle stages of Qi Condensation.

With Chu Ning’s current realm, even with the simplest concealment technique, cultivators below the foundation building stage cannot tell his realm.

On the street, many of the warrior-related shops that Chu Ning visited were still there, but the objects of their service had changed from warriors to monks.

For ordinary people, life is still the same. In the past, they tried to have a descendant with the qualifications to practice martial arts, but now they try to have a descendant with the qualifications to practice Taoism.

In this country where most people are ordinary people, Chu Ning does not have the sense of transcendence like a great man entering the world, but more of a memory.

Perhaps it’s because I have only been practicing Taoism for a short time.

Chu Ning stayed in the capital for a day, listening to the discussions of some Qi Condensation cultivators in a teahouse, and gained some understanding of the current Liang Dynasty.

The Liang Dynasty now has no royal family and has a total of twelve sects. The strongest sect has cultivators in the late foundation building stage, and most of them are in the early and middle foundation building stages.

These twelve sects are widely known, but there are actually more than these twelve sects in the Liang Dynasty. Some sects are of a lower level because they do not have strong foundation-building masters.

These twelve sects are famous throughout the Liang Dynasty, while most of the lower-level ones are only famous in their respective states.

There were no powerful Jindan masters, and the entire Liang Dynasty area was very stable, without any large-scale wars between sects.

Just as Chu Ning was about to leave the capital and head for Raozhou, the words of a cultivator in the teahouse made Chu Ning glance over.

"Have you heard that the Huang family and Feijian Villa are going to form an alliance, and the daughter of the owner of Feijian Villa is going to marry the owner of the Huang family."

Huang family?

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The Huang family is really standing firm. When all the major sects from the outside world came in, only three of the eight major families are still in existence. I thought the Huang family would be suppressed and disappear, but I didn't expect that they would establish a relationship with Feijian Villa in the blink of an eye."

"You can't envy me. It is said that Huang Xuan, the head of the Huang family, is a handsome man. Otherwise, why would the daughter of the owner of Feijian Villa marry him?"

The daughter of the owner of Feijian Villa married Huang Xuan, the head of the Huang family. In the eyes of everyone in Beijing, this was a marriage of downgrade and the Huang family was marrying up.

Things are different now. The Eight Great Masters of the Liang Dynasty have long lost their former glory.

Especially the Huang family. Since they migrated from Qingzhou to the capital, they originally wanted to ascend the throne and become emperor. But who could have thought that in the end the Qingzhou territory would be occupied by other sects, and the existing forces in the capital as well as the outsiders all suppressed them.

"I originally thought that the Huang family might decline in three to five years, but now it seems that the Huang family has been able to survive for another few decades."

…

A complicated expression flashed across Chu Ning's face. If the Huang family was destroyed, he would not have any sympathy, but Huang Xuan...

Huang Xuan never let him down from beginning to end.

"The younger brother is getting married, Lao Hei, do you think I, as the older brother, should go and show my support?"

"You already said brother, why do you need to ask me?"

…

…

Huang Mansion in the capital.

The Huang family members were beginning to clean the entire mansion. Red lanterns were being hung on the eaves of the courtyards, and everyone had a beaming look on their faces.

The marriage between the head of the family and the eldest daughter of Feijian Villa is a great joy for the Huang family.

Ever since the great elder and the old patriarch were killed, the Huang family began to go downhill. Although over the years, the Huang family has produced three late Qi Condensation powerhouses, the current late Qi Condensation powerhouses can no longer play the role of the Sea-Suppressing Divine Needle.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth poured in. Generally, second-rate sects had more than a dozen people in the late Qi Condensation stage. The Huang family was already at the bottom of the second-rate forces.

Of the eight major surnames at the time, not counting the other five that have already disappeared, the remaining Raozhou Chen family not only has not had its territory occupied, but over the years, there have been a continuous emergence of clan members in the late Qi Condensation stage, with more than twenty of them in total, second only to the twelve sects.

There is also the Gu family in Yongzhou. Although there are not as many members in the late Qi Condensation stage as the Chen family, the great elder of the Gu family is already a leader among the late Qi Condensation stage and has great hope of building a foundation, which is enough to support the Gu family.

Only their Huang family is in a period of transition. The young generation has not yet grown up, and the old generation is gradually passing away.

Fortunately, the head of the family is about to marry the eldest daughter of Feijian Villa. With Feijian Villa as a backer, no force will set its sights on the Huang family anymore.

After recuperating for a few decades, the Huang family still has hope of rising again.

The inner courtyard of the Huang Mansion.

A young man was sitting cross-legged in the courtyard practicing meditation when he heard some noise at the gate.

The young man opened his eyes, stood up, and looked at the woman walking in from the gate with a smile on his face.

The woman was wearing a pink silk shirt with fluttering sleeves and a graceful figure.

"Manting, why are you here?"

"You don't want to see me, then I'm leaving."

"No, it's just that according to custom, you, the bride, cannot come to my Huang family at this time."

Huang Xuan shook his head. Zhu Manting glanced at the medicine bottles on the ground, and a look of heartache flashed across her pretty face.

"You have taken this pill again. Although this pill is helpful for cultivation, it will cause harm to your body."

Zhu Manting knew the pressure her lover was under. Outsiders only saw the glory of him ascending to the position of head of the Huang family, but they didn't know that the Huang family was now a complete mess.

"It's okay. I can bear this little pain. You are already in the late stage of Qi Condensation, and I am still in the middle stage. If I don't improve my strength quickly, I won't be able to stand up as a husband."

Huang Xuan was joking, and Zhu Manting snorted: "From now on, I will be the one making the decisions in our family, and you have to listen to me."

"I can't beat you, so I have to listen to you."

"So if you can beat me, you won't listen to me, right?"

Zhu Manting was furious and raised her fist to punch Huang Xuan in the chest, but before her fist hit Huang Xuan's chest, it was caught by a hand.

…

The love between the man and the woman, with the moonlight in the sky, is quite charming.

After a long time, Zhu Manting tidied up her messy hair, and leaned her head on Huang Xuan's chest. There was a hesitation on her pretty face, and her red lips opened slightly. After several times, she finally spoke: "Huang Xuan, my father said that this wedding should be held in the villa. There will be many guests coming to the banquet, and I am afraid that the Huang Mansion cannot accommodate so many guests."

"good."

Hearing her lover agree without hesitation, Zhu Manting raised her head, a little confused.

"Silly girl, you've had so many fights with your father and suffered so much injustice just to marry me. This is nothing."

Huang Xuan had a smile on his face, Zhu Manting's rosy lips curled up slightly, and her arms took the initiative to wrap around her lover's neck.

…

After the passionate lovemaking ended, Zhu Manting's pretty face turned red, and she lowered her head in embarrassment again, leaning in Huang Xuan's arms.

"Dad asked me to ask you for a guest list so that we can arrange the seating."

"Well, I'll write it to you later."

Huang Xuan took Zhu Manting's hand and went to the study, and Chu Ning's figure appeared above the pavilion.

"You're almost 40, and you're still in love like a teenager."

Above the Huang Mansion, Chu Ning's mouth twitched, and he almost turned around and left. Fortunately, the young couple stopped at the last moment.

But after thinking about it, Chu Ning smiled. In the world of immortal cultivation, isn't forty years old considered young? Chu Ning's eyes fell on the two medicine bottles on the ground. As an alchemist, he only needed to smell the smell and shape to know what kind of elixir it was.

Bone elixir.

A kind of elixir used in the Qi Condensation Realm, it can improve the efficiency of Qi Condensation practitioners in absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but it has side effects. When the effect of the medicine takes effect, the bones will feel a pricking and tearing pain.

Most cultivators would not take this kind of elixir, because if taken for a long time, it is likely to cause irreversible damage to the body.

"What is this kid doing, taking this pill."

There was anger on Chu Ning's face. If his future brother-in-law and sister-in-law were not in the study room at the moment, he would have given Huang Xuan a big beating.

"You're still talking about him, but you don't even think about the influence you and his father have on this kid."

Lao Hei defended Huang Xuan in Chu Ning's mind: "His father became disabled for the sake of strength, and you chose to burn your life. This is called the top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked. Compared with the two of you, this kid is still good."

Chu Ning was speechless because he found that what Lao Hei said made so much sense that he couldn't refute it.

So, he chose to block Laohei again.

If you can't defend yourself, then get rid of the person who doubts you.

…

…

The next day! Chu Ning appeared at the gate of Huang Mansion.

"Tell your master that Brother Chu is here."

The two young men from the Huang family who were guarding the gate looked at Chu Ning with confusion.

The head of the family still wants to call this person "big brother"? Although they feel that it is a bit unreliable, they think of this person standing there and they can't tell whether he is real or fake. In addition, the elders of the family have told them not to judge people by appearance if there are guests coming to the door. Finally, they decided to report to the head of the family.

"Please wait a moment, sir!"

A young man hurriedly walked into the mansion. Chu Ning spread out his spiritual sense and sensed Huang Xuan's hurried footsteps.

"Brother Chu!"

Huang Xuan looked at Chu Ning who was standing in front of the door with a smile, with disbelief in his eyes.

It’s really Brother Chu.

When the younger generation of the clan came to report to him, he was a little bit unbelieving that there had been no news about Brother Chu for more than ten years.

But he knew that Brother Chu must still be alive, and he also knew that if he went to Raozhou to find Brother Chu's teacher, he would be able to find out Brother Chu's whereabouts.

But he didn't go.

Because he didn't have the face to meet Brother Chu.

"You kid, you're getting married, but you didn't even send me an invitation. How come now that you're the head of the family, you don't recognize me as your big brother anymore?"

"No...no, Brother Chu, you will always be my brother, I...I..."

Seeing Huang Xuan talking incoherently and almost crying, Chu Ning sighed: "Let's go in first. You are the head of the family now."

"Okay, please, Brother Chu!"

The two young men from the Huang family at the door were standing there in a daze.

The emotion that the head of the family just expressed was like a wronged child meeting his elders.

What is the origin of this person? Huang Xuan did not lead Chu Ning to the main hall of the Huang family, but took him to the courtyard where he lived, because he knew that Brother Chu was not a person who liked ostentation.

"Brother Chu, I...I actually wanted to find you several times, but I didn't have the nerve to ask Senior Liu. Xiaoxuan didn't expect that Brother Chu was still paying attention to me."

In Huang Xuan's opinion, the fact that Brother Chu showed up when he was about to get married showed that he had been paying attention to him all these years.

"Tsk tsk tsk... This kid thinks too highly of you. He's still a little naive."

Lao Hei muttered in Chu Ning's mind, and Chu Ning rolled his eyes. Huang Xuan must have misunderstood.

There is no need to explain it specifically.

"I didn't expect that you would become the head of the Huang family, and marry the daughter of the owner of Feijian Villa."

Chu Ning was also a little emotional. He never thought that Huang Xuan would become the head of the Huang family. Logically speaking, Huang Zhongtai was dead, and it was already good enough that Huang Xuan was not suppressed by the Huang family members. How could he become the head of the Huang family?

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

"It was Second Grandfather who pushed me to be the head of the family despite all the opposition?"

"Second Grandfather? The second elder of the Huang family?"

Thinking about the second elder of the Huang family who questioned Huang Zhongtai at his coronation ceremony, if this person could have resisted, it would really be possible.

But does the second elder think so highly of Huang Xuan?

In Chu Ning's opinion, Huang Xuan's personality is not suitable for being a family head because he is too simple and too kind.

"As for Manting and I, it's fate."

When talking about his sweetheart, Huang Xuan was a little shy: "At that time, I hadn't become the head of the family yet. I was traveling outside, and then I met Manting..."

Listening to Huang Xuan's narration, Chu Ning roughly knew what the plot was.

The women disguised themselves as men, called each other brothers, and finally fell in love with each other.

A classic scene from the storybook.

There was also a plot where the elders in the family tried to break up the couple. Zhu Manting's father, the owner of Feijian Villa, did not agree with the two being together. He tried to stop them several times and even warned Huang Xuan personally.

From the warning given by a Foundation Establishment expert to a Qi Condensation cultivator, one can imagine how much pressure Huang Xuan was under.

At that time, Huang Xuan had just become the head of the family not long ago. If he offended the owner of Feijian Villa, it would very likely bring a devastating disaster to the Huang family.

"Brother Chu, to be honest, I really thought about giving up at that time. I couldn't let the entire Huang family go to ruin because of me."

Chu Ning could understand Huang Xuan's thoughts.

As for his feelings for the Huang family, Huang Xuan probably doesn't have that deep one, but Huang Xuan is a man who values ​​friendship and responsibility. The second elder of the Huang family pushed him to the position of head of the family, and he was afraid of disappointing the second elder's expectations and being ashamed to face the second elder.

"In the end, it was only after Manting threatened to commit suicide that her father agreed to the marriage."

The owner of Feijian Villa is a cultivator in the late foundation building stage. He has two sons, both of whom are in the early foundation building stage, but only one daughter. It can be said that he had a child in his old age. He dotes on her like the apple of his eye. He is afraid that she will melt if he holds her in his mouth, and afraid that she will get cold if he holds her in his hands.

Faced with his daughter's threat to commit suicide, he had no choice but to accept the marriage.

With his eldest and second brothers-in-law in the foundation-building stage, and his father-in-law in the late foundation-building stage, Chu Ning could understand why Huang Xuan wanted to take the Bone Spirit Pill.

You are also stubborn. Isn't it good to be a gigolo?

"Master, is there a distinguished guest coming?" An old voice came from the entrance of the yard. It was the voice of the second elder of the Huang family.

"Brother Chu, he is the second elder."

"Um."

Chu Ning nodded. He knew what Huang Xuan meant. He was asking him whether he wanted to meet the second elder Huang Daoping.

In fact, when the second elder approached the yard, his spiritual sense had already sensed it.

"Second Elder, please come in."

When Huang Daoping entered the yard, his old eyes fell on Chu Ning at the first moment, and the next moment his pupils shrank.

He couldn't see the details of the person in front of him, and he couldn't even sense the other person's cultivation level.

There are only two possibilities. One is that the other party is either a cultivator or an ordinary person. The other is that this person is a powerful foundation-building master.

To be able to appear here and be personally greeted by the head of the family, there is no way he can be an ordinary person.

This is a strong person who has established a foundation.

Huang Daoping made a judgment in an instant and his expression became respectful.

"Huang Daoping meets the senior."

In the circle of monks, appearance is not considered, and seniority is determined by cultivation level, except for the closest relatives.

Huang Xuan had a look of shock on his face when listening to the words of his second elder. Did the second elder mean that Brother Chu had established his foundation?

The Second Elder only addresses the Foundation Establishment cultivators as "seniors".

Although Brother Chu already had the strength of a Grandmaster back then and was already in the late stage of Qi Condensation, the difference between the late stage of Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment is only one realm, and most cultivators cannot reach this realm. Only a lucky few can reach it within a hundred years, and the average genius needs fifty years.

These are some common sense about cultivation that were spread after the outside forces came in.

"You're welcome. Huang Xuan and I are of the same generation."

Chu Ning responded with a smile, and Huang Daoping quickly said, "The one who is more accomplished should be the first, this is what should be done."

In his heart, Huang Daoping was also confused. When did the head of the family get to know a powerful foundation-building expert, and they were even friends of the same generation?

Not many people knew about Huang Zhongtai's affair back then. On the Huang family side, there were only the Great Elder and Huang Zhongtai and his son Huang Xuan.

All Huang Daoping knew was that Huang Zhongtai killed his father and brother, but he knew nothing about Huang Zhongtai's targeting of Chu Ning.

"Master, I am here to attend your wedding with Miss Zhu. Do you want to discuss with Feijian Villa and change the guest list?"

Last night, Huang Daoping had learned from Huang Xuan that the wedding would be held at Feijian Villa. Although he felt a little regretful, he knew that this was already the biggest concession made by Feijian Villa.

Moreover, people should have self-knowledge. Among the guests at this wedding banquet, there must be foundation-building cultivators. If it is held at the Huang family, it will not be able to support such a scene.

"Yes, I almost forgot about this." Huang Xuan also reacted and looked at Chu Ning expectantly: "Brother Chu, are you going to attend?"

Chu Ning had not originally planned to attend the wedding banquet. He originally came to meet Huang Xuan, give him a gift and then leave. However, seeing Huang Xuan's expectant expression, he couldn't bear to refuse.

"Well, since you're here, you must be here to attend your wedding. Why, there are too many guests and there's no place for me as the big brother?"

"No... No, Brother Chu, you know." Huang Xuan scratched his head anxiously, then realized that Brother Chu was joking: "Then I will go and inform Man Ting, Second Elder, you can chat with Brother Chu for a while."

Huang Xuan left in a hurry. Chu Ning looked at Huang Daoping meaningfully. Huang Daoping felt tremendous pressure at just one glance.

This made him realize that this Senior Chu was probably not an ordinary foundation-building cultivator, but was most likely in the middle or late foundation-building stage.

At the same time, Huang Daoping knew that his little thoughts had been seen through by this senior.

When he mentioned the guest list before, he wanted Senior Chu to attend the banquet. This way, their Huang family would have a foundation-building cultivator in charge.

"Senior, Daoping has no selfish motives, and it's not for the Huang family." Huang Daoping hurriedly explained: "Although the marriage between the head of the family and Miss Zhu is a happy event, it is also a huge pressure for the head of the family. Recently, the capital has been discussing this matter."

"Second Elder, have some tea."

Chu Ning did not respond to this topic. He had already heard the outside world's discussions about the Huang family, including Huang Xuan, yesterday.

Huang Daoping breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had passed the test.

Huang Daoping sat down on the stone bench, but he only dared to sit half of his butt.

Huang Xuan left quickly and came back quickly. He did not go to Feijian Villa in person, but arranged for his clansmen to inform Zhu Manting of the matter.

"The master of the family is back, so I'll leave first."

Huang Daoping breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Huang Xuan coming back. It was too much pressure for him to accompany this senior.

Huang Xuan was a little confused. The second elder's departing figure gave him a feeling of fleeing in panic.

Was it my own illusion? "Am I familiar with any of the guests you invited to your wedding?"

Chu Ning's words drew Huang Xuan's gaze back from the courtyard gate, and a smile appeared on his face: "There really is someone who is an acquaintance of yours, Brother Chu. I have invited Brother Jin to this banquet."

"Jinle?"

Chu Ning was a little uncertain. Jin Le had average talent in martial arts, and the Jin family was only a small merchant family. So had Huang Xuan and Jin Le maintained a private relationship over the years?

"Yes, it's Brother Jin."

When mentioning Jin Le, Huang Xuan smiled, a happy smile that came from the heart.

"Brother Jin now has eight sons and eleven daughters. The fifth son has the aptitude to practice cultivation and was accepted as a disciple by the Hunyuan Sect. The ninth daughter also has the aptitude to practice cultivation and was accepted as a disciple by the Ziqing Sect."

Chu Ning was stunned. Was Jin Le taking the route of relying on the next generation? As long as he had many children, he would be able to change his fate?

With eight sons and eleven daughters, how many concubines must he have taken?

This is the real winner in life.

Such a person will have no friends. How many full-month banquets will have to be held just for this?

In comparison, the several foundation-building banquets I held were nothing compared to this.

"This guy is still comfortable, where is he now?"

"Brother Jin will arrive tomorrow, but he doesn't know the banquet has changed its location, so he will come to the Huang family first."

"Okay, then I'll wait for Jin Le to come tomorrow and go over together."

When meeting old friends, especially those who were childhood friends, there is always more anticipation.

…

At Feijian Villa, Zhu Zhenying looked at the guest list from the Huang family handed over by his daughter, and his eyes were immediately fixed on one of the names.

Chu Ning, a foundation-building cultivator.

How come he had never heard of such a foundation-building cultivator? "Dad, I think this may be someone the Huang family invited to help out, or perhaps an outsider foundation-building cultivator."

Hearing what his eldest son said, Zhu Zhenying nodded. The Huang family did not write down the specific level of foundation building, so it should be the initial stage of foundation building.

"Then arrange it to sit at the last seat at the first table."

Zhu Zhenying's arrangement was not to look down on the Huang family, but rather to elevate them to a higher level.

There were many foundation-building monks attending this banquet. The first table was for four late-stage foundation-building monks and six middle-stage foundation-building monks. As for those in the early-stage foundation-building monks, they could only sit at the second table.

In the world of cultivating immortals, strength is what matters. Even if he arranges Chu Ning to a better seat at the first table, he is afraid that the other party will feel uncomfortable.

"Dad, I didn't know you had good intentions. I thought you held the banquet in our villa because you looked down on Huang Xuan."

Zhu Zhenying's eldest son Zhu Shiming listened to his father's arrangements and sighed helplessly.

Little sister had no idea that the purpose of holding the banquet at the villa was to prevent some people from causing trouble at the wedding banquet.

The Huang family can’t control this situation.

(End of this chapter)