Chapter 154 Guardian Spirit 22

"Nianzi, here, here!"

Xie Yinian just left the airport and heard an enthusiastic shout.

Zhan Bingyun, who was dressed simply, carrying a black messenger bag and a high ponytail, was waving her hands vigorously in the crowd, fearing that Xie Yinian could not see.

"Sister Bingyun!"

Xie Yinian smiled and pushed the suitcase to greet her.

"Why did you come to pick me up? I can just take a taxi."

Four days ago, Zhan Bingyun invited Xie Yinian to come to K City.

Xie Yinian gladly accepted the invitation, but he had some commissioned tasks to deal with, so he stayed in H City for two more days and flew from H City this morning.

Zhan Bingyun is petite, but she walks fast. Xie Yinian, who is a head taller than her, doesn't need to follow her pace at all, and just follows her with big strides.

"I invited you here, so I must come to pick you up."

"Besides, I would rather come to pick you up than continue to stay under the same roof with Xie Chuan and the others."

Xie Yinian laughed in his heart: "Did they offend you?"

After learning about his life experience, he once asked Ms. Yao why Zhan Bingyun hated the current patriarch of the Xie family so much.

Ms. Yao told him that the master of Yidao Temple was a good friend of the former patriarch of the Xie family, and that the black magic ring was made with the help of the master of Yidao Temple.

After the death of the former patriarch of the Xie family, the relationship between the Yidao Temple and the Xie family reached a freezing point. In the first few years, they were even unwilling to do business with the Xie family.

Zhan Bingyun, as a direct disciple of the master of the Yidao Temple and a person of temperament, naturally hated the whole family.

Zhan Bingyun was indignant when he thought of this matter: "Xie Chuan, that bastard, he wanted to discuss Taoism with me when I showed him a bad face. After I rejected him, he used provocation to my junior brothers and sisters and sent other members of the Xie family to discuss Taoism with my junior brothers and sisters."

Xie Yinian smiled.

It is understandable that Zhan Bingyun was so angry because her junior brothers and sisters must have been in trouble.

However, Xie Yinian was of course on Zhan Bingyun's side, and he followed Zhan Bingyun in condemning the Xie family: "Everyone knows that the Xie family is good at Taoism. If you have the ability, let the Xie family compete with your junior brothers and sisters in weapon refining."

Zhan Bingyun laughed, and the depression in his heart finally dissipated: "That's it."

"Forget it, let's not talk about those troubles."

Zhan Bingyun changed the topic and chatted with Xie Yinian.

The two walked into the parking lot while talking, and finally stopped in front of a black Maybach.

A middle-aged man dressed as a driver got down from the driver's seat: "Master Zhan Tian, ​​have you picked up Master Xie Tian?"

Zhan Bingyun complained: "There is a Master Xie Tian here, and there are also several Master Xie Tians at the He family. Who will know who you are calling then?"

The driver smiled and changed his words, calling "Master Xie Yinian" and invited them to get in the car.

The car started and entered a villa area half an hour later, going up along the mountain road, and finally stopped in front of a villa near the top of the mountain.

In the past two years, Xie Yinian has come into contact with many wealthy people and seen all kinds of villas. The villa in front of him is not the most luxurious, but it must be the most profound.

However, this foundation was destroyed by the talismans everywhere, the high-hanging array, and the white banners used for funerals.

Without bothering the driver, Xie Yinian opened the car door himself, got out of the car and looked around.

"I'll take you to see the head of the He family first." Zhan Bingyun said.

Xie Yinian nodded. He had just arrived at the He family, and it was reasonable for him to say hello to the owner of the villa.

Just as he was about to follow Zhan Bingyun into the villa, he saw a group of people walking towards him from the direction of the garden.

The leader was wearing a white shirt and black trousers, with handsome features and noble temperament. His appearance was not much different from two years ago.

It was Xie Chuan.

Xie Chuan's eyes swept over Zhan Bingyun and paused for a few seconds on Xie Yinian, with a trace of scrutiny in his eyes.

"Xie Chuan, you lead people to patrol the surroundings every day. Have you found anything unusual?" Zhan Bingyun spoke, breaking the implicit confrontation between the two sides. Xie Chuan

said in a calm voice: "Nothing unusual was found, but it's better than you neglecting your duties and not staying in the He family."

Zhan Bingyun was choked by Xie Chuan.

Xie Yinian swore that he really heard the sound of Zhan Bingyun grinding his teeth.

Seeing Zhan Bingyun looking like he wanted to rush over and beat Xie Chuan, Xie Yinian took a step forward: "Master Xie Chuan, long time no see."

Xie Chuan had no impression of Xie Yinian at all. Hearing

this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and then looked at Xie Yinian's facial features, vaguely feeling that he was familiar. As soon as he saw Xie Chuan's reaction, Xie Yinian knew that he didn't remember him.

It was also normal.

Two years ago, he looked at Xie Chuan and felt embarrassed. He was so awkward and clumsy that he didn't know what to do.

How could a proud son of heaven like Xie Chuan take such an ordinary person into his eyes and remember him in his heart.

When they first met, Xie Chuan didn't even say his name, let alone ask his name, just thinking that he was an insignificant little person.

But it doesn't matter.

After two years, he finally stood in front of Xie Chuan again.

With a completely equal attitude.

Xie Yinian took a deep breath, spoke clearly, and introduced himself to Xie Chuan with a seriousness and persistence that was difficult for others to understand: "I am Xie Yinian. Two years ago, I was hunted by the evil master Zhang Yongyuan. I met you and Xie Zuo in the hospital."

Xie Chuan's mind flashed, and his tone revealed some undisguised surprise: "So the friend that Zhan Bingyun went to pick up was you."

If he remembered correctly, two years ago, Xie Yinian didn't even enter the door of the world of masters, but now he can become friends with Zhan Bingyun and be invited by Zhan Bingyun.

Although Zhan Bingyun looks carefree and easy to talk to, she is just as arrogant as him. She will never be attracted by anyone who is not good enough.

Xie Yinian said, "It's me."

Xie Yinian couldn't help but look at him a few more times. He could hardly compare him to the one two years ago.

His facial features were still the same, but he was completely different.

His confidence and composure in every move was a complete transformation.

"My uncle was very optimistic about your talent and wanted to invite you to join the Xie family, but he was a step too late." When Xie Chuan wanted to show his demeanor, his manners were almost impeccable. "If he sees you again, he will be very surprised."

Xie Yinian did not give Xie Chuan any face: "Even if I had not become my master's disciple, I would not have joined the Xie family..."

The young men behind Xie Chuan blushed.

The impeccable curve of Xie Chuan's lips also faded: "That's really a pity."

Xie Yinian no longer wanted to continue talking with Xie Chuan.

He and Xie Chuan were born in the same family, but their fates were completely different.

The two did not reach the point of death, but there was no way they could coexist peacefully.

"Sister Bingyun, let's go in." Xie Yinian turned to Zhan Bingyun.

Zhan Bingyun was stunned. She always thought that Nian Zi was a soft-hearted person. She didn't expect that he would spoil the show in front of Xie Chuan and didn't give Xie Chuan any face at all.

You know, for Xie Chuan, face is the most important thing in his life.

After hearing what Xie Yinian said, Zhan Bingyun came back to her senses and nodded in a daze: "Okay."

Xie Chuan frowned slightly as he watched Xie Yinian and Zhan Bingyun leave.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but when he saw Xie Yinian again, he actually felt a little uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart.

This discomfort was stronger than the one Zhan Bingyun brought him.

"Young Patriarch, what's wrong?" A young man standing behind Xie Chuan asked softly.

"Have you heard of Xie Yinian?" Xie Chuan turned his head to look at them.

Several people looked at each other and shook their heads: "No, Zhan Bingyun's circle and our circle do not overlap at all."

Thinking of Zhan Bingyun who always competes with him, Xie Chuan has a headache, and he doesn't care to think about the discomfort that flashed by.

***

The ancestors of the He family were the first batch of industrialists in the Republic of China, and they made their fortunes by doing textiles.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the He family had become a well-known large family in the local area. On the surface, they were engaged in banking business, but secretly they not only purchased cultural relics to prevent them from flowing out to other countries, but also spent most of their property to buy medicines for frontline fighters.

After several turmoil, the He family is still prosperous today.

The current head of the He family is over seventy years old, but he still sits upright with his back straight.

He met Xie Yinian and Zhan Bingyun in the study: "Master Xie Yinian just lives in the villa. If you need anything, just tell the servants to do it."

Xie Yinian said politely: "Excuse me."

After a simple greeting, Xie Yinian and the other got up and left.

"Sister Bingyun, why don't I see the other people in the He family?" Xie Yinian asked.

Zhan Bingyun said: "They should all be resting in their rooms. They have been scared these days. Except for meal time, they rarely go out of the room."

Then, Zhan Bingyun took Xie Yinian to find her junior brothers and sisters.

The junior brothers and sisters who came with Zhan Bingyun were all of similar age to Xie Yinian. After introducing each other, Xie Yinian asked what the commission was.

Zhan Bingyun said seriously: "Have you heard of the legend that the ancestors of the Yao family used an imperial weapon to rule the country during the Republic of China? This mission has something to do with this legend."

Xie Yinian's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the blood in his body had an impulse to surge up: "Could this mission be related to the lost imperial weapon Zhaodan Sword?"

Zhan Bingyun was slightly surprised: "You actually know that the lost imperial weapon is the Zhaodan Sword."

Everyone in the Tianshi world knows that an imperial weapon was lost in Qinling, but few people know which imperial weapon it is.

"I heard about it." Xie Yinian took a deep breath and regained his composure.

Zhan Bingyun nodded, thinking that it must be Xie Yinian's mysterious master who told him. She did not find out the truth, but changed the subject.

"Actually it's like this--"

The more chaotic the world is, the more evil spirits will rampantly cause chaos.

During the Republic of China, there appeared a ghost king who commanded the eight directions of powerful ghosts.

The ghost king had four guardians and sixteen ghost servants under him. The four guardians were all half-step ghost kings, and the strength of the sixteen ghost servants was far superior to that of ordinary powerful ghosts.

They gathered together and did countless evil things. In the end, the ancestor of the Yao family broke into their lair with the emperor's weapon and slaughtered them all.

Zhan Bingyun told the secrets that had been sealed in the dust: "In fact, the ancestor of the Yao family failed to kill all the ghost king's men. She was alone, and she would definitely give priority to killing the ghost king and the four guardians in the fight. She killed the sixteen ghost servants that she could kill, and there was nothing she could do about the ones that she couldn't kill."

"One ghost servant just escaped like this."

This ghost servant was injured by the imperial weapon. Although he escaped, the wound caused by the imperial weapon could not heal naturally, and the ghost servant's strength was greatly reduced.

The ghost servant carefully selected and finally chose the former head of the He family. He took possession of the former head of the He family, hoping to use the power and wealth of the He family to help him collect evil things, so as to recover from his injuries and improve his strength.

But the former head of the He family was a ruthless person.

Although he is just an ordinary person, he can regain consciousness under the control of the ghost servant and is willing to commit suicide to die with the ghost servant.

"The previous head of the He family almost died, and the ghost servant in his body was also seriously injured. This commotion was too big, and the ghost servant was worried that it would attract the Heavenly Master, so he fled, but before escaping, he left a threat, saying that he would come to the He family again in a few decades and slaughter all the He family members."

"The He family was very worried that the threat would come true, so they asked for help from a Taoist temple and spent a lot of money to ask the Taoist temple to help them set up a formation to prevent the ghost servant from making a comeback one day."

"As a result, five days ago, the formation left by the Taoist temple was triggered. The head of the He family hurriedly called all the He family members back to the main house..."

Speaking of this, Zhan Bingyun's expression was particularly cold, gritting his teeth and said: "But the He family is a large family. The head of the He family alone has two sons, one daughter, five grandsons and one grandson."

"The third grandson of the He family had a car accident on his way back and died on the spot; the eldest nephew of the He family fell from the company headquarters and died; the younger brother of the He family was stabbed to death by his own son, and then the son also committed suicide..."

"Four people from the He family died in one day."

Xie Yinian's face suddenly became ugly.

The murderous nature of that ghost servant was too strong. It really wanted to wipe out the entire He family.

"The He family contacted our Taoist temple, so we rushed over."

"This case caused such a big stir that the people of K City Tianshi League were certainly alarmed."

Zhan Bingyun sneered and dragged out his voice: "As for the Xie family - do you know why the Xie family came?"

No wonder Zhan Bingyun's impatience with Xie Chuan was written on his face. It seems that there is something else behind this commission. Xie Yinian followed Zhan Bingyun's words and asked why.

Before Zhan Bingyun could speak again, a junior sister named Zhuo couldn't hold back her temper and said angrily: "The Xie family came for the reward from the He family!"

"Bah, so shameless." A junior brother named Ye slammed the table in anger.

"That's right."

Everyone echoed.

Junior sister Zhuo spoke clearly and quickly, telling Xie Yinian the whole story.

"Legend has it that the ancestor of the Yao family died together with the Ghost King, and the imperial weapon she used fell near the Ghost King's lair."

"That ghost servant is the only one who knows the exact location of the Ghost King's lair. After he possessed the body of the previous patriarch of the He family, he once drew a treasure map, and the location of the lair was marked on the treasure map."

"In order to save the lives of his family and to completely get rid of the ghost servant, the patriarch of the He family took out the treasure map and several antiques that turned into magic weapons as a reward."

"Originally, this commission had been taken over by the Tianshi League and Yidao Temple in K City, but those people in the Xie family always boasted that Xie Chuan was the Xie family's unicorn son. Maybe they boasted too much, so they really thought that Xie Chuan was the number one young person in the Tianshi world, so outstanding that he could make the imperial weapon recognize him as its master--"

Junior Sister Zhuo's eyes were big and round, and she was rolling her eyes madly at this moment.

"So when they heard about the reward offered by the He family, they ignored the rules and insisted on interfering. The sound of their conspiracy was heard by everyone in the Tianshi world."

There is an unwritten rule in the Tianshi world that as long as a family or Taoist temple accepts a commission, other families or Taoist temples cannot interfere except the local Tianshi League.

Although this rule is not written out in the open, everyone tacitly agrees and abides by it.

As a result, the Xie family pretended that there was no such rule in order to get the treasure map.

The people in the Taoist temple were furious, but they couldn't do anything to the Xie family.

"They want to get the treasure map and then let Xie Chuan claim it as their master?" Xie Yinian asked.

"Yes." Zhan Bingyun nodded, "The Xie family has a lot of information about the imperial weapon. It can be said that they are the family that knows the imperial weapon best."

"How could they--" Xie Yinian said subconsciously.

Suddenly, a guess emerged in his mind.

This guess made Xie Yinian disgusted and angry.

His face turned pale involuntarily, his shoulders trembled violently because of too much anger, and his voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Did they get the investigation data left by the Yao family!?"

The Yao family is the one that knows the imperial weapon Zhaodan Sword the best.

His parents lived in the main house of the Xie family after they got married, and those investigation data must have been moved to the main house of the Xie family.

How dare Xie Chuan and the others!

How dare they openly occupy the information left by the Yao family after doing those things!

Zhan Bingyun blinked, not quite understanding why Xie Yinian was so excited, but she also shared the same hatred.

"Of course they said outside that they didn't get it. But who would believe it? Generation after generation of Yao family members have been looking for the imperial weapon, wanting to take it back. Only the Yao family who have owned the imperial weapon dare to say that they know the imperial weapon best."

Xie Yinian calmed down when he was extremely angry.

His handsome face, which was still a little youthful, was covered with a layer of coldness that kept strangers away.

"How can Xie Chuan control the imperial weapon and rule the country? There is no way he can get the Zhaodan Sword."

These words instantly made Junior Sister Zhuo and the others feel like they had found a soulmate.

Oh, this hits the nail on the head.

Xie Yinian turned and asked, "Sister Bingyun, can you beat that ghost servant?"

"Of course not!"

Zhan Bingyun spread her hands, not feeling ashamed at all. No matter how talented she is, she still needs time to grow.

"I know what you are wondering about. Don't worry, the people from the Tianshi League in K City, the Xie family and the masters of Yidaoguan are hiding nearby, and they plan to wait for the ghost servant to make a move before they show up. We are just bait in the open." After

understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Xie Yinian went back to the house to rest.

The He family villa is very large, and his room is next to Junior Brother Ye of Yidaoguan.

Sitting on the head of the bed, Xie Yinian took out his mobile phone and called Yao Rong.

The ringtone of the phone was melodious and pleasant, but he felt very heavy in his heart.

Until the familiar voice sounded in his ears, Xie Yinian finally couldn't control his emotions.

He said aggrievedly: "Mom, I tell you, those people are really too much."