Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Xiao Lin was startled, then shook his head: "Boy, don't think about what happened back then anymore."
"You may not want to think about it, but I can't forget it."
Xiao Chen said slowly.
"Haha, does that mean that I, Uncle Seven, have a good eye. When you were still young, I saw that you were extraordinary and that you would turn into a dragon when the wind and clouds came?"
Xiao Lin said with a smile.
"Or that overused saying, 'Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't look down on the young and poor... Now that you have risen, those who looked down on you in the past are no longer able to reach you."
"Uncle Qi, some things can be forgotten, but some things...cannot be forgotten, and must not be forgotten."
Xiao Chen shook his head and said seriously.
"Okay, don't make it so serious. We just discussed what to do in the meeting room. The ancestor said he would think about it carefully. The other thing is the position of the head of the family."
Xiao Lin picked up the tea brought by the maid and took a sip.
"He really doesn't want to be the head of the family anymore?"
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Lin and asked.
“No.”
Xiao Lin shook his head.
"Not being the head of the family is a good thing for him."
"Good news? I feel like he's happy to be the head of this family. Now that his status has been taken away from him, he must be in a lot of pain, right?"
Xiao Chen was slightly mocking.
"Boy, you have misunderstood him... There are some things he doesn't want to do, but he has to do them."
Xiao Lin said to Xiao Chen.
"When you are in the martial arts world, you have no choice... The old patriarch asked him to be the leader, and he didn't want to, but he had to."
"Who will be the next head of the family?"
Xiao Chen changed the subject. He didn't want to care whether Xiao Sheng wanted to be the leader or had to be the leader.
"I haven't decided yet, but there are a few options now... After all, this is related to the Xiao family, so I can't make a decision easily."
Xiao Lin shook his head and said.
"The ancestor also said that we must choose an excellent person with great talent and vision to be the head of the family..."
"Then Uncle Seven is very suitable."
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Lin and said.
"Uh...are you trying to flatter me?"
Xiao Lin was a little speechless.
"Boy, don't you have any ideas?"
"What do you want to be? Become the head of the Xiao family?"
Xiao Chen was stunned.
"Yes, be the head of the Xiao family."
Xiao Lin nodded.
"Uncle Qi, stop being funny. How can I be suitable to be the head of the Xiao family? Do you think I am suitable?"
Xiao Chen was a little speechless.
"Yes, I think it's suitable."
Xiao Lin nodded.
"Not only do I think it's suitable, but the ancestor also thinks it's very suitable. As long as you nod, I think the position of the head of the Xiao family will be almost secure."
"I won't do that either."
Xiao Chen shook his head. He really had no interest.
"I knew it."
Xiao Lin was helpless.
"Seventh Uncle, didn't they let you be the head of the family? Are you blind?"
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Lin and asked.
"I'll give it to you, but you also know my character. How can I be the head of the family?"
Xiao Lin waved his hand.
"I have been a bohemian and free-spirited person all my life."
"hehe."
Hearing Xiao Lin's words, Xiao Chen smiled. It was indeed true.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Anyway, this matter is not something we can decide. Let's leave it to the ancestors."
Xiao Lin took another sip of tea.
"How's your injury? Is it healed?"
"Not yet. Is the Tianyuan Pill really a panacea? But... it won't affect another battle."
Xiao Chen smiled.
"So, it's better if no one from the Xiao family provokes me again. If they provoke me, I can still kill a few people."
"No, after what happened today, who would dare to provoke you...Okay, now that your injury is healed, go meet the ancestor."
Xiao Lin said this and stood up.
"Come on, I'll take you there."
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded. What he said just now about Xiao Yi doing something shady was just a casual remark. He didn't think Xiao Yi would do anything shady to him.
"What about them? Are they all resting? Should I arrange dinner for them?"
Xiao Lin thought of something and asked.
"Well, Uncle Qi will arrange it... The Xiao family won't neglect the food, right?"
Xiao Chen smiled.
"How is it possible? Fairy Ning is here, how could the Xiao family be so rude... You go find the ancestor first, and I will make arrangements for them."
Xiao Lin said to Xiao Chen.
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded, said hello to Ning Kejun and the others, and left with Xiao Lin.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at another mountain peak.
"This is the forbidden area of the Xiao family. It is privately called the 'Xiantian Peak' by the Xiao family members. In other words, it is the place where the Xiantian ancestor is in seclusion."
Xiao Lin introduced Xiao Chen.
"Well, I also came here to play when I was a kid, but was stopped... But I've never heard of Xiantian Peak or anything like that."
Xiao Chen looked at the mountain.
"Uncle Qi, are all the people from the Xiao family who are in seclusion here?"
"Not really, there is only the Xiantian Ancestor here."
Xiao Lin shook his head.
"Come on, let's go up."
Xiao Lin took Xiao Chen up the mountain, and when they reached halfway up the mountain, he stopped.
"I'll take you here, you can go up by yourself."
"OK."
Xiao Chen nodded and looked at the sky.
"Do you think the old man can keep me for dinner?"
"have no idea……"
Xiao Lin was speechless, wondering what he was thinking.
"Okay, I'll go up then."
After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he continued walking forward along the stairs.
Xiao Lin looked at Xiao Chen's back, hoping to have a good chat with the ancestor.
Then he turned around and went down the mountain.
Xiao Chen walked up the stairs. The scenery was pretty good.
"It's a luxury for one person to occupy such a big mountain."
Xiao Chen muttered and said.
A few minutes later, he reached the top of the mountain, and then...something unexpected happened.
In his opinion, if a person occupied a mountain, he would definitely have to build a very large building and then practice seclusion inside it.
As for the cave and stuff, that's just nonsense from martial arts dramas, or you're just asking for trouble.
But what Xiao Chen didn't expect was that it would be a not-so-big wooden house.
Outside the wooden house, there are flowers, plants and even a vegetable garden.
"No wonder we don't know whether he is alive or dead. This is self-sufficiency."
Xiao Chen glanced around and continued walking forward.
“Here I come.”
A gray figure appeared, it was Xiao Yi.
"Yes, Senior Xiao."
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Yi who appeared silently and bowed, showing proper courtesy.
"Why, when no one is around, can't you call me 'Ancestor'?"
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen and asked.
"I think it's better to call you Senior Xiao. Calling you 'Grandmaster' would make you sound too old."
Xiao Chen said with a smile.
Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Xiao Yi was startled, then he smiled: "Forget it, whatever you want, come in."
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded and followed Xiao Yi into the wooden house.
The wooden house is also very simple, without any luxurious decoration, just a table and two chairs.
"Why, you're surprised?"
Xiao Yi noticed Xiao Chen's gaze and asked.
“Yeah, a little.”
Xiao Chen nodded.
"Hehe, what do you think?"
Xiao Yi smiled and pointed at the chair.
"Please sit down. There are only a handful of people in the Xiao family who are qualified to enter this wooden house and sit on the chairs."
“It’s an honor.”
Xiao Chen sat down.
"Do you like tea?"
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen and asked.
"Can."
Xiao Chen nodded. He behaved properly since he was not familiar with the person after all.
"Don't be so reserved. You're not an outsider... Whether you admit it or not, you and I have the same blood flowing in our veins."
Xiao Yi said this and started making tea.
Xiao Chen did not respond because it was indeed the truth.
A few minutes later, Xiao Yi made tea and placed a cup in front of Xiao Chen.
"Try it. It's not some famous tea. It's from the night tea tree on this mountain. I picked it and roasted it myself."
Xiao Yi said with a smile.
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded, picked up the cup, and smelled it first. A faint fragrance entered his nose.
Then he took a sip and felt slightly refreshed.
"How about it?"
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen and asked.
"very good."
Xiao Chen nodded.
Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Xiao Yi was stunned. Just two words? Isn't it a bit too perfunctory? At least give a few more compliments?
"Haha, it's hard to find words to describe this cup of tea. All I can think of are these two words: very good."
Xiao Chen took another sip and said seriously.
"If I am forced to, I can only add one more sentence."
"What?"
Xiao Yi asked curiously.
"Can you give me something when I leave?"
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Yi and asked.
“…”
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen. Is he serious?
"Why, Senior Xiao is reluctant?"
Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"Hahaha, of course I'm willing to give it up."
Xiao Yi burst into laughter.
"As long as you ask, the Xiao family can give it to you."
Hearing Xiao Yi's words, Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows slightly and pretended that he heard nothing.
"Don't you have anything to ask?"
Xiao Yi also took a sip of tea and asked.
"have."
Xiao Chen put down the teacup.
"Senior Xiao seems to know that I am coming?"
"Know."
Xiao Yi nodded and admitted it.
"I didn't know you were coming today, though."
"Senior Xiao knows the old fortune teller?"
Xiao Chen asked again.
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen and slowly put down his teacup: "I know him. He was the one who told me that you were coming to the Xiao family."
Xiao Chen was not surprised, as he had guessed it before.
Before he came, the old fortune teller also told him that the Xiao family's innate ancestor was definitely not dead, but he would not interfere in this matter.
He didn't think much about it at the time, but after he arrived, Xiao Yi's reaction made him guess.
"Didn't they say that as long as the Xiao family is not destroyed, there will be no Xiantian? Why... did Senior Xiao appear?"
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Yi and asked.
"Because of you."
Xiao Yi also looked at Xiao Chen and spoke slowly.
"I?"
Xiao Chen frowned.
"Yes, you will return to the Xiao family eventually. If I don't show up, how can you return to the Xiao family? Besides, I also have selfish motives. As an ancestor, I can't just watch the Xiao family being slaughtered by you and blood flowing like a river, right? After all, we are a family."
Xiao Yi said to Xiao Chen.
"Boy, if I let you become the head of the Xiao family, can you...let go of what happened in the past?"
"Can't."
Xiao Chen shook his head.
"If Senior Xiao called me here just to talk about this, then I will go down the mountain."
"The entire Xiao family is not okay?"
Xiao Yi looked at him.
"Haha, don't ask me to let them go. Even if I don't have this condition, I won't be the head of the Xiao family."
Xiao Chen laughed mockingly.
"Why?"
Xiao Yi was not surprised, but still asked.
"The Xiao family is one of the twelve noble families..."
"If I want, I can always establish a family. Even if I can't say it's better than the Xiao family, at least it won't be worse than the Xiao family."
Xiao Chen said lightly.
“So, why don’t I build my own, but accept the corrupt Xiao family?”
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