"I think it must be this person! Mother, with this level of cultivation, apart from father and a few elders in the family, no one can do anything to them? And those elders are also very stubborn and will not help us privately at all."
The gloomy young man said hatefully.
“Before, if you could cultivate the Ghost Den Poison Scroll to the late third level as soon as possible, then even if those elders were stubborn, they would be able to sideline your father before that old ghost came out of seclusion.
Those elders only recognize the level of cultivation and not the person. Moreover, your grandfather is outside and puts pressure on them from time to time. These elders have been keeping their tails between their legs for many years. "
The gloomy young man smiled when he heard this.
"Mom, although I broke through to the late third level a little late, this is not necessarily a bad thing. This way, I can defeat everyone in this competition openly.
By then, the ancestors will have nothing to say, and we can legitimately take over the family power."
"Oh? You are so confident. You just broke through to the third level of the Ghost Den Poison Scroll not long ago. As for the situation of the bastard, we still don't know what level he has reached in cultivation.
Your useless father secretly recorded the cultivation method of the Ghost Den Poison Scroll and let that rebellious son take a copy away."
The beautiful woman in palace dress couldn't help but grit her teeth as she spoke.
"Mom, you really overestimate that kid. When he left as a child, he hadn't even succeeded in cultivating the first level.
He has been like a stray dog these years, with no resources to rely on. He is lucky that he has been hiding in the deserted mountains and valleys for many years, otherwise he would have died long ago.
Even if there are some opportunities, can it be better than those of us who are blessed in the family
Please rest assured, I will not let my guard down tomorrow no matter what, and I will do my best to deal with this kid."
The gloomy young man had a cold look on his face and spoke slowly.
The beautiful woman in palace dress also nodded after hearing this.
She admired her son's approach of using all his strength to fight a rabbit like a lion.
Before she could say anything, the gloomy young man continued.
"Mom, why didn't Grandpa just kill the elders in the past few decades? I guess Dad doesn't dare to say anything.
Even if the ancestor of the family comes out of retreat now, what can he do? Can one person resist the siege of Grandpa and several Jindan masters?"
After hearing the gloomy young man's words, the beautiful woman in palace dress shook her head.
“You can only talk like this in this attic. Your grandfather personally set up the formation here. Even if the consciousness of Patriarch Hu Chen breaks in, there will be some abnormalities.
But next time, you'd better say less such boastful words. Your cultivation is still too low. Your grandfather and I have already considered the things you are thinking about.
I will tell you a few things now so that you will remember them long ago. Do not underestimate any family or sect. They have been able to pass down their traditions and have their own way of survival.
Those elders have a blood contract with the old ghost. If one of them dies, the old ghost will know instantly.
It is also said that the old ghost is trying to reach the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Your grandfather has only condensed the Nascent Soul for fifty years, while this old ghost has been stuck in the early stage of the Nascent Soul for hundreds of years.
Although it seems that both of them are in the early stage of Nascent Soul, their combat power is absolutely different. It is no problem for that old ghost to say that he can crush your grandfather.
If we say that we can take over the Hu Chen family while the old ghost is in seclusion, that would be wishful thinking.
Although I have obtained the token to activate the Hu Chen family's protective formation, when the Hu Chen family was in a critical moment, the old ghost was desperate and forcibly interrupted his retreat at the cost of great damage to his cultivation.
Even if I support you from the inside and your grandfather takes action from the outside, the best case scenario is that both sides will suffer losses!
By then, the second wife's family will be able to reap the benefits and easily take down both of our families at the same time."
The gloomy young man raised the corner of his mouth when he heard it.
"Mom, isn't there still the Fourth Lady's line? Their family is also a top second-rate family, and their strength cannot be ignored."
"Fourth room? Humph, do you think she really sides with mother? It's just that the ancestor of their family has only cultivated to the false infant stage and has never been able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, so this is just a temporary expedient.
The Second Branch doesn't like her, so they usually try to curry favor with our branch. If your grandfather is seriously injured, they will definitely turn against us."
Having said this, the beautiful woman in palace dress stretched out her white jade hand and waved it gently, indicating that she should not continue talking about this topic.
After a pause, she continued.
"Didn't Hu Chenliang say that there was a young man coming with the bastard? Can you find out who this person is?"
The beautiful woman in palace dress is a scheming person. Among the three people, Hu Chen and Wu Ding, there is still someone whose background she has not figured out. With her caution, of course she has to make sure she knows it well.
"Oh, mother Qibing, according to Hu Chenli who stayed at the entrance of the valley, the strange young man should be the disciple of the hunchbacked old man, or someone of the same generation as his nephew. The specific situation has not been found out.
After the three of them arrived, they went to hide in the third courtyard. This person was not a concern as he was only at the tenth level of Qi Condensation, which was slightly higher than that of the bastard.
But they really treat this place as their home. A foundation-building cultivator dared to bring two Qi Condensation cultivators with him and rushed all the way here. "
After hearing this, the beautiful woman in palace dress realized that the other party was only a Qi Condensation Stage cultivator. After thinking for a moment, she thought that since he was a Qi Condensation Stage cultivator, she ignored Li Yan.
She then spoke again.
“The ability of that foundation-building cultivator should not be underestimated. He hid with that bitch and her daughter for more than ten years, and we were unable to find their whereabouts no matter what.
Even the bounty for 'Shadow Assassin' failed to stop them from reaching the family, so we still need to be on full alert.
But their good luck is about to end! Since you are here this time, don't leave. We will ask your grandfather to send the family's golden elixir masters to guard the several necessary roads.
After the competition is over, he will definitely go and pick up that bitch and take her back to the family. As soon as they leave here, even if they are strong men in the Fake Dan realm, they will not be able to escape, and they will be killed together with that bitch."
When she said this, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
However, she didn't know that the "bitch" she was talking about had already died many years ago.
The gloomy young man standing at one side suddenly felt a little colder and his heart trembled.
He couldn't imagine that after all these years, his mother still hated Sanniang so much. For a moment, he didn't dare to interrupt any further.
After a while, the coldness on the beautiful woman in palace dress slowly disappeared, and she narrowed her narrow eyes.
"Oh, I have already found out the details of the battle that will begin tomorrow. Your father is really a good man. Now that the old ghost has come out of seclusion, he is no longer the same as before.
In the past, he was really good at pretending, and when he wanted to know these things, he only needed to say it and they would know the answer. But this time, he had to use several people he had placed around him to find out the answer.
But those people were also exposed, and he would probably find a reason to clean them up later. " After hearing this, the gloomy young man showed resentment in his eyes.
"Mother, why doesn't he care about my status as the eldest son? In addition to secretly supporting the illegitimate son, he has also been vigorously cultivating the other two branches over the years.
To put it bluntly, he just doesn't want me to succeed the throne smoothly. Humph, this time I'm going to let him see how poor his vision is."
A son had such resentment towards his father. After hearing this, the beautiful woman in palace dress showed a hint of pride in her eyes.
The brainwashing over the years has been effective, she thought proudly.
"Sooner or later, your Hu Chen family will change their surname!"
Her expression remained normal, but she spoke lightly.
"Okay, let's talk about tomorrow's competition. The competition is divided into..."
Then, her voice became lower and lower...
At the same time, similar things happened in two other large courtyards of the Hu Chen family.
In a spacious room with elegant and antique decoration.
"Mother, I heard from Hu Chen Tu Hu that brother Wu Ding came back this morning? This means that all your plans have come to nothing."
There were two people in the room.
A plump middle-aged woman with fair skin, gentle face, and a dignified and plump figure.
The person who was speaking at this moment was a young girl standing behind her, gently patting her shoulders.
The girl was in her early twenties, with a tall figure, mirror-smooth skin, long black hair tied casually behind her, and a well-proportioned figure.
As she spoke, the pair of towering peaks on her chest swayed gently as her delicate hands tapped, making people feel their blood boiling.
"It's the child Wu Ding who has returned, but I haven't seen you and your mother return with him!!
In return, go look for Wu Ding later. You and Wu Ding had a good relationship when you were young. But there has been no news about her and her mother in these years. Sigh..."
As the plump woman spoke, she couldn't help but sigh.
"Mom, what do you mean by we had a good relationship when we were young? It was because I always took care of him when he was young, okay
Otherwise, he would have been bullied by Hu Chen Wanli and Hu Chen Jianghai! !
This kid is so good, now that he is back, he doesn't even come to see my second sister, but hides away directly, humph! ! "
Hu Chen Huiqing flashed her beautiful eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a pair of snow-white little fangs, and snorted in dissatisfaction.
"You are such a disrespectful kid. You just called Hu Chen Wanli casually. After all, he is your eldest brother.
It was right for Wu Ding not to move around after he came back. He had not been in the family for these years, so it was inappropriate for him to move around in a high-profile manner after he came back."
The gentle and beautiful woman reached out her hand lovingly and patted the delicate hand on the shoulder.
"Mom, I treat him as my elder brother, but he may not treat me as his younger sister.
Mother and Fourth Mother bullied Third Mother and drove her away. Then they secretly joined forces to suppress our lineage. If Grandpa had not been equally powerful, we would have ended up like Third Mother and run away. I really don’t know why Dad is like this. I feel so disappointed for him.”
After hearing what her mother said, Hu Chen Huiqing raised her beautiful eyes, and it was obvious that she had an extremely hot temper.
“Hui Qing, don’t say that, he’s your father, you don’t understand the difficulty of managing a family.
He was also helpless and heartbroken, but now everything was finally okay. The ancestor had come out of seclusion and all the crises were resolved.
What a pity, what a pity! It would have been great if your third mother was still here. Her sect was too weak to protect her. Even I, your mother, had a hard time. I don’t know how she is doing. I always feel uneasy. "
The gentle and beautiful woman couldn't help but nod her head slightly when she said this.
"Okay, mother, we couldn't protect them at that time! Well, I'll go find that kid Wu Ding in a while and ask why Sanniang didn't come."
Hu Chen returned his slender jade hands and gently tapped the woman's shoulders a few times faster, with a sly look flashing in his beautiful eyes...
In another courtyard, there is a sea of flowers. Among the flowers in the back garden, there stands a slim and graceful woman. She is holding a pair of scissors in her hand and bending over to trim a bunch of lilies in front of her.
"Did Hu Chenle really say that?"
She faced the flowers without looking up, her eyes only focused on the branches she was pruning.
“Yes, mother, the Foundation Establishment cultivator who came back with that kid Wu Ding had very weak aura fluctuations, but his sense of danger was somewhat similar to that of some elders in the clan.
I had also arranged for Hu Chendong and three others to go to the third room’s former house and keep an eye on it.
According to what they said, Wu Ding went into the courtyard after returning and never appeared again. The steward Yu from the first house also went to investigate, but he suffered a loss. He was injured by the other party when he detected him with his spiritual sense.
Therefore, after seeing this, the three of us did not dare to move any further. "
Behind the thin woman stood a fat young man, who was holding a basket respectfully, which contained scissors of various sizes and styles.
"Okay, I understand, but what does this have to do with us? You should also withdraw those three people. Hu Chen Wuding has been hiding here and there for these years, so it is probably difficult for him to improve his cultivation speed.
When the family ancestor comes out of seclusion, I am most worried about the eldest wife, not him!
After decades of carefulness, nothing has gone wrong. Jiang Hai, I have asked someone to find out some information about tomorrow's game, you have to prepare well.
This time, you can show as much as you can, and you don't need to hide it carefully anymore. The ancestor has come out of retreat, and all Xie Xiaoxiao's calculations are just empty joy, do you understand? ? "
She was still bending over, pruning the branches.
The fat young man behind her nodded immediately after hearing this.
"yes!"
He had a harmless smile on his face and spoke in a low voice as if talking to himself.
"Brother Wanli, I'm going to reply to Sister Qing. Starting tomorrow, I will give you a big surprise. I've been pretending for so many years, but I'm really tired.
Wu Ding, what are you doing back here? Are you a fierce dragon that cannot cross the river? "
The fat young man didn't even mention the other young men in the clan. Those people seemed to be just a foil.