Cui family, VIP Pavilion.
After Cui Fanghu led Chen Xi and Bei Ling here, he hurried away. As one of the top leaders of the Cui family, he had to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony.
In the spacious and luxurious hall, only Chen Xi and Bei Ling were left.
Chen Xi held a cup of tea and sipped it silently, but in his mind he was recalling all the details since entering Cui's mansion.
"I..." Bei Ling hesitated for a long time, unable to speak.
From the moment she entered the VIP Pavilion, this woman who was as cold as ice seemed to have something on her mind. Seeing her like this, Chen Xi couldn't help but smile and said, "It's just you and me here. If you have anything to say, it doesn't matter."
A hint of self-mockery appeared on Bei Lingying's lips, and she said after a while: "I don't know if I am too sensitive, but I always feel that Qing Ning changes too fast, which makes me feel strange."
"She did change."
Chen Xi nodded and said, "It's right to think about it. You are only eleven or twelve years old and you have gone through so many hardships. How can you still be the same as before?"
Bei Ling raised his head, stared at Chen Xi, and suddenly said: "Then do you feel that after entering this Purple City, we are actually the same?"
Chen Xi was stunned for a moment and remained silent. This was also the question he was thinking about just now.
Just before, Cui Zhenkong, the ancestor of the Cui family, and his old antiques appeared, captured the second elder Cui Fangjun in one fell swoop, and simply killed Hou Zhan of the Thousand-Eyed Ghost Monkey Clan. This series of actions gave Chen Xi a feeling, It seems that everything that happened before has been seen by these old antiques of the Cui family.
This feeling made him feel a little uncomfortable, so after entering the VIP Pavilion, he had been thinking silently. At this time, Bei Ling spoke up and finally understood that his feeling was not wrong...
"All in all, I feel like I've been deceived." Bei Ling frowned and thought for a long time before coming to a conclusion.
Chen Xi raised his eyes and looked at Bei Ling without saying anything more.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the VIP Pavilion, and with the footsteps, an old man with a hunchback and a stick, green beard and green hair, walked over.
It was Wen Xiaofeng.
"Two fellow Taoists, I'm sorry for disturbing you." Wen Xiaofeng said with a smile.
Bei Ling was startled and looked at Chen Xi.
Chen Xi said calmly: "Don't get me wrong, this Elder Wen is different from the second elder. Otherwise, I might not have been able to succeed easily in the previous fight with Elder Wen."
Wen Xiaofeng laughed and said: "Fellow Taoist, you are humble. With your strength, even if I don't hold back, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to be your opponent."
He was telling the truth. Although he and Chen Xi only exchanged one blow, the other party's unfathomable power made him feel a little palpitated.
This feeling, for him, an old monster who was cultivated and attained enlightenment by "Bixiao Gui Mingmu", had not appeared for many years.
Therefore, when talking to Chen Xi, he did not dare to make excuses, let alone claim to be a senior.
Seeing this, Bei Ling finally understood that Wen Xiaofeng and Cui Fangjun were not in the same group, and they had secretly flirted with each other in the previous confrontation.
"It turns out that this old guy is also a spy..." In Bei Ling's heart, Wen Xiaofeng seemed to be the same existence as Hou Zhan.
"Elder Wen won't participate in the ancestor worship ceremony?"
After sitting down again, Chen Xi asked.
"I am just a guest. I am not a member of the Cui clan, so I am naturally not qualified to participate."
Wen Xiaofeng smiled and shook his head, then said immediately, "This time the young lady is able to return safely, and I would like to thank the two Taoist friends for protecting me all the way. I have been instructed by my ancestor. If you two have any needs, please feel free to ask them. I take this as my humble kindness from Mr. Cui, and I hope you two will accept it."
Chen Xi raised his eyebrows.
Bei Ling could no longer hold back and said coldly, "Do you think we escorted Miss Cui back just for some reward?"
In her opinion, the other party seemed to regard all this as a deal, and after the deal was over, they planned to drive them away, which was chilling.
Wen Xiaofeng seemed to have expected this scene, and immediately explained: "This fellow Taoist has misunderstood. This is just the intention of our Cui family. I am afraid that I will neglect you two, but I have no other intentions."
Bei Ling frowned and was about to say something, but Chen Xi signaled to stop her.
"Elder Wen, there is no need to thank you."
Chen Xi said calmly, "I just want to know how Cui will deal with Cui Fangjun."
Wen Xiaofeng pondered for a moment, then revealed a cryptic smile on his lips, and said, "Actually, the fate of the second elder has been determined long ago. After the young lady comes back, he will naturally be of no use anymore."
This sentence is very intriguing, but what kind of people are Chen Xi and Bei Ling? They guessed its meaning in an instant. Almost instantly, the two of them felt a chill in their hearts.
What does this sentence mean
It's very simple. If Cui Qingning comes back, then Cui Fangjun must die, because everything Cui Fangjun has done has already been seen by the high-ranking figures in the Cui family!
"So, to Miss Cui, or to the entire Cui family, the second elder is just a whetstone?"
Bei Ling pursed her lips lightly and spoke slowly, without any emotion in her voice.
"That's understandable." Wen Xiaofeng nodded, not shying away from it.
"In fact, you already know all the hardships Miss Cui encountered along the way?" Bei Ling's pair of clear eyes couldn't help but narrowed, outlining a heart-stopping arc.
Wen Xiaofeng seemed to be unaware, shaking his head and saying: "We don't know anything about this matter. Everything is arranged by the ancestor. His old man's mind is as vast as the universe, how can we guess it?"
Bei Ling pursed her lips and said no more. She was worried that if she continued to ask questions, she would not be able to control the anger in her heart.
"So, what about the Netherworld Disk?"
Chen Xi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked. His handsome face was filled with silence, and no one could tell what he was thinking.
"Fellow Taoist, let me ask you this, do you think my Cui family, with our ancestors here, can watch the sacred artifacts of our clan being stolen?"
As Wen Xiaofeng spoke, he couldn't help laughing, "It's a pity that the second elder has a great reputation, but he is too manipulative. In order to control the Criminal Law Department, he colluded with outsiders to bring harm to the family. He thought he was doing everything perfectly, but he didn't know that all this was actually They are all under the control of the ancestors.”
Seeing that both Chen Xi and Bei Ling were silent, Wen Xiaofeng stopped laughing immediately. He also faintly felt that something was wrong with their emotions.
After chatting about some innocuous topics, seeing that the other party was absent-minded, Wen Xiaofeng immediately stood up and left.
Before leaving, Wen Xiaofeng repeatedly warned that after the ancestor worship ceremony, Cui Zhenkong, the ancestor of the Cui family, would find time to meet with Chen Xi and Bei Ling. This was a rare opportunity, so the two of them must not leave early to avoid missing it. Good opportunity.
…
In the VIP Pavilion, only Chen Xi and Bei Ling were left.
The atmosphere was dull.
Bei Ling's beautiful and fair face couldn't help but put on a scowl, "I didn't expect that all of this was actually a trap that had been set up long ago, and we were tricked!"
Chen Xi took a deep breath, laughed at himself, and said: "In comparison, the second elder is actually a pitiful person. He worked hard to plan so many actions, but he became a whetstone in the hands of the ancestor of the Cui family. So stupid, so naive.”
Bei Ling was startled, then smiled softly, with a complicated look on his face, "Are you pitiful? The most pitiful people are probably those Cui clan members who died under our hands, and we, are we not just a butcher's knife in the hands of that ancestor? "
Speaking of this, she suddenly thought of something and said, "Tell me, does Qing Ning know all this?"
Chen Xi was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head. It was not that he refused to answer, but that he was not sure.
At this point, he and Bei Ling had roughly guessed that the various robberies and tribulations Cui Qingning encountered along the way were actually just an experience that had been laid out and controlled by others.
The purpose is also very simple, it is nothing more than to make her transform and grow quickly in this life and death situation.
As for the two of them, they just happened to be involved in this experience at the right time, and they couldn't blame others.
"The methods of this ancestor of the Cui family can be said to be extraordinary, and he can accomplish many things with one fell swoop."
After calming down, Chen Xi couldn't help but sigh: "The evils in the Cui clan must have existed for a long time, and Cui Fangjun must not be a good person. The ancestor of the Cui family took advantage of this opportunity to use Miss Cui as a chess piece to make plans."
"This game not only trained a clan leader who will be the leader of the Cui family, but also eliminated all the bad apples in this battle, which is equivalent to helping Miss Cui remove all obstacles to controlling the power of the Cui family."
"The most rare thing is that from the beginning to the end, the ancestor of the Cui family did not take any action at all. Naturally, there is no talk of killing his own family members."
After finishing speaking, Chen Xi smiled inexplicably and said no more.
After all, I deserved to be taken advantage of this time, because from beginning to end, they didn't invite me to participate at all. It was me who took the initiative, so who can I blame
Of course, he can let go of this and will not resent the ancestor of the Cui family, but the premise is that he must confirm one thing.
He wanted to know whether Cui Qingning had known all this before!
This is really important to Chen Xi!
Bei Ling was not as generous as Chen Xi. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became. This feeling of being plotted made her feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly.
"Let's go, I don't want to stay here any longer. I don't care about the rare opportunity to meet the ancestor of the Cui family. Maybe I will be sold by them." She stood up suddenly and said decisively.
"That's fine."
Chen Xi thought for a while and then agreed that it would not be too late to ask Cui Qingning if all this was true or false when he found Qing Xiuyi and left the Netherworld.
But just as the two of them walked out of the VIP Pavilion, they saw an unexpected acquaintance walking towards them.
"Brother Chen Xi, Miss Bei Ling, I know you are surprised, but after you meet the ancestor, you will naturally know everything."
Seeing the two people walking out of the VIP Pavilion, the man was startled, then he raised his hands and said apologetically.
He was slender and had a cold and rigid face. He was clearly Gu Tian, the guard leader who Chen Xi believed had met with an accident long ago!
(End of chapter)