The young master's conferment ceremony was held as scheduled, and the clan leader did not say much as Hu Yizhi expected.

On the contrary, Hu Weiyi, who was obviously dissatisfied, was called away by the clan leader and had a long talk. After that, he went home and lost his temper.

Hu Ruyi saw what happened today, and naturally she would not try to get into trouble with her grandfather at this time, but the marriage was like a huge stone weighing on her heart, and it had been making her restless these days.

Judging from the attitude shown by the clan leader today, it is almost impossible for him to agree to let the girl from the west courtyard marry to the city lord's mansion on his behalf.

Hu Ruyi was sitting alone by the table, looking out the window in a daze, her two white and tender palms clenched with five fingers, her sharp nails digging deeply into her flesh, and her delicate brows and eyes filled with sadness.

After a long time, the girl in white lowered her eyes and whispered to herself, "Even Grandpa can't control this matter. Can he really have a way to solve it?"

…

After moving to the east courtyard, Liu Xiaolu looked around the new courtyard from the inside out several times with great interest, and then he chose his room with satisfaction.

Not only was the new courtyard much larger than the original residence in the west courtyard, but it was also more exquisitely decorated. All kinds of furniture and ornaments were available in the courtyard, which won Liu Xiaolu's favor.

"Little deer."

As soon as Xiaoqing was settled, Liu Xiaolu heard Hu Yizhi's voice coming from the courtyard.

"Hey, here we come."

Liu Xiaolu agreed and walked out of the room quickly, only to see Hu Yizhi, dressed in white, standing in a small pavilion in the courtyard looking towards her with crooked eyebrows.

Seeing that Hu Yizhi seemed to be in a good mood, Liu Xiaolu couldn't help but asked curiously, "What's wrong with father?"

Hu Yizhi stretched out his hand and gestured for Liu Xiaolu to sit down in the pavilion, and then said with a smile, "The patriarch just sent someone to call me over to speak. Let us be careful during this time.

Don't expose your spiritual root attributes in front of outsiders, it seems that the marriage has finally come to an end."

"When does this period of time refer to?" Liu Xiaolu frowned when he heard this.

"Probably before Ruyi and the young city lord got married." Hu Yizhi was slightly startled and then replied.

Liu Xiaolu's face showed a bit of struggle, and he pursed his lips and said, "Since the marriage is no longer so important to my Hu family, why do we still have to marry the Sixth Sister to the City Lord's Mansion?"

Hu Yizhi shook his head and muttered, "After all, the clan leader has already agreed to this matter before. The strength of the city lord's mansion is much stronger than that of my Hu family. If we go back on our word now, I'm afraid we will suffer retaliation."

"But Sixth Sister..."

Seeing that Liu Xiaolu wanted to say something else, Hu Yizhi couldn't help but interrupted, "Don't forget, Uncle Qi was originally going to send Ruyi to the Hedao Sect. Compared with the one from the Hedao Sect, the one from the Jin family is younger.

The city lord is a good place to end up."

"Having said that, this may not be the destination that Sixth Sister wants. Besides, didn't my father say before that the Jin family's proposed marriage may not really want to form an alliance with my Hu family." Liu Xiaolu said reluctantly.

.

"The situation will eventually change with the chips. Now that the strength of our Hu family has increased, the City Lord's Mansion, although it originally had some small thoughts, will temporarily put it aside and deal with it prudently." Hu Yizhi advised softly with a serious face.

After hearing what Hu Yizhi said, Liu Xiaolu couldn't say anything more, so he could only lower his head and said angrily, "After all, it's because we are not as strong as others, that's why we are being restrained everywhere."

She is just a young monk in the Qi refining stage. She can't even take care of herself, so what ability does she have to change the fate of Sixth Sister?

If it weren't for my slightly better qualifications and the full protection of my master, I'm afraid the situation would be even more difficult than that of Sixth Sister.

In the eyes of those in power, the worries about their lives and marriages are nothing more than a transaction between forces, an exchange of insignificant chips.

Seeing the dimming look in Liu Xiaolu's eyes, Hu Yizhi reached out and rubbed the top of her hair with some distress, and said comfortingly,

"My fellow cultivators respect strength. I have told you about this before. Don't think wildly. You have excellent qualifications. Just practice with peace of mind."

Seeing that she still bowed her head and remained silent, Hu Yizhi had no choice but to coax again, "I haven't gone to Zongyuan City with you for a long time. How about I take you to Uncle Lou's place tomorrow?"

Liu Xiaolu's eyes lit up when he heard this, he raised his head and said in surprise, "Is it true? Father is going out tomorrow too? Grandpa Lou was still talking about it a few days ago, saying that he hadn't seen his father in a long time. If father went there tomorrow, Grandpa Lou would definitely be very happy.

Happy."

Hu Yizhi smiled helplessly and said, "When have I ever lied to you?"

"Great, then my father must come with me tomorrow to try the sweet water cooked by Grandma Qu. It's delicious! Oh, by the way, I don't know when Xiaoqing will wake up. We need to buy more bamboo rat belts."

Come back and keep it."

Liu Xiaolu lowered his head and plucked his fingers, counting them one by one in his mouth.

"Okay, it's up to you."

Hu Yizhi responded softly, thinking secretly that this child has a young mind after all, so he felt relieved.

The two chatted in the pavilion for a while, until the sun set in the west, Liu Xiaolu said goodbye to Hu Yizhi with a smile and returned to his room.

As soon as the door was closed, the relaxed smile on the girl's face suddenly disappeared, her lips were pursed, and her determined eyes were like two clusters of bright candles, shining brightly in the unlit room.

…

In the study of the head of the Hu family, two men in white clothes who looked very similar were holding a candle and talking at night.

"Father, according to the reports from the manpower deployed in Jingtian Tower, the seventh brother has been in frequent contact with Lu Xingyun of the City Lord's Mansion recently. I'm afraid there is also the shadow of the City Lord's Mansion behind his efforts to change the marriage candidate in the past few days." Hu Weixian stood at the table with his hands lowered.

Next to him, he frowned.

"So what?" Another older man in white said with a smile and raised his eyebrows.

Hu Wei first combed the broken hair scattered around his ears with his fingers, and said thoughtfully, "I'm afraid the City Lord's Mansion has known about that girl's spiritual root attributes for a long time. This sudden proposal of marriage is probably aimed at her."

The man in white sitting next to the case nodded with deep approval and said, "You are right, that should be the case."

"If we insist not to marry that girl to the Jin family, I'm afraid it will make the old city master Jin angry.

Although I successfully broke through to the middle stage of foundation building a few days ago, even so, you and I together will not be the opponent of the golden old city lord in the late stage of foundation building.

In addition, there are many casual cultivators supported in the city lord's mansion, including many masters in the late stages of Qi refining, but now there are very few of our Hu family disciples who are as powerful as they used to be.

Once the Jin family takes this opportunity to launch an attack, it will be difficult for our Hu family to resist with our current strength." Hu Weixian looked worried and hesitated.

Hu Yuyuan then turned around and said with a smile, "My Hu family is indeed weak now, but what if my Hu family also has a late-stage foundation-building monk?"

Hu Weixian was startled when he heard this, and then said in shock, "Later stage of foundation building? Is it you, father?"

Hu Yuyuan waved his hand and said in a calm tone, "I will go into retreat tomorrow. This time it will take as long as half a month or as little as seven or eight days. I will definitely be able to successfully break through to the late stage of foundation building."

"Does father have complete confidence?" Hu Weixian pondered.

"Now that I have reached the peak of the middle stage of foundation building, and with the help of the Nayuan Pill left by your grandpa Suolan, the success rate of this attack on the late stage of foundation building is not to say 100%, but it is still 70% to 80%." Hu Yuyuan

He said calmly.
Chapter completed!