Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Xiao Lin was startled, then shook his head: "Boy, don't think about what happened back then."
"You may not want to, but I can't forget it."
Xiao Chen said slowly.
"Haha, does that mean that I, Uncle Qi, have better eyesight? When you were still young, I could see that you were not just a thing in the pond, and that you would turn into a dragon when encountering a storm?"
Xiao Lin said with a smile.
"Or that overused saying, thirty years to the east of the river and thirty to the west of the river, don't bully young people into poverty... Now that you have risen, those who looked down on you in the past can no longer afford it."
"Uncle Qi, some things can be forgotten, and some things... cannot be forgotten, and cannot be forgotten."
Xiao Chen shook his head and said seriously.
"Okay, don't make it so heavy. We discussed what to do in the meeting hall just now. The ancestor said that 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.
"Is he really no longer the head of the family?"
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Lin and asked.
"It's inappropriate."
Xiao Lin shook his head.
"Not being the head of the family is a good thing for him."
"A good thing? Why do I think he is happy to be the head of the family? Now that he is deprived of his identity, he will 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 people are in the arena, they can't help themselves... When the old master asked him to be the leader, he didn't want to be the leader, but he couldn't do it properly."
"Who is the next head of the family?"
Xiao Chen changed the topic. He didn't want to worry about whether Xiao Sheng wanted to be the one or had to be the one.
"I haven't decided yet, but now I have a few options... After all, it concerns the Xiao family, so we can't decide easily."
Xiao Lin shook his head and said.
"My ancestor also said that we must choose a very outstanding, talented and resourceful person to be the head of the family..."
"Then Uncle Qi 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's your idea? Become the head of the Xiao family?"
Xiao Chen was startled.
"Yes, to be the head of the Xiao family."
Xiao Lin nodded.
"Uncle Qi, stop being ridiculous. I am not suitable to be the head of the Xiao family... Do you think I am suitable?"
Xiao Chen was a little speechless.
"It's suitable. I think it's very suitable."
Xiao Lin nodded.
"Not only do I think it's suitable, my ancestor also thinks it's suitable. As long as you nod, I think the position of the head of the Xiao family is almost secure."
"Don't do that either."
Xiao Chen shook his head, he was really not interested.
"I knew it."
Xiao Lin was helpless.
"Uncle Qi, they didn't let you be the head of the family? Are you blind?"
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Lin and asked.
"I give in, but you also know Uncle Qi's temperament. How can I be the head of the family?"
Xiao Lin waved his hand.
"I have been uninhibited and free all my life."
"hehe."
Hearing Xiao Lin's words, Xiao Chen smiled, it was indeed the case.
"Let's not talk about it 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.
"Where is your injury? Is it healed?"
"Not yet. Is Tian Yuan Dan really a panacea? But...it won't affect another fight."
Xiao Chen smiled.
"So, it's best for the Xiao family not to provoke me again. If they provoke me, they can still kill a few people."
"No, after what happened today, who would dare to provoke you... Okay, now that the injury is fine, let's go see the ancestor."
Xiao Lin said and stood up.
"Let's go, I'll take you there."
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded. Just now he said that Xiao Yi was playing dirty tricks on him. In other words, he said casually that he didn't think Xiao Yi would play dirty tricks on him.
"Where are they? Are they all resting? Should I arrange for them to have dinner?"
Xiao Lin asked what he thought of.
"Well, Uncle Qi, let's make some arrangements... The Xiao family won't ignore the food, right?"
Xiao Chen smiled.
"How is it possible? Fairy Ning is still here, how can the Xiao family be rude... You go to the ancestor first, and I will make arrangements for them."
Xiao Lin said to Xiao Chen.
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded, went to say hello to Ning Kejun and the others, and then 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's children. In other words, it is the place where the ancestors of the Xiantian retreat."
Xiao Lin introduced Xiao Chen.
"Well, I used to come here to play when I was a kid, but I was stopped... But I've never heard of Xiantian Peak or anything like that."
Xiao Chen looked at this mountain peak.
"Uncle Qi, are all the people in retreat in the Xiao family here?"
"No, there are only innate ancestors here."
Xiao Lin shook his head.
"Let's go up."
Xiao Lin took Xiao Chen up the mountain, and when he reached the halfway point of the mountain, he stopped.
"I'll send 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, what was he thinking?
"Okay, I'll go up then."
After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he continued walking along the steps.
Xiao Lin looked at Xiao Chen's back, hoping to have a good chat with his ancestor.
Then, he turned around and went down the mountain.
Xiao Chen walked up the steps, and the scenery was pretty good.
"It's really a luxury for one person to occupy such a big mountain."
Xiao Chen muttered and said.
A few minutes later, he arrived at the top of the mountain, and then... something unexpected happened.
In his opinion, if one person occupies a mountain, he must build a very large building and then retreat inside.
As for caves and stuff, that's nonsense in martial arts dramas, or you're looking for abuse.
But what Xiao Chen didn't expect was that it would be a small wooden house.
Outside the wooden house, there are flowers, grass, and even a vegetable garden.
"No wonder I don't know whether he is alive or dead. This is self-sufficiency."
Xiao Chen glanced around and continued walking forward.
"coming."
A gray figure appeared, it was Xiao Yi.
"Well, Senior Xiao."
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Yi who appeared silently and cupped his hands. He still had to have the proper etiquette.
"Why, can't you call me 'ancestor' when there's no one around?"
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen and asked.
"I think it's better to call you Senior Xiao. If you call me 'Ancestor', you will be called old."
Xiao Chen said with a smile.
Hearing Xiao Chen's words, Xiao Yi was startled, and then smiled: "That's all, it's up to you, come in."
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded and followed Xiao Yi into the wooden house.
The wooden house is very simple, there are no luxurious decorations, just a table and two chairs.
"What, you're surprised?"
Xiao Yi noticed Xiao Chen's gaze and asked.
"Well, a little bit."
Xiao Chen nodded.
"Haha, what do you think?"
Xiao Yi smiled and pointed to the chair.
"Sit down. The Xiao family is qualified to enter this wooden house. There are only a handful of people sitting on the chair."
“It’s a great honor.”
Xiao Chen sat down.
"Do you like tea?"
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen and asked.
"Can."
Xiao Chen nodded. He behaved quite well. After all, he was unfamiliar with it.
"You don't need to be so restrained, and you are not an outsider...Whether you admit it or not, the same blood flows in our bodies."
Xiao Yi said and started to make tea.
Xiao Chen did not answer the question 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 the night tea tree on the mountain. I picked it myself and roasted it myself."
Xiao Yi said with a smile.
"good."
Xiao Chen nodded, picked up the cup, and smelled it first, and 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 startled. Just two words? Isn't it a bit too perfunctory? Why don't you praise it a little more?
"Haha, it's hard to have 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 had to say it, I could only add one more sentence."
"What words?"
Xiao Yi asked curiously.
"Can you give me some as a gift when I leave?"
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Yi and asked.
"..."
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen, was he serious?
"Why, Senior Xiao is reluctant to give up?"
Xiao Chen asked with a smile.
"Hahaha, I'm willing to give it up, of course I'm willing to give it up."
Xiao Yi laughed.
"As long as you ask, the Xiao family will give it to you."
Hearing Xiao Yi's words, Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows slightly and pretended that he didn't hear anything.
"Don't you have anything to ask?"
Xiao Yi also took a sip of tea and asked.
"have."
Xiao Chen put down the tea cup.
"Senior Xiao seems to know that I am coming?"
"Know."
Xiao Yi nodded and admitted.
"But I didn't know you would come today."
"Senior Xiao, do you know an old fortune teller?"
Xiao Chen asked again.
Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen and slowly put down his teacup: "We know him. It was he who told me that you were coming to Xiao's house."
Xiao Chen was not surprised, he had guessed it before.
When he didn't come, the old fortune teller also told him that he was sure that the innate ancestor of the Xiao family was 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 make assumptions.
"Didn't you say that if the Xiao family is immortal, the innate will not be born? Why...Senior Xiao appeared."
Xiao Chen looked at Xiao Yi and asked.
"because of you."
Xiao Yi also looked at Xiao Chen and said slowly.
"I?"
Xiao Chen frowned.
"Yes, you will eventually return to the Xiao family. If I don't show up, how will you return to the Xiao family? Furthermore, I also have selfish motives. As an ancestor, I can't just watch the Xiao family be killed and bleed into a river by you, right? After all,
It’s a family.”
Xiao Yi said to Xiao Chen.
"Boy, if you are asked to be the head of the Xiao family, can you... let go of what happened back then?"
"Can't."
Xiao Chen shook his head.
"If Senior Xiao calls me here just to say this, then I will go down the mountain."
"Not the entire Xiao family?"
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 aristocratic families..."
"If I wanted to, I could build a family at any time. Not to mention surpassing the Xiao family, at least it would not be worse than the Xiao family."
Xiao Chen said calmly.
"So, why don't I build it myself instead of accepting the decayed Xiao family?"
