"My grandson, Qingsang, pays homage to your grandfather." Qingsang was very carefree and casual in front of his grandfather.
Yan Wanjun looked at this direct grandson and sighed secretly. One of his two sons was mediocre in talent, and the other was imprisoned in an endless prison.
Now there is only this one direct grandson. Because of his favor, it is inevitable that his character is not flexible and his actions are more or less immature.
However, at this ancient jade event, his grandson finally made himself proud.
"Qingsang, you have given me face this time. Those in the family who say bad things about you are like dogs biting hedgehogs. They have no way of talking about you, hahaha."
Yan Wanjun said this with a bit of pride on his face. This time he went to Wanyuan Island and tried his best to secure a place for Yan Qingsang.
In fact, before departure, Yan Qingsang's quota was highly controversial. Many family elders felt that Yan Qingsang's personality was too straightforward, and he was not very adaptable in his words and actions. If he went out, he might not be gregarious and would become a factor of instability.
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In fact, Yan Qingsang's performance in Nongyulou really confirmed what everyone said.
However, Yan Qingsang performed outstandingly in the ancient jade event, and his gains were almost as much as those of several others combined.
This left many people who tried their best to cause trouble for Yan Qingsang, but had nowhere to vent their complaints.
Yan Wanjun is quite satisfied with this. He feels that his grandson has really given him a lot of face, allowing him to hold his head high in the family.
"Grandpa, please don't praise me for this. When it comes to credit, we won't lie to you. Most of it is due to brother Shao Yuan."
Yan Qingsang looked very casual in front of his grandfather.
Jiang Chen said hurriedly: "Brother Yan is extremely talented and very open-minded, which cannot be ignored. If it were another person, I am afraid it would not be so smooth."
Yan Qingsang's face turned red: "Brother, you need to find some suitable words to praise others. You are so humble and talented, but I always feel that I deserve it."
Jiang Chen smiled and said nothing.
Yan Wanjun laughed and scolded: "You are just not serious. You are over thirty, and you are still so unreliable. Don't you learn from your brothers?"
"Why don't I learn from him? I've learned a lot about ancient jade."
"Fart, I'm not just asking you to learn the knowledge of ancient jade. Have you learned Brother Shao Yuan's bearing? I'm telling you, you have a lot to learn about how to behave in the world!"
Yan Wanjun looked like he was scolding, but in fact his eyes were full of doting.
Jiang Chen was speechless after seeing this. He finally understood why Yan Qingsang's character was so multi-faceted. It was all because of his grandfather.
Since ancient times, a loving mother failed her son because of troubles. This elder Yan Wanjun is a kind ancestor who failed his grandson.
However, this was a family matter, and Jiang Chen couldn't say anything.
"Brother Shao Yuan, I have a heartfelt request." Yan Wanjun looked at Jiang Chen with interesting eyes and said in a serious tone.
"If the elder has any instructions, it's okay to say so." Jiang Chen said hurriedly.
"It's not about giving orders. I just want to ask my little brother to give more advice to Qingsang in the future. In terms of talent, this boy is not the best in the family, but he is still in the top ranks. But in terms of his character, he still has some flaws and lacks some necessary skills.
Therefore, in the future, I will also take care of him in this regard. You two should also be friendly and help each other in the family, and strive to stand out in the family."
"This is natural." Jiang Chen nodded.
"Hey, this kid Qingsang has never been very popular in the family. He doesn't like this guy, and he thinks he's not good at that. It's rare for this guy to change his gender and fall in love with you."
Yan Wanjun was also quite emotional. It can be said that his grandson made him very worried. The fate of his two sons was already determined.
Now only this grandson is young and still has plasticity.
Therefore, Yan Wanjun placed a lot of trust in Yan Qingsang, and very much hoped that Yan Qingsang could become famous. However, Yan Qingsang's current cultivation level is not even among the top five among the younger generation of the family, let alone the top three.
He even challenged Yan Zhenhuai.
And even Yan Zhenhuai, who is recognized as the number one genius of the younger generation of the family, is only mediocre in terms of strength among major forces such as the Eternal Divine Kingdom.
In fact, Yan Wanjun knew that among the younger generation of the Yan family, the one with the most outstanding talent was not Yan Qingsang, Yan Zhenhuai, or anyone else.
It was his granddaughter Yan Qinghuang.
only……
Thinking of this granddaughter, Yan Wanjun's heart felt like a knife. Although his son had committed crimes, his granddaughter was innocent. Considering the overall situation, Yan Wanjun had no way to resist the power of his family.
But in the final analysis, he was still full of apologies for Huang'er. If he had any way, he was absolutely unwilling to sacrifice his granddaughter to help the family.
However, with his own strength, he really had no choice. He could not fight against the family internally, and he could not fight against the Xiahou family externally.
In the final analysis, the Yan family is still too weak. As long as the Yan family was a little stronger and could overwhelm the Xiahou family, why would they suffer such humiliation and such a blow?
Therefore, Yan Wanjun had a fire in his heart. However, he didn't know who to vent this fire on.
Because of the anger in his heart, he had high hopes for Yan Qingsang, hoping that one day Yan Qingsang would be able to stand out, avenge his shame, and allow his lineage to stand at the forefront of the family again.
However, all this requires Yan Qingsang to live up to his expectations.
Speaking of Yan Qingsang's previous performance, it is far from satisfactory. It can only be considered satisfactory at best, and sometimes it is disappointing.
But at this ancient jade event, Yan Qingsang stood out.
The degree of brilliance is extremely exaggerated.
It was precisely for this reason that Yan Wanjun was so accepting of Jiang Chen and allowed Jiang Chen to accompany his grandson. After all, he still felt that this young man's temperament and potential could be helpful to his grandson.
Moreover, he doesn't have to worry about this young man threatening his grandson's status.
After all, he has a foreign surname.
No matter how talented and potential a person with a foreign surname is, they cannot become the core candidate of the family in the future. At most, they can become the supreme elder of the family with a foreign surname.
I have to say that Yan Wanjun is still very scheming.
A banquet was set up in the garden, and the grandfather and grandson, as well as Jiang Chen, took advantage of the moonlight to have a drink.
During the dinner, Yan Wanjun also intentionally or unintentionally considered Jiang Chen, tested Jiang Chen, and found out the details of Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen had been mentally prepared for these things, and naturally his answers were watertight and perfect.
This allowed Yan Wanjun to dispel his doubts.
"By the way, brother Shao Yuan, there is a place on the border of my family called Yuntuo Mountain. According to an elder of the family, this mountain should contain spiritual veins and has very amazing potential. However, he is not interested in developing this aspect.
I don’t have any talent. I just want to ask, does my little brother have any talent in this area?”
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment: "If it's an ordinary spiritual vein, it doesn't seem to be difficult to develop, right?"
"According to this, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary spiritual vein?" Yan Wanjun's heart moved.
"Without personal investigation, I dare not jump to conclusions." Jiang Chen was still very cautious.
"Then if I ask you to conduct an investigation, how sure are you of getting the results?" Yan Wanjun couldn't help but ask again.
If Yuntuo Mountain can be developed, and if it really has spiritual veins, Yan Wanjun will definitely have made a big contribution. Therefore, this matter is a good opportunity to make a contribution, and Yan Wanjun does not want to miss it.
Jiang Chen pondered and said: "Juniors never like to boast about Haikou when doing things. Only by personal inspection can we tell seniors the specific results. Predictions in advance are meaningless. Because taking into account various factors of time and place, different places, different landforms
, different internal structures, the conclusions drawn will be very different. Therefore, it is of little significance to predict in advance."
Jiang Chen's answer made Yan Wanjun feel that he had something in his stomach. If Jiang Chen didn't say anything and started to make headlines, I'm afraid Yan Wanjun would doubt him.
"So, if I want to invite you to go to Yuntuo Mountain to inspect it, can you give me a favor?" Yan Wanjun tried.
Jiang Chen didn't rush to take up the topic for the moment.
After thinking for a moment, he smiled a little apologetically and said: "Elder, the time it takes to develop a spiritual vein, especially one that is very difficult to mine, may be decades or hundreds of years. Even if it is just an inspection
, I’m afraid it will take a few years. The junior has not yet achieved great success in martial arts, which is the critical period for building the foundation of martial arts. If we delay for a few years, we will definitely miss a lot on the road to martial arts. Therefore, the junior does not dare to agree to this matter at once.
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What Jiang Chen said was only part of the truth.
In fact, it was not because he was afraid of delaying his martial arts, but because he was worried that if the feud between Huang'er and the Xiahou family broke out in the next few years, and he was far away at the border and could not come back, wouldn't it be a lifelong regret?
Therefore, within the next ten years, he will not agree to anything that is too far away.
Unless he can be sure that Xiahou Zong is not in the capital of God and not in the Xiahou family.
Yan Wanjun smiled and said: "If it takes several years, we will naturally not force others to do it."
Yan Qingsang protested: "Grandpa, Brother Shao Yuan has just arrived at Yan's house. You have assigned people this and arranged that. Do you have any way of treating guests? Besides, what they said is true. Don't you often
Say, our age is a critical period for establishing the foundation of martial arts?"
Yan Wanjun had nothing to do with Yan Qingsang, and smiled bitterly: "You brat, you are the only one who can speak well. Grandpa didn't say that Brother Shao Yuan must go. This is just Grandpa's personal request. There is no hard-and-fast allocation on the family side. By the way,
Did you get some ancient jade this time in Lanyan Island? Pick out two pieces with the best quality..."
"What for?" Yan Qingsang looked wary, "Grandpa, don't even think about exploiting the fruits of my labor."
"You kid, if you eat and use me, grandpa will kill you if he uses two pieces of ancient jade from you?"
"Tell me what you're going to do with it first!" Yan Qingsang looked wary.
"In a few days, it will be the birthday of a daughter of the Xiahou family, and young geniuses from Shendu will be invited to attend. What grandpa means is that you bring the ancient jade you got..."
Yan Qingsang's face turned green, Xiahou family? Hearing these four words, he felt angry!
(The title of the last chapter was missing two words, it should be "About Jiang Chen's Instructions". This is the second chapter today. I will update the third chapter when I come back at night. Now I go out to watch a movie with my son. Maybe when I get home