The Yongzhao Hall is the core building of the Su family. It is the central hall where the family heads of the past dynasties manage the household affairs. It is also the highest-level auditorium of the Su family.
At this moment, there are already more than ten people sitting in the beautiful and elegant Yongzhu Hall.
Sitting on the most distinguished seat is an old man in white who is over a hundred years old and has a simple demeanor. He is Su Dun, the head of the Taishang family.
Su Dun is a second-grade perfect cultivation, and is also a rare sage of the Formation Dao. His whole body exudes the charm of the Qi Sect Dao that cannot be concealed.
To his left, sat a beautiful woman who still retained her charm, but was actually over a hundred years old. She had a perfect second-level cultivation, but she was an equally rare alchemy master.
She is the wife of Su Mansion, Zhang Danyun, Su Dun's real wife, from the Wenchang Bo Mansion. According to her seniority, she is also the contemporary Wen Chang Bo's aunt, Zhang Dan's aunt.
Su Dun's subordinate is a tall and thin man who is over sixty years old. He is dignified and noble. He is in the early stage of second-grade cultivation. He is Su Zhen, the current head of the Su family and the eldest son of Su Dun.
Su Zhen is a talisman master, which is equally rare.
The Su family has an extremely rich collection of books, profound knowledge, and different ways of cultivation.
Su Zhen lowered his head, and sitting there was his younger brother Su Xing, Su Dun's legitimate second son.
Su Xing was nearly sixty years old. He was a third-grade Confucian and Taoist monk. He was the envoy to Yizhou and held the title of censor of Qiandu.
There was also a beautiful middle-aged woman sitting next to the two brothers, namely their first wives, Ming Rong and Tang Ling.
Next, there are the legitimate sons and daughters of the third generation, among whom are Su Yin, Su Ding, Su Xiu and others.
The dozen or so people in the Yongzhu Hall are the core members of the Su family. They are all direct descendants of Su Dun.
The atmosphere in the entire Yongzhu Hall was a bit strange.
"Father is right." The head of the family, Su Zhen, said to Su Dun, "It's long past time to restore the family membership of the fifth brother's family."
"However, according to Yi'er's intention, since the fifth brother is no longer here, we might as well just keep carrying the accusation and there is no need to clarify anything."
Su Dun stroked his beard and said, "That's the only way to treat it like this. Your fifth brother died for the sake of the family. Only by letting him carry the crime all the time does it mean that his death was not in vain."
"After all, although Wei Zhongxuan is dead, the Sunflower Mansion is still there. If the Zhensi Sect rebels, what happened back then may be revealed again."
"You just need to be nicer to Chuo'er from now on. Her parents are dead, so you should compensate her properly."
"Chuo'er must have had a great opportunity to become a fifth-grade monk. It seems that there is no third-generation woman in the Su family who is more outstanding than her."
Su Xiu and Su Yue couldn't help but grit their teeth secretly after hearing this.
Su Chuo is the best among them? So angry!
While everyone was discussing, Su Wan's voice came: "Master Zu, uncle, Su Chuo is here."
When Su Dun and others looked outside, their eyes suddenly lit up.
I saw a very charming girl in lotus clothes walking in calmly following Su Wan.
This girl has an immortal appearance and a peerless beauty. Not only is she flawless in appearance, but her temperament is also elegant and pure.
Her eyes are like stars, looking forward to the divine flight. She steps gracefully among the lotus flowers, and there is a hint of majesty in her dashing and elegant manner.
It makes people forget their customs when they see it, and it is difficult to offend them if they are familiar with it.
His cultivation has reached the fifth level of perfection!
Is this Su Chuo?
Su Wan next to her is the jewel of the Su family and a beauty from Shu County, but she is really... more deadly than others!
Su Wan, who was originally bright and moving, suddenly pales in comparison to Su Chuo, and his aura is no longer there.
But Su Chuo was like a bright moon, illuminating the entire Yongzhu Hall.
Su Xing and Tang Ling couldn't help but sigh secretly when they saw it.
Their three daughters are all beautiful and have excellent qualifications. They are all talented and beautiful, but compared with Su Chuo, they are all inferior.
No wonder Wan'er, Xiu'er and the others were hostile to Su Chuo.
"Unexpectedly, I, the Su family, will be the proud daughter of heaven again!" Su Dun couldn't help but smile with joy, stroking his palms and saying with a smile:
"Seventeen-year-old fifth-grade consummation! My family has been missing for hundreds of years!"
A look of great comfort.
"Okay, okay!" The head of the family, Su Zhen, was also very happy, "I never expected that the daughter of my fifth brother would have such good fortune! The Su family has hope!"
Even Su Xing was mostly happy.
Mrs. Zhang Danyun showed a look of surprise, "The seventeen-year-old Fifth-Rank Perfection has indeed been missing for hundreds of years. It seems that our Su family can finally produce another real person."
"Chuo'er, come! Come to grandma!"
In the Su family's history of more than 5,000 years, there are seven real people. Each of them is a figure who led the Su family to become powerful again.
Don’t look at the fact that there are three Venerables in the Su family. There is only one level between the Venerable and the real person, but the probability of the Venerable surpassing the real person is less than 20%!
There is no hope for me, Su Dun, and Su Zhen to break through the real person.
She and Su Dun are over a hundred years old, and have been stuck in the perfect state of the Venerable for several decades. The Su family has no shortage of resources, and they would have broken through long ago.
The eldest son, Su Zhen, is over sixty years old. Although he is already in the early stage of becoming a Venerable, it is obvious that his path will also stop reaching the level of Venerable Consummation.
Among the three venerables of the Su family, none of them could cultivate to the fifth level of perfection at the age of seventeen.
According to experience, if you reach the fifth level at the age of seventeen, you are likely to become a Venerable at the age of forty. Then the possibility of becoming a real person is at least 70%!
If Su Chuo becomes a real person, then the Su family will once again regain its status as the top family in Great Xia! At least there will be another hundred years of glory!
"Su Chuo has met his ancestor, grandmother, uncle, and second uncle..."
Lu Pianpian bowed to Su Dun and others, polite yet enthusiastic, making it hard for people to find fault.
But she secretly thought:
"What does it mean to reach the fifth level at the age of seventeen? I am the fourth level at the age of seventeen, a master at the age of twenty-two, and a perfect master at the age of twenty-five! If he had not lost his body, he would definitely be a venerable master."
She walked up to "grandmother" Zhang Danyun as she was told, and shouted with a smile: "Grandma."
"Good granddaughter, good granddaughter." Zhang Danyun took Lu Pianpian's hand and tried her best to test Lu Pianpian's qualifications.
Everyone looked over together, their eyes sparkling.
Especially the eyes of the Supreme Patriarch and Patriarch were full of expectation.
After a few breaths, Zhang Danyun's smile became even more comfortable, "It's a Taoist qualification! 80% will become a real person in the future!"
Daozi qualifications are second only to Dao Fei. Wuzi, corresponding to martial arts, is the second level among the seven qualifications and is already a peerless genius.
As for Taoism, it is actually ignored because it is too rare. Therefore, Taoism is actually the best qualification.
Although Su Dun and Su Zhen are considered great geniuses, their qualifications are still inferior to Daozi's, and their chances of breaking through to real people are less than 20%.
They didn't know that Lu Pianpian's cultivation was fake and he was just relying on the effect of the divine Gu.
The magic Gu that borrows power is too rare and difficult to detect, so Zhang Danyun was deceived.
As for Daozi's qualifications, of course they were also performed through the simulation of the divine Gu.
Otherwise, can it still be called the borrowed power divine Gu?
When everyone heard that Su Chuo would probably become a real person in the future, most of them looked excited.
Zhang Danyun said: "Chuo'er, how did you get the Taoist qualifications? Grandma remembers that you don't have the qualifications to practice. Could it be that you have awakened your qualifications?"
Su Dun nodded, "It must be the awakening of aptitude! This has happened before. Chuo'er must have a great opportunity."
Lu Pianpian smiled and said: "The good teaching ancestor and grandmother know that my grandson did have a chance to meet Master Xue of Mo Xuezong and was accepted by her as a disciple to help me awaken my qualifications."
"What? Mo Xuezong, Master Xue?" Su Dun looked thoughtful.
"I've heard about this person. I heard that Mo Xue Sect Master is mysterious and has extremely high cultivation. It's also rumored that she is the best master in the world."
"Chuo'er, did you actually become her disciple?"
Lu Pianpian showed a proud look, "Master is indeed mysterious and unfathomable. As for her cultivation, my grandson is as high as a mountain and it is difficult to fathom."
"Whether she is the best in the world, my grandson doesn't know. I only know that she is not an ordinary real person. She should be the top existence among real people."
Everyone was greatly surprised when they heard that Su Chuo was a real disciple or a disciple of the mysterious Master Mo Xue.
Su Wan and other women were so jealous that they broke their silver teeth.
"Very good! Blessed by our ancestors!" Su Dun said with a smile, "Chuo'er is really a blessing in disguise, he actually became the disciple of Master Xue!"
"The most recent real person in my family was my great ancestor Yongcheng Gong! Eight hundred years ago!"
"It won't take many years for our Su family to have the eighth real person! By then, no matter who is in the world, our Su family will be the top family!"
The head of the family, Su Zhen, also nodded and said: "Chuo'er has returned today and has become a real disciple, possessing the qualifications of a Taoist disciple. Father and mother, the position of the future head of the Su family belongs to Chuo'er."
"That's right." Su Dun nodded in agreement, "With such qualifications and opportunities, Chuo'er should be the next head of the family."
Zhang Danyun also said to Su Yin: "Yin'er, you said before that both Zhang Dan and Ming Mu are interested in Chuo'er?"
Su Yin was startled and answered honestly: "Yes. The two of them will propose marriage soon. They both fell in love with Eleventh Sister at first sight."
What? When Su Wan and Su Yue heard this, they were even more jealous.
Su Chuo! Why did you steal our limelight when you came back?!
Zhang Danyun looked solemn and said, "Tell them that I will never agree to it, and ask them to keep silent to avoid embarrassment!"
"Although your eleventh sister has just come back, she is the most outstanding among the third generation. She is the first choice for the future head of the family. She must not marry an outsider!"
"That's right!" Su Dun also emphasized, "I will not marry Chuo'er out! Chuo'er is responsible for the future of the Su family. How can he marry an outsider? Absolutely not."
The older the family, the more emphasis is placed on "succession by merit", rather than the succession of the father after the death of the son, and the succession of the elder brother to the younger brother.
Only in this way can the family maintain its enduring competitiveness and withstand the test of changing dynasties.
The head of the family, Su Zhen, also expressed his stance, "Yin'er, tell Mingmu and Zhang Dan that marriage is okay, but not with Chuo'er. We can discuss everything except Chuo'er!"
"Yes. Father." Su Yin also smiled, "Speaking of which, they are all relatives of my family. It is normal for several families to marry each other. But it is really not possible for the eleventh sister."
"Don't say that my ancestors and fathers don't agree. Even my son and others won't agree."
Lu Pianpian originally thought that the Su family would use Su Chuo to arrange a marriage and stage a forced marriage drama.
Who made Su Chuo good-looking and remembered by others?
She had already planned to take advantage of this incident, swindle a large amount of money, and then run away.
But to her surprise, the result was completely wrong!
Su Dun looked at Su Chuo with a smile, "Chuo'er, from today on, you will recognize your ancestors and return to the clan. Your parents' remains will also be buried in the family cemetery. You have been wronged over the years."
Su Zhen, Su Xing and other elders also offered words of comfort, looking full of warmth, a touching scene of relatives meeting.
Lu Pianpian is also conceited and thoughtful, looking like a filial daughter and virtuous grandson.
However, Su Chuo discovered that no one mentioned his brother Su Xian from beginning to end!
Until now, no one has asked about Su Xian!
It stands to reason that Su Xian is his biological brother and belongs to the same fifth family lineage as him. When he comes back today, they should ask about his brother's situation.
But they... didn't!
It was as if Brother Brother did not exist and was subconsciously ignored by them. It seemed that they had all forgotten Brother Brother.
Su Chuo even sneered.
Why? Because you think Brother is "useless"? Brother can't bring benefits to the Su family?
So, you didn't even ask.
hehe.
Su Chuo was even more heartbroken at this time.
The reason why my grandparents are so enthusiastic is simply because they are "real disciples, qualified Taoists" and have an impeccable face.
Where is family affection in this? In the final analysis, it is family interests.
Lu Pianpian dealt with it and really made the elders happy.
Su Dun and others gave them gifts one after another. Although Lu Pianpian didn't open it and read it, she knew that the harvest was not small.
"Chuo'er is back. I just have something to announce. It's an internal secret." Su Dun said.
"Yin'er, go and invite your fourth uncle to attend the meeting. He is the backbone of this matter."
Soon after, Su Yu reluctantly came to the Yaoshu Hall with an indifferent look on his face.
Seeing Su Chuo, his expression became warmer.
"Everyone is here." Su Dun looked at Su Yu with a solemn expression, "Fourth, the Butterfly Plan must continue and cannot stop indefinitely."
"The people here are all the core members of the clan, and everyone must contribute."
"I don't believe it. That Butterfly Mountain will never be found. If we find the Celestial Insect, we might really be able to find the secret of immortality and immortality."
"Fourth child, please tell them."
Su Yu nodded, "This is what happened..."
In fact, it is to continue to search for the heavenly insects buried in Diebian Mountain and to decipher the secrets of the ancient Shu silkworm clan.
Lu Pianpian listened to it again, but there was nothing new.
Finally, Su Dun arranged for Su Chuo to move into the same Haitang Academy where the fifth-room student had lived, and he received first-class treatment!
………
Haitang Academy has rich aura and quiet scenery. It was once the home of Su Chuo.
Times have changed, things have changed and people have changed.
Su Chuo returned to the former Haitang Academy and saw the familiar scenery. He couldn't help but be filled with emotion and burst into tears.
Back then, their family of four lived here happily.
In a daze, she seemed to have seen the original scene.
Now, she is the only one left in Haitang Academy.
Brother, where are you?
Haitang Academy sent a group of slaves to serve him. They were all slaves in the fifth room. When they saw their original little master, they were also very emotional.
The clan members knew that she wanted to have some quiet time in Haitang Academy, so no one came to disturb her.
At night.
The bright moon shines on the book pavilion, and the beautiful woman looks at the stars.
Lu Pianpian was sitting on the Qingshu table in Haitang Academy, drinking alone under the moonlight.
While the girl was drinking freely, she looked up at the stars with blurred eyes, her face as clear as a dream.
Several rings were placed on the wine table, shining brightly.
Of course, Lu Pianpian has already tried these greetings.
Gold, spiritual stones, elixirs, talismans, life-saving magic weapons...there are all kinds of them, equivalent to no less than five or six hundred thousand gold!
The action was very generous.
"My dear," Lu Pianpian said with a smile, "It's not stingy to take action."
"I lost a hundred thousand taels yesterday, and I made it back several times today! Hee."
Su Chuo secretly said: "I warned you, their money is not easy to get."
"I tell you, I won't stay here much longer. Li'er is still waiting for me to go back at Qingyun Inn."
"I will leave when Fourth Uncle takes action to rescue Mu Xianling. I want to return to Longcuo City as soon as possible. Brother Luo must be anxious."
Obviously, it was impossible for Su Chuo to forgive Su.
The more affectionate and sincere a person is, the more difficult it is for them to choose to let go and forgive.
"Su Chuo, your people are really not very good, they are a bit hypocritical." Lu Pianpian drank a pot of spiritual wine, "None of them mentioned Su Xian."
"What do you think of the Butterfly Plan that your grandfather mentioned this afternoon?"
Su Chuo said: "It's difficult to find, but it's not impossible to use Su's power."
"I could tell that it was a big thing and required a lot of people to do it, not just looking for clues."
Lu Pianpian smiled, "That's right. Let's wait for them to find it and go do it. If there is any progress, we will jump out and secretly pick peaches, hehe."
"I have no objection." Su Chuo said without hesitation, "I am happy to pick Su's peaches."
"My parents died because of the Su family, I was disfigured, and I was almost killed by Tang Yue. Brother, I didn't have the chance to practice, it was all thanks to the Su family."
"It is no longer possible for me to consider myself a member of the Su clan, nor do I care about being the head of the family. The glory and future of the Su clan have nothing to do with me."
Lu Pianpian praised: "Good! This is my good sister! So kind!"
The two communicated only in their hearts. To outsiders, it was just Lu Pianpian drinking alone and silently.
When Lu Pianpian said this, her expression suddenly changed and her body moved out like a ghost.
The moment she disappeared from the spot, a black afterimage flashed away.
The black afterimage was silent, but it carried a heart-stopping poisonous thought and murderous intent!
Almost at the same time, a poisonous field enveloped the pavilion and dimmed the moonlight.
Lu Pianpian looked at the black afterimage coldly and said in a gloomy tone:
"Who are you? Why did you attack me? Who sent you?"
The black afterimage disappeared, and a masked man in black appeared on the spot.
The opponent's mask is very high-end.
"Who am I? I am the one who killed you."
PS: Who can guess who this person is? Why did he kill Lu Pianpian? I think many people will guess wrong. Crab is my never-ending friend.