In the courtyard of the Immortal Formation Alliance.
After successfully throwing the blame back to the Taoist Master of the Third Formation, the two Immortal Emperors were in a very good mood and happily drank the divine tea of life brewed by the seven tea service fairies.
As the tea soup entered their stomachs, they felt the majestic life energy permeating the internal organs, entering the limbs and bones bit by bit, nourishing the injured parts. The two immortal emperors felt that their bodies seemed to be a little lighter, and they were so happy.
His eyes narrowed.
As for Sanzhen and Taoist Master Chang Geng, they could only watch from the sidelines, sniffing the tea with salivation, but they didn't even get a sip.
According to the Supreme Immortal Emperor, you two are not injured. Why should you drink the God of Life Tea?
Immortal Emperor Nanming agreed with this and proposed to divide the remaining half of the can of God of Life Tea.
The Supreme Immortal Emperor also expressed his approval.
Then, the two Immortal Emperors swept away the remaining tea leaves, not even the tea foam was left, which made the eyes of the two Taoist masters who watched this scene become even more gloomy.
Fortunately, Immortal Emperor Nanming was quite reasonable, and after eating An Ye's tea, he naturally accepted his favor.
Putting down the tea cup, he spoke directly: "Boy An Ye, just now you said you wanted to refine the Hunyuan Dao Sword? Isn't this a coincidence... This Immortal Emperor controls Nanming Lihuo, and can refine elixirs and weapons.
I'll take this job. You can take a look at the materials I collected and I'll make some plans for you."
He is a majestic Immortal Emperor, and he really can't do this to take advantage of his juniors.
"Thank you Emperor for your support."
To have Immortal Emperor Nanming personally promise to help refine swords is a good thing that no number of monks can ask for, and Wang Anye will naturally not disagree.
He bowed respectfully and thanked him, then took out the various materials he had collected one by one and floated them in front of Immortal Emperor Nanming for him to analyze and identify.
Immediately, he summoned [Years] again.
Niu Niu had been strengthened and promoted before, from the magical spiritual treasure level to the Lingxu Taoist level, but he was still far behind Wang Anye's pace.
[Ji Wuchen], who had been transformed into a weapon spirit, was so nervous that he did not dare to take a breath, and was too nervous to speak when facing the big bosses in the courtyard.
"The fusion of the remnant soul and the weapon spirit?" Immortal Emperor Nanming saw through Ji Wuchen's heel at a glance, and couldn't help sighing and shaking his head, "What you are doing is too reckless. With such a torment, even the long river of reincarnation will be destroyed."
Can't get in."
Monks are very focused on transcending reincarnation, but few people are willing to turn into a weapon spirit to indirectly avoid reincarnation.
After all, the limitations of the weapon spirit are too great.
Although theoretically speaking, once the soul becomes an instrument spirit, the true spirit will merge with the instrument, and there will be no limit on lifespan and it can exist for a long time. However, once the instrument body is damaged, the instrument spirit will also perish. There is no
The possibility of reincarnation may be wiped out at any time.
After all, a weapon spirit is just a weapon spirit, but reincarnation has countless possibilities.
Ji Wuchen was speechless for a while after hearing this.
When he died, his cultivation was only in the late stage of the supernatural power realm. He only knew a superficial knowledge of the laws of reincarnation and heaven. How could he know so much?
However, he has no regrets about transforming into a weapon spirit.
After all, once he falls into the long river of reincarnation, with his cultivation at that time, there will never be any memory left. It is better now, at least his deceased wife can live in his memory for the rest of his life.
Immortal Emperor Nanming just mentioned it casually, and naturally didn't pay much attention to Ji Wuchen's reaction.
After confirming Ji Wuchen's situation, he began to check the materials prepared by Wang Anye.
He weighed a piece of [Hunyuan Dao Gold] and said: "This Dao Gold weighs more than eleven kilograms. It is tempered and clean without impurities. It is in good quality. How much did it cost?"
"Return to the Emperor, 150 Chaos Spiritual Stones." Wang Anye told the truth.
"..." Immortal Emperor Nanming was slightly startled.
The price of Hunyuan Daojin is usually only 10 Chaos Spirit Stones per pound. Even if it is in good condition and urgently needed, this one can be sold for 130 Chaos Spirit Stones at most!
"It's a bit expensive, please be careful next time." After a pause, he couldn't help complaining and criticizing, "Zhantian boy doesn't know how he became your master. When you turn around and enter our Nanming Temple,
I’ll find a weapon-refining Taoist to have a good class with you.”
"Wait...wait, enter the temple?" Wang Anye looked stunned.
"Yes~" Immortal Emperor Nanming said matter-of-factly, "You are Zhantian's disciple, and Zhantian is one of the deputy masters of our Nanming Temple. If you don't enter the Nanming Temple, is it possible that you will also enter the Taishang Temple?"
Hearing this, Wang Anye hasn't spoken yet.
The Taoist Master of the Third Formation in that chamber started jumping around: "Emperor, An Ye is a member of our Immortal Formation Alliance and our future Son of God! Also, when did Zhan Tian become the Deputy Palace Master?"
"Haha~" Nanming Immortal Emperor sneered, "Son of God? It's as if your Immortal Formation Alliance has the position of Immortal Emperor for An Ye to inherit. As for the deputy hall master... tsk tsk~ Zhantian has accepted a good apprentice, and he will serve me Nanming
He has made great contributions to the temple, so it is reasonable for me to confer him the title of 'Deputy Palace Master'. Is it possible that I have to ask others for instructions when I confer a deputy palace master?"
"You old man, don't bully others too much." The Third Formation Taoist Master was so angry that he was shaking all over.
In front of the Immortal Emperor, he can endure anything. Who calls the other party the Immortal Emperor? But when it comes to Wang Anye, his precious disciple, how can he endure it?
Old man?
Immortal Emperor Nanming smiled and touched his chin, deciding to put aside the matters at hand and have a good chat with the Taoist Master of the Third Formation.
Seeing that something was wrong, Wang Anye hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Master, Emperor, please don't quarrel. This matter is not urgent for the time being. We will discuss it in detail after Anye goes back to ask Grandpa for instructions."
He sighed softly in his heart.
The Immortal Formation Alliance on one side and the Nanming Temple on the other were all eyeing him, and it was hard to offend either of them. It was really difficult for him, Wang Anye~!
"Forget it, for the sake of An Ye, let's talk about it later." Immortal Emperor Nanming waved his hand, stopped talking to the angry Taoist Master of the Three Formations, and continued to check the materials for refining the Hunyuan Taoist Sword.
Generally speaking, the quality of these materials is pretty good, but the price is...too expensive.
This premium makes even his Immortal Emperor feel distressed... Wait, what is this?
Suddenly, a large piece of unsmelted, black raw ore fell into his hands.
"Is this the Chaos Black Gold Mine?" Immortal Emperor Nanming frowned slightly, but he was a little unsure, "The weight is not right, it seems too light. Could it be a fake?"
He has lived for too long, and has dealt with countless Chaos Black Gold ore or Chaos Black Gold. Naturally, his identification ability is not comparable to that of ordinary Taoists.
As soon as he got the ore, he felt something was wrong.
With a pointing finger, a red flame flew out instantly like the breath of a spiritual snake, wrapping around the Chaos Black Gold Mine.
In an instant, the raw ore was burned red and turned into molten juice.
Such a terrifying flame is the extremely rare brilliant divine fire - [Nanming Lihuo], and it is also one of the foundations for the entire Nanming Temple to survive!
As the temperature rises again, the black gold in it also turns into juice and separates from the magma. As long as it solidifies a little, it becomes the top rare material - chaos black gold.
However, after all the outer layer of chaotic black gold and slag was melted, a piece of bright silver metal the size of a head was revealed inside. Even when the brilliant divine fire licked it, it only burned it red but did not melt it.
"This is..." The Supreme Immortal Emperor, who had been drinking tea with his eyes narrowed, as if it had nothing to do with him, suddenly made a move and suddenly opened his eyes, "Divine Silver?"
Immortal Emperor Nanming was also stunned, and then burst into laughter: "The divine fire will not melt, so of course it is divine silver! And the quality is very high. If you find a way to smelt it in the blast furnace, you can get at least fifteen kilograms of divine silver!"
Divine silver, this is the material for forging artifacts!
Although it is only fifteen kilograms and the quantity is relatively small, its value is extraordinary.
"I will pay 300 Chaos Spiritual Stones per kilogram, for a total of 4,500 Chaos Spiritual Stones, to buy this piece of divine silver." Immortal Emperor Taishang didn't even drink the divine tea of life at that moment. Without saying a word, he made a bid directly.
"Old ghost, what do you want to eat?" Immortal Emperor Nanming waved his hand impatiently, "Don't open your mouth if you have less than 8,000 ghosts."
"Isn't it?"
Taoist masters of the Third Formation and Taoist Changgeng were both dumbfounded.
This is obviously a piece of raw chaos black gold ore, how come there is such a large piece of divine silver in it?
Even Wang Anye was a little confused.
You know, he originally bought this piece of Chaos Black Gold Mine for "only" 230 Chaos Spiritual Stones!
This time it changed hands, the price increased dozens of times?
"I can probably guess what's going on." Immortal Emperor Nanming looked happy, as if he had found divine silver. "The store owner probably knew that there was something wrong with this piece of Chaos Black Gold ore, but he thought it was inside the ore.
The black gold content is too low, which results in the overall weight being low, so we did not choose to smelt it, but chose to sell the raw ore."
"Seeing An Ye's generous purchase, he sold the item at the bottom of the box to An Ye. Unexpectedly, the reason why the overall weight of this item is relatively light is that a whole piece of divine silver is wrapped inside."
Divine silver has extremely powerful properties, but is very light in weight. It is one of the high-quality materials for refining artifacts! However, because it is extremely rare, it led to errors in the judgment of the store.
The store owner was clever but was mistaken, and he missed a huge windfall.
After Immortal Emperor Nanming's analysis, everyone also reacted, and their eyes all fell on Wang Anye in unison.
This is too outrageous~
It was obvious that he was killed as a scapegoat, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise and he made a fortune.
This is the material for forging artifacts~ Even if you don’t see it, the Supreme Immortal Emperor is rushing to buy it!
"Luck, this is really luck."
Wang Anye said a few words calmly and modestly.
When a person has made mistakes at every turn since he was a child, and when the "leaks" are thrown at him in the face, it is natural not to expect that his concept consciousness will be normal.
Anyway, in Wang Anye's eyes, picking up leaks was a common occurrence and he didn't think there was any problem at all.
Fortunately, in the following materials, although there were some minor revelations, there were no such outrageous things.
Finally, everyone counted and found that Wang Anye spent a total of about 1,200 Chaos Spirit Stones to buy materials this time.
The materials were obviously over-purchased. Some of the materials worth approximately 900 Chaos Spiritual Stones were enough to refine the Dao Sword, and the rest were purely redundant.
But Wang Anye did not lose money. The extra piece of divine silver not only completely offset all the expenses, but also earned an additional six to seven thousand Chaos Spiritual Stones!
"Boy An Ye, even with my Immortal Emperor's strength, refining a divine weapon is extremely troublesome and time-consuming. Moreover, the divine silver alone is not enough, and there are too many other materials missing." Immortal Emperor Nanming weighed the items in his hands.
Shen Yin began to think about it.
The refining of artifacts is not a simple matter.
If you really want to refine an artifact, the amount of divine silver will be very large, and other materials of the same level will also be consumed, and the core materials are even harder to find. If you want to refine an artifact with just such a piece of divine silver,
That's nonsense.
"Divine Silver is a relatively easy material to smelt among many god-level materials. Moreover, it can not only be used as an artifact material, but also can be used as the core material of Hunyuan Taoist tools, which can greatly improve the quality of Hunyuan Taoist tools.
cut."
"Therefore, I suggest that you just do it in one step this time and refine a half-step divine sword! It's just a pity for this piece of divine silver."
"It all depends on the Emperor."
From a Taoist sword to a half-step divine sword, Wang Anye was also slightly happy.
In this way, it is also a great thing for Master Ji Wuchen, and as the master sword of the sword formation, he will be more able to convince the public.
As for the pity that divine silver was used to refine Tao swords, he didn't care, since they were all picked up for free anyway.
"Okay, it takes a lot of time to smelt divine silver. Thirty years later, you can come to Nanming Temple to ask for a sword from me." Immortal Emperor Nanming was also very happy. "I won't charge you for the processing fee. Just treat it as my emperor."
This is one of the greeting gifts for a junior like you."
"This... thank you Emperor for your support." Wang Anye did not refuse the Immortal Emperor's kindness, and expressed his gratitude respectfully.
[Ji Wuchen], who was silent on the side, was so excited that his soul was trembling at this moment.
He never expected that Ji Wuchen would have the opportunity to become the weapon spirit of the Half-Step Divine Sword in this life.
Of course, the most important thing is that from now on, he can fight with Anye again.
As for the two Dao swords, they had already ceased their activities when the Immortal Emperor came, and quietly hid in the dark, and huddled up.
When things have developed to this point, the two Dao swords were actually speechless for a while.
They never expected that even the Immortal Emperor could be provoked by fighting for the position of the master sword. They didn't know for a moment whether they should lament that their master was awesome or that Ji Wuchen was so lucky~
But there is one thing they are very clear about, that is, they are completely out of luck with the position of the main sword.
At this time, after finishing the sword refining, Immortal Emperor Nanming also looked at Immortal Emperor Taishang with a smile: "Old ghost, you have seen enough of this show. I remember, you don't seem to have given An Ye yet.
How about a gift of support when you meet me?"
The Supreme Immortal Emperor's cheeks twitched slightly.
But he also knew that he could not escape this gift.
The first meeting came and went in a hurry, and he didn't think about the meeting gift. Now, Immortal Emperor Nanming reminded him that he must give it.
It’s just a meeting gift, what kind of gift is better?
Even when he started to think about it, he was still confused.
This Wang Anye has extraordinary potential. If he gives him less, it would be inappropriate. If he gives him too much, wouldn't it mean that the three formations and Nan Ming are taking advantage of him?
Although his Taishang Shrine is "claimed" to be the best in the immortal world, its large size means huge consumption. In addition, there are many talents cultivated within the shrine, so his life is not actually too rich.
"Old ghost, you are so boring! You were so merciless when you took the life-god tea from this junior, but you were so rude when giving things to me." Immortal Emperor Nanming could guess what he was thinking without looking at Taishang Taoist Master's face.
, said unceremoniously, "Let's do this, I will make the decision for you and give my [Tianxuan Dao Sword] to Anye."
"How is that possible?! That's a half-step divine sword!" The Supreme Immortal Emperor's eyes widened immediately.
If Immortal Emperor Nanming hadn't been right in front of him and he had to save some face, he might have jumped right away.
Do you really think that the Half-Step Divine Sword is nothing? Give it away as soon as you say it will?
"Old ghost, as an Immortal Emperor, you need to be more ambitious." Immortal Emperor Nanming smiled, "With your current strength, the Tianxuan Dao Sword is useless to you, so why bother to occupy the manhole anymore?"
"Hmph~ I also have a few outstanding disciples who I can pass on to them." The Supreme Immortal Emperor was unmoved.
"Hey~ I'm not happy about this." Immortal Emperor Nanming raised his eyebrows, and his eyes suddenly turned a little unkind, "You and I haven't figured out the property rights of the Tianxuan Dao Sword yet. If you use it for yourself,
I can't steal you anyway, so I have nothing else to say."
"But if you want to pass it on to your disciples as a family heirloom... I, Nan Ming, can't steal it from you, so how can I not steal it from you as your disciple?"
The Supreme Immortal Emperor was lucky enough not to be angry to death. He immediately blew his beard and glared: "You still want to attack this junior, where is your face?"
"I don't live longer than ten thousand years, so what's the use of this face?" Immortal Emperor Nanming's face looked like a scoundrel saying "I'm going to die soon, I'm going to do whatever I want."
The Supreme Immortal Emperor was silent.
After a moment, he said helplessly: "It's okay to give it to boy An Ye. After all, his sword formation and double skills are quite unique, and he will definitely become one of the top combat forces of the immortal clan in the future."
"However, Mr. An Ye must also agree to one condition of this Emperor."
"You tell me the conditions first." Before Wang Anye could say anything, Immortal Emperor Nanming spoke first, "We will weigh it again before deciding whether to agree."
He didn't dare to let Anye agree directly.
Given the treacherous nature of this old dog, God knows if he would dig a hole in front for Anye to jump into.
"The conditions are actually not difficult." The Taishang Immortal Emperor really had no intention of digging a hole this time. After thinking for a while, he said, "The conditions are actually not difficult. I discovered a secret realm, and there is something I want in it.
, but that formation is very tricky, and there is an age limit for those who want to break the formation. I hope that after Anye has achieved success in the formation, he can break the formation for me."
"No wonder that's the case."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
No wonder Taishang Palace had to devote resources to cultivating Jiang Wuwu, and also wanted Jiang Wuwu to become a disciple of the Three Formations. It turned out that it was not just as simple as wanting to merge the Immortal Formation Alliance.
Now that Jiang Wuwang was out of luck, the Supreme Immortal Emperor decided to blame Wang Anye.
"I agreed to this matter on Anye's behalf."
After some thought, Immortal Emperor Nanming agreed.
First, the two of them had been at odds with each other for hundreds of thousands of years for the [Tianxuan Taoist Sword]. Now that they were about to suffer a catastrophe, there had to be a result, which could be regarded as settling a knot in their hearts.
Secondly, Wang Anye is the father of Qi Luck, so there should be no danger in breaking the formation. Moreover, the secret realm that the old ghost Taishang can target is not easy, and there may be additional opportunities.
Of course, the reason why he dared to make the decision for An Ye was because he knew the personality of the Supreme Immortal Emperor.
Although this old ghost is a bit stingy and timid, he is determined not to deliberately harm his apprentices or juniors.
After all, being able to become the Immortal Emperor still has this pattern.
"make a deal."
The Supreme Immortal Emperor breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was still full of pain.
During this trip to the Immortal Formation Alliance, he was really unlucky. Everything went against his will and he suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, he had a candidate to break the formation, otherwise he would have even wanted to vomit blood.
However, even so, the Taishang Immortal Emperor was still in a very unhappy mood and disliked everyone.
Seeing the Taoist Master of the Third Formation secretly raising the corner of his mouth, looking like he was secretly happy, he couldn't help but reprimanded: "Second Formation, what are you doing here? Why don't you hurry up and repair the teleportation array?"
"..." The Taoist Master of the Third Formation.
If he couldn't beat him, he really wanted to kick him.
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Wuji Temple.
Luming Court.
Inside the pavilion, charcoal smoke curled up.
Wang Shouzhe still wears the iconic white robe. At first glance, he looks simple and low-key, but against his gentle facial features, he becomes more handsome, handsome and distinguished.
I have to admit that some people's temperament needs clothing to set off, but there are also some people, no matter what kind of clothing or accessories, can only be reduced to a foil in front of their own temperament.
Wang Shouzhe is obviously this kind of person.
But at this time, the charming Wang Shouzhe was sitting in front of an oven grilling skewers, fanning the fire with a fan, looking very professional.
Two beautiful little girls were surrounding him, staring eagerly at the kebabs with their round, black and white eyes.
As the oil drips onto the charcoal fire, there is a "sizzling" sound and the aroma fills the air.
The little girl was drooling.
"Brother Shouzhe." A pretty girl wearing a nine-color neon skirt wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and finally couldn't help but reach out and grab the skewers, "Let me taste it for you to see if it's cooked."
"Snapped!"
Wang Shouzhe slapped her little hand away with his fan and glared angrily: "Xiao Lu'er, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. I just reminded you, don't be frizzy and snap a bunch at a time."
This beautiful little girl is naturally the nine-color fairy deer who always lives in the Deer Ming Garden.
Such a nine-color fairy deer at the peak of the thirteenth level turned out to be only eleven or twelve years old when she transformed into a human form. This shows that she is still young and has great potential for future growth.
According to Wang Shouzhe's estimation, this little girl might have the potential to grow to seventeen or eighteen levels.
If it is true, it is no wonder that Wuji Shrine kept her here alone, and even named this [Luming Garden] after her.
Of course, he was just guessing, and it was impossible for him to specifically ask Goddess Xinglan this question.
"Brother Shouzhe, the Lun family is good, the Lun family wants to eat more~"
Hearing this, the other little girl suddenly became excited, raised her hands, smiled sweetly at Wang Shouzhe, and said in a cooing voice.
This little girl was wearing a cute tube top skirt. The wide hem of the skirt was decorated with many stars, and the power of the stars was lingering around her body, constantly shrinking and extinguishing, emitting little bits of starlight.
Yes, she is an immortal tree growing in this Luming Garden, named [Star Immortal Tree].
Her origin is not simple either.
She is the descendant of the Innate Star Tree, the false god of the Wuji Palace.
However, she is still young and is naturally far less powerful than the ancestor tree.
This Luming Garden was originally used by the Wuji Shrine to entertain the most distinguished guests, and it might not be used once in thousands of years.
On the surface, Wuji Palace adheres to the usual "frugal and frugal" style. In order not to waste the spiritual veins in it, it raises nine-color fairy deer and star fairy trees, and also grows some of their favorite foods.
Spiritual Plants and Spiritual Fruits.
But the real situation is that this place is just for raising them and entertaining distinguished guests.
"Okay, okay~ Little Greedy Tree, dad... no, brother will grill you a few more skewers." Wang Shouzhe rubbed the head of Xingchen Fairy Tree with a particularly doting attitude.
When getting along with the Xingchen Immortal Tree, Wang Shouzhe can't help but think of his daughter Li Xian.
However, Xingchen is much better behaved than Lixian, with a quiet personality and a soft voice, which is quite in line with the character of a tree spirit plant.
In comparison, Wang Shouzhe couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought of his own Li Xian, who was getting increasingly hot-tempered and intolerable.
When the little deer saw this gesture, he immediately stopped complying and pouted, ready to act coquettishly and compete for favor.
at this time.
The courtyard door was suddenly smashed open with a "bang".
Immediately afterwards, Goddess Xinglan rushed into the pavilion of Luming Garden like a tornado.
Her face was full of joy, and she waited until she entered the pavilion. When she saw Wang Shouzhe and Yilu Yishu, her emotions were still uncontrollable: "Master Shouzhe, it's done! Our plan is done!!"
Her face turned red with excitement, and because she rushed so fast, her skirt flew up three inches, and even her tone of voice was high.
"The results of the grains you provided far exceeded expectations."
"As long as we follow the plan, we will be able to easily lower the price of food! Huh? This barbecue is good..."
As she spoke, Goddess Xinglan's attention was diverted, and then she took a piece of barbecue and sat down next to her to eat happily.
She had been suffering during this period. The pressure from all aspects made her almost breathless. Now she can be considered relaxed.
Woohoo~ This barbecue is so delicious.
Seeing that his favorite kebabs were robbed, Xiaolu was so angry that he put his hands on his hips and angrily shouted to the goddess Xinglan: "Your Highness, you are the helmsman of our Wuji Palace. You must be calm in everything and understand what the sky is falling."
Don’t be surprised! Oh, it really worries Lu~ You should learn more from brother Shouzhe in this aspect.”
Wang Shouzhe smiled gently.
He divided the roasted meat into portions, took out a new batch of meat skewers and put them on the oven. Then he shook his folding fan and said calmly: "Xiaolu is right. The plan has just started now. What will happen later?"
There is still much to do.”
Such a calm and composed appearance quickly stabilized the overly excited mood of Goddess Xinglan.
At the same time, she couldn't help but respect Wang Shouzhe a little more.
He can be so calm about such a big matter. This kind of determination and courage is really not something ordinary people can have.
She couldn't help but look forward to it: "I wonder when Mr. Shouzhe is going to brush up on the Shenying Ranking. Maybe he can unseat that guy from Taishang Shrine."
Wang Shouzhe smiled and shook his head: "I won't join in the fun of Shenyingbang."
Goddess Xinglan really didn't expect this answer, and she couldn't help but be extremely surprised: "Young Master does not participate in the Shenying Ranking? Why is this?"
In her opinion, the Shenying List is the best way for many young people in the immortal world to gain reputation and prove themselves. Even the powerful people at the level of the Immortal Emperor will pay attention to it from time to time. Therefore, any young person with excellent qualifications will have to wait until they reach the Da Luo Jinxian realm.
I will go and brush it specially.
After so many years, it has become a common practice in the fairy world~
She had always thought that Wang Shouzhe would definitely go there after consolidating his cultivation, but she never expected that he would actually say that.
This time, Wang Shouzhe didn't answer her.
He was always embarrassed to say that in the future, there would definitely be many, many younger members of the family competing for the Shenying Ranking. It would not look good for him, the ancestor of the family, to mess around.
