Zhao Suya clenched her hands into fists and remained silent.

"The master of the Divine Sword Sect has arrived!" As the boy outside the door yelled, the Zhou family's foundation-building monks in the main hall stood up one after another.

Zhao Suya and Zhou Rupeng both wanted to lead the Zhou family monks to welcome the Master of the Divine Sword Sect.

The two refused to give in to each other and could only walk side by side.

There are about thirty foundation-building monks from the Zhou family. They are arranged on both sides, facing the entrance of the main hall.

Half of the people support Zhao Suya, and half support Zhou Rupeng. They are clearly divided.

A middle-aged man in white clothes, about fifty years old, walked over slowly. He was wearing a large black robe, with his hands behind his back. He looked majestic and looked like he was no ordinary person. Beside him were four law enforcement officers from the Divine Sword Sect.

The monks in the hall all have cultivation levels in the middle stage of foundation building.

"Meet the Master!"

"Meet the Master!"

Zhao Shuya and Zhou Rupeng simultaneously led the team to welcome him.

Many foundation-building monks shouted in unison, the sound was deafening and the momentum was magnificent.

"Everyone, please rise." The middle-aged master said calmly.

"Thank you, Master!" Many monks stood up.

The middle-aged master nodded, walked straight to the middle of the hall, and sat down at the head position, while the others took their seats one after another.

One of the monks from the Law Enforcement Hall introduced: "Fellow Taoists of the Zhou family, this is the great elder of our sect, Luofan Zhenren."

"I've seen Great Elder Luofan!" The foundation-building monks of the Zhou family bowed again and said respectfully.

"Fellow Taoists, you don't have to be polite." Master Luofan raised his hand slightly and said.

"I came here because Zhou Tianhua's soul lamp suddenly went out. I thought it was an invasion by a foreign enemy, so I came here in person." Master Luofan said straight to the point.

"Zhou Tianhua's soul lamp suddenly went out. How is this possible?" Zhou Rupeng's face was full of surprise.

Zhao Shuya was also shocked.

Zhou Tianhua! He is the only Jindan real person in the Zhou family.

The three families of Zhou, Hu, and Li in Tianji City can stand as a three-legged trio because the Zhou family has this real person as its leader.

But now that this real person is dead, does this mean that the Zhou family will no longer be able to gain a foothold in Tianji City as the second-level force of the Divine Sword Sect.

The Zhou family's foundation-building monks present all looked panic-stricken and confused.

Zhou Rupeng took a deep breath and asked: "Great Elder, is what you said true?"

"How can you talk nonsense about this kind of thing?" Master Luofan said indifferently.

"This" Zhou Rupeng's heart felt cold. He vaguely guessed something, but he was not sure.

"Zhou Tianhua died in the back hill of Zhou Family Fort. I have just gone to investigate the scene and found that there is the aura of the third-level blood vine at the scene. There is also a young disciple who obviously died at the hands of the blood vine. In addition, Zhou Tianhua's body

Missing, I just want to ask how did you offend the Yuling Sect and get such revenge from them?" Master Luofan asked.

Zhou Rupeng's expression changed drastically when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Great Elder, our Zhou family in Tianji City has nothing to do with the Demon Sect Yuling Sect, and we don't know how we offended this Demon Sect."

"Since it doesn't matter, then why did they kill you? What valuable treasure did your Zhou family obtain?" Master Luofan asked with a frown.

"No, absolutely not." Zhou Rupeng shook his head repeatedly.

"No?" Master Luofan asked with a smile: "If not, then why did the Yuling Sect sneak into the Zhou Family Fort to kill Zhou Huaitian?"

"This..." Zhou Rupeng was speechless.

Zhao Suya suddenly stood up and came to the front of Zhenren Luofan and said calmly: "Elder Qi, I am the wife of Zhou Ruyu, the head of the Zhou family. My husband Zhou Ruyu and my son Zhou Chengan both died half a day ago. I

I thought they might have died together with the ancestor Zhou Huaitian. In addition, the Qianji Hall of my clan was also destroyed by fire two days ago. Someone must have wanted to hide some secrets, so they did this and asked the great elder to be their concubine.

You are in charge!"

"Oh?" Master Luofan's eyes sparkled when he heard this. He thought for a moment and then turned to look at Zhou Rupeng and asked in surprise: "Aren't you the head of the Zhou family?"

"For the information of the great elder, little Zhou Rupeng is Zhou Ruyu's second brother." Zhou Rupeng explained hurriedly.

"You are not the head of the Zhou family, why do you keep taking my words? You really don't know what to say." Master Luo Fan sneered.

Zhou Rupeng's face turned red. He didn't know how to explain it, and he was extremely angry.

Today, Master Jindan of the Divine Sword Sect was disgraced in public. How could Zhou Rupeng replace his eldest brother as the head of the family?

This bitch!

Zhou Rupeng looked at Zhao Suya with hatred on his face.

Zhou Ruyu and his two wives gave birth to two sons. The eldest son, Zhou Chengan, was extremely talented as a foundation-building monk and was established as the young patriarch early on.

The second son Zhou Chengyong is also very talented, but unfortunately he is still a monk in the Qi refining stage. However, Zhou Chengyong's mother Zhao Suya is not weak in cultivation.

Now that her eldest brother and nephew had died together, this woman just took the opportunity to secure her position as the head of the family and pave the way for her son.

"Forget it...the enemy is very clever and has wiped out everyone who knows the truth. The only ones left here are a bunch of idiots who don't know anything and are wasting my time." Master Luofan waved his sleeves and stood up.

Walk.

"Farewell, Master!" Everyone in the Zhou family bowed in unison.

…

A few days later.

Wangfeng Valley, Wei Valley.

On the open air.

Hou Dongsheng danced to welcome the moon, his clothes fluttering.

An hour later.

Hou Dongsheng takes the credit.

A ray of light fell in front of him, and it turned out to be the leader Liu Heng.

"What's the matter?" Hou Dongsheng asked.

Liu Heng bowed his hands and saluted: "Great Elder, I'm so happy! The envoy from the Zhou family told us that as long as we support Zhou Rupeng to ascend to the position of the head of the Zhou family, we will be exempted from paying tribute for a year."

"Oh?" Hou Dongsheng nodded lightly, without comment.

Two more days passed.

The head of the family, Liu Heng, reported again: "Great Elder, I'm so happy! The envoy from the Zhou family told us that as long as we support Zhou Chengyong to ascend to the position of head of the Zhou family, we will be exempted from three years of worship."

"Oh..." Hou Dongsheng was noncommittal again.

A few days later.

"Great Elder! I'm so happy. Many of those Shen family monks are going to defect to us. Do you want to accept them or not?"

"Dispose according to the sect's rules!" Hou Dongsheng replied.

"Then I will join the sect according to the sect rules."

Hou Dongsheng nodded.

One month later...

"Great Elder, I'm so happy! An envoy from the Hu family in Tianji City came to persuade us to defect to the Hu family. The Hu family not only exempted us from three years of worship, but also gave us ten thousand spiritual stones." Liu Heng reported the good news.

"Oh..." Hou Dongsheng looked calm.

After half a stick of incense.

"Why are you here again?" Hou Dongsheng asked.

"Great Elder, we are very happy today! An envoy from the Li family of Tianji City came to persuade us to defect to the Li family. As long as we agree to defect to the Li family, not only will we be exempted from five years of worship, but we will also give 50,000 spiritual stones!" Liu Heng said excitedly.

Hou Dongsheng: "..."

Xuanyang Sect.

The Secret Meeting of the Patriarch Hall.

Participants: Patriarch Yue Lingshuang, Law Enforcement Hall Yue Ningxue, Headmaster Liu Heng, Headmaster’s Wife Xiong Wang, Great Elder Hou Dongsheng, Dantang Zhuque, Lingcaotang Li Yueer.

At this time, Li Yue'er had ended her retreat and had successfully broken through to the foundation-building stage. Xuanyang Zongming now had five foundation-building monks: Liu Heng, Hou Dongsheng, Yue Ningxue, Zhuque, and Li Yue'er.

Meeting topic: Who will Xuanyang Sect depend on?

I only heard the report from the head Liu Chenghui: "The Zhou family in Tianji City suffered heavy losses. Not only the ancestor of Jindan died, but also the family head and the family head's heir died. At this time, the Zhou family's widow faction headed by Zhao Suya and their second uncle headed by Zhou Rupeng

The struggle between factions for power and profit has reached a fever pitch..."

"In addition, the Hu family and the Li family have also learned about the current miserable situation of the Zhou family. Since the three families are all under the management of the Shenjian Sect, although the Li and Hu families did not take anything openly, they made small moves secretly.

Many, and they have been taking action more frequently in recent times. Many third-level forces attached to the Zhou family have received invitations from the Hu and Li families. Now these two families are also persuading us to betray the Zhou family and join them..."

"Now our Xuanyang Sect has five choices. One is to support the widow's faction to seize power; the other is to support the second uncle's faction to seize power; the third is to defect to the Li family; the fourth is to defect to the Hu family; the fifth is to continue to hold it and wait for a price to sell it.

I would like to ask the patriarchs and great elders to explain how to choose a sect."
To be continued...