North of Liyue Port, at the foot of Tianheng Mountain.

In the past few days, for some unknown reason, the Shijia residence has been somewhat deserted, with few people walking around the residence.

When Shi Bai passed away, this situation briefly occurred in the camp. But that was because the old family leader left the world, and all the alchemists returned to the ancestral temple to perform sacrifices as usual, and there were only a few people in the clan.

During this period of time, the Alchemist Family has not encountered any large-scale tasks assigned by Liyue officials, nor has it encountered any changes. It is really abnormal for this situation to occur in the camp.

As the current head of the family, Shi Qi is obviously aware of this situation, but it seems that his qualifications cannot solve the matter.

In other words, because he is too close to Liyue officials, he has been rejected by the old people who have recovered their strength.

When the Alchemist family first joined the Liyue officialdom, all the elders in the Shi family had no objections, because they also knew that if there was no strong support behind them, the Alchemist family would really collapse.

But as time went by, with Liyue's support, the aristocratic families gradually came back to their senses, and the alchemist clan actually showed a tendency to recover again - these old people experienced their former glory after a long absence, so their hearts changed back.

Lost the arrogance of the past.

"The Alchemist clan does not only rely on the Seven Stars to survive. For thousands of years, the glory of our clan has been in slaying demons. Now that we have surrendered to the officialdom, what have we done?"

"To protect the festival activities, to cast spells for chess games...the magic of killing demons is actually used in these heretical places. It is really unfortunate for our alchemists!"

"At this point, we must change this status quo. The glory of the alchemist clan must not be shamed in our hands..."

This is what the old people said. They didn't even avoid Shi Qi, and they even seemed to say it to Shi Qi on purpose.

Shi Qi also tried to refute this.

"The alchemist clan must change itself. The times are different from the past. It is not a good idea to fight demons and demons alone! Before joining the officialdom, we almost mortgaged our ancestral land. Haven't you elders seen through it yet?"

It's just a pity that these words have a different flavor when they fall into the hands of the elderly.

"Shut up! How dare Zhu Zian lie?"

"Shi Qi, don't think that because Shi Bai passed down the position of head of the family to you, you can ignore us old guys! I tell you, the glory of the Alchemist clan cannot be tarnished, and cannot be manipulated by others in any case!

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Shi Qi still remembers how furious the clan elders were that day. They were like cats whose tails were stepped on, grinning at the whole world.

Of course he understands that these people may not be against the Liyue officialdom at all, but what they really want to suppress is himself as the new head of the family.

After all, he does not have the strength and consciousness of Mr. Shi Bai, nor does he have the ability to make the alchemist family independent and self-reliant. He can only follow the previous policy and continue to follow the Liyue official.

But is this wrong?

On the surface, the Alchemist family does have signs of ZTE. But Shi Qi knows very well that this so-called "ZTE" actually relies entirely on the Seven Stars of Liyue behind it.

If the Seven Stars withdraw their support from the Fangshi family, then the huge family will return to the same embarrassing situation overnight - it may even be even more miserable than before, because they have moved their entire family to the sky.

This remote place at the foot of Mount Hengshan.

Can't those old people see it? Shi Qi doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know now.

If they were just talking about it, Shi Qi had no intention of competing with them. But now...he heard the news from Yu Hengxing, and someone in the clan actually dared to conceal the news, saying that he, as the head of the family, should know.

Things were blocked outside.

He personally went to ask the officials because of the aura of the alchemist coming from the Layer Rock Abyss. However, he did not know that the Layer Rock Abyss had long been sealed off, and almost no one was allowed to enter there.

Just imagine, if Shi Qi did not go through the procedures and asked the officials, but went directly to the Strata Rock Abyss, what would they say?

The head of the Alchemist family knowingly broke the law and secretly entered the mine even though he knew it was closed. What was his motive?

Those old guys have been keeping calm, aren't they just waiting for him to make mistakes...

After returning to the clan, Shi Qi went directly back to the family's main hall. As expected, the oldest members of the family were sitting here.

Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be talking about something, without any concern for Shi Qi.

According to the rules passed down by the alchemists, the main hall of the family must be opened under the auspices of the family head, and this place is generally used to discuss various matters that will have a major impact on the future of the entire family.

"I said, we can't hesitate any longer!"

Seeing Shi Qi coming back, an old man suddenly raised his voice and spoke loudly: "The family has now fallen into a difficult situation. If we don't make a decision at this time, we will have no chance!"

"What Mr. Ge said is true. If we continue to look forward and backward, there will be no inheritance of the alchemist clan in the future."

"Yes, we must make a decision immediately!"

Hearing this, Shi Qi paused, but he returned to normal in the next second.

Then he walked to the chair in the middle of the meeting hall and sat down - this was the position that belonged to the head of the family. Although these old guys transcended the status of the head of the house and opened the meeting privately, they were not so arrogant as to directly take the position of the head of the house.

It's been banned.

After sitting down, Shi Qi showed a smile, looked at the old people around him, and said in a gentle tone: "Qi has already remembered what you old gentlemen said in his mind."

"Humph, if you don't take action, so what if you just keep it in your heart?"

Hearing his words, Mr. Ge who spoke earlier couldn't help but sarcastically said.

"Haha..." Hearing this, Shi Qi smiled, then looked at him, and then said: "Mr. Ge is right, if there is no action, then there is no point in recording anything in your mind or heart.

of."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, all the old people present looked at each other, as if they had not expected Shi Qi to say such words.

"If you know it, why do you want to stop it?"

After being silent for a while, Mr. Ge frowned and asked.

"Stop?" After hearing this, Shi Qi showed a surprised look, "Stop what? Do these old gentlemen have any plans?"

"this..."

Hearing this, several old men seemed not to have expected such a situation at all. At this moment, they looked at each other as if they didn't know what to say.

After a moment of silence, Mr. Ge frowned and said, "Master Qi, you...you really don't know?"

"What's going on?"

Shi Qi's expression also became a little strange, as if he really didn't know about this.

"..."

Seeing his reaction, Mr. Ge seemed to have remembered something, and his whole old face turned a little red.

"Mr. Ge? What's wrong with you?" Shi Qi also frowned.

After hearing this, not only Mr. Ge but also the other elders present began to hesitate, without the righteousness they had before.
Chapter completed!