Chapter 206: You Can't Afford It
At noon, the mighty pressure came, accompanied by the sound of laughter, but it was the Lord of Hanlin, the Lord of Colorful, and the Lord of Dao Yuan who came together, and they all bowed their hands, "Yi Daoyou's 100,000th birthday, it is really gratifying, and the three of us are here to congratulate!"
The Lord of Hanlin spoke, and his voice rolled, pushing today's atmosphere to an unprecedented **, led by the ancestor of the Yi family, more than a dozen peak monks of the clan stood up at the same time to greet him, "Thank you for the three great elders for coming, my Yi family is full of brilliance, please!"
The ancestor of the Yi family wore a festive and luxurious longevity robe, and first hugged his fists and bowed his hands, and personally introduced the Lord of Hanlin and other three people into the main hall to take the seat.
Today's Yijia birthday, but the momentum caused by it is far more than Xiao Chen's opening of the government that day, after all, although Xiao Chen is strong, there is still a long way to go if he wants to be completely recognized by the peak power of the human race.
Therefore, although the forces of the Ancestral City expressed goodwill and attention that day, they did not go with a truly reciprocal attitude, not because they were rude, but because the current Xiao Mansion was not really qualified to sit on an equal footing with them!
Xiao Chen understood this, so when he saw the scene in front of him, his mind was extremely calm, and he did not show any dissatisfaction or resentment.
Face needs to have enough strength to fight for it, not someone else's charity!
He believed that the Xiao Mansion would one day surpass the Yi family and become a more powerful ethnic force, but he would not say anything, because these things needed to be realized slowly, not just wanton words.
Xiao Chen walked towards Yi's house.
The chief housekeeper of the Yi family, because of his special status, was given the surname Yi, named Anfu, at this moment looking at the black-robed monk walking slowly in front of him, he couldn't help frowning slightly, with years of accumulated experience, the moment he saw this person's figure at the first glance, it made him feel extremely uncomfortable in his heart, this feeling clearly reminded him that people were not good.
Today is the 100,000th birthday of the ancestor, even if there are some grievances on weekdays, he will never provoke now, otherwise he does not know the rules and does not know how to advance and retreat, and it is very likely to form a big enmity and be rejected by other forces, so the average monk will never choose to come to make trouble today, does this black-robed monk have to break the rules?
Yi Anfu stepped forward, still with a decent smile on his face, "I don't know who the visitor is, can you take off the black robe, let me wait to remember the birthday ceremony, and we can return to visit in the future." β
The eyes of the surrounding monks swept together, the real giants have now all entered the main hall and started to feast, and now the monks who come to congratulate are not qualified to enter the main courtyard of Yifu, and can only feast in the side hall, there is no lack of ridicule in their eyes, where did the monks come from, they actually dared to pretend to be ghosts in front of the Yi family!
In the midst of this convergence of gazes, the black-robed monk's back was still straight, and he did not show any anxiety, and reached out to take off the black robe on his body.
With green robe and black hair, warm and restrained eyes, he said lightly, "I am not invited today, please let me know, this seat is here to congratulate Yi Daoyou on his birthday!" The voice was calm and spread in all directions.
Yi Anfu saw the appearance of the person who came, his face changed slightly, his smile became far-fetched, and he bowed his hand and said, "It turns out that Lord Xiao Chen is here in person, please come in quickly, presumably the ancestor will be very happy." β
As for the surrounding monks of He Shou, they all retracted their previous gaze, secretly praying that Lord Xiao Chen would not be as knowledgeable as them, and at the same time there was some expectation in his heart, no matter how Xiao Chen came today, it didn't look like he had good intentions, could it be that he came to stir up the situation?
Maybe it's going to be lively again today.
It was when the thoughts in the heart of the monk were churning, and the housekeeper of Yi Anfu had already arranged to wave his hand and send the little servant to report immediately, so that the ancestor could prepare, today Xiao Chen is afraid that the person who came is not good!
But even so, there was still no panic in his heart, if this person was fine, if he dared to make trouble in Yifu, he would definitely have to pay the price he deserved.
But his face is not inconspicuous, and he has colored the master of ceremonies.
The master of ceremonies of Yifu understood, glanced at Xiao Chen, opened his throat and shouted: "Lord Xiao Chen of Xiao Mansion is here in person, congratulations to the ancestor on his 100,000th birthday!" The voice was loud and turned into a rolling wave - the sound swept away, and spread far away with the blessing of mana.
The entire Yi Mansion, when this voice came, instantly fell into some kind of strange silence.
In the main hall, the ancestor of the Yi family raised his glass and wanted to drink, but his arm shook slightly, spilled a little wine, wet his fingers, soaked the robe, and the next moment he had returned to normal, calmly put down the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "Since Xiao Chen Daoyou came to congratulate, the old man might as well wait for him to drink this glass of wine." β
More than a dozen old monsters in the hall nodded at the same time, with a smile on their faces, their expressions were calm, and they didn't seem to notice anything unusual, but the thoughts in their hearts were already churning rapidly.
The faces of the Lord of Hanlin, the Lord of Colors, and the Lord of Dao Yuan were slightly ugly, but today the master did not speak, and they didn't want to say anything, but they had already decided that as long as Xiao Chen dared to provoke, they would definitely make him suffer something!
The entire hall seemed to be calm, but there was gradually a bit more depressing atmosphere in the air, and the peak monsters of the clan naturally didn't need to care, but the attendants of the Yi family were pale and sweaty, and they were deeply buried.
It was in such a strange atmosphere, under the leadership of the Yi family monks, a green-robed monk stepped forward, stepped into the hall with a calm face, thinking about the Yi family ancestor who was sitting on the top of the Yi family, and said: "Yi Daoyou's 100,000th birthday, Xiao Chen has to come to congratulate him, if there is anything abrupt, please don't be surprised." β
It is quite strange to call the ancestor of the Yi family by Xiao Chen's age, but the strength in the cultivation realm is supreme, and no one cares about this by taking cultivation as a friendship.
The ancestor of the Yi family nodded with a smile, "Xiao Chen's fellow Daoist can come to congratulate him on his birthday, the old man is grateful in his heart, how can he have other thoughts." β
"Come on, quickly move the desk and prepare a seat for Xiao Chen's fellow Daoists. The old monster's face was calm, and he did not show the slightest strange look. With his city state of mind, he naturally would not reveal the thoughts in his heart at will.
The Yijia monk moved very fast, the desk was ready, Xiao Chen sat down, filled the wine jug in his hand, and raised his glass to the ancestor of the Yi family, "Congratulations on the birthday of Daoyou, you should have a drink!"
The Yi family ancestor's eyes flashed slightly, and then he smiled: "Since it is Xiao Chen's Taoist friend toasting, the old man will naturally accompany him." β
The two of them drank to each other, with a faint smile on their faces, if they didn't know the inside story, they might misunderstand the two of them as best friends at this moment, but at this moment, the old monster in the hall naturally understood, I am afraid that these two people wish each other was unlucky.
It's just that what kind of play is being performed today, I originally thought that Xiao Chen came here today to deliberately make a scene, but now it seems that there is no movement at all, sitting there drinking and enjoying himself, but it is so refreshing.
Although there was no abnormality on everyone's faces, the atmosphere of the entire birthday banquet was still cold and cold.
The Lord of Hanlin had an indifferent face, while the Lord of Dao Yuan and the Lord of Colorful Colors were quite gloomy, his eyes swept over Xiao Chen's body from time to time, obviously not good in his heart.
His Royal Highness's old monster was in his eyes, and he was even more convinced of the intelligence rumors in his heart, it seemed that this Xiao Chen had really joined the side of the Lord of Ten Thousand Swords and the Lord of Heavenly Strategy, and was completely opposed to the Lord of Hanlin and others, no wonder he fought so hard.
The ancestor of the Yi family frowned secretly, could it be that this Xiao Chen came today to destroy the atmosphere, if this is the case, although he is secretly annoyed, he will be greatly relieved in his heart, he can do this kind of irrational and even quite naΓ―ve thing, this Xiao Chen is nothing more than that, even if the potential is strong, the future achievements are destined to be limited.
But as the master, he naturally couldn't sit idly by and ignore today's events, and raised his glass again at the moment, "All Taoist friends come to participate in the old man's birthday, it is a matter of Yi's family, and come to drink the wine in the cup, not drunk and homeless!"
His Royal Highness smiled and nodded at the same time when he heard this, these old immortals have not lived for many years, and they have cultivated into the skills of old foxes one by one, smiling lightly on the surface, but what thoughts are in their hearts, who can know except themselves.
Xiao Chen followed and got up, drank all his drink and sat down, his eyes swept around, but there were many old monsters who smiled and nodded at him, and naturally there were people who pretended to turn a blind eye, Xiao Chen didn't care, and still lowered his head to drink.
After a while, seeing that there was nothing to do today, the atmosphere in the hall began to warm up, and many old monsters toasted and talked happily, a harmonious scene, but it was this two people who looked like best friends, maybe secretly you and I have been fighting for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and one by one they want to strangle each other, but this disguise skill is extremely clever.
Xiao Chen put down his wine glass, suddenly sighed lightly, and said, "Today, I went to the Shangyuan auction hall to consign a treasure, and the auction will start tonight, I wonder if you fellow Daoists will have time to go?"
When the voice fell, the old monsters in the hall frowned, thought about it for a while but did not receive any notice, and their eyes couldn't help but show a little playfulness.
As the actual controllers of the pinnacle forces in the Ancestral City, these old monsters are all VIPs in the auction hall of Shangyuan, and if there is a more important auction on weekdays, they will be notified in advance, and they will even attach pictures and jade slips to introduce the main valuables in the auction, so that they can judge whether to participate or not. But now that he has not received any reminder, it shows that the auction that Xiao Chen said is just a small auction that does not enter the stream, and although the items auctioned are acceptable, they cannot enter their eyes.
This Xiao Chen's consignment item was sold at an auction of this specification, and it was obviously not a great treasure.
In just a few moments, the thoughts in the hearts of the old monsters turned, and they had already come to their own conclusions.
"Hehe, Xiao Chendao kindly invited me to wait for my heart, but I really can't get out of the night because of something, so I have to do it next time. β
"Yes, the old man also has some things, I'm afraid he can't go. β
"Please also forgive Xiao Chen. β
A group of old immortals snorted haha, the meaning of shirk was quite obvious, and there were also those old monsters who secretly frowned with a look of disdain at the corners of their mouths, and they were really new juniors, even if they were strong, how could they compare with them with their accumulation of heritage! Could it be that they had never seen real treasures? If they went to participate in an auction of this specification, wouldn't they be self-defeating.
"The treasure that Xiao Chen's Daoist friend shot is extraordinary, I don't know what kind of treasure it is, can you say it to open our eyes, and we can be sure whether this treasure is worth selling, otherwise it is just an invitation, and this seat and all Daoist friends can't judge?"
This old monster is the sect master of the Ghost King Sect, and his cultivation has barely reached the five realms of heaven and man, but because of his strange and vicious ghost and magic powers, he is quite difficult, and he has secret techniques to improve his cultivation, and the real battle is even more tricky.
The day before yesterday, Xiao Chen opened the mansion and set up a government, regardless of the face of the Lord of Dao Yuan, he smashed the body of the disciples of the Ghost King Sect, this matter has already spread throughout the ancestral city, the reputation of the Lord of Dao Yuan has been damaged, and this old monster is also gloomy. Seeing Xiao Chen today, he naturally won't let go of the opportunity to embarrass him!
When the surrounding old monsters heard this, a little different color flashed in their eyes at the same time, and then they raised their heads and looked at Xiao Chen with a look that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and saw how he spoke. If it's really a heavy treasure, it's naturally fine, otherwise I'm afraid it will be a big loss.
Only the Lord of Hanlin frowned slightly, and since Xiao Chen's performance analysis after entering the Ancestral City, although he was a little strong and domineering, he was by no means a brainless person, and now he may have unknown intentions when he speaks.
But it was precisely because he couldn't figure out a clue that he felt a little impatient in his heart, and perhaps he didn't realize that he couldn't continue to maintain that calm mentality when facing Xiao Chen, which was obviously not a good thing.
Xiao Chen glanced at the Ghost King Sect Master, now that he had seen the picture of the Ancestral City powerhouse prepared by the Defu Steward, he naturally knew about it, his eyes turned on him, and he immediately shook his head, and said: "Even if you want to go, this seat will advise you not to go to this troubled water, you can't afford this treasure." β