The world of cultivating immortals has always been a place where the strong prey on the weak!
The Zhao family is now not only facing internal strife but also external enemies. Without the Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge, their strength is at its weakest.
In addition to the Wei family, the Lan family, Xiaofeng Valley and other immortal cultivation forces around Longli Lake are probably also secretly eyeing the Zhao family's fat piece of meat.
Once a fatal flaw is revealed, the Zhao family will inevitably face the danger of being divided and devoured by surrounding forces.
Thinking of this, Zhao Sheng immediately asked: "Where are they now?"
"In Tongxin Hall on Yanyue Island." Zhao Tai said without hesitation.
Zhao Sheng was stunned when he heard this, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat, thinking that something was wrong.
Yanyue Island is the most secret place of the Zhao family, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.
Because that is the location of the Longli Lake defense formation, and it is also the last place for the Zhao family to escape when they are facing the danger of extinction.
Now, people from the second branch actually brought the Wei family into Yanyue Island, which is clearly inviting a wolf into the house.
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Yanyue Island is located on the east side of Longli Lake. It is surrounded by the lake on three sides and has a three-mile-long "plank road" extending from one side to connect with the land. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
When Zhao Sheng hurried to the plank road, he found that two strange cultivators wearing black talisman crowns were already guarding the entrance.
"stop!"
Sure enough, just as he was about to enter Yanyue Island, he was immediately blocked by two people.
Zhao Sheng took a look at the other party and knew that they were all from the Wei family.
The black talisman crown is the most famous symbol of the Wei family in Lishan.
He immediately shouted: "Get out of the way, I want to go in!"
One of them laughed first, and instead of replying to Zhao Sheng's question, he asked, "Are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know?"
"Know what?" Zhao Sheng asked.
Another Wei family cultivator on the opposite side shouted, "You're late. Go back to where you came from."
Zhao Sheng's mind raced after hearing this, and he shouted, "I'm a member of the Zhao clan, and Clan Elder Zhao Jingang is my third grandfather. It's only natural for me to enter Yanyue Island! And I'm going there just to lend a hand. Didn't my second grandfather invite your Wei family to help? Are you now thinking of siding with the eldest branch?"
Zhao Sheng did not lie. Zhao Jingang was indeed his "second grandfather", but their blood relationship was too distant, more than seven or eight generations apart.
"Hey, so you're from the second house. Why didn't you tell me earlier? Go in quickly, maybe you can be of help."
When they heard that Zhao Sheng was a member of the "second branch of the family", the two people from the Wei family quickly made way.
Zhao Sheng bowed to the two men and thanked them, saying, "You two have worked hard. Please do not let anyone from the imperial family in. When this is done, I will definitely commend you to my Third Grandfather."
"No, no! You're too kind, little brother. We are just following orders." The two people from the Wei family spoke very modestly, but their eager eyes betrayed them.
Zhao Sheng smiled, nodded to the two of them, then quickly walked between them and entered Yanyue Island.
The three-mile plank road passed by in a flash, and the palace-like Tongxin Hall on Yanyue Island could be seen in the distance.
Seeing that the island protection formation was not activated, Zhao Sheng's heart sank and he immediately quickened his pace.
There was no one guarding the gate of Tongxin Hall, so Zhao Sheng easily entered the hall.
As soon as he entered Tongxin Hall, the sound of two people arguing with each other immediately reached Zhao Sheng's ears.
When Zhao Sheng took a look, he saw that the two branches of the Zhao family's immortal cultivators in Tongxin Hall were occupying each side of the hall and confronting each other.
On the left were the people from the main house. There were a few of them, and with Zhao Sheng included, there were only eleven of them. The other six were either in charge of the market or had gone out and had not returned yet.
On the other hand, in the second branch, not only were all fourteen immortal cultivators present, but there were also several unfamiliar immortal cultivators among them.
Needless to say, these strangers are all from the Wei family.
At this time, in the center of Tongxin Hall, the two elders of the Zhao clan were quarreling and attacking each other like two shrews, completely losing their usual solemnity and majesty.
The thinner and stern-faced of the two was the elder of the first house, Zhao Jinding. He had reached the great perfection of Qi Refining and was extremely powerful. In his early years, he once fought against two people alone and killed two casual cultivators of the same level who were in the late stage of Qi Refining.
On the surface, Zhao Jingang appears to be a kind old man with a ruddy complexion, fair skin and a plump figure, but in fact he is a cruel, ruthless and cunning man who has long since broken up the second house.
Zhao Sheng's eyes suddenly narrowed, he immediately lowered his head and walked quickly to the side of the main room.
At this time, a thin old man wearing a blood-red crown behind Zhao Jingang glanced at Zhao Sheng, then retracted his gaze and continued to watch the quarrel between the two Zhao elders with relish.
At the same time, Zhao Sheng felt extremely heavy in his heart, thinking to himself: "Why did Wei Cheng, the ancestor of the Wei family, come here in person! This is bad."
When we walked into the main house, we could see that a small number of the main house members had indignant expressions on their faces, but most of them had heavy expressions and pale faces.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the second branch had clearly made preparations in advance, and even invited the Wei family's foundation-building ancestor.
It is obvious that they will never give up until they achieve their goal today.
The current situation is extremely unfavorable for the eldest wife!
Zhao Sheng blended into the crowd in the big room like an invisible person and stood with Zhao Chongwei at the back.
"Chonghe, how did you get in?" Zhao Chongwei, with a worried look on her face, asked anxiously after seeing Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng waved his hand and whispered, "Let's not talk about this for now. What's the situation now? Has the second house made any new requests?"
Zhao Chongwei was furious when she heard this: "Not only does the Second House want the Foundation Establishment Pill, they also want us to hand over the storehouse, the Sutra Library, and the eight training rooms."
Good job!
The second wife has a big appetite and is not afraid of getting an upset stomach.
Of the four key elements in cultivating immortality, namely "Dharma, wealth, companions and land", the second branch wanted to occupy three of them right from the start, which clearly shows an attempt to seize power.
The eldest wife would never agree to such an excessive request.
"But now that the second house has the upper hand, what can the first house do?" Zhao Sheng thought to himself.
Zhao Sheng didn't care much about which of the two branches of the Zhao family held power, since they were all his bloodline anyway.
However, he was extremely wary of the Wei family!
Zhao Sheng was not afraid of the Wei family's attack on Longli Lake. As long as he had the Hundred Years Order in his hand, the Wei family would never dare to take action openly.
But if the other party plans to come secretly, and there is a traitor from the second house, the Zhao family will be in real danger.
Zhao Sheng silently served as a background board while quickly thinking about the future of the Zhao family.
At this time, the quarrel between the two elders gradually escalated and became intense.
The two are indeed strong men with the characters Ding and Gang in their names.
One is really awesome, the other is really tough!
The war of words has escalated to the point where anyone dares to expose any negative information.
There are all kinds of messy things like cheating, embezzlement, promiscuity, selling inferior goods as good ones, corruption, frame-up, etc.
Zhao Sheng's face turned black and he was filled with rage!
My descendants are not doing well!
No wonder the Zhao family has been having a harder time these years. In recent years, they have even been unable to pay the spiritual salaries of their clansmen.
But while he was angry, Zhao Sheng also felt a little strange.
Today's situation is really strange.
In my previous life's impression, the two clan elders, Zhao Jinding and Zhao Jingang, always paid attention to their image and should not have been so inappropriate in cursing at each other in front of the younger generations.
It was very strange, as if both of them were deliberately delaying time.
Seeing that no result would be achieved by continuing to argue, Wei Chengwo, the Wei family's foundation-building ancestor, coughed and suddenly stood up.