The furnishings in the ancestral hall were very simple. Zhou Chen looked around, checked around, and confirmed that nothing else was left. He turned around and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, a light shot out from the top of the ancestral hall, shining directly on the sacrificial table. Zhou Chen was startled by the sudden light. After confirming that the light had no special power, Zhou Chen landed his eyes on the sacrificial table. He saw a few lines of words slowly appear on the sacrificial table. Zhou Chen looked at it carefully, his expression became dull, and he murmured: "Mother..."

The text on the sacrificial table became clear, and it was written: "Chen'er, when you see these words, it means that you have successfully taken away what your mother left for you. However, at this time, my mother didn't know what she was in. Maybe she was dead or alive, but even if she died, she died with your father, and my mother had no regrets. If you want to find us, go to the ancestral land of the Zhou family in the ancient world. It is not only the birthplace for our Zhou family, but also a cage. If you know more in the future, you will understand it.

Bai. Regarding this drop of saint's essence and blood, my mother has never thoroughly understood its usage. She only knows that the ancestor once warned this drop of essence and blood to be the hope for the Zhou family to rise again in the future. Regarding whether this thing should be left to you and let you bear such heavy responsibilities, my mother fought with your father, and of course I won in the end. My mother believes you can, because you are my Zhou Luoxue's child. Let's say this first, my mother is waiting for you in the ancient world, if we are not dead." The last signature of the text is a squinting smile...

Zhou Chen's head was covered with black lines. When he looked at the words in front, Zhou Chen's eyes gradually became wet. Later, those few words made him speechless. His mother looked very strong and had a reckless style. He gave him the important task of the rise of the Zhou family and believed that he could. What is this? Zhou Chen felt that this mother was completely different from what he imagined. For a moment, she was not sad, but felt like she was cheated by her own mother.

The light gradually dissipated, and the words on the sacrificial table gradually faded, and finally disappeared completely. Zhou Chen shook his head, sighed softly, and turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall.

When Zhou Zhen saw Zhou Chen walking out of the ancestral hall, he excitedly greeted him and asked, "Have the thing?"

Zhou Chen nodded, frowned, and asked with a somewhat ugly face: "Grandpa, what kind of person is my mother on weekdays?"

"This... Anyway, when she was there, she had the final say... But she was very good to the Zhou family." Zhou Zhen said embarrassedly, although he was the head of the Zhou family, in fact, he had the final say before. On the one hand, Zhou Luoxue had the strongest strength, even Zhou Jinyuan could not beat her, and Zhou Jinyuan did not dare to attack him. On the other hand, Zhou Luoxue's style of acting was very strong, both for the Zhou family and outsiders. However, Zhou Luoxue was really very protective of the Zhou family. If the Zhou family made mistakes, he would punish him. However, the ending of those who attacked the Zhou family would be even worse. Therefore, when people from other families saw her, they were like seeing a mother Yasha, and they did not dare to provoke her at all. In short, when Zhou Luoxue was still in Qingyang City, no one in the Zhou family dared to provoke her.

Zhou Chen looked at the expression on Zhou Zhen's face and roughly understood that his mother was a little powerful. No wonder although the Zhou family has declined now, other families dare not cause trouble for the Zhou family too unscrupulously. It may be that the shadow left by his mother to them before was too deep. Although the Lu family coveted the treasure, they did not dare to use any tough measures at the beginning. It was just that Lu Feiyu and Lin Yuyi were instructed to approach him to investigate. However, the matter was exposed and then forced to that extent. Later, the matter should be that Lu Feiyu and Zhou Chen were deposed, which made the Lu family really angry.

Zhou Chen withdrew his thoughts, turned his head, and said to Zhou Zhen with a smile: "Grandpa, I have to go back. I will stay in Qingyang City these days, and I will go back to the Zhou family after the trouble is solved."

Zhou Zhen held Zhou Chen's shoulder and said softly: "Be careful and go back to the Zhou family if you have any problems. No matter how bad the Zhou family is now, grandpa will protect you."

Zhou Zhen knew that Zhou Chen had his own ideas and plans, so he didn't ask much. The child had grown up and was following a master, which might be safer than being around him.

Zhou Chen nodded and handed Zhou Zhen a talisman, a martial arts and a elixir in his hand to Zhou Zhen: "Grandpa, if there is anything wrong with the Zhou family, if you immerse your spiritual power into this talisman, I will sense it. There is also this Xuan-level top-grade martial arts that are very suitable for you, and you can also practice it for people in the clan. This elixir is for Uncle Jincheng."

This martial art was the "Fengtian Hand" obtained from Elder Lin that day. Zhou Chen has already practiced it to perfection, and it is useless to stay by his side. Forget it, "Extreme Boxing" is enough, but this martial art is really unsuccessful. After hearing about Zhou Jincheng's incident, Zhou Chen planned to give him a Xuanpao Xuanyuan Pill to heal his wounds. Zhou Chen has refined three of this elixir.

Zhou Zhen held the talismans, martial arts, and elixirs in his hands. He looked at Zhou Chen without saying anything. He was not a shy person, but his eyes were a little wet. He had only seen his grandson for less than a few hours and was about to separate again. He was inevitably a little sad.

Zhou Chen's eyes were slightly red, and he barely showed a smile, put on the black hat, turned around and flashed, disappearing into the darkness...

As the sky was getting darker, Zhou Zhen did not go to rest, but walked directly to the Zhou family's convention hall. After a while, several main figures of the Zhou family walked into the lobby one after another.

"Last third, is there a batch of black iron ore that needs to be sent to Tianyin City today?" Zhou Zhen asked.

"Honor, there is indeed a batch of goods to be delivered today." The third elder bowed and said.

Zhou Zhen nodded, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "Lao Lao, you go and Elder Qian, remember to bring more people."

"Yes." The third elder and the elder Qian responded, then turned around and walked out of the lobby and walked towards the martial arts hall. This place is usually a place where the Zhou family warriors and guards rest. If there is any task to be executed, they will come here to arrange personnel. On weekdays, this kind of escort work is the responsibility of the younger generation in the clan. Due to some recent incidents, Zhou Zhen dares not let the younger generation escort alone.

Since the accident in Zhou Jincheng, the third elder has been silent and has a sense of anger in his heart and has nowhere to vent. Zhou Zhen naturally knew that if other people were sent to this trip to Tianyin City, the third elder might feel even more unhappy. So he just asked him to lead a team to travel. With the ability and experience of the third elder, even if he met the people from the Lu family, he might not suffer any loss. To be on the safe side, he asked Elder Qian to accompany him.

After a while, the Third Elder and Elder Qian brought ten guards, three Zhou family children, and several empty beast cars out of the backyard of the Zhou family. Among these guards, five of them were in the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and the rest were in the eighth and ninth level of the Innate Realm. The three Zhou family children were in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Zhou Chen knew these people, all of them were his uncles, and the Third Elder and Elder Qian were both in the perfect state of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and this lineup was not weak.

After Zhou Chen left the Zhou family, he did not leave too far, but hid near the Zhou family. During this period, the Zhou family was suppressed by the Lu family and could not even get out of the door, so many things could not be handled, so Zhou Chen planned to help in secret.

When Zhou Chen saw the Zhou family's beast convoy set off, he followed quietly, looking at the direction of the beast carriage, which should be heading to the Zhou family's Xuantiema Mine, where there are heavy troops from the Zhou family and guarding formations. Generally speaking, the Lu family will not attack directly. Even if the Lu family attacks the Zhou family, it will not be in Qingyang City. After all, this is under the jurisdiction of the City Lord's Mansion, and it is not so blatant. If you want to take action, you should be on the mountain road after the beast carriage leaves Qingyang City.

Although Zhou Chen knew that this section of the road should be safe, he followed closely in order to prevent accidents, but he summoned Xiao Hei and sat on Xiao Hei's back to practice.

After a few days of sight, Xiao Hei became strong again. Now he is in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Zhou Chen is quite speechless. This chaotic energy seems to have a special effect on monsters. After a while, Xiao Hei's realm will surpass him.

Although Xiao Hei can grow rapidly in the Nine Heavens Hunyuan Pearl, it is still more willing to come out and be with Zhou Chen. He is very excited every time he comes out and must play with Zhou Chen for a while before he will be obedient.

By noon, the beast cart was filled with black iron ore, and the convoy also set out towards Tianyin City. This batch of supplies is very important to the Zhou family now, which is one of the few sources of income for the Zhou family.

The distance from Qingyang City to Tianyin City is not far, only about 300 miles, and it takes four days to travel back and forth at the speed of a beast car. Most of them are official roads, and only one section of Black Wind Ridge is a mountain. The official roads have soldiers patrolling the city lord's mansion of each city. Therefore, if the people of the Lu family want to take action, they can only be in this section of the mountain road. Zhou Chen also knows this, and the mountain roads are also suitable for black flame tigers to hide. As long as they protect the beast convoy and pass the Black Wind Ridge, it will be safe.

"Note that the convenience in front of me is Heifeng Ridge, which has greatly boosted me." Elder Qian said. Elder Qian is one of the worshipers of the Zhou family. He is familiar with this kind of guard work and knows clearly where there will be dangers.

"Yes." Everyone nodded and responded, their faces swept around with a serious expression, and the weapons in their hands were slightly tightened.

The convoy had been in Heifeng Ridge for two hours and did not find any danger. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In another two hours, they could leave Heifeng Ridge and enter the official road of Tianyin City, and it would be safe at that time.

"Don't let go of your guard!" The third elder shouted, everyone's faces tightened, and they immediately strengthened their spiritual exploration. The safety of just two hours just made everyone relax a little. The third elder also noticed it and gave a prompt reminder.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, a burst of wind broke out from the air, and several feathered arrows shot out rapidly from the woods and shot directly towards the convoy.

Everyone's pupils shrank, and they hurriedly waved their weapons to resist. The monsters pulling the cart also crawled down. Some of them were injured and fell to the ground. Fortunately, the third elder just reminded them in time, so that everyone would not panic without any defense. Only a few coachmen were injured.

"Look for a cover!" Elder Qian shouted loudly, and everyone hurriedly looked for nearby cover to protect themselves. These arrow feathers were extremely fast and powerful. Generally, monks below the Foundation Establishment Realm were easily injured by these arrow feathers. The attack position was very hidden, and the shooting angle was very strange, which was difficult to guard against.

"Who is the thief who dares to attack and kill the Zhou family's convoy?" The third elder shouted in anger.

"Zhou family? Haha, what we are waiting for here is your Zhou family's convoy." The arrow rain stopped, and a low voice from the woods came from the woods.

The third elder looked at the direction where the sound came, frowned, and his eyes were a little solemn.

Figures flashed in the woods, and dozens of warriors holding swords landed around the convoy. A middle-aged man in white appeared in front of the convoy. The man was wearing a white robe, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and had a beard, with a rough appearance.

"Lu Hai, it's you. I hurt my son last time. Today I have to settle the debt with you." When the third elder saw Lu Hai, his face suddenly became cold. Thinking of Zhou Jincheng who was still lying on the bed and unable to move, the third elder burst into anger like a substance.

"Zhou Qing, I didn't expect that your Zhou family would dare to send someone to deliver goods. It seems that the lesson I gave last time was not enough." Lu Hai looked at the third elder coldly with a sarcastic look on his face.

"You Lu family don't bully people too much." Zhou Yun shouted angrily.

Lu Hai waved his hand and said lightly: "Zhou Yun, you are not young anymore, and you still say such childish words? I won't talk nonsense to you. All the black iron ore is left behind. I will let you go back. From now on, I will pay three million spirit stones to our Lu family as protection fee every month."

Now the Zhou family’s monthly income of spiritual stones is less than one million. Not to mention that it is impossible to pay three million spiritual stones, even if you can pay it, it is impossible to pay it to the Lu family.

"By you? Although you are in the Great Perfect Foundation Building Realm, we have two perfect foundation building realm here, and it is not impossible to fight." After all, the third elder lived so old that he would not be stunned by anger. At this time, his emotions calmed down a little.

"Oh? Is that true?" Lu Hai sneered and looked at the third elder jokingly.

The third elder frowned and looked at Lu Hai in front of him. He didn't know what his reaction was. At present, there were two perfect foundation building realms in the Zhou family, and the Lu family only had one Lu Hai with great perfect foundation building realms. Two-on-one may not be able to suppress Lu Hai. However, looking at Lu Hai's confident appearance, it seemed that he was not worried.

Suddenly, a gust of wind broke out from behind the third elder, and the powerful spiritual power fluctuated and opened, and a palm quickly attacked the third elder's back.

puff!

The third elder was blown ten feet away by the palm attacked behind him, and fell directly to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, looking back in disbelief.

"Three Elder, I'm sorry, I've already switched to the Lu family." Elder Qian smiled slightly and said lightly, without any guilt or apology in his expression.

"Qian Yu, you are a dog who is snatching from inside and outside, cough..." The third elder burst into anger and vomited another mouthful of blood.

Qian Yu has been a sacrificial entourage in the Zhou family for more than ten years, and the Zhou family has also trained him from the early stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm to the completeness of the Foundation Establishment Realm. The third elder never expected that Qian Yu would betray the Zhou family at this time and attack him.

"Zhou Qing, do you think the Zhou family is still the Zhou family in the past? I am just a worshipper. Don't you understand the principle of choosing trees for good birds?" Qian Yu said lightly, with a cold look on his face.

The three children of the Zhou family quickly approached the third elder, surrounded him in the center, looked around with a vigilant look, and said with a serious expression: "Three Elder, how are you?"

"I'm fine, I'll hold them back. Zhou Yun, you take them to escape." The third elder barely stood up, covered his chest, staring at the surroundings with a serious look. At this time, his internal organs were seriously damaged and he was breathing heavily.

"We won't leave, fight with them." Zhou Yun said with a solemn expression.

"I want to leave? You can't leave today." Lu Hai said with a grim face.

Buzz!

Suddenly, a harsh sound of swords came from the woods, the trees in the forest continued to sway, and the leaves were cut and fell down by the vast knife intention, and the scene was spectacular.

Ah...ah...

Immediately afterwards, five shrill screams came from the height of the woods.

In the woods, a black figure kept flashing, at an extremely fast speed. As the screams sounded, five figures fell down from a high place.

"Who?" Lu Hai's face darkened and he shouted angrily. The direction of these five screams was exactly where the hidden archers were.

As the figure flashed and disappeared, the woods gradually returned to peace. A mysterious man wearing a black robe, a black hat, and a strange black blade slowly walked out of the forest.

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Chapter completed!