A few days later, Xu You arrived at Lei's house in the northwest.
The area where the Lei family is located is a medium-sized town called Fenglei Town. It has a population of about hundreds of thousands and is quite prosperous.
Fenglei Town is backed by a spiritual cultivator family, and its ownership naturally belongs to the Lei family. The town managers are all children of the Lei family who have no spiritual talent. They take care of secular business, and even if they cannot embark on the path of immortality, they can still achieve great success and wealth.
lifetime.
After Xu You entered Fenglei Town, he did not go directly to Lei's house. Instead, he first found a lively teahouse to sit down and secretly listened to the chats of the townspeople.
He knew nothing about the Lei family, nor the temperament of the head of the Lei family and other people. Before entering the Lei family, he naturally had to find out in advance so that he could deal with it.
Half an hour later, Xu You left the teahouse.
He gained some information, but a lot of it was gossip about the Lei family, and not much of it was valuable. It seems that if he really wants to know about the Lei family, he needs more channels.
This didn't bother Xu You. He walked around the streets and found several prosperous restaurants, pawnshops and brothels. After paying a lot of money, several shopkeepers and clerks quickly revealed a lot of information about the Lei family.
Even if there is not much information, they will guide Xu You to find someone who really knows, so in less than half a day, Xu You knows everything about the Lei family.
Of course, this is only the superficial situation, and very few people know the inside story, but knowing this is enough for Xu You.
"The reputation of the Lei family in Fenglei Town is not bad, but it cannot be said to be very good. The overall impression is above average. It seems that the head of the family, Lei Zhenshan, is not a cruel and brutal person. He is also reasonable and open-minded in his governance, and he is a competent head of the family."
"There are five spiritual realm practitioners in the Lei family. The head of the family, Lei Zhenshan, has the highest cultivation level and is in the late spiritual realm. There is also a great elder who is in the middle spiritual realm and two elders who are in the early spiritual realm."
"In addition, there is a new person in the early stage of spiritual consciousness, Lei Dong, the eldest son of Lei Zhenshan. It is said that this person is extremely talented and has achieved success at a young age. Therefore, he is very arrogant and narrow-minded. You should be careful about him when you go to the Lei family."
"Other than that, the Lei family is all children in the spirit stage. There are about forty or fifty people. There are also more than twenty children with other surnames. However, the children with other surnames have a lower status than the children of the Lei family. If they do not make significant contributions or
With outstanding potential, it is difficult to enter the core of the Lei family."
Xu You drove the carriage towards the main hall of the Lei family while analyzing the information he received, and soon he had a clear idea of his future situation.
The main hall of the Lei Family is not in the center of Fenglei Town, but on the outskirts of Fenglei Town. Mysterious practitioners always have to keep some distance from ordinary people to show their differences.
From a distance, Xu You saw dozens of courtyards built one after another. Although they were not tall, they were ingenious and quite grand. They also conformed to the principles of Feng Shui. They looked pleasing to the eye. It was obvious that some thought had been put into their construction.
Xu You drove to the gate, stopped the carriage, and bowed his hands to the two servants guarding the gate: "Is this the Lei family here?"
The two servants saw him coming from a distance. Although the young man was unremarkable, he had an outstanding temperament and was calm and collected. He seemed quite similar to the spiritual adults in the family. They did not dare to neglect and quickly returned the greeting: "It's Lei Lei."
Home, may I ask who you are?"
Xu You said: "I am a casual cultivator, Xu You, who met Mr. Lei Chen by chance. Mr. Lei Chen was unfortunately framed by bad guys and died. I was entrusted by him to send his coffin back to his family for burial."
The two servants were shocked.
An older servant looked solemn: "Young Master Lei Chen is indeed a member of my Lei family, the third son of the head of the family, and he has indeed been away for training and has not returned yet. However, there are many people with the same name and surname in the world, so you can confirm it.
Is he Mr. Lei Chen from our Lei family?"
Xu Youdao: "Confirmation, I have the spiritual consciousness jade slip left by Mr. Lei Chen before his death. If you two are worried, you can identify the body."
He walked behind the carriage, took out the coffin and placed it on the ground, pushed open the coffin lid and signaled to the two of them.
The two servants stepped forward and took a look, their faces turned pale. Although the body in the coffin was frozen, they could clearly see that it was Lei Chen.
"Your Excellency, please wait a moment. This matter is important. I will report it to the master immediately." The older servant said hurriedly. Without waiting for Xu You's consent, he hurried into the courtyard.
After a while, footsteps sounded, and a group of people hurriedly walked out, with shocked expressions on their faces. The leader was a middle-aged man with a heavy expression, and his eyebrows looked very similar to Lei Chen's.
"Master, this is Xu Youxun." The older servant followed the middle-aged man and pointed at Xu You.
When the middle-aged man saw the coffin on the ground, his muscles trembled on his face, and a look of disbelief flashed across his face, but he still held his hands to Xu You and said: "I'm from Lei Zhenshan, I am the head of the Lei family, little Taoist Xu, please listen.
Is it true that the dog was framed and died unfortunately?"
When he said the last few words, his voice couldn't help but tremble.
"Junior has met Mr. Lei Chen." Xu You saluted and handed over the jade slip, "This is the spiritual certificate left by Young Master Lei Chen. Please express my condolences to Mr. Lei Chen."
The corpse alone cannot explain the problem. Even mortals may fake it, but the spiritual sense is genuine and can be known as soon as they are identified.
Lei Zhenshan took the jade slip and looked into it with his spiritual consciousness. His face suddenly filled with sadness and his lips trembled.
"Master, is Chen'er okay? Is this person talking nonsense?" A middle-aged woman said in a trembling voice with a pale face. She seemed to be Lei Chen's mother.
Lei Zhenshan handed her the jade slip without saying a word.
The middle-aged woman took the jade slip and penetrated with her spiritual consciousness. When she heard her son's last voice, her face became paler and she suddenly groaned and fainted.
Everyone was immediately in a panic, and several servants hurriedly stepped forward to help the middle-aged woman up and carry her into the courtyard.
Many people came to the coffin and looked at the frozen corpse of Lei Chen, with sad faces and tears. It seemed that Lei Chen was well-connected with the Lei family.
However, there were some people whose expressions did not change significantly, and seemed to have no feeling at all about Lei Chen's death.
Lei Zhenshan glanced at his frozen son in the coffin, suppressed his grief, and ordered several servants to carry the coffin into the courtyard, and then said to Xu You: "Xu Xiaodao, this is not the place to talk. I already know what Chen'er means. We
Let’s talk after we go in.”
Xu nodded.
Everyone walked into the courtyard, came to a hall, and sat down separately.
Lei Zhenshan calmed down for a while and said in a deep voice: "Fellow Taoist Xu, the people here are all the elders of my Lei family and the core disciples above the middle stage of spiritual body. Regarding Chen'er's death, the jade slip only said that he was harmed by others.
, I would also like to trouble my little fellow Taoist to tell us the details of what happened."
Xu nodded, stood up, and told the story of Lei Chen's murder.
Before he came, he knew that the Lei family would definitely ask him about Lei Chen's murder, so he had already prepared his words.
Lu Ping's true identity cannot be revealed. If the Lu family is brought out, his existence will definitely be exposed.
We can't even talk about the matter of Gudong Mansion. The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying the jade. Who knows whether the Lei family will suddenly take action.
Therefore, Xu You only deduced that he and Lei Chen and others met a vicious unknown rogue cultivator, and was captured by him and used as a living target to test the power of the ban. Unfortunately, Lei Chen and others were killed, but he survived by chance.
He thought about it for a long time, and found that except for Lu Ping and the ancient cave mansion, the other details were basically true. There was no flaw in what he was telling you at this time.
Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they saw that Xu You was neither humble nor arrogant, his words were short and powerful, his speech was clear and logical, and he had a certain demeanor at such a young age.
After listening, everyone sighed. Although this matter was a bit bizarre, people in the world are sinister and full of surprises, so no one had any doubts. They could only lament that Lei Chen's fate was not good and he met a bad person.
Lei Zhenshan said sadly: "I still want to avenge Chen'er... It turns out that the enemy has been killed by fellow Taoist Xu, and Chen'er's coffin was returned thousands of miles away. The whole Lei family is very grateful. Chen'er left his last words
, I hope that I will accept my little fellow Taoist Xu as a descendant of the Lei family, of course there will be no problem, do you have any opinions?"
When the head of the family spoke, everyone naturally had no objections and nodded in agreement. Some of them were polite and praised Xu Youyi and Bo Yuntian for his warm heart.
Suddenly, a faint voice sounded: "Fellow Daoist Xu, you brought my brother's body back and killed his enemies with your own hands. We in the Lei family are very grateful. But I would like to ask, apart from this jade slip, what is my brother's body?"
Are there no other relics?"
Although these words were expressed as thanks, there was no tone of thanks, instead there was a hint of questioning, and everyone immediately calmed down.
Xu You raised his eyes and saw that the person speaking was a young man of about thirty years old. He looked quite similar to Lei Chen, but his two sword eyebrows were raised, making him look quite fierce and imposing.
His eyes contain essence, as if they are real, and his mind follows his thoughts. He is clearly a spiritual monk.
Xu You immediately guessed who this person was. Lei Dong, the eldest son of Lei Zhenshan, a new master of spiritual realm, his status was second only to the head of the family and the three elders. No wonder everyone was silent.
However, Xu You's face was very calm: "Master Lei, before your brother died, apart from money and sundries, he only had three jade slips on his body, one was a map, one was a voucher that had been given to your father, and another
It is a basic spiritual technique, nothing else."
He did not mention the silver jade slip from the ancient secret realm. This was the same reason why he could not mention the ancient cave. Moreover, after experiencing the Taichu disciple incident, Xu You also hid the storage bracelet deep in his sleeve and did not dare to expose it easily, so as not to worry about it again.
Bringing about unforeseen disasters.
Lei Dong said calmly: "Since the map and basic spiritual skills are left, why doesn't fellow Taoist Xu hand them over together? Is it because he wants to keep them for himself?"
Xu You said calmly: "Master Lei, it's not that I want to take it as my own, but that Master Lei Chen gave me all the things he owned as gifts before his death. This is already stated in the jade slip certificate handed over to your Majesty.
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Lei Dong's expression changed slightly and he looked at Lei Zhenshan.
Lei Zhenshan nodded: "It is true."
Xu Youdao: "If Mr. Lei wants to return your brother's relics, I can return the map and basic spiritual skills."
Lei Dong snorted: "My Lei family is not that stingy. Besides, you are now considered a descendant of my Lei family. This is a favor given to you. But I really want to know. You just said that you killed the nameless person by chance."
Rogue cultivator, what kind of coincidence is this?"