Yan Li, who arrived late and was tired of work, in order to catch up with the birthday banquet as quickly as possible, he ran from the gate of the college to the gate of Tianxin Tower regardless of his image. People in the square looked at each other in shock when they saw the man in purple, thinking that
Something big happened.
Seeing nearly a thousand people paying attention to him at the same time, Yan Li felt extremely uneasy and even extremely panicked. His back was numb and his face was even hotter. Although as the head of the family, he had seen many respectable people.
Characters, but who among the people in Tianxin Tower is not more noble than myself.
The lord of a city, the lord of a sect, or even the prince of a country, who is not so powerful that he can destroy the entire Yan family in a matter of seconds. Under such circumstances, he was still late, and he was still looked at like this.
"Who is this person? He seems to be talking about foster father..."
"I don't have much impression, but if I can come in, I should have an invitation, so I won't be a lunatic."
"I seem to remember that on Elder Xiao's 60th birthday ten years ago, someone called him foster father. Could it be him?"
Ten years is too long. Even those who heard Yan Li call Xiao Chengfan his adoptive father may not remember it clearly now. After all, Yan Li's cultivation back then was really not enough for people to remember him.
, not only his cultivation level, but also his identity was significantly different from others. If it hadn't been for the blue marrow jade that shocked the whole audience, no one would have paid attention to him.
At this moment, Bai Tianfan recognized Yan Li: "Yan Li's nephew, it's you!"
Yan Li smiled, but never made a sound. He knew very well that on this occasion, he was not qualified to shout, let alone talk to Bai Tianfan from a distance of a hundred feet, otherwise, it would appear that he was uneducated.
"Dad!" Yan Ting didn't care so much. He stood in the stairwell and waved to Yan Li.
"A Ting." Yan Li also saw Yan Ting and said happily.
"Is this man Yan Ting's father?" Those who knew Yan Ting saw his excited expression and shouted out the word, and immediately understood.
Yan Li walked through the Tianxin Tower and kept saying hello to the people sitting on both sides of the banquet. The other people responded with symbolic fists. Although he didn't quite recognize this person, he was the father of the disciples in the inner courtyard. I guess he had an unknown identity.
It would be too bad.
Walking in front of Xiao Chengfan, Yan Li covered the back of his right hand with the palm of his left hand, bent his waist to ninety degrees, and bowed respectfully: "Father, Yan Li has come to pay his respects on his birthday."
Xiao Chengfan was speechless. He walked down the steps step by step, came to Yan Li, and helped him up. The old man's eyes trembled slightly, and his big hand touched Yan Li's face, wiping away the pain caused by running in a hurry.
And shed sweat.
"Just come, just come..." This father and son don't look like an old man and a middle-aged man, but like a middle-aged man and a young man.
"Father, I'm late." Yan Li was like a child who made a mistake and admitted it to his father.
"It's okay, hasn't this started yet?" Xiao Chengfan said with a smile, tears glistening in his eyes.
"Nephew Yanli, do you still remember me?" Bai Tianfan said.
Yan Li looked back and said with a smile: "Of course, senior Tianfan, I haven't seen you for ten years. I hope you are fine."
"It's all right. You caught up today, but you're just as late as ten years ago. How many drinks should you be punished?" Bai Tianfan was worthy of being an old fox. He livened up this awkward and tense atmosphere with just a few words.
Everyone shouted, "Three cups, five cups..." There were even more outrageous ones, and they went directly to the jar and placed it in front of Yan Li.
"After drinking this jar, I won't care about your fault for being late. Elder Xiao, you can't refuse. You should have done so much just to wait for this adopted son. If you don't let him improve his memory, what will happen in the future?
"
"well……"
"Senior said that I should be punished, and I should be punished with a jar!" Yan Li smiled and stretched out his hand to support Xiao Chengfan, blocking him in front of him, then picked up the jar of wine, put it to his mouth and started to drink it.
Soon, Yan Li drank a jar of wine, his face was not red, he was out of breath, his expression was calm and composed, and he turned the mouth of the jar downward after drinking.
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)
, only a few drops of wine fell, proving that Yan Li was not cheating.
"Okay, this is a real man, everyone, is this okay?" Bai Tianfan said loudly.
"Okay, okay..."
There was a loud and earth-shattering sound in Tianxin Tower.
Xiao Chengfan patted Yan Li's shoulder, nodded with a smile, and said: "Go and take a seat, just sit there."
He pointed to a seat in the elders' table, where six elders plus Bai Gu were sitting, and there was exactly one seat left, which was reserved for him by Xiao Chengfan.
Yan Li hesitated for a moment. With his status sitting so close to Xiao Chengfan, it was inevitable that he would be gossiped about.
"It's just for you, they all know it." Seeing Yan Li's dilemma, Xiao Chengfan smiled and pushed him to sit down.
Yan Li sat down, with Wen Jingrong on his right and Bai Gu on his left. Wen Jingrong was as indifferent as ten years ago, while Bai Gu greeted him with a smile. Yan Li turned to everyone present.
The names of the elders were read out and greetings were given to them.
Except for Wen Jingrong who simply nodded, everyone else greeted him with smiles.
The second elder, Duan Zangqi, asked Xiao Chengfan in a low voice: "Everyone has arrived, and Yan Ting hasn't given any gifts yet. Should you continue or start the birthday banquet directly?"
"Let's start the birthday party. It doesn't matter what they give us." Xiao Chengfan said with a smile.
Duan Zangqi stood up and said loudly: "Dear guests, today is the seventieth birthday of Xiao Chengfan, the third elder of Zhulu Academy. Thank you all for coming to the birthday banquet. It is not easy to get together with friends from far away. I would like to thank you for coming."
Taking this opportunity, everyone must eat well, drink well, and have fun. Now I announce that the birthday banquet has begun!"
As soon as the words fell, Tianxin Tower burst into deafening applause, and then rows of kitchen staff began to serve the dishes. There were eighteen dishes on each table, all of which were rare delicacies.
Yan Ting came to Yan Li and said hello to the elders first, then lowered his voice and spoke to Yan Li: "Dad, didn't you say you wouldn't be late, but you were late again!"
"I wasn't going to be late, but I forgot to pick up my things when I was halfway there, so I turned around and went back to get my things. Then I encountered something else on the way. Let's not talk about this for now, and come with me to propose a toast to your Grandpa Xiao." Yan Li also said the same.
He lowered his voice.
The father and son picked up their wine glasses and came to Xiao Chengfan. They bent down together and said, "I wish my adoptive father a blessing like the East China Sea on his seventieth birthday, a life as long as the Nanshan Mountains, a long life and good health."
"I wish Grandpa Xiao that he will be as blessed as the East China Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains."
Xiao Chengfan walked down with a smile, helped the two of them up, and kept saying: "Okay, okay, you and your son are both here. Alas, Mengran didn't come?"
"Mengran hasn't been feeling well these days, so I didn't let her come with me. Foster father, I haven't seen you for several years, but your body is still so strong." Yan Li said with a smile.
"You also know that we haven't seen each other for several years!" Xiao Chengfan said angrily: "I can't go to Akabane City, and you don't know how to come to Zhulu Academy. Even if you don't want to see me, an old man, your son can anyway.
"
"This... there are really too many things going on in the Yan family. The rest time is also fragmented, and there is really no chance to come. Besides, isn't Yan Ting here to accompany you? It's not much different from me."
"Bullshit!" Xiao Chengfan suddenly swore: "You know that Yan Ting was admitted to the inner court. He wrote a letter to announce the good news, but you didn't reply even a word. As a father, you are really unqualified."
"Then don't I have confidence in my son?" Yan Li put his arm around Yan Ting's neck and said with a smile.
"It's good to have been admitted to the inner court. In a few years, your cultivation will surpass mine."
"Of course, when we overthrow the city lord's palace together and drive Mengyuan and his son out of Chiyu City, we will be the king of Chiyu City!" Yan Ting gestured with his fists, as if Meng Yuan was standing in front of him.
Speaking of the City Lord's Mansion, an unnatural look flashed across Yan Li's face for a moment, but it passed quickly. However, this scene was still captured by Xiao Chengfan, who kept his eyes on their faces.
(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page)
Only in front of Yan Li and him could Yan Ting behave like a child, impulsive and reckless, and only in front of him could Yan Li behave like a child, losing the heaviness and calmness of the past.
Both father and son lived a very tired life.
One has been worrying about the Yan family for more than ten years, and the other is looking forward and backward for the Yan Alliance.
"Uncle Yan!" A sweet voice like a bell sounded in my ears.
When Yan Li saw it, his face suddenly lit up with joy: "Miss Qin, today... you are simply overwhelming the country."
Hearing Yan Li's praise, Qin Feiling turned away shyly, while Yan Ting frowned and her face twitched. How could she still feel shy when someone praised her with her thick skin? He remembered that no matter how much he praised her,
Every time, she swallowed it like a black hole without changing her expression, as if she deserved it all.
"Haha, just let Fei Ling girl and Yan Ting go play. I will take you to toast to the dean and elders, and by the way, I will get you acquainted with some of my adoptive father's friends." Xiao Chengfan pulled Yan Li away and left behind
Yan Ting and Qin Feiling.
Qin Feiling pulled Yan Ting aside. Yan Ting sighed a few times, but was directly interrupted by Qin Feiling: "Grandpa Xiao took Uncle Yan to meet some people. Why are you following along and messing around?"
"I know him too!" Yan Ting pretended to run away.
Qin Feiling slapped him on the back of the head and forced him to go upstairs to eat.
Xiao Chengfan took Yan Li to meet the two deans and elders. Yan Li lowered his body as low as possible. Although he had met these people ten years ago, he was still a little excited to see them again now.
"Yan Li, it seems that you took out a piece of blue marrow jade ten years ago. Can you tell me where that piece of blue marrow jade came from?" Lin Juehe said suddenly.
Xiao Chengfan frowned: "Master Dean..."
"Lao San, I'm just asking, Yan Li. If you don't want to tell me, don't tell me."
Yan Li smiled faintly: "There is nothing to say about this. I bought that piece of blue marrow jade at a large price in the market. I didn't know it was a piece of blue marrow jade at the time. I found out later when I asked someone to identify it, so
Only then will I give it to my adoptive father."
Lin Juehe glanced at Yan Li. Yan Li was calm and composed, with a calm face and firm eyes, not looking like he was lying at all.
"Okay, a piece of blue marrow jade has made us all remember you, so I wonder what kind of things you brought as a gift to your adoptive father this time?" Lin Juehe smiled plainly.
Yan Li hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said: "This time... I came in a hurry. I had prepared gifts, but on the way... I encountered some accidents..."
"It's okay. You don't need to give it to my adoptive father. The piece of blue marrow jade is enough." Xiao Chengfan comforted him.
Lin Juehe snorted. He knew that he seemed to have done something not very good, so he quickly said: "It's okay. After all, Akabane City is thousands of miles away from Zhulu Academy. Having this intention is enough."
"No, the dean misunderstood. It's not that I didn't prepare a gift, but the best one was lost on the road, so I may have to give another one."
Yan Li carefully took out a bead with a diameter of only one inch from the space ring.
The bead appears dark black, but inside it is like a vast starry sky. Countless stars are shining in the dark night, and the stars are twinkling, embellishing a picture of a starry night. What is even more strange is that the stars in the bead are actually rotating three-dimensionally.
Red, white, purple, green... Countless star points are like being swallowed by a deep and endless black hole, rushing towards the empty and lightless world in the middle.
"This is..." Lin Juehe's eyes were dull and his expression was in a daze. His face showed an expression that was ten thousand times more shocked than when he saw the blue marrow jade ten years ago.