The three grandfathers and grandsons talked freely about what had happened in the past six months, especially the matter of Yan Ting's founding of the Yan League in the college. Yan Li was shocked. He happily hugged his son and kept talking about it.
"It's time to make a living".
He is indeed promising. If he had known that he almost died in a fight with a hundred people last time, Yan Li would have gone up and beat him up. Xiao Chengfan helped Yan Ting conceal this matter, and also concealed the possibility that he would be killed soon.
Yanli has already worried so much about the Yan family about going to war with Hubo, so don't let him worry about Yan Ting anymore.
Xiao Chengfan talked about Zhan Tianpengniao's departure and Yan Ting's experience in the academy in the past six months, which made Yan Li sigh and become excited. As a father, the greatest joy is to see his children grow up with his own eyes, but since Yan Ting
Since Ting was thirteen years old, he had only met Yan Ting once. Now that he heard about Yan Ting's deeds from Xiao Chengfan, how could he not be happy?
Of course, Xiao Chengfan picked it up, at least not to let Yan Ting's image in Yan Li's heart collapse.
"How long do you plan to stay before leaving this time?" Xiao Chengfan asked.
Yan Li hesitated for a moment, as if he was thinking of a reason. He huffed a few times and was speechless for a long time.
"Okay, I'll let Fei Xunniao take you back tomorrow." Xiao Chengfan's voice was a little colder.
"Father, I..." Yan Li wanted to explain, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Xiao Chengfan.
"You don't even have time to spend with your son, right?" Xiao Chengfan asked.
"No, I..." Yan Li couldn't argue. Just when he was about to speak, Yan Ting, who had been silent, spoke up, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Yan Li's disguise was exposed.
"Dad, did something happen at home?"
Yan Li looked at Yan Ting in shock, an unnatural expression flashed across his face, but he forcibly concealed it and put on a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about? What can happen at home?"
Xiao Chengfan also frowned at this moment. Yan Ting would not say these words for no reason. If he guessed, he would just look like he was joking, but Yan Ting's expression was very serious.
Yan Ting looked back, put down the glass that had been empty for a long time, took a deep breath, and asked: "How did you know that all the geniuses in the Imperial Academy are Yuan Luo in their early twenties?
Where do you know about the Imperial Theory? Also, you never compare me with others, why would you say that I will compare them all?"
After asking three questions in a row, Yan Li couldn't turn his head around for a while. He didn't understand why Yan Ting could find so many doubts in just a conversation. Did he say something that he shouldn't have said today?
"You haven't been out of Akabane City in the past ten years. The great elders are responsible for the business transportation and the purchase of medicinal materials. Even the sects and families in the imperial city are not interested in you. Why are you talking about it all of a sudden?
People from the Imperial College are here?" Yan Ting's tone gradually became confused. He didn't understand why Yan Li would talk about people from the Imperial College today. He was never interested in people who had nothing to do with him, and Akabane City and the Imperial College were incompatible with each other.
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The only possibility is that someone from Imperial College came to Akabane Castle.
Yan Li was stunned. He froze in place and was speechless for a long time. Suddenly he laughed self-deprecatingly, but still asked: "Is there anything wrong with these?"
"Yes, what you said today went against your usual habits, that's why I suspected that you have never had the slightest interest in those young geniuses, but today you are uncharacteristically different. Is it because the Imperial College is putting pressure on the Yan family?
Was it Meng Yuan who did it?" Yan Ting began to get excited, and Xiao Chengfan put a hand on Yan Ting's shoulder to calm his anger.
Xiao Chengfan said calmly: "Tell me, you can't even hide it from Yan Ting."
Yan Li smiled bitterly and said: "You still like to guess so much, and your guesses are so accurate every time. You always say that a child is better than a father. I think you are a father better than a son."
He picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp, a breath of stale breath spurting out from his chest.
"Actually, I don't want you to know, but I can't help it if I don't want to." Yan Li blinked and glanced up, and Yan Ting could see that there were two turbid tears in his eyes.
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"In three days, there will be the annual competition in Akabane City. Our Yan family has never participated in this kind of competition, and I don't allow you to participate. But this time, the city lord's palace somehow found some connection, and actually came from the empire.
Some people were found from the academy. They were all around twenty years old, but their cultivation levels were astonishingly high. They were from the middle Tianyuan realm, late Tianyuan realm and even Yuanluo realm. They provoked the Yan tribe and said that we
They are all trash. Some children were too angry to go out and argue with them, and were beaten seriously." After saying this, Yan Li licked his lips and his voice became hoarse. His eyes were dull and dull, but
Yan Ting knew that this incident would never upset Yan Li so much.
"As early as three months ago, the wealth of the Yan family exceeded that of the City Lord's Mansion, but Meng Yuan invited several alchemists, and the quality of the elixirs he produced was not as good as ours, but he actually oppressed other families as the City Lord.
, bought and sold by force, and directly suppressed those who refused to comply. Many families that had a good relationship with the Yan clan were suppressed to the point of internal collapse. Even the families were divided into two factions, one supported Meng Yuan, and the other wavered.
"
What Yan Li said was not to support the Yan family, but to waver, indicating that those families no longer had the courage to cooperate with the Yan clan, at least not until the Yan clan completely overthrew the city lord's palace.
"I think the Yan Clan's overall strength is not as good as the City Lord's Mansion, so I didn't have a head-on conflict with them. As a result, Mengyuan became more and more arrogant, directly occupying the Yan Clan's market share and squeezing our shop out of the market. The bad thing is that they kept helping
Our alchemist left because of something, we lost the source of the elixir, and the market was squeezed out, so the situation of the Yan tribe became worse and worse."
Yan Li punched the table with his fist. He had thought that Mengyuan would struggle in extreme ways when faced with a desperate situation, but this kind of extreme was still far beyond his imagination. The departure of the alchemist made the Yan clan even worse.
"Ah!" Yan Ting kicked the chair to pieces and vented the overwhelming anger in his heart. He pressed his head with both hands and trembled all over.
"But fortunately, there are still some families who are willing to help us, and we have also found a few Yuanluo realm masters who are willing to help us deal with the City Lord's Mansion. At least we have regained our strength disadvantage." Yan Li said, trying his best.
To calm down his mood, every time he thought of this, he would feel a little more comforted. At least there was someone who was not standing on their opposite side.
However, what he said next made Xiao Chengfan a little angry.
"But a month ago, a group of five hundred cavalrymen entered Akabane City. The Fengxuan Empire implemented a high degree of centralization. In addition to the imperial city and the border, there can only be five hundred forbidden troops in any city. The guards are not counted, and even the army
The mobilization also requires military symbols, but the cavalry of 500 people is clearly a border army. Meng Yuan has a commander of the forbidden army named Yin Yan under Meng Yuan. He has served as a border soldier. It is likely that he got this army.
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"This army surrounded the Yan people. They said that because bandits have been rampant recently, we should try not to go out. Even traveling has become a problem for us. The four major families watched the fire from across the bank. To my surprise, they did not help Meng.
That old thief of Yuan is also a good thing." Yan Li laughed miserably. This was a blessing among misfortunes. If even the four major families stood firm on Meng Yuan's side, the Yan clan would collapse overnight.
between.
Yan Ting gritted his teeth, had the Yan clan reached this point?
"I originally planned to fight Mengyuan, but we are really unable to deal with that army. Maybe in a short time, the Yan clan will not be able to hold on anymore." Yan Li shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
The silent Xiao Chengfan suddenly uttered an angry voice: "This bastard!"
However, his anger cannot bring a glimmer of hope to the Yan clan. If he intervenes, the reputation of competing for thousands of years will not be preserved.
Suddenly, Tianxin Tower fell into silence. Yan Li, who was almost desperate, looked up at the ceiling. This time, it was really the crisis of the Yan clan. I thought back then, he started from scratch, and for more than ten years, he finally made the Yan family stronger, but now
Now, he really has no choice at all.
"Half a month ago, there were some so-called geniuses from the Imperial Academy who came to watch the Red Feather City Competition. After knowing that no one from the Yan tribe participated, they started to ridicule. Yan Qu was so angry that he couldn't lead people to fight with them.
Theoretically, as a result, all fourteen of the Yan clan's children returned home seriously injured, so we could only survive by occupying the few properties we had.
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, before long, these industries will probably be squeezed out by Mengyuan."
Yan Li picked up the wine glass and sighed deeply. Then he slowly closed his palms and crushed the metal wine glass into a ball of scrap metal.
Yan Ting sat down again, wiped his nose with the heel of his palm, and made a sob sound from time to time, but he did not lose his temper again, because this would not solve any problem at all.
"Everyone can smell a strong smell of war in Akabane City now. The Yan clan and the city lord's mansion have reached the point where the two tigers are incompatible. Only the destruction of one of them can end this." A gloomy voice
As it slowly came out of Yan Li's mouth, his expression became ferocious and terrifying, causing the originally silent space to instantly fall into an even more terrifying silence.
After a brief silence, a voice suddenly sounded in Tianxin Tower: "What are the cultivation levels of those five hundred people?"
Yan Li's eyes trembled, and he looked at Yan Ting with a dull look on his face. The latter flicked the table with his fingers, his face as calm as a waveless lake.
"Why are you asking this?" Yan Li looked solemn.
Yan Ting smiled and said: "Oh, dad, you just have to say it. What kind of cultivation level does that cavalry have?"
"It should range from the late Earth Yuan realm to the early Tian Yuan realm. There are more than thirty late Tian Yuan among them. Such a force is enough to sweep away the masters below the Yuan Luo of the Yan tribe."
"Humph, that's it!" Yan Ting sneered contemptuously: "Dad, I suddenly want to participate in the Red Feather City Competition. Let's go back tomorrow."
Yan Li's expression became even more serious. He frowned and said, "Ating, you wouldn't think..."
"That old dog in Mengyuan has oppressed our Yan tribe for so many years. A war will break out sooner or later. Why must we passively accept it instead of taking the initiative? Now our main obstacle is the cavalry. If he suddenly disappears,
, then can the Yan clan directly destroy the city lord's palace!" Yan Ting's voice was low and hoarse, like the voice of a demon coming faintly from the abyss, accompanied by slight breathing, exaggerating the terrifying atmosphere to the extreme.
"Yes, but if you want to face that cavalry alone, I won't agree." Yan Li guessed what Yan Ting was thinking and decisively refused.
"Although the cultivation level of that iron cavalry ranges from the Diyuan realm to the early Tianyuan realm, the border troops are extremely good at fighting and have rich combat experience. They are only slightly inferior to the martial-level mercenary group. The martial-level mercenary group has agreed to help.
The Yan clan will mediate and even fight against the city lord's mansion if necessary, so you don't have to worry about these things."
"Dad, you don't believe me so much. Grandpa Xiao knows how powerful I am. I can handle a mere five hundred people." A scary smile appeared on Yan Ting's face.
Xiao Chengfan sighed: "I can't help with the family war, but the academy disciples can. Ating's combat power shouldn't be a problem against those five hundred cavalry. I'll ask Xuan Zhang to help you."
"No need." Yan Ting said: "The grudge between the Yan clan and the City Lord's Mansion will be completely ended this time. It's better not to bother the academy to take action regarding family matters. Grandpa Xiao, thank you!"
"Silly boy, if you don't agree, I have no choice. You can go back tomorrow." Xiao Chengfan sighed quietly: "Yanli, if you really can't fight, remember to run and save your strength. You can make a comeback in the future. With me,
In my eyes, you are not easily defeated."
"At Ting, you have to be careful. After all, no one will protect you this time. An army of five hundred people is no joke."
Xiao Chengfan's voice was very gentle. He hugged the two of them, and they hugged him tightly.
"You know, sometimes I really wish I didn't have the status of the third elder of Zhulu Academy. I also want to just be your father and your grandfather, but there are some things that I can't decide, A Li, A Ting
, you should take care!" Xiao Chengfan looked calm and said slowly in his heart that his identity restricted his actions too much and gave him too many restraints and shackles.
Now, the only thing he can do is pray.
I pray that his son and grandson will be victorious in this battle.