Ning Qingyan's answer made Ning Qingtao's face instantly turn extremely ugly.
When he wanted to say something, someone came towards the ring.
Ning Qingtao saw the person coming, and naturally Ning Qingyan also saw it.
"Second uncle."
"Second uncle..."
When people from the Ning family's 'young generation' saw Ning Chenhua, they all spoke one after another and automatically gave way.
Ning Chenhua's eyes fell on Ning Qingtao and Ning Qingyan successively, and finally said to Ning Qingyan: "Master, several elders want to meet you."
His respectful salute, coupled with his address to Ning Qingyan, made the 'young people' present suddenly wake up.
That's right, the girl in front of me is not only the first person of the 'green generation' who can challenge hundreds of people, but she is also the direct new head of the family.
Although they are the same generation as them, they are very different in terms of dignity.
Ning Qingtao's attitude just now was enough to punish him for disrespecting the head of the family.
After thinking about this, the "younger generation" who were still unwilling at first calmed down, and their eyes changed when they looked at Ning Qingyan.
If others can figure it out, Ning Qingtao can naturally figure it out too.
The expression he looked at Ning Qingyan changed several times, but the pride he had accumulated over the years prevented him from lowering his head.
"Qingtao, do you have anything to do with the head of the family?" Ning Chenhua's eyes fell on him.
Ning Qingtao shook his head subconsciously, "..."
"Since there's nothing wrong, let's get out of the way. Don't keep the elders waiting." Ning Chenhua said slowly.
Ning Qingtao retreated as he was told, with an incomprehensible look on his face.
He also wanted to join the escort team, why didn't Ning Qingyan agree?
However, now he has no chance to ask, and can only watch Ning Qingyan being taken away by Ning Chenhua.
Ning Qingyan passed by him, showing an expression that was half-smiling but not smiling, which made Ning Qingtao feel confused, but there was nothing he could do about it.
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After leaving the martial arts arena, there were fewer people around.
Ning Chenhua said with some emotion: "Master, I really didn't expect that you achieved your goal in just two days."
I didn't think of it myself.
Ning Qingyan said in her heart with a smile on her face: "Thank you all the heads of the branch families for giving me this opportunity."
Ning Chenhua couldn't help but laugh.
If these words reached the ears of the heads of the branch families, they would probably be angry and helpless.
It was obviously meant to give a warning to Zhili, who had been absent from Anyang for a long time and now had a declining population. How could it evolve into this situation today?
"Master, do you know that your grandfather and father went to the clan to recruit, but they all came back defeated." Ning Chenhua told the story of the past.
Ning Qingyan has heard of this before, but the details are not clear.
From what her grandfather Ning Yan said, she could roughly guess that the Ning family branch was not very interested in battlefield exploits or anything like that.
"Honestly, if you were to recruit family members based on your success and fame, I'm afraid the result would be the same." Ning Chenhua sighed.
Ning Qingyan curiously waited for him to continue.
Ning Chenhua didn't let her wait long before telling the real situation.
Families like the Anyang Ning family are actually rare.
Once the family is separated, you can basically make your own decisions and develop yourself without anyone interfering or looking at anyone's face.
As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
Ning Yan was out marching and fighting, fighting for glory, didn't they know?
Of course they know it, but the truth is still the same.
Because once the family is separated and needs to rely on the Zhili line to survive, no matter whether it is those who join the army with the Zhili line or those who stay in the clan, they will not dare to raise opinions that are different from those of the Zhili line.
The direct line can control them tightly from every aspect, so the separation of the family is only in name only.
Precisely because they did not want to lose the control they had, starting from Ning Yan, each branch family reached a private agreement not to allow family disciples to join the army.
Ning Yanlai was like this, Ning Chenlanglai was like this, so Ning Qingyan came, and the original result would not change in any way.
But who would have thought that Ning Qingyan has many secrets, and the temptation of these secrets is so great that they can let go of their agreement and be willing to follow her.
"...Actually, even if a group of people changes, I'm afraid I can't refuse." After Ning Chenhua finished speaking, he sighed again.
Ning Qingyan's eyes were dark and unclear. She got two pieces of information from Ning Chenhua's words.
First, Ning Yan asked her to come to the tribe not only to delay her going to the southwest, but also to trap her here.
The best thing is to wait until the war is over and everything calms down before she goes to the southwest.
Second, after a thousand years, how many exercises, secret techniques, and combat skills have been lost?
However, Ning Qingyan does not regret this.
Back then, in that mysterious world, there was no distinction between right and wrong, black and white were confused, and good and evil were unpredictable.
Those people wanted her life, so what was wrong with her dragging them to be buried with them?
Soon, Ning Qingyan's eyes became clear again.
"We're here." Ning Chenhua didn't notice anything strange about Ning Qingyan, and took her to the mountain behind the martial arts arena, outside a bamboo forest.
There is a path in the bamboo forest. Through the dense green bamboo, you can vaguely see three bamboo houses inside.
The environment here is quiet and quiet, with mist lingering in the bamboo forest. If an outsider breaks in by mistake, they may think that they have come to some kind of place where gods have escaped from the world.
"There are three elders of the Ning family, all tenth-level martial arts cultivators. They are all over a hundred years old now." Ning Chenhua explained to Ning Qingyan.
From his introduction, Ning Qingyan roughly understood the structure of the Ning family in Anyang.
In fact, it is very simple. On top of the many branches, there is also a presbytery.
Elders of the Presbyterian Church, no matter which branch they come from, or are directly related to them, as long as you can reach the tenth level of martial arts, you can enter the Presbyterian Church.
However, after entering the Presbyterian Church, there is a rule that is to cut off all relations with the original branch family and only focus on the interests of the entire Ning family.
Today, there are only three elders in the Presbyterian Council, which means that there are only three martial arts cultivators above the tenth level of the Anyang Ning clan.
"Why did they see me?" Ning Qingyan stood outside the bamboo forest and did not go in immediately.
Ning Chenhua was silent and said in a calm tone: "I may have some questions to ask you. Don't worry, they won't make things difficult for you."
Ning Qingyan raised her eyebrows lightly and strode in.
Ning Chenhua followed closely and came outside the bamboo house. Three elders in sackcloth were already standing under the eaves waiting.
As for Ning Qingyan, as soon as she stood still, she could feel six sharp eyes falling on her, as if they were trying to see through her.
Along with the sharp gaze, there were three overwhelming pressures of Yuanli, pressing on Ning Qingyan like three mountains.
Snapped!
There was a crisp sound in the bamboo house.
Ning Chenhua responded to the call and saw that the bluestone bricks Ning Qingyan was stepping on were broken...