Chapter 476: Guard City Immortal Lord

Ying Family's Villa.

In the front hall of the villa, Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord took the seat of honor, he picked up a cup of hot tea, took a light sip, and then looked toward the six youths standing in the center of the hall.

At a glance, they were indeed strikingly eye-catching.

Ying Wuji introduced Song Yan and the others to Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord and to the clan head Ying Wei Xian and the Ying family elders seated on either side.

Song Yan and the others each raised their hands in a salute, greeting the Ying family elders.

The Ying family elders exchanged glances with one another.

Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord set down his teacup, "It seems the eye of Thousand Jade Mountain is indeed good."

"Thank you for the praise, Ancestor," Cang Li said with a smile.

The Fourth Elder said, "Hmph, merely early Nascent Soul Realm."

Upon hearing that, Song Yan and the others all turned their gaze to the Fourth Elder.

Though the Fourth Elder was being stared at like that, he didn't mind, he stroked his white beard and said in a calm tone, "Your master has nurtured you for a full eleven years, yet only three of you have broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm. That really exceeds my expectations; I had thought Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord's disciples should all have advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm, sigh, it seems I overestimated Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord."

"Fourth Elder," Ying Wuji called out coldly, with a veiled warning.

The Grand Elder frowned displeasedly, "Wuji, what attitude is this? After leaving the Ying family for eleven years, do you really consider yourself one of the lowly folk of the Ninth Province?"

The Second Elder said coldly, "Recently we proposed to the clan head that you return to the Ying family to represent the First Province in the Immortal Sect Grand Tournament, but you refused the clan head. It seems your heart has long ceased to belong to the Ying family!"

"Today, for the sake of your junior sister, you even crushed your life-saving jade token, summoning the Ancestor from the Immortal Spirit Capital to the Floating Capital—not to save your own life, but to save your junior sister's. I think you're truly foolish." As the Grand Elder thought of this, his face grew even darker.

Several elders rebuked them without mercy.

Not only were they dissatisfied with Ying Wuji, they also did not take Song Yan and the others seriously.

Ying Wuji was about to speak when Cang Li cut him off: "Hey hey hey, didn't the Ying family invite us as guests? Why are you mocking us?"

Yuan Yao said aggrievedly, "Ancestor, you said Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord has good judgment, yet they claim they overestimated him—they're singing the opposite tune to you! I think they don't even put you in their eyes."

"Besides, why is saving me considered foolish? If my senior brother were in trouble, I would do everything to save him! Sniffle..." Yuan Yao said, raising a hand to rub her eyes that had not shed a single tear.

Xiao Lingwei supported Yuan Yao's shoulder, then gave the Ying family elders a cold glance, "It turns out the Ying family's interior is so heartless—truly an eye-opener!"

Xue Jin: "Hah."

The Ying family elders hadn't expected them to retort so bluntly; for a moment they all looked rather embarrassed.

But before they could speak, they felt the awe-inspiring pressure of their own ancestor, and they fell silent at once.

Ying Wuji opened his mouth solemnly, "Ancestor, the safety of my junior sister is of utmost importance to me."

Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord raised his brows, "Do you like her?"

Ying Wuji startled, then immediately shook his head.

"No."

He said word by word, "I have long regarded my junior sister as my most important kin."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao's eyes welled with sourness.

Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord's gaze fell on Yuan Yao, "And you?"

Yuan Yao lifted her head, solemnly saying, "My senior brothers and sisters are the most important kin in my life."

Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord remained silent for a moment, then smiled, "It seems your feelings for each other are indeed very good."

"Of course," Cang Li said.

Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord's gaze fell on the young man seated below, "Wei Xian."

Ying Wei Xian rose, raising his hands in a salute toward Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord.

"Ancestor."

Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord said in a light tone, "Although this time Wuji represents the Ninth Province in the Immortal Sect Grand Tournament, he remains the future heir of our Ying family."

Upon hearing this, the Ying family elders present slightly changed their expressions.

The ancestor was basically giving them a warning.

It seems the ancestor is quite pleased with Ying Wuji's performance.

Heaven-Responding Immortal Lord added, "Wuji, after the Immortal Sect Grand Tournament ends, you may stay temporarily in the Ying family."

The Ying family elders' faces changed in shock.

The ancestor's words clearly intend to make Ying Wuji the young master of the Ying family.

Their expressions varied.

In fact, they had already had a candidate for the Ying family young master in mind.

Not Ying Wuji, but his older cousin by one year, Ying Wu Huan.

Both are of the Ying family's direct lineage.

Ying Wu Huan's father and Ying Wei Xian are brothers sharing the same father and mother.

Yet the position of clan head ultimately fell into Ying Wei Xian's hands.

Because Ying Wei Xian excelled in every aspect.

But the situation is no longer the same.

Ying Wu Huan's cultivation talent has been outstanding since childhood, surpassing all his peers, including Ying Wuji.

Eleven years ago, the two of them had once sparred.

Ying Wu Huan defeated Ying Wuji.

It was precisely that battle after which the clan head decided to let Ying Wuji become a disciple of Thousand Mountain Immortal Lord.

Ying Wu Huan did not go to the Ninth Province; instead he remained in the Ying family, and with the family's resources focused on him, he broke through to early Spirit Transformation Realm at seventeen, and now his cultivation has reached late Spirit Transformation Realm.

In the First Province, Ying Wu Huan is regarded by all as a monster-like existence.

In the elders' hearts, they naturally favor Ying Wu Huan even more.

"Yes." Upon hearing this, Ying Wuji lowered his head in assent.

…

After leaving the main hall, Ying Wuji was called away by Ying Weixian.

Then Yuan Yao and the others followed the Ying family disciples into a tea room.

They then waited in the tea room for Ying Wuji.

"Come, let me take your pulse." After Cang Li sat down, he immediately said to Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao extended her hand.

After Cang Li finished taking her pulse, he then took out two pills of different colors from his storage space and placed them in Yuan Yao's palm.

Yuan Yao didn't ask what kind of pill it was and swallowed it in one gulp.

Immediately afterward, Cang Li treated her arm wound while saying, "Don't you think Ying Wuji looks a lot like his father?"

Xue Jin gave him a look and said, "Nonsense."

Xiao Lingwei said, "Uncle Ying's personality is also too cold; he comes across as very strict."

"Cold?" Cang Li raised his eyebrows and said, "That also depends on the person. You didn't know, did you? Uncle Ying once planted an entire city's worth of orange trees just to win Aunt Ying's hand in marriage."

Yuan Yao and the others heard this and were somewhat surprised.

"Does Aunt Ying also like to eat oranges?" Yuan Yao asked curiously.

Cang Li said, "Of course; otherwise, who would Ying Wuji have taken after?"

Xiao Lingwei also became interested and asked, "Who is Aunt Ying? Do you know her?"

Cang Li clasped his hands together and smiled, "Aunt Ying is none other than the renowned Fengxuan Immortal Venerable, Fengxuan."

"Fengxuan Immortal Venerable…" Song Yan murmured, then continued, "Fengxuan Immortal Venerable is one of the eleven City Guard Immortal Venerables of Tian Jiaocheng, also called a City Guard Elder. Tian Jiaocheng has a total of eleven such City Guard Immortal Venerables."