Chapter 806: Deng Family

Yuan Hu'e stood frozen in place for an instant, not knowing how to answer. Zhou Boyun, on the side, was still lingering in his own tone of toughness, secretly hesitating. This was a great opportunity to perform in front of Yuan Hu'e. If Li Zhouwei hadn't broken his identity first, fearing to cause trouble for his brother, he would have spoken up to help. Now, he could only peek at Yuan Hu'e's face, noticing the old man's beard trembling, and he hummed: "So... so it is the Lord... Disrespect! It was my own ridiculous words earlier, actually taking the Lord's elders to talk about..."

His tone of toughness had all leaked out, and he said embarrassedly and terrified:

"This small old man had eyes but could not see... Back then, Senior Xuanfeng guarded this island... This small person admired him extremely and often asked the Lord for advice, secretly grateful in his heart. I never thought that today the Lord would come, and not only did I fail to welcome you, but I could not recognize you to your face. Crime... crime..."

His change in attitude was so fast that it stunned Zhou Boyun. However, he heard the old man's words clearly, and his heart was horrified: 'Mother... Li Xuanfeng is surnamed Li, and Li Xizhi is also surnamed Li. They are one family! This Li Zhouwei is a person of the Wangyue Immortal Clan!'

He then realized something was wrong and secretly cried out. The old man turned around and scolded:

"Surnamed Zhou! Such a guest came, and you didn't inquire clearly, sending someone to ask sloppily, saying what kind of fierce person came to the door... I will punish you!"

'Ah?'

Zhou Boyun was scared into a face full of sweat. The power of the Li family today was something even the Yuan family could not afford, let alone a small loose cultivator like him. Li Xuanfeng's prestige in this area was very heavy, and several people even learned to use bows from him. Zhou Boyun dared not say anything more and could only stand like a mute.

Li Zhouwei watched the old man turn the matter into 'could not recognize to your face' and pushed Zhou Boyun to the front. He did not say a word, remaining silent to exert pressure. Yuan Hu'e talked and talked, seeing Li Zhouwei not responding, and could only sigh long and tremble: "Alas!"

Yuan Hu'e had always respected and feared Li Xuanfeng from the bottom of his heart, and never had the slightest thought of offending him. However, he was overseas and was originally a cultivator promoted by the Ning family, so his identity was sensitive, and he only had the part of listening to the Yuan family's affairs.

Hearing that Yuan Huduo and Yuan Huyuan were wavering, he knew it was going to be bad.

As a result, Yuan Chengzhao in the sect was also unreliable. The good relationship between the two families, with the friendship of fellow disciples above and the friendship between the two families below, were all considering marriage at the time. As a result, two old and one young sold Yuan Chengdun, making it an irreconcilable situation today.

Now that Yuan Huduo's old wounds had recurred and he had died suddenly, Yuan Zibin was holding the family, and he was an even more perverse and arrogant person. It could be seen that after three generations, the entire Yuan family had rapidly rotted to the bone, and even Yuan Hu'e had offended a Zifu-level force. Now that people had come to the door, Yuan Hu'e could be said to be bleeding in his heart, saying in a low voice:

"The juniors in the family are ignorant..."

The resentment between the Li family and the Yuan family could not be resolved in just one or two sentences. Li Zhouwei did not think he had the qualifications or the mind to resolve it for his elders, so he waved his hand and replied: "The Island Lord of Tai E does not need to say so much. I am just passing by. I will leave after exchanging for spiritual objects here."

He pointed to the jade boxes on the case. Yuan Hu'e looked at them honestly this time, took them out to estimate, felt terrified in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Reporting to the Lord, Tai E Island currently has a white-skinned fan, called 【Bai Yin Fan】, a thing of the Sui Qi Dao, which can stir up black and yellow two-colored Qi. It is a rare magic tool. It was originally deposited here for sale by the Peak Lord of Qingchi. It should be worth it."

Li Zhouwei finally heard something interesting. Magic tools of the Sui Qi Dao were rare, and the black flame he catalyzed with 【Jia Zi Po Lian Ji Bing Shu】 was of the Sui Qi Dao, which was handy in his hand, so he said:

"Which Peak Lord is this, and what is needed?"

Yuan Hu'e wiped his sweat and replied:

"It is the Peak Lord of the original Jie Peak, also a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, surnamed Deng, named Yuzhi. He is over a hundred years old now and cultivates in this area, so he deposited the things here for sale..."

He glanced at Zhou Boyun. This man was like receiving an amnesty, walked out quickly to invite someone. Li Zhouwei heard this and felt certain in his heart, nodding secretly:

'It turns out to be the Deng family.'

Yuan Hu'e glanced at the case and took a fancy to the long staff. He examined it for a few times, and fearing that the things of the Senior Chang Xiao Sect would be bad for him to use, he hesitated: "As for this long staff, the old man can decide to leave it on the island for sale."

He fumbled in his sleeve for a while and took out a bright and clean white light bead, asking tentatively:

"This is a protective spiritual cover, 【Light Xuan Light Blessing】, of the 'Qing Qi' Dao, suitable for all Daos. Why not ask the Lord to take it and use it first? Leave the long staff on the island for sale. After it is sold, compare the two, send more and make up for less, and then go to the lake to negotiate..."

Li Zhouwei only took one look and knew that this old man wanted to use it. After all, this effect of maintaining life still had quite a bit of use for these old cultivators. It was just that he feared Senior Chang Xiao's means and wanted to keep it to ask someone to appraise it first.

【Light Xuan Light Blessing】 was considered to be compatible with all Daos, but light cover magic tools were usually expensive. Taking this magic tool out for exchange so easily clearly did not have much protective power. However, he had no use for the long staff, and he did not want to run around in many markets, so he pushed the wooden staff to the other party and received the white light bead in his hand.

"Lord, take a look... this is the catalog of treasures on the island."

Yuan Hu'e took the wooden staff and looked at it twice with love, but he was clearly uncomfortable in front of Li Zhouwei. Using the excuse of checking and inquiring, he went down immediately.

Li Zhouwei read the catalog, and before long, he heard Zhou Boyun's voice, saying respectfully:

"Lord, please come in!"

Then he saw a middle-aged man walk up. His beard and hair were gray and white, his figure was extremely thin, his face was wretched, and his expression was still calm. That pair of small eyes swept around, saw Li Zhouwei, bowed slightly, and sighed: "Family Master Li... finally met. I am Deng Yuzhi, Si Min Deng family..."

The Deng family was a small family. Although they had Foundation Establishment to guard, they were forced by the Chi family to cultivate special techniques, dying out generation after generation. Later, Chi Wei died, and Chi Zhiyun came out to ease it, so the Deng family was better, and the Deng family disciples no longer cultivated that technique. Deng Yuzhi was considered the last one.

The Deng family had had friendship with the Li family very early on. Deng Yuzhi's elder brother Deng Quzhi was said to be a good friend of the Sword Immortal Li Chijing. Back then, Li Zhouwei had sent a letter to Li Quantao through this Deng family. Although they did not interact often, they were all hard friendships. Li Zhouwei stood up and invited him to sit down.

Deng Yuzhi, although ugly, had a good demeanor. He took out a jade pot and jade cup, poured tea, and smiled:

"Congratulations, Family Master."

Li Zhouwei nodded slightly and replied:

"Seen the Senior. Is the family better now?"

Deng Yuzhi showed a smile that was not very elegant and replied: "It has been quite good for a hundred years... After Chi Wei died, I finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ning Hejing and Chi Zhiyan, who had great malice toward my family, died, and it became even easier. A few days ago, Chi Zhiyun died, and the family still mourned a lot..."

Li Zhouwei frowned and asked:

"Chi Zhiyun died? Does your family... have any plans for the Chi family?"

Deng Yuzhi replied: "The Chi family master was killed. I originally took my sword out, wanting to seize the opportunity to slaughter his whole family, from top to bottom, but was stopped by my children halfway..."

"Perhaps it is because I have been running between Yi Mountain and Qingchi for many years and have no time to discipline them. They do not recognize the crimes of their ancestors being slaughtered generation after generation. Chi Wei has been dead for more than a hundred years. Who cares about a certain uncle branch that died more than a hundred years ago? They only think I am cruel, afraid that I will bring some disaster to them in a fit of impulse, and then Chi Buzi will come back and settle accounts with them."

He sipped his tea and said softly:

"When I was twenty or thirty, my brother was harmed by them, and I hated them for more than a hundred years. I felt that my Deng family had been eaten generation after generation. This blood feud was carved into the bones. If one day the great revenge was reported, everyone in my Deng family would hate to fight with their lives... Later, I went home to see, and it seemed that everyone in the Deng family didn't know anymore. Even if they knew, they didn't feel hate, only feeling that they were saved by Chi Zhiyun and didn't have to be eaten for a hundred years."

He pursed his lips, and those rabbit lips twitched uglily, replying:

"This appearance of mine is the result of my father cultivating strange techniques. My face is very ugly. After returning home for a hundred years, they found that my heart was also ugly. In order to retaliate against my own ugly appearance, I had to do things that would cause endless trouble for the family, not knowing that I am not unable to change my appearance now, but just want to remember it on purpose."

"I went back three times, turned around a dozen times, and felt that it was meaningless. It seemed that I didn't hate it so much anymore. From then on, I left Si Min and came here."

This person's tone was very flat, only asking:

"What about your family? The destruction of the Chi family has a great contribution from your family. Now there are still mortals of the Chi family who have not died out. Do you still think about destroying the Chi family to avenge?"

Li Zhouwei was silent, and Deng Yuzhi continued:

"This matter is also unclear. Your family died a Sword Immortal, and my family died an unknown, insignificant Qi Refining. It seems your family's hatred is more worth hating, but aren't they all family members who were harmed? Because it is a Sword Immortal, it is better to hate, as for the nameless, no one cares if they are harmed... Who cares?"

"It's just that he is my brother, so I have a little more hatred."

He laughed at himself, closed those rabbit lips tightly, took out a brocade jade box from his sleeve, and replied:

"When I went to the Li family back then, I had seen Senior Li Tongya and Fellow Daoist Li Xuanling. It is rare to see an old friend, so I said a few more words... I heard you want the 【Bai Yin Fan】... It is also rare to meet a buyer like you who is so suitable."

He placed this box on the case and opened it gently. Inside was a pure white ivory small fan, only the length of a forearm, smooth and delicate. The handle was made of pure black black iron, dark and lusterless.

Just at this glance, Li Zhouwei recognized that this was a fairly good magic tool, and he was immediately moved. He nodded slightly and asked: "I don't know the root of the magic tool? What does the Daoist need?"

Deng Yuzhi smiled and replied:

"This magic tool is one of the magic tools my ancestors obtained by following the Liang King. The Liang King fell into the water and died, so my ancestors crossed the river and came to the south. These spiritual treasures were preserved. Later, the descendants were unfilial, and most of them were spent. This magic tool was distributed to my hands. It should have been returned to the clan, but I was greatly disappointed... I left hastily. I didn't expect that God would pity me for my suffering in the first half of my life and accidentally gave me a son."

His gaze added a bit of gentleness, making his face look not so wretched. Clearly, he liked this newly obtained child very much: "The magic tool of the 'Sui Qi' Dao is not handy for me, and I plan to set up a business for my descendants in the He Tian Sea area. He cultivates Kan Water, and 'Sui Qi' transforms Kan to Li, which is even more inappropriate. So I plan to find a way for my descendants to save their lives, and I took a fancy to this gourd of yours."

"The Fu Shui Dao, whether it is for me or my young son, is very suitable."

Li Zhouwei had heard that the Deng family's techniques were rare techniques that used two Qi together, needing 【Night Moon Lin Qi】 and 【Falling Rain Sinking Heart】. The former was Tai Yin, and the latter was Fu Shui, so it was very suitable. He shook his head slowly and replied: "This is a pity. Firstly, there is still the mark left by the Senior Chang Xiao Sect in this gourd. If it is left to the descendants, it can be said to be endless trouble. Secondly, after all, it is someone else's thing. I am afraid that it will be seen by someone in some year or month."

Zhou Boyun clearly did not explain the stakes clearly. These middlemen always said half and hid half to reach a transaction. Deng Yuzhi heard this, felt a chill in his heart, smiled with a bit of gratitude, and replied:

"Truly thank you, Fellow Daoist... This is one thing. The things in the storage bag of the Fellow Daoist are also what I need to build the array, but it is missing the gourd, so it is not easy to exchange."

He did not mention the several magic tools of the Tangjin Sect. Those not only had slightly inferior quality, but clearly did not fit the Deng family father and son.

Li Zhouwei nodded thoughtfully. He was also very moved by the 【Bai Yin Fan】 and could not miss it. Compared with it, this gourd of Fu Shui was much weaker... What's more, the things inside were not eliminated, so the value of this thing was naturally weakened by a few points. He only said: "I am extremely satisfied with the 【Bai Yin Fan】. I see that the Senior is not in a hurry for these two days. I am going to see a Senior in a distant place and have to pass through many places. It is best to handle the gourd on the way, repair the appearance, and ask a high cultivator to wipe it clean, so it can be considered complete."

Deng Yuzhi nodded slightly, and Li Zhouwei replied:

"The owner of this thing is surnamed Zhuang, and he is one of the few who ambushed. If there is a chance to handle it cleanly, then I can rest assured."

They exchanged a few pleasantries. Deng Yuzhi still had doubts. He got up and went out. Li Zhouwei happened to bump into Zhou Boyun coming in, asking:

"Do you know Lie Sea? Are there maps for sale in the market?"

Lie Sea should be a newly established Dragon Clan pasture sea. Zhou Boyun shook his head at a loss. Li Zhouwei had to recall Dongfang Heyun's words. Lie Sea was east of Reef Sea, passing He Tian Sea to the territory of the outer sea, so he said: "Then take the Reef Sea map."

Zhou Boyun hurriedly went down. Li Zhouwei read the secret method in the pavilion alone. This man respectfully handed it over. Li Zhouwei smiled: "General Gongsun Boyun... Your brother works under the Bai Ye Du Immortal Dao. How can he bear to let you be a loose cultivator in this He Tian Sea?"

This man was immediately terrified. After all, he was not completely ignorant of the affairs of the interior. Wangyue Lake had fought against the Bai Ye Du Immortal Dao! He could only bow and say: "My brother became an immortal foundation early and spent many years of savings to send me, a stupid and incompetent brother, to Foundation Establishment, but he did not want two birds to perch on one branch, fearing that something would happen and the brothers would die together."

"He said that although the interior is rich, it is very dangerous. He does not allow me to go, and does not allow me to be surnamed General Gongsun. The annual resources are sent overseas... When I have enough to start a family and establish a sect... he will be at ease."

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Li Zhouwei 'Ye Tianmen' 【Late Foundation Establishment】

Yuan Hu'e 'Wu Xin Yan' 【Late Foundation Establishment】 【Tai E Island Lord】

Deng Yuzhi 'Ye Guang Fu' 【Mid-stage Foundation Establishment】

General Gongsun Boyun 'Huai Yin Gui' 【Early Foundation Establishment】 ===== CHAPTER 807 =====