As Moro sighed, suddenly, at the center surrounded by the nine dragon veins, the void underwent a change, rapidly becoming twisted and unstable, coalescing into a portal about the height of a person.

A middle-aged man in white robes and a white linen headband slowly materialized. His eyes were somewhat vacant, and a hint of sorrow was barely concealed about him.

It was none other than Lu Guangsheng, the former second leader of Liangshan.

He looked at Chen Yuan, and Chen Yuan and Moro were also looking at him, not at all surprised by his appearance. After all, this was where the Xiang family was hiding.

Lu Guangsheng's appearance was no accident.

"Xiang Guangsheng greets the Clan Leader!"

'Lu' Guangsheng faced Chen Yuan and bowed deeply, offering his respects.

"Clan Leader?"

Chen Yuan frowned slightly, calmly sizing up this old acquaintance.

Xiang Guangsheng, having returned to the Xiang family and reverted to his original surname, bowed and said:

"Before his departure, the previous Clan Leader left instructions, stating that the conflict between him and you was a father-son dispute, a disturbance within the Xiang family. If he returned alive, everything would remain as it was. But if he did not return, and you returned first, then you were to take over the Xiang family. From that moment on, nearly ten thousand members of the Xiang family's secret realm would all obey the Clan Leader's orders!"

"Is that so?"

Chen Yuan was somewhat suspicious. Xiang Qianqiu had never said anything like that before his death. He was even completely indifferent to the Xiang family, whether it was destroyed or spared, all depending on his will.

"Absolutely true!"

Xiang Guangsheng continued to reply.

Moro remained silent, simply guarding Chen Yuan's side, watching his decision without the slightest interference.

Chen Yuan was silent for a moment, then said:

"Take me into the secret realm to see."

"As the Clan Leader commands!"

Xiang Guangsheng nodded and quickly reopened the portal with the token, gesturing for Chen Yuan to enter first, while he stood respectfully aside.

Chen Yuan glanced at Moro, nodded, and then stepped directly into the portal.

As soon as he entered the secret realm, Chen Yuan sensed an extremely rich influx of heaven and earth spiritual energy, several times greater than the outside world. Even the Biyou Palace secret realm was slightly inferior to this place.

Clearly, a large primordial crystal mine had been artificially buried here, because ordinary secret realms were just blessed lands, not true worlds.

It was impossible to spontaneously generate the existence of primordial crystals.

The secret realm was vast, with no end in sight. Many places were filled with rising smoke, forming a small town, but it did not seem noisy at this time, but rather quite solemn.

Seeing that Chen Yuan seemed slightly regretful, Xiang Guangsheng whispered:

"When the former Clan Leader fell, a wisp of soul light in the Xiang family ancestral hall extinguished, and the bell tolled nine times. This news also spread throughout the secret realm. And the Clan Leader's arrival has completely confirmed the fact of the soul light."

"Mm."

Chen Yuan walked and looked around, while Xiang Guangsheng did his best to introduce Chen Yuan to the strength of the Xiang family secret realm, except for those women who specialized in bearing offspring.

Currently, the Xiang family still had three Transformation Yang True Persons in the secret realm, and several True Persons were hidden in the shadows outside, controlling some of the Xiang family's hidden forces.

As for Dan Realm Grandmasters, there were hundreds of them, but more than half of them were forcibly promoted using secret methods, and there was no hope of advancing in this lifetime.

It was more suitable to be a guard or a death warrior.

At the same time, he also introduced Chen Yuan to the current resource situation of the Xiang family. Overall, even after supporting Liangshan and various consumptions, the resources left in the secret realm were still a huge number. Among them, the most precious was the primordial crystal mine buried by immortals within the secret realm.

No one knew what Lu Guangsheng was thinking in his heart, but his attitude changed very quickly. He dared not hide anything from Chen Yuan, completely treating him as Xiang Qianqiu.

And this was the only chance for the Xiang family to survive.

Chen Yuan's arrival brought great pressure to the Xiang family secret realm. Many people, seeing Lu Guangsheng guarding Chen Yuan's side, quickly understood everything.

Some knelt, some saluted, and some perfunctorily cupped their fists, but they all had one thing in common, and that was to call Chen Yuan Clan Leader.

As they walked, Chen Yuan was led by Lu Guangsheng to the core of the Xiang family, near the ancestral hall. After introducing the situation inside, Moro and Chen Yuan were not surprised and wanted to go in and take a look.

Faced with such a situation, Lu Guangsheng naturally dared not refuse, and led the way for him, thinking about how to introduce the Xiang family's ancestors next.

In order to make Chen Yuan feel a sense of belonging to the Xiang family.

The bond of blood is always greater than anything else.

The ancestral hall was very large, filled with portraits of the Xiang family's ancestors. Most of them were emperors in dragon robes, and only a few were in other costumes.

However, Xiang Qianqiu's portrait did not seem to be ready yet, so it was not hung up, but there was obviously a space left for him around it.

"This is Emperor Taizong..."

Just as Xiang Guangsheng wanted to introduce Chen Yuan one by one, before he could finish speaking, he was ignored by Chen Yuan, who directly passed him and came to the largest portrait in the middle.

Making Lu Guangsheng a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything more, just followed closely.

Even though Chen Yuan had seen his phantoms and imprints several times, he had never seen the appearance of the Chu Taizu clearly, as if his whole body was covered with a layer of light.

Now, he could be considered to have truly seen it.

His appearance was ordinary, but he contained an invisible majesty, as if he was scrutinizing him, a later blood descendant, through thousands of years.

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, picked up three incense sticks, bowed and inserted them into the incense burner. The other Xiang family ancestors had no kindness to him, and he had not received any favors from these people, so they were not worthy of his incense.

But the Chu Taizu was different. He abandoned the wealth at his fingertips for the sake of the human race and attacked the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain, exposing the hidden culprit for the human world.

Not only that, but he also helped Chen Yuan in a real way. If it weren't for the gift he left behind, Chen Yuan would have had to place his hope on the illusory I Have a Destiny Altar in order to avoid Xiang Qianqiu's fatal blow.

In the foreseeable future, he would still be able to help him, and he deserved his worship.

Moro also followed closely, picked up three incense sticks, and bowed down to the Chu Taizu, his face solemn and extremely serious, as if he was more devout than the Buddha he believed in.

After worshiping, Chen Yuan turned and left the ancestral hall. Lu Guangsheng opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he could only sigh softly and followed closely.

In the Xiang family hall, Chen Yuan sat on the seat with a calm expression. Lu Guangsheng was a little dazed, as if he had once again seen the Clan Leader who had worked his heart out for the Xiang family.

For his family and loved ones, Xiang Qianqiu was unqualified, simply obliterating humanity, but for the Xiang clan, Xiang Qianqiu was undoubtedly a being worthy of respect from all Xiang clan members.

Good and evil sometimes depend on what angle you look at it from.

"Fellow Daoist Xiang."

Chen Yuan's gaze fell on Xiang Guangsheng.

"What are your orders, Clan Leader?"

Xiang Guangsheng quickly bowed.

"The grievances between this king and Xiang Qianqiu have been completely settled, and will no longer involve others. My surname is Chen, and will always be Chen, and will not be changed to Xiang.

I am not willing to use harsh methods against the Xiang family again. From now on, you will take over as the Clan Leader of the Xiang family. What extent you can bring the Xiang family to depends on your ability.

Whether to continue to enter the Central Plains to compete for the world, or shrink back to this place to recuperate, is all irrelevant to me."

"Clan Leader, you..."

Xiang Guangsheng's expression was a little troubled.

"My surname is Chen."

Chen Yuan said lightly.

"This... but..."

"Alright, I have said what I need to say. If the Xiang family is to be enemies with me in the future, this king will not show mercy. Farewell."

Chen Yuan waved his hand and prepared to leave.

"Clan Leader... no... Prince Yan, please wait."

Lu Guangsheng said quickly.

"Mm?"

Chen Yuan frowned, seemingly displeased.

"Can the Xiang family pledge allegiance to Prince Yan? Although the Xiang family only has this old man as a Yang God, its foundation is quite deep, and its roots in the southern states are very deep.

Moreover, the name of Great Chu has spread throughout the world, and there is still some popular support. If Prince Yan establishes a country in the future, the Xiang family will help, and it will be justified."

Xiang Guangsheng came up with a clever idea. Seeing that Chen Yuan was unwilling to be the Clan Leader, he quickly began to talk about pledging allegiance to Chen Yuan.

"As you wish. If you want to enter under this king's command, go to Shuzhou City."

Chen Yuan's figure slowly disappeared, leaving only these words echoing in the void.

Xiang Guangsheng sighed softly, faced the entrance, and bowed again:

"Farewell, Prince Yan!"

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After leaving the Xiang family secret realm, Chen Yuan and Moro headed towards Shuzhou City. It had been confirmed that the Nine Dragon Mountain Range did indeed contain dragon veins.

Next, what Chen Yuan had to do was to obtain the Xuanwu heritage as soon as possible, completely step into the sixth realm of the physical body, and reach immortality. Of course, before that, he had two more things to do.

One was to completely destroy the Qisha Hall, an unstable factor. He had kept it before only because it was not easy to move, but since they were seeking death themselves, they could not be blamed for bringing forward the time of their extermination.

The other was to get rid of Zhou Zhong and find out his origin.

When Chen Yuan and Moro returned to Shuzhou City, Tianxu Daoist and others were still waiting in the same place outside the city as before. Chen Yuan then ordered people to summon them back to the royal palace.

Inside the royal palace hall.

Chen Yuan sat high in the main seat, and Moro disappeared without a trace.

Tianxu Daoist, Chen Huaiyi, Xuyan Monk, and Great Uncle Wu Daozi were arranged on both sides, looking at each other with some unconcealable confusion in their eyes.

But because no one spoke, it seemed a little silent.

Chen Yuan tapped the table with his finger, looked at the people, and naturally knew what they were thinking, and said lightly:

"This trip was safe and sound. Xiang Qianqiu has been executed. From now on, the Xiang family is no longer a hidden danger for this king. The remaining forces of the Xiang family will also help this king annex the Central Plains."

Chen Yuan's words were no less than a thunderclap on the ground, shocking everyone and making them feel dizzy. Their eyes were filled with disbelief, even more shocking than when they had just heard about Moro.

"Is this true?"

"Really?"

"Really?"

Several people asked in turn, but received Chen Yuan's affirmative answer.

Xuyan Monk put his hands together, remained silent for a moment, and said a Buddhist chant. He was also an old acquaintance of Xiang Qianqiu, and had even tried to win him over before.

However, he was rejected by him, but he still quite recognized the strength of this person, who was a rare and true hero in the world.

There were only a few who could compare to him in the world.

Tianxu Daoist then recalled the meeting at the Qingyun Temple in the capital. At that time, Xiang Qianqiu was high-spirited and extremely confident, but now, he simply heard the news of his death.

It really made him feel like he was in another world.

Chen Huaiyi was a little complicated. He did want to kill Xiang Qianqiu to avenge his sister Chen Xuanling, but when the news of his death came, it still aroused an unspeakable emotion in his heart.

When Great Chu was destroyed, the entire Chen family was destroyed along with it. In order to seek revenge, he had been following Xiang Qianqiu, and the two grew up together, as close as brothers.

At that time, they had not thought about the current situation. The complex emotions flashed by, and he was more happy, looking at Chen Yuan and saying:

"Your mother can rest in peace under the nine springs."

Wu Daozi slammed the table and laughed loudly:

"Good riddance! The people of Chenjia Village can finally rest in peace. Well done!"

In his heart, he had actually blamed himself for a long time, thinking that it was his reason that caused the disaster in Chenjia Village. Now that the great revenge had been avenged, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yuan took the attitude of the crowd into his eyes. Overall, it was good that Xiang Qianqiu was dead. Even if it was a pity, it was only a pity for such an unparalleled figure, not for himself.

Tianxu Daoist also quickly regained his composure and was happy for the current situation. With Xiang Qianqiu dead, there was no other voice in the south except for the Qisha Hall.

The Yan army will completely pacify the Central Plains in a more powerful posture.

He had invested so much, and he finally saw some glimmer of harvest. Taixu Palace would definitely be revived and stand in the world again because of Chen Yuan's rise.

Most importantly... Chen Yuan's strength.

He did not know that Xiang Qianqiu had broken through the sixth realm and become a Human Immortal, but he also knew that Xiang Qianqiu's strength was a genuine number one in the world, invincible under the Immortals, and even capable of defying the heavens and slaying immortals.

Chen Yuan killed him, which could also prove one thing, that Chen Yuan's strength had surpassed Xiang Qianqiu. In other words, he was now the genuine number one on the Heaven Ranking, the number one in the world.

As for the existence of the Immortal Realm, it was not enough to describe it with the word world.

Then, Tianxu Daoist stood up and bowed to Chen Yuan:

"This poor Daoist congratulates Prince Yan, from now on you are the unparalleled number one in the world!"

Seeing this, Xuyan Monk also stood up, put his hands together and said:

"The number one on the Heaven Ranking is the number one in the world. Congratulations to benefactor Chen."

Chen Huaiyi had been disturbed by the death of Xiang Qianqiu just now, but now he realized what Tianxu and Xuyan were saying and quickly thought of this, laughing loudly:

"Number one in the world... Hahaha... Good... Good!"

"Not bad, not bad."

Wu Daozi also stroked his beard and smiled.

The number one in the world represented not only a title, but also a symbol of Chen Yuan's strength and status. Such an existence was only half a step away from the sixth realm.

Great Yan... is thriving!

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