Chapter 1: The Yang Family's Trash

  Calling herself "sister", jokingly, Gu Jing was only seventeen or eighteen years old, while she was only sixteen years old in this life, but her actual age was over twenty years old.

  "Old predecessor, quiet girl."

  "What a quiet girl, it's unbearable to listen to you, call me sister." Gu Jing obviously liked Yang Lei more, her small mouth pouted, slightly dissatisfied with Yang Lei's title.

  Yang Lei looked somewhat embarrassed.

  Seeing Yang Lei like this, Gu Jing was dissatisfied and pouted: "Why can't I be called sister? I'm older than you, many people want to call me sister, but I don't agree."

  "Xiao Jing, don't trouble Xiao Ge anymore. By the way, what's your name, young man? You haven't told me yet," said the old man with a smile.

  "My surname is Yang and I'm Lui, you can just call me Xiao Lui."

  "My name is Zhao Yuan, but you can just call me Xiao Yuan."

  "No, why don't you call me sister? Grandfather, you're really something. It's not easy for someone to find a younger brother, and I want Xiao Xuan to be my little brother." Gu Jing said, shaking her old arm.

  The old man helplessly looked at Yang Lei: "You go talk to Xiao Lei yourself, I can't help you."

  "Little brother Hui." Gu Jing looked at Yang Hui with pleading eyes, a pitiful expression.

  "This won't do, it's barely acceptable for you to call me Brother Yang, but for me to call you Little Sister Jing is completely out of the question." Yang Lei shook his head firmly, unwilling to let a 17 or 18 year old girl order him around and have him address her as sister all day. Although acknowledging her as his sister would definitely be beneficial to himself, he couldn't go against his principles.

  "Why can't I? I'm older than you and more skilled than you. Why can't you call me sister?"

  "This won't work, it just won't work, and has nothing to do with age or cultivation." Yang Lei shook his head firmly.

  At this time, Zhao Yuan said: "I'm telling you, Yang Xiao brother, since Xiaojing lets you call her sister, just call her that, after all, you're indeed younger than her."

  "That's right, Brother Zhao is absolutely correct." Zhao Yuan's words made Gu Jing's impression of him improve greatly. "Call me sister and I'll give you a gift, it's something that others dream of having."

  Yang Lei rolled his eyes and thought to himself that he wasn't a kid anymore. Although the treasure was great, as a man, he had to stand firm and say no meant no.

  Yang Lei no longer paid attention to Gu Jing, but instead asked the old man, "Old man shouldn't be from Kyoto, right? Did you come to Kyoto this time for the three-yearly Wind and Cloud Selection of Xuandongmen?"

  Although it's clear that this old man is incredibly powerful and must be someone from a certain power, with his abilities, even entering the Mystic Door wouldn't be difficult for him. Or perhaps he wants to let his granddaughter Gu Jing participate in this Wind Cloud Selection as a form of training? This would make sense.

  "You guessed it, I came this time to accompany Xiao Jing, let her participate in the Xuanji Gate's Wind and Cloud Selection, and temper herself." Gu Lao didn't hide it, but directly said it out.

  "With Jing's cultivation at the fourth stage of Wu Huang, she will definitely be the strongest in this Wind and Cloud Selection." Yang Lei said after taking a look.

  "Call me sister." Gu Jing was somewhat dissatisfied, but then curiously asked, "How did you find out that I am a Wu Huang Fourth Stage?"

  "This is a secret, Buddha said it cannot be spoken."

  "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me now, I'll find out sooner or later anyway." Gu Jing said with a hum.

  Yang Lei secretly shook his head, joking that it would be strange if this matter could be investigated, unless he himself spoke out, otherwise no one would know, and even if he did say something, it's not necessarily true that someone would believe him.

  "Is Xiao Ke also going to participate in this Wind and Cloud Recruitment?" Gu Lao said, looking at Yang Ke.

  Yang Lei nodded: "Yes."

  "So, Little Brother Yang, since you're also participating in the Wind and Cloud Selection, if I defeat you, will you call me sister then?" Gu Jing said with a glint in her eye as she looked at Yang Lei.

  Yang Lei heard this and smiled, responding: "Alright, what if I win?"

  Although Gu Jing was already at the 4th rank of Wu Huang's cultivation, and it was likely that he had some powerful treasures on him, Yang Lei wasn't afraid. Once he exerted his full strength, he could unleash twenty-five times his battle power, and his current true energy was majestic enough to rival that of a Wu Huang realm cultivator.

  "You won? How is that possible? You're only a Martial King Sixth Stage, how could you possibly beat me? If you've won, then I'll call you brother." Gu Jing said with an extremely confident tone.

  "Quiet down, you must be mistaken. Xiao Ke's cultivation is not the Sixth Stage of the Martial King, but rather the Great Perfection Realm of the Martial King." The old man said with a smile.

  "King Wu is supposed to be at the Great Perfection stage, but I clearly see that he's only at the sixth stage of King Wu?" Gu Jing looked at Yang Lei with a puzzled expression.

  "The old man's wisdom is like a torch, and indeed, the younger generation has reached the great perfection of the Martial King realm." Yang Lei nodded, the old man's cultivation was at least in the Martial God realm, so he could naturally see through his own cultivation.

  "Really, how did you do it? Can you teach me?" Gu Jing stared at Yang Lei with wide eyes.

  "This...this, I have no way of teaching you." Yang Lei shook his head.

  "Don't be so petty, it's just a set of kung fu moves. I'll let Grandfather teach you the Earthly Stance Technique, and then you can tell me how to conceal my cultivation level. What do you say?" Gu Jing thought for a moment before saying.

  Yang Lei smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to teach you, it's just that I really can't. This is a piece of equipment that can conceal one's cultivation."

  "So it was like that... then, do you still have such equipment? Can I have one?" Gu Jing asked again, not giving up.

  "This... this is all I have left. This equipment was something I unintentionally obtained, and it's very important to me. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind giving it to you." Yang Lei said.

  "Never mind, I'll go find Grandpa." Gu Jing looked towards Gu Lao at this time.

  The old man glared at Yang Yue with a bad temper and then turned his head to Gu Jing, saying: "Jing'er, I'll find someone for you next time."

  "But I want it now." Gu Jing pouted.

  "Not now, after the selection of the Wind and Cloud, Grandfather and you will go to Tielao's place together." Gu Lao said helplessly.

  The meal lasted nearly two hours, and Zhao Yuan didn't say much, but Gu Jing talked a lot, constantly pestering Yang Lei. This made Yang Lei feel both pleased and helpless at the same time, with pain and happiness coexisting, just like that.

  After parting with Lao Ye and his wife, Yang Lei and Zhao Yuan arrived at one of his courtyards.

  This courtyard is indeed elegant, making Yang Wei quite envious.

  "How did you, young Yang, take a liking to this place? If you like it, I'll give it to you as a gift." Zhao Yuan said, seeing Yang Lei admiring the courtyard.

  Yang Lei shook his head: "A gentleman does not take away what others love, this courtyard is your heart's desire, how can I want it?"

  "Little brother, you're being too polite, it's just a house, I can find someone to rebuild another one myself. No big deal, no big deal." Zhao Yuan patted Yang Lei's arm and said, "Alright, I'll get someone to handle the paperwork and transfer this place to you, don't decline."

  Yang Lei shook his head: "Older brother, don't bother, I like this courtyard a lot, but even if it's given to me, I won't be able to stay for long. After the Wind and Cloud Selection, I'll go to the Mystic Door, who knows when I can come back? So giving this courtyard to me would be a waste. You'd better use it yourself."

  "It's nothing, just leave it as is. If you go to Xuangui Gate in the future, you can hire someone to clean and take care of it. When you come back, you can still live here, after all, this Qianyuan country is your home." Zhao Yuan said.

  Home. Yang Wei couldn't help but think of the Earth, where she truly belonged. She didn't know if she could ever return or when that would be possible. Was everything still okay there?

  "Yang, what do you think?"

  Zhou Yuan's words brought Yang Lei back to reality.

  "Ah, what did you say, Zhao?"

  "I'll get someone to set this place up right away. Take a look, little brother, how would you like it arranged? What needs to be done?" Zhao Yuan said.

  Yang Lei shook his head and said, "No need, really, big brother, don't bother, this house is a waste for me."

  "If you still want to acknowledge me as your elder brother, then take it. A house is nothing to me, and besides, I might need to ask for your help in the future, so don't refuse me then." Zhao Yuan insisted, and Yang Lei could only nod his head.

  Zhao Yuan handed over the hospital's affairs to Yang Wei and then brought some materials from this stormy selection before leaving.

  When changing the name of this courtyard, Yang Lei named it: Siqing Residence.

  Earlier, Zhao Yuan asked why he chose this name, and Yang Lei smiled without saying a word.

  This was his secret, a man's secret.

  …………

  Leaving Siqingju, Yang Lei walked towards Weiwu Wangfu, still having to face what he had to face.

  When he arrived at the gate, the guards in the mansion had already recognized him and no longer looked down on him as before, but instead looked up to him with reverence.

  "Third Young Master."

  "Third Young Master."

  Yang Lei nodded and walked inside.

  As soon as he entered the mansion, he met Yang Yue. As soon as she saw Yang Lei, she shouted: "Younger brother, where have you been? I've been looking for you everywhere, Father is back and wants to see you."

  "En." Yang Wei responded faintly, finally facing the fact that Wu Wang's current cultivation had reached what level, why he wanted to treat his mother and son like this, was it just because he couldn't cultivate? Or was there another reason? There must be a result, an explanation.

  Soon, Yang Lei arrived at the study.

  "Welcome, have a seat."

  Yang Lei sat down silently, only looking at this father of his life, handsome and refined, with a hint of majesty in his elegant demeanor.

  Yang Lei couldn't help but use an appraisal technique.

  "Ding, appraisal failed."

  The appraisal failed, and it was actually an appraisal failure. It seems that Yang You has already broken through, and I estimate that he has now reached the Martial God Realm.

  "Aren't you going to say something to me?" Yang You spoke up as he saw Yang Lei remaining silent.

  "Is there something to say about my mother? Why treat me and my mother like this?" Yang Lei stared straight at Yang You.

  When Yang Lei asked this, Yang You sighed: "I didn't expect you to actually take this path."

  Yang Lei was confused and didn't understand: "What do you mean? What I'm still on this road?"