"Master Shen, this way, please."

  The goalkeeper stretched out his hand at will and led the way forward.

  Apart from asking for his surname, he didn't ask about anything else.

  Xu Wenyun stood with her hands behind her back, a goose egg stone hidden in her wide sleeves.

  "I feel something is off."

  "What's wrong?" Ah Qing followed closely behind, being very honest and obedient.

  "We came as wandering cultivators, if the Zheng family had any intention of recruiting us, how could they not care where we came from and let us in directly?"

  Xu Wenyun walked slowly beside Shen Yi.

  "Then let's go in." Ah Qing looked around at the surroundings.

  "Who knows him, looking at him is silent and taciturn, stupid and numb, I guess he's just a young and inexperienced kid."

  Xu Wenyun transmitted sound with a pebble while smiling at Shen Yi.

  But the young man just glanced at him lightly.

  "Hmph, still so arrogant."

  Xu Wenyun rolled her eyes and withdrew her gaze, but then she heard Ah Qing say cautiously: "Actually, Big Brother Shen's temper has improved a lot."

  "What does it mean?" Xu Wan Yun's footsteps slightly paused.

  "It's as if he remembered something, and suddenly looked strange, saying: 'You even gave him the transmission stone?'"

  "Gave..."

  Listening to Qing's response, Xu Wenyun suddenly felt embarrassed and tense all over: "I didn't mean it that way."

  However, Shen Yi had already followed the goalkeeper into a side hall.

  Only three people were seated in the hall.

  Found someone coming in, without even getting up to greet them.

  The oldest of them, wearing a dark green coat, with faint black spots on his thin neck, and his hands hidden in the wide sleeves, looked like he was dying.

  "This is my second uncle from the Zheng family, who is the younger brother of the head of the household."

  The gatekeeper respectfully introduced him and then said: "This is Master Shen Zong, who has come from outside."

  "Please sit down."

  Zheng's second uncle and two others also looked at the young man calmly.

  Shen Yi nodded slightly and sat down calmly.

  Looking at their expressions, several people exchanged a glance, with an unusual glint in their eyes.

  Soon, Xu Wenyun and Aqing also arrived late, and as soon as they entered the hall, they couldn't help but frown.

  The grand hall was dimly lit, with barely any light or shadow visible, exuding a sense of oppression.

  Adding to this, the three people in charge all looked like they were on their last legs, which added a hint of eeriness to the already oppressive atmosphere.

  Xu Wenyun felt a bit unwell and sat down beside Shen Yi with Ah Qing.

  "With those goose egg stones, he transmitted the sound: 'One extreme realm, two upper realms.'"

  This is an extremely frightening foundation.

  It's no wonder that it has grown into a big tree next to the Xuan Guang Cave.

  "Who is this?"

  Second Uncle's hoarse voice asked.

  "Shen's wife and children." Shen Yi's expression didn't change as she looked over, while Xu Wenyun nodded to the old man in a timely manner.

  Only Ah Qing's smile was slightly stiff, and inexplicably became Shen Da Ge's son.

  "Your son is quite talented and handsome. A tiger father has no ordinary sons." The old man beside him complimented politely.

  "It's okay."

  When it comes to the younger generation, Shen Yi's eyes show a hint of pride.

  Several old men smiled.

  Until now, the young man finally had some flavor of the barbaric land, although his cultivation was good, he didn't have much experience, a frog at the bottom of the well.

  "Serve tea."

  As Er Ye's voice rang out.

  Soon a maid brought up tea cups, bowed respectfully and then quickly retreated.

  Jin Bao Wen sat in a corner, unexpectedly even getting himself a cup of tea.

  Xu Wenyun politely picked up the teacup and took a sip, then suddenly looked surprised: "What a fragrant Ling tea, does it have a name?"

  It was just a mouthful of tea water, but it seemed like some kind of precious treasure, refreshing and invigorating, making one feel comfortable all over.

  Second Uncle smiled lightly and shook his head: "They're all wild tea grown in the mountain villa, didn't take any particular name, you folks like it is fine."

  He changed the subject abruptly after saying that.

  Kai and Shen Yi started talking.

  News from all corners of the world.

  Shen Yi sat silently, most of which couldn't be connected into a conversation.

  "I take back what I said earlier, he's acting like that."

  Xu Wenyun was amazed by the cobblestones, and the young man had performed that kind of ignorant and scattered repair appearance to the extreme.

  "Uh."

  A'qing recalled the scene where Shen Ge had asked her to tidy up the storage bag earlier, and silently sighed in her heart, this might not be an act.

  I don't know how long it's been.

  Second Uncle Zheng finally cleared his throat: "Since Shen Daoyou has just arrived, why don't you stay at my Zheng family's place first? Although this mountain villa is not luxurious, it has a unique rustic charm, no need to be formal."

  "Thank you."

  Shen Yi stood up and bid farewell, then immediately walked out of the house.

  A Qing followed suit with Xu Wenyun.

  Jin Bao Wen also wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to the Zheng family, but as soon as he bent down, he was dragged out by two of the Zheng family's disciples.

  “……”

  Until there were only three people left in the house.

  Their faces suddenly darkened.

  Only a few tables had tea left, almost all of which had been drunk up, except for the cup in front of Shen Yi, which hadn't been touched from start to finish.

  "You're inexperienced and timid, thinking we'd poison the tea? You're indeed a loose cultivator." An old man snorted.

  The second uncle slowly got up and walked in front of the table.

  He finally lifted his wide robe.

  But the exposed palm was eerie and ferocious.

  The entire body is made up of rough tree roots that are twisted together, barely forming the shape of five fingers, with one section missing.

  He waved his hand over the teacup.

  All that was seen was a light spot seeping out of the tea water, gathering in his palm and transforming into withered wood to fill up the missing tip of his finger.

  After doing all this, he smiled and said: "You've been fooled. He looks like the master of the house, but in fact, he's just a shell with no internal organs, at most a mediocre cultivator. His delicate wife is actually the real expert, probably not inferior to me."

  "As long as that woman has drunk tea, it's enough."

  Using poison as a means is unlikely to have any effect on a master of the Hunyuan sect unless one is an expert in this area.

  After all, ordinary poison is useless against Taoist infants.

  A poison potent enough to affect Daoyin, how could it possibly be hidden in a cup of tea without being visible?

  This tea is not only non-toxic.

  And released the heavenly treasure.

  It is truly...a treasure that can directly communicate with God.

  The second uncle's withered and dark-spotted face skin rapidly twitched, forcibly suppressing the joy in his heart, and a frenzied excitement rose up in his turbid eyes.

  This path of becoming a god is not just him walking it, but also the entire Zheng family walking it together.

  The whole family is promoted!

  But now just relying on them is no longer enough. Fortunately, these scattered cultivators have good luck and arrived at the right time, so they can join us on this journey.

  "Watch them!"

  A hoarse voice like a beast's low growl.

  Outside the main hall.

  Under the leadership of Zheng Jia's disciples, Shen Yi and the other two walked into a courtyard.

  "What can I do for you?"

  The man politely bowed and turned around to leave the yard.

  "Haven't you noticed that these people have become more enthusiastic towards us?"

  Xu Wenyun felt the abundant spiritual energy and was somewhat curious about what the tea had been earlier, even with the Xu family's background, she had never come into contact with anything similar.

  (End of chapter)

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