Chapter 997 Descendants of the Xiao Family

Yunlong City

Xiao Lin walked on the bustling streets, feeling the secular atmosphere here, and a feeling of nostalgia arose in his heart.

After Xiao Lin said goodbye to his family and embarked on the immortal path, Xiao Shi brought everyone from the Xiao family to Yunlong City.

However, the Yuxi Kingdom of that year no longer exists, and it has been replaced by the Wu Kingdom. It is said that the original ruler of Yuxi Kingdom suddenly died one night more than ten years ago.

Not long after, the border general Li Cheng rebelled and led his army to attack the capital. He was unstoppable and directly killed into the imperial city, killing all the royal family members.

This immediately angered many generals of Yuxi Kingdom, and they all raised the slogan of eliminating thieves for the country and marched to the capital of Yuxi Kingdom.

Li Cheng was surrounded by enemies for a while. Wu Wenshu was originally the commander of the Yuxi Kingdom's imperial guards. When Li Cheng attacked the capital, he didn't know where he went. After Li Cheng killed all the royal family members, he suddenly appeared again.

He led the Imperial Guards and defeated Li Cheng's 100,000 elite soldiers. Li Cheng was also killed in the chaos.

In this way, Wu Wenshu was soon elected by everyone and became the new king, and changed the country's name to Wu.

After he succeeded to the throne, Wu Wenshu led the army and began to fight everywhere to suppress the rebellion. He was invincible. There were rumors among the people that Wu Wenshu got the help of immortals, so he was able to defeat the troops of several generals in one fell swoop. After that, some local forces saw that the situation was not good and turned against him and surrendered to the court.

In less than a year, this matter ended dramatically, and Yuxi Kingdom was successfully replaced by Wu Kingdom.

After hearing these street gossips, Xiao Lin immediately understood that this Wu Wenshu was most likely a member of the Dancao Mountain Wu family. When the mortal army faced the immortal cultivator, it was naturally a one-sided ending.

Xiao Lin even suspected that the original ruler of Yuxi was probably killed by the Wu family. As for General Li Cheng, he was just used as a scapegoat.

Xiao Lin didn't care about these worldly struggles. What he cared about most was the current Xiao family.

Soon Xiao Lin found the Xiao Mansion.

But it was desolate...

It turned out that the Xiao family had produced many talents over the years, and the officials were getting bigger and bigger. Before the ruler of Yuxi was killed, the head of the Xiao family had already become the chief censor and was deeply trusted by the ruler of Yuxi.

After Li Cheng's rebellion, although the head of the Xiao family was not killed, after Wu Wenshu succeeded to the throne, the strong character of the chief censor still brought disaster to himself.

Because he refused to support the new master, he was dismissed and imprisoned in Tianlao, and most of the children of the Xiao family were sent to the border to guard the border. It has been several years now.

After learning about this, Xiao Lin couldn't help but be slightly stunned. In the past, Xiao Shi had accumulated a lot of property, which was enough for the Xiao family to have enough food and clothing.

But Xiao Lin didn't think at that time that there would be wars in the world of immortal cultivation, and the mortal world would naturally have dynasties change. Every dynasty change would trigger huge changes in the secular world. The Xiao family would naturally be affected.

Like his descendant Xiao Yushi, he was upright and honest, which was not a bad thing, but when he encountered such a dynasty change, his so-called persistence caused him a huge disaster.

Fortunately, Wu Wenshu was not a bloodthirsty person. He did not kill all the Xiao family, but chose to exile most of them, and several main family members were imprisoned in the sky prison.

After learning about this, Xiao Lin pondered for a while, and immediately sent a flying sword to send a letter, breaking through the air.

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Wu Guo's capital

Dongjiang City

After the establishment of Wu State, the capital was moved to Dongjiang City. After more than ten years of development, it has become the largest city in Wu State, and Dongjiang City faces a large river that runs across Wu State.

This makes it a transit point for many cities, and it is extremely prosperous. On the riverside, there are hundreds of huge flower boats drifting, and bursts of music and singing are heard from them.

The dignitaries, wealthy merchants from the capital and some surrounding cities all like to come here to hunt for beauties and live a life of drunkenness and dreams.

In the middle of the river, dozens of miles away from the flower boats on the riverside, there stands a small island with a radius of about ten miles, and this small island is where the Wu State's Tianlao is located.

On the cliffs on all sides of the island, countless strong bows and crossbows are built, and countless guards are standing.

These soldiers exude a cold breath, which is in sharp contrast to the music and singing on the opposite bank.

In the center of the island, there is a sunken cenote, which is dozens of feet deep. Around the cenote, there are many holes, and the sound of chains dragging can be heard from time to time.

Some people huddled at the hole, looking at the sky with envy.

For them, being able to see the sun again is their greatest luxury.

At the bottom of these cenotes, there are several relatively large holes, and you can vaguely see the steps leading to the depths inside.

In the dark and humid mountain belly, several figures were huddled against the wall. These figures have not moved for a long time, as if they were dead.

Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in the dark mountain belly, and a person with dark green light flashing all over his body appeared. After feeling the environment here, this person frowned slightly.

With a wave of his sleeves, several flames suddenly burned on the surrounding walls.

The temperature in the mountain belly immediately rose and became bright.

The several lying figures were suddenly startled. After seeing Xiao Lin, who was glowing with spiritual light, they immediately knelt down in horror, muttering something unknown.

Xiao Lin was looking at the slovenly figure who was still motionless in the corner, and a smile couldn't help but flash at the corner of his mouth.

"Xiao Yongchang?"

The figure in the corner suddenly moved slightly when Xiao Lin's voice fell, and then turned around with difficulty, revealing a face full of stubble and hair.

When Xiao Lin saw this, he waved his sleeves and a pure magic power shot out.

After this magic power was injected into the slovenly man, the excess hair on his face immediately fell away, and his straight facial features were soon revealed. He looked to be in his forties, but most of his hair was gray. .

His spirit was shaken, and he looked at Xiao Lin, with a surprised expression on his face.

It turned out that he was surprised to find that the person in front of him looked somewhat similar to him.

"You...are you an immortal?"

Xiao Yongchang said cautiously.

"In your understanding, I should be considered one." Xiao Lin said with a faint smile.

"Are the immortals here to save us?"

"Immortal, please save us, we have been in this dark place for several years."

"Yeah, staying in a place like this would be worse than death."

After seeing Xiao Lin's magical powers, the other people knelt in front of him and cried loudly, making Xiao Lin frown slightly.

Xiao Yongchang, on the other hand, looked at the people kneeling on the ground with cold eyes, with a hint of disdain and stubbornness in his eyes.

Xiao Lin saw a bit of him in this person. When he entered the world of cultivating immortals, he was a bit stubborn. After learning about his pseudo-spiritual qualifications, he still practiced hard and never give up.

"Why are you crying? It's just a matter of death. As a minister, a man should serve his people loyally and die. How can you behave like a little girl like you?" Xiao Yongchang said angrily to everyone.

"We are not the descendants of your Xiao family, we are just the surnames that were changed later. Your children have been sent to the border. Now we don't know whether they are alive or dead."

"That's right, that's right. Living now is the right way. In this dark place, even if we don't get killed, we won't be able to survive for a few more years."

"A bunch of cowards." Xiao Yongchang waved his sleeves angrily and rebuked.

"You...you are? Impossible. Although the ancestor of our Xiao family is said to have embarked on the path to immortality, hundreds of years have passed. I am afraid that even immortals will not live this long." Xiao Yongchang Looking at Xiao Lin, he suddenly exclaimed, seeming to have thought of something, and murmured.

"Tell me, who am I?" Xiao Lin smiled slightly when he heard this and asked.

"You look very similar to Xiao Lin, the ancestor of our Xiao family. His portrait has always been enshrined in the ancestral hall. However, after the fall of our Xiao family, the ancestral hall was also destroyed. I think the portrait of that ancestor was also destroyed. It’s no longer there.”

"What if I am Xiao Lin?" Xiao Lin said with a smile.

When Xiao Yongchang heard this, his body trembled. He showed an expression of disbelief at first, but then quickly shook his head: "Impossible, there are many similar people in the world. You can't be the ancestor of our Xiao family. Are you not the leader of the Wu Kingdom? Sent here to trick Xiao."

Xiao Lin felt helpless when he saw this guy's stubbornness, and then with a wave of his sleeves, a ball of green light suddenly lit up from Xiao Yongchang's chest.

Green light emerged and then floated in front of Xiao Lin.

"This jade pendant was still a gift from me to my little sister back then, but things have changed. I didn't expect that hundreds of years later, this jade pendant is still passed down."

Xiao Yongchang was dumbfounded when he saw this scene. The jade pendant on his chest was the symbol of the head of the Xiao family. Originally, he was going to be searched when he was put into prison. Before the search, he secretly hid it.

In this way, he avoided being searched, and he always wore it close to his body and never took it out.

The person in front of him waved his hand, and the jade pendant emitted spiritual light and floated out.

"Are you...really Xiao Lin, the ancestor of our Xiao family?" Xiao Yongchang asked with his eyes widened.

"Are you still doubting?" Xiao Lin had an impatient expression on his face.

"Xiao Yongchang, the unfilial grandson of the tenth generation of the Xiao family, pays homage to the ancestor." Xiao Yongchang suddenly knelt in front of Xiao Lin and said loudly.

"Greetings to the ancestor."

"Greetings to the ancestor."

Upon hearing this, the rest of the people immediately knelt down and worshiped again.

Xiao Lin, on the other hand, didn't even look at those people. With a wave of his sleeves, a dark green light flashed through, followed by two "clicks". When the light dissipated, the people who were kneeling down were surprised to find Xiao Lin and Xiao Yongchang actually disappeared.

Only a section of chain was left, as if cut off by a sharp blade.

On a cliff on the island, a flash of inspiration occurred, and the figures of Xiao Lin and Xiao Yongchang appeared. Xiao Yongchang looked dazed, and it took a moment before he came back to his senses.

The dozen or so black iron warriors on the cliff were like clay sculptures at this moment. They had been immobilized by Xiao Lin's spell and their facial features were deafened. Even if Xiao Yongchang shouted, they could not hear or see.

After seeing the various magical powers Xiao Lin displayed, he no longer had any doubts.

"Ancestor, please save our Xiao family."

"Get up." Xiao Lin stretched out his hand and sent out a burst of magic power. Xiao Yongchang immediately felt himself being supported by a huge force, and his body stood up involuntarily.

"I already know everything about the Xiao family."

"Wu Wenshu usurped the throne and killed the ruler of Yuxi. Such perverse behavior is despised by the ministers. I hope that the ancestor can kill him and return the world to Yuxi."

"Return the world to Yuxi?" Xiao Lin looked at his descendant in front of him and couldn't help but laugh and cry.

"Yes, Wu Wenshu usurped the throne, which was not legitimate. He was a traitor and a traitor. Everyone can kill him." Xiao Yongchang was full of solemnity and passionately denounced the various crimes of the ruler of Wu.

"Even if Wu Wenshu was killed, the ruler of Yuxi and his descendants had been slaughtered. Who would inherit the throne?" Xiao Lin asked.

Xiao Lin's words stunned Xiao Yongchang.

Yes, the ruler of Yuxi and his descendants had already been slaughtered. Even if Wu Wenshu was overthrown, who would sit in the world? You can't sit there yourself, right?

"People have reincarnation, and countries have prosperity and change. Although you are a minister of Yuxi State, you have been imprisoned for several years. You have been loyal to the state now. Why do you insist on overthrowing Wu Wenshu? The establishment of Wu State has its reasons. The cycle of heaven is also in line with heaven. If it is really against the will of heaven, then heaven will naturally impose criminal law without you to judge. Even because of your stubbornness, the Xiao family has suffered a great disaster and the wife and children have been separated."

"But as a minister, shouldn't you be loyal to your duties and die?" Xiao Yongchang did not dare to speak harshly in front of Xiao Lin, the ancestor, but still responded stubbornly.

"What does it mean to be loyal to one's duty? Is it to take the Xiao family's life and property and be buried with them? Then let me ask you, after the establishment of Wu State, did the people live and work in peace and contentment, and have no worries about food and clothing?"

"This..."

"After the establishment of Wu State, did it impose heavy taxes and harsh criminal laws?"

"This..." If the criminal laws were really harsh, Xiao Yongchang would probably not be alive today.

"You read the books of sages, and you should know that you are not loyal to a certain king, but to the people of the world. As long as you are good to the people, what does it matter whether the king's surname is Li or Wu?"

"If the king of Wu State made the people live in misery and unable to survive, then I support you to overthrow the tyranny and return peace to the world and the people. But now that the world is peaceful and the four seas are rich, what is the purpose of your loyalty?"

Xiao Lin's words were so enlightening that Xiao Yongchang was immediately chilled and a look of shame appeared on his face.

After Xiao Lin finished speaking, he stopped talking and turned around to look at the river quietly.

He knew that Xiao Yongchang needed to digest what he said. He had to really understand what he should be loyal to.

Just as Xiao Yongchang was thinking, a cloud of fire suddenly appeared in the distant sky, followed by two red lights several dozen feet long, rushing towards the island at lightning speed.

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