Chapter 997 Xiao Family Descendants

Chapter 997 Xiao Family Descendants

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However, the Yuxi Kingdom of that year no longer exists, and it has been replaced by the Wu Kingdom.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 Guard. 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 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. Could you be 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 piece of chain was left, as if it had been 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 magic and their facial features were deafened. Even if Xiao Yongchang shouted at this moment, 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 leader of the Yuxi Kingdom. These perverse and rebellious actions are despised by everyone. I hope that my ancestor can kill him and return the Yuxi Kingdom to the world."

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

"Yes, Wu Wenshu has usurped power and seized the throne. His reputation is not justified, but he is a rebellious minister and traitor. Everyone will find and punish him." Xiao Yongchang, with a solemn face and impassioned denouncement of the various crimes committed by the leader of Wu Kingdom.

"Even if Wu Wenshu is killed, the leader of the Yuxi Kingdom and his descendants have been slaughtered, then who will inherit the throne?" Xiao Lin asked.

Xiao Lin's words immediately stunned Xiao Yongchang.

Yes, the leader of the Yuxi Kingdom and his descendants have long been slaughtered. Even if Wu Wenshu is overthrown, who will sit in this world? You can't sit down by yourself, can you?

"People have reincarnations of life and death, and countries also have prosperity and changes. Although you are a minister of the Yuxi Kingdom, you have been imprisoned for several years. At this point, you are considered loyal. Why bother to overthrow Wu Wenshu? After the establishment of the Wu Kingdom, naturally It makes sense. The cycle of heaven is also in line with nature. If it is really reversed, then heaven will naturally impose punishments without you needing to judge. You may even cause great disaster to the Xiao family because of your stubbornness. Wife "Ion dispersion."

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

"What does it mean to be loyal to one's duty? Taking the Xiao family's fortune and life together to be buried together is considered to be one's duty to be loyal? Then let me ask you, after the establishment of the Wu Kingdom, will the people live and work in peace and contentment, with no worries about food and clothing?"

"this......"

"After the establishment of the Wu Kingdom, were there ever excessive levies and harsh punishments?"

"This..." If the criminal law were to be harsh, he, Xiao Yongchang, might not be alive now.

"When you read the books of sages, you should know that your loyalty is not to a certain king, but to the people of the world. As long as you are good to the people, it doesn't matter if the king's surname is Li or Wu?"

"If the leader of the Wu Kingdom makes the people miserable and unable to survive, then I support you to overthrow the tyranny, restore peace to the world, and bring peace to the people. But now that the world is peaceful and the world is prosperous, what is the reason for your loyalty?"

Xiao Lin made some enlightening words, and Xiao Yong was immediately moved to Chang Leng, with a look of shame 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 needed to truly understand what he should be loyal to?

While Xiao Yongchang was thinking, a fire cloud suddenly appeared on the horizon in the distance, and then two red lights dozens of feet long flashed towards the island.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

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