C509 Date of the Decisive Battle
Chu Hen heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Luo Mengchang's story. He narrowed his eyes and a faint cold light flashed in his pupils.
So it turned out that the Luo Family was the true master of the Taixiao City in the past.
Ten years ago, Mu Family had overthrown and replaced City Master of the Luo Family. Under the assault and pursuit of the Mu Family, the Luo Family fled all the way until they reached the Yueyong City.
"Not only did the Mu Family take over the seal of Taixiao City, it also took away the treasure passed down in the Luo Family during the history, the Taixiao Sword." Luo Mengchang said softly.
She tried her best to prevent the coldness in her heart from leaking out, as she didn't want to affect Chu Hen's mood.
"Taixiao Sword?"
"En!" Luo Mengchang nodded her head, "The Taixiao Sword is a semi-sage tool. Originally, my grandfather planned to invite the famous master refiners of Prefecture to help later on in order for it to become a real Holy Sword. However, what happened afterwards completely changed his previous plan. "
Luo Mengchang held Chu Hen's hand gently, her voice was filled with sadness.
"I still remember when it snowed so heavily that there were only less than a hundred people left in the entire Luo Family. The feeling of the wind blowing against their faces was enough to freeze a person to death. My father had wrapped me in the only mink coat he had left, and he himself was as cold as an ice sculpture.
At that time, Grandfather had some friendship with the Li Family, one of the seven great families of the Yueyong City. He hoped that with the Li Family's help, he could ask for help from the Cang Family, a city lord, so that he could temporarily settle down in the Yueyong City.
But as long as it was a friendly relationship, how many people would be willing to bother with the former overlord of Taixiao City? However, the Li Family Patriarch still remembered their old relationship and made a request to Cang Family. But Cang Family did not give an answer, he only said that he would consider.
At that time, it could be said that the Luo Family already had no other choice. Thus, in order to protect the remaining members of the family from the persecution of the Mu Family … Grandfather and Father had always been at the Cang Family entrance asking for the help of the Patriarch. I still can't forget the helplessness on their faces. "
"And then? Cang Family agrees, right? " Chu Hen asked in a soft voice.
Luo Mengchang shook her head lightly, "Grandfather, Father and the others stood at the Cang Family's entrance for seven days and seven nights without eating. Just as everyone was about to lose all hope, the Cang Family made a condition that the Luo Family could be taken in. But no matter what happens in the future, the Luo Family must listen to the equivalent of Cang Family, and allow Grandfather to become a slave for Cang Family. "
Who would have thought that the previous lord of a city would fall from the Taixiao City to become a subordinate of one of the ranks.
According to Luo Yibai's personality, he would never agree to such a thing.
However, looking at the clan behind him, in order to preserve the Luo Clan's bloodline, he continued to spread the word. Luo Yibai, stunned, endured the shame on his shoulder as he knelt down on his golden knee, and kowtowed to Cang Family to thank him for his "grace."
From then on, the Luo Family had decided to stay in the Yueyong City.
Even though he had fallen down from the high platform, as the former master of Taixiao City, the Luo Family still possessed a lot of reserve resources.
All they had to do was to borrow the Yueyong City from this umbrella, and gradually regain the vitality of the past, and then snatch the Taixiao City back.
Relying on the reserve resources and the branches of the other families that were distributed outside, he returned one by one. This added a lot of liveliness to the dilapidated family, added to the accumulated abundant experience and foundation, the Luo Family had made a name for themselves in the various industries in the Yueyong City, their rate of recovery was also very fast
"Father is a very business-like person and knows how to get close to people. Very quickly, he established a cooperative relationship with the few families in Yueyong City and only used five to six years. Our Luo Family has become the eighth largest family with Yueyong City, although we are the weakest family on the whole. "
Luo Mengchang said with a smile.
There was a trace of adoration for his father in that faint smile.
Chu Hen also heaved a sigh of relief. He had to admit that this was the Luo Family.
"However, just as the family's situation was gradually improving, in the sixth year, Cang Family made a request to the Luo Family. In the future, they would have to withdraw sixty percent of the clan's profits."
"60%?" Chu Hen frowned. For the Luo Family, who had just recovered their Essence, this was definitely a violent attack.
"En!" Luo Mengchang replied softly, "The entire Luo Family was naturally opposed to it, but due to the agreement back then, they had no choice but to agree to the Cang Family's conditions."
With 60% of the property's income taken away, the Luo family's situation once again became a lot more awkward.
However, one had no choice but to lower their head under the eaves.
Even though from the very beginning, Cang Family did not contain the Luo Family within the Yueyong City because they wanted to be a great benefactor. But in the end, they still took us in. Even if their demands were extremely unreasonable, we could only force ourselves to agree.
"In less than half a year, an even more brutal blow followed."
"What is it?" Chu Hen's expression changed slightly.
Luo Mengchang's eyes seemed to be in a trance. She bit her lips and tightened her grip on Chu Hen.
"Grandpa is gone!"
Hearing these words, Chu Hen's heart was slightly moved. He reached out his hand to hold Luo Mengchang in his arms.
Luo Mengchang leaned on his chest, and slightly adjusted her emotions, saying, "Actually, when I left the Taixiao City back then, Grandfather was already heavily injured. The long journey, in addition to the seven days and seven nights he spent standing outside the Cang Family entrance, left behind an incurable illness. In fact, all those years, it was Father managing all the affairs of the Luo Family. Most of the time, Grandpa is in bed. "
Even so, in the eyes of the people of the Luo Family, Luo Yibai had always been their mental support.
The harsh requirements of the Cang Family had greatly restricted the recovery and development of the Luo Family.
The depressed Luo Yibai relapsed and left in the end.
"Before my grandfather passed away from illness, his last words were, Seize back the Taixiao City, and the Taixiao Sword!"
Luo Mengchang's eyes flickered faintly. This wish didn't even come true when Luo Yibai died. The greatest regret in life was that at the moment of parting, there were too many things that he had not let go of.
"After that, Father inherited the position of Patriarch and took the Taixiao City back as his own responsibility. Even though the clan was already pretty much stabilized, to have to take away sixty percent of the income every year was still enough to burden Father. In these few years, the rise of Taixiao City had been especially fast, and he had the aura of someone who wanted to become a first-rate family. This is even more so the long-cherished wish of our Luo Family to regain our Taixiao City is still far off in the distance. "
After listening to Luo Mengchang's story, Chu Hen's heart became a lot heavier.
The storm had lasted for more than ten years, and this was where the grudges existed between the Yueyong City and the Luo Family.
Chu Hen hugged Luo Mengchang gently. Through the window, he looked at the ups and downs of the Zhong Ling's embroidery as his gaze gradually revealed a trace of profoundness.
After a long silence, the room seemed exceptionally quiet.
After a long while, Chu Hen finally called out softly, "Mengchang?"
No response!
Chu Hen was slightly stunned. He looked down and saw that Luo Mengchang had fallen asleep against his chest. Her quiet appearance made people feel tender affection for her.
Chu Hen smiled with pity. He casually took out a coat from the Storage Ring and gently covered her back. He leaned on the windowsill and maintained this posture.
Three days of intense battles had finally declared the end of the Grand Meeting of Sword Ceremony preliminary competition.
In the past three days, the entire Tongtian Sword Pavilion had become extremely lively, and could be said to be continuously fermenting. All the mountains were immersed in a noisy atmosphere.
"The preliminaries are finally over. Everyone, hurry up and bet on who will be the champion of Grand Meeting of Sword Ceremony. I'm here to see the odds. "If I guess correctly, I will surely lose a pair of underpants!"
"Young Master Blood, it's definitely Young Master Blood."
"It must be Young Master Yuan."
"I support Young Master Yi."
"Humph, you guys didn't see the silence. Young Master Blood stood on the stage and no one dared to go up. The only one who was not afraid of death, his neck was snapped by Young Master Blood in less than half a second. They said it was a ten win streak, so Young Master Blood won a single round to promote himself. "
"So what? Young Master Yuan has only fought two rounds and has only used one move against the enemy. "
"It's about the same for Young Master Yi."
"In my opinion, Xiao Ruoman from Illusory Rain Sect is not inferior to those three either."0
"Fantasy Xiao Ruoman?"
"That's right. It was only today that I found out that Xiao Ruoman had truly hidden her strength. Her illusion technique could be said to have reached the acme of perfection." Each time her opponent came on stage, less than two seconds later, he would kneel down. "
"To be honest, Mu Yifeng from Taixiao City is a really abnormal guy."
"I agree, I watched Mu Yifeng's fight. Although it took longer for the fight to end than those few people, Mu Yifeng most likely held back and did not use his full strength. "He also has the appearance of a champion."
"Mu Yifeng is indeed very powerful, but it is said that Mu Hongzhou was beaten into a dog by Chu Hen in the # 9 competition area. Chu Hen's strength must not be underestimated! "
All the outstanding geniuses shone brightly on the Grand Meeting of Sword Ceremony, bringing about a wave of guesses from the masses.
Over ten thousand geniuses had gathered at Tongtian Sword Pavilion.
In the end, only a very small number of people managed to break through the preliminaries and enter the final battle.
But there was no doubt that this small part was the biggest attraction of the Prefecture Gathering.
Boom!
"Thump!"
The deafening sounds of ceremonial cannons echoed in the air above Tongtian Sword Pavilion s, as colorful rain of flowers filled the sky.
After several days of intense battles in the preliminaries, the day of the final battle of Grand Meeting of Sword Ceremony arrived as promised.
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