The aroma of tea overflowed, and Ye Chen quietly tasted the Xiao family's unique ancient tea, with a smile on his face that was so relaxed and comfortable.

Xiao Qianling stood aside, frowning slightly. He found that he could not see through Ye Chen more and more.

Initially, the two did reach a cooperation, and Ye Chen also guaranteed his safety as agreed.

However, as time goes by, Ye Chen becomes stronger and more calm, and he takes more and more initiative in cooperation.

Under such circumstances, although Xiao Qianling felt safer in his heart, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

He is the genius of the Xiao family, a banner figure of the collateral line that cannot be matched by any direct descendant of the Xiao family.

In the past, those direct descendants of the Xiao family rode on his head. That was because the Xiao family's long-term illness was a factor he could not resist.

But now, Ye Chen has surpassed him, and even surpassed those direct descendants of the Xiao family. How can he be happy about this?

In particular, the use of calamity thunder to refine elixirs was beyond Xiao Qianling's imagination. Even in this world, it was like a rarity!

"You're upset!"

After a long time, Ye Chen shook his head gently. He could detect the change in Xiao Qianling's mentality, but he didn't take it to heart.

The matter of using Tribulation Thunder to refine the elixir has already spread throughout Xiao City. The spies planted by various forces in Xiao City must have spread the news. It won't be long before he will become the banner of the younger generation of the Xiao family.

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At such a critical moment, his status is unshakable, and his identity will naturally not be questioned.

"Please forgive me, young master!"

Xiao Qianling's heart trembled. The discomfort in his heart did not disappear, but became deeper.

Things developed as Ye Chen expected. The head of the Xiao family quickly sent word that Ye Chen could return to Xiao Tian's mansion, and there was a surprise waiting for him.

Ye Chen naturally had nothing to pack, and Xiao Qianling didn't need to pack anything either. The two of them went straight out of the mansion and headed towards Xiao Tian's mansion.

Compared with Xiao Qianling's mansion, Xiao Tian's mansion has the specifications of a direct descendant. In addition, because he is so favored, the huge mansion is like an emperor's palace.

However, because of the real and fake Xiao Tian incident, all the servants in the mansion have been purged, and those currently arranged are almost all chosen by the head of the Xiao family and many elders.

Ye Chen naturally knew that many of those servants were spies of the Xiao family head and many elders, and even knew that this was almost an unspoken rule within the Xiao family.

For Ye Chen, this was nothing more than a trivial matter. After a brief glance, he entered the main hall of the mansion and saw Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren who were imprisoned in place and guarded by several golden guards.

"How could it be? Could it be..."

Xiao Qianling couldn't help but widen his eyes. He was once targeted by Xiao Tian, ​​who wanted to refine him into a death guard.

Unexpectedly, not long ago, he was still safe and sound, and Xiao Tian had become the material for refining the death guard, and even implicated Xiao Ren.

Of course, given the relationship between Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren, Xiao Tian should be able to rest in peace if Xiao Ren is buried with him...

No, refining into a death guard does not mean direct destruction, but life is worse than death, and you can't survive but die!

The more he thought about it, the more Xiao Qianling felt shuddered. He instinctively stopped and looked at Ye Chen, wanting to know what choices he would have.

"Pity!"

Ye Chen sighed, not because he sympathized with Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren, but because he originally wanted to get the secret of refining the death guards, but he didn't expect that the head of the Xiao family and many elders were still on guard against him, and actually refined Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren to

The key step is to leave only the finishing work.

If he hadn't become the master of the Death Guard, he would have to carry out the finishing work, and I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to access it at all.

"don't want……"

"Let me go...I don't want to..."

Suddenly seeing Ye Chen, Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren immediately shed tears of fear and regret. They never dreamed that they would fall into Ye Chen's hands, let alone that all this would happen to the Xiao family and to them.

On home court.

Especially Xiao Tian, ​​seeing Ye Chen taking his face and identity and taking over everything that originally belonged to him, the regret in his heart was simply difficult to describe in words.

But he still couldn't understand that he was just eyeing Xiao Qianling. Did he have anything to do with Ye Chen?

That being the case, why did Ye Chen want to harm him?

"You deserve death for plotting against me and the Xiao family!"

Ye Chen snorted coldly, and with a thought, he completed the last step of refining according to the information sent to him by the secret guard.

In an instant, the tears in Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren's eyes stopped. The fear and regret on their faces solidified, and then quickly dissipated, replaced by a coldness, like stone sculptures without any emotion.

The auras of the two people also began to change, but it was no longer the aura of their Taoist sources, but the vague aura of the death guards.

Ye Chen was startled and quickly used the Taoist secret technique secretly to avoid exposing the true identities of Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren.

After a while, everything stabilized. Ye Chen waved his hand and Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren disappeared.

From this moment on, Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren became his exclusive death guards. Even if their cultivation level was not high, they could improve as his cultivation level improved.

The most important thing is that the death guards have no emotions, only the instinct to fight. As long as Ye Chen practices a little bit of relevant secrets, he can control Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren to fight like a clone.

In critical moments, Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren can even be used as scapegoats.

In fact, if it weren't for the role of the death guard, which was too big, Xiao Tian would not have dared to target Xiao Qianling before.

Of course, with Xiao Tian's cultivation level, choosing Xiao Qianling to refine the death guard actually has another advantage, that is, the death guard's cultivation level is higher than that of the master, which can greatly increase the master's cultivation speed, which is equivalent to opening

Got a cheating device.

It's a pity that Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren are not very strong in cultivation. Needless to say, the former is only in the third realm of pure source, and their combat power is not even as good as Ye Chen's. Naturally, they cannot give Ye Chen any help.

Chen brings help in spiritual practice.

However, after successfully refining Xiao Tian and Xiao Ren into death guards, there is almost no possibility of Ye Chen's identity being exposed.

If you have to worry about it, Xiao Qianling knows Ye Chen's true identity, which is a factor that may be exposed.

However, as a collateral member of Xiao Qianling, would he dare to expose this secret if he was not in a desperate situation?

"Qian Ling, you can practice here from now on! Remember, strength is the foundation of everything!"
Chapter completed!