In the meeting hall of the Zhou Family, when Zhou Ling heard Zhou Tianji's words, his face turned ugly. His heart was boiling with anger, but he forcefully suppressed it. If he exploded now, then all that awaited him would be Zhou Chi's harsh punishment.
When the others heard Zhou Tianji's words, their faces also turned ugly. Although this matter had nothing to do with them, if Zhou Ling really knelt to Yang Li, then the Zhou Family would lose all face, and they would also lose face.
Although Zhou Chi knew of Yang Li's request sooner or later, when he heard it again, he couldn't help but feel conflicted. If Zhou Ling really knelt, then the reputation of the Zhou Family would be greatly impacted.
The Assembly Hall fell into a strange atmosphere. Everyone was silent. Zhou Lingyi also kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word.
After a long time, Zhou Chi, who was sitting at the head of the table, sighed and said, "If Ling kneels, it would be a great loss to the Zhou Family. Forget it, these old bones of mine will personally make a trip."
"Yes." Zhou Tianji lowered his head and replied in a low voice. In his heart, he was quite helpless. Originally, this matter didn't need the Zhou Family's presence. Moreover, Yang Li had personally come to the Zhou Family to visit Zhou Chi, but he was forced to leave by Zhou Ling and the guards.
Speaking of which, the fact that Yang Li was able to come back to Zhou City was already a great honor to Zhou Tianfang's teachings. Not to mention that the Zhou Family still needed Yang Li's help in the future.
But if Zhou Ling knelt, then it would bring shame to the Zhou Family that wouldn't be erased for a long time. Right now, the only solution was for the Zhou Family to personally make a move.
Zhou Chi looked at the people in the meeting hall and said sternly, "In a moment, I will go find Yang Li, but all of you must remember this! After Yang Li comes to the Zhou Family, no one is allowed to target Yang Li in any way, let alone offend Yang Li verbally! "
"If anyone breaks the rules, they'll be locked up in the water prison for three months! Are you clear?! "
"Understood!" Everyone in the Zhou Family's meeting hall answered in unison.
Only then did Zhou Chi nod his head in satisfaction. Then, he disappeared from the meeting hall and rushed towards the inn where Yang Li was staying.
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"Dong, dong, dong ~"
As Yang Li was cultivating, he suddenly heard a knock on the door. Next, he used his divine sense to look outside. When he saw an old man outside, Yang Li was stunned.
The way he saw it, having Zhou Lingyi apologize was just to disgust Zhou Lingyi. The Zhou Family would definitely not let him kneel to Yang Li. If Zhou Lingyi really did kneel to apologize, then Yang Li would have to consider the current situation of the Zhou Family.
He would have to consider whether his strength would be able to bear the burden of the Zhou Family. Therefore, he felt that it would be the younger generation of the Zhou Family who would come. Among the younger generation, the only ones he had interacted with were Zhou Li and Zhou Tianji.
At first, he thought it would be Zhou Tianji, but the person who came was an old man. Moreover, this old man looked very ordinary. He wore an ordinary gray Taoist robe and did not even have the insignia of the Zhou Family. There was no aura around him and there were many wrinkles on his face. He looked like an ordinary old man.
But Yang Li could feel that this person was not as simple as he looked! With how much the Zhou Family valued him, they would not look down on him like this. Therefore, this person must have a high status in the Zhou Family.
Thinking of this, Yang Li quickly went to open the door. Although he disliked Zhou Lingyi, he had a good impression of the Zhou Family as a whole. This was also thanks to Su Wanqing's advice to Yang Li.
After the door opened, a handsome young man in white walked out. Although he had not seen Yang Li before, the sharp and extraordinary aura that Yang Li faintly exuded made him sure that this was Yang Li.
Yang Li opened the door and looked slightly puzzled. He said, "You are?"
When Zhou Chi heard this, he smiled and said, "My name is Zhou Chi, the previous head of the Zhou Family. I have specially come to invite you to my Zhou Family as a guest."
Yang Li was shocked and quickly said, "Senior Zhou, why did you come in person?"
"If I didn't come, wouldn't Lingyi have to kneel to invite you?" Zhou Chi laughed heartily, but there was a hint of helplessness in his voice.
"Senior, your words are wrong. Junior didn't think that Zhou Lingyi would really kneel and invite me. Junior originally thought that it would be Zhou Tianji who would come out. I didn't think that you would come in person. This really makes me feel flattered." Yang Li said very sincerely. He really didn't think that the head of the Zhou Family, Zhou Chi, would come in person!
This could be said to be giving Yang Li a lot of face. If it was anyone else, they would certainly be wild with joy. However, Yang Li didn't feel this way. He didn't need the face of the Zhou Family, but Zhou Chi's regard for him made him feel good.
Zhou Chi looked at the sincere expression on Yang Li's face and smiled, "You little brat, forget about it. I don't see any signs of you being overwhelmed by this unexpected favor. However, I originally wanted to invite you to stay with my Zhou Clan for a period of time, to walk around with the younger generation of my Zhou Clan's geniuses.
When Yang Li heard this, his expression became solemn and he said, "I will listen to Senior Zhou's instructions!"
Zhou Chi smiled with satisfaction and said, "Then let's go. I will send someone to take care of the inn."
After saying this, Zhou Chi brought Yang Li and flew towards the Zhou Family. The two of them talked non-stop along the way. This caused Zhou Chi's impression of Yang Li to increase. From their conversation, Zhou Chi also learned that Yang Li's current realm was indeed as Zhou Tianji had said. He had already reached the Half Law Realm Level 7.
Zhou Tianji had previously sent people to the Southern Territory to collect a lot of information about Yang Li. Through this conversation, he confirmed it.
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the Zhou Family. Zhou Chi directly brought Yang Li to his residence. After sitting down in his residence, he seriously told Yang Li why he was looking for him.
"Yang Li, I presume you already know why the Zhou Family is looking for you?" Zhou Chi said in a deep voice.
"Wan Qing has already told this junior. She said that it has something to do with the prophecy of the Zhou Family's ancestor. However, this junior doesn't know the specifics."
Hearing this, Zhou Chi closed his eyes and used his Divine Sense to carefully examine the surrounding situation. He waved his hand and set up a Spirit Qi barrier that covered the entire courtyard, isolating the two people's conversation. Then, he spoke in a low voice.
"I will tell you in detail."
"The prophecy left by the Zhou Family's ancestor said that you will help the Zhou Family and bring the Zhou Family to a higher level. Before, the Zhou Family didn't feel anything because the Zhou Family was already one of the top powers in the continent.
"The Zhou Family also enjoyed a lot of honor. In addition, the Zhou Family doesn't have extravagant hopes of unifying the continent and rarely has conflicts with other families. Instead, there are many people who seek help from the Zhou Family."
"Therefore, no one cared about this. Thirty years ago, when I had just stepped down as the Zhou Family Head, I performed a divination on the future of the Zhou Family. This is something that all Family Heads do when they step down. In the past, the divination was that the Zhou Family would be smooth sailing and there wouldn't be any ups and downs."
"But after I performed the divination, I discovered that the divination showed a great calamity! Forty years later, the Zhou Family will encounter a great calamity. The divination also showed a trace of hope. That is, the person in the prophecy of the Zhou Family's ancestor will appear and help the Zhou Family. Our Zhou Family will be able to survive this calamity. "
"According to the current situation, in ten years, the Zhou Family will encounter a great calamity!"
"Therefore, for the past forty years, I would perform a divination whenever I had something to do, searching for the existence of the person in the prophecy. It wasn't until a year ago that I suddenly had a stroke of inspiration. I felt that if I performed another divination, I would be able to find your whereabouts. Therefore, I performed a divination and discovered that you were related to the person in the Su family's ancestor's last words."
"Thus, I went to the Su family once. I believe that you already know what happened after that, so I won't say much."
"After you were rejected by Ling Yi, I performed another divination. I wanted to see what the great calamity that the Zhou Family will face in the future would be. However, the results of this divination deeply shocked me."
"This great calamity isn't just facing the Zhou Family. Everyone on the continent will face this crisis."
At this point, Zhou Chi looked deeply at Yang Li and said solemnly, "In ten years, the calamity of the continent will arise. Both the human and demon races will be embroiled in war, and the Zhou Family will not be an exception."
"And the divination also shows that the only person who can save the continent is you!"
Yang Li was dumbfounded as he listened to Zhou Chi's words. A surreal feeling rose in his heart. He looked at Zhou Chi suspiciously and said, "Senior, are you sure that the divination is correct? … You know that I am only at the seventh stage of the Half-Truth Realm … Why does saving the continent feel so unrealistic? "
Yang Li couldn't help but doubt this. He had also heard about how the calamity of the continent had been resolved in the past. In the history books, it was said that more than ten Monarch-Grade cultivators had sacrificed themselves to seal the passage between the demon race and the continent.
However, based on his experience in the Ancient Lands, he knew that the ten or so cultivators who sealed the passage were definitely not just Monarch-Grade cultivators. According to Qi Hao, there were at least thirty Monarch-Grade cultivators in the Ancient Lands!
Therefore, the cultivation of those thirteen people was definitely above the Monarch-Grade! And Yang Li was still two large realms away from the Monarch-Grade. One was the Law Realm, and the other was the Core Law Realm. If he wanted to become the person who could save the continent, his cultivation had to be higher than those thirteen people.
Therefore, he still had one more realm to cross, the Monarch-Grade, which was three large realms!
As everyone knew, the higher one's cultivation, the harder it was to cultivate. Although Yang Li was improving very quickly, just the Core Law Realm alone would take Yang Li three years, or even longer, to reach the Monarch-Grade. No matter what, it would take him seven or eight years to reach the Monarch-Grade.
If he wanted to surpass those thirteen powerful cultivators, who knew how much time he would have to spend. How could he surpass them in just ten years? This made Yang Li, who had always prided himself on being able to create miracles, somewhat in disbelief.
"The divination naturally can't be wrong. This matter is definitely real. Since the divination first said that the person was you, then it was definitely you!" Zhou Chi replied in a deep voice.
"I know that your current cultivation might not be high. To put it bluntly, it would be difficult for you to deal with some high-level demonic servants. But don't worry, our Zhou Family will do our best to nurture you!"
"I also know that you are proficient in refining equipment. In the future, no matter what cultivation resources or equipment refining materials you need, just tell Tianji directly!"
Zhou Chi slowly said. The resolution in his words caused Yang Li's countenance to change.
Yang Li pondered for a moment and said, "Since Senior thinks so highly of me and trusts me, if I say anything else, it will seem like I don't know what's good for me. If I can really grow to be of help to the whole continent in ten years, I will definitely do my best to help the whole continent!"
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