Although Chen Xuande and I were both vice presidents of our respective branches, we were fundamentally different. Although I was weak, I was extremely talented and had a bright future ahead of me.
On the other hand, Chen Xuande's strength was average and he was old. It was almost impossible for him to make any progress on the path of cultivation.
It was probably because of these reasons that Chen Xuande didn't seem like a cultivator but more like an ordinary bureaucrat.
I looked at him playfully. The resentment in my heart didn't disappear just because he gave in. I said coldly to him, "President Chen wants to hear it now, but I don't want to say it now."
Hearing what I said, the smile on Chen Xuande's face instantly froze. He opened his mouth and looked awkward, but he didn't know what to say.
At this time, Wang Zekun jumped out again. He pointed at me and scolded, "How rude!
You're just the vice president of the Shenzhen Student Selection Association. What right do you have to behave atrociously in our Taiyuan?
Let me tell you, since you've committed a crime here in Taiyuan, you have to obey the jurisdiction of our Taiyuan branch! "
Poor Wang Zekun. Even now, he still thought that I was relying on my status as the vice president of the Shenzhen Student Selection Association.
I didn't need to say anything. Chen Xuande's face instantly burst with anger. He shouted, "Shut up!"
Then, he pulled Wang Zekun back and slapped him in the face.
Wang Zekun was hit silly. He stood there and covered his face, as if he didn't understand what had happened.
Chen Xuande's anger hadn't disappeared yet. He stared at Wang Zekun and said coldly, "Zhou Yi's family is poor, while Zhou Lai's family is rich. Wang Zekun, tell me honestly. Did you receive any benefits from Zhou Lai to deliberately frame Zhou Yi?"
Wang Zekun didn't want to say anything, but he was just an ordinary Fengshui master. In front of Chen Xuande, who was at the middle stage of the Acupuncture Point Realm, he didn't have any room to resist. Soon, his heart completely collapsed. He opened his mouth and told everything that had happened.
After he finished speaking, he slumped to the ground with a miserable look on his face.
Chen Xuande didn't pay attention to him. Instead, he turned to the two middle-aged men beside him and said, "You two go to the branch's archive room tomorrow and expel him.
This kind of shameless and unjust villain doesn't deserve to stay in our branch. "
Hearing him say this, Wang Zekun's face became even more ashen.
As a Fengshui Master, the title of Master was meaningless. Only a member of the Metaphysics Society could be said. Now that he was expelled from the Metaphysics Society, his future was really worrying.
Perhaps it was because Wang Zekun thought of the future tragedy, he threw himself in front of Chen Xuande, crying and begging for mercy. However, Chen Xuande's face was full of disgust and disgust. He was unwilling to say a word. He just commanded the two young men to carry Wang Zekun away and throw him outside the courtyard.
After everything was settled, Chen Xuande turned his head to look at me. A smile instantly appeared on his face as he apologized to me, "Brother Zhou, this matter has been thoroughly investigated. Our Taiyuan branch had a parasite that wrongly accused Brother Zhou. Now that Wang Zekun has been expelled from the branch, this old man also wants to apologize to Brother Zhou. I hope Brother Zhou can be magnanimous …"
The previous exaggerated way of handling the situation, in addition to his current humble attitude, made me stand there dumbstruck. I really didn't know what to say.
Chen Xuande didn't seem to mind. He even walked over and intimately said, "However, Brother Zhou, it can be said that we didn't get to know each other through fighting. If it wasn't for today's matter, I wouldn't have known that the world famous young phoenix was actually from our Taiyuan branch.
Although it's a bit regretful that you didn't join our Taiyuan branch, no matter what, you are still the pride of our Taiyuan branch.
Today's matter was this old man's fault. I don't know if Brother Zhou would do me the honor and let this old man be the host and properly apologize to you. "
Having said this much, I didn't have any intentions of pursuing today's matter. However, I clearly didn't need to agree to his invitation.
Just as I was about to wave my hand to decline, I frowned and suddenly thought of something. I hesitated for a moment, but in the end, I didn't directly refuse. Instead, I asked him to postpone the meeting until tomorrow.
Of course, Chen Xuande didn't refuse and hastily agreed. After exchanging some pleasantries, he hurriedly left with his people.
At this time, a large group of neighbors had gathered around us. Seeing a big shot like Chen Xuande fawning over me, their eyes were wide open. After they left, they couldn't help but discuss the matter.
Earlier, the neighbors had looked at me as if I were their nephew, but now, their gazes were filled with respect, making me feel inexplicably awkward.
Fortunately, they didn't stand around for long and slowly dispersed. At this time, I hurried to my parents and carefully checked their bodies. After confirming that they weren't injured, I heaved a sigh of relief.
I relaxed, but my parents were still worried. They asked me, "Third Child, didn't you say that you were going to be a geomancer?
How did you become the Vice President?
Also, you are a geomancer. How come you … You're fighting? "
My parents had clearly seen me use the Rhino Finger Seal on the two middle-aged men. Fortunately, besides geomancers at the Geomancer Master realm and above, ordinary people couldn't see the light fingers formed by Dao energy. Otherwise, my parents would have been scared out of their wits.
I grinned and didn't know how to explain. I could only tell them that it was the application of geomancer in daily life. It wasn't a fight, just a scare.
As for the Vice President, it was easy to explain. I told them that those who made a living in geomancer had to join the association. I only got the Vice President position because I had a good understanding of geomancer. I didn't have any power, it was just an honor.
With this explanation, my parents finally understood. The worry in their eyes gradually disappeared and was replaced with a bit of pride. Especially my mom, she couldn't help but praise me, "I knew that our family's third child would be successful no matter what he does. Look at that old man just now, he's only a vice president at his age. Our family's third child is the same as him and will become a president in the future."
I felt awkward listening on the side, but I couldn't stop my parents from showing off. I could only smile foolishly.
That night, Old Scoundrel Zhou and his son appeared in front of my house again. This time, they didn't scold me. Instead, they each carried a few boxes. From the exquisite packaging, I could tell that these weren't things that could be bought from the small store at the entrance of our village.
The father and son both had bruised noses and swollen faces. After walking to the door, Zhou Jia carefully shouted under Old Scoundrel Zhou's command. "Are Uncle Hedgehog and Brother Zhou Yi in?"
After shouting, he hadn't even taken two steps when he tripped on a stone slab on the ground and fell flat on his face. However, it seemed that the father and son had gotten used to it in the past two days, so they didn't mind it at all. Zhou Jia quickly got up and stood there with an honest look, waiting for us to appear.
My dad and I walked out of the house at the same time. I looked at the father and son, my heart still cold.
It wasn't that I didn't want to give them face, but they had crossed the line. We were all from the same village, so how could they do something to my family's grave?
My dad sighed at this time, although he was a bit hesitant, he still said to me in the end, "Third brat, your old uncle Lai has suffered enough this time, as long as he's willing to move the grave, then don't pursue it anymore.
We're all from the same village, and we're from the same family. We shouldn't let the people in the village see us as a joke. "
He had the typical mindset of a farmer, and he valued the family name the most. Even if Old Scoundrel Zhou had done something like this, he still cared about his family.
I couldn't disobey my father's order, so I nodded. I walked over and said to Old Scoundrel Zhou and his son, "When your family moves the grave, the strange things that happened to you won't happen again. Remember, don't do stupid things again."
The two of them nodded. Old Rascal Zhou took out a red envelope and gave it to me. It was bulging, and it looked like there was a lot of money inside. However, I didn't put it in my eyes. I turned around impatiently and went back to my room.
That night, I sat on my bed and slowly circulated my Dao energy. I was thinking about meeting Chen Xuande the next day.
The reason why I had agreed to have dinner with him was because of one thing.
When we were by the Yellow Spring River, Liang Tianxin had told me that he wanted to investigate the underground palace under the Twenty-Eight Fiend Yellow Springs Formation. He had found everyone except me and the fatty. Not only that, but he had also imprisoned their souls and refined them into Yin souls.
Liang Tianxin was the Taoist Master, so I couldn't snatch the souls of those people from his hands. But no matter what, the red shadow came out of that grave, and the things that happened in the underground palace had a lot to do with the red shadow.
If it was related to the red shadow, it was also my business. I felt really sorry for Old He and the others.
According to what had happened that year, Old He was a member of the local student selection committee. I could also find information about the people he had brought with him.
Since Liang Tianxin had found those people, they must have died a horrible death. Their descendants couldn't live a good life, either. I wanted to visit them and try to make it up to them.
Because of this, I had agreed to have dinner with Chen Xuande. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to talk to a bureaucrat like him.
After thinking about it for a while, I prepared to sleep. However, right at this moment, the Ghost Seal on my arm suddenly released a scorching hot current, rushing through my meridians. In just a blink of an eye, I was in so much pain that I almost screamed. At the same time, my body was soaked in sweat.