I Have Countless Past-life Identities-Chapter 175 - 94: A Leap to the Heavens—Jixia Promoted from Clerk to Official, Ascends to ’Black Mountain Guardian’!

Chen Zhao is at the peak of the Second Step, but he's old and frail. Even though his Divine Soul is nurtured stronger than Chen Gong's, ultimately Chen Gong is a young martial artist, full of vitality.

Trying to suppress him for no reason is nearly impossible.

Normally, bowing to the old man is just acquiescence.

But what Chen Gong found unacceptable was that today the old man specifically summoned him just to bow to Jixia?!

What status does he have to warrant such audacity, making him, a future Guardian, kneel!?

He glanced sideways at his brother Chen Jing, who was obediently staring straight ahead, and cursed in his heart.

Wasn't he sent to kill Jixia?

And with so many people!

How could this mess reach the old man?

Sitting and sipping tea at the Demon Hunting Department, naturally, Chen Gong was unaware of Tantai Yao's existence, nor did he understand why Chen Jing was so cautious, not daring to make a sound.

However...

As Tantai Yao raised his hand and gently pressed downward.

In just one breath, all of Chen Gong's strength seemed to have been entirely 'stripped' away in an instant.

Even his knees broke with a 'crack', and he fell to the ground!

At this moment, he finally understood why the imposing Eighth Rank Military Commander Chen Jing was so obedient.

"Third Step...Third Step?!"

Chen Gong bowed his head, eyes wide, staring incredulously at the gray-robed, predatory middle-aged man, nearly about to spit blood.

Where did such a person spring from in this corner of Black Mountain City, and...

His gaze wandered between Ji Han, Jixia, and Tantai Yao, clearly recognizing these three!

"Earlier, the Wei Mansion people said Wei Zongchang was casually dispatched by a mysterious expert, dressed in gray..."

Chen Gong muttered, beside him, Chen Qingping was already trembling, like a wilting eggplant, instantly shrinking away.

She had planned to harm Ji Han, conceal the sky, and steal the Yunluan Daoist School slot. Naturally, she wasn't foolish, and in a moment, came to the same realization her father had.

Thus, she couldn't help but cast her pleading, teary eyes towards Guardian Chen Zhao.

However,

Chen Zhao merely ignored her, his face cold as if the one kneeling wasn't his child or granddaughter:

"You say... what right does he have to be called 'sir'? What right does he have for you to bow to him, given your Eighth-Grade official position, right?"

The aging Chen Zhao horizontally raised his iron crutch, summoned his strength, and smashed it heavily on Chen Gong's head, injuring him until he was bleeding profusely, nearly fainting:

"Well, let me tell you why!"

"Chen Gong, those things you've done relying on my name aren't unknown to me, but I didn't want to count them against you, however..."

"This time, you should never have provoked Jixia."

"Do you know he and I have a relationship of peers?!"

"If I hadn't happened to hear about this from Zhenwu..."

"Were you planning to conceal it all and directly kill off your 'uncle' generation and your daughter Chen Qingping's 'grandfather' generation ancestor?!"

"Someone like you..."

"Can be called 'Heir of the Guardian'?"

Outside the Guardian Mansion.

Xie Wutong gasping for breath, first arrived at Cyan Stone Lane, but found it empty.

Upon hearing Jixia had defied expectations and went directly to the Guardian Mansion, he hurried over, his hair drenched in sweat, just in time to enter the Guardian Mansion with Pei Lvye, reaching the doorway...

He heard Chen Zhao's speech.

At that moment, not just Xie Wutong.

Even Yunluan Mountain's Pei Lvye's bright and clear eyes, aside from being flawless, also showed an emotion named 'astonishment'.

She exchanged a glance with Xie Wutong.

Their eyes seemed filled with questioning the world.

Black Mountain Guardian...

He was from the same era as the Yunluan Sword Master, nearly a hundred years old!

And he says he's of equal age with whom?!

Xie Wutong couldn't help but look up, glancing outside, seeing Jixia sitting serenely at the head, while Chen Zhao struck with his crutch, smashing Chen Gong's head bloody!

That's the heir to the Guardian Mansion!

Even a master of the Carefree Realm!

Just kneeling there?

Doesn't he care for dignity at all?

Even if Chen Zhao is his father, he might not hold him down, right!

"There's a Third Step expert present!"

"It's him..."

"Who's suppressing Chen Gong, making him hold back even if he's furious inside!"

"This Gray Robe Primordial Pill must be on Jixia's side."

"Having a Primordial Pill protector and is peers with the Guardian?"

"This kid... what great ability!"

Pei Lvye's face grew solemn as she watched Tantai Yao.

But what shocked the two even more was...

After saying all this, Chen Zhao proudly placed the 'Guardian Order', 'City Official Seal', and 'Sword of Righteousness', these three items, in front of Jixia!

Immediately, it sparked whispers among all who witnessed it in the Guardian Mansion!

"What ... what does the Guardian mean!?"

"Guardian Order can command the soldiers and civilians of Black Mountain City, City Official Seal can manage official promotions, Sword of Righteousness allows executing before reporting."

"These three symbols respectively represent the three governmental symbols of the Seventh-Grade Guardian's authority!"

"Could it be..."

Someone raised a bold conjecture in their heart.

Indeed!

The next moment!

Chen Zhao's clear voice immediately rang out:

"You say you're a dignified Eighth-Grade Official, and he, Jixia, a commoner, is unworthy of your kneeling, correct?"

"Then..."

"I want to tell you, today, I shall pass on the position of 'Black Mountain Guardian' to him!"

"Zhenwu!"

Chen Zhenwu shivered: "Old master..."

To be honest, he was already dumbfounded and didn't know what kind of madness his father was having.

"The name of Jixia as a constable hasn't been removed and is still on the official register, correct?"

Chen Zhenwu choked: "Uh... because it's been a short time and there's no precedent, indeed it is still there."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhao made the decision without another word:

"Then, promote his register from constable to official, immediately transfer it to the Guardian Mansion. I will now contact the Wutong Prefecture Venerable Zheng Zizhen, this successor to the Black Mountain Guardian..."

"Undoubtedly, shall be Jixia!"

Boom!!

This statement landed.

Like a clap of thunder on a clear day.

Directly stunning Chen Gong, who was bleeding from his forehead, and Chen Qingping.

These father and daughter, from beginning to end, couldn't understand.

How a recluse, nearing the end of his life who has hardly concerned himself with worldly matters...

How could he suddenly pass his position to an outsider?!

Chen Gong suddenly struggled desperately:

"Old man, have you gone mad, what kind of sedative did this brat give you, or what tricks did he pull?!"

"This Guardian position belonged to the Chen family decades ago, and there's no reason in any major city to simply transfer it to an outsider, he's just a mere Foundation Establishment, how can he be competent, how could the Prefecture City agree..."

Just the day before, he could still command the winds and rains, becoming the future master of Black Mountain City.

But now, in just one day, all these dreams turn into emptiness!

The gap in Chen Gong's heart was indescribable with words! 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

He also...

How could he resign to this?!

Thump, thump thump!

However, at this moment, Chen Zhao approached quickly with a cold face.

Chen Gong's Qi was suppressed by Tantai Yao, unable to move.

"The Guardian position, was it our Chen family's decades ago?" Chen Zhao looked down at this eldest son, smiled faintly, the emotion within was unclear.

At the same time...

Slowly lifted his frail finger.

Then, pointed it to Chen Gong's 'Yellow Court', first breaking his Dantian, then causing flaws in his apertures, his Vajra Body shriveled, forever diminishing his cultivation!

In an instant, Chen Gong's eyes widened, seemingly unable to believe that Chen Zhao would strike him so brutally. Coupled with his head injury, he immediately fainted.

"Grandfather, you!!"

On the side, Chen Qingping was directly terrified, unable to bear such a blow, she also fainted on the spot!

Only Chen Zhao, with a complex expression, muttered words only he could understand:

"Master, how laughable..."

"What do you know..."

His figure huddled, recalling that dim, lightless night decades ago.

The spirited young man in black, riding the official road, single-handedly challenged the entire Black Mountain City with the Yunluan Sword Master!

That,

was much more dashing and spirited than Chen Gong.

"This Black Mountain City, where is there any other master?"

"From beginning to end,"

"it has always been the Song family!"

Recalling the secret conversation in the Song Ancestral Hall.

Chen Zhao couldn't help but shed tears from the corner of his eyes.

It's really that person who has returned.

So...

Never mind a disobedient son.

Even if asked to kill himself to repay the kindness of the past, he wouldn't be ambiguous!

Let alone his Chen family, from beginning to end, was in the wrong!

If not for disposing of these two unfilial descendants!

How could he account for Song Guardian,

Give an explanation?!

(ps: Taking my girlfriend to Disneyland, this is a draft, will write more when I return, 111.)