Chapter 861 This may be an opportunity.

Chapter 861 This may be an opportunity.

Seeing this, Ji Qingxu frowned slightly and had a bad feeling in his heart.

He slowly took the invitation, and the disciple turned around and left in a hurry as if relieved.

Ji Qingxu unfolded the invitation and his eyes fell on it.

But in just this moment, his face seemed to be blown by a gust of cold wind, and it instantly became gloomy, with his brows tightly furrowed.

Su Yi had been paying attention to his master's reaction. Seeing his face look so ugly, his heart tightened.

He asked anxiously, "Master, what is this invitation? What is written on it that makes you so angry?"

Ji Qingxu took a deep breath, his voice heavy and helpless: "Just take a look."

As he said that, he handed the invitation to Su Yi.

Su Yi hurriedly took the invitation and unfolded it.

The handwriting on it was vigorous and flamboyant, but it revealed a sense of arrogance and disdain.

As he read deeper, his expression became uglier and uglier, and his originally calm face was gradually replaced by anger.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "It turns out that this invitation was sent by the Ximen Hidden Family!"

His voice trembled slightly with anger, and he clenched the invitation in his hand tightly, as if he wanted to crush it.

Su Yi took a deep breath, tried to calm his emotions, and continued:

"It roughly says that Ximen Yinshuang's birthday is in ten days, and the Tianyan Sect's Sect Master and Young Sect Master are sincerely invited to come."

At this point, Su Yi frowned tightly, and a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes.

"This Ximen family is really going too far!"

His voice unconsciously rose an octave and his eyes almost spit fire.

Lu Ziche took the invitation from Su Yi and looked at it, frowning and saying, "The Ximen family sent an invitation at this time, I'm afraid they don't have any good intentions, there must be something fishy going on."

Rong waved the fan in his hand and echoed: "Well, this might be a Hongmen Banquet."

After listening to what the two said, Su Yi felt more and more uneasy.

He turned to look at Ji Qingxu and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Master, what exactly is the Ximen Hidden Family planning? Why would they send such an invitation at this time?"

"They took Junior Sister Ji away, but suddenly invited Master to attend Ximen Yinshuang's birthday party. What's the secret behind this? Moreover, not only did they invite you, Master, they also specifically asked you to bring me along. What's their intention?"

"Besides, they have also invited other sects and academies. Aren't they afraid that you and I will expose their true identities in public at the banquet?"

"Alas," Ji Qingxu sighed helplessly, "Do you want to expose their true colors?"

"Since they act so recklessly, they must have something to rely on, so they are naturally not afraid of our exposure. Even if we tell them, will those who attend the banquet believe it?"

"However, the Ximen family has always been secretive, and this invitation must have a hidden meaning. In the past, when the young ladies, young masters, or heads of those hidden families celebrated their birthdays, they would usually only invite all the hidden families to a banquet."

"But this time they suddenly invited us, the sects and academies, and even specifically asked us, the leaders, to bring our respective heirs. This move is really puzzling. I'm afraid they have ulterior motives in inviting us to the banquet this time."

"Bring your respective heirs?" Lu Ziche's eyes rolled around, and he guessed casually, "Are you looking for a son-in-law?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Zhiyan beside him echoed: "I think this is possible."

Mu Xin expressed a different opinion: "However, generally, hidden families do not marry outsiders. They usually seek out hidden families with equal status for marriage. So I think this matter should not be as simple as recruiting a son-in-law."

Mu Xin's words made everyone fall into deep thought, and everyone seemed to be thinking about this possibility.

At this moment, Leng Yue, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "What Ah Xin said makes sense, but we can't completely rule out this possibility. After all, the rules of each hidden family are different."

As Leng Yue is the only person here who comes from a secluded family, his words obviously have a certain authority.

He continued to explain: "Although our Leng family is also a secluded family, our principles of intermarriage are different from those of other families. Our Leng family pays more attention to mutual affection. As long as both parties like each other, they can get married and have children."

"Of course, before that, they must swear to never reveal important family matters to the outside world, otherwise they will be severely punished or even wiped out."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Since they are a secluded family, although they all hide from the world and are unknown to ordinary people, their family rules and ways of doing things are very different.

Take intermarriage for example, there is a world of difference.

Some hidden families regard the purity of their bloodline as the foundation of their family's rise and fall, and regard it as the supreme criterion.

In their eyes, only by ensuring the purity of bloodline can they produce offspring with outstanding talents.

As a result, they are often extremely picky when choosing their marriage partners.

Most of the clan members marry into well-matched secluded families in order to continue the family bloodline and pass on their talents.

Moreover, intra-clan marriage is also very common. As long as the two parties are not related by blood, they can get married.

In this way, the purity of the bloodline can be guaranteed and the family's power can be consolidated.

Although this approach seems ruthless, it is also for the long-term development of the family.

Descendants with extraordinary talents can indeed help the family gain a firm foothold in this world where the strong are respected.

However, some hidden families focus on the principle of marriage between people who love each other.

In their family, intermarriage focuses on mutual affection.

As long as a man and a woman truly love each other, they can become husband and wife.

These families believe that when a couple truly loves each other and supports each other, they can often achieve greater breakthroughs on the path of cultivation.

Moreover, family inheritance does not rely solely on blood, but also on the transmission of family spirit.

A hidden family that values ​​bloodline may be able to cultivate powerful offspring in a short period of time.

A secluded family that focuses on mutual affection may be able to maintain the vitality and cohesion of the family in the long run, and the family may become more prosperous.

"No matter what their conspiracy or purpose is, I will go to meet them!" Su Yi gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

Su Chenyin looked at her brother's excitement, her brows slightly frowned, and she fell into deep thought.

After a while, she said slowly: "Brother, this may be an opportunity, an opportunity to rescue Miss Ji from the Ximen Hidden Family."

"Since the Ximen family has invited Senior Ji and you to the banquet, we can take the opportunity to sneak into the Ximen family, find the whereabouts of Miss Ji, and rescue her."