Hearing the long-lost name An Lei, Meng Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became complicated.
It must have been more than thirty years ago. At that time, Meng Zhang had only been a member of the Taiyi Sect for a few years.
An Lei, the head of the An family, happened to pass by nearby and came to visit Taiyimen.
Before Taiyi Sect was moved to Shuangfeng Valley, it was still a Foundation Establishment Sect with several Foundation Establishment Stage monks, and it served as a vassal of Feihong Sect for a period of time.
However, the mountain gate was later breached by an army of sand monsters, and the remaining disciples did not dare to stay where they were. They had to move to the north, settle in a more desolate and remote place, and then rebuild the sect.
The ancestors of the An family had a good relationship with the Taiyi Sect before the migration. The two families have a close relationship and have fought against each other many times.
It was only after Taiyimen moved that the two families gradually lost contact.
Since he was passing by this time, An Lei stopped by to pay a visit and reminisce about old friendships.
The Taiyi Sect naturally warmly welcomed An Lei’s visit.
An Lei never thought that Taiyi Sect, the original foundation-building sect, would be so weak.
Not only have all the monks in the foundation-building stage died, but no new monks in the foundation-building stage have been born, and they have even been reduced to the point where there are no monks in the late stage of Qi Refining.
An Lei was not a villain of that kind of power. He treated the Taiyi Sect at that time with courtesy and communicated enthusiastically.
While visiting Taiyimen, An Lei discovered the young Meng Zhang.
Although he didn’t know that Meng Zhang possessed high-grade spiritual roots, An Lei still took a liking to him at first sight because of his intelligence and extraordinary understanding.
An Lei observed carefully and felt that Meng Zhang’s spiritual root qualifications were definitely not bad.
So, An Lei proposed to the then head of the Taiyi Sect, Taoist Master Xuanling, that he wanted to bring Meng Zhang back to the An family and cultivate him carefully so that he could become a member of the An family.
The Taiyi Clan is full of people, and out of the desire to curry favor with Anjia, they are all happy to see this matter come to fruition.
But Taoist Master Xuanling is not enthusiastic about this. Meng Zhang himself firmly refused and must stay in Taiyi Sect. Meng Zhang even said that he was born as a member of the Taiyi Sect and died as a ghost of the Taiyi Sect.
An Lei is a very dignified elder and is not unhappy at all because of Meng Zhang’s rejection.
An Lei admired Meng Zhang very much. Before leaving, he gave Meng Zhang some advice and gave him a gift bag.
Although it was just some common things such as spirit stones and talismans, which were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the monks in the foundation building stage, it was a generous gift to Meng Zhang at that time. Later, this generous gift helped Meng Zhang solve many difficulties.
We haven’t seen each other for decades, but Meng Zhang always remembers An Lei’s kindness and help. This time when I came to the Feihong Sect territory, I also had a plan to visit Anjia on the way.
“Are you really the granddaughter of senior An Leian?”
“Yes.” The little girl nodded heavily.
“My name is An Xiaoran. In the past, I heard my grandfather mention it to my family. He said that he found an outstanding young man in Taiyi Sect. Unfortunately, this man was named Meng Zhang. Young people are unwilling to leave Taiyimen.”
“Senior An still remembers me after so many years.” Meng Zhang sighed.
“By the way, why are you here alone? How is Senior An doing?”
After listening to Meng Zhang’s question, An Xiaoran’s mood became obviously depressed, and his face was filled with gloom.
Before Meng Zhang could ask further questions, An Xiaoran took the initiative to explain it to Meng Zhang.
It turns out that a few years ago, An Lei led his family’s elite and was recruited by the Feihong Sect to go to the front line to fight against the sand monster army.
After successive battles, the elite of the An family were wiped out. Even An Lei was seriously injured and his foundation was shaken.
After the war, An Lei returned to his family, only to find that the family was about to change.
Zeng Jiexiong, a monk with a foreign surname, unknowingly took over the power of the An family.
He was born in a family of casual cultivators. Because of his excellent qualifications, he was spotted by the seniors of the An family. He was recruited into the An family, married a girl from the An family, and became the son-in-law of the An family.
On weekdays, Zeng Jiexiong is low-key, honest and diligent, and does not attract much attention in Anjia.
Later, Zeng Jiexiong’s younger brother Zeng Jiantang worshiped the Feihong Sect and successfully established the foundation, becoming an inner disciple of the Feihong Sect.
After that, Zeng Jiexiong’s status in Anjia began to slowly improve.
Before An Lei led the elite of the family to the expedition, Zeng Jiexiong was recruited by his younger brother Zeng Jiantang using his connections. Arranged into the logistics team, he successfully avoided the **** fighting on the front lines.
Zeng Jiexiong, who was being looked after, actually raised enough merit and exchanged the Foundation Establishment Pill from Feihong Sect.
After successfully building the foundation, Zeng Jiexiong returned to the family while An Lei and others were away.
As the only foundation-building monk in the family at that time, he rejected dissenters, promoted close associates, and even recruited many monks with foreign surnames to join the family. Many monks who were direct descendants of the An family died in mysterious circumstances.
In just a few years, Anjia’s life changed.
By the time the war ended and An Lei returned to Anjia, it was already too late and there was nothing he could do to save his life.
An Lei was seriously injured and dying. His life was short and he was unable to fight against Zeng Jiexiong.
As a last resort, An Lei relied on his remaining power as a foundation-building monk to start arranging arrangements for the younger members of his family.
An Xiaoran awakened his spiritual roots during An Lei’s expedition.
At that time, members of the An family were ostracized by Zeng Jiexiong.
Except for some members of the An family who took the initiative to seek refuge with Zeng Jiexiong, the rest of the family members encountered various difficulties.
When An Xiaoran awakened her spiritual roots, no one measured the quality and physical attributes of her spiritual roots.
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After An Lei returned to the An family, he was busy arranging the funeral arrangements, and did not have time to take into account An Xiaoran’s cultivation.
Before dying, An Lei arranged for An Xiaoran and her brother An Moran to come to Guixiang Oasis together.
Huang Ping, the person in charge of Guixiang Oasis, owed An Lei a favor on the battlefield. After he received An Lei’s handwritten letter, he took in An Xiaoran and his brother.
Not long ago, news of An Lei’s death came to the An family.
Once An Lei died, the An family completely fell into Zeng Jiexiong’s hands.
While listening to An Xiaoran’s narration, Meng Zhang used his telepathy to read An Xiaoran’s thoughts.
An Xiaoran didn’t lie, and everything he said was the truth.
Hearing the news of An Lei’s death, Meng Zhang also looked heavy and somewhat sad.
I really didn’t expect that such a respectable senior like An Lei would die like this.
I originally wanted to visit him, but I arrived a step too late and didn’t even see him for the last time.
After An Lei’s death, the An family did not end well. Presumably, he would not be able to rest in peace.
The An family’s location among the Feihong Sect’s vassals was relatively remote, and after Zeng Jiexiong took charge of the An family, he deliberately blocked all information about the An family from leaking out.
If Meng Zhang hadn’t met An Xiaoran by chance today, he might not know anything about what happened to An Lei and the An family.
Before leaving, the information about the Feihong Sect that I got from the black market was still too rough.