Old Man Yang was still lying on the rattan chair with his eyes closed, as if he was already asleep. Yi Shu did not leave, he still stood respectfully by the side. He knew that this was Old Man Yang pondering over that decision, he could not leave until this decision was made.

After around seven to eight hours, Old Man Yang finally said to the Yi Shu, "Go, pass my order that Yang Feng is officially the successor. Tell that brat that he should have time to come back, it's been so many years, it's time for me to meet my grandson!"

He didn't expect that Old Master Yang would make such a decision in the end. This made Yi Shu, who originally doted on Yang Feng, feel surprised, but at the same time, he was also deeply happy for him. Although the identity of the successor wasn't the final successor, it was still enough because after Yang Feng had this identity, the people from the Yang Family didn't dare to bully Yang Feng in public anymore.

Yi Shu looked at Old Man Yang who seemed to be asleep again, then left and passed this decision down to the entire Yang family. However, after walking out of the small courtyard, Yi Shu let out a soft sigh, the previous happiness had disappeared, and was replaced by deep helplessness.

As Old Man Yang's personal guard, Yi Shu had always been by Old Man Yang's side since he was young, so he was very clear about Old Man Yang's intentions and decisions. As for this decision, it was mostly to make use of Yang Feng and not to give him the identity of the Yang Family's successor, Yang Feng.

Back then, when Yang Feng's father, Yang Ming, was related to him by blood, he always liked to preach in front of others about what kind of girl he had gotten himself into, but once, it just so happened that Old Man Yang told him about how he had fun at the Xijiang Miao Zhai's place, how he met Yang Feng's mother, how he cheated Yang Feng's mother with his sweet words. Even when he left the Xijiang Miao Zhai, Yang Feng's mother had already gotten him his own child.

Thus, he told the Yi Shu and the rest to go to the Xijiang Miao Zhai to investigate. Although the Yi Shu and the rest couldn't enter the inner stronghold, they could still find out some things from the stronghold. In the end, they really did find out that the girl that Yang Ming swindled was actually the daughter of the Xijiang Miao Zhai's Patriarch!

This news made Old Man Yang extremely happy. He didn't think that Yang Ming, who only knew how to spend money and drink, would actually be able to do such a good thing, and this caused Old Man Yang's attitude towards Yang Ming to improve significantly, causing Yang Ming to be a little confused at that time.

The reason that Old Man Yang was so happy was because he finally had the chance to contact the Xijiang Miao Zhai! Old Man Yang's ambition had always been great. Although the Yang family's power controlled the northern part of China, he wasn't satisfied at all and still wanted to expand the Yang family's power.

Most of the forces in the northwest of China were controlled by the Ming Dinomination, but the powers of the Ming Dinomination were not any weaker than the Yang family. It would not be easy to steal territory from the Ming Dinomination, and only the Southwest of China, where the Yang family had the chance to expand its influence! Although the southwest of China was an inland area, it was rich in goods and materials and had a lot of profit margin.

However, Old Man Yang did not expect that the few times he sent people to develop their forces in the Southwest of China would all end up failing. The people he sent either lost contact with them once they left, or even came back alive, but they were poisoned and died soon after. This made Old Man Yang extremely angry, and sent Yi Shu and the rest to investigate the powers in the Southwest.

Not only was there a portion of the Ming Dinomination's power in the Southwest of China, there was also the power of the Xijiang Miao Zhai. Among them, the Tang Sect which held a position in the ancient martial arts family of China was also the power of the Xijiang Miao Zhai. This news shocked Old Man Yang, he didn't expect the waters of the Southwest to be so deep!

The Tang Sect being proficient in using poison was something the entire ancient martial arts families in China knew. The Xijiang Miao Zhai being proficient in even more terrifying Gu, and their poison techniques and Gu techniques were all mysterious and unfathomable, making it hard to guard against!

When this news came, it made Old Man Yang once want to give up on developing his power in the Southwest region, but the extremely inflated ambition made him unable to stop. Thus, he sent people to contact the people of the Xijiang Miao Zhai, wanting to work with them to control the power in the Southwest region, and also to work together to drive the power of the Ming Dinomination out of the Southwest region. However, all of them failed! From the beginning to the end, Xijiang Miao Zhai didn't pay attention to the Yang family, she didn't even see the people sent by the Yang family, and directly refused all their requests.

This made Old Man Yang extremely angry, but he couldn't do anything about it. Although there were many ancient martial artists in the Yang family, they weren't very good at poison, and other people's poison techniques could even kill a Xiantian master, so in the end, he could only give up. However, Old Man Yang didn't expect Yang Ming to bring him such a pleasant surprise!

However, the Old Master Yang had made the decision that the next heir to the Yang family would receive from Yang Feng, who was a descendant of the Yang family, in the end, Yang Ming was unable to go to the Xijiang Miao Zhai to bring Yang Feng back. However, Yang Feng was an illegitimate child, so he did not have the qualifications to receive as an heir.

Although the patriarch of the Xijiang Miao Zhai had chased Yang Feng and his mother out of Miao Wang, Old Man Yang still believed that there would be a day when they would take Yang Feng back. After all, Yang Feng was now the only family of the patriarch of the Xijiang Miao Zhai, and when he turns old and no one inherited his position, they would naturally think of Yang Feng and the Yang family, so when the time comes, they would have a bargaining chip in the Yang family. At that time, they would not need to worry about the cooperation of the Xijiang Miao Zhai anymore!

As a hostage, Yang Feng naturally did not receive Old Man Yang's attention. He knew about Yang Wen, Yang Wu and how Yang Xiaochan bullied Yang Feng, but he did not care, because that was not important, as long as Yang Feng was not dead yet, he only needed Yang Feng as a bargaining chip. As for whether this bargaining chip was good or bad, it was not his concern!

It was because Yang Wen was the grandson that he valued the most, and was the most suitable candidate to inherit the position of Patriarch in his heart. was also a schemer, and although his body's aptitude was not very good, it was much better than his own aptitude. He also broke through to the Innate Realm at the age of twenty, and was much stronger than him.

Although Old Master Yang was indeed very angry, he also understood why Yang Feng would do such a thing. If he had suffered so much humiliation when he was young, he would definitely retaliate after obtaining power, and even more so, seek to take revenge. He would definitely not let Yang Wen live, and he would definitely kill Yang Wen on the spot.

So even if he was angry, Old Man Yang would not do anything to Yang Feng, at least not now, because Yang Feng was still very useful to him, and from the Yi Shu's report, Old Man Yang could already deduce that Yang Feng had obtained the recognition of the Xijiang Miao Zhai. That was why he decided to give Yang Feng the status of an heir, giving him the qualifications to inherit the position of the Yang Family's Patriarch!

When Yang Feng found out about this, he would definitely be grateful to him. Although he would definitely not let Yang Feng inherit the position of Patriarch in the end, but before the Yang Family Patriarch was truly elected, Yang Feng would definitely cooperate with him. That way, he would have the chance to arrange for the Yang Family to enter into the Southwest of China.

As for the crippled Yang Wen, Old Man Yang was not worried at all. Although his Dantian was crippled in the eyes of the ordinary ancient warriors, Old Man Yang was not worried, because in the grave of the living dead behind the Yang family garden, there were many old monsters from the Yang family. It was said that even the ancestors who founded the Yang family a thousand years ago were inside the tomb, and their martial arts could move mountains and fill the seas.

Although he knew Old Man Yang's thoughts, this was not something he could change. He only needed to pass this decision down as soon as possible, and that way, he would be able to protect Yang Feng to a certain extent. As for how long he would be able to protect Yang Feng, Yi Shu was not sure, and could only take it one step at a time.

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Third, if you have flowers, just throw them over!

Thank you to all the brothers who supported the rat. Today, the mouse will definitely let the brothers have a good look at it!