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 be passing by nearby and came to visit Taiyimen.

Before Taiyi Sect was moved to Shuangfeng Valley, it was still a foundation-building sect with several foundation-building 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, so they had to move to the north, settle in more desolate and remote places, 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 had a close relationship and had fought against the enemy together 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.

Naturally, everyone at Taiyimen warmly welcomed An Lei's visit.

An Lei didn't even expect that Taiyi Sect, the original foundation-building sect, would be so weak.

Not only were all the monks in the foundation-building stage dead, but no new monks in the foundation-building stage were born, and they were even reduced to the point where there were 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.

When he was a guest at 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.

Therefore, An Lei proposed to the then head of the Taiyi Sect, Taoist Master Xuanling, that he would 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 was full of people, and out of the desire to curry favor with An Jia, they were all happy to see this matter come to fruition.

However, Taoist Master Xuanling was not enthusiastic about this. Meng Zhang himself firmly refused and insisted on staying in Taiyi Sect. Meng Zhang even said that he was born as a member of Taiyi Sect and died as a ghost of Taiyi Sect.

An Lei was a very dignified elder and was 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 spiritual stones and talismans, it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the monks in the foundation-building period, but it was a generous gift to Meng Zhang at the time. Later, this generous gift helped

Meng Zhang solved many difficulties.

We haven't seen each other for decades, but Meng Zhang has always kept An Lei's kindness and help in mind. This time when he came to the Feihong Sect territory, he also planned to visit the An family on the way.

"Are you really the granddaughter of Senior An Leian?"

"Yeah." The little girl nodded heavily.

"My name is An Xiaoran. In the past, I heard my grandfather mention it to his family. He said that he found an outstanding young man in Taiyi Sect. Unfortunately, this young man named Meng Zhang,

I don’t want to leave Taiyimen.”

"After all these years, Senior An still remembers me." 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, An Xiaoran took the initiative to explain it to Meng Zhang.

It turned 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 members 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, unexpectedly took over the power of the An family without knowing it.

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 members of the family to the expedition, Zeng Jiexiong was recruited by his younger brother Zeng Jiantang using his connections. Being placed in the logistics team, he successfully avoided the bloody battles 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 establishing 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 direct monks 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 An's home, 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.

She could only practice based on her own intuition and secretly found a copy of "Burning Wood Kung Fu" from the family collection of books.

After An Lei returned to the An family, he was busy arranging 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 receiving An Lei's personal 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 the hands of Zeng Jiexiong.

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.

When he heard the news of An Lei's death, Meng Zhang also looked heavy and a little sad.

I really didn't expect that such a respectable senior 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, so 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 the leakage of all kinds of news about the An family.

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.
Chapter completed!