The middle-aged man was the elder of the Linghu family, Shangguan Zhengxing.
He was as famous as the Heng and Huan Elders.
In terms of individual battle prowess, even the Heng and Huan Elders were no match for him.
"Elder Zhengxing?"
Duan Lingtian glanced behind Shangguan Zhengxing and frowned slightly. "Didn't you say that the patriarch would personally lead a team here? Why are you here? "
Before they had set off, Duan Lingtian had learned from Elder Huan, who had brought him here, that the patriarch of the Linghu family, Linghu Renjie, had brought the Linghu family's descendants to the Tianlong Clan ahead of them. He had thought that he would see Linghu Renjie when he arrived at the Tianlong Clan, but he had not expected to see Linghu Zhengxing instead.
"Patriarch?"
Linghu Zhengxing shook his head. "If the patriarch you speak of is Linghu Zhengxing, I'm afraid you'll have to change the way you address him in the future … because he is no longer the patriarch of the Linghu family."
Duan Lingtian was naturally stunned by Linghu Zhengxing's words. After a moment, he regained his senses and frowned. "Elder Zhengxing, what do you mean by that?"
Duan Lingtian did not understand at all.
At the same time, he sensed that many of the Linghu family's descendants behind Linghu Zhengxing were looking at him with jealousy and hostility.
In response to Duan Lingtian's question, Linghu Zhengxing looked deeply at Duan Lingtian. "Duan Lingtian, do you know that you stayed in our Linghu family's secret chamber of laws for three years? You used up a whole one-third of our Linghu family's divine stone mine!
Do you know what this means? "
Duan Lingtian was first stunned by Linghu Zhengxing's words, then his expression changed.
He knew that he had been in the Law Chamber for three years.
However, he did not know that he had used up so many of the Linghu family's spirit stones.
A third of the Linghu family's divine stone mine was worth at least a few dozen million liang of divine stones. Even though he had a lot of divine stones in his possession, at least a million liang, it was not worth mentioning in front of a third of the Linghu family's divine stone mine.
Taking a deep breath, Duan Lingtian looked at Linghu Zhengxing with an apologetic expression. "Elder Zhengxing, I'm sorry. I really didn't know that my trip to the Law Chamber would cost the Linghu family so much."
"However, this matter started because of me, so I hope that the clan will take the blame on me … This matter has nothing to do with the Patriarch."
Duan Lingtian never would have thought that this matter would cause Linghu Renjie to lose his position as the Patriarch of the Linghu family.
When he thought of how casually Linghu Renjie had communicated with him after he had left the Law Chamber, he felt a wave of guilt in his heart.
From start to finish, Linghu Renjie had never mentioned any difficulties to him.
"You can't take the blame."
Linghu Zhengxing shook his head and said, "Right now, Linghu Renjie has already been removed from his position as the Patriarch, and there will be some punishment for him in the future … If you really want to do something for him, then perform well in the Hidden Dragon Competition, and perform well after you enter the Tianlong Clan. Don't waste his efforts for you."
"Elder Zhengxing!"
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Duan Lingtian's mind. He looked at Linghu Zhengxing and asked with a serious expression, "Approximately how many divine stones would a third of the Linghu family's divine stone mine be worth?"
Although he guessed that a third of the Linghu family's divine stone mine would be worth at least several tens of millions of divine stones, he didn't know the exact number.
"Why are you asking this?"
Linghu Zhengxing asked.
"I would like to request Elder Zhengxing that for the next hundred years, the Linghu family won't choose a new Patriarch for the time being … Within the next hundred years, I, Duan Lingtian, will definitely return the divine stones that the Linghu family has spent on me in double!"
Duan Lingtian looked resolutely at Linghu Zhengxing and said in a low voice.
Linghu Zhengxing was stunned at Duan Lingtian's words, but he couldn't help but laugh. "Duan Lingtian, do you know how many divine stones a third of the Linghu family's divine stone mine is worth?"
"I don't know the exact number … but if I think about it, it shouldn't be less than several tens of millions of divine stones."
Duan Lingtian said in a low voice.
"Since you know, why do you dare to make such a promise?"
Linghu Zhengxing shook his head. "A third of the Linghu family's divine stone mine is worth no less than forty million divine stones."
"Alright!"
Duan Lingtian's eyes flashed as he said seriously, "Within the next hundred years, I will return a hundred million divine stones to the Linghu family!"
A hundred years, a hundred million divine stones.
Duan Lingtian set a small goal for himself in his heart.
At the very least, it was a small goal in his opinion.
Otherwise, how was he going to obtain the approval of the Ultimate God Clan in the Divine Offering Land, the Xia Clan, who was backing Kerr?
As soon as Duan Lingtian finished speaking, before Linghu Zhengxing could say anything, the group of Linghu family's disciples standing behind Linghu Zhengxing could not help but laugh. "A hundred million divine stones … Our Revered Elder Duan is really ignorant. Does he know what a hundred million divine stones is?"
"A hundred million divine stones within a hundred years? Let alone a hundred million divine stones, even if he were to fork out fifty million divine stones within a hundred years, the elders of the clan would agree to his request. "
"Do you think the elders will agree to such a ridiculous request?"
"Of course not! What a joke! "
"When he can refine a limited King Grade Divine Pill, he might be able to collect a hundred million divine stones by helping people refine pills for a few hundred years. However, he can't do that now."
…
The group of Linghu Clan disciples seemed to feel that Duan Ling Tian was talking nonsense and indulging in wild fantasies.
"Are you serious?"
Linghu Zhengxing asked as he looked at Duan Lingtian.
"Of course."
Duan Lingtian nodded.
"Ling Tian boy."
At this moment, Linghu Huan who had been silent all this while finally spoke. His chubby face trembled as he narrowed his eyes. "Although I don't think it's realistic, I'm still willing to believe you. I support you in this matter. I will express my support for your decision to the Elder Council. "
"Alright, my big brother supports you as well."
Upon hearing Linghu Huan's words, Duan Lingtian looked at Linghu Huan and Linghu Huan gratefully.
"I support you as well."
At this moment, Linghu Zhengxing also spoke. "Now, I've already sent a message to the elders to gather for a discussion. Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be any accidents. Our Linghu family can afford to wait for a hundred years. "
"At most, we'll let the elders manage the family for the next hundred years."
"Moreover, the elders are usually the ones managing the family. The patriarch only has to make decisions."
Upon hearing Linghu Zhengxing's words, Duan Lingtian breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him profusely.
At this moment, the group of Linghu Clan disciples that were still making sarcastic remarks didn't make another sound. Even their Linghu Clan's Patriarch had spoken, so they naturally didn't dare continue making sarcastic remarks. But in their hearts, all of them were waiting to see Duan Ling Tian make a fool of himself in a hundred years.
"Duan Lingtian, you don't have to be like this."
Before the Linghu family elders had finished their discussion, Duan Lingtian received a message from Linghu Renjie. "I've long since grown tired of being the patriarch of the Linghu family. Now that I'm finally free, there's no need for you to burden me."
Duan Lingtian immediately replied to Linghu Renjie. "Patriarch, you lost your position because of me. Within a hundred years, I'll fight for it back for you. As for after that, after I help you fight for the position of patriarch, you can decide for yourself whether you want to continue being the patriarch of the Linghu family."
Duan Lingtian's words left Linghu Renjie speechless for a long time.
"Thank you."
After a long time, Linghu Renjie sighed and thanked him.
"I should be the one thanking you. I'm indebted to the patriarch for taking care of me all this time. In the future, when I achieve anything, I definitely won't forget the patriarch."
Duan Lingtian didn't forget to make this promise when he sent another message.
At this moment, Linghu Renjie didn't know how heavy Duan Lingtian's promise was.
Approximately two hours later, there was a response from the Linghu Family's Elder Council.
"Duan Lingtian."
Linghu Zhengxing once again sought out Duan Lingtian. "The elders have agreed to your request."
"However, the Linghu family won't take advantage of you. As long as you can return fifty million spirit stones to the Linghu family within a hundred years, the Linghu family will allow Linghu Renjie to continue being the patriarch. For the next hundred years, the Linghu family won't appoint a new patriarch. The elders will directly manage the family."
Linghu Zhengxing said.
Duan Lingtian finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but at the same time, his gaze was resolute as he said, "Then I will return fifty million spirit stones to the family within a hundred years. The remaining fifty million spirit stones will be given to the patriarch to use!"
Thus, the storm in the Linghu family was temporarily settled.
… …
A group of people from the Linghu family, including Duan Lingtian, hovered in the air outside the Tianlong Temple, waiting for the Tianlong Clan's entrance examination to begin in three days.
Some of the Linghu family members simply sat cross-legged in the air and closed their eyes to cultivate.
With the three elders of the Linghu family present, they weren't worried that someone would attack them or interrupt their cultivation.
As for sound, they had all activated a soundproof formation disk, so they couldn't hear anything from the outside world.
However, Duan Lingtian didn't cultivate like the Linghu family members. His attention was focused on the recently formed avatar of the edict of space in his body. Even though the avatar of the edict of space hadn't appeared, he could still clearly sense its existence.
"Elder Zhengxing."
Suddenly, a voice came from afar, getting closer and closer.
At this moment, Duan Lingtian instinctively looked toward the owner of the voice. It was a tall young man dressed in a brocade robe who was walking in the air from afar.
Beside him, there was an old man with a medium build who looked very inconspicuous.
Behind them were over a hundred people. Their numbers were no less than the number of people from the Linghu Family.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Duan Lingtian saw a familiar face in the crowd. Almost at the same time, he guessed the origins of this group of people in front of him.
People from the Murong family.
The familiar face he saw was none other than Hou Qingning.
"Duan Lingtian."
Moments after Duan Lingtian saw Hou Qingning, Hou Qingning's voice sounded in Duan Lingtian's ears.
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