Ever since Ling Yun left Beijing on September 18th, Beijing had been very peaceful. It was too peaceful. It was so peaceful that even someone like Li Junhua found it strange!
Even though there were still a few big families like the Liu Family and the Han Family trying to rise to the top, after the Sun Chen Alliance was uprooted by Ling Yun, the top five families in name were still the old five.
The Long Family, the Ye Family, the Ling Family, the Cao Family, and the Li Family.
At least for now, in terms of the ranking of the family's strength, in the hearts of most people, this was the ranking.
Of course, if the Qin Family in the Qinling Mountains was included, the Qin Family would be ranked fourth behind the Ling Family.
At the same time, the higher-ups in Huaxia agreed that the Ling Family had reclaimed their position as one of the top three families in Huaxia. As for their ranking in the top three, that was up to everyone's opinion.
After all, everyone had a different understanding of the various clans, and they viewed things from different angles. Everyone had their own opinions.
Therefore, unless the Ling Family was determined to challenge the Long Family and the Ye Family, it would be difficult for the Ling Family to claim the title of the number one family in Hua Xia, unless the Ling Family was determined to challenge the Long Family and the Ye Family and publicly compete with them.
Unfortunately, with the personalities of the Ling Family, they would never have done such a senseless thing in the past. They would never do such a thing in the future. They would never do such a thing.
Because no one knew their own strength better than them. Without Ling Yun, they would at most be ranked third. However, as long as Ling Yun was there, the Ling Family would be number one!
Moreover, he was fully deserving of being the first!
In fact, they didn't even need to wait for the future. The Ling Family was already number one!
For the big families in Huaxia, the strength of the head of the family determined everything!
Even though Ling Yun had left Beijing and the Ling Family for almost a month, what had he done in the past month?
Ling Yun had single-handedly crippled half of the ancient martial arts world in Huaxia during the Demon Annihilation Conference. At the same time, his terrifying strength had shocked the other half of the ancient martial arts world!
In the battle against Long Tianfang at Poyang Lake, he also fought against three people at once, crushing the three uncle-nephew brothers, including Long Haoqian. Long Haoqian was seriously injured, and Long Tianfang disappeared in the waters of Poyang Lake's Laoye Temple. It was said that his whereabouts were still unknown, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
Above the East Sea, Ling Yun successfully transcended his tribulation. With his strength alone, he suppressed Long Ruoyu, Long Zhaojiang, and Long Zhaohai, who went to seek revenge for the Long Family, as well as Shangqing Palace's Lightning Sage and Celestial Master Zhang Ruyan from the Celestial Master Abode!
After the three members of the Long Family returned in defeat in the East Sea, they didn't say a word or say anything about revenge. Since then, the Long Family was completely silent!
Then, Ling Yun went to Heaven Mountain to save his mother. In just one night, he crippled the Heavenly Sword Sect and slaughtered all the important figures of the Di Family. Even the four disciples of Kunlun who came to ambush Ling Yun didn't make it back alive!
They were the four great disciples of Kunlun, and every one of them had the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Realm!
Others might not know the specifics of these matters, but the core members of the Ling Family knew it clearly!
What kind of achievement was this?
With Ling Yun around, there was no need for outsiders to know the strength of the Ling Family in Beijing and Huaxia. Why did they need to fight with outsiders?
There was no need at all.
If there were people who were dissatisfied and dared to find fault with the Ling Family, it was very simple. They could just beat them up. True prestige had always been earned through fighting, not through bragging.
The Ling Family was originally a battle clan, and they weren't afraid of fighting. Now that everyone's cultivation had skyrocketed, they had strong self-confidence, and their fighting spirit was soaring.
Not to mention the core members of the Ling Family, just the thirty-six men of sacrifice of the Ling Family were all cultivating with all their might. Compared to the strength of the other families' men of sacrifice, one of them could fight against ten men of sacrifice. When they accepted missions and went out, they were full of energy!
If it weren't for Ling Xiao and Cui Lao, Ling Yi and Ling Qi would have been able to do whatever they wanted outside!
Above all, everything was thanks to one person, the head of the Ling Family, Ling Yun!
Of course, some people still had a clear idea of the true strength of the Ling Family.
For example, the number one person in Huaxia.
For example, the head of the Dragon Group, Zhao Xingwu, and the Great Elder of the Heavenly Group, Zhou Wenyi.
For example, the core members of the Long Family, such as Long Haoran, and the Ye Family's Ye Qingxin, Ye Tianshui, and Ye Tiandu …
There was natural trust. For example, when the number one person in Huaxia first met Ling Yun, his attitude was, "Lad, I have high hopes for you."
There were also those who had been beaten into submission after many battles with Ling Yun, such as the Long Family. At least that was the case on the surface.
There were also those who were indifferent bystanders who knew what was going on through what they saw and heard. For example, Zhao Xingwu, Zhou Wenyi, and the Ye Family …
Anyone who understood Ling Yun's true strength could understand all of this. However, the prerequisite was that one had to be qualified to know the truth.
However, no matter how one ranked the families, the Li Family in Beijing was always at the bottom. Of course, it was a different story if it was purely based on wealth.
The Li Family was publicly recognized as the God of Wealth.
Li Junhua was without a doubt the future head of the Li Family and the successor of Li Guanping. His position in the Li Family was equivalent to Ling Xiao and Ling Yue from the Ling Family combined.
After Li Guanping retired, the Li Family gradually lost their right to speak in the upper echelons of Huaxia. The only reason they were able to become one of the eight big families in Huaxia was because Li Guanping was still alive. The rest was due to their family's wealth and the inertia in the hearts of the masses.
Different from the Liu Family and the Han Family, who came later but were still nameless families, the Li Family was already a figurehead in terms of overall strength.
In fact, at the ancient martial arts auction held by the Ye Family a month ago, if Li Junhua hadn't met Ling Yun and Ling Yun hadn't acted decisively, the Li Family would have lost their title as one of the eight big families in Huaxia. If Li Guanping didn't survive this year, the Li Family would have been completely removed from the list.
Unfortunately, God was still watching over them. Perhaps it could be said that the Li Family's luck was still there. Li Junhua accidentally managed to move Ling Yun, causing Ling Yun to take action and bring their family back from the brink of death!
There was no need to talk about what happened next. Grandfather Li decisively threw away all his unrealistic thoughts and staked everything on a single throw. He grabbed onto Ling Yun as his life-saving straw and made a huge bet on the Ling Family to bind the Li Family and the Ling Family together.
Fortunately, under the leadership of Grandfather Li in the past, the Li Family never competed with other families. They only tried their best to protect their family business and grow stronger. Therefore, they didn't have too many conflicts with the Ling Family. In other words, when the Ling Family was at the bottom, the Li Family and the Ling Family didn't have any grudges.
Success in one fell swoop!
After Ling Yun left the capital, Li Guanping didn't stop and made a series of moves. He almost let his most important son stay in the Ling Family, allowing him to get close to Ling Yue and Ling Xiao. Regardless of whether he could do it or not, he would grant all their requests!
Li Junhua got close to Ling Yue so that the Li Family and the Ling Family could work together as soon as possible. Li Junhua got close to Ling Xiao because he wanted to win Ling Xiao's favor and gain Ling Yun's favor!
As for Ling Xiao, he was now the real boss of the Ling Family. He could do whatever he wanted, and no one cared about what he didn't want to do. Everything was up to his mood.
Ling Xiao told Ling Yun that he would only do two things from now on. One was to build a good residence for Ling Yun, and the other was to train the seventy-two disciples for Ling Yun.
Other than that, he would personally clean the Ling Family's ancestral hall and help Cui Lao manage the Ling Family's thirty-six men of sacrifice who seemed to be getting more and more arrogant.
These fellows relied on their youth and aptitude. Now that they had sufficient cultivation resources, their realms rose rapidly, especially Ling One and Ling Seven, who were already at the pinnacle of Xiantian Realm Level Six and were about to enter the late stages of the Xiantian Realm!
The other men of sacrifice had all reached Xiantian Realm Level Four and above. They were all experts in the middle stages of the Xiantian Realm.
In particular, these guys had been specially trained by the Assassins Organization's King of Assassins for more than a month. Each of them had mastered many strange skills, appearing and disappearing like ghosts all day long.
Of course, Cui Lao's orders were the Ling Family's orders. The thirty-six men of sacrifice would naturally listen to him. However, their strength was getting closer and closer to Cui Lao's, and Cui Lao's ability to manage them was getting weaker and weaker.
This was an inevitable phenomenon, and there was nothing wrong with it.
One's own children would have their own ideas when they grew up. Even their parents didn't have the final say, let alone others.
However, that was under the condition that Ling Xiao didn't appear. As long as Ling Xiao appeared, the thirty-six men of sacrifice would immediately become more obedient. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly in front of him.
It wasn't because Ling Xiao was the true core of the Ling Family, nor was it because he was at the pinnacle of Divine Power Realm Level Three or Qi Cultivation Level Three. It was because, apart from the incident with Yin Qingxuan that almost caused the Ling Family to be wiped out, Ling Xiao's actions were almost no different from that of a saint.
No one would be unconvinced by such a person. The thirty-six men of sacrifice had been watching Ling Xiao since they were young. They were absolutely convinced and admired Ling Xiao from the bottom of their hearts.
Moreover, Ling Xiao was Ling Yun's father, the head of the Ling Family and Ling Yun's father!
Ling Yong had successfully broken through to the late stages of the Xiantian Realm. With him managing and guiding the seventy-two disciples in the Ling Family Martial Arts School, it was like killing a chicken with a butcher's knife. Ling Xiao only had to go over every few days to supervise and guide them.
However, the foundation of Ling Yun's residence was still under construction. As the saying went, a tall building was built from the ground up, and the foundation was the most important. Therefore, Ling Xiao spent most of his time here after Ling Yun left.
He had divine sense. No matter where he went, he would be able to detect any problems with his divine sense. Therefore, it was very convenient for him to do construction.
Of course, this was also why Li Junhua was here.
"Brother …"
Li Junhua would feel awkward every time he addressed Ling Xiao. Even though he was a few years older than Ling Xiao, the current Ling Xiao looked way too young. He didn't look more than twenty years old.
The two of them stood together, one in front of the other, like a playboy with a butler.
However, Li Junhua couldn't think of a better way to address him and could only keep calling him that.
He was very serious. "Brother, today is the eighth of September, right?"
Ling Xiao nodded. "Yes."
Li Junhua said solemnly, "I remember that the ninth of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, which is tomorrow, is your birthday?"
Ling Xiao laughed and said nonchalantly, "Brother Junhua, why are you remembering these boring things? I haven't celebrated my birthday in nineteen years. I've long forgotten about it. "
Ling Xiao said it casually, but Li Junhua couldn't help but laugh bitterly. How could the past nineteen years compare to this year?
"What I mean is …"
Li Junhua scratched his head and asked hesitantly, "Will your son be back tomorrow for your birthday?"
"Yes."
…
Over the past two weeks, Old Bu was indeed busy with many things because of the New Year. He had no choice, so his updates weren't very effective.
However, the New Year had passed, and Old Bu's condition was gradually recovering. He would work hard at writing and would soon be up to two or even three chapters. Don't worry, everyone.
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