There were no posters or advertisements. Anyone who came was a guest. It was up to them to decide whether they wanted to come or not.
Ling Yun's words determined the outcome of this matter.
It was too domineering!
Ling Yun's return to Beijing was actually a secret. However, Ling Xiao's birthday was tomorrow, so the Ling Family didn't have much time to prepare. Similarly, the time left for the outside world was even less!
No matter who it was, they only had one night to prepare if they wanted to celebrate Ling Xiao's birthday tomorrow!
Other than that, there were still a few hidden prerequisites. First, you had to have the right to know that Ling Xiao's birthday was tomorrow. Second, you had to place Ling Xiao's birthday in your heart and treat it as a major event. Third, you had to acknowledge the Ling Family's current position in China!
With these three prerequisites, you had the right to decide if you wanted to give face to the Ling Family.
Ling Yun wasn't afraid of fewer people coming. He had less to worry about.
Ling Yun wasn't worried about too many people coming because he knew very well that the Ling Family had plenty of people who were willing to use their hotels or even their luxurious villas to do their best to celebrate Ling Xiao's birthday.
For example, Li Junhua from the Li Family.
Even though he didn't get to say much to Ling Yun before leaving, he definitely wouldn't be idle tonight. In fact, he wouldn't be able to sleep the entire night. He would be racking his brains on how to help Ling Xiao's birthday banquet to gain Ling Yun's recognition and shorten the distance between the two families.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Li Junhua had probably been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. He was just waiting for this day to come.
Ling Yun couldn't help but smile at this thought.
Therefore, Ling Yun wasn't worried at all. There was no need for him to personally organize his father's birthday. Even if others didn't take Ling Xiao's birthday seriously, his uncle, Ling Yue, would definitely have a plan.
Otherwise, why would Ling Yue drag Ling Xiao into his room?
Therefore, Ling Yun didn't continue the topic after saying that. Instead, he changed the topic and asked Ling Lie,
"Grandpa, you can't suppress your realm any longer, right?"
"Yes, I can't. If you don't come back soon, I'll have to let nature take its course even if I don't want to break through."
Ling Lie drank half a bowl of wine in one go and wiped the wine off the side of his mouth as he spoke in a heroic manner.
Grandpa Ling's alcohol tolerance was amazing. After breaking through to the peak of Divine Power Realm, he felt that using a small wine cup wasn't satisfying enough.
Ling Lie was the first person in the Ling Family to reach Xiantian Realm Level Eight. He reached it when Ling Yun came to Beijing for the first time to treat his injuries. Then, on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the Ghost God Willow mutated. When the Ling Family's inheritance began, he broke through to the pinnacle of the first level of the Divine Power Realm. He still had the energy to break through, but Ling Yun stopped him.
The technique he cultivated was the purest Black Yellow Sutra. After his injuries were healed, his meridians were restored, and his muscles and marrow were cleansed by Ling Yun, he cultivated day and night with the help of the Ling Family's Spirit Gathering Formation and the Ling Family's Spirit Willow. Now, his realm had long stabilized at the peak of the third tier of the Divine Power Realm.
In other words, it was the peak of Qi.
Moreover, he was full of Divine Energy. He couldn't suppress it any longer.
Ling Yun smiled and nodded. "Alright then. Tomorrow night, you and my father will break through the Heavenly Tribulation."
"Heh …"
Ling Lie seemed a little embarrassed and a little regretful. He said gloomily, "After training for so long, I still couldn't get rid of Second Brother. Really …"
Then, Ling Lie stopped talking and drank the rest of the wine in one gulp. It wasn't clear whether he was complaining or feeling proud.
Ling Yun smiled and took a sip. She winked at the old man and whispered, "Grandpa, you can go through the tribulation tomorrow night. Let Dad watch from the side."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Ling Lie nodded at Ling Yun and praised him. "You're indeed my good grandson. That's the right thing to do!"
"I'll break through first and let him watch!"
Ling Lie purposely raised his voice when he said that. He was looking at Ling Yue's courtyard.
Ling Yue and Ling Xiao, who were drinking tea and chatting in the front yard, couldn't help but smile at each other and shake their heads.
Young and old.
This was what it meant to be young and old.
"Cui Lao is at the peak of Xiantian Realm Level Eight. He's about to enter the Divine Realm."
Ling Yun looked at Cui Lao and revealed Cui Lao's realm.
"I'm slow-witted. Even though I've been nurtured by the family head, I'm still too old. My stamina isn't as good as before, and I can't compare to Ling One and Ling Seven anymore."
Cui Lao said respectfully. He was very humble, but at the same time, he was mocking himself. What he said was only half the truth, and there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes.
He was Ling Lie's old friend and a loyal servant of the Ling Family. When the Ling Family was in decline, he followed Ling Lie wholeheartedly and assisted the Ling Family.
Cui Lao was the third most powerful person in the Ling Family after Ling Zhen and Ling Lie. Even though he was a servant, his position in the Ling Family was extremely noble and dazzling.
After Ling Yun acknowledged his ancestors and became the family head, he treated Cui Lao better than before. Cui Lao's position in the Ling Family hadn't changed, but the status was relative.
When a man achieves the Dao, his chickens and dogs rise to heaven.
When Ling Yun came to the Ling Family, he not only brought along heaven-defying techniques, elixirs, countless cultivation resources, but also the Spirit Gathering Spell. He even activated the Ling Family's inheritance, the Divine Ghost Willow!
This was a completely new, never-before-seen cultivation environment!
In such a heaven-defying cultivation environment, the advantage of starting early or high was almost completely wiped out. Everyone was competing on physique, aptitude, and comprehension. In other words, everyone was competing on cultivation speed!
Needless to say, the Ling Family had the terrifying Divine Ghost Willow continuously providing them with Black Yellow Immortal Spiritual Energy. With so many people cultivating at the same time, it seemed inexhaustible.
Now, the younger generation of the Ling Family had easily broken through to the late stage of the Connate Realm. Even Ling Yong, who was unwilling to go home to face his family because of his father and brother, had returned home on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival. He could no longer bear to waste his time in the Ling Family Martial Arts Academy. Instead, he chose to go home every day. In fact, he did not enter the house at all. Every day, he would sit on a cattail hassock and cultivate near the Spirit Willow.
That cultivation speed could only be described as shocking by Cui Lao.
Ling Yi, Ling Qi, and the rest of the Ling Family's loyalists might not be of the Ling Family's bloodline, but they were still young and in the prime of their lives. Now that they had those heaven-defying techniques, their cultivation speed was shocking, and their realms were improving by leaps and bounds!
This bunch of brats would return to the Ling Family's ancestral home immediately after their mission ended and cultivate crazily. They all knew that this was a treasure land for cultivation.
This was especially so for Ling One and Ling Qi, who could enter the late stages of the Xiantian Realm at any time.
Their realms were catching up to Cui Lao's, and they had the momentum of catching up. How could Cui Lao do anything about it?
The fist was afraid of the strong!
That was why Cui Lao was so lonely.
However, what was the relationship between Ling Yun and Cui Lao? It could be said that Cui Lao was the one who brought him to the Ling Family's ancestral home step by step. How could he sit back and watch Cui Lao do nothing?
As the saying goes, even if they were a family, there was still a distinction between who was close and who was distant.
"No worries."
Ling Yun smiled and turned to look at Ling Lie. "Grandpa, didn't I give you ten pairs of elixirs before I left the capital? Why didn't you give them to Cui Lao? "
Back then, Ling Yun wanted to give them to Ling Xiao after he refined the Beauty Pill and Beauty Pill, but Ling Xiao refused to accept them. Left with no choice, Ling Yun could only give them to Ling Lie for him to distribute.
Now, Ling Xiao must have succumbed to his filial piety and consumed the elixirs, but Ling Lie definitely had some left.
"Hmph!"
Who knew that Ling Lie would frown and snort angrily. He glanced at Cui Lao and said in a low voice, "Cui Lao's temper has grown. After he finished training those bastards outside, I gave him a pair of elixirs the moment he returned home. Who knew that he wouldn't accept it no matter what? He's even more stubborn than your father. What can I do?"
As he spoke, Ling Lie's divine will moved, and two emerald green medicine bottles appeared in his hands. Inside, white and purple lights shone brightly. There were still seven pairs left.
Grandpa Ling was obviously very resentful.
"This …"
Ling Yun turned to look at Cui Lao and asked, "Cui Lao, why aren't you eating these elixirs? Are you afraid that they're poisonous? "
"Uh, this … Master, you must be joking."
Cui Lao stood up hurriedly and said with a face full of fear, "Master, these elixirs are really heaven-defying treasures. They're hard to come by in this world, and every pill you eat means one less. However, no matter what kind of treasure you exchange them for, they can be easily exchanged. How would I dare to waste a pair?"
Ling Yun was stunned. "Just because of this reason?!"
Cui Lao didn't say anything.
Ling Lie snorted angrily again and said angrily, "Isn't this the reason? This old fellow is really infuriating! "
After scolding Cui Lao, Ling Lie was still annoyed, so he drank another half a bowl of wine.
Cui Lao's original name was Cui Zhongwu. He was loyal, but to this extent was a little stupid.
Ling Yun was very calm. He glanced at Cui Lao and smiled. He started pouring wine, first for Ling Lie, then for Cui Lao, and finally for himself.
"Grandpa Cui, let me toast you."
Ling Yun raised his bowl and toasted Cui Lao from afar.
"Aiyo, Patriarch, you're giving this old servant a hard time! I'm not worthy of this! "
Cui Lao raised his bowl hurriedly. His hands and voice were trembling, and he was extremely terrified.
"Cheers!"
Ling Yun didn't waste any time and drank the wine in one gulp.
Cui Lao naturally drank the wine as well.
Putting down his bowl, Ling Yun smiled calmly. "Grandpa Cui, I don't need to elaborate on our friendship, right?"
Cui Lao smiled excitedly and nodded vigorously with the help of the alcohol.
"Now, in my Ling Family, you're the only one who's close to my grandfather's age. You're his old buddy, and you've gone through so many ups and downs together over the decades to get to where you are today.
"But now, my Ling Family has completely changed. It's a real cultivation family. Everyone in my Ling Family has a long, long future ahead of them …"
Ling Yun's gaze was deep, and his voice was low, but his words were sonorous and clear.
"So, in the days to come, my grandfather needs someone who knows him inside out, someone who can talk to him and communicate with him, until …"
Ling Yun suddenly changed his words. He really wanted to say that the two of them were reborn like Xue Zhengqi and met someone they liked. However, he reckoned that if he said that out loud, he would probably be scolded to death by the two extremely awkward old men.
That would be troublesome.
The time wasn't right yet, so he couldn't say it.
"So, Grandpa Cui, this pill in front of me …"
Ling Yun purposely dragged out his words, then suddenly smiled. "You don't have to eat this pill."
Pfft!
Ling Lie almost spat out the wine on the dining table!
Grandpa Cui thought to himself, You brat, you've been stirring up emotions for so long that even I'm touched. Why did you say this in the end?
Cui Lao was stunned, and his mind was a little muddled.
Whoosh!
The light was dazzling!
Ling Yun took out the middle-grade Supreme Elixir that he had just refined. The dazzling light instantly covered the two bottles of elixir that Ling Lie had.
"These are the Youth Pill and Beauty Pill that I refined not long ago. They are both mid-grade pills that can restore one's youth by fifty years. Do you want to try this?"
Cui Zhongwu was stunned!
Ling Lie stood up abruptly, dumbfounded!
In the front yard, Ling Xiao, who was shaking his head helplessly at Ling Yun's mischievous behavior, suddenly froze. The teacup in his hand was almost crushed.
Only Ling Yue remained seated. His hand that was holding the teacup paused for a moment, then he continued pouring tea calmly. "I knew that Yun Er would only bring back surprises!"
The atmosphere in the Ling Lie Courtyard froze for a moment.
"Master, please put away this elixir quickly!"
Cui Lao was already incoherent. He pointed at the superior-grade pills in front of Ling Lie with a trembling hand. He was extremely touched, but he smiled bitterly. "I'll eat it, I'll eat this pill, alright? I'll eat it immediately! "
As he spoke, Cui Lao went forward to take it.
"It's too late!"
Ling Yun chuckled. With a thought, he put away the two jade green medicine bottles.
He raised the bottle of medium-grade Supreme Elixir Pills and waved it in front of Cui Lao. "This medium-grade Supreme Elixir Pill is more effective than the superior-grade elixir pills. You'll have to eat it sooner or later anyway, so don't waste that pair of elixir pills.
"Thump!"
Cui Lao's eyes were red as he knelt on the ground and choked with sobs. "Family Head, you can't do that. Not to mention how precious these elixirs are, even the entire Ling Family, including the Old Master, hasn't consumed them before. How would I dare to consume them first?"
"Everyone will have to eat them sooner or later anyway. It doesn't matter if I take them first or later."
Ling Yun didn't care at all as he turned to Ling Lie. "Right, Grandpa?"
Ling Lie laughed heartily and waved his hand. "Well said! That's how it should be! Who told you not to listen to me? Are you dumbfounded now? "
"You can laugh to your heart's content!"
Finally, under the pressure of Ling Lie and Ling Yun, Cui Lao, Cui Zhongwu, became the first person in the Ling Family to take the youthful pill.
He consumed it on the spot and regained his youthful appearance. The scars on his face and body all disappeared.
With that, Cui Lao broke through and officially stepped into the Divine Realm. At the same time, he opened the Hidden Latch between his eyebrows and opened his divine sense, entering the early stages of Qi Cultivation.
"Boom!"
Ling Yun summoned the Yin-Yang Five Elemental Fire, and the seven-colored flames enveloped Ling Lie and Cui Zhongwu at the same time.
At ten o 'clock at night, Cui Lao's realm was firmly stabilized at the pinnacle of Qi Cultivation Stage One.
After Ling Lie's body, meridians, and divine sense were tempered, his realm had also reached its limit. He was barely suppressed by Ling Yun and could only wait for his breakthrough tomorrow night.
"Hehe, Cui Lao, you're much younger than Ling Yi and Ling Qi now!"
Ling Yun smiled and teased Cui Lao. He then left the two people who were still deep in their dreams and went straight to the front yard.
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