Ling Lie, Ling Xiao, and Cui Lao looked at each other when they heard Ling Hao's request. Ling Lie slowly clenched his fists and sat down.
Cui Lao's figure swayed slightly, and in a flash, he returned to where he had been standing. His expression returned to its previous expressionless state, and he didn't speak or move.
Ling Xiao's handsome face twitched slightly as he pursed his lips tightly. Turning his body, he stood to the side of the door.
Ling Lie nodded at the servant and said, "Let him in!"
Ling Hao was the eldest son of the Ling Family's Patriarch, Ling Zhen. Ling Lie had the intention to train Ling Hao, so he handed the important task of finding Ling Yun to Ling Hao. Just as Ling Zhen had said, he had the intention to train Ling Hao.
Over the past ten days, Ling Hao had been bringing back one or two people who looked like Ling Yun to verify his identity. However, none of them were Ling Yun. This made Ling Lie, who had a fiery temper, lose his patience.
Over the past 18 years, the Ling Family had gradually declined and was now in complete decline. From being able to stand toe to toe with the Long Family in the past, they were now the last of the Seven Great Families in the capital. They were about to be kicked out of the Seven Great Families in the capital.
When the Ling Family was at its peak, they had the head of the family, Ling Lie, who was at Xiantian Realm Level Four, two other experts at Xiantian Realm Level Three, Ling Xiao, who had reached the pinnacle of Xiantian Realm before the age of twenty, Ling Zhen, and Cui Lao, who had just reached Houtian Realm Level Nine.
However, after the tragic battle eighteen years ago, Ling Lie was severely injured by an expert from the Demon Sect. His realm had regressed to Xiantian Realm Level One, and he hadn't made any progress since then. Two experts at Xiantian Realm Level Three died in battle, and Ling Zhen was severely injured! Cui Lao was severely injured!
As for the person in question, Ling Xiao, he was forced to cripple his own martial arts under the coercion of experts from both the righteous and evil sects. It was a pity that Ling Xiao's entire cultivation base was crippled. Even though he had to re-cultivate for eighteen years, he could only reach the pinnacle of Houtian Realm Level Five.
Back then, the Ling Family and the Long Family controlled the most profitable industries in China, such as petroleum, electricity, telecommunications, finance, real estate, and non-ferrous metals.
But in the past eighteen years, the Ling family's talents had dwindled, and they were no longer able to obtain the support of the hidden sects and ancient martial arts families!
Regardless of whether it was in the government or in business, all the resources that the Ling Family controlled were gradually eaten up by the other six big families. Now, they could only barely get a share of the pie from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Water Resources, which were the two departments that required a lot of effort …
Even these two departments were obtained by the Long Family with great difficulty. If they lost the support of the Long Family, the Ling Family would completely lose their right to speak at the top of the pyramid in Beijing!
Now, as long as the Ling Family was mentioned by the other six great families, they would be treated as a laughing stock!
All of this could be blamed on the culprit, Ling Lie's third son, Ling Xiao. Because he fell in love with a woman he shouldn't have, and without anyone's consent, they got pregnant before marriage. This caused the Ling Family and half of Huaxia to be in huge trouble!
After that incident, it could be said that everything was a mess, and the ending could only be described as tragic!
The woman who was in love with Ling Xiao was captured, and Ling Xiao crippled his own martial arts in front of everyone. Then, he announced that he would marry someone else in front of the woman he loved, and that he would never see his love again. All of this was to protect his love and the child that was about to be born in her womb!
Ling Xiao was young and full of mettle, but because of a shocking matter, he was forced to abandon his wife and cripple his own martial arts. He couldn't even die!
After the woman who was about to give birth was taken away, Ling Xiao had no choice but to fulfill his promise. Without waiting for his injuries to recover, he hurriedly married a woman he had never met before. Two years later, they gave birth to a daughter named Ling Xue.
Only then did the representatives from the various sects who were in charge of monitoring Ling Xiao's performance leave the Ling Family. The Long Family, who used the power of their entire family to protect the Ling Family, finally had an explanation to the experts of the righteous sects.
Things finally calmed down, and the humiliated Ling Xiao could only endure the humiliation and struggle at death's door. He didn't even know if his beloved and his son were alive or dead. Under the ridicule and criticism of everyone, he spent a nightmarish 18 years of torture!
After 18 years, Ling Xiao gradually became numb. He originally thought that this was the end of his life, but just half a month ago, he received a letter written in blood!
"I protected our child. It's a boy, and according to what you said, I named him Ling Yun. You must find him … I would rather betray the heavens than betray you!"
Even though 18 years had passed, and even though there was no signature, the beautiful handwriting that seemed to be dripping blood and the resoluteness and arrogance in between the lines caused Ling Xiao, who had already carved his love into his bones and imprinted everything about that woman into the deepest part of his soul, to burst into tears!
Ling Xiao locked himself in the secret training room and didn't eat or drink for three whole days. After pondering for a while, he finally made an incomparably difficult decision!
No matter what, he had to find his son. He would rather betray the heavens than betray you!
The talented Ling Xiao knew better than anyone else that the moment he made this decision, he would be walking on a path of no return. He would definitely cause a huge wave among the various big families, ancient families, secluded sects, and even more powerful forces in China!
However, this time, Ling Xiao couldn't care less about anything else. Eighteen years of pain, that feeling of humiliation, that feeling of longing for the love of his life, as well as the urgent desire to see his own flesh and blood, made him choose to disregard everything else!
Since they claimed to be a righteous sect and claimed to be the best in the world, if he couldn't see the love of his life, could he even let his own flesh and blood see him?
With such a mentality, Ling Xiao finally chose to take a huge gamble. The stake was his life, and even the fate of his entire family!
After Ling Xiao came out of the cultivation room, he immediately went to see his father, Ling Lie, and told him the news that Ling Yun might still be alive. He trembled with fear as he told his father the news.
What Ling Xiao didn't expect was that when Ling Lie heard this, he flew into a rage. He was so angry that he almost kicked Ling Xiao out of his room!
"Find him! Even if we have to use the strength of the entire Ling Family, we must find my grandson! Over the past 18 years, has my Ling Family not suffered enough humiliation? This time, for my grandson, this old man will go crazy with you! I'd rather die in glory than live in dishonor! "
"What's wrong with the child? This old man already has one foot in the coffin. Now that 18 years have passed, if anyone dares to find trouble with my poor grandson, I'm willing to pay with my life! "
These were the words of Grandpa Ling Lie half a month ago.
In just ten minutes, Ling Lie had gathered all the core members of the Ling Family. This included Ling Lie, Ling Zhen, Ling Yue, Ling Xiao, Cui Lao, and Ling Hao.
In front of everyone, Ling Lie handed over the task of finding Ling Yun to Ling Hao. From Ling Lie's point of view, even though the Ling Family was in decline compared to the other six big families in Beijing, it shouldn't be too difficult for Ling Hao to find someone in Huaxia with the power of the Ling Family.
Of course, Ling Lie couldn't just hand over the task to Ling Hao alone. He also secretly arranged for Ling Yue and Ling Xiao to use all their resources to find Ling Yun.
Perhaps the Heavens were taking pity on the Ling Family. The Ling Family's luck was pretty good, and Ling Yun's luck was even better!
After Ling Yun was secretly abandoned, he was picked up by Qin Qiuyue!
When Qin Qiuyue picked up Ling Yun, she didn't change Ling Yun's name like the rest of the world. Instead, she prepared a case for Ling Yun with the Public Security Bureau of Qingshui City. Not only did she prepare a case, but she also made sure that Ling Yun's identity was as detailed as possible.
This made it much easier for Ling Hao to find Ling Yun. Within three days, he confirmed Ling Yun's identity. Then, Ling Hao used all sorts of methods to deceive Ling Lie, Ling Xiao, and the rest. At the same time, he started a crazy hunt for Ling Yun!
It could be said that Ling Hao and Chen Sen from the Chen Family had achieved a complete victory in their first attempt to assassinate Ling Yun. They had indeed killed Ling Yun!
However, Ling Hao and Chen Sen would never have guessed that the moment Ling Yun died, Ling Yun, who had failed his tribulation in the Cultivation World, had taken over his body. Miraculously, Ling Yun appeared before everyone's eyes and began his journey of defying the heavens!
Other than the time when Ling Hao and Chen Sen conspired, Ling Hao didn't know how the Assassins Organization failed to assassinate Ling Yun. He only knew from the feedback from the Assassins Organization that Ling Yun was extremely difficult to kill. He was like a cockroach that couldn't be killed!
The more Ling Yun couldn't die, the more afraid Ling Hao became. In the end, he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. Gradually, he began to walk down a dark path. He completely drilled into a dead end and used everything he had to gather an advance of 100 million US dollars to buy Ling Yun's life!
Ling Hao thought that he would definitely be able to kill Ling Yun this time!
At this time, Ling Zhen called Ling Hao into his Patriarch's secret chamber and reprimanded him.
Originally, Ling Zhen told Ling Hao that if Ling Yun didn't die last night, he would give Ling Hao another day to report to Ling Lie that Ling Yun's whereabouts had been found the next morning.
However, when Ling Hao received the news that Ling Yun wasn't dead, he finally knew that there was nothing he could do. He decisively decided to give up on killing Ling Yun.
He spent the better part of the day cleaning his butt before informing his father, Ling Zhen, and reporting to Ling Lie in advance.
"Grandpa …" Ling Hao greeted Ling Lie respectfully as he walked into Ling Lie's room. Then, he greeted Cui Lao with a smile. Finally, he said to Ling Xiao warmly, "So Third Uncle is here too. That's great, it saves me the trouble of looking for you."
Ling Lie coughed lightly and asked Ling Hao in a low voice, "Hao Er, what brings you here today? How's the progress of finding your brother? "
Ling Hao pretended to be excited. "Grandpa, great news! Third Uncle, great news! After days of hard work, I've finally found Brother Ling Yun's whereabouts! "
"Really?!" Hearing this, Ling Lie's eyes flashed with an expression of extreme joy. He suddenly stood up from his seat, his voice trembling slightly!
The corners of Cui Lao's mouth twitched violently, and Ling Xiao's face flushed with excitement. He appeared in front of Ling Hao in a flash, grabbed his shoulders, and asked in a trembling voice, "Hao 'er, this time … this time … this time, is what you said true? You're not allowed to lie to your Third Uncle! " If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for me at Qidian (). Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued.)
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