Chapter 672: The Dispute of the Head of the Family

Huang Liang smiled helplessly when he said this, and saw that Lu Yi did not stop him from continuing, so he spoke again: "The Huang family has been on the rise since ancient times, because there has been no major calamity, so the family population has been on the rise, and to this day, the population of the whole family has exceeded 50,000, of which about 10,000 are direct relatives, about 20,000 are collateral blood relatives, and the rest are relatively distant relatives. This is not counting those vassals and servants who have no blood relationship, such a large family, naturally it is impossible to be monolithic, especially since everyone is still staring at the wealth accumulated by the Huang family for many years, after the news of the appearance of the demon clan has reached Extinguishing Cloud City, someone's mind has become more active. Originally, my brother had been in charge of the Huang family for more than 300 years, and he was decent and popular, but the failure of this time's centennial ring competition was deliberately magnified by some people, accusing him of not managing the family, causing the family to suffer huge losses and so on. It just so happened that because of the matter of the demon clan, my brother planned to retreat and impact the spirit, so as to better prepare for the better preservation of the family in the event of a big war in the future, so he said that he would automatically retire as the patriarch after the next Centennial Ring Competition. During this period, it is the assessment period for the selection of the new patriarch, and all the descendants of the clan, as long as they are above the seventh order and below the spirit building, can be used as candidates. In the Huang family, there are currently a total of fourteen people who are eligible, so these fourteen people have become the target of public criticism, regardless of whether the fourteen people are interested in competing for the position of patriarch, some people have automatically started to stand in line, and some people have even begun to secretly push some of these fourteen people to take the initiative. If everyone is dedicated to the development of the family, that's a good thing. However, some people are obviously selfish, and even some qualified people are obviously being manipulated as pawns but don't know it, and some family members who were originally not concerned about the patriarch but didn't want to see the villain get the ambition to bring the family to destruction found my eldest brother, asking him to continue to be re-elected and come forward to stop the chaos in the family now. In the end, the people of these families discussed with the eldest brother a new method, that is, to support a reliable person and strive to win the position of patriarch, so that the family could continue to maintain a good development trend. However, this approach should not be too obvious, so as not to be realized, so, in the end, after some discussion, the strategy of developing two lines, one bright and one dark, was selected. On the surface, one person is introduced to participate in the competition in a high-profile manner, and in the secret, another person develops silently, and finally merges the two according to the development status of the two to determine the person on that line to take the position of patriarch. In this way, the people on the bright side will definitely become the target of the public, and the resistance and even danger encountered will not be small, while the people on the dark line will always be behind the people, as a surprise soldier, the obstacles encountered are far less than those of other candidates. As soon as the plan was finalized, it was executed, and I was one of them. ”

After Huang Liang finished speaking, seeing Lu Yi's unsurprised reaction, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and he asked, "Brother Long, aren't you curious, am I the bright line or the dark line?"

"What's so curious about this? Of course you're the bright line. Lu Yi replied.

"How can you see it?" Huang Liang was a little surprised by Lu Yi's answer.

"It can be seen from your performance at the banquet that day, and besides, your every move, the people around you have received the attention of others, which shows that you have achieved certain results on the bright line, which will make your competitors pay special attention to you, am I right?"

"Is that all?" Huang Liang asked again.

"Of course not, there is also the matter you are in charge of now, you are in charge of all the highest-level residences of the Huang family in the east of the city, this is a shortcut to get to know and befriend those monks with status and strength, and to be able to arrange for you to do this errand, the motive is naturally very obvious, that is, to let you get close to the water and get the moon first, and get their support by dealing with them, this is also a yang scheme, as you said, it is to put you in this position for others to see. Lu Yi said again.

"I really didn't misread the person, Brother Long is really a powerful person. If it weren't for the fact that I saw you for the first time in Cloud Extinguishing City, I would have doubted that you would have been an undercover agent sent by my opponents or an old man in Cloud Extinguishing City, you can see it very accurately, I have only been taking over this errand for ten years, and my eldest brother has arranged it this way. Huang Liang looked at Lu Yi as if he had picked up a treasure, and his eyes were full of urgency.

"Now, shouldn't you tell me why you're so kind to me? It seems that you shouldn't be as attentive to every monk who has recently come to Cloud Extinguishing City as you are to me? This time, it was Lu Yi's turn to ask the other party.

"This, in fact, is also coincidental, the reason why our Huang family has been able to stand in Extinguishing Cloud City for less than 10,000 years naturally has a certain background, one of these backgrounds is that you can see through the physical strength of the monk, this exercise is a partial door, cultivated to the extreme, you can find out the physical strength of a monk who is a small level higher than yourself and the weakness of his physical body. You fought that fat man that day, and I found that your physical strength was far greater than that of a monk of the same rank, and it was already on par with my seventh-order monk, and even I suspected that your physical strength was even stronger than mine. Because of this secret technique, our Huang family has also collected some physical exercises to practice, just to give full play to the expertise of this technique to help us restrain the weaknesses of the opponent's body when facing the enemy, so more or less we all practice a certain physical technique, I think that if I simply use physical skills to fight against you, I am not your opponent. You say, how could I not pay attention to you? Coupled with your righteous actions, I feel that you should be a bloody man, so I am naturally more optimistic about you. Coupled with the fact that you just analyzed me as a bright line, it can be seen that you are a capable person with both wisdom and courage, and you are the talent I urgently need at present. Huang Liang said with a smile.

"Brother Long, I have confessed all these confidential matters to you, do you have any doubts about me now?, can we discuss the matter between us?" Huang Liang looked at Lu Yi with a look of anticipation.

"Tell me first, what do you want me to do?" Lu Yi didn't answer Huang Liang's question, but continued to ask.

"This, naturally, I hope that you can participate in the selection of this hundred-year ring competition first and win a place, as for the future, I hope you can help me and help our Huang family, so that the Huang family will not fall into the hands of traitors, and will not bury the 10,000-year foundation in the hands of my generation. Of course, it is naturally impossible for a dragon and phoenix like Brother Long to live that kind of life under the fence, I know that it is impossible for me to keep Brother Long for a long time, and even if Brother Long has the heart to create his own foundation, it is easy to do it, the key depends on whether Brother Long wants to or not. Therefore, I only ask Brother Long to do his best to help me when you don't have any ideas for the time being, as for the conditions, as long as Brother Long's request is not excessive, I can make the decision and agree. Huang Liang said earnestly.

"I want to hear you talk about this 100-year ring competition, I think, this ring competition must not be able to participate casually. What is the process of the competition?" Lu Yi asked about the Centennial Ring Competition, although Lu Yi had actually obtained the relevant information in the information of Cloud Extinguishing City, but he couldn't show that he knew about it, which would make people suspicious.

"Look at me, I'm all confused, in fact, I should have explained to Brother Long about this hundred-year ring competition. The competition in Extinguishing Cloud City is held once every 100 years, and the rules have evolved over 10,000 years, and it is set as the current set of methods: first, the number of participants is limited to 1,000 people, and the four major families each have 200, and the other 200 is composed of small and medium-sized strength and even some super-powerful scattered people who have been stationed in Extinguishing Cloud City for a long time, and the age of the participating monks cannot exceed 1,000, and the cultivation is limited to the period of residence in Extinguishing Cloud City before the consummation of the Imperial Spirit, and the number of years of residence in Extinguishing Cloud City shall not be less than 50 years. The selection of participants will be carried out by each family, and the other 200 places will be registered 50 years before the start of the competition, and the selection will be made in the central area three years before the competition. In the process of fighting, the two sides of the ring competition cannot use any magic weapons, and they completely rely on their own real strength to fight, of course, because some monks are good at controlling beasts, so they can bring a pet beast of no more than the sixth order to participate in the battle. During the game, unless one side takes the initiative to admit defeat, the game will continue to be played, regardless of life or death. The competition is divided into three stages, the first stage of 1,000 into 500, in the form of a lottery in two or two, the winner advances; the second stage of 500 into 100, divided into 100 groups by means of a five-person round-robin, the first place in the group is promoted; the third stage is the battle for shares, the top 100 winners, each person has a share of one percent, each person will have a chance to challenge others, and there is also a chance to be challenged, for example, a player of the Huang family wants to challenge others, will randomly draw one person from among the 100 people except the Huang family player, the winner will take half of the share in the opponent's hand, and the guarantee is five thousandths, that isIf the opponent you challenge has already lost a game before, if he loses to you again this time, he will have no share, if he has won before, and his share is higher than one percent, he will give you half of his share, so even if he enters the top 100, he may not have a share in the final hand. This is the complete format arrangement, and the most interesting of them is the final 100-person random challenge, which is really a huge gap between the first point in the sky and the last step on the ground, which has both surprises and tragedies. And because of the stakes, sometimes both sides can fight hard, and the excitement and intensity of the game are very attractive. Huang Liang explained in detail to Lu Yi the schedule of the Centennial Ring Competition, and Lu Yi also nodded frequently.

"How about it? Brother Long, this kind of competition is still more interesting, right? I wonder if Brother Long is interested in trying it himself? Brother, I got back 10% of the Huang family's share back then, and the intense and exciting process of the game is really very memorable!" Huang Liang never forgot to lure Lu Yi to participate, and after finishing the schedule, he also put on a nostalgic expression.