Chapter 8: The Three Secret Talks

Since the age of fifteen without the company of his mother, Lin Xuanzhong's life has become more and more dark and boundless. Doing nothing all day long, staying in the courtyard and spending time in the waste, it was not until Lin Piaoyu appeared every now and then that Lin Xuanzhong's life gradually changed, of course, his physical problems have not improved.

When Lin Xuanzhong was fifteen years old, thirteen-year-old Lin Piaoyu already had the strength of the third order of the martial realm, and he was very favored by the elders in the Lin family, and his status was getting higher and higher.

At that time, because he was not sensible, although Lin Xuanzhong was already a waste material, and the two could communicate normally when they met, but since the death of Lin's mother, Lin Xuanzhong's heart has become more and more inferior and withdrawn, so his attitude towards Lin Piaoyu has gradually changed.

Later, the more he came into contact with Lin Piaoyu, the easier it was for Lin Xuanzhong to be bullied and humiliated by others, and it seemed that many people didn't want to see Lin Piaoyu walk together with a waste like Lin Xuanzhong. Over time, Lin Xuanzhong's attitude towards Lin Piaoyu changed from the initial expectation of meeting, to the fear of meeting in the middle, and then to the last not wanting to meet. It can be said that during that period of time, Lin Xuanzhong struggled painfully in loneliness for a long time.

It wasn't until he was seventeen years old that Lin Xuanzhong's life really began to change. After getting acquainted with Bai Qinglan, Lin Xuanzhong was obsessed with taverns and gambling houses all day long, and his days became more and more decadent day by day, and he was not as dedicated to cultivation as before. In the past, even if I knew that I didn't have the talent to cultivate, I would keep practicing, but now I rarely practice.

All in all, the seven years from the age of eight to the age of fifteen can be regarded as the most painful period for Lin Xuanzhong. After the age of fifteen, Lin Xuanzhong, who became more mature and sensible, gradually weakened the pain in his heart, gradually saw some things, and finally even put life and death aside, so although the living environment has not changed, Lin Xuanzhong's heart is much better than before.

With a squeak, the door slowly opened, waking Lin Xuanzhong up. When he came back to his senses and looked at the door, Lin Qingfeng was walking towards the house with a plate of food, although there were no good things, Lin Xuanzhong was still hungry for a while.

After the two looked at each other and smiled, Lin Xuanzhong remembered that Lin Qingfeng seemed to have been out for a long time, and couldn't help but worry, "Qingfeng, why did you only come back now?"

"Childe, I haven't been out for long! Those people in the kitchen didn't embarrass me today," I don't know why Lin Xuanzhong asked like this, Lin Qingfeng hurriedly explained.

Looking at the serious look on Lin Qingfeng's face when he answered the question, Lin Xuanzhong suddenly realized that he was wrong. It hasn't been long since Lin Qingfeng left, it's just that he feels like it's been a long time. However, Lin Qingfeng is naturally fine, and after thinking about the problem, Lin Xuanzhong immediately smiled and said, "Okay, let's hurry up and eat." After saying that, the master and servant sat down around the table, talking and laughing and eating dinner, which was the most leisurely time of the day.

At the same time, in an underground secret room in the west of the city, more than a dozen people gathered around a table, talking and laughing and eating dinner. Surprisingly, sitting at the table were the heads of the other three major families and the high-ranking members of each family, all of whom were among the best people in the ghost city. At this moment, the high-level secrets of the three major families gathered here, and naturally they had something to discuss.

"What do you think of the old man's proposal?" Apparently the dinner party had been going on for some time, and the old man who spoke was about to ask for the opinions of the others at this moment.

In the Beiming Continent, ordinary people have a very long lifespan, and as long as there are no accidents, they can live to be a hundred years old. And Wu Xiu has a longer lifespan than ordinary people, if it is a powerful Wu Xiu, he can even live to be one hundred and fifty years old, so although the person who spoke is over sixty years old, his appearance does not look old, and his beard and hair are black, which is not much like an ordinary middle-aged person.

"The proposal of the head of the Li family is very good, but why is our Wu family wading into this muddy water?" The person who answered the phone was Wu Shan, the current head of the Wu family, who was also over sixty years old, but he looked younger than the head of the Li family who spoke just now. It's just that this person's face is full of flesh, his face is hideous, and the scars on his face are particularly prominent, which shows that this person must have had a hard time for a while.

Immediately after Wu Shan was a slightly calm voice, "If the Li family wants to invade and annex the Lin family, there must be a suitable reason, otherwise our two families will never easily help your Li family for a little benefit," The person who spoke was Zhou Yan, the head of the Zhou family.

Zhou Yan's age is about the same as that of the other two family heads, except for the deep eyes that attract attention, his face is calm and abnormal, and his appearance when he speaks is much better than that of Wu Shan, who is full of flesh.

During the conversation between the three heads of the house, none of the people sitting next to them spoke.

"What the head of the Zhou family said is that Li naturally has some reasons to say," When the other two families wanted to ask for an explanation, Li Nianchen, the head of the Li family, smiled and answered without being salty.

Then the entire secret room fell silent, and everyone was waiting for Li Nianchen to speak.

"The person in charge of the black market has contacted me, asking the old man and you to elect the person in charge of the ghost city as soon as possible and fully cooperate with them. In the past few years, the Lin family has been responsible for some important transactions with the black market, and the Lin family accounts for the majority of the dividends every time, and it is distributed to three of us, but three or four out of ten. If you can still accept this, then the old man naturally has something to say," After saying a paragraph, Li Nianchen glanced at the other two family heads with a calm expression.

From the slightly suspicious eyes of the two, Li Nianchen saw that his words played a certain role. So, before the two family heads could express their opinions, Li Nianchen continued to say: "The Lin family is not a day or two, over the years, the Lin family has robbed us of a lot of business, and its influence has extended to the jurisdiction of the three of us. If the two family heads can still accept the expansion of the Lin family, then I can't help but listen to the old man continue to say one thing.

After a slight pause, Li Nianchen said again: "When the person in charge of the black market contacted the old man, they told the old man that he had also found the Lin family. According to the old man's understanding, the black market obviously intends to let the Lin family take full responsibility for trading with them. If the old man didn't guess wrong, I'm afraid the Lin family was ready to attack the three of us. I believe that the two of them also received a notice from the black market, so the old man will not say more. ”

Speaking of this, Li Nianchen stopped. At the same time, Wu Shan and Zhou Yan had fallen into deep thought.

Li Nianchen seemed to be full of confidence in persuading the other two family owners, and when he saw the other two family heads thinking about the problem, Li Nianchen was full of smiles and waited quietly.

Time passed minute by minute, and after a period of time, Zhou Yan, the head of the Zhou family, finally spoke: "There is indeed some truth in the words of the head of the Li family, but this reason alone is not enough for our Zhou family to make a move. When he spoke, Zhou Yan's face was like a knife, and his expression did not change much.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Shan, the head of the Wu family, also said, "What the head of the Zhou family said is that if the head of the Li family can't give a more suitable reason, it will be difficult for our Wu family to decide, after all, I am not the only one in charge of the Wu family." The two of them expressed the same meaning one after the other, and looked at Li Nianchen with the same puzzled face after speaking.

Regarding the reply of the Zhou family master, Li Nianchen didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but the Wu family master's words really made the Li family master feel hypocritical. If there are other people in the Wu family who can call the shots, then with the temperament of the head of the Wu family, he will never appear here at this moment, and he must be busy excluding dissidents. Of course, Li Nianchen just thought like this, and did not show any thoughts on the surface.

"The two family heads don't need to worry, Old Man Rong continued," After pondering for a while, Li Nianchen continued with a calm expression: "I don't know how much the two family heads know about Lin Guangyao, a member of the Lin family?"

Li Nianchen didn't say some example sentences directly, but asked the two of them a question, and Wu Shan and Zhou Yan were a little puzzled.

"The first person of the younger generation of the Lin family, he has become a fourth-order martial cultivator at the age of eighteen, and now he is probably close to the threshold of the fifth-order martial realm, he is indeed a genius, and his future is limitless," Wu Shan, who was full of meat, did not understand the meaning of the Li family master's words, and actually said his evaluation of Lin Guangyao with some approval.

At the same time, Zhou Yan on the side was much calmer, "What does the head of the Li family mean?"

The next time, the two looked at each other, only to see Li Nianchen nodding with a smile and saying, "According to the inside information we got, Lin Guangyao actually entered the fourth-order realm of the martial realm when he was sixteen years old, but the Lin family has always deliberately concealed this matter. After speaking, Li Nianchen's expression returned to calm again.

Li Nianchen's praise for Lin Guangyao was very straightforward, and the head of the Wu family, who had not yet reacted, finally understood the key through the dialogue between the other two at this moment. Lin Guangyao stepped into the fourth order of the martial realm at the age of sixteen, I am afraid that he can be called a genius when he looks at the entire Northern Continent, but it is conceivable that he is a genius among geniuses in the small ghost city. If Lin Guangyao grows up smoothly, the future is immeasurable.

Even if their Wu family can tolerate the expansion of the Lin family's power, they will never allow a transcendent genius to emerge from the descendants of the Lin family. Therefore, Wu Shan completely understood what Li Nianchen meant. At the same time, Zhou Yan, who had always looked calm, figured out Li Nianchen's intention to secretly interview the two of them.

On the other side, noticing Wu Shan and Zhou Yan's reactions, Li Nianchen knew that there was no need to say anything more. Next, the three families should discuss the distribution of benefits after eradicating the Lin family's forces. So, a smile appeared on Li Nianchen's calm face again, "Presumably, there are no juniors in the two clans who can compare with Lin Guangyao, according to the old man's opinion, the two can not consider their own interests, but they must consider the juniors in the clan." Taking a step back, Lin Guangyao is not the only one in the Lin family with outstanding qualifications, so both of them should understand how the situation in the ghost city will change if they wait for a few more decades. ”

At the beginning, Li Nianchen used the cooperation between the Lin family and the black market to cause dissatisfaction among the other two family owners, and then Li Nianchen deliberately explained the threat to them from the future development of the Lin family, and the two assertions undoubtedly made Li Nianchen's follow-up statement more convincing.

Now when Li Nianchen wanted them to express their opinions, Zhou Yan and Wu Shan fell into deep thought one after another. In the blink of an eye, the entire secret room was quiet, and everyone was thinking about Li Nianchen's plan.