Chapter 3: The Terran Situation
Outside Fengye City, Ling Xiao walked across the moat alone, without relatives and friends to see him off, and without accompanying maids or domestic servants, he looked back at the city where he had lived for thirteen years, and thousands of thoughts lingered in his heart.
On the magnificent city wall about fifty or sixty meters high, there were two familiar figures, looking down coldly at Ling Xiao's location, one of the two was Shangguan Luo'er, and there was a handsome young man beside her, about eighteen or nineteen years old.
Ling Xiao's eyes suddenly looked at the two of them, and the pair of eyes that had always seemed frivolous and lazy to outsiders revealed firmness and determination that outsiders had never seen.
"Big cousin, that hooligan's eyes are so terrifying, that guy Ling Xiao won't know that we are working together to calculate him, right?"
Xu Changfeng, the son of the patriarch of the Xu family of the Instrument Dao Alliance, and the heir of the next generation of the patriarch of the Xu family, is the cousin of Shangguan Luo'er, and has a close relationship with Shangguan Luo'er since childhood, and there is a deep relationship between the two.
"Hmph, even if he knows, your cousin and I, the heir of the family of the first generation, will still be afraid of a waste?"
Shangguan Luo'er had the fierce appearance of a rouge tiger girl at this time, she had a completely depressed and gloomy expression, obviously she was in a very melancholy mood now.
Shangguan Luo'er weakly grabbed one of Xu Changfeng's arms, looking at the figure in the distance, her beautiful eyes blinked, without a trace of focus, and she muttered in her mouth.
"Early this morning, my father went to the Ling family to withdraw from the marriage, Uncle Ling Wu still didn't give up, and recommended himself as Ling Wei, the fifth nephew of the Ling family's third room, I don't know what my father will decide? ”
Xu Changfeng blew Shangguan Luo'er Qiong's nose and comforted him lightly.
"Luo'er, don't worry, your cousin will always cover you, and I will definitely help you find a wishful husband in the future." ”
Ling Xiao stared at the two figures who were talking and laughing, and he felt inexplicable. He turned around firmly, took a deep breath, took a light step, and walked away, leaving Xu Changfeng and Shangguan Luo'er with a chic back.
Near the gate of Fengye City, many people saw the Seventh Young Master of the Ling family leaving, and they were all pointing and discussing.
"Hahahaha! Fortunately for Fengye City, there is one less evil scourge of Fengye City!"
"Actually, this seventh young master of the Ling family is quite pitiful, he is only thirteen years old, and he was exiled by his family to such a terrifying place in the Eastern Wilderness City, how should he live in the future?"
"Hmph, poor people must have something to hate, who knows how many things the seventh young master of the Ling family has done that hurts the heavens and harms the country and the people?"
Almost all of the many gossips are very prejudiced against Ling Xiao, and none of them come out to say good things.
"Have you ever heard of the Seventh Young Master of the Ling family bullying the common people? Has anyone heard of him doing any great and evil things?"
Suddenly, a questioning voice sounded in the crowd, which made everyone fall into contemplation, although this seventh young master of the Ling family, in the eyes of outsiders, is usually idle, does not do his job, his cultivation qualifications are mediocre, and his refining level is also very average, but he has not heard of anything he has done to endanger others and oppress ordinary people, but there are a few real little bullies in the city who have been beaten down by him several times.
"Hehe, do you all know what that kid from the Ling family did last night?"
There was another gloomy voice in the crowd, and the face of the speaker was gloomy, giving people a feeling of depression, and many people turned their attention to the person who spoke, and at the same time revealed an inquiring gaze.
"That kid Ling Xiao, he actually went to the City Lord's Mansion in the middle of the night last night to peek at the City Lord's daughter's changing clothes and bathing, just this temperament, is it considered absurdity and immorality, and it is a scourge to the township?
Many people didn't know that Ling Xiao had a marriage contract with Shangguan Luo'er, and they didn't know that someone had deliberately framed him in this matter, so they took it for granted that they directly defined Ling Xiao as a perverted and lewd person, which also indirectly affected the status of the Ling Family Artifact Saint Inheritance Family in the hearts of everyone in the past.
The person who spoke was a ruffian specially found by the Xu family to slander the image of the Ling family, no matter what they said, as long as it damaged the image of the Ling family in the hearts of everyone, I have to say that this is an extremely ruthless ploy.
Some people have left, but they will not exist in the hearts of others for a long time, and some people are alive in front of them, but they still can't see the true faces of the ill-intentioned people around them, and they are still blinded, and people's hearts are terrible, and people's words are terrible.
In the East Wing Courtyard of Ling Mansion, Ling Wu, who had just finished the clan conference, slowly walked into the room with heavy steps, poured himself a cup of tea, sipped the slightly bitter tea, and looked in the direction of the Eastern Wilderness.
Ling Wu, who was quiet and contemplative, felt a sudden burst of comfort from his shoulders, smelled the familiar fragrance, and let out a faint sigh!
"Hey, now that my Ling family is already a big pie in front of the major forces, everyone wants to take a bite.
Ever since someone saw the old man enter the Endless Void Sea, one of the top ten life forbidden areas in the Taiyan Continent five years ago, my Ling family has become the focus of attention of many big forces.
The people of the Taiyan Continent knew that none of the explorers of all races who had entered the Ten Forbidden Zones of Life had ever managed to get out alive.
Without the old man in charge, many forces have been continuously suppressing the Ling family's Ling Heavenly Weapon Pavilion branches in the major spheres of influence of the human race in the past two years.
In just two years, the power of my Ling family has shrunk to the scope of the Dongwu Divine Dynasty, and those big forces still refuse to give up and want to beat my Ling family to death with a stick.
Now even our unsuccessful Xiao'er has been calculated, and if you want to come to Xiao'er to go to the Eastern Wilderness, it will not be peaceful along the way. ”
The woman behind Ling Wu was dignified and elegant, gentle as water, with a deep worry and reluctance in her beautiful eyes, and gently pressed the back of Ling Wu's neck and shoulders.
"Husband, Xiao'er has a stubborn personality since she was a child, and she is good at the art of mechanism refining, although she usually behaves very lazy, but every time she brings fluctuations to a breakthrough, it is covered up by the two of us, I believe that Xiao'er will bring many surprises to those big forces. ”
The corners of Ling Wu's mouth curled slightly, he was not surprised by people's opinions about his son, because he knew that the reason why his son behaved badly and inactive was to confuse the major forces and divert all his attention to other parts of the Ling family, so over the years, he had not taken care of Ling Xiao, but let him freely choose his future path.
"Wife, don't you know, it is inevitable for Xiao'er to go to the Eastern Wilderness, this is also what our old man meant before leaving, even if there is no such thing, I will send him over in the near future."
The ancestor of my Ling family rose in the Eastern Wilderness, the land of the Eastern Wilderness is mysterious and unpredictable, there are many opportunities, and it is the intersection area of the forces of the three major god dynasties and the three major beast clans, and all kinds of resources are rich and abnormal.
Whether it is the treasures of ancient civilization that have been excavated, or all kinds of cherished spiritual materials and elixirs, they are all hot resources in the Taiyan Continent.
If the Ling family wants to get rid of the current status quo, they have to go through the road openly and secretly. Use the power of our entire family to attract the offensive of major forces, and buy enough time for Xiao'er to grow. ”
Li Luo nodded, finally showing a smile, and continued to talk with Ling Wu about the current situation in the Taiyan Continent.
"Husband, do you know which big force is behind the Dongwu God Dynasty now?"
Ling Wu smiled mysteriously, and pinched the beautiful woman's buttocks dishonestly with both hands behind him, but was gently slapped off by the latter.
"The Dongwu God Dynasty has the support of the Xu family of the Qidao Alliance behind him, and in two months, the princess of the royal family will be engaged to Xu Changfeng, the eldest son of the Xu family, and the relationship between the two forces will be even closer.
And our Ling family has been refusing to join the Qi Dao Alliance since a thousand years ago, which has made them have a lot of resentment, and among the major forces that deal with my Ling family, the Xu family has undoubtedly played a role in fueling the troubles. ”
Quinoa bowed her head slightly and continued to ask.
"Husband, it was originally the Dongwu Divine Dynasty and my Ling family that had a big deal every year, why did they deal with our Ling family with the Xu family?"
"This is even simpler, it must be the Dao Alliance or the Xu family that has given the Dongwu Divine Dynasty more benefits and preferential conditions, otherwise the Shangguan family will not sever the relationship with my Ling family.
As the saying goes: A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how much my Ling family declines, it is still a Instrument Saint Inheritance family after all, even if there is not much power to fight back, it will pull some cushions.
Therefore, the people of the Xu family want to disintegrate our Ling family from all aspects, minimize the loss of human and financial resources, and gradually uproot the power of our Ling family step by step, so that the position of the Dao Alliance in the human race of the Taiyan Continent will be more stable. ”
Speaking of this, Ling Wu's tone revealed a little sadness.
"My wife, the Terrans are in danger! Now the Earth God Dynasty in the Western Regions is being attacked by the Hades and the Orcs.
The Northern Regions Star Dou God Dynasty was also attacked by the Zombie Clan and the Treant Clan. Although the Southern Regions Nine Li Divine Dynasty is backed by the Void Sea, close to the Eastern Martial God Dynasty and the Flame God Dynasty, and there is no war for the time being, they will also face the Void Sea's Void Beast Tide every hundred years in ten years, and they have no time to take care of other forces.
However, the Dongwu God Dynasty, which is the safest in the human region, is in the midst of civil strife with the intrigue of major forces.
Originally, the refiner was a talent that the major god dynasties and many big forces were vying to win over, but my Ling family was suppressed by the joint forces of the Instrument Dao Alliance and the Eastern Martial God Dynasty, and the family power was shrinking day by day, which must have been caused by the selfishness of some behind-the-scenes masters. ”
As an outsider, Quinoa could see more clearly than Ling Wu.
In fact, this is not only the manipulation of the mastermind behind the scenes, but also the internal problems of the Ling family, the current Ling family has been corrupted, and it needs to be determined to change blood once in order to completely eradicate the cancer of the Ling family. ”
Ling Wu's eyes were deep, and he gradually fell into thought, listening to Li Luo's words, his heart suddenly shook, after all, it was inevitable that the end of blood cannibalism would be inevitable, even if the Ling family was left with only Ling Xiao in the end, he couldn't let the many refining inheritance skills of the Instrument Saint fall into the hands of traitors.
It doesn't make much sense for Ling Xiao to stay in Fengye City now, it is dispensable for the entire situation of the Ling family, only by leaving his hometown, traveling far away from the wilderness, and getting out of the center of the whirlpool of the power of the major families, can he have the opportunity to fight back and master the situation.
Banishing the frontier is almost equivalent to leaving the house, without a single spirit stone subsidy, not taking away a penny, not a single servant to follow, for a young master who is idle and lazy all day long, this is more cruel than killing him directly.
Fengye City is close to the national capital Dongwu City, more than 200,000 kilometers away from the border desolate Donghuang City, just by walking, at least three years to walk, if you do not arrive at the destination within the specified three years to report, it will be regarded as a judgment of the clan, and from then on you will be wanted by the family.
On the next road, Ling Xiao will face all kinds of troubles along the way alone, and he will also need to solve his own survival problems alone, especially on the way from Fengye City to East Wilderness City, passing through several dangerous places such as the periphery of the Xuan Beast Mountain Range, the edge of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and the Sunset Canyon, he will face a severe test.