In the small building of Beitang Yulin, it was already silent at the moment, and he was the only one sitting cross-legged on the wide recliner, but he was not cultivating, but was thinking back to the hoarse voice and the words he said before.

I don't know how long it took, the door creaked softly, and under the light of the moonstone, a graceful figure walked in gently, turned around and closed the door gently, and quietly walked to the front of Beitang Yulin, and did not disturb him, just sat quietly on the soft chair next to him, looking at him with affectionate eyes.

Beitang Yulin knew that it was Shan Huanting who came, but he didn't open his eyes, and continued to sort out the things in his mind, and secretly thought in his heart: "It seems that the Beitang family I am going to accept is simply a mess full of holes, the major elders are full of private pockets, and each branch and vein are separated, hehe, the current Beitang family is said to be a family, but in fact, it is a group of rabble with their own ghosts and their own policies, and they want to truly dominate such a group and form a family, That's not ordinarily difficult, um, but what is beneficial to me now is that my grandfather represents one of the largest forces, and Mrs. Beitang is also the biggest force, and the other is the Great Elder, the Seven Elders, the Nine Elders, and Elder Dun and Elder Su, in addition, if you want to really stand on your feet, you must also get the support of the Ancestor, the reason why the Beitang family has not fallen apart is that there should be the existence of the Ancestor, well, it seems that there will be something to be done at tomorrow's elders' meeting. ”

With the idea made, Beitang Yulin slowly opened his eyes, and looked at Shan Huanting on the side, the two smiled slightly, but did not speak, Shan Huanting came to Beitang Yulin and sat down, fed the peeled orange in his hand to the other party, and then lay down in his arms.

After a long time, Beitang Yulin let out a long sigh, Shan Huanting opened her confused eyes and looked at him, and couldn't help but ask softly: "What's the matter, haven't you already become the heir of the head of the family, why are you still unhappy?" ”

"Hey, I should have listened to you if I had known, and I wouldn't have fought for the position of the heir of the head of the family, until now I know how naïve my original idea was, so that now I have put a super trouble on my back, and now I can't get rid of it." Beitang Yulin said with some frustration.

When Shan Huanting heard this, she didn't immediately laugh at him or gloat like other women, but was silent for a while before she said gently: "Yulang, a manly man, either don't do it, or do it well, since you have chosen this path, don't be discouraged, go down with your head held high, I believe that you must be the best head of the Beitang family!" ”

Speaking of this, she paused and continued: "As your woman, I only hate myself for having no power to help you, so I can only stand behind you and cheer you on, you are sleepy and tired, I will rub your shoulders and beat your back, you are thirsty and hungry, I will make you tea and cook." ”

When Beitang Yulin heard this, there was a trace of inexplicable emotion in his heart, and he tightened the person in his arms, and said secretly: "Actually, this woman is really good, hey, if you can not hurt her, try not to hurt her." ”

After a long time, neither of them spoke, and finally Shan Wanting spoke: "Okay, Yulang, you still have important things tomorrow, rest as soon as possible, and appear in front of everyone in high spirits tomorrow, so that everyone can take a look at you." At this, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Beitang Yulin also smiled slightly, nodded, hesitated, and said, "Wan Ting, in fact, you can do me a big favor, but ••••••"

Shan Huanting gently pressed her little hand on Beitang Yulin's lips, her eyes were like autumn waves, and her voice was gentle: "As long as I can help you, I am willing to do anything, you don't have any burden in your heart, I will be very happy when I see you happy." ”

Hearing this, Beitang Yulin's heart rarely felt a trace of guilt, but it was only annihilated by him in an instant, he took a deep breath, took Shan Huanting's hand, and said slowly: "I now know that the Beitang family is actually a fragmented family at all, no, it is not a family at all, and this so-called family master, for those of us who do not have any power to support the world, is simply a puppet, an ornament, even at a critical time, It's just a black pot. ”

"If you want to really sit in the position of the head of the family, then you must get the support of most of the elders, and among them, Mrs. Beitang is the most important one, I have completed her test, and I have initially obtained her approval, but it is a bit opportunistic, so she just doesn't oppose me, but she can't talk about support at all, I ••••••"

Speaking of this, Beitang Yulin actually felt that he couldn't go on, hesitated for a while, and just as he made up his mind to continue talking, and even begged Shan Huanting to help him, the other party pressed his lips again and said softly: "I know, you don't have to feel embarrassed, I'm already your person, I can do something for you, I hate and be happy, I can still say something from my mother-in-law, don't worry, I will find a chance to speak for you." ”

Hearing this, Beitang Yulin nodded, didn't say anything like thanks, just hugged the person tightly in his arms, and the sense of identity with this woman in his heart deepened a little again.

The next day, at the Beitang Parent-Elders Meeting, Beitang Yulin, a group of powerful elders, and Beitang Ladies were all present, Beitang Dun took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "Everyone, now our Beitang family can be said to have reached the autumn of critical survival, according to our spies, Linghua Sect has completely destroyed Shangyuan Sect yesterday, including its sect master and two Taishang Elders, all the high-level people were killed, one-third of the disciples were killed, and the rest all surrendered, and were incorporated into the forward battalion of the Linghua Army, now, The entire Northern Regions Martial Arts is already frightened of the Ling Hua Sect, and there are even many small and medium-sized forces that take the initiative to take refuge, and those big forces are also waiting and seeing, I am afraid that it will only be a matter of time before they fall to the Ling Hua Sect. ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent, and Beitang Su spoke: "Now Ling Huazong will soon sweep away the real Northern Domain Martial Arts, and when the time comes, what they will have to deal with is my Beitang family, so the next thing we have to decide is how my Beitang family should deal with itself." ”

When everyone heard this, they all raised their heads, and an elder sneered and said, "This kind of major event related to the future of the family, shouldn't we listen to the meaning of the prince first?" ”

When Beitang Yulin heard this, he glanced at the elder, and immediately knew in his heart that this person was Beitang Yuqi's grandfather, who was responsible for the family's internal affairs, and the power was not big, and it was not small to say that it was small, he must have hated Beitang Yulin for robbing his grandson of his place, so now he is finding fault.

Beitang Yulin was not in a hurry, stood up and saluted everyone, before slowly speaking: "Elders, Sun Er does have some opinions, but he doesn't know whether it is right or wrong, if he says it is wrong, please also ask the elders to correct it!" ”

"Oh, okay, okay, don't be verbose, just say it quickly, anyway, everyone won't take the words of a junior to heart." The Elder spoke impatiently.

Beitang Yulin glanced at him coldly, and then spoke: "At present, there are three roads in front of my Beitang family, first, desperate resistance, in the previous battle of Shanhaiguan, although my Beitang family suffered heavy losses, but as far as I know, those disciples are just some peripheral disciples, and the foundation of my family is still there, the elite still exists, if you can win over a few big forces, and then rely on the geographical advantages of the Arctic City, it may not be impossible to fight with that Linghua Sect!" ”

"Second, abandon the foundation of the Northern Regions and move the clan to the capital, after all, our Beitang family still has a good clan land there, with our current strength, if we go to the capital, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely be very happy, and we can also use the power of the imperial court to fight against Ling Huazong."

Ignoring the arguments of those elders, Beitang Yulin continued: "Third, it is to take refuge in the Linghua Sect, or to put it nicely, cooperate and coexist with the Linghua Sect, after all, the imperial court only has the power of self-preservation now, and there is no pioneering work, so we don't have to worry about the threat of the imperial court." ”

Wow~~~ After saying this, it immediately caused a big uproar among all the elders, and the internal affairs elder was even more emotional, slapped the table and shouted: "The kid is talking nonsense, how can I go to his Linghua Sect A sect that is not in the stream, it has only been established for more than ten years, hum, don't look at it as if it is in full swing now, in fact, it is just the sunset, and it will not be long before it will be in decline, take refuge in him?" You can figure it out. ”

As soon as these words came out, many elders also reprimanded Beitang Yulin one after another, however, the most powerful people were sipping tea carefully, and they didn't say anything, almost facing the Beitang Yulin that Qianfu was referring to, but at this moment, they didn't say a word, and they didn't have any expression, as if they had expected the current situation.

After a long time, everyone's voices were lowered, and Beitang Yulin slowly spoke: "Elders, I have already said just now, these are just the three choices of my Beitang family, but I didn't say which one to choose, why do you hold on to this road, could it be that you have already had the heart to take refuge, but now you are using my kid as a fig leaf." ”

This seemingly soft word had the effect of shifting thousands of pounds, how could everyone present not hear the meaning, the internal affairs elder suddenly turned red, and shouted: "Boy, how do you talk to the elders, is this how your parents taught you?" ”

Beitang Yulin just sneered at him, but he didn't dwell on it anymore, and instead spoke: "Everyone, just now I said the feasibility and benefits of these three options, so now let's talk about their disadvantages." ”

When everyone heard this, and the following, they all quieted down, especially the seven strongest people, their eyes showed a light of interest, and the internal affairs elder opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he was stopped by Beitang Bi.

Beitang Yulin glanced at the internal affairs elder again, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and said: "First, if we choose to fight to the death, then our Beitang family will inevitably pay a very painful price, and once we fail, then what awaits us will definitely be the destruction of the family, and once we win, then it can be said that the future Northern Regions will definitely belong to my Beitang family, that is to say, we can have a domain independently like the Ximen family, and no longer be controlled by the emperor!" ”

"If we choose the second path, then our safety will be absolutely guaranteed, after all, no matter how strong Ling Huazong is, it is impossible to break through the Jingshi, but we will be more constrained by the imperial court, especially when the emperor wants to use troops, my Beitang family will definitely be the first target, and we will never have the opportunity to dominate the domain again."

Speaking of which. He smiled and continued: "As for the third path, I also agree with what the elders said before, how could my dignified Beitang family succumb to a low-end sect, so there is no need to say this at all, because it is absolutely impossible for us to choose!" ”

After saying this, Beitang Yulin didn't say anything more, and sat back in his place, and some of the elders who were unhappy with him before, now looked at him with a much lighter look, at this time, Beitang Dun said lightly: "Yulin can take these into account, it's already commendable, in fact, now there are only these three paths in front of my Beitang family, and there are only two that we can choose, well, as for some other unrealistic ideas, don't say it, let's discuss it now." , which road is more beneficial to my Beitang family! ”

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In front of the main hall of the Shangyuan Sect, Fang Lin stood under the magnificent statue of the ancestor with a slight frown, but he didn't look at the ancestor of the Shangyuan Sect, but seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, Ayinnata and Qu Shan'er walked over, and said to Fang Lin in a relaxed tone: "Okay, all the disciples who surrendered have already been interrogated, they don't know much, and they don't have any valuable information, hehe, but there are a lot of things about some chickens and dogs, I like this." ”

Fang Lin smiled helplessly when he heard this, and at this time Li Haoran came over and said directly: "I have read it carefully, the collection of books in the Scripture Collection Building is complete, and all of them are original, and some are still solitary, and there is no trace of destruction." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head, his face was a little calm, he hesitated, and then said: "However, I have a very strange feeling, but I can't tell where it is weird!" ”

Qu Shan'er was overjoyed, and said: "This is not good, you know, the most important place of a sect is the scripture building, generally every sect will destroy the scripture building when their sect is about to be destroyed, and there is no hope, so, in most cases, you can only get part of its inheritance, like this, can get a complete scripture building, I'm afraid we are still the first, hehe." ”

Fang Lin and Li Haoran glanced at each other when they heard this, and at the same time, a fine light burst out in their eyes, Li Haoran said with some excitement: "I know what's wrong, haha, Shan'er is really a genius, haha~~"

The two girls on the side heard it in a fog, their faces were full of doubts, and at this moment, the rest of the people also came over, and Concubine Shu smiled slightly, and said, "Hehe, Haoran smiled so happily, did you pick up any treasures." ”

Princess Xiangxiang even quipped: "I think I saw a beautiful female disciple in the Shangyuan Sect, Shan'er, you have to be careful." ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, but Qu Shan'er stretched out her hand and pinched Li Haoran's waist fiercely, pretending to be angry and said: "Say, are you in love with a female disciple of someone, don't worry, I won't be angry if I say it, and I promise not to kill you." ”

Li Haoran immediately made an expression of begging for mercy and said, "My aunt, how dare I, don't provoke them so easily, it's unfair to me." ”

Everyone laughed again when they heard this, and only then did Fang Lin speak: "Hehe, okay, don't make trouble, now is not the time for us to relax, to be precise, Shangyuan Sect has not been destroyed yet." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and even some high-level officials who had just arrived here and were about to report the situation closed their mouths.

Bai Lian looked puzzled, and said in surprise: "This is impossible, hundreds of thousands of disciples of the Shangyuan Sect have now become prisoners of our ranks, plus the previous battles that were wiped out by us, no matter what, there are more than one million, this number is basically consistent with our intelligence, plus their sect master and two Supreme Elders, as well as a large number of other elders and deacons, etc., it can be said that the Shangyuan Sect has been destroyed." ”

"Well, here's the problem, I haven't been able to figure it out until Shan'er said that, and I suddenly realized the key to this." Li Haoran said.

Facing everyone's puzzled eyes, Li Haoran continued: "Think about it, whenever a sect is about to collapse and there is no hope in sight, what is the first thing they should do? ”

Everyone thought about it when they heard this, but Qu Shan'er suddenly came to her senses and said: "Oh, I know, this Shangyuan Sect's scripture collection building is too intact, as if it was deliberately given to us, this is fundamentally contrary to common sense, and a big sect like Shangyuan Sect is absolutely impossible to make such a mistake!" ”

Fang Lin smiled and nodded, "Then think about it, why didn't they destroy this scripture building, but instead they were afraid that we wouldn't find it?" ”

At this time, everyone reacted, and all of them had a clear expression on their faces, but Wen Yue'er shouted happily and hurriedly said, "I know, they must have some conspiracy here, right!" ”

Everyone didn't speak, they just looked at her with such a smile, Wen Yue'er's face turned red, and she quickly hid behind Fang Lin, only revealing a small head, and asked weakly: "Fang Lin, did I say something wrong again?" ”

Fang Lin gently patted the jade hand that he was holding his arm to express comfort, and then spoke: "Yue'er is right, they do have a conspiracy, but for the time being, it is not aimed at us, but to confuse us, because they have already sent the very good and loyal disciples in the sect and the strong people who still have potential from the sect relatively early on, and hid them, the reason why they want to show us these things is that we want to firmly believe that the Shangyuan Sect has been completely destroyed, so Their disciples and elders will be safe. ”

Speaking of this, Fang Lin let out a sigh, as if a boulder in his heart was put down, and said: "This also tells us that among the people who escaped from Shangyuan Sect, there are also strong people in the realm of life and death, and it is very likely that they are strong people at the level of returning to the void, but as for the number, we don't know, because those who were captured by us must not know either." ”

Everyone had no doubts about Fang Lin's judgment, but Dongfang Lei was puzzled: "Fang Lin, you don't seem to be worried at all, you know, as long as those people are sure that they are safe, they will definitely not settle down, they will inevitably cause us a lot of trouble, and you know, about the matter of the Blue Emperor's secret secret, Jin Yuzhi is very clear, that is to say, Shangyuan Sect is also very clear about this matter, and judging from the configuration of them to attack Hongshi Pass, must have wanted to find an opportunity to go to the sect to make some small moves, but he didn't catch the opportunity, but he was destroyed by us in one fell swoop. ”

Frost said coldly: "So, they will definitely find an opportunity to spread the news and make us the public enemies of the whole martial arts?" ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, however, Fang Lin smiled and said easily: "You don't have to be nervous, in fact, the sect has obtained a powerful inheritance, this is no secret in the current martial arts, it's just that everyone doesn't know what kind of inheritance we have gotten, so we are all waiting, in fact, we should feel very lucky, because we have been given several years of development time in vain, and our life and death realm powerhouses now have dozens, There are also three powerhouses in the Ruins Realm, and with such strength, it is no longer something that any cat or dog can watch, so everyone doesn't have to worry about anything in this matter at all, not to mention, almost everyone now doesn't know much about the meaning of this 'emperor', I'm afraid that even Shangyuan Sect doesn't know the true meaning, so in a short period of time, it doesn't matter if they don't disclose this news. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, let everyone digest it for a while, and then continued: "As for those remnants of the Shangyuan Sect, since we already know that they are still there, then they are not much trouble for us, well, Ah Yin, you go and interrogate those people again, to see if they know if there are any secret realms, secret places and the like in the Shangyuan Sect, and whether there are any places they have only heard of but have never been." ”

Ayinata happily agreed, and then took Qu Shan'er with her, Fang Lin turned his head to look at the rest of the people, and said with a faint smile: "Everyone, if I guess correctly, the Shangyuan Sect's sect treasury is basically an empty library, right." ”

The generals all smiled bitterly when they heard this, but Li Haoran smiled and said: "This is normal, their people need a lot of resources, the more geniuses and demons need more resources, they want to tilt the resources of the entire sect to this small number of disciples, you can imagine that after a hundred years, these disciples of theirs will grow up, what kind of terrifying force it will be." ”

Just when everyone was gossiping about their opinions, the two daughters of Ayinata walked back, Qu Shan'er grinned, and said: "Hehe, our luck is really very good, we didn't ask a few people to have eyebrows, well, according to what a few of their elders said, they had heard the sect master say that there is a place in the Shangyuan Sect called' The place of the Divine Secret Realm', it is said that it is a secret realm discovered by the founding patriarch of the Shangyuan Sect, but it has never been open to disciples or any disciples, the specific location is not even known to the sect master, only the Supreme Elder knows, and we also learned from the mouth of one of the elders that the Shangyuan Sect has a secret passage, but I don't know where it leads, but according to me, it must be the one that leads to the secret realm of the Divine Illumination, I already know the location, Fang Lin, let's go and take a look! ”

Saying that, Qu Shan'er was about to lead the way in front, however, her hand was held by Li Haoran, and he said helplessly: "My living ancestor, don't be so anxious, we haven't finished our big business, besides, I haven't figured out what the secret passage is all about, so I rushed in, what if I fell into an ambush!" ”

When Qu Shan'er heard this, her beautiful eyes were about to go crazy, but Fang Lin waved his hand and said: "Haoran is right, searching for the remnants of the Shangyuan Sect is not our first priority at present, so we only need to send some disciples to do such a thing, as long as those people know that we already know about their existence." ”

Qu Shan'er pursed her lips when she heard this, and said unconvinced: "Then you say, what is the most important thing for us now!" ”

Fang Lin also shook his head, and said with a helpless smile: "Of course it's the Beitang family, now that we have destroyed the Shangyuan Sect on the bright side, this will naturally bring a huge impact to the entire Northern Territory Martial Forest, if it is not surprising, there should be a lot of small and medium-sized families who have come to express their submission or refuge in the past two days." ”

Pei Shan nodded and said: "What the sect master said is good, I have counted, in the past few days, the small and medium-sized forces that came to express their submission or refuge to us have occupied ninety percent of the entire Northern Regions, and the rest have gone to Arctic City, but none of the first-class forces have not, and as far as I know, two first-class forces have gone to Arctic City to cooperate with the Beitang family, and the other two are still waiting." ”

Speaking of this, she hesitated for a moment, but still gritted her teeth and said: "Sect Master, are our conditions too harsh, for these first-class forces, they are obviously unwilling to be subservient, if we change the conditions to cooperation, they will definitely accept it, after all, we can't force them all to the side of the Beitang family." ”

Fang Lin laughed when he heard this, and said: "Haha, in fact, my original purpose was to force all of them to the side of the Beitang family, so that I can eliminate them without any scruples, these big families, the big sects have no other skills, and seeing the wind makes the rudder come easily, moreover, a big force like them, even if they really belong to us, will not wholeheartedly put it on the top of the sect, but how to make them stronger themselves, maybe I can't see anything now, However, in a hundred years or more, they will inevitably become a cancer of the Zongguo, so for the long-term sake of the Zongguo, I would rather spend more effort now to destroy them! ”

Speaking of this, a suffocating chill burst out from Fang Lin's eyes, causing everyone around him to feel a burst of coldness.

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