In a room in the courtyard of the large house on the top of Qingcang Mountain, an old man with white hair, a thin body, and no ruddy face was sitting cross-legged on an old futon in the middle of the room.

There is a circle of people around the old man, these are the descendants of the old man,

"The old man has run out of oil. ”

Hearing this, the few people around looked sad.

The old man said tremblingly: "Fate." ”

The full name of the person in the old man's mouth is Ling Yuanxiang, the elder of the Ling clan in Cangli, the second in the Yuan generation, belonging to the Changfang monks, and having the cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building.

And this old man who was about to run out of oil was the great elder of the Cangli Ling clan, the leader of the conservative faction, and Ling Jiesheng, who ranked sixth in the knot.

He was originally based on Guanglu Island, and his cultivation went wrong a month ago, and he originally had a few years of life, but he was directly on the verge of sitting.

When Ling Jiesheng sent the news of his death back to Cangli Island, the Cangli Ling Clan Elders immediately sent Ling Yuangu, who was also in the late stage of foundation building, to replace him in Guanglu Island and stabilize the situation in Guanglufang City.

After Ling Jiesheng returned to Cangli Island, he immediately convened the island's Zhuji elders to discuss the matter.

In the end, it was decided to recall Ling Yuanxiang, who was sitting on Yellow Crab Island, and instead send Ling Jiexin to take his place.

In order not to cause turmoil, the family competition was held as usual, and three Zhuji elders were sent to preside over the family competition, the purpose of which was to stabilize people's hearts.

Hearing Ling Jiesheng's call, Ling Yuanxiang hurriedly responded, "My nephew is here." ”

Although he looks like a middle-aged man, the repeated silver threads exposed in his thick black hair indicate that he is not too young.

"I sent Yuangu and the ninth brother out, do you know the intention?"

"Please also ask the sixth uncle to inform his nephew. ”

Ling Jiesheng shook his head helplessly, "Once I sit down, these two people will inevitably return to the family when they get the news, and at that time, it will be difficult for my long room to compete with the third room." ”

Ling Yuanxiang hurriedly asked, "Third Uncle, isn't there still a great ancestor, why is it difficult for my long room to compete with the third room?"

Hearing this, Ling Jiesheng said in a slightly instructive tone: "Confused, although your great-ancestor is a person from the long house, he is also the Dinghai Divine Needle of my Cangli Ling Clan, he wants a bowl of water to be flat, if this bowl of water is deflected, it will be spilled, and the Cangli Ling Clan will have a crisis of separation." ”

When he said this, Ling Jiesheng sighed, "Hey, the dispute between me and the ninth brother is only limited to the dispute over the family system, in the final analysis, whether it is me or him, it is for the good of my Ling clan, and there is no bad intention, because of this, your great-ancestor is not easy to interfere."

In the past few decades, the strength of the third room has become stronger and stronger, and it has been supported by a large number of young geniuses in the family, and the reason why it can still be suppressed by me is that you don't want to have too much conflict with me, and then alarm your great-ancestor. ”

Hearing this, Ling Yuanxiang was taken aback, "Sixth Uncle, once you sit down, won't Ninth Uncle ......?"

"You're right, once I sit down, the ninth brother has no restrictions, and he will inevitably seek greater power, and then change the existing system of the family. ”

"The long room can unite the second room, the eighth uncle is also a monk in the later stage of the foundation, and his prestige in the family is not small, he should not want to see a big change in the family system, our two rooms work together, and we will definitely be able to suppress the ninth uncle's attempt. ”

"But that's only temporary, the eighth brother is not a few years younger than me, on the other hand, the ninth brother is one year younger than you, if the eighth brother sits down again, the third room will really be a monopoly, and your idea can only delay the ninth brother from taking power." ”

Ling Yuanxiang asked, "Then Sixth Uncle, do you have any good methods?" Please also tell your nephew that your nephew must not let Sanfang come like this. ”

"Wooing the eighth brother can be managed for a while, if you want to suppress the third room for a long time, you must have a long-term plan. ”

"Yes. ”

"You also have to win over Yuansheng, Yuancheng, and Yuanqi, these three people have a great possibility of breaking through to the late stage of foundation building, they are the power to suppress the third room for a long time, of course, it would be better if my big house had another monk in the late stage of foundation building. ”

Listening to Ling Jiesheng's words, Ling Yuanxiang was a little ashamed at first, and then only felt suddenly enlightened.

"The nephew understood. ”

Ling Jiesheng nodded, "It takes a long time for a system to be established, but destroying a system is a matter of moments, the ninth brother's plan is too radical, and the slightest carelessness will lead my Cangli Ling clan into the abyss." ”

He looked at his juniors again and took out two storage bags from his arms.

Said kindly: "The things in this storage bag on the left, after I sit down, I need to return them to the family, and the storage bag on the right is my accumulation of many years, the spiritual weapons, magic weapons, talismans, pills, etc., you can take them and divide them, and the remaining spirit stones will be left to my few grandchildren." ”

"Yuanxiang, you take it. ”

"Yes. ”

Ling Yuanxiang respectfully took the two storage bags.

Immediately, Ling Jiesheng let out a long sigh and slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing this scene, Ling Yuanxiang said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "The sixth uncle has returned to heaven." ”

Immediately, he hurriedly left the seven-room compound.

After a while, a mourning bell rang from the top of Qingcang Mountain.

Arena.

Ling Renyi pulled Ling Dingxiong, who was stunned, "Grandpa, go and see the third uncle's competition, if you don't go, the third uncle's competition will be over." ”

Ling Dingxiong looked at the top of Qingcang Mountain and said with emotion: "Another elder has sat down. ”

At this moment, the noisy arena was silent, the entire Qingcang Mountain was silent, and the various animals in the mountain no longer made a sound, and they seemed to be able to hear a strong sadness from the bell.

Ling Youdao, who had just squeezed out of the crowd, was stunned by this bell, this was not the first time he had heard this kind of bell.

One day fifteen years ago, he heard such a bell, and later learned that it was the fourth aunt Ling Yuanyi and the eighth aunt Ling Yuanli who died in the battle with the Qian clan on Fufeng Island.

And when I hear such a bell today, which one of the family members has sat down?

In the ring, Ling Youxian's eyes were less indifferent and more sad.

Compared to the people below, the three Zhuji elders above the arena knew the inside story.

They stared at the top of Qingcang Mountain, and their expressions revealed a trace of vicissitudes.

The bell of sorrow rang twenty-four times, and then fell silent.

But I heard the three Zhuji elders take the lead and salute to the top of Qingcang Mountain, "Congratulations to send the soul of the sixth uncle back to heaven and earth." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone knew that it was the eldest elder of the family, Ling Jiesheng, who ranked sixth in the knot generation.

Ling Youdao was shocked in his heart, "Sixth Uncle Ancestor has sat down?"

Hundreds of clansmen below said in unison, "Congratulations to the Great Elder to return to heaven and earth." ”

Ling Yuanqing said: "The Great Elder suddenly sat down, although we are sad in our hearts, but the family is more important than the big competition, Wang'er and the others turn their grief into strength and play well in the big competition." ”

Hearing this, hundreds of people below responded in unison: "Obey the elder's orders." ”

Soon, the arena was noisy again.

Ling Jiesheng's sitting did not directly feel it for these low-level disciples, and the slight sadness passed after a while.