Chapter Seventeen: Ling Family's Speculation

  Ling's residence, council chamber.

  As Ling Jia's elder sat down, the others also took their seats one after another.

  "Yan'er, you tell me."

  Under the gaze of many elders and Fourth Brother Ling Ran, Ling Nuo slightly nodded, then lightly nodded to indicate to Ling Qingyan who was sitting at the lowest seat.

  For a moment, everyone's confusion deepened, but their eyes all turned to Ling Qingyan.

  "Everyone, Fourth Uncle..."

  Ling Qingyan stood up with ease, without any restraint, and began to talk about what he had learned from the two Mohist disciples last night...

  Starting from when I sensed the identities of the two Mo family members outside Yixiang Pavilion, to when they mentioned their purpose for coming to Moyun City this time, and then how I closely followed them in secret, it took more than a quarter of an hour before I could completely eavesdrop on their conversation.

  Ling Qingyan, who had experience negotiating with underground forces in his previous life, was able to speak at this moment, although not eloquently, but extremely detailed, at least making it clear to everyone present what he was saying.

  A long time.

  "Just as those two Mohist disciples said, this 'Yong Huang Dian' is indeed a world-renowned secret classic!"

  After Ling Qing finished telling the whole story, the two elders were silent for a moment before speaking up, with a hint of worry flashing between their eyebrows.

  If it were in the past, before the Qin Wangfu and Tianjianmen arrived at Moyuncheng, if the Ling family had received this news, they might have been able to intervene. Even if they had to turn Moyuncheng upside down, they would have found a way to get their hands on the "Yong Huang Dian"!

  After all, an extraordinary secret book is too important for a family that only has ordinary secret books!

  Once in possession of an extraordinary secret manual, as long as there is time, the martial artist strength of a family will absolutely undergo a qualitative transformation!

  Perhaps in just a few hundred years, this family will be able to completely break free from the constraints of being a small family and become as renowned as those great families on the Chongwu continent.

  Now, many upper forces have gathered in Moyun City, but they are all here for the "Yong Huang Dian"!

  Because of the existence of these mighty beings, the Ling family is now afraid of being implicated in this matter and dare not have any thoughts about the "Yong Huang Dian"!

  After all, "Yong Huang Dian" is good, but it's not worth risking the survival of the Ling family and the lives of the Ling family members to gamble!

  "That's nothing to say of the Nan Gong family, Mu Rong family and Mo family... Their family's secret classics are considered top-notch on the Chong Wu continent, but they can't be considered as peerless secret classics. But what about the Qin Wang Fu? They have been cultivating for generations with the 'Yao Long Jue' passed down by Qin Huang 'Ying Zheng', which is an absolutely peerless secret classic that's not inferior to the 'Yong Huang Dian'! And those several sects, which one hasn't inherited for thousands of years? Would they not have any peerless secret classics?"

  In Ling Qing's astonished gaze, Fourth Uncle "Ling" actually said these words.

  However, as soon as Ling Ran's words fell, Ling Qingyan shook his head in denial. "Fourth Uncle, you only saw the surface. Although Qin Wangfu and those few sects of Tiandao Gate have extraordinary secret classics, they may not necessarily be after the Rainbow-level cultivation method in the 'Yong Huang Dian'. Perhaps they also value the insights recorded by Yong Huang in the 'Yong Huang Dian' for breaking through to the Zun level!"

  As soon as Ling Qingyan's voice fell, he immediately received the approving gaze of everyone including the Great Elder.

  For a moment, both Ling Nuo and his wife looked at Ling Qingyan with eyes full of relief.

  "Now that we know the purpose of those forces, at least we don't have to be so passive and secretly anxious."

  Ling Ni withdrew his gaze from his son and said, "According to the people I sent out to observe over the past few days, the forces that came this time are still relatively well-behaved. Except for the younger generation under their command, the old guys in charge have been staying at the inn day and night! They have also formed a kind of restraint among themselves, with no one willing to be the first to break the deadlock!"

  However, the young masters under our Ling family's command are actually the younger generations brought by those old guys from other factions, going in and out of the shops belonging to the three families in Moyun City!

  Ling Ao paused for a moment at this point.

  "Dad, you're saying......"

  By this time, Ling Qingyan had made an educated guess about the actions of these young masters from foreign upper-class families.

  "Right!"

  Seeing his own son, Ling Hua seemed to have guessed something, and he smiled again with relief. He nodded, and the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a serious expression. "I didn't know what they were up to earlier..."

  "Now, I can almost conclude that what they are looking for is the 'Yong Huang Dian'! As for why they went to our Moyun City's three families to gather information... it must be because they received news that the 'Yong Huang Dian' is in the hands of one of the three families in our Moyun City!"

  Hiss!

  Although everyone had already guessed from Ling Hua's words before, but at this time listening to Ling Hua say it out loud, they couldn't help but take a cold breath.

  That "Yong Huang Dian" was actually in the hands of a family in Moyun City, which was something that no one could have ever imagined.

  As for their own family, all the people present can be sure that they don't have "Yong Huang Dian". Therefore, "Yong Huang Dian" must be in the hands of either the Yuan or Ren families.

  "No matter if it's the Yuan family or the Ren family... they're really lucky to have obtained the secret manual left behind by the revered strongman, Emperor Yong, from ten thousand years ago!"

  "But... this time it's become a hot potato! Haha!"

  Completely forgetting about the crisis their clan was currently facing, the three elders were the first to burst out laughing!

  He was indeed happy, if it weren't for those forces finding out the whereabouts of "Yong Huang Dian", no matter whether it was the Yuan family or the Ren family that got it...

  In the next few hundred years, it will inevitably become powerful with the help of "Yong Huang Dian" and leave the Ling family far behind.

  This is absolutely not what the Ling family wants to see.

  "But we ourselves know that our Ling family doesn't have the 'Yong Huang Dian', however those powers don't know, and the reason they haven't made a move against our three families these past few days is probably because they've formed a balance of power among themselves..."

  "The situation our Ling family is in now is still not good!"

  Hit the nail on the head with one sentence.

  "Not bad, once the current balance of power is broken... then our three families in Moyun City will inevitably suffer a disastrous defeat!"

  After listening to Ling Yu's words, the elder also nodded.

  For a moment, thinking of the Ling family's current situation, the mood in the conference hall was somewhat heavy.

  PS: After all, which family is "Yong Huang Dian" in?