Chapter 1444 - 1421: No Way to Clear Their Names?
Ling Zhiyuan let out a low growl from his throat, stepped forward, and looked coldly at Ye Huan: "Kid, you should understand the principle of too many monks with not enough gruel. You already have a top-grade woman, so stop competing with me! Leaving Ling Fufu’s side willingly is your best choice! Otherwise, I don’t mind giving you a painful lesson!"
As he said this, he cast a glance at Ye Bingning beside Ye Huan, a hint of intense jealousy flashed in his eyes, and his fist clenched with a snap, releasing a faint terrifying aura.
Ye Bingning was a stunning beauty not inferior to Ling Fufu.
Yet Ye Huan, that rascal who resorted to foul means, managed to maintain such a good relationship with Ling Fufu despite having Ye Bingning. This was enviable enough to make one die of jealousy.
Ling Zhiyuan’s gaze grew increasingly gloomy.
Ye Huan laughed, wondering why, wherever he went, there were always idiots offering themselves for him to beat up?
Brother Huan had no interest in Ling Fufu, but the other party was bored and came to threaten him, which really annoyed him.
"I’d like to see how you plan to give me a painful lesson." Ye Huan’s lips curled into a subtle, mocking smile.
"Refusing wine offered in friendship, yet opting for punishment wine instead, really a case of not shedding tears until you see your own coffin and not giving up until you reach the Yellow River!"
Leaving behind this line filled with murderous intent, Ling Zhiyuan angrily swirled his sleeve and turned away, unwilling to waste any more words with the so-called waste Ye Huan.
In his eyes, Ye Huan was nothing, at best a petty man with some strength borrowed from forbidden drugs. He considered it a glory for a waste like Ye Huan to even converse with him, a top disciple from the Ling Family.
Yet this waste dared not appreciate it, choosing to remain an enemy even after receiving his ultimatum!
Courting death!
"Ye Huan, I did not want to target you, for you are not worth my attention! However, your behavior today is too ’arrogant’. If I don’t teach you a lesson in manners today, I might as well take your last name!" Ling Zhiyuan yelled inwardly, his fist clenching again, producing a crisp sound of bone movement!
Clearly, Ling Zhiyuan had grown to utterly despise Ye Huan, and he had decided to reveal his greatest prowess to face Ye Huan later in the Ling Family’s martial arena!
The commotion here was just a little prelude before the Ling Family’s trial began.
Half an hour later, the human tide in the martial arena became orderly.
Ling family members not participating in the competition sat on the outermost sidelines, whispering among themselves.
Those participating were in the preparation area, making last-minute preparations.
The martial arena no longer seemed like a chaotic marketplace.
On a large stage in front of the viewing seats, more than a dozen red leather sofas were arranged neatly.
Besides the Patriarch, most of the top authorities of the Ling Family were present.
The Grand Elder of the Ling Family, Ling Kai, Hall Master of the Punishment Hall, wielding dominant power over life and death within the family;
The Second Elder, the youngest elder in the Ling Family, father of Ling Fufu, was the Hall Master of the Dark Hall, Ling Fengyun!
The Third Elder...
The Fourth Elder...
There were eighteen elders in the decision-making layer of the Ling Family, sixteen were present today!
Besides them, the event also had the coordinator of this family trial, Hall Master of the Logistics Hall, Ling Fufu’s mother — Wang Feng!
"Ahem—Ahem—"
"Everyone, please settle down! Please settle down!"
Wang Feng approached the front of the stage, holding a handheld microphone, cleared her throat a couple of times to test the volume, and after confirming there were no issues, the younger members of the Ling Family quietened down.
Although Wang Feng was an elder with an external surname, her role as Hall Master of the Logistics Hall endowed her with considerable power.
Things like financial matters and servants were under her direct jurisdiction.
"Today, as the Patriarch is in seclusion due to personal matters, I have been authorized to preside over the family test!"
"Before the test begins, I will announce a few things!"
"First, this test’s projects differ from those in previous years! In addition to the bloodline test, strength test, agility, and observation test, a new item has been added: the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique comprehension!"
"At that time, the Grand Elder will demonstrate the initiation move of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique — the seventh form, the complete set of Cyan Lotus Sword Technique — publicly on the main stage! As everyone should know, the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique is a secret unpassed to the public, only core disciples are privileged to learn! Today, exhibiting it is purely an exception, whether or not you can comprehend it depends on your own fate and talent!"
As Wang Feng spoke these words, the entire audience became excited!
Indeed, as Wang Feng said, the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique was incredibly precious, only 0.001% in the Ling Family were eligible to learn it.
Many people spent their entire lives without obtaining the qualification to study it!
The difficulty of mastering it was naturally high, it was rumored that to get the hang of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique, it generally took a year to learn the first move!
Just by watching, how could one comprehend it?
Though everyone understood they couldn’t grasp the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique, they were still excited because the technique was splendid, and rarely seen!
Today they could really witness it in person!
Moreover, they knew, this exceptional project was organized by the Ling Family targeting Ye Huan!
Ling Luzhou let the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique remain outside, allowing the big waste Ye Huan to stealthily learn it for over twenty years, leading to Ye Huan mastering it quietly under the Ling Family’s radar, which gravely violated the family taboo, enough to warrant ten executions!
Yet Ling Luzhou remained stubbornly elusive, arguing that Ye Huan truly comprehended the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique by enlightenment, an utterly laughable claim!
"Let’s see how Ling Luzhou and Ye Huan will defend themselves after the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique project!!"
"It’s laughable, even when the most respected elder, returning to our ancestral Yanhuang bloodline, and the peerlessly pure leader of the hundred clans in the Ling Family, Dragon Gate Founder Ling Tianming, spent three months to master from initiation to the second move of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique! Besides him, the fastest record in the Ling Family for completing the second move was a year and a half! Ling Luzhou dares to claim Ye Huan could comprehend it instantly, suggesting her grandson’s bloodline power surpasses all of the family’s talents? She shamelessly lies, treating us as gullible fools, utterly despicable!"
"Just wait, Ling Luzhou and Ye Huan will have no defense soon!"
In the viewing seats, the younger generation of the Ling Family had heated discussions, their words unrestrained, infuriating Ling Luzhou immensely.
Ling Luzhou really wanted to go over and slap these people, yet she held back in the end.
Slapping them wasn’t going to convince these people.
So, how to humble them?
Very simple!
"Little Huan, good luck later, use your terrifying martial talent and strength to slap their faces swollen!" Ling Luzhou gritted her teeth and shouted towards the preparation area!
Ye Huan turned and gave a thumbs-up, indicating he understood.
Suddenly, laughter erupted nearby.
"Ling Luzhou, slap our faces? You two really won’t stop being stubborn until the very end!"
"Cousin Zhiyuan has already set his sights on Ye Huan, I bet he will definitely embarrass Ye Huan beyond measure later, let’s see if you still have anything to say then!"
"Giving birth to someone like Ye Huan, tarnishing the reputation of our Ling Family and causing us such great losses, you neither feel remorse nor stop shielding that grandson of yours! If I were the Patriarch, I would have slapped you to death then and there! Regardless, there’s no need for action on my part, once the test is over, all your boasting about Ye Huan will naturally fall apart, and the Patriarch will inflict severe punishment on you!"
The Ling Family prides itself on being a united clan, with members feeling proud to be part of it. They particularly despise characters like Ye Huan, who bring shame upon the family.
Consequently, they were also displeased with Ling Luzhou!
At that moment, there was no semblance of respect for elders, they unhesitatingly scolded Ling Luzhou to her face.
Infuriating Ling Luzhou to the point that her face darkened, she silently clenched a fist, her gaze suddenly becoming as cold as water, "Calling me laughable? You arrogant fellows will soon learn what true ridicule and embarrassment feel like for your arrogance!"