Chapter Five Family Meeting
It took five days for Ling Xiao to completely integrate the power of the first jade tendon elixir into his body.
The surface of his skin also continued to overflow with dark and smelly impurities. Fortunately, on the fifth day, this change finally stopped. This shows that the Jade Tendon Pill has discharged all the impurities of the meridians and has now returned to the level of ordinary people.
But it's just the beginning.
The meridians are as strong as ordinary people, and Ling Xiao just returned to the starting line. Not to mention the future enemy, the great perfect master of the Tianyuan Realm like the young master of the young master of the Earth Demon Sect, the meridians are strong and cannot even damage the fifth-grade spiritual weapon.
Even the three generations of the Ling family's disciples had the third level or above of the Mai Condensation Stage at this time. Some of them had extraordinary talents who had even practiced at the fourth level of the Mai Condensation Stage. Their meridians have been tempered for more than ten years, far better than ordinary people.
Tempering meridians during the condensation period is to lay the foundation. Only when the meridians are strong can you have the hope of entering the realm of Earth Yuan. Like Ling Xiao’s past fragile meridians, even if they have heavenly and earth treasures, it is difficult to pile up hard. As the true energy in the body becomes more and more powerful, if the meridians cannot keep up with the cultivation, it is simply seeking death.
Ling Xiao in his previous life was because his foundation was not laid, and his meridians in his body were too fragile, and he could not practice to the peak even if he had adventures.
After three days of hard practice, Ling Xiao's already weak body became thinner and thinner. This kind of pain was tormented from both sides of the body and mind, and it was really uncomfortable to sleep for three days. Moreover, the way of cultivation was too much or too little, and Ling Xiao was also an old bird, so he naturally knew this.
Uncle Fu burned a large bucket of hot water and soaked it beautifully for a long time before changing into clean clothes to go to the hall.
On the first day of every month, the core disciples of the Ling family will attend family meetings in the hall.
As one of the four major families in Blackstone City, the Ling family has been able to grow stronger over hundreds of years and eventually become the overlord of the country, and the family meeting has made an indelible contribution.
At this time of each month, the head of the family will select points based on the contributions made by the family members to the family.
This point can be exchanged for silver, martial arts, elixirs, spiritual weapons, etc. within the family. It can inspire all family members to contribute and practice for themselves and ultimately achieve a win-win situation.
Of course, Ling Xiao, a recognized waste, has always been just involved, and no one expects him to make any contribution.
So when Ling Xiao arrived late, more than 100 people in the entire hall had already arrived.
The head of the Ling family is Ling Xiao's grandfather, Ling Potian. There are only three people alive in that generation. Ling Potian is the third, and his cultivation is at the 12th level of the Mai Condensation Stage, and he is also the number one master of the Ling family. The two brothers above him have long passed away, but there are two younger brothers, and their cultivation is at the 11th level of the Mai Condensation Stage.
Further down, there are 17 people in Ling Xiao’s father’s generation, nine men and eight women. At this time, the married women will definitely not be able to attend the family meeting. The nine middle-aged men in the Ling family have cultivation levels above the seventh level of the vein-condensing stage, and they are also known as the nine sons of the Ling family in Blackstone City.
Fame is easy to remember, namely benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, trustworthiness, gentleness, kindness, respect, and frugality.
As for the next generation, there will be a lot of people.
Except for Lingxiao, a branch that is a rare three-generation single-letter, most of the other uncles and uncles have taken many concubines, with descendants ranging from four or five, and at most seven or eight, most of them are sons. Therefore, most people in Blackstone City believe that the Ling family will definitely rise in this generation.
In this era, the prosperity of the family family means strength.
However, it is precisely because of the large population that the Ling family has a particularly difficult time in allocating resources for this generation. If it weren’t for his father’s private use of private money, he wouldn’t even make a breakthrough in the second floor of the Mai-Changing Period.
As soon as he entered the gate, Ling Xiao saw two red eyes staring at him. It was Ling Fan.
"Brother Fan!" Ling Xiao immediately felt refreshed when he saw him like this, and smiled from the bottom of his heart: "Why are you so haggard? Have you lost your insomnia recently? Young people, you can rest more. Look at you like this, those who don't know would think you go to Cuixianglou every day. If you don't have enough ability, you need to use medicine to replenish it. Even if the time is short, don't feel too much psychological pressure. Just practice more."
Ling Fan's mouth clattered, almost shattering his teeth. If it weren't for the family meeting, he would have rushed up to beat the waste to death.
"Should you wait for me!"
Ling Fan lowered his head and ignored him almost as he popped up from his teeth.
Ling Xiao sneered a few times and walked to Ling Shouxin's side.
Some people are like this. They obviously want to make a condom and harm others, but they feel that the other party is unforgivable if they suffer some losses. They don’t consider the reason at all.
He can only be sorry for others, but he cannot tolerate himself suffering a little loss.
However, Ling Xiao's mentality has changed drastically at this time. Small people like Ling Fan cannot stir up any trouble in his heart. As long as he is happy, it would be fine if Ling Fan obeys it. If there is still trick, he would just punch to death.
It is rare to be reborn once, to take revenge and complain.
In the past three hundred years, so many powerful enemies, the little Ling Fan, was suffocated, just a small reptile on his toes when he started.
Although he was a little sarcastic, he could be crushed to pieces with just a slight crush.
However, although Ling Xiao could let go, Ling Fan became more and more hated. He looked at Ling Xiao with red eyes, and suddenly a ferocious smile appeared. He murmured: "I will be proud of you today. If you want to die, die together!"
In the hall, two elders of the Ling family, and the nine sons of the second generation of the Ling family, are calculating the income and expenditure of the Ling family last month.
Originally, the head of the family should be in charge, but Ling Potian was in seclusion and Ling Shouxin was managed on his behalf.
However, Ling Shouxin's qualifications are mediocre and his personality is relatively gentle. In terms of family affairs, he was soon suppressed by many other brothers. Even the elders of the two uncles had their own small plans. Ling Shouxin controlled the family's accounts. Other more powerful departments had no place at all.
At this time, it was Ling Shouzhi, the fourth son of the Ling family, who was in charge of the Ling family's punishment hall. He was serious, had a very introverted personality, and had a level of eighth level of the Condensation Period, which was quite prestigious in the entire Ling family.
"Last month, a total of 73 disciples from the three generations of the family were evaluated for family points. A total of three were selected, namely Ling Ran from the old master, Ling Ling from the third family, and Ling Buwei from the sixth family. This month's cultivation resources were doubled. Another eleven people were selected, and the resources were still the same. The rest were selected, and the resources were reduced by half."
After a pause, Ling Shouzhi looked at Ling Shouxin, and a trace of light flashed in his eyes and said, "Let's talk about the violation of the family rules. Last month, two people in the Ling family participated in gambling, and even visited brothels, according to the rules of the clan..."
"Wait for the Fourth Brother, who did you hear about this kind of thing? Everyone knows that the small families outside like to throw dirty water on the Ling family. If there is no evidence of this kind of thing, it cannot be easily judged. Besides, this clan rule happened many years ago. It is absolutely unnecessary for you to use this to talk about it now."
Ling Shouxin quickly interrupted, but he knew about his son's affairs. If he didn't say a few words at this time, Ling Shouzhi would never be able to change his nature.
Ling Shouzhi looked at him coldly and said in a stern manner: "Evidence? Of course there is, and I have witnesses too. The clan rules are clan rules. Even if they are in a thousand years or ten thousand years, they must be abide by it. Ling Fan, get in quickly."
Ling Shouxin's face immediately changed drastically, and he looked at Ling Fan with a pale face in surprise. He first looked out of the hall with hatred, and looked at Ling Xiao's seat fiercely, and then lowered his head and explained everything about the previous few days clearly.
As for what he was talking about, Ling Shouxin no longer wanted to listen. He raised his head and looked at Ling Xiao outside the hall. The two of them shook their heads, and they all understood in their hearts.
This is Duizi.
Use Ling Fan to destroy Ling Shouxin's only son, Ling Xiao, the chief heir of the family for three generations.
At this time, Ling Xiao understood why Ling Fan looked at him so desperate and crazy. It turned out that he had been abandoned by his own father. Ling Shouzhi was indeed cruel enough. In order to be the next generation head of the family, he deliberately indulged Ling Fan and Ling Xiao to play together over the years. After the conspiracy was shattered, he actually abandoned this hopeless biological son.
Even Ling Xiao, who had seen countless vicious people in three hundred years later, had to admire him at this time, Uncle Fourth is really a hero. It’s a pity that his eyes are a little short-sighted. Is it worth doing this in the small Black Stone City and the Ling family?
It's ruthless, the situation is too small.
After Ling Fan finished speaking, Ling Shouzhi asked Li Fangdeng to testify, as well as some people from Cuixianglou. In this case, Ling Xiao could not make any arguments.
In fact, although the Ling family rules have this, it was already hundreds of years ago. When the Ling family first arrived in Heishi City, they worked hard and everything was difficult. They were afraid that their descendants would ruin their family's foundation, so they had this rules. To this day, the Ling family has become a dominant in Heishi City. There are many descendants of the three generations of the family, and there are also many playboys like Ling Xiao.
Usually, everyone turns a blind eye and cultivates offspring with good qualifications and nature. Although the playboys who give up their cultivation have poor resources in cultivation, their pocket money is enough for them to be free and easy in Black Stone City.
To put it bluntly, just treat it as raising stallions. Every family has such descendants. As long as they can keep their family blood, the big family doesn’t care about raising a few more people.
At this time, Ling Shouzhi took out this family rule that almost no one took it seriously, just like a ninth-rank sesame official who used the Shangfang sword from the previous dynasty to kill active high-ranking officials.
But no one laughed and almost one-sidedly criticized.
Not only the nine sons of the Ling family, but also the two elders were sarcastic in public and secretly.
Ling Shouxin was immediately furious, but at this time all the brothers turned against each other, and even the two uncles from the previous generation made clear their positions.
"This is to kill us father and son."
Although Ling Xiao stood outside the hall, he could see clearly. But this is a conspiracy, and he would trample on you to death with openness. There are family rules! There are witnesses!
The clear Duizi took advantage of the situation to win over all the hostile forces in the family, making Ling Shouxin and his son unable to make any struggle at all.
Ling Xiao was also an old ghost who had been through hundreds of years at this time, so he naturally understood the plans of these people. Suppressing himself was just the first step. The next step was to guide this evil fire on his father and even his grandfather.
He looked at the hall from a distance at the weak-hearted father who loved his son as much as his life. Ling Shouxin listened to the accusations of his brothers, but was powerless and could only lower his head and kept begging.
"Ling Xiao is still young and ignorant. I blame him for not teaching his children incompetently and has nothing to do with him."
"Fourth brother, you should be proud of this."
"Uncle II and Uncle III, you guys can say a few words."
Seeing his father whispering in the hall, a fire suddenly burned in Ling Xiao's heart. He pushed away many of his fellow tribes in front of him, and walked into the hall with great strides. He first held Ling Shouxin's hand hard, pulled it back hard, and said, "Dad, raise your head, don't bend down!"
Then he straightened his back and looked at Ling Shouzhi, with a smile on his lips and said, "Uncle Fourth, you are so cruel."
Chapter completed!