Ling Hu shook his head and transmitted to the two, “Lin Qinglun came to find his father and clan, but he didn’t take the Lin family away, nor has he found any trace of them.”
Lin Xiao and Hu Yue frowned. If it wasn’t Lin Qinglun or Ge Mu who took them, and they weren’t captured by the Feng family, where had Hu Mo and the Lin family gone?
How could they vanish without a trace?
“By the way, Lin Qinglun said this time they plan to wipe out the Feng family and the Lanlan Empire. The Moyu Empire does have a third-rank Martial Lord, and the Dongyang Empire has a second-rank Martial Lord,” Ling Hu added.
“As expected, there are Martial Lords,” Lin Xiao thought. Not only did the Moyu Empire have one, but the Dongyang Empire did too, a second-rank Martial Lord no less.
However, just two Martial Lords didn’t faze him. The key was to first draw out the mysterious powerhouse behind the Feng family.
That person was the real threat.
“He also said Mo Jiutian escaped back to the Moyu Empire but was secretly eliminated by him before reaching the palace,” Ling Hu continued.
Lin Xiao was slightly surprised. He’d overlooked Mo Jiutian. After defeating him in the Xuanyu battlefield, Mo Jiutian was captured by the Youtian Demon Palace. Lin Xiao initially thought he’d joined them, but during the war between the two Chaos Lands overlords, Mo Jiutian was nowhere to be seen. Lin Xiao assumed the Youtian Demon Palace had killed him, indirectly tying up that loose end.
He hadn’t expected Mo Jiutian to escape.
Though Mo Jiutian no longer posed a threat to him, if he’d survived, he could have become a significant danger to the Lanlan Empire in the future.
Fortunately, Lin Qinglun had taken him out discreetly.
It seemed his cousin had not only grown immensely in strength over the past three years but had also matured greatly in mind.
“As for you killing Mo Jiuxiao, defeating Mo Jiutian, and the Chaos Lands matters, the Moyu Empire still doesn’t know,” Ling Hu said, addressing another question Lin Xiao had asked him to pose to Lin Qinglun.
“It seems we were overthinking before. This makes things easier,” Lin Xiao nodded.
The Chaos Lands’ affairs rarely reached these empires, given the distance and lack of relevance. Few would expend the effort and resources to investigate.
Though the Moyu Empire had Mo Jiutian and others in the Chaos Lands, Mo Jiutian’s defeat in the Xuanyu battlefield was a massive humiliation. He likely wouldn’t have shared that news with the Lanlan Empire.
As for Mo Jiuxiao’s death, Mo Jiutian probably planned to report it after seeking revenge.
Unfortunately, not only did Mo Jiutian fail to get revenge, but the Youtian Demon Palace was destroyed, and he was killed by Lin Qinglun upon escaping to the Moyu Empire, without even passing on the news of Mo Jiuxiao’s death.
Mo Jiutian probably never imagined this outcome, even in death.
With this, things would be much simpler. Lin Xiao no longer had to worry about being targeted by multiple factions.
Instead, he could wait for the two empires to stir chaos with the Feng family.
“As for the rest, heh heh, I told him,” Ling Hu chuckled, hinting at an upcoming spectacle.
Lin Xiao nodded.
Having “defeated” Ling Hu, Lin Qinglun addressed the Lanlan Empire’s crowd loudly, “Now, is there any youth who dares to challenge me?”
The Lanlan Empire’s crowd was silent. Among their younger generation, who could possibly match this masked youth?
“What a pity. If that person were in the Lanlan Empire, they’d likely have such strength, right?” someone sighed inwardly.
“Isn’t he going to act?” Empress Dowager Meng Xi and Meng Ying quietly glanced at Lin Xiao, sighing in their hearts.
But to their disappointment, Lin Xiao remained calmly seated, showing no intention of standing.
“Since no one steps forward, may I challenge an elder?” Lin Qinglun’s voice rang out again.
The crowd was shocked. This masked youth wanted to challenge an elder?
Before Feng Yuntian could respond, Lin Qinglun’s gaze swept over the Feng family, finally settling on Feng Ziyang, who stood to the side. He said, “Senior Feng Ziyang, would you kindly come up and fight me?”
“Whoa!”
The crowd erupted in uproar.
This youth was challenging Feng Ziyang?
Feng Ziyang was the Feng family’s grand elder, a peak Martial King who had lingered at that level for years, half a step into the Martial Venerable realm.
In the entire Lanlan Empire, Feng Ziyang’s strength was among the top, widely regarded as the foremost Martial King.
Yet this youth, barely twenty-eight, was directly challenging the peak Martial King Feng Ziyang, and with the provocative word “come.”
Though his tone was polite and his voice soft, the word “come” carried a starkly different implication.
The two empires’ leaders were slightly surprised, clearly unprepared for Lin Qinglun’s move.
Their youths were stunned. Was this youth’s challenge to Feng Ziyang orchestrated by their leaders?
Defeating an elder, the Feng family’s grand elder no less, would be utterly domineering.
Feng Yuntian frowned slightly, while the Feng family members were furious, Feng Ziyang’s expression darkening.
With the Feng family controlling the Lanlan Empire, who in the empire wouldn’t give him some respect?
Yet today, he was being disrespected by a youth under thirty.
“Hmph, a mere junior, what right do you have to challenge me?” Feng Ziyang snapped coldly.
“Exactly, who do you think you are, daring to challenge our grand elder?” a Feng family youth shouted.
“Our grand elder isn’t someone anyone can challenge.”
“You’re not worthy of challenging him!”
Angry curses filled the air. Challenging their grand elder publicly was a blatant slap to the Feng family’s face.
Lin Qinglun remained unfazed, standing calmly in the sky, and said evenly, “Do you remember, three years ago, at the grand wedding of the Feng and Chen families, a lone youth, in front of everyone, killed the prodigy meant to unite your two families?”
Lin Qinglun’s sudden words cast a heavy silence over the scene.
Everyone knew this was the greatest shame of the Feng and Chen families. Normally, anyone daring to mention it would face severe punishment from both.
Yet this youth had brought it up publicly, clearly intending to humiliate the Feng family.
And, by extension, the Chen family as well.
