In the end, only 200 or so people remained around Ling Xiaotian.
“Hahaha, Ling Xiaotian, do you see it? This is your fate! Isn’t it comfortable when your close relatives betray you?”
Shi Long laughed, seeing Ling Xiaotian’s miserable fate.
Ling Xiaotian’s spirit crumpled as his morale fell. His face looked deathly pale, and the corners of his mouth trembled.
Suddenly, he saw a figure within the crowd.
Ling Xiao!
He actually hadn’t left?
Ling Xiaotian felt like he had been suddenly pulled out of despair.
At this moment of life and death, a person’s true character was revealed.
Today, although even the clan disciples of the Ling Clan had betrayed it, Ling Xiao, a disciple recruited from the outside, actually didn’t betray the clan even though he had suffered a lot of injustice.
This truly relieved him.
“It’s a pity that this old man discovered the truth too late. If I had found you earlier, I would have definitely nurtured you as an important seed.”
He felt helpless; today, the Ling Clan would be destroyed. If Ling Xiao stayed with him, he would die beyond a doubt. This genius would disappear.
It would truly be a pity if such a dazzling genius died here.
If Ling Xiao was nurtured with all effort and became the Ling Clan’s Patriarch, the Ling Clan would have definitely flourished under this child’s hand.
“Ling Xiao, Ling Yihang, Ling Yixue: you three should take your family members and seek refuge with the Ren Race.”
Ling Xiaotian suddenly sighed.
He didn’t know whether what he was doing was right or wrong. However, he truly wanted these three children to live. Not only were they very talented, but their characters also far outclassed those shameless people.
“Hahaha, old fool, you finally said something correct! Ling Xiao, Ling Yihang, Ling Yixue, if you three are willing to pledge loyalty to the Ren Race, you all will be qualified to enter White Cloud Province’s Heavenly Ren Academy. You all will receive protection and be nurtured!”
Shi Long laughed. “Of course, your family members will also live.”
As far as he was concerned, he didn’t want these three talented people to survive.
Especially Ling Xiao, even among the entire White Cloud Province, he would definitely stand out among his peers, so Shi Long didn’t want to let these three fellows grow up.
However, the envoy of the Ren Race had clearly told him to try his best to pull these three people, so they must have a way to turn these three people into loyal dogs.
After all, in the past, Ren Race had nurtured many such human dregs.
“They can actually enter Heavenly Ren Academy! I’m truly envious. If I were in their place, I wouldn’t hesitate at all.”
“Yes, those three people already proved themselves in the Heavenly Peak Gathering, especially Ling Xiao who even defeated Li Xinghui. His future is boundless.”
“Even the Patriarch didn’t want these three people to die in vain.”
“Ai, why didn’t we receive such good fortune?”
Even those who had already pledged loyalty to the Ren Race were jealous of such preferential treatment.
The key point was that Ling Xiao absolutely had reasons to abandon the Ling Clan.
First of all, he was an externally recruited disciple who didn’t have the Ling Clan’s bloodline.
Second, he had been ostracized and even faced assassination attempts from the clan’s higher ups while being treated unfairly. Thus, many people thought that his choice would be obvious.
“If I pledge loyalty to the Ren Race, will I have a chance to enter the Heavenly Ren Academy?”
Before Ling Xiao replied, a voice interrupted.
“Is it Ling Chen?”
“How could it be him?”
“Naturally, you are also qualified to enter Heavenly Ren Academy!”
This time, Fei Yun answered.
“Heavenly Ren Academy! Hahahaha, it’s a pity that I am a member of the Ling Clan, and the Ling Clan’s bloodline flows through my body! If I pledged loyalty to the Ren Race now, wouldn’t I become a traitor and an unfilial son?”
Ling Chen’s words made the originally worried Ling Xiaotian sigh in relief.
“Good, Ling Chen, you really deserve to be the obedient grandson that this grandfather valued. You are better than your shameless father!”
He said so because Ling Chen’s father, Ling Shisan, now stood with the Ren Race, choosing to become an enemy of the Ling Clan.
“I thought that Senior Apprentice Brother Ling Chen was going to betray the clan, but it seems that he is indeed different from his father. After all, he was even allowed to enter the fourth floor of the Ling Clan’s Library Pavilion and was a heavily nurtured seed.”
“Yes, his spirit is indeed worthy of praise. It’s a pity that he will be buried together with the Ling Clan.”
“Although Ling Chen is a bit despicable, he showed that he is a real man in this matter. It’s admirable.”
Ling Yihang somewhat admired Ling Chen.
Just as everyone was commenting, Ling Chen suddenly stabbed the back of the nearest Supreme Elder.
While everyone was stunned, he removed the dagger without any hesitation and flew to Shi Long’s side.
“What about becoming a traitor or an unfilial son? As long as I can become stronger, I will do whatever it takes!”
Ling Chen suddenly proclaimed with cold eyes.
Then, he turned to Fei Yun and said, “Lord Envoy, Ling Clan has three Supreme Elders in total. I have injured one of them. Although I didn’t kill him, his combat power has been greatly weakened. It will reduce our losses.”
“Well done!”
Fei Yun glanced at Ling Chen with a hint of admiration.
What their Ren Race needed was such shameless people; only this kind of person would carry out their despicable tasks.
“Shameless!”
“Ling Chen, aren’t you letting down your ancestors with such actions?”
“It truly is disgusting and shameless! How did the Ling Clan raise such a person? It really is disgracing the Ling Clan’s ancestors!”
“Vile spawn! Vile spawn, ah——!”
Ling Xiaotian shuddered in anger as his already pale face paled even further.
“I will kill you!”
Ling Xiaotian suddenly rushed forward and appeared in front of Ling Chen.
However, Shi Long pushed Ling Chen back and greeted Ling Xiaotian with a fist.
A terrifying shockwave formed a crater with a radius of three or four meters, leaving only some crushed roots visible.
Shi Long trembled slightly.
As for Ling Xiaotian, he returned empty-handed.
“Hehe, old man, don’t be angry. If you want to die, that’s your choice, but the Ling Clan must not go extinct because of you.”
Just now, Ling Chen had been very frightened. After seeing the matter handled, he jumped up and laughed, “Rest assured. After you die, I will make the Ling Clan flourish. Moreover, I will definitely make the Ling Clan stronger than the current Ling Clan.”
Ling Xiaotian looked at Ling Chen, too angry to speak. He had never thought that his most beloved grandson, who he had spared no effort to nurture, would betray him.
He truly felt utterly isolated.
Desolate.
“Ling Xiao, Ling Yihang, Ling Yixue, what’s your choice?”
Shi Long looked at Ling Xiao and said. “Even Ling Chen knows that ‘a fine bird chooses a good tree to nest.’ Among you three, one is a disciple from a branch family while the other two are externally recruited disciples. None of you three have a blood relationship with the Ling Clan! Why court death with them?”
Even Shi Long could see that Ling Xiao’s decision would affect Ling Yihang and Ling Yixue’s decisions.
Therefore, it was enough to convince Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao indifferently eyed at Shi Long. He didn’t understand how a person who had sold his soul and betrayed his race and country be so bold and confident?
He had become a servant, yet why did he maintain a sense of superiority?