novelraw Chapter 690 691: The Long Family's Calamity
Chapter 690 691: The Long Family's Calamity
"..." Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man in the lead showed a trace of difficulty, but Xiao Tianyu said, "No worries!"
Then Xiao Tianyu got into the loli's sports car, and the loli stepped on the gas pedal, making the car speed down the road at two hundred and twenty kilometers per hour. Regardless of whether the traffic lights were red or green, as long as there were no people, she would just roar past without slowing down. Xiao Tianyu looked speechless, thinking, "Does she not care about human life?"
But the loli looked at Xiao Tianyu with innocent eyes and said, "If you're scared, wear a seatbelt!"
"I've never been scared!" Xiao Tianyu responded calmly. Two hundred and twenty kilometers per hour? It would be insane if he, Xiao Tianyu, were scared by that. Thinking back, when he drove, he started at three hundred and two.
"You're really not scared?" The loli's beautiful eyes flashed with a trace of surprise.
"Just drive your car!"
"Don't think you can win this beauty's favor like this!" The loli looked confident.
"..." Xiao Tianyu looked at the loli weirdly. How old is this little girl? Can we not be so overly confident?
After half an hour, the sports car stopped in front of a large courtyard in the Wujin District of the western city.
At this time, the loli led Xiao Tianyu into the courtyard.
The courtyard was quite expansive, covering tens of thousands of square meters. A luxurious villa sat at the center of the courtyard, and there were mountains and water in the courtyard, with a waterfall and a pavilion built atop it. The architecture had an elegant style, perfect for cultivating the heart and nurturing the nature.
There was an elderly man sitting in the pavilion, with a set of purple clay tea utensils on the table, tasting tea. In front of him, there was an ancient zither, indicating that he was a person of refined taste.
"Granduncle!" The loli called out to the tea-drinking elderly man, her voice quite respectful.
"Little girl, you're here!" The elder revealed a kind smile and continued, "It has been a long time since you visited, granduncle!"
"I'm here now, aren't I?" The loli's voice softened, showing none of her previous unreasonable demeanor.
As for Xiao Tianyu, he calmly watched everything unfold, his face showing no ripples, even if the elder's cultivation was high, it was irrelevant in his eyes.
"Come up!" The elder spoke, and the loli nodded, ascending the pavilion via the stairs over the waterfall: "The family has issues now. Is granduncle really not planning to help quell the rebellion?"
"All are members of the Long Family; how could there be talk of rebellion!" The elder waved his hand: "Moreover, I said before that I would never intervene in the affairs of the Long Family in my lifetime. Little girl, let's not talk about it anymore!"
"I..."
"Ling'Er, you came to see me today, surely not just for this matter, right? If that's the case, it would make granduncle very sad!"
"How can granduncle say that!" Long Ling'Er's beautiful eyes flashed.
"That's better!" The elder touched Long Ling'Er's curly hair, continuing: "In a few days, it's the Emperor Star Academy's admission period. You must endeavor not to waste your talent, understand?"
"Hm!" Long Ling'Er nodded, her eyes flashing with determined resolve. As long as she became a disciple of Emperor Star Academy, the issues with the Long Family would be easily resolved.
Imperial Capital City is vast, containing several districts, and Wujin District is one of them. This Wujin District is also a place occupied by ancient martial artists, so ancient martial clans are especially abundant here. However, the most influential is the Long Family.
It can be said that in this generation of Wujin District, the Long Family is the most deeply rooted ancient martial clan and is also one of the top ten families in Imperial Capital. Unfortunately, recently, since one of the Long Family's genius, Long Ao, successfully passed the assessment and joined Heaven Slayer Academy for cultivation, and his ambition is significant, he always wants to overthrow the Long Family and let his father take the position of clan leader.
Now that Long Ao has become part of Heaven Slayer Academy, his position in the Long Family is more stable, and many members of the Long Family choose to support Long Ao, leading to a division in the Long Family forces, akin to two armies facing each other.
As for Long Ling'Er's father, he is the clan leader, but regrettably, he has recently been afflicted by an unknown poison, bedridden on the couch. Currently, the person suspected of poisoning is most likely Long Ao.
This is also one reason for Long Ling'Er's brazen and unreasonable behavior.
"Go ahead!" The elder smiled slightly: "You've visited Dragon Garden more than once. Pick out whatever secret manual you fancy; granduncle can only help you this much!"
"Oh!" Long Ling'Er nodded slightly, not saying much more, then lifted her lotus step to descend the pavilion and said to Xiao Tianyu, "I offended you earlier. Okay, you may leave now!"
"One million? It's that easy to earn?" Xiao Tianyu muttered under his breath.
"What did you say? One million?"
"I'm leaving!" Xiao Tianyu quickly changed the topic and turned to leave. Long Ling'Er's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she spoke to a few guards there, "What did he mean by just now, did you give him money? It's best not to lie to me!"
"This..."
"Don't say anything, I understand!" Long Ling'Er was quite intelligent; seeing their evasive eyes, she understood it all, thus chasing after Xiao Tianyu, "Wait a minute!"
"What else?" Xiao Tianyu asked.
"Earning money that easily?"
"..." Is this loli too smart? Xiao Tianyu looked at Long Ling'Er speechlessly and said, "Actually, I'm not doing it for the money, just that your temperament is quite like my sister's, so..."
"Then you can treat me as your sister, and the money can be considered compensation!" Long Ling'Er changed her tone, hugging Xiao Tianyu's arm, "Brother!"
What is happening? Got tricked by this little brat?
To think Xiao Tianyu, who counted as an ancestor of scheming, unexpectedly got trapped like this, even more ironically, by a little girl who isn't even an adult.
Now, being called brother, Xiao Tianyu felt troubled, especially since Long Ling'Er showed a somewhat pitiful look, it's really hard to refuse.
Beside them, several middle-aged individuals revealed a speechless expression, thinking Miss's acting talent is comparable to Zhou Runfa, well, Miss, we admit you're formidable.
But calling this guy brother, isn't that too cheap for him? However, he is quite handsome.
"Brother, follow me!" Long Ling'Er blinked her beautiful eyes.
Soon, the group arrived at a Library Pavilion, a building with a classical presence, evidently quite historic. Opening the door, inside Library Pavilion shelves lined with many ancient books.
These ancient books are clearly not of Mortal Grade, even Celestial Level secret manuals are found here in abundance.
"Miss!" A middle-aged spoke, yet Long Ling'Er interrupted, "Brother is not an outsider!"
"This..." The middle-aged felt troubled; the Library Pavilion was a vital place for the Long Family and generally, not even people outside the core bloodline were allowed entry, yet now Long Ling'Er had brought Xiao Tianyu in.
"Are you daring enough to defy my words?" Long Ling'Er's gaze flashed, becoming a bit colder, making the middle-aged lower his head, not daring to speak further.
"You all can leave!" Long Ling'Er continued.
"Yes!" Several middle-aged guards nodded, left the Library Pavilion, and closed the door.
Long Ling'Er looked at Xiao Tianyu and continued, "Are you an ancient martial artist?"
"Sort of!" Xiao Tianyu nodded.
"Just right, we can spar a bit!" Long Ling'Er said.
"What's this, spar?" Xiao Tianyu seemed a bit confused, Long Ling'Er smiled lightly, "Relax, I'll go easy on you!"
"..." Xiao Tianyu had a strange look in his eyes. Spar with me while going easy on me? I just want to ask, is this real? That little sister, how about we leave it at that, I really think there's no need to spar.