The Heavens: Falling Ink From Douluo

Chapter 1661 Reaction
"Jing'er, what do you think?"

The Great Yan Dynasty.

Huangfu clan.

In the bedroom of the current clan leader, who is already very old and is currently in the process of handing over power and plans to retire in a few years, Huangfu Jing's grandmother sat in a chair and asked slowly.

This old lady in the Nirvana Realm is of a very high generation.

According to the generational ranking of the Lin clan.

They were from roughly the same generation as Lin Yaya's parents.

Therefore, Huangfu Jing's seniority is also very high, roughly the same as Lin Fan's parents' generation. After all, the lifespan of a strong person is more than a hundred years. Ordinary cultivators have children after the age of thirty. If they don't, people will definitely suspect that there is something wrong with the cultivator's health. There are exceptions for unmarried people. But for Nirvana Realm warriors who have a lifespan of two or three hundred years, as long as they are willing, they can still have children at the age of one hundred. According to seniority, they directly skip three generations. This is also the reason why many clans have the terms "uncle" and "aunt". Within a clan, there is naturally a unique way of speaking.

In fact, this is not only true for cultivators.

The same applies to ordinary clans.

Suppose that the two families' grandfathers are of the same generation, but they had children at different ages, one at twenty and the other at thirty, and their descendants all had children according to the corresponding age rules.

It won't last more than a few generations.

This can lead to people being the same age but of different generations.

Those who have children at the age of twenty can hold their sons at that age. When they are forty, their sons are twenty, and they can hold their grandsons. When they are sixty, their sons are forty, their grandsons are twenty, and they can hold their great-grandsons, who are exactly zero years old.

The lineage that has children at the age of thirty can only hold their son at the age of thirty, and can only hold their grandson when they are sixty and their son is thirty, and the grandson is also zero years old.

Therefore, they are both zero years old.

Abbreviation: newly born.

The latter is based on seniority within the clan.

He is the former's uncle.

This phenomenon is even more common in cultivator families with varying lifespans. Therefore, for the vast majority of cultivators, offspring and reproduction are merely a responsibility to ensure the continuation of their lineage. While love does exist, it is indeed rare among cultivators of higher cultivation levels. Most cultivators of higher cultivation levels advocate attributing great power to themselves. Furthermore, not everyone can withstand the pain of separation from loved ones. Imagine that you, because of your high talent and cultivation level, can live to be two or three hundred years old, but a grandson you cherish, due to his average talent and cultivation level, dies at the age of seventy or eighty, and of course, from old age. How could such a powerless separation of life and death not disturb your state of mind? If you knew this would happen, why bother to deliberately experience it?
Moreover, cultivators have different probabilities of reproduction depending on their cultivation level. The difference in life level ensures that cultivators cannot have children with just anyone. For male cultivators, it is best to choose a female cultivator of the same cultivation level as themselves when choosing a partner. Lowering the criteria for choosing a partner will only reduce the probability of reproduction. To put it bluntly, the truth will eventually come out. The mother's body does not meet the basic conditions for reproduction. However, female cultivators of the same cultivation level are rare and highly sought after. For any female cultivator, and even for male cultivators, the first criterion for finding a partner is not reproduction, but mutual reliance. Only when the feelings are deep will the issue of having children be considered. Therefore, a very distorted phenomenon has emerged: high-level cultivators who want to reproduce cannot find a partner, while high-level cultivators who can find a partner are mostly not doing so for reproduction.

Furthermore, he was young and admired love.

Not everyone can control their desires.

Choosing to remain unmarried even at a hundred years old is simply a path of relentless asceticism.

Unless they are exceptionally talented geniuses.

To know exactly how far one can go.

They clearly know that they can access higher levels.

Or perhaps they are convinced they can find someone better.

This can be seen in Huangfu Jing's grandmother's older sister, who stood out in the Hundred Dynasties War. Although she was not outstanding and did not reach the level of Lin Dong in the original work, it is well known that while the top scorer in the college entrance examination and the top scorer in each province are guaranteed, being in the top ten or top one hundred in the province is not out of the question. They are just not as outstanding as the first place, not that they are not outstanding.

The Eastern Xuan Domain has eight super sects.

The Hundred Dynasties War was held every twenty years.

Although the eight super sects do not rely entirely on the Hundred Dynasties War for recruitment, the Hundred Dynasties War is indeed one of the important channels for the eight super sects to replenish their new students. In fact, as long as one can enter the top 1,000, there is a chance to join the corresponding sect. Some outstanding individuals, but who are ranked lower due to some accidents, will also receive an invitation from the recruitment elders or deacons of a certain sect. For example, a genius whose hard strength ranks tenth might happen to encounter a genius whose hard strength ranks first and be directly and seriously injured. The eight super sects will not deny that the final ranking is achieved by luck, because luck is also a part of strength. However, the eight super sects will not deny the strength of this unlucky genius because of this. They will still give him a spot, at most requiring some tests. Some individuals with special talents will also be selected by the eight super sects and given a spot.

To put it bluntly, the Hundred Dynasties War was like a high-level talent recruitment fair.

Every applicant has a chance.

Even if you can't become a senior executive in the company, just getting into this recruitment fair is a skill in itself, and making a living shouldn't be too difficult.

Join one of the eight super sects.

I'll be a nobody, a disciple.

Not difficult.

If there is someone with good talent and a good personality.

Most importantly, they have good judgment.

It's not that we can't give our descendants a chance to be born into a noble family.

The most typical example is Ling Qingzhu's grandmother.

She was the elder sister of this old woman, surnamed Huangfu.

Therefore, estimating seniority based on age is not suitable in ordinary clans, and even less suitable in clans in the extraordinary world. This is why the extraordinary world divides people into one generation and two generations, basically counting every ten years as a generation.

Huangfu Jing and Lin Langtian are from the same generation.

Lin Chaoci, Lin Qingtan, and Lin Dong can be considered to be of the same generation.

Therefore, upon hearing her grandmother's question, the now 16-year-old Huangfu Jing remained calm. Recalling the information revealed by that shameless scoundrel from the Lin clan, she carefully said, "Judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem to be lying. But if it's really as he says, I simply can't believe it. Lin Linghan, renowned for her talent and strength that could even surpass mine and the strongest young generation of several other clans, is actually just an ordinary genius among the many talents in the Lin clan. There are countless others more outstanding than her..."

"This also proves my previous deduction."

The old woman, unable to hide her fatigue, coughed twice.

He then added slowly and deliberately.

This has nothing to do with whether or not you get injured.

It's simply that his time has come.

Treasures that can prolong life are precious anywhere. Even if she is that person's own sister, the other party cannot provide her with life-extending treasures indefinitely. In addition, one must also consider that longevity-extending treasures can cause resistance if consumed in excess. Suppose there are three life-extending spiritual fruits. The first one might extend life by ten years, the second by five years, and the third by one year. Even if there is a fourth one, it will be ineffective. Moreover, after living for so many years, she has understood what she should understand and let go of what she should let go of. Rather than wasting these sentiments, it is better to give them to those who need them, such as the little granddaughter in front of her who makes her happy.

When she was about to collapse.

I wrote a letter and sent it to my sister.

Please, sister, give me a chance.

Let her little granddaughter become a servant to that child, Ling Qingzhu.

You could also say he was a confidant.

Even if it doesn't lead to instant success.

They cannot become powerful beings in the realm of life and death.

Guaranteed at least one Nirvana Realm.

Then, get acquainted with Ling Qingzhu.

Returning to the Huangfu family, they preserved this bond of kinship, just in case.

That's also a good approach.

If the Huangfu family really encounters any trouble, they can always ask Ling Qingzhu for help. After all, favors are something that must be reciprocated.

Even sisters.

If you don't keep in touch for a long time, your feelings will fade.

Not to mention the next generation.

When people leave, the tea is cool.

She had to think about it in advance.

After all, judging from her current physical condition, she only has four or five years left. Even if she tries to hold on, she can't last ten years.

But, having said that.

Training is still necessary.

At the very least, she should raise her granddaughter to a qualified level.

Knowing what to do and knowing what to say.

They possess a certain level of judgment.

These things can often only be seen in events, just as a calm sea cannot produce an excellent sailor.

Therefore, after saying something meaningless.

The old woman then changed the subject.

She asked, as if testing him, "If my previous deduction was correct, and these strange phenomena that have occurred one after another were indeed caused by the Lin clan, and so many geniuses have emerged from the Lin clan, it must be because of these strange phenomena. This shows that the Lin clan has mastered the means to use strange phenomena. How should our Huangfu clan react to this matter?"

No one considered whether the traitor from the Lin clan was lying.

From any perspective, it is unreasonable.

To put it bluntly, what can this traitor of the Lin clan gain by lying?

You'll get nothing!
Moreover, the Lin clan had no need to play the double agent trick on the Huangfu clan. The Huangfu clan and the Lin clan had always maintained a peaceful relationship, and apart from some grudges with the Barbarian King Clan, their relationship with the other six forces was fine. In addition, even the Barbarian King Clan had obediently come to apologize after the Huangfu clan's prodigy successfully entered the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace hundreds of years ago. Although they were outwardly compliant, they were certainly not convinced in their hearts, but as long as they were outwardly compliant, that was enough. At least the Barbarian King Clan dared not do anything underhanded again.

Let's take a look at the Lin clan.

There are many forces that have a grudge against the Lin clan.

The Mo royal family was the first to be affected.

Secondly, there was the Qin clan.

There is also the Tianluo Sect.

However, the Lin clan also has some allies who are outwardly friendly but inwardly hostile, such as the Wang clan and the Great Compassion Valley. They also occasionally cooperate with the Huangfu clan. Even if they are using spies, the Lin clan should use this method on the Mo royal family, the Qin clan, and the Tianluo sect. Moreover, this intelligence reveals the internal situation of the Lin clan, which is equivalent to making the Lin clan a live target and waiting to be attacked by multiple forces. The Lin clan will not do such a foolish thing, nor is it capable of dealing with the trouble it causes.

As for Huangfu's reaction, there were obviously many different reactions.

Unlike the Lin clan, who were in a state of utter chaos.

The Huangfu clan was the one in control.

The Lin clan did not dare to coerce the Huangfu clan.

If the Huangfu clan is pushed to the brink, they might release this information directly. The Huangfu clan's fearlessness in the face of encirclement and annihilation doesn't mean the Lin clan is immune. Other forces could easily join forces to organize a martial arts tournament among the young people, a classic case of provoking them. Even if the Lin clan truly harbors many geniuses, they could win through a series of attacks and sheer numbers. During the tournament, they could even use ruthless tactics to kill a few of the Lin clan's geniuses. If the Lin clan dares to pursue the matter, they'll be breaking the rules, and elders and experts from all sides will join the fray. If the Lin clan doesn't pursue the matter, they'll have to suffer in silence. Although there's another possibility that the Lin clan's geniuses are truly exceptional and could eliminate geniuses from other sects, this would undoubtedly confirm the intelligence that the Lin clan harbors geniuses. They'd be ready to be assassinated by experts from various sects, including through tacit suppression from all sides.

But if Huangfu dares to do that.

This undoubtedly offended the Lin clan to the core.

On the Lin clan's kill list.

The traitor must be ranked first.

The second one must be Huangfu.

Then, retaliation is carried out according to the output of each sect and faction.

Therefore, for the Huangfu family...

There are many forks in the road.

The results of the paths are also very different.

The key is how you choose.

"My idea is... to invite Lin Linghan out for a trip sometime in the future."

Huangfu Jing pondered for a moment and then answered seriously.

The old woman nodded approvingly.

Huangfu Jing's meaning was quite clear.

I plan to first try and get some information from Lin Linghan.

Then, a decision will be made based on Lin Linghan's reaction.

If Lin Linghan is willing to show some sincerity.

In other words, the Lin clan behind Lin Linghan was willing to pay the price to ensure that this secret existed only in the minds of a few individuals.

Huangfu was naturally willing to help the Lin clan keep the secret.

This thing is just like human relationships.

There must be mutual indebtedness for any interaction to take place.

However, if Lin Linghan is unwilling, or wants to silence Huangfu Jing, then the Huangfu clan is clearly not easy to bully. They will simply announce the news and then use the "when the wall falls, everyone pushes it" tactic. It's easy to spread rumors, but difficult to refute them. If the Huangfu clan claims that the Lin clan has the remains of a Life and Death Profound Realm expert, or that they have obtained the legacy and inheritance of a Life and Death Profound Realm expert, it would be hard for anyone not to be tempted. At worst, they can turn the five major clans into four major clans, but that would be very risky.

Who knows if the Lin clan will resort to desperate measures?

Play the exchange tactic with the Huangfu clan.

Self-destruction, or exchange.

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