Although the Ling family lost face completely at last year's palace banquet.

For this reason, Ling Guanghua and Old Master Ling harbored resentment towards everyone at the banquet, including Ye Feng and Ye Xingxue.

But compared to the night wind and the snow falling at night.

The person they truly resented was Ling Luo.

From the moment Ling Luo and Ye Xingxue got married, they never believed that she could truly be accepted by the royal family.

This changed somewhat after attending the royal banquet.

Because they harbored resentment towards the night wind and the night snow, they didn't utter a single good word about the Empire's new training methods, even as their neighbors and friends were happy and praising them.

Seeing how highly the empire was being praised by those around them, they felt somewhat unhappy.

But on the very first day the training method was rolled out across the empire, they immediately lined up at government departments to participate in the testing.

But there were a lot of people queuing up on the first day.

Even though the testing facilities were complete and the process was very fast, they still had to wait all morning before it was their turn.

While they were queuing, they complained again about the inadequacy of the imperial measures and the lack of testing stations...

Grandpa Ling and Ling Guanghua occasionally go online.

That day, Ling Guanghua and Old Master Ling went online and saw that Ling Luo, as the Crown Princess, was unable to attend such an important occasion. They immediately felt that Ye Feng actually looked down on Ling Luo.

The reason why Ye Feng defended Ling Luo so much at the palace banquet was probably because Ling Luo had brought honor to the empire during the imperial joint examination. As the emperor of the empire, even if Ye Feng didn't think much of her, he still had to give her some face.

That's all.

Thinking about these things made them feel better.

Grandpa Ling snorted coldly: "I told you that with that girl's aptitude, she wouldn't have many good days. And sure enough, it's only been a little over a year, and it's come true."

Ling Guanghua sneered, "Yes, only that ingrate is young, hasn't read many books, has a narrow mind, and can't see reality. Seeing so many people praising her, she really thinks everyone likes her and thinks she's good enough for her. She's utterly foolish!"

Old Master Ling sighed: "What a pity. If only she were a little smarter and less petty, and knew to take a step back and cooperate with us, even if she were abandoned by the royal family after Xiaoya and Xiaoqing took over, with us around, she wouldn't have a bad life. And we could take this opportunity to elevate the Ling family to an unprecedented level."

The "Xiao Qing" he mentioned is the one who actually poisoned Ling Ya—Ling Qing.

Ling Qing has a double-B aptitude, which is considered very good by everyone in the Ling family.

After saying all that, the key point is naturally in the last sentence.

Thinking of this, Ling Guanghua felt a surge of resentment: "It's all that damned girl's fault, she made us miss such a good opportunity to rise to power!"

Recalling how Ling Luo had ignored them when she first returned to the Ling family, their resentment deepened.

But things are better now. Ling Luo's role in the royal family will become less and less important in the future, and her good days will probably come to an end soon!

Thinking of this, Grandpa Ling and Ling Guangyao felt even better.

More importantly, recently a wealthy young man from a family several times richer than the Ling and Zhou families has become infatuated with Ling Ya.

Because of Ling Luo's situation, the other family looks down on Ling Ya.

But the wealthy young man disregarded his family's objections and got together with Ling Ya.

During this time, the wealthy young master also introduced several good projects to the Ling family, which made them a fortune.

With their help, it shouldn't be difficult for the Ling family to advance further.

It seems their choice back then was not wrong; the Ling family's prosperity still depends on Ling Ya.

Even if Ling Luo had the opportunity to get close to royalty, due to her poor aptitude, she would still end up being abandoned in the end.

——

The people from the Asia Star Empire stayed in the empire for four days.

On the morning of the fifth day, we went back.

Over the past few days, everyone on this trip has had their physical attributes tested and have learned training methods.

The reason why the King of the Asia Star Empire and the experts from their Imperial Training Methods Research Institute brought so many highly qualified young people on this trip was to let them learn the new training methods introduced by the Lingliu Empire.

They wanted to make sure that the training method was really as effective as claimed online.

Therefore, just to be on the safe side, they planned to return to the Empire and only after the results of their studies were in order to truly discuss cooperation with the Lingliu Empire.

Only in this way can they feel comfortable letting their citizens learn this training method.

Although they touched the Five Elements Beads during that time, they did not have the opportunity to take them away.

Therefore, neither Ye Feng, Guan Li, nor the people from the research institute had any objections to their actions.

Because they don't have the Five Elements Beads, they are certain that even if they learn the training method, they won't be able to make it available to everyone in their empire.

Besides, it's not them who are in a hurry about this, but the people of the Asia Star Empire.

They weren't afraid of waiting.

That was the original plan of both sides.

However, the two imperial capitals are far apart.

Everyone here is a big shot, and they are all extremely busy with their work.

The people of the Asia Star Empire all know that if they leave now, and if the training methods of the Lingliu Empire are really that effective, it will take at least two months for their empire's netizens to learn the new training methods.

Two months may not have a significant impact on the elderly, but it can have a huge impact on students.

In the end, before leaving, they chose to sign a contract with the Lingliu Empire, paying for the training methods and the right to use the Five Elements Beads.

Before signing the contract, just to be on the safe side, they negotiated many conditions with the Lingliu Empire.

After obtaining a copy of the training method, the Asian Star Empire could make copies at will.

The Five Elements Beads are the key.

What they received were finished Five Elements Beads made by experts from the Lingliu Empire's Education Bureau and Training Methodology Research Institute.

After signing the contract with Yu Danqing and Ling Luo, they began to work hard to produce the Five Elements Beads.

However, making the Five Elements Beads is not easy.

They have just prepared a sufficient supply of Five Elements Beads for the people of the empire to test and use in various cities.

Now that the Asian Star Empire has arrived, what they had just given them a few days ago was barely enough for the Asian Star Empire to use.

If other empires arrive in the next couple of days, it will take several days before they can supply us.

The people from the Asia Star Empire had already paid the full amount before leaving.

On the same day the Education Bureau received the money, it began to settle various handling fees.

On the same day, they transferred Ling Luo's share into her account.

While Ling Luo was creating the mecha array, she heard a notification. She glanced at it and saw that a twelve-figure sum had been transferred into the new account that Ye Xingxue had helped her open.

And of this twelve-figure sum, the first digit is considered a large number...