Accompanied by Long Qi, the leader of the Dragon Group and a contact person from the Ten Clans of Heavenly Dao, Lin Jinglong headed to the place where he had arranged to meet Tantai Yu.

At a place called Lingtian Restaurant.

But before Lin Jinglong arrived.

The restaurant was already packed with people, both inside and out.

Most of these people came from reclusive families, but the vast majority of them were members of collateral branches, as well as some recruited retainers.

At a time when reclusive families were still at their peak.

They are also important figures in the world.

Nobody dares to mess with them.

Nowadays, the people in the reclusive family camp are not fundamentally different from the newly emerging forces.

Even more so because Lin Jinglong destroyed too much of their foundation.

Their overall strength is no longer considered top-tier.

In a private room on the second floor of the restaurant, Tantai Yu, who had contacted Lin Jinglong earlier, put down the jade slip. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and her back was soaked with it.

The jade slip was tossed onto the table.

The people standing behind her all looked nervous.

However, they weren't nervous because Lin Jinglong was about to arrive; rather, there was another group of people on the other side of the round table.

He was a young man with a scar on his face and one blind eye. He stared at Tantai Yu expressionlessly, rhythmically tapping the table with his knuckles.

"Lin Miao, I've done as you instructed and tricked Lin Jinglong into coming here. Can we leave now?"

Even Lin Jinglong hadn't expected that after he returned to Kyoto, these reclusive family members, who were like stray dogs, would still dare to plot against him.

However, the main strategist was not Tantai Yu, one of the Ten Heavenly Clans, but the young man named Lin Miao on the other side.

The scarred youth curled into a cold smile.

"Tantai Yu, I've told you so many times, the elders only made you a pawn in the Heavenly Dao Ten Clans Plan because they wanted you to represent the hidden families. It's just because you come from a collateral branch of the Tantai family and have outstanding talent. They made you a representative because they wanted to use you."

Tantai Yu looked at him expressionlessly.

"Given the power and scale of our Tantai family, or the entire hidden family, no matter which camp we join, we will only be used."

Hearing this, Lin Miao's face darkened.

He gave Tantai Yu a deep look and said through gritted teeth, "Are you implying something to me? I joined the Northern Wolf City to revitalize the hidden family lineage, unlike you who are a dog for the elders' council!"

"But I remember that the city lord of Tianlang City truly treated you like a dog, didn't he? Even the bloodlines of the Lin family, our Tantai family, the other major imperial blood families, and some rare bloodlines were all collected by that city lord of Tianlang City. The elders' council didn't even dare to make such an excessive request!"

Tantai Yu looked at Lin Miao with resentment and said.

Lin Miao's face turned completely gloomy. He exhaled sharply, and an invisible slap landed on Tantai Yu's face, sending her flying from her seat.

He crashed into the wall of the private room and fell to the ground dejectedly.

A little blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

She grinned maliciously.

“Good fight! Keep fighting! The more badly I'm injured when Lin Jinglong arrives, the more he'll believe that I'm not with you!”

The members of the reclusive families who stood on her side looked at Tantai Yu with complicated expressions, then glanced at the angry Lin Miao, and sighed.

Tantai Yu and Lin Miao are both young prodigies from reclusive families. However, they are from collateral branches and their bloodline power is not particularly outstanding. Therefore, before the changes in the world, they were not valued by their families.

However, after the cataclysmic changes in the world began, they all displayed remarkable talents. Among them, Tantai Yu's most impressive quality was his outstanding talent as a cultivator.

Although her bloodline is not obvious, she is very compatible with Acala. It is said that she saw Acala in a dream and received Acala's true teachings.

He then entered the Dao Integration stage in one step.

He became the pillar of the Tantai family after its disintegration.

At the same time, he is also the backbone of the remnants of the reclusive family.

Lin Miao, on the other hand, was even simpler. Although his bloodline power was also not apparent, it was in perfect harmony with the Heavenly Dao. It was said that he had gained the trust of the city lord of Tianlang City in the Northern Region and had become his confidant.

We have now obtained ten strands of heavenly secrets!

Among those who have achieved Dao Integration, they can all be considered top-tier experts.

Lin Miao stared fiercely at Tantai Yu, wishing he could tear her apart. Because he was born into a collateral branch of the family, he had suffered too much oppression and humiliation in his youth.

Now we finally have a chance to rise up.

He even vaguely became the leader of a reclusive family.

But this Tantai Yu actually dared to challenge me!

Just as he was hesitating whether to kill the guy before Lin Jinglong arrived.

The door to the private room was pulled open, and one of his men rushed in.

"Young Master Lin, Lin Jinglong has arrived."

"However, he came down with the Dragon Group."

"Should we get rid of the Dragon Group members first?"

A glint of light flashed in Lin Miao's eyes.

"Why drive them away? The Elders' Council is deliberately isolating our Sirius City and organizing the Ten Clans of Heavenly Dao plan, yet they've excluded us. Killing a few Dragon Group members while we're at it is a way to teach them a lesson!"

"clear!"

His men immediately rushed out to greet Lin Jinglong.

Tantai Yu had already stood up, staring coldly at Lin Miao.

"You'll regret going against Lin Jinglong."

"Hahaha!"

Lin Miao suddenly burst into laughter.

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