Lingxi and Lingsheng did not see Senior Yijiu.

Xiao Jiu completely ignored their request to see him.

In his view, his entanglement with the Ling family had come to an end.

Based on the timeline, Chu Daoran should return to Tiandao City by tomorrow at the latest.

That was what he cared about most, and that was the purpose of his visit.

After daybreak, Xiao Jiu emerged from the Ling family's secret chamber.

As soon as they stepped out of the secret room, they saw all the Ling family members waiting outside.

The leader was the old man named Ling Zhong.

Lingxi and Lingsheng, the two siblings, looked at Yijiu with anxious expressions, as if they had something to say to him.

Are you waiting for me to have breakfast?

Xiao Jiu smiled and asked the Ling family a question.

These words surprised the Ling family members, as those who had reached the Nascent Soul stage or above no longer needed to eat.

"If you would like breakfast, I will arrange it right away."

Ling Zhong bowed to Yi Jiu and then looked up at Yi Jiu.

"Senior, we have come here to ask you to move to the back room."

"Um?"

Ling Zhong's words made Xiao Jiu raise an eyebrow slightly.

Seeing the puzzled look on Xiao Jiu's face, Ling Zhong smiled slightly and continued.

"As the saying goes, if you're going to help someone, you should see it through to the end. Since you've come to the Ling family to repay a debt of gratitude on behalf of my ancestor, you should wait until the Ling family's vitality is restored before you leave."

"If you were to leave before the time is right and my Ling family were to fall victim to evil, I'm afraid you would not be able to explain it to my ancestor."

As he spoke, he smiled confidently and bowed slightly to Xiao Jiu once more.

"The back hall was where my ancestor used to cultivate in seclusion. Because of the relationship between you and my ancestor, you were qualified to live in the back hall."

"Normally, there is no need for you to interfere in the affairs of the Ling family and Tiandao City. If any thieves come, I hope you will take action to eliminate them."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the Ling family members behind him.

"Senior, rest assured. My Ling family are descendants of powerful beings at the Life Wheel level. We are born with strong souls. I believe that my Ling family will have recovered its strength in fifty years. You may leave now."

Ling Zhong spoke with extreme confidence and composure; though it was called a discussion, it sounded more like a notification.

You owe your current status to the kindness of my Ling family ancestor; now it is your turn to repay that kindness.

We don't ask for much; we just want to be my Ling family's free henchmen for fifty years, and that was stated beforehand.

Don't even think about interfering in the affairs of my Ling family, let alone pointing fingers at Tiandao City.

Because you are nothing more than a free thug who came to repay a debt of gratitude.

That's all!

But he had no idea who the person standing in front of him was or what kind of person he was.

But it's okay, he'll find out soon enough.

Because the person standing in front of him was named Huang Jiu.

No one has ever been able to successfully show off in front of him. He is so shameless that even Qi Boqi would find him a headache.

With his hands behind his back, Xiao Jiu looked at Ling Zhong with a warm, even somewhat benevolent, smile on his lips.

"Oh, I understand what you mean."

"Repaying kindness is indeed Lao Tzu's style of doing things, and with me guarding it for fifty years, your Ling family can indeed recover its vitality."

Upon hearing this, Ling Zhong's smug smile deepened, for he had achieved his goal.

He then pointed vaguely towards the back hall.

"Then please proceed to the back hall, senior."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiu nodded, then smiled even more broadly and moved his face closer to Ling Zhong.

"But you've forgotten one thing."

Ling Zhong was slightly taken aback, and just as he was about to ask a question, he heard Xiao Jiu's voice sound again.

"Your ancestor is nothing but a fart in my eyes!"

As soon as the sound faded, a palm suddenly rose up.

With a deafening roar, the entire Heavenly Dao City trembled violently.

The ancestral home, which had just been the symbol of the Ling family's glory, was reduced to a huge ruin by this single blow.

Looking at the dumbfounded Ling Zhong and the Ling family members behind him.

With a smile that didn't diminish at all, Xiao Jiu spoke calmly.

"I did have a brief encounter with your ancestor, and we made a verbal promise that I could have kept or not. Rescuing you from the mortuary was just something I did on a whim."

"If you're truly grateful, I might just lend you a hand."

"But you're trying to pull off your pathetic little tricks in front of me, it's absolutely ridiculous."

He pointed to the ruins of the Ling family's ancestral home as he spoke.

“This place was stolen from Chu Daoran’s lackey. I’ll let you live here; this is called the Ling family’s ancestral home. But if I let beggars live here, this is called a beggar’s den.”

"You dare to act like a master in front of me? Who the hell gave you that confidence? Was it your ancestor who never understood life until he died?"

He reached out and patted Lingzhong's old face.

"You don't even need a blood test to know that you are just as stupid as your ancestor."

"But compared to your ancestor, you have taken shamelessness to the extreme."

He then pointed to the descendants of the Ling family behind Ling Zhong.

"They were either under sixteen years old and hadn't had their souls extracted yet, or they hadn't awakened their souls and were barely alive."

"You awakened your divine soul and lived to be seventy or eighty years old without being extracted. Don't you have any self-awareness about how you survived?"

Seeing that the smug smile on his face had vanished, and that Ling Zhong's ulterior motives had been completely extinguished by his own palm strike, Ling Zhong looked at Ling Zhong.

Xiao Jiu glanced at him with utter disgust.

"Don't worry, I have no interest in killing trash like you who is so despicable and survives by oppressing and deceiving your own family."

After saying that, Xiao Jiu's figure slowly disappeared from the spot.

Back then, after Ye Chen was killed by Leng Qiuyue, Elder Ling passed on his inheritance to Xiao Jiu in a state of despair.

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