There is also unrest in the abyss.
Tianyuan City.
"Hasn't it been found out yet who killed the third brother and the others?"
Tianyuan City covers a vast area. There are no tall buildings in the abyss, and all the houses are more like ancient manors.
The Li family is a huge manor.
It can even be described as a 'city within a city'.
The vast martial arts field, the surrounding courtyards and the wide avenues are full of ancient charm.
There is a hall in front of the martial arts arena, which is called the "Martial Arts Hall". Usually, the Li family members practice in the martial arts arena, and the elders in the family will watch in the "Martial Arts Hall". If there are any large-scale activities or family gatherings, the "Martial Arts Hall" will also be used.
At this moment, a middle-aged man in a black suit stood under the "Martial Arts Hall", looking at the Li family members who came to the square to practice. He had an indifferent expression and asked the people around him.
"Return home to the Lord, not yet."
The old man who looked like a butler beside him leaned forward and frowned: "The murderer is much stronger than the Third Master and his men. The clan members who went to investigate reported that the Third Master and his men didn't even have the slightest chance to fight back before they were killed directly."
The middle-aged man's eyes were cold, but he couldn't help but murmured: "The third brother has already condensed the Eight Patterns, and he is in Yuedu. Even the old man from the Lin family doesn't have the ability to kill him so easily... He doesn't even have a chance to escape."
The middle-aged man is named Li Zongyao. He is Li Wenyao’s elder brother and is now the fourth-generation head of the Li family.
It has been five hundred years since the abyss descended. The ancestors of their Li family were the first group of people to gain super powers. Now it has continued for five hundred years. If we really count each generation as twenty years, there should be a total of twenty-five generations passed down to the present.
But in fact, there are far fewer than that. Li Changan and his group are considered the fifth generation.
It’s really difficult to explain. To put it simply, people have discovered that superpowers are uncontrollable. Who awakens and who doesn’t depends entirely on luck, and human power has no way of interfering.
The only exception... is that after becoming a god, the offspring born will most likely awaken superpowers.
However, after reaching the god level, humans’ ability to reproduce seemed to be greatly restricted.
Under normal circumstances, it is easy for an average healthy couple to have a child. It is normal to have two children in three years.
But at the god level, it is very difficult to conceive.
It is normal not to have a child for sixty, seventy, or even seventy or eighty years.
In this situation, a huge ethical issue arises... A powerful god-level being has a long lifespan, and it may take one or two hundred years for them to give birth to a child.
But his brothers and sisters who have not yet achieved the status of gods, and even his great-grandchildren, may already be very old.
And this god-level offspring has a high probability of having superpowers, and with the supply of family resources, there is a certain probability that he can become a god-level. If you have children early, there will naturally be no problem. But there is a huge difference in talent between children before and after becoming a god.
One generation is nothing, it can still be counted.
But over time, generation after generation, generation after generation... eventually, we won't even know what to do with the family tree.
Two people from the same clan may be the same age, but because their fathers or ancestors have reached the level of gods, according to the family tree, one of them may have to call the other the great-grandfather or even the great-ancestor.
It's really confusing.
There are even many people who cannot understand their own descendants.
A white-haired great-grandson appears here, while his own son may still be crying for food over there...
The trouble of calculation and registration is not a big deal. The most important thing is that this chaotic state is not desirable.
They are all descended from the same ancestor, so the children here are several generations older than the centenarians there. So should we distinguish between the elders and the younger ones by generation or by age?
According to the generation, this one is still a baby, he knows nothing, how can he be disciplined? According to age? That one is obviously your great-great-grandfather! How dare you educate him? If this continues, how can there be any rules in the clan?
Even a small family needs rules, let alone a super family like this? In the later stages of development, the number of people will exceed hundreds of thousands, or even millions. How can it be managed without rules?
When the noble families discovered this situation, they gathered together and discussed a countermeasure.
That means there are two family tree branches.
A regular genealogy only records the descendants of those above the god level and those who have become gods. This is the "legitimate".
The other copy is the secondary genealogy, which records all non-god-level and those after the god-level...that one will be followed normally and is considered the 'commoner'.
Then everything becomes clear.
The founder of each family is the first generation.
The descendants of the ancestor who became a god were the second generation. This second generation, regardless of whether they became gods or not, could be included in the main genealogy. However, if they did not become gods, their descendants could only be included in the secondary genealogy.
The descendants born after the second generation becomes a god are the third generation.
And so on.
According to this method, Li Changan is the fifth generation, while Li Zongyao and Li Wenyao are the fourth generation.
There is no way. Humans have only entered the realm of immortality for a short time. Everything can only be done by trial and error. Rules will naturally change with immortality.
Li Zongyao and Li Wenyao are rare true "blood brothers". Their father is the third generation ancestor of the Li family, "Li Tianzong".
After Li Tianzong became a god, he gave birth to two brothers, Li Zongyao and Li Wenyao, within ten years. Both brothers were gifted and eventually became gods.
Li Zongyao is the second oldest, Li Wenyao is the third oldest, and there is an eldest oldest...but the eldest oldest was born before Li Tianzong became a god. According to the new family tree, this eldest oldest is a member of the secondary tree, not a direct descendant.
Although Li Tianzong later became a god, his first son followed him the longest and had a deep relationship with him. So when Li Zongyao and Li Wenyao were born, they also recognized this eldest brother.
Unfortunately, the eldest brother did not awaken his super powers and his aptitude was average. Even though Li Tianzong gave him a lot of resources, he only cultivated to the ninth level of super martial arts and died at the age of 120.
Li Changan is the son born to Li Wenyao after he became a god, and his only legitimate son.
It is said that there are many people like Li Changan in the Li family, if not a lot of them.
But it was because his "Second Uncle" was the fourth-generation head of the family and treated him as his own son since he was a child that made his position in the Li family very different. In the end, he was sent to Earth to coordinate the power of the Li family on Earth...
This is almost like training Li Changan as a 'successor'.
After all, the Li family has such a large business, management ability is very important.
But unfortunately, he was killed.
This is also the reason why Li Wenyao couldn't help himself and directly brought two god-level priests with him, using the water of purification at all costs to invade the earth.
But he didn't expect that he would lose his life there.
Li Zongyao and Li Wenyao had a very deep relationship. They were brothers from the same mother and had been friends for more than 200 years. Now that Li Wenyao is dead, one can imagine how angry Li Zongyao is.
But Li Zongyao has always had a calm character, otherwise the position of the fourth-generation head of the family would not have fallen to him. Although he was extremely angry at the moment, he still suppressed his grief.
After hearing the butler's report, he closed his eyes for a long time, and finally asked, "Any other information?"
"have."
The housekeeper immediately told him about the murder of Yun Jiucheng Luochuan, the stabbing of the Night Watch Earth Walker, the disappearance of two Earth Walkers from Dawn, etc...
But when Li Zongyao heard all this, his expression changed, as if he had thought of something.
"Any news about the leader?"
he suddenly asked the butler.
The butler was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No."
"The Gong family didn't say anything either?"
“It seems not…”
"So, has the Night Watch informed the Abyss Council headquarters?"
"It seems... there is no news on this matter..."
Li Zongyao's brows were furrowed, his expression was solemn, and his eyes were flashing.
The leader has not spoken yet... The Night Watch has not notified the Abyss Council headquarters...
The third brother was killed, the younger generations of the Yun and Luo families were also killed, and the two night watchmen of Dawn were missing...
Everything was outlined in his mind, and finally, he took a deep breath.
"Could it be that someone is really planning to..."
Thinking of this, he could no longer sit still.
The figure moved and disappeared.
"Master?"
The butler looked blankly at the empty front...
…
…
Li's backyard.
Some secret place.
This is a huge manor, full of lights and colors, as if there is an endless mysterious atmosphere.
This is the place where an ancestor of the third generation of the Li family went into seclusion. It is usually a restricted area for members of the Li family and should not be disturbed lightly.
But at this moment, a figure flashed and appeared here...it was Li Zongyao.
His voice was not loud. After a moment, the flowing light in front of him suddenly began to ripple, and a gentle voice sounded in his ears:
"Zong Yao? What's the matter with you suddenly looking for me?"
Li Zongyao heard this gentle voice and his face became heavy: "Father, Wen Yao...is dead."
"What?"
The colorful ripples suddenly surged, and the next moment, they exploded, and a figure appeared in front of Li Zongyao.
"What happened to Wen Yao?"
This was a gray-haired old man with a sharp gaze and a terrifying mental power. Even Li Zongyao felt a terrifying pressure...
It seems that my father is only one step away from breaking through to the Source Realm.
He thought to himself.
Immediately, with a heavy expression on his face, he told everything that had happened in the past few days.
The other party's expression was still furious at first, but after hearing about all the recent events, especially that such a big thing happened to the Night's Watch but the leader did not say anything, his expression changed.
Li Zongyao observed his father Li Tianzong's expression and noticed the change. He knew that his father might have the same idea as him.
"Father, I seem to have heard you mention...Grandpa Taizu seemed to..."
Li Tianzong waved his hand with an unpleasant expression, and Li Zongyao stopped and lowered his head.
Li Tianzong's expression kept changing. In the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that one of those old guys really had that idea... No matter who it is, if he kills my son and grandson, I will make him pay the price! I know about this matter, you don't need to worry about it anymore, and don't act rashly!"
"yes."
"Okay, you can go down. I need to go out for a while."
"Father……"
"I'm afraid your great grandfather doesn't know about this yet. I have to go and tell him. I'm afraid only your great grandfather can solve this problem."
Li Tianzong said this with a grim expression, then his figure flashed and disappeared.
Li Zongyao looked at the empty yard with a frown on his face.
But in the end, I turned around and left...
…
…
In fact, scenes like this did not only happen in the Li family.
The same is true for the Luo family.
besides……
Lin family.
The Lin family also has a huge manor in Tianyuan City, covering a vast area and built on the mountain.
The top of the mountain is where an ancestor of the Lin family went into seclusion.
The amount of vitality and mental strength required to advance from the Divine Level to the Source Level is an astronomical figure. It is not an easy task to meet the conditions for a breakthrough.
Some are powerful god-level warriors, and after condensing one or two divine runes, they can no longer continue... It is said to be accumulation, but it is also a tedious process that consumes time and effort.
But there is a world of difference between the Source Realm and the God Level. There is no God Level who does not want to break through to the Source Realm.
The divine level can be seen everywhere in the abyss.
But the Source Realm is the real ceiling.
To put it bluntly, in the abyss, only when you step into the source realm can you be considered to have truly entered the ranks of the strong.
Therefore, the ancestors of many great families have been practicing in seclusion for many years, hoping that their vitality and mental strength will reach the point of breaking through the source realm as soon as possible.
The third generation ancestor of the Lin family, 'Lin Cunyi', has been in seclusion for many years, and trivial matters will not alarm him.
But today, Lin Cunyi was alarmed.
Usually there were not many people in his retreat place, but today, quite a few people came.
Lin Cunyi, with his neatly trimmed white hair and wearing a white training suit, sat at the top. A group of people stood there respectfully, including Lin Haochen, the fourth-generation head of the Lin family, several gods from the fourth generation, and... Lin Quan.
At this moment, Lin Cunyi was staring at Lin Quan with an indescribably solemn expression: "Are you telling the truth? Did Yun Jiucheng really ask you, the Luo family, and the Li family to each provide ten bottles of Purifying Water to target that Dawn?"
"Yes."
Lin Quan, who was extremely arrogant outside, was now respectful. Where was the slightest hint of frivolity or arrogance? "After you rejected me...you were assassinated?"
Lin Cunyi continued to ask.
"yes."
A trace of fear appeared on Lin Quan's face, and he said seriously: "If it weren't for Lin Hao's action, my grandson would have..."
Lin Hao is a space-based superpower. After being assassinated, he was the first to react. He immediately pulled Lin Quan into another space, thus avoiding the assassination and escaping immediately.
Also because he was not injured, while Yun Jiucheng and Luo Chuan were in the ICU for treatment, Lin Quan had already returned to the Lin family on Earth.
Then he was obviously frightened, thinking that it was really Zhang San who did it, so he didn't dare to act rashly, and he was also anxious. Who knew that just when he was considering whether to return to the abyss, the news that Yun Jiucheng and Luo Chuan were assassinated in the hospital instantly shocked him.
Then he rushed from Earth to Moon City overnight, trembling with fear all the way, and finally escaped back to the abyss.
Then he immediately told his experience to his father... Lin Haochen, the fourth generation head of the Lin family.
Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Lin Haochen's expression showed great emotion, and he immediately brought him to the ancestor.
This old man was his real grandfather, and it wasn't the first time he had seen him. But every time he saw his grandfather, the aura of his grandfather made him tremble... because it was too strong, and it was completely beyond his comprehension.
Although they are both at the god level, the pressure his father brings to him is far less than that of his grandfather.
Hearing Lin Quan's words, Lin Cunyi looked unhappy.
Just as he was thinking about something, suddenly, his expression changed and he looked up into the sky.
Seems to have noticed something.
And then, Lin Haochen also raised his head.
"This is……"
Lin Haochen was hesitating.
Lin Cunyi stood up and said, "I'm going to be away for a while. During this time, don't act rashly and always pay attention to news from Earth."
Lin Haochen was startled, then seemed to understand something and said respectfully, "Yes, father."
Lin Cunyi said nothing more, took a step, and disappeared...
"This spiritual power... is from the Li family, right?"
A powerful god-level figure behind Lin Haochen hesitated and said.
Lin Haochen nodded, and then said: "Okay, let's leave it at that for now. Quan'er, you should practice well at home during this period, and don't go to Earth... for the time being."
Lin Quan nodded upon hearing this: "Okay."
"Everyone else, do your own thing."
Lin Haochen waved his hand, and everyone left together...
…
High in the sky.
After flying for a while, Lin Cunyi saw a gray-haired old man waiting for him in the sky.
"It seems that you have also received the news."
Lin Cunyi just opened his mouth.
The gray-haired old man Li Tianzong asked in a cold voice: "Is it your Lin family?"
"Um?"
Lin Cunyi was startled, then frowned: "No, I just heard my grandson mention it and thought of this possibility."
"Really?"
"It's really not... At least, I didn't receive any news."
Lin Cunyi said seriously.
Li Tianzong looked at him and was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed and he and Lin Cunyi looked in the same direction at the same time.
"Mr. Li, Mr. Lin, are you guys playing some trick?!"
Before anyone arrived, an angry voice was already heard.
(End of this chapter)