"What? Are you unhappy?" Lin Yu noticed that Murong Heshu was a little angry and couldn't help but laugh.
Murong Heshu slowly stood up, straightened his clothes, and said coldly, "I originally thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be an arrogant and ignorant one! It seems I overestimated you. You can say the words 'ancient martial arts relatives,' but you don't understand the power that those four words represent at all!"
Lin Yu revealed an expression of great interest. "Oh? I don't really know much about it. Then tell me, what kind of power do these four words possess?"
Murong Heshu turned around and said indifferently, "Since you asked, I'll give you a little explanation!"
"Ancient martial arts families are among the most powerful races in the world!"
“Apart from the Divine Blood Royal Family of the North, no other race or family can compare with my ancient martial arts family!”
"Even those international tycoons and financial giants won't do!"
"Because they only have money and military strength, but that's not absolute power. So-called absolute power is something that transcends all material things!"
"You think the reason why the Great Xia civilization has continued for thousands of years is because Great Xia possesses the absolute power of the Ancient Martial God Bloodline! It makes powerful figures from outside the borders dare not cross the line!"
She glanced coldly at Lin Yu and said indifferently, "I can now conclude that you must have returned from abroad. If you were from a hidden major sect in China, you would definitely know what ancient martial arts mean!"
Murong Heshu had already concluded that Lin Yu must be a returnee from overseas, otherwise he wouldn't be so 'ignorant'.
Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh. "Even if the ancient martial arts family you mentioned is powerful, what does it have to do with you? You seem to be just an outsider, right?"
Murong Heshu frowned and said, "You are really ignorant! We are indeed related to the imperial family, but we also represent an ancient martial arts family! Do you know how many people a large ancient martial arts family has to support every day, how many people need to eat, and how many people need to cultivate? Doesn't all of this cost money?"
"To put it bluntly, we, the relatives of the ancient martial arts clan, are just the cash cows of the main ancient martial arts clan! Because the main ancient martial arts clan doesn't need to go out and make money; they are outsiders, and their primary task is cultivation. Moreover, you should know that ancient martial arts is a bloodline inheritance. Our clan's bloodline is just a little purer than ours. Once our relatives discover someone who has reverted to their ancestral form or someone with extraordinary talent, they can also enter the main clan to cultivate, just like the geniuses of our clan!"
Lin Yu was slightly taken aback. To be honest, he didn't really know the operating principle of ancient martial arts families before, but after hearing what this woman said, he understood a little.
However, he still had some doubts and couldn't help but ask, "As far as I know, there seem to be more than three ancient martial arts families, but in Shanghai, there seem to be only three that are showing their faces in public!"
The three major chambers of commerce in Shanghai each represent one of three families: the Tantai, the Murong, and the Shangguan. This is what Lin Yu already knew.
Murong Heshu nodded. "You're right. There are indeed only three conglomerates that claim to be related to ancient martial arts families!"
"Previously, there were four!"
"Tantai, Murong, Shangguan, and Duanmu! These are the four lower-ranking surnames in ancient martial arts! In addition, there are the four upper-ranking surnames in ancient martial arts: Yun, Shen, Tang, and Long!"
"The four upper clans have relatively few members and their bloodlines are more refined. They generally don't go out and about. Because of their strong martial arts and superior talents, it is the four lower clans that take the initiative to approach them, asking for their protection and offering them tribute!"
"For hundreds of years, the four upper and four lower families have been sometimes united and sometimes divided, and things have not remained unchanged! For example, at one time, my Murong family was on good terms with the Shen family and paid tribute to the Shen family, but now, we are on good terms with the Long family and pay tribute to the Long family!"
"Of course, this isn't just a free tribute. Once we establish a friendly relationship, their family will become our greatest support. We can face even the royal family in the north without fear, and control the economy and the market at will! In addition, they will help us cultivate geniuses with pure bloodlines within our clan and maintain the ancient martial arts heritage of our four lower clans!"
"This relationship can be described as mutual support and complementing each other's strengths, or it can be described as cooperation!" Murong and Shu spoke eloquently, revealing all the secrets of the ancient martial arts family.
Actually, this isn't a secret at the highest levels; some hidden factions are aware of it.
After listening to her explanation, Lin Yu finally understood the operating mechanism of the ancient martial arts family.
In layman's terms, the four upper clans are rather arrogant and lazy. They don't like to get involved in worldly affairs to make money and are only interested in cultivation. However, in order to obtain cultivation resources and make a living, they take advantage of the tributes from the four lower clans and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
The four lower clans have shortcomings in cultivation and need the care of the four upper clans. At the same time, they are the other party's biggest backers and can run rampant in the world. They are even close to overthrowing the regime and ruling the Great Xia.
In fact, this is exactly the path they are taking now! They are constantly undermining the cabinet, ignoring government orders, and engaging in rampant capital monopolies.
Lin Yu finally understood why the Grand Secretary was having a headache; these guys were truly a cancer.
At this moment, Lin Yu seemed to remember something and asked calmly, "You just mentioned that among the four lower surnames there is also the Duanmu clan. Why is there no Duanmu clan in Shanghai?"
Murong Heshu frowned. "It seems you really did come here to gather intelligence on our internal affairs!"
"However, this is no secret. I can tell you! In fact, the Duanmu clan is gone. An accident twenty years ago almost wiped out the Duanmu clan, and the Yun family, one of the four upper clans that protected the Duanmu clan, was also destroyed! Without the protection of the Duanmu clan, the Duanmu relatives were scattered and their assets were divided and swallowed up by us more than twenty years ago!" Murong Heshu explained calmly.
Lin Yu slowly clenched his fist.
Doesn't all of this match up with the information we had before?
He already knew what had happened to the front-end wood family over the past twenty years.
According to Han Ling Shuang, it was Jiang En Yi from the Judgment Hall who led the attack on the Duanmu family and framed his mother, Yun Lan, which led to the Yun family being besieged by the other three families. As a result, two of the eight ancient martial arts families were eliminated, leaving only six families.
His trip south this time was just an appetizer for the ancient martial arts relatives; the ancient martial arts clan itself, as well as the arbitration tribunal, were the bosses he would ultimately face!
The tragedy of twenty years ago, no matter who was involved, for every person involved, one person was killed, and for every clan involved, the entire clan was wiped out.
If it's the entire ancient martial arts world, then they'll all be wiped out!
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