A sudden arrival of a rare storm in ten years made the entire Xunyang City dyed pure white inside and outside, and also made the city, which was originally quite lively, quieted down at the beginning of this twelfth lunar month.

However, such quietness is only the surface after all. No matter how strong the wind and snow are, it cannot stop the Long family sects from constantly working hard for their own goals, trying to win over others, and trying to exclude dissidents... This situation continued until the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. In two days, it would be the day when the Long family would worship their ancestors together, and it was also the day when they chose a new clan leader. It was not until this time that everything seemed to have a conclusion and everyone was no longer busy.

The current old clan leader Long Sihai, who always seemed to be out of the matter, finally sent a message, summoning various sects and other entrusted persons who are qualified to choose the clan leader to enter their own hall and meet with him for negotiation. Perhaps the sect leader and others of each sect had met him alone before, but like today, the formation was the first time this year.

What surprised Li Ling was that even he was brought by Long Tianhao this time, because the lords of each sect could bring four more followers, so he simply took his son Long Fang, his confidant Dao Nanxing, Li Ling and Mo Li. The same is true for other sects. Long Tiande and Long Tianbiao also brought their most capable subordinates to join this castle together, which is as easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as you close the three-sided city gate, you can defend the Long Family's deep house, which is more and more difficult to break.

Walking on the suspension bridge connecting the inside and outside of the still-roaring wind and snow, Li Ling looked up at the standing city wall, and felt a little uneasy again. What is this? Is the Blizzard Villa mode?

But when he thought about it, he laughed again. Reality is not a novel after all, and not to mention that he is in a mystery novel world, so it is impossible for a plot like this without a living. You must know that there are thousands of guards inside the castle at this moment, and the suspension bridge under his feet is only a river water of more than two meters wide. It is still easy to be determined to enter and exit.

With a strange thought, Li Ling quickly entered the fortress with Long Tianhao, saw the streets that were far wider than in the city, and also saw the sword-armored soldiers standing on both sides. With just one encounter, he felt a powerful aura coming to his face, and his heart suddenly shrank.

However, this atmosphere was quickly broken by a warm laugh: "It turns out that Tianhao, you are here. We brothers haven't seen each other for more than a year. How are you doing now?" A slightly obese body quickly emerged from the crowd of soldiers behind him and smiled and greeted him.

When he saw this person, Long Tianhao also showed a happy smile on his face: "Brother Tianxiang, why are you waiting here in person today?" It can be seen that the relationship between them is very good.

Long Tianxiang laughed and said, "You sects come here. Our main sect always needs to find someone of the same identity to entertain you. I am born to work hard, so I will naturally snatch the errands this time. Let's take you to settle down first, and then go to see my dad with the others."

Long Tianhao nodded and agreed, greeted him, and then led a few people to continue forward with Long Tianxiang. Following the slightly complicated road, he turned left and right, and finally arrived at a very good cross-yard. Long Tianxiang enthusiastically introduced and attracted everyone to enter and allocated rooms to stay.

After settling them down and reminding the servants in the yard to wait for their long service, Long Tianxiang hurried away again. Long Tianhao and the others were the first to come, and there were several groups of people waiting for him to go and call for settlement one by one.

After Li Ling put the bag and other things in the room, he turned to Long Tianhao and asked casually: "Is this Long Tianxiang the son of Long Sihai?"

"Yes, he is one of the successors of the main sect, but now it seems that he has a low reputation in the main sect. The one who is really capable is his brother Long Tianyao."

"So he can only do some chores? I think he has a good relationship with you?"

Long Tianhao rarely showed a gentle smile on his face: "Yes, I'm familiar with him and played with him. It's just that because his abilities are really not as good as Long Tianyao and he has no competitive spirit, he was given up by the clan leader very early. However, this is also a good thing for the main sect, and it saves a lot of trouble with brothers."

Li Ling looked at him thoughtfully, obviously he was inspired. Because the entire Long family, from the big to the competition between the clan leaders, and the small within the sects, such as the open and secret struggles between the sons under Long Tianhao, can be regarded as brothers' fencing, especially the latter, which is obviously not what his father, hopes to see.

However, Long Tianhao said this and soon returned to reality: "Mr. Chang, I'm doing what you said this time. In two days, the final selection will be. Do you have any plans? Don't achieve nothing at that time."

"Don't worry, Master Long, I still need you to help me restore the power of the Huntian Army. Of course, I will do my best to help you seize the position of patriarch."

"What are your plans? Can't you tell me now?" Long Tianhao had some arrangements, but now that he has been invited into this fortress, he feels a little uneasy. After all, in a sense, he has completely disconnected from his own power at this moment, and it has become extremely difficult to do something.

"Don't worry, my people will help you achieve your wish." Li Ling was still in that mysterious look, but after being stunned, Long Tianhao vaguely guessed whether he even had many available human hands hidden in the Long family's mansion. Thinking of this, he was shocked. This was really a bit too terrible. Is the remnants of the Huntian Army, which had been destroyed ten years ago, so powerful that it is so vast that it is omnipresent?

While the two were talking, Long Tianxiang rushed back with a smile: "Tianhao, the others have come in one after another. Let's go over to see my dad. Some words are more convenient to say now. It will be inappropriate to put them in the ancestral hall in two days."

Long Tianhao nodded slightly and gave Li Ling a wink. Then he followed the other party out. Naturally, there were three other people including Long Fang and others. Everyone looked quite serious. Even the Fourth Young Master Long, who had always been careless, did not see any smile at all at this time, but he just followed his father with a tense face.

When Li Ling and the others came to the palace-like hall located in the middle of the entire mansion, some other people arrived one after another. When they saw Long Tianhao, Long Tiande first showed a disdainful smile. Others also sneered or turned their heads to curl their lips. Obviously, they disagreed with the three weak sects now, and at this time they even saw the superficial respect.

At the invitation of Long Tianxiang and others, everyone stepped into the hall again, as if they were intentional. These people from each sect also specially grabbed the position, causing several people from the three sects to come to the end. This made Long Fang angry, but he didn't dare to have any attacks beside his father, so he could only temporarily suppress his tone.

Although this hall is extremely spacious, it can accommodate hundreds of people without being crowded, and there is no sign of even a stove, after entering, Li Ling only felt that it was the coldness of the outside room. It was obvious that the heating pipe had been embedded into the wall during construction, and then boiled water to inject it to make the room warm like spring.

This is enough to show the wealth of the Long family, because the labor and money consumed by such projects are not something that ordinary people can do, not to mention that this place is the extremely poor and remote Qianzhou in the southwest. I think that not much money plundered from the people has entered the treasury, but it was completely swallowed by the Long family.

Compared to him, others seem much more casual. They have to come into contact with this environment every year, so naturally they have long been used to it.

When everyone sat down, many young girls brought trays to the table like flowing water, including tea, wine, and various dried fruit candied fruits, cakes and other foods. The entertainment was quite attentive.

However, everyone's mind was obviously not about these details, so after looking left and right, Long Tiande was the first to smile and said, "Tianxiang, where is the clan leader now? Why did you call me here but not show up?"

"My dad is getting more and more inconvenient now, so he comes slowly. Please wait for a while." Long Tianxiang still looked polite, responded with a smile, and glanced at the door. At this moment, a sound of footsteps sounded from outside, and at the same time, there was a loud knock. Li Ling, who was sitting at the end, turned around and saw more than a dozen people surrounding an old man holding a cane slowly stepping into the door.

This old man is typical of the figure of a southwestern man. Because of his old age, he looks thinner, which makes the crutches in his hand look longer. But feeling the momentum emitted by him, Li Ling immediately ignored his aging and thinness, and felt a sense of pressure coming towards him, causing people to suffocate even their breathing and dare not look at him carefully.

Long Sihai, the real founder of the Dragon King of Qianzhou, is a hero who has been counted in the southwest and even the entire Dayue for thirty years. Even though he is over 80 years old and needs to be supported by a crutch when walking, as long as he has some contact with him, he can still feel the terrifying pressure coming like a mountain, making people dare not be careless or disrespectful.

Li Ling was like this, and the others were the same. At this moment, everyone who had been talking about it stopped. Only the old man stepped forward and drove the crutch to the ground repeatedly. Finally, he came to the highest chair and sat down slowly.

The few people who came in at the same time also found a seat to sit down, including a middle-aged man who looked very similar to Long Tianxiang but was much more powerful and had not seen any fat appearance. He is naturally the leader of the Long family leader, Long Tianyao, the eldest son of Long Sihai!

After shocking the audience as soon as it appeared, Long Sihai smiled lightly, coughed softly, and said slowly: "What's wrong with calling you all here today? I think you all should be very clear, right? Yes, it's for the chair under me, the position of the head of the Long family!"
Chapter completed!