Ling Chen's indifference was expected by Ling Xiao, but he still couldn't help but stopped Ling Chen who was turning to leave, and asked eagerly: "Chen'er, I know that my father did a lot of things badly before. , but I hope you can tell me, what is going on?"

Ling Chen stopped, raised his head and glanced at Ling Xiao, and said with a somewhat self-deprecating smile: "It's been four years, this is the first time you've said so many words to me. I really don't know whether I should feel lucky or sad."

"As I said, I also accidentally discovered that I can practice. As for why, I don't know. So I don't have the answer you want here."

Ling Xiao's expression froze, and he looked at Ling Chen who turned to leave, with a lonely look in his eyes.

Ling Yuntian frowned, thought for a moment, walked up to Ling Xiao and asked: "Brother, do you really not know about this?"

In Ling Yuntian's opinion, Ling Chen would never suddenly become so powerful. It was most likely that Ling Xiao had deliberately set up the maze just to protect his so-called useless son.

But judging from Ling Xiao's reaction just now, it seemed that he didn't know about this matter at all, which made Ling Yuntian a little strange.

Ling Xiao shook his head dully, "I don't know, I never thought that Chen'er could make progress in martial arts, so I have always ignored him. His performance today really surprised me. "

Ling Yuntian rolled his eyes and asked tentatively, "What are you going to do, brother?"

Ling Xiao looked away, frowned, and said, "I won't bother you with this matter. I will handle it myself."

With a cold snort, Ling Xiao turned and left, leaving only Ling Yuntian and Ling Chu standing there with cold faces.

After Ling Xiao left, Lingchu stepped forward and gestured to Ling Yuntian with his eyes, and asked Ling Xiao's back: "Second brother, this kid is definitely not simple. He can still practice without martial arts. If Ling Chen, this kid, If you continue to be trained by Big Brother, your plan may come to nothing."

Ling Yuntian's eyes flashed coldly, and he hummed: "Failed? He's just a young boy. No matter how powerful he is, he can't affect my plan."

"Since the second brother is so confident, I won't say much. I hope to see the second brother take charge of the matter as soon as possible." Lingchu laughed strangely, glanced around, then turned and left.

…

Ever since Ling Chen showed off his skills this morning, Ling Xiao had been frowning all day long, not knowing what he was thinking.

It wasn't until the morning of the next day that Ling Xiao finally seemed to have made up his mind. He called for his personal attendant and said, "Go and invite the young master. Tell him that I have something to tell him."

The attendant nodded, glanced at Ling Xiao, and reminded: "Master, no matter what, you must pay attention to your health. Judging from the look on your face, I'm afraid you didn't sleep all night."

Ling Xiao slapped his swollen head and said with a wry smile: "What can I do? What I'm thinking about now is how to make Chen'er stop hating me. Go quickly, I'll wait for you in the meeting hall."

The attendant responded, then turned and left.

When Ling Chen arrived at the meeting hall, he found that the entire meeting hall was already filled with important figures from the Ling family, and even some old figures from the Ling family in the collateral branches were also in the meeting hall.

Ling Xiao was sitting at the head of the meeting hall, eyes slightly narrowed, as if waiting for Ling Chen's arrival.

On both sides of the meeting hall, sat Ling Yuntian, Ling Chu and other members of the Ling family.

What surprised Ling Chen was that the sons of Ling Yuntian and Ling Chu were also standing beside them, and the entire meeting hall was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Ling Chen tightened the Black Iron Sword in his hand, secretly thinking that he was lucky to have brought his own sword with him, otherwise he would have been really worried about what might happen in the future.

Although this is the Ling family, and his father is also the leader of the Ling family, people's hearts are sinister, and he is really afraid that someone will cause some trouble.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped into the meeting hall. Ling Chen knew that he would have to face this day sooner or later.

"father!"

Ling Chen walked to the center of the meeting hall, bowed slightly towards Ling Xiao who was sitting in the seat, and called "Dad" lightly.

Ling Xiao opened his eyes, nodded his head without changing his expression, then pointed to one of the empty chairs on the left hand side and said: "Chen'er, go sit there."

As soon as Ling Xiao said these words, Ling Chen suddenly felt that no fewer than seven or eight eyes in the entire conference hall were suddenly looking at him, and each of them had a faint murderous intent.

Ling Chen glanced at the empty chair and knew what it represented.

In the Ling family, the more powerful the person, the closer the seat is to Ling Xiao. This chair was originally the seat of Ling Xiao's eldest brother, Ling Tian, ​​but now Ling Xiao lets him sit there, which makes him Somewhat puzzled.

"Dad, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for me to sit here?"

"Humph, if there's anything inappropriate, I'll tell you it's appropriate! Sit down!"

Ling Xiao's face straightened, and a powerful pressure spread instantly, suppressing all the murderous auras in the meeting hall.

Ling Chen frowned, hesitated for a moment and sat down on the chair.

As soon as Ling Chen sat down, Ling Yuntian spoke.

"Master, this chair is prepared for the future successor of the Ling family. This chair has been occupied by Ling Tian's nephew a long time ago. Why is Ling Chen's nephew suddenly sitting on it now?"

Ling Xiao nodded, "Well said, I called everyone here today because there is one thing I want to tell you. Chen'er defeated Wang Qi with nothing in the front hall yesterday, and also defeated Wang Qi's famous sword move. I think it’s necessary to let everyone know about this.”

As soon as Ling Xiao said this, there was a burst of discussion in the entire meeting hall. Everyone was whispering to each other, and Ling Yuntian frowned.

He did not expect that Ling Xiao would directly tell the matter openly and honestly.

"I know what everyone is talking about. You will definitely say that Chen'er was born without a martial soul and cannot practice martial arts, so he is not worthy of being the future successor of the Ling family. But what I want to say today is that Chen'er is already a swordsman. The cultivation of the third level!"

As the saying goes, one word stirs up a thousand waves, Ling Xiao's words immediately made other people in the meeting hall realize something.

After Ling Xiao said these words, Ling Chen immediately felt a dozen rays of consciousness scanning back and forth on his body.

Ling Chen frowned, this feeling of being openly spied on made him very unhappy.

Soon, the faces of the Ling family members in the meeting hall changed drastically, and they looked at Ling Chen in disbelief, as if they were looking at a monster.

In fact, it is understandable. After all, who would have thought that a person who was born without a martial spirit could still practice martial arts, and even condense mysterious energy to reach the level of a swordsman!
Chapter completed!