Chapter 117: Ling Family Turmoil, Ling Luochen's Lethargic Loss

Ling Luochen left the Sunset Forest early the next morning and then returned to Heaven Dou City.

The incident that happened in their clan this time was huge, big enough to shake the foundation of their clan. From Ling Luochen's mouth, everyone also roughly understood the ins and outs.

The Ling family's residence was located in the west of Heaven Dou City. The strongest person in the clan was Ling Luochen's grandfather, a 95th-level Super Douluo over 150 years old. He was also one of the most outstanding geniuses of the previous generation and was once considered a powerful figure. It was just that as he grew older, his blood and energy slowly decayed, coupled with the recurrence of old injuries, his overall state was far from what it used to be. Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid he had finally reached his twilight years.

Ling Luochen's parents were not qualified, and it could even be said that they were harsh to her. The reason was also very simple: her biological mother unfortunately passed away in the year she was born, and her father was a cold-hearted person who was indifferent to this, and before long, he married his current wife.

Growing up in such a rotten environment since childhood, Ling Luochen's personality was inevitably affected, becoming much colder. Traveling thousands of miles to Shrek Academy to study when she was young was also to escape this terrible situation, and the only warmth she had in this world was her grandfather who had always cared for and looked after her.

She also had an obsession with becoming stronger, but it was not as intense as Dugu Yan's. Her sense of belonging to Shrek Academy was not very strong, even though she had already become a pre-selected Shrek Seven Devil due to her outstanding talent, and she was destined to enter Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion in the future to become an elder, enjoying a high status and power...

The Ling family's own stance was also very strange. Several hundred years ago, the Ling family once had a period of marriage with the Heaven Soul royal family. During that time, the relationship between the Ling family and the Heaven Soul royal family reached its peak, almost to the point of being intimate.

But later, due to various reasons, the intimate relationship between the two sides was broken. Until now, the Ling family was actually considered a neutral faction in the Heaven Soul Empire. Nearly 60% of their business had been taken back or abandoned, and the powerhouses in the clan had also begun to migrate outside Heaven Dou City, already having a trend of gradually developing toward a hidden family, especially when the family's strength was getting worse day by day, which made it even more fatal.

The Snow Empress looked at Ling Luochen's gradually receding figure and frowned slightly, then said softly:

"You just let her go like this?"

Shu Yan nodded and said softly:

"Different people need different styles of conduct and attitudes. For people like Ling Luochen, either rely on long-term interaction to slowly develop emotions, or completely suppress her, directly leaving a deep mark in her heart. Apart from that, wanting to contact people like her through other methods often has no chance."

"People like her will go all the way after making a choice, it's her personality, unless she has a sudden epiphany."

Come to think of it, it was a bit similar to the Snow Empress.

Shu Yan thought, subconsciously looking at the Snow Empress again, but their gazes happened to meet in the air, and then they both looked away together.

Shu Yan: "..."

The atmosphere seemed to have an inexplicable touch of awkwardness. Shu Yan coughed lightly and said:

"I'll go practice first. Call me if there's anything. Let's break through to the Soul Sage realm sooner, and we can return to Star Luo sooner. We've been out for a long time, I'm afraid the Imperial Brother has quite a few opinions..."

"Hmm."

The Snow Empress gave a soft "hmm," gently brushing the hanging hair aside, and ignored Shu Yan, who left on his own.

The days after Ling Luochen left were plain and fulfilling. Shu Yan was busy practicing and absorbing the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow that had been sealed in his body before. He was almost meditating and practicing all day long, sometimes even falling into a state of deep meditation, not waking up for three or four days in a row.

Xu Jiujiu was a bit bored, but it wasn't good to disturb Shu Yan, so she simply followed Dugu Yan to study various poisons.

It had to be said that Dugu Yan, who possessed the Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor martial soul, was simply a genius in studying poisons. Her five soul skills were almost all related to toxins. Xu Jiujiu was inherently intelligent, coupled with the ability to identify various spiritual objects through aura brought by the Qiluo Tulip, she actually made some progress in a short period of time.

Time passed quickly, and half a month went by. Unexpectedly, on this day, Ling Luochen actually came here again.

Looking at Ling Luochen, whose expression was lethargic and exhausted, everyone was slightly surprised. Her appearance was truly inconsistent with the cold girl in their impression, but soon, they also learned the reason why Ling Luochen became like this and came here.

Xu Jiujiu patted Ling Luochen's shoulder lightly. Ling Luochen's body stiffened for a moment, but then she lowered her head again. The Ice Empress played with her fingers, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed:

"In other words, there's a problem within your family? Even to the point of attacking each other?"

Ling Luochen nodded gently. After struggling for a long time, she said in a voice that was almost imperceptible: "Someone wants to be unfavorable to my grandfather, they want to plot the soul bones on my grandfather..."

"Who?"

The Ice Empress continued to ask.

"My father..."

Ling Luochen struggled for a long time before saying softly.

Snow Empress or Ice Empress or Xu Jiujiu or Dugu Yan: "?"

After reacting, everyone looked at each other, seeing a touch of shock and disbelief in each other's eyes.

"You mean, your dad wants to make a move on his own dad?"

The Ice Empress's big eyes widened, and she said in surprise.

Ling Luochen gave a bitter smile and then said slowly:

"I originally thought he was just cold-hearted, but I didn't expect him to have become like this. It is precisely because of this that my grandfather did not consider him when appointing the successor to the family head. But who would have thought that he would therefore give birth to such rebellious thoughts, and even when my grandfather had lost most of his combat power, he didn't even want to hide it..."

"A thousand-year inheritance, now, there are countless people with different hearts in the clan. No matter how powerful and prosperous a family is, after encountering a series of events, it is difficult to avoid such a situation. It's just that I didn't expect that there would be so many people with different hearts in the family. The blood relationship between the same clan seems to have become a joke at this moment, hehe..."

Ling Luochen's emotions were very low, and at the same time, she was a bit confused. The sudden deterioration of her grandfather's condition had already given her no small blow, coupled with the intrigue and interest competition between the same clan exposing too much cruelty and filth, which made her incomparably exhausted, and her mind had also suffered no small impact.

"This..."

Xu Jiujiu was a bit hesitant. Her gaze looked at the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, and for a time, she was also a bit helpless.

This was not the Star Luo Empire after all. Even if she had the heart, she was powerless. At such a time, the only ones who could help Ling Luochen were the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress.

The Ice Empress jumped off the chair, hesitated for a moment, patted Ling Luochen's shoulder, then spread her hands, and forcibly pulled Ling Luochen to walk outside.

Ling Luochen was still a bit confused and puzzled, then heard the Ice Empress's voice ring out:

"Forget it, this Empress... ah ptooey, this Seat is in a good mood today, and that bastard Shu Yan is still in closed-door cultivation, so this Seat will help you solve this problem. It just so happens that this Seat has been bored lately, so just treat it as exercising the body..."

The Snow Empress pulled Xu Jiujiu, who was just about to speak, and shook her head at her, then said softly: "Jiujiu, let them go. After all, just by Ice's own strength, she won't be able to pierce this sky..."

Xu Jiujiu pursed her lips, sighed softly, and didn't say anything more...

A note: From now on, it will basically be a random 4 or 5/6 days a week. Because it's my first time writing Douluo 2 and I'm not familiar with the original work, the content I wrote is somewhat unbearable, so it's very cold, and the results are very poor. I have deeply realized the problem recently, and I will summarize the experience well and learn the lessons.

In addition, it's not really a break in updates, it's just that I might secretly open a small account and start a new book (dog head). After all, this book is really hopeless, and even explosive updates won't save it. I still have to support myself. Persisting is just because I don't want to disappoint the book friends who have been watching, so I didn't directly abandon it. Next, I will strive to finish it within three months, just in time to eat the full attendance, and while writing, I will also learn more about Douluo 2. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 118 =====