Chapter 578: Murong Yan: Might as Well Become Robbers

The Canglan Sect had many beautiful sights. "One Canglan Sect, half the Canglan scenery."

This was a saying circulating in the Canglan Region. Of the ten great beautiful sights in the entire Canglan Region, five were within the Canglan Sect.

For many ordinary disciples, joining the Canglan Sect and then having the opportunity to bring their family members to the Canglan Sect to admire its beauty was enough for those family members to brag to their neighbors for years after returning home.

Canglan Spring!

One of the five great beautiful sights of the Canglan Sect, and also the spot with the most visitors.

In the past, besides inner sect disciples, those outer sect disciples who wanted to bring friends and family to visit Canglan Spring needed to apply to the sect a month in advance.

However, this time, when Lin Chen appeared beside Canglan Spring with the Seventh Zhuang Laozhang of the Flower Clan, the entire Canglan Spring was desolate, with no one to be seen.

The Canglan Sect disciples originally responsible for maintaining order had also retreated, leaving behind only a few pavilions and the deep blue spring water gushing out in front.

The spring water in Canglan Spring was condensed from Canglan energy. It was not only intoxicating in color but also because the Canglan energy contained within it turned into water mist as it gushed out, making everyone who approached feel physically and mentally refreshed.

"Canglan Spring, it lives up to its reputation."

Teng Wangshan gave his evaluation after observing Canglan Spring for a few breaths, then looked at Lin Chen: "You don't need to take me to see the next attractions. I didn't come here to admire the beauty of the Canglan Sect."

Lin Chen agreed on the side, saying that admiring the scenery was just an excuse by the Sect Master. This Flower Clan elder had come for him.

"How much do you know about my Flower Clan?"

"This junior only knows that your clan is one of the ancient remnant clans, and together with the other three clans, you are known as the Upper Clans. As for the rest, I do not know."

"The new Empress of the Moon Soul Clan must have told you."

Only fellow ancient remnant clans would call their Flower Clan the Upper Clan. Most outsiders called them ancient remnant clans and would not distinguish them so clearly.

Regarding the relationship between Lin Chen and the new Empress of the Moon Soul Clan, all the forces in the Yan Imperial Dynasty already knew it was absolutely extraordinary. Otherwise, this new Empress would not have taken the clan's supreme treasure to the Wan Wan Huozong Sect to help Lin Chen.

Teng Wangshan did not pursue the matter but changed the subject: "My Flower Clan has a long history. Since the first generation patriarch founded the clan, we have controlled all the vegetation in the world. No matter how dynasties change, we have always stood tall..."

Lin Chen listened quietly. He believed that this Zhuang Laozhang Teng had come to see him not to tell him how powerful the Flower Clan was, how glorious its history was, or how deep its foundation was. These things did not need this elder to say personally; others would tell him.

"The reason my clan has been able to remain so prosperous, besides the protection of our ancestors' shade, is also because of our unique royal selection rules."

Teng Wangshan looked at Lin Chen: "The royal families of other clans almost all come from one lineage, but my clan is not like that. If any clan member can awaken the ancestral bloodline talent, they will become royalty. When their strength is sufficient in the future, they will become the patriarch of our clan."

"Our clan's bloodline talent has the characteristic of being passed down every three generations. If no one in the previous generation has awakened it, the two generations after them will awaken the bloodline talent. This is also the reason why outsiders call our clan's royal family the Three-Generation Royal Family."

Hearing this Zhuang Laozhang Teng's explanation, Lin Chen suddenly realized. So his mother-in-law should be the first or second generation, and Jiang Jiang Shijie was either the second or third.

However, Lin Chen felt it should be the third generation, because his mother-in-law had chosen to leave the Flower Clan and go far away for his father-in-law.

If his mother-in-law's parents were just ordinary Flower Clan members, after his mother-in-law awakened her bloodline talent, although her status and position improved, her strength would likely not have been strong at the beginning. She would inevitably have been controlled by these elders and could not have done something like eloping with his father-in-law.

This kind of willful act required capital and confidence.

"The royal family changes every three generations because the talent of the third generation will reach its peak and is also the most likely to touch the realm of the ancestors. The little princess is now the third generation. The little princess returned to the clan for a talent test and is the strongest in bloodline talent in the last ten thousand years."

Teng Wangshan looked at Lin Chen with burning eyes, and Lin Chen understood the meaning of this Zhuang Laozhang Teng's words. This was to tell him that Jiang Jiang Shijie was very important to the Flower Clan and was the strongest in bloodline talent in the Flower Clan in nearly ten thousand years.

"According to our Flower Clan's rules, it is impossible to allow royal clan members who have awakened strong bloodline talent to intermarry with outsiders. When the eldest princess left the clan to intermarry with an outsider back then, it caused our clan's fury. It was not until three years ago that the clan accepted this fact. Do you know the reason?"

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind turned rapidly, especially combined with the news told by this Zhuang Laozhang Teng. He had a guess in his heart and said slowly: "Because Jiang Jiang Shijie's bloodline talent is stronger than expected."

"Not bad, you are indeed very clever."

Teng Wangshan nodded. The rules of the clan for tens of thousands of years were not so easily broken. The real reason why the clan members and these elders accepted it was because of the little princess's bloodline talent.

When the eldest princess intermarried with an outsider back then, and it was an ordinary martial artist who was not worth mentioning, all the elders in the clan, in addition to their fury, felt that the next generation of the eldest princess would likely have the weakest bloodline talent in history.

But when the little princess returned and tested her bloodline talent, it indeed shocked the entire Zhuang Laozhang Council. Her bloodline talent was the best in ten thousand years.

It was not that Flower Clan royal members could not intermarry with outsiders; it was that those with strong bloodline talent were not allowed to intermarry with outsiders. If there were several brothers and sisters in the same generation, except for the one with the strongest bloodline talent, others could intermarry with outsiders, but they also had to get the approval of the Zhuang Laozhang Council.

This rule was not to make things difficult for those with strong bloodlines, but to maintain the purity of the bloodline, so that the next generation's bloodline talent could surpass the previous one.

This was the result obtained by the ancestors and has continued to this day. No one has ever doubted it, because no one dared to violate this rule.

However, the strength of Jiang Qing's bloodline talent made Teng Wangshan and other elders begin to re-examine whether this rule was really correct.

If it was correct, how should Jiang Qing's bloodline talent be explained?

If it was not correct, why did the ancestors come to that judgment back then? You must know that the ancestors did not just say it casually; it was also researched and inferred.

Lin Chen had a guess in his heart. The ancestor of the Flower Clan who set this rule should have come to the conclusion based on the bloodline talent of the previous generations, but it was clear that the collected data should not have been enough.

In the case of insufficient data, the conclusions drawn would have the situation of generalizing.

"After the little princess returned to the clan, our Zhuang Laozhang Council reached an agreement with the eldest princess not to interfere with the little princess's marriage contract."

Speaking of this, Teng Wangshan looked at Lin Chen deeply: "To be honest, back then, we old fellows were all prepared for the little princess's husband to be the same as the eldest princess's husband."

Teng Wangshan omitted some adjectives in his words, but Lin Chen could hear the disdain in this Zhuang Laozhang Teng's words.

In terms of strength, his father-in-law's strength in the Flower Clan was likely not even comparable to the worst clan member.

"When the eldest princess sent the little princess back to the clan, she did not tell us at first that the little princess had already set a marriage contract with you. It was not until you reached the top of the Martial Arts Mountain that the eldest princess sent news saying that you and the little princess had a marriage contract. It was also at that time that you entered the eyes of us old fellows."

Teng Wangshan said this and chuckled: "I have to say, knowing that the little princess had a marriage contract with you, we old fellows were still relieved."

Seeing this Zhuang Laozhang Teng's smile, Lin Chen also subconsciously followed with a smile, but then thought that his smile was too disrespectful to his father-in-law, so he quickly restrained it.

"We old fellows have all seen your growth over the past few years. I have to say that you have brought us old fellows quite a few surprises. You have grown to this point in just a few years. Even if placed among the ancient remnant clans, you can be called a peerless genius."

Teng Wangshan was very satisfied with Lin Chen, this Prince Consort, and other elders in the clan were the same. Otherwise, back at the Wan Wan Huozong Sect, the Zhuang Qiang sisters would not have dared to call him "Prince Consort" directly to the outside world.

Now, there were just some young people in the clan who were not convinced, but these elders would not interfere in this matter. When Lin Chen went to the clan, he would solve it himself then. ===== CHAPTER 579 =====