Lord of the Dark Night
Chapter 785

Three Thousand Years, One Turning Point, A Passing Traveler of This World - Extra Chapter for the Alliance Leader

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The collateral branch descendants of the Murong Family probably never dreamed that, in this lifetime, a piece of pie would actually fall from the sky and smash into their heads! Everyone went mad.

They frantically fought for power and profit.

After all, the original Family Head, ancestors, elders, stewards, the principal branch, the direct line... had all died! Not a single person who had held power in the Murong Family remained.

Those who had hurried back from outside naturally had to discuss the matter: since the family was being rebuilt, who would be the boss?

Among these people, several belonged to the direct line of the principal branch.

Naturally, they argued their case with reason: wasn't it only right for the direct line to inherit?

But the biggest problem was that the martial strength of these direct-line descendants was far too inferior to that of the collateral branches swarming in! Thus, amid the disputes, the only five surviving direct-line descendants who had been away from home suddenly died of excessive grief.

Their deaths had come at an absurdly perfect, suspicious, and crude time.

The others once again began preparing the funerals, their wails shaking heaven and earth.

They even prepared to bury these people under the beautiful reputation of "dutiful sons and worthy grandsons."

The advantage was that once these people were dead, there were no aggrieved parties, and naturally, no one would lodge a complaint.

In the midst of preparing the funerals...

They suddenly discovered that the old, weak, women, and children of the principal branch had actually been sent back by the Guardian Hall.

This was practically a bolt from the blue, wasn't it?

Although they were old and weak, although they were children, they were the true, thoroughly legitimate heirs of the direct line of the Murong

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