First Signs of Cloud Sun City's Turmoil

Chengping Year 2, the fifth day of the fourth month, Start of Summer.

This morning, a major event spread throughout Cloud Sun City: the Pan Family's Old Ancestor had passed away.

Jiang Liu was stunned when he first heard the news. After all, he had heard Lin Hai mention on New Year's Eve that the Pan Family's Old Ancestor was not doing well, but he didn't expect him to pass away after only three months.

Jiang Liu went to the dining hall at noon and heard the apprentices discussing that they had seen the Pan brothers, Pan Duan and Pan Hou, rushing home early in the morning, and then he believed the news.

A Sixth Rank expert had passed away just like that. Cloud Sun City should be in turmoil for a while. Now the Pan brothers should be too busy to take care of themselves! Jiang Liu thought darkly in his heart.

Jiang Liu couldn't even imagine what a Sixth Rank expert meant in Cloud Sun City. Did he know that there were only a few Sixth Ranks in the entire Cloud Sun City?

North District, the Pan Family's mansion. At this moment, the magnificent mansion was covered with white cloth inside and out. In the main hall, the Pan Family's Old Ancestor's body was placed in the center, and several Ranked experts who practiced Frost Arts were sitting cross-legged beside it, injecting Frost True Qi into the coffin from time to time to prevent the body from decaying. Outside, a group of women and children were surrounding the coffin, wailing.

In the side hall, the atmosphere was heavy. The seven siblings of the second generation of the Pan Family, three sons and four daughters, were all present. Pan Yunlong, the current head of the Pan Family, was sitting on the high chair in the center. Pan Yunhu, Pan Yunyi, and Pan Zhu were sitting on the left, and Pan Yunbao, Pan Jin, and Pan Jiao were sitting on the right.

Under the careful cultivation of the Pan Family's Old Ancestor, the martial arts strength of the seven siblings of the second generation of the Pan Family was also quite good. The eldest, Pan Yunlong, was Fifth Rank, the second, Pan Yunhu, was Fifth Rank, the third, Pan Yunbao, was Fourth Rank, the fourth, Pan Yunyi, was Fourth Rank, the fifth, Pan Zhu, was Third Rank, the sixth, Pan Jin, was Third Rank, and the seventh, Pan Jiao, was Fifth Rank.

"Big brother, what did the Hu Family and Ma Family say?" The impatient Pan Yunhu asked, looking at the silent Pan Yunlong.

"What could they say? In previous collaborations, seeing that the Old Master's health was deteriorating day by day, they made us suffer small losses. Now that the Old Master has passed away, they will bully us even more." Pan Yunlong said helplessly.

In fact, the Pan Family's Old Ancestor had passed away three days ago. The reason why they had been hiding it was to prevent the cooperation with the Hu and Ma families from being affected and to be able to finish it as soon as possible.

Who knew that the Hu and Ma families had discovered that the Pan Family's Old Master had passed away? Helpless, they could only reveal it, and now the Pan Family was in a passive position.

"Then, big brother, should we discuss it with the family elders? See what to do?" Pan Yunbao suggested.

Hearing this, Pan Yunlong said disdainfully, "Those old things are very active when they see a bargain to be had! Rely on them to contribute? Forget it!"

"This is, after all, a major event concerning the Pan Family. We can't just not let them know, can we? I'm afraid the conflict will be even deeper then!" Pan Yunyi said worriedly!

After all, big brother had often had many unpleasant disputes with the elders over family matters before. Before, with the Old Master suppressing them, they were at peace.

It was no wonder that Pan Yunlong looked down on those elders, each of them was over a hundred years old. When the Pan Family wanted to seize territory and fight for benefits before, they could still go all out, but now they had lived comfortably for decades, and their spirit and energy were no longer there.

Pan Yunlong thought for a while and said, "That's true. Third brother, go and notify the elders to hold a meeting in the council hall."

"Yes, big brother!" Pan Yunbao got up and responded.

The existing elders of the Pan Family are all nephews and nieces of the Pan Family's Old Ancestor! It's just that they are almost forty or fifty years older than Pan Yunlong and his siblings! The oldest is more than sixty years older.

The Pan Family's Old Ancestor only married and had children after he had no hope in martial arts! At that time, he was already eighty or ninety years old, so the seven sons and daughters under the Pan Family's Old Ancestor were the youngest in the second generation of the Pan Family.

After a martial artist reaches the Ranked stage, their lifespan increases a lot, and they can generally live for more than one hundred and fifty years! The stronger they are, the longer they live! Breaking through to Grandmaster can even live for more than three hundred years! Therefore, martial artists cultivate not only to live a better life in this world, but also to live longer.

In the Pan Family's council hall, the Pan Family elders arrived one after another.

As Pan Yunlong and his seven siblings filed in, the door of the council hall closed.

"Family Head, have you summoned us to discuss the Old Ancestor's funeral?" After Pan Yunlong and his siblings sat down, Pan Qi, the eldest elder of the Pan Family, from the Second Branch, asked.

The Pan Family now has eight branches, each with a position for an elder! They can be elected or appointed! It is up to each branch to decide! The elders have the right to speak and vote in the elders' meeting! Generally, the appointment of family managers and daily affairs are not brought to the elders' meeting.

Only matters concerning the survival of the family, the long-term development of the family, and the key cultivation of descendants will be discussed at the elders' meeting.

Now, the aftermath of the family's Old Ancestor is a major event concerning the family's reputation! It must be discussed at the elders' meeting! That's why Pan Qi asked this question.

"Elder Qi, it's not about this! It's about the previous cooperation with the Hu and Ma families to mine the Cloud Crystal Mine!" Pan Yunlong said.

Pan Qi asked, "Wasn't the cooperation going well? What happened?"