All the joy they had felt moments ago vanished without a trace. The message from the main family made it clear: they wanted the Qingshui Lin Family to go to their deaths.
Many of the people who had gone after the Chen Family back then were no longer around, but plenty were still alive.
And that was without counting those who had personally attacked the Liu Family. If all of them died, the Qingshui Lin Family would lose at least half its people.
Most importantly, all three elders of the Qingshui Lin Family had taken part in the attack on the Chen Family.
This would cut the very roots from beneath the Qingshui Lin Family. How could they accept that?
The Family Head of the Lin Family wore a grave expression, and the three elders' brows were knitted just as tightly.
Though the main family hadn't said outright what would happen after they went, even a fool knew why they were being sent there.
"Are Chen Changan and Gu Xian'er really that capable?"
"Even after the Old Ancestor broke through to the Undying Realm, does he still have to do as they say?"
"This... It can't be Gu Xian'er. It has to be that Chen Changan."
"Who exactly is he? Even the Old Ancestor doesn't dare provoke him?"
Lin Xiong deeply regretted it. He had calculated every possibility, yet never imagined that the Chen Family of old would produce someone like Chen Changan.
But what was done was done. Lin Xiong knew that even if he didn't go looking for Chen Changan or provoke him, the other man would come looking for them.
After all, he had come to Langya for the events of that year.
"This is the Old Ancestor's order. What? Do you intend to defy him?"
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