Return to the Clan

After entering the Town Ghost Pass, although there are still two city gates to pass through before reaching the Jia Ma Imperial City, for Lin Ming, who possesses the token of a member of the Mittel Family, these are merely two barriers and serve no other purpose.

"Lin Ming, this is your hometown, the Jia Ma Empire! It looks quite lively!" Zi Yan said after entering the city gate and taking in the sights.

"Yes! We're already within the territory of the Jia Ma Empire." Looking at the endless stream of pedestrians, Lin Ming said with a sigh. After more than four years, he was finally going to return to his family.

"Let's go! Zi Yan, let's speed up." His longing for his family was stirred at this moment, making Lin Ming want to get there as quickly as possible.

"Okay!" Zi Yan nodded in agreement.

In the Imperial City of the Jia Ma Empire, within the ancestral lands of the Mittel Family, people were gathered for the Mittel Family's annual Family Annual Meeting.

As one of the three most powerful forces in the Jia Ma Empire, the Mittel Family's Family Annual Meeting serves not only as a summary of the year's events but also as a platform to showcase the family's strength and connect with the Great Family. Therefore, in addition to members of the Mittel Family, representatives from other families were also present at the event.

With all attendees present, the Mittel Family's annual meeting officially began.

The first step, of course, was Tengshan Mittel, the Clan Leader of the Mittel Family, leading the family in ancestral worship.

With the ancestral worship ceremony completed, it's time to test the younger generation. For a family to prosper in the long term, it's essential to have outstanding descendants to ensure its growth and development. Otherwise, after the older generation passes away, if no one can shoulder the responsibilities of the family, then the family is not far from decline.

When it comes to the lack of successors, the Royal Family of the Jia Ma Empire is actually the most anxious right now.

The Jia Ma Imperial Family, as the nominal rulers of the Jia Ma Empire, has seen its later generations fall short compared to other families in recent years.

Over the years, if it weren't for Jia Xingtian, a member of the Royal Family who possessed the Peak Dou Emperor, protecting the Royal Family, the Jia Ma Empire would probably have already experienced internal turmoil.

In recent years, the knowledge that the Mittel Family possessed a super genius had significantly increased the Jia Ma Royal Family Mittel Family's wariness of them.

The Mittel Family was quite feared by the Jia Ma Royal Family because of the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong. Later, after the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong disappeared, the Jia Ma Royal Family relaxed their vigilance towards the Mittel Family.

For the Jia Ma Royal Family, they certainly did not want the Mittel Family to produce another Dou Emperor Expert who could threaten their rule.

The Mittel Family was naturally aware of the Jia Ma Royal Family's intentions, so when Lin Ming proposed going to the Jia Nan Academy, Mittel Tengshan the others did not object and allowed Lin Ming to go.

While this was partly to support Lin Ming, it was also a way to protect Lin Ming. It was to keep him away from the Jia Ma Empire to prevent the Jia Ma Royal Family from discovering his presence and doing anything rash.

Of course, after Nalan Yanran, a Nalan Family, was taken as a disciple by Yun Yun, the new Sect Master of the Dou Emperor Misty Cloud Sect who had broken through to the Douhuang level during her seclusion, the Jia Ma Royal Family shifted their attention from the Mittel Family to the Misty Cloud Sect.

"Now, those whose names I call, please come up one by one to take the test." At this moment, the Ninth Elder took out the Testing Magic Stone Tablet on the platform and spoke.

"The first"

"Report! Lin Ming is back!"

Just as the Ninth Elder was about to call out the first person to come up on stage, a notification quickly came from inside the Ancestral Hall.

"This is a major clan meeting! What kind of behavior is this, shouting and yelling like this? Go and accept your punishment later!" The Ninth Elder reprimanded the man in front of everyone when he rushed in shouting like this.

This is a family gathering, and all the guests are present. For others to see someone from his own lineage rushing in so loudly and unceremoniously, especially since this person is from his own branch, made the Ninth Elder feel utterly humiliated. Therefore, he sternly reprimanded the person who had just arrived.

"Who did you just say came back?" Tengshan Mittel, standing up at that moment.

This man had come in to deliver good news, but was immediately reprimanded by the Ninth Elder, a senior member of his lineage, which threw him into a panic. The Ninth Elder was known for his strictness in the family, and he knew he would be in for a beating if he angered him. Thinking about this, he was stunned by Tengshan 'Mittel question.

"You insolent brat! You're mute again when I tell you to speak?" Seeing his junior standing there dumbfounded, the Ninth Elder's temper flared even more, and he reprimanded him again.

"Ninth Elder!" Elder Liu called out to the Ninth Elder.

"Child, don't be afraid! Tell me, who has returned?" After subduing the Ninth Elder, Elder Liu asked the younger generation who had come to him.

"Clan Leader, Grandpa Liu, your unfilial grandson Lin Ming has returned!" Just as this person was about to speak, Lin Ming's voice came from outside. Then, Lin Ming was seen leading Zi Yan into the clan's territory.

Upon arriving before Mittel Tengshan and the others, Lin Ming bowed to the elders and then said again, "Clan Leader, I'm back!"

"Haha! Good! It's good that you're back!" Mittel said with a Tengshan laugh. The other old men also had smiles on their faces.

"Clan Leader, let me introduce you. This is my friend Zi Yan. Zi Yan, these are the elders of my clan." Amidst everyone's joy, Lin Ming introduced Zi Yan.

"Haha! Little Aunt Zi Yan..." Mittel Tengshan was about to address Zi Yan as "little girl," but this time, he couldn't see through Zi Yan at all. Moreover, the unfathomable aura emanating from Zi Yan startled him, so much so that he couldn't finish his address.

"Clan Leader, let's continue the clan meeting!" Sensing Tengshan 'Mittel unusual behavior, Lin Ming said to him with a smile.

"Good! Good! Continue the clan meeting! Someone, bring two chairs to the front." After receiving Lin Ming's affirmative look, although he still had many questions in his heart, Mittel, being Tengshan old hand, knew that now was not the time to talk about these things, so he followed Lin Ming's instructions and continued the clan meeting.

Two chairs were quickly brought over and, at Mittel Tengshan's instruction, placed next to him. After Lin Ming and Zi Yan took their seats, the Mittel Family's clan meeting continued.

Although the Mittel Family's clan meeting continued as usual, most people present no longer paid attention to the meeting itself, but instead focused on Lin Ming, the genius of the Mittel Family who had reappeared after disappearing for four or five years.