The Tacit Understanding Between Ying Xiaoxiao and Ling Qingzhu

"Thank you for your favor, Clan Leader. Since that is the case, Langtian will humbly accept."

Lin Langtian slowly rose to his feet, then gave Lin Fan a slight cupped-fist salute and said with a light smile.

Though the position of Lin Clan Leader was no longer anything particularly precious to the current Lin Langtian, after all, he had already slain two Reincarnation Stage experts. The mere Lin Clan, even the Great Yan Dynasty itself, was like dust in his eyes.

In the original timeline, Lin Dong had also once received Lin Fan's offer to yield him the position of clan leader. However, given Lin Dong's indifferent temperament, he would most likely have refused. In the end, the position of Lin Clan Leader fell to Lin Dong's father, Lin Xiao.

But Lin Langtian was different from Lin Dong. First of all, he had grown up within the Lin Clan, so his feelings for it ran far deeper than Lin Dong's, who came from a branch family.

In fact, during his youth, Lin Langtian had once regarded the position of Lin Clan Leader as his goal. Now that he could fulfill that childhood dream, he naturally would not refuse.

Besides, Lin Langtian had practical considerations in agreeing to succeed Lin Fan as the Lin Clan Leader.

Though he was now the Lord of Heavenly Mansion, Heavenly Mansion had been formed by gathering numerous factions from the Northern Xuan Region. Even though Lin Langtian had placed some of his trusted subordinates from the Yuanmen Fire Department within Heavenly Mansion, the forces that truly belonged to him remained far too weak. Thus, he intended to incorporate the Lin Clan into Heavenly Mansion as well.

Though the Lin Clan was not particularly powerful, its members were all clansmen closely related to him by blood.