The elders looked at one another. Perhaps Ling Jianxing really could unravel all kinds of ten-thousand-year-old conundrums. If so, his value would indeed be immense.
"Now..."
"We'll deliberately spread word to provoke Ling Dongwei. We'll say that Ling Jianxing swallowed the Heaven-Soaring Emperor's essence blood, and that we regard him with the utmost importance."
"We'll also arrange all kinds of special training and improvements for Ling Jianxing, so Ling Dongwei will have to pay an even greater price to trade for him... We'll keep stringing Ling Dongwei along until he goes mad, until he runs wild."
With those words from the family head, Ling Dongchuan, the elders completely understood and said no more...
Since they had gathered around Family Head Ling Dongchuan, they were naturally all people who were deeply dissatisfied with Ling Dongwei.
Naturally, every last one of them wanted to deal with Ling Dongwei.
And so, Ling Dongchuan and the others finalized their plan.
They then announced to the outside world that Ling Jianxing possessed astonishing talent and would soon enter seclusion to cultivate.
As for everyone's mistaken belief that "the family head gave Ling Jianxing a Stairway Token," Ling Dongchuan naturally did not explain. He would simply let them continue misunderstanding; for the time being, he could not reveal that Ling Jianxing had already comprehended the stairway formation.
At the same time, Ling Dongchuan issued another order: "Hunt down the Crescent Moon Lineage. Only by holding his family can we squeeze him dry more effectively."
Elsewhere...
Sikong Jing was taken directly to the nineteenth floor of the Scripture Repository.
This place was still within the Heaven-Soaring Main Hall.
After Sikong Jing entered, the powerful Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family guard who had brought him here said bluntly, "The family head has ordered that you either restore every damaged