Secrets of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Imperial Family

Chapter 140 Secrets of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Imperial Family To be honest, Xiao Lin had initially considered that since he was unfamiliar with the place and was sitting in the seat of so many Dou Zong at the Founding Ceremony of the Heavenly Serpent Empire, some ignorant person might provoke him, and then he would show off and be humiliated.

After all, in Xiao Lin's view, this was standard procedure!

However, to his relief, none of these were true!

Apart from a few minor complaints from a certain Dou Zong at the beginning, no one dared to have any further objections to him after they learned that he came from the Jia Nan Academy.

Just kidding, Jia Nan Academy and the Heavenly Serpent Empire are both considered the dominant forces in the Northwest Continent!

Even though Jia Nan Academy's prestige has declined somewhat in recent years due to the long-term absence of its Dean, Mang Tianchi, it is still not something that these top-tier empires and sects can easily challenge.

Moreover, since Jia Nan Academy is an academy-type power, it naturally won't have any conflicts with these first-class empires and sects.

Furthermore, some members of these top-tier empires and sects are even studying at the Jia Nan Academy.

Therefore, unlike those outlaws who roam the Black-Corner Region, the first-class empires and sects on the Northwest Continent would naturally not choose to foolishly offend Jia Nan Academy.

This does them no good!

Therefore, Xiao Lin did not pay much attention to the discussions between these Dou Zong and Jia Nan Academy.

They like to discuss things, but it has nothing to do with them.

Xiao Lin wasn't so domineering as to forbid others from discussing him.

Just as Xiao Lin was sipping his wine and waiting for the Founding Ceremony of the Heavenly Serpent Empire to officially begin, someone who had been observing him spoke up.

The person directly opposite Xiao Lin was none other than the current lord of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion — Golden Snake!

"Mr. Lin, I've heard so much about you."

The moment the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master spoke, Xiao Lin's lips twitched involuntarily.

I've long admired your name.

I've heard so much about you, my foot!

His name was fake, and he didn't recognize a single person at the Founding Ceremony held by the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

Who would have heard so much about him?

That's utter nonsense!

However, Xiao Lin also knew that this was just a polite remark from the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master.

"Lord Golden Snake, you are too kind. Heavenly Serpent Mansion is the strongest force in the entire Heavenly Serpent Empire and controls a Spatial Wormhole. I have long admired your name."

They'll compliment each other, he'll do that too, right?

Of course, compared to that, Xiao Lin's words are much more credible.

The Lord of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Golden Snake, was a name that, throughout the entire Northwest Continent, was at least more famous than that of "Lin Xiao".

This name is more widely known.

Xiao Lin had already seen through the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, Golden Snake, the moment he met Dou Qi.

Eight-Star Dou Zong, the same as his current cultivation level.

During this Founding Ceremony, the three people with the highest Dou Qi cultivation are Xiao Lin, Jin Golden Snake, the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, and Heavenly Serpent, the Heavenly Serpent Emperor, who deliberately concealed his cultivation level!

Their exposed cultivation levels were all at the Eight-Star Dou Zong, the highest among the 30 or so Dou Zong present.

The rest of the Dou Zong were either mid-level or low-level.

In the Northwest Continent, the strongest members of first-rate empires and sects are generally only Mid-Stage Dou Zong.

As for Golden Snake, the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, Xiao Lin's impression of him was neither good nor bad.

Compared to the ambiguous attitude of the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family towards him, Xiao Lin felt more comfortable with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's polite yet subtly distant attitude.

Because this at least proves that the other party wasn't secretly plotting against him.

Regardless of how the people of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion conduct themselves in daily life, Xiao Lin's favorability towards them already surpasses that towards the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family in this respect.

At this moment, as the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, Golden Snake, greeted and chatted with Xiao Lin, his mind naturally recalled the information Jia Nan Academy had about the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

The Heavenly Serpent Mansion, as its name suggests, has some connection with the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that there's a Heavenly Serpent Empire and a Heavenly Serpent Mansion?

As you may know, the strongest sect in the Jia Ma Empire is called the Misty Cloud Sect.

This clearly indicates that they have no connection with the Jia Ma Empire.

The same situation applies to the Cloud Empire, where the strongest sect is called the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.

Therefore, it's obvious without even looking that there's an inextricable and complicated relationship between the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

And according to an investigation by the Jia Nan Academy's intelligence system, this is indeed the case!

Legend has it that 800 years ago, the first master of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the first emperor of the Heavenly Serpent Empire were fellow disciples.

The two brothers joined forces and conquered the vast territory of the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

Finally, the senior disciple established the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, while the junior disciple became the ruler of the Heavenly Serpent Empire, eventually giving rise to the Imperial Family bloodline of the Heavenly Serpent Empire.

It can be said that the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion were originally of the same lineage.

However, as time went by, after the passing of these two fellow disciples, conflicts naturally began to arise between the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family.

The Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family wanted to completely unify the entire Heavenly Serpent Empire, but the Heavenly Serpent Mansion naturally could not do as they wished.

Furthermore, in subsequent developments, the strength of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion gradually surpassed that of the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family!

In this way, it becomes even more impossible for the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family to control the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

Seeing that its strength had completely surpassed that of the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was even less likely to willingly submit to the Imperial Family rule.

Over time, the brotherhood between the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family has long since faded, and instead, the conflicts between them have deepened!

Centuries later, the conflict between the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family has reached a critical point.

All that's needed is a trigger for this conflict to fully erupt!

If nothing unexpected happens, this opportunity will be this Founding Ceremony.

It is precisely because of this relationship between the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family that their internal systems appear so similar.

For example, the members of the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family are determined by the principle of Heaven, Earth, Mystic, Yellow, with the strongest four ultimately succeeding to the throne as the Heavenly Serpent Heavenly Serpent Emperor.

Similarly, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion selected its five strongest individuals based on the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Ultimately, the Golden Snake became the new Lord of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.

This is also why the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family and the Dou Zong of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion all have such similar titles.

However, judging from the Original Work, the conflict between the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family should ultimately have ended with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion emerging victorious.

Then the Heavenly Serpent Imperial Family became completely puppets of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.