Chapter 500 - 496: Blacklist
So that’s how it is!
Ling Chen nodded to himself. Just a few days ago, he was evaluating Ling Gengqiu as a winner in life, having toyed with so many women throughout his days. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be his own ancestor, a transformation that was truly bewildering.
"What happened afterwards?"
"When Ling Gengqiu was alive, due to his indiscretions, he brought great shame to the Ling Family and caused a lot of trouble, which severely impacted them. Consequently, the Ling Family took a dim view of his descendants. Imagine, a child who’s lost his parents and is all alone, growing up in such an environment, surrounded by cold eyes and subjected to people’s scorn daily. If you were in his shoes, how long do you think you could endure? Therefore, it wasn’t easy for our lineage... your lineage to survive."
After a pause, the man in the suit continued: "Although the Ling Family has a martial arts heritage, as times progressed, the martial arts tradition gradually declined, and the Ling Family decided to abandon martial arts in favor of business. Fortunately, with their vast family fortune and rich heritage, it took them less than fifty years to build a business empire, becoming the wealthiest in the south, at the pinnacle of their power."
"No wonder I didn’t see any members of the Ling Family at the Heavenly Mechanism Great Ceremony this time."
"No, you’re wrong. It’s not that they don’t participate, but that they disdain to do so. Even though the Ling Family has shifted from martial arts to business, they haven’t completely forsaken martial arts. Also, the Heavenly Mechanism Great Ceremony is just a grand event for the masters on the Dragon and Tiger List."
Hearing this, Ling Chen was taken aback. The implication was clear—the Ling Family didn’t participate in the Heavenly Mechanism Great Ceremony because they had already surpassed the Dragon and Tiger List in strength.