"Who is harder to deal with? Him or Lan Yu?"
"Of course it is Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao has many enemies, both within the Federation and outside the Federation. Many people want to get rid of him because he has ruined the future of everyone in his generation. They will jump at any mistake he makes and attack him together. No matter how powerful Ling Xiao is, he can't fight with everyone. He will be dead."
"Moreover, the First Marshal is now old. Ling Xiao, on the other hand, is at the prime of his age. Yet, he still hadn't reached the peak of his career. Everyone can tell who they should place their focus on. Once Ling Xiao gains enough power to control the Huaxia Federation… he might be even able to control the entire interstellar zone." The mastermind scoffed. His gaze turned vicious. "We can't allow that. We must kill Ling Xiao."
"So the target for this mission isn't the First Marshal but Ling Xiao?" The assistant was enlightened. At first, he was a little confused over the mastermind's actions. He couldn't understand why he didn't continue with the plan as it wasn't his style to retreat.
"Yes. I need to know what Ling Xiao's ultimate fatal weakness is." The mastermind smiled. He seemed to have found his answer to his question."What is it?" When the assistant noticed that smile, he knew he could ask the question.
In response to the question, the mastermind glared at him coldly. The assistant knew that he had asked something he shouldn't have. His expression changed. He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. He didn't dare to make a sound.
"You should be aware of what you can ask and what you can't. Don't be like those people before you. You know how they died," the mastermind said calmly.
"Yes!" The assistant lowered his head and replied. His master was friendly most of the time but once someone overstepped their boundary, he would punish them without the slightest hesitation. The people who used to be in his position disappeared because they had spoken out of line.
Just now, he almost peed in his pants. Fortunately, his question hadn't not cross his master's bottomline. If not, he would have been killed already.
Three days passed quickly. The challenge between the Lan family and the Ling family came to an end.
Lan Rong didn't summon the domain realm masters from his family to fight in the challenge. He only sent those who reached the optimal peak of Qi-Jin, including himself. As for Luo Lang, he walked to the arena alone. In the end, the Lan family lost. Everyone thought that the Lan family would be furious but instead, Lan Rong dragged Lan Jin along and apologised to Luo Lang.Lan Jin was unwilling to apologise but he knew he couldn't resist his elder brother's orders. Otherwise, he would not have a day of peace in the Lan household so he gritted his teeth and apologised.
As for the highly anticipated Lan Ying, he didn't even appear near the arena. This showed the Lan family's attitude. It was as though this battle had nothing to do with the Lan family. To them, this challenge was just a personal feud of Lan Rong and Lan Jin.
Plus, since Ling Lan also didn't appear, it meant that this challenge also had nothing to do with the Ling family.
The people who were waiting for a good show were disappointed. They hoped that a grudge between the two families would form through this fight but the actual fight never started. This matter just turned into a heroic act of Luo Lang protecting the honour of his idol, Ling Xiao.
Of course, those people were unwilling to end the matter in such an anticlimactic manner so in the end, the stupid Lan Jin was coerced by those people into ambushing Luo Lang and his friends. He brought some people along with him but in the end, he was beaten up badly by Li Yingjie. He felt extremely embarrassed.
These were all small matters, gossips that people talked about after a meal. No big issues arose from this.
The Lan family had many connections in the military but they were all controlled by Mistress Lan. If she didn't want to move, Lan Jin couldn't do anything to Li Yingjie and his friends.
Plus, even if he did, the Li family would retaliate in turn. Although the Li family wasn't as powerful as the Lan family in the military, handling such matters were still easy for them.
However, there were still some problems that arose from the altercation. With the deliberate 'help' from certain people, Luo Lang and his friends' names became more famous than the Ling family and the Lan family's names.
Since they were under Ling Lan, the public would compliment her too, and the overall reputation of the Ling family rose.
On the other hand, the reputation of the Lan family dropped. There was even a rumor that the people from the Lan family dared to humiliate General Ling Xiao because he and the First Marshal had a falling out.
Ling Lan never went out of her room but the rumor still reached her ears.
"It is no surprise that everyone hopes the Ling family and the Lan family will become enemies." Ling Lan smiled when she heard the rumor from Li Yingjie.
"Lan Jin is stupid but Lan Rong is not. He expressed the attitude of the Lan family immediately after the challenge." Luo Lang's eyes were calm. "The Lan family doesn't want to fall out with the Ling family."
"The other factions hoped that we would fall out so that they could benefit from it." Xie Yi seemed disgusted with the acts of their enemies. "I don't understand. Why can't we work together to fight with our public enemies like the Twilight Empire? What's the point of calculating against each other?"
"The three great marshals were created to prevent dictatorship. However, there are cons too when creating three such powerful figures. No one wants to be the person being suppressed. No one wants to become the incompetent one. All three marshals want to control the Federation so that he can run according to his will. As long as the true leader hasn't been decided, this fight will continue."
"Our Federation has always been in an internal conflict," Ling Lan sighed.
"Since they can't get what they want, they wouldn't stop, right?." Gu Dongyang asked seriously.
"Definitely. As long as we are on Planet General, they will continue to butt heads against us," Ling Lan replied indifferently.
"They are now waiting for us to jump into their trap during the conference." Luo Lang remembered the news Gu Dongyang brought. The other party had made ample preparations within these three days.
"What do we do now?" Li Yingjie scratched his head. Because of a certain someone, he was traumatized of scheming now.
"What do we do? We will just wait and see." Ling Lan was composed.
She had completed her task. It's time to see if her father was capable enough to hold the end of his deal.
