When the sun rose the next day, Long Chen was ready to go to the Beitang family with Dongfang Xuanxiao.
Dongfang Xuanxiao had already said that no matter how overboard Long Chen was, he would support Long Chen.
Long Chen understood that Dongfang Xuanxiao had treated him too well, and this made him feel bad. However, he wasn't a hesitant person. This was Yang Lingqing's important matter, and if he didn't handle it well, it might ruin Yang Lingqing's life. Therefore, even if it would cause Dongfang Xuanxiao a lot of trouble, Long Chen still had to go to the Beitang family, and he had to use a more forceful method.
The Dongfang family wasn't too far away from the Beitang family. Soon, Long Chen and Dongfang Xuanxiao arrived at the Beitang family's residence.
Not far from the entrance, some men from the Beitang family saw them and immediately went inside to report their arrival.
After a while, a middle-aged man who was about the same age as Dongfang Xuanfeng walked out and said with a loud and enthusiastic voice, "Brother Xuanxiao, what a rare guest! What a rare guest! Please come in!"
Long Chen squinted his eyes. This man looked very similar to Bei Tang Mo, and he should be Bei Tang Mo's father, the current leader of the Beitang family, Bei Tangming.
To be able to become the leader of the Beitang family, he must have reached the Late Heavenly Core realm, and he must be someone like Dongfang Xuanxiao, whose combat strength was much higher than the nine Great Supreme Elders from the other families.
Under Bei Tangming's lead, Long Chen and Dongfang Xuanxiao arrived at a main hall that was dark green in color.
The few of them sat down, and Long Chen sat next to Dongfang Xuanxiao. He looked around, then looked at Bei Tangming. He felt a little nervous. After all, these people were much stronger than him, and any one of them could easily kill him. It wasn't hard to imagine how difficult it would be for Long Chen to handle Yang Lingqing's matter in this group of people.
After noticing Long Chen's gaze, Bei Tangming asked someone to pour tea for him and asked with a smile, "This is my godson, Long Chen.
He just passed the inner family selection not long ago. I believe brother Bei has heard of him before, "Dongfang Xuanxiao said indifferently.
"Of course, Long Chen's name is quite well-known these days. All the juniors in my family are talking about him. I heard that he even defeated the guy who claimed to be the number one genius from the other families, and he's only at the Early Earth Core realm."
"That's true. But speaking of which, Long Chen and brother Bei have some other relationship." Dongfang Xuanxiao stared at Bei Tangming with an expressionless face, and no one could tell what he was thinking.
"I know. I adopted a daughter a few days ago, and her name is Yang Lingqing. She has a rare Mystical Yin Body, and I heard she's Long Chen's cousin. I'll ask someone to bring Yang Lingqing here so you can meet her."
Bei Tangming had a smile on his face, but when he saw Long Chen and Dongfang Xuanxiao's strange expressions, he had a bad feeling in his heart. However, when he remembered that this was Yang Lingqing's business, and Dongfang Xuanxiao couldn't do anything about it, he felt relieved.
After that, someone went to call Yang Lingqing. As for Bei Tangming, he was very interested in Long Chen. When he was chatting with Dongfang Xuanxiao, he would always bring the topic of Long Chen to Long Chen, and he would even ask about his well-being.
"This old fox is really hard to deal with."
Long Chen's expression was in agreement with Beitang Ming's words, but his heart was actually very cold, "Little Qing is just a weak little girl. Under this old fox's coercion, how can she resist?"
Therefore, he had to solve this matter.
At this moment, Yang Lingqing's energetic figure walked into the hall. She saw Long Chen at first glance, and her eyes were filled with surprise. However, it was soon replaced by doubt and worry. She had just met Long Chen yesterday, so why was Long Chen here today?
"Qing 'er, Mo' er, come and sit here."
Bei Tangming smiled and greeted the two who had just entered.
Behind Yang Lingqing, Bei Tang Mo was following behind Yang Lingqing with a cold expression. As soon as he entered the hall, he looked at Long Chen with a surprised expression.
The first time he saw Long Chen, it was in the underground city of the Red Blood Holy Church. At that time, Long Chen was only at the Late Mortal Core realm, but he had already killed an early Earth Core warrior. Now, Long Chen had broken through to the Earth Core realm, and he had even defeated Jin Sheng 'en who was at the Early Mortal Core realm.
This immediately made Bei Tang Mo have a whole new level of respect for that inconspicuous young man.
Under Bei Tangming's arrangement, Yang Lingqing and Bei Tang Mo sat down obediently with different thoughts in their minds.
Long Chen's heart was filled with anger, because he saw that Yang Lingqing's eyes were red and swollen. This meant that she had been crying.
Thinking about how much mental torture his sister had gone through, Long Chen felt like his heart was being pierced by a knife. At the same time, his ruthlessness was slowly growing.
"You two siblings have just met, why are you acting so distant? Haha, don't mind us elders, let's have a good chat." Bei Tangming said with a smile. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
While Bei Tangming was still drinking his tea, Long Chen suddenly looked at him and said in a cold voice, "Senior Bei Tang, I heard that Bei Tang Mo is going to marry Ling Qing, and he has already sent betrothal gifts to my family."
When Bei Tangming and Bei Tang Mo heard this, they didn't think much of it. However, Yang Lingqing's body trembled. In her eyes, it was as if a painful matter had suddenly been exposed. She looked at Long Chen helplessly.
"Haha, Long Chen, I was just about to tell you about this. My Mo 'er and Qing' er are in love, and they have already decided last night to hold a grand wedding on the seventh day of next month."
As he spoke, he looked at Yang Lingqing with a hint of reproach. "Qing 'er, you're really something. You were so focused on informing your family that you forgot about your brother."
"I … I forgot …" Yang Lingqing's heart was in a mess, especially when she saw Long Chen's eyes turn colder and colder.
At this moment, everyone except for Dongfang Xuanxiao was shocked when Long Chen smashed the table beside him. He stood up and stared coldly at Bei Tangming.
"Long Chen, what are you doing?" Bei Tang Mo frowned and said coldly.
Here, Long Chen's target was not Bei Tang Mo, but Bei Tangming. Under Bei Tangming's surprised gaze, he said coldly, "Falling in love? What a good 'falling in love'. Senior Bei Tang thinks that falling in love is because you used your power and strength to pressure my younger sister and force her to marry your son."
Long Chen's sudden and illogical move caused Bei Tangming and Bei Tang Mo to be stunned. Yang Lingqing was even more shocked. The longer she stayed in the inner tribe, the more she knew how powerful the inner tribe was. Long Chen's move was undoubtedly digging his own grave.
"Nonsense."
Bei Tangming's expression turned gloomy. He looked at Dongfang Xuanxiao immediately. If it wasn't for Dongfang Xuanxiao, Long Chen would be an ant that he could kill with a single slap. Long Chen wouldn't even have the right to be arrogant in front of him.
When Bei Tangming saw that Dongfang Xuanxiao was still drinking his tea without any expression, he knew that Dongfang Xuanxiao had tacitly agreed to all of this.
"Is there something wrong with this Xuanxiao's brain? He doesn't give me any face at all. This is too infuriating." Bei Tangming's anger gradually grew.
To him, it was a great humiliation for a brat to question him in the main hall. However, Dongfang Xuanxiao had tacitly agreed to it. This humiliation caused Bei Tangming to look at Long Chen with killing intent in his eyes.
"How am I talking nonsense? Ling Qing, come over here." Long Chen didn't seem to have any intention of backing down. He continued to look at Bei Tangming with cold eyes.
Yang Lingqing's mind was blank. She only felt that Long Chen's performance was too shocking. When Long Chen called her name, she subconsciously leaned towards Long Chen.
"Ling Qing, what are you doing?" Bei Tang Mo's cold voice caused Yang Lingqing to tremble in fear. She stopped in her tracks.
"Trust me. Come over here. Big Brother will guarantee that you'll be fine."
While Yang Lingqing was in a dilemma, Long Chen looked at her with a serious expression and said something that made Yang Lingqing feel safe.
Ever since Long Chen saved her several times, she had developed a blind reliance on him. Therefore, she gritted her teeth and walked to Long Chen's side under Bei Tang Mo's cold gaze.
"Big Brother … what should I do?" Yang Lingqing's eyes were brimming with tears.
"I'm confident. Don't look down on me. Just do as I say and it'll be fine."
He reached out and hugged Yang Lingqing's shoulders. To his surprise, Long Chen realized that she had slimmed down. That made sense. She was a weakling in the Lingwu Inner Tribe. Why didn't she slim down?
No elder brother would allow his younger sister to be bullied by others. Long Chen should have known that Ling Qing wasn't doing well, but after entering the inner tribe, he had been delayed by other matters, which prevented him from taking care of her immediately. Long Chen knew that this was his fault.
"Mm …" Yang Lingqing nodded with tears in her eyes. If it wasn't for the fact that Long Chen had given her so much confidence and protection, she would never have stood on Long Chen's side at such a critical moment.
"Qing 'er, what are you doing? Have you forgotten what I said to you?" At this moment, Bei Tangming's face was gloomy. His words were filled with killing intent.
"Don't scare my little sister. Senior Bei Tangming, you've lived for so long. Don't you know that a melon that's forcefully picked won't be sweet? Ling Qing is unwilling. As her godfather, it's fine if you don't take good care of her. What right do you have to force her to marry your son?" Long Chen was neither servile nor overbearing as he confronted Bei Tangming.
In fact, entering the inner tribe and being forced to marry the younger generation of the inner tribe was a tradition of the Lingwu family. However, Long Chen didn't believe that he would be bound by this tradition. Could it be that he would have to marry the daughter of the Dongfang family because of the elder's order? At the very least, Long Chen was against it.
Being questioned by Long Chen like this, Bei Tangming couldn't keep his face any longer. At this moment, he couldn't hold it in anymore and released a powerful burst of True Qi. He looked at Dongfang Xuanxiao coldly and growled, "Dongfang Xuanxiao, what do you mean? Just say it. If you don't like me, Bei Tangming, don't use a junior to shout in front of me. If you have the guts, just say it."