236: Occupying the West Garden exclusively, arrogant?

"What secret?"

Lin Qingyun asked, puzzled.

"Actually, True Person Xiao's Origin injuries have already been healed. Based on a Golden Core True Person's thousand-year Lifespan, he can still live for over a hundred more years."

"Really!!"

Lin Qingyun stood up abruptly, his expression extremely serious.

This matter was of great consequence, enough to affect the future life and death of the entire Lin Family.

If True Person Xiao did not die, the Red Pine Sect would continue to exist, and all the backup plans he had prepared for the Lin Family would become void.

The entire Family strategy would have to change, and how the Family would survive in the Sect after his death would also need to be rearranged.

However, how could Liu Xuan possibly know about this? Why would Xiao Changfeng tell him? Lin Qingyun felt it was unlikely.

Xiao Changfeng's Origin damage had been confirmed by a Third-Rank Alchemist of the Heavenly Sword Sect; it hadn't been healed for hundreds of years, so why would it suddenly be healed now?

Even if Liu Xuan had heard it from Xiao Changfeng himself, Lin Qingyun still had to suspect whether Xiao Changfeng was deceiving Liu Xuan.

"Grandmaster is a good person; he shouldn't be lying to me, and he has no reason to lie to me."

"Anyway, just treat it as an extra possibility, prepare in advance, and you will naturally know the truth in twenty years."

The Sect was now in Liu Xuan's grasp, and the Lin Family was also a part of the Sect. He was giving his Revered Master a heads-up in advance to avoid accidentally harming his own people when the time came.

Recalling Xiao Changfeng's unusual behavior over the years, Lin Qingyun felt that Liu Xuan's news was not entirely impossible.

Realizing this, he hurriedly said goodbye and returned to the Sect, presumably to arrange Family affairs.

...

One month after the ceremony.

The cloud-breaking flying boat hovered above the Jingxin Courtyard, and many people were moving things onto it.

Bags and packages were being moved up. The items were miscellaneous, just like moving house.

That's right! They were indeed moving house.

A few days ago, Liu Xuan had rarely held a Family meeting to inform everyone that the focus of future development would gradually shift to the Sect, instructing everyone to slowly transfer the affairs in their hands to trusted subordinates.

There was no rush; it could be done slowly. The first to return to the Sect were the Concubines who were currently pregnant, as well as those Concubines who had no duties or power at White Crane Lake.

The most important among them was Xiao Ran. Liu Xuan arranged for her to return to the Sect to take over the Xiao Family, as the first step for the Liu Family to replace the Xiao Family.

He himself would also follow and live in the Sect for a while to pave the way for Xiao Ran.

With True Person Xiao as his trump card, he could do whatever he wanted in the Sect; there was no need to hold on to this White Crane Lake anymore.

Once the children grew up, he could just send someone over to hold the fort. The main goal of the Family for the next period was to replace the Red Pine Sect.

"Husband, we can set off now!"

Xiao Ran walked into the room on the cloud-breaking flying boat.

Liu Xuan swept his Divine Sense, and the situation on the entire Flying Boat clearly emerged in his mind.

The number of Concubines returning to the Sect with Xiao Ran was actually not large, totaling thirteen, seven of whom were pregnant and waiting to give birth.

Liu Xuan hadn't been clear at the Family meeting, and these Concubines on the island all had some interests in the Merchant Alliance to varying degrees, so naturally, few were willing to return.

Liu Xuan didn't care about this. The key to controlling the Sect was always the children. If the children hadn't grown up, there was no need to rush; taking it slowly was the same.

Moving everyone back to the Sect all at once would instead arouse suspicion and add unnecessary trouble.

"Let's go!"

At Liu Xuan's command, the Flying Boat slowly took off and flew towards the Sect.

Half an hour later.

The Flying Boat did not stop at the Dual Cultivation Hall at the foot of the mountain but flew directly towards the top of the mountain.

Finally, it stopped about one hundred meters from the mountain top platform. Below was a continuous stretch of courtyards, pavilions, and palaces...

The ancestral grounds of the Xiao Family!

Liu Xuan had only seen it from afar before; this was his first time entering.

The Red Pine Sect could generally be divided into three parts: the Outer Sect at the foot of the mountain, the Inner Sect at the mountainside, and the ancestral grounds of the Xiao Family at the top of the mountain.

The ancestral grounds of the Xiao Family did not directly participate in Sect affairs, but most of them held important positions in the Inner Sect; this could be considered the central compound for high-ranking officials.

With hundreds of years of development, the Xiao Family actually had a large population. There were no less than hundreds of thousands of people with a Bloodline connection to Xiao Changfeng, perhaps even more.

However, most of these people did not live on the mountain top but in Red Pine City or the surrounding counties and market towns.

High-level Cultivators found it difficult to conceive and were not keen on having offspring; it was always those with poor talent who spread their branches and leaves.

As the Bloodline continued to dilute, only a few of these descendants had Spiritual Roots. Staying on the mountain top was a waste of resources, so they could only be scattered in various places to make contributions to the main branch.

Of course! These Xiao Family branch members lived much more comfortably than ordinary people and could more or less share in the benefits brought by the Family.

If a child with good talent emerged among them, it was easier for them to enter the Sect than others. Once they achieved something, they would still have the opportunity to enter the main branch's ancestral grounds.

"Xiao Ran is back!"

"Welcome, Old Ancestor!"

Xiao Ran had successfully achieved Foundation Establishment, so even though she was young, the people in the Family still had to address her as Old Ancestor.

Except for direct elders and close relatives, others could not be an exception even if they had higher seniority.

"No need for formalities!"

Xiao Ran waved her hand and threw out a token. "This is the True Person token. The West Courtyard has been assigned to me. You must clear the place out for me as soon as possible!"

The entire ancestral grounds were divided into four courtyards: East, South, West, and North. Xiao Mingcheng occupied the East Courtyard, Su Wan occupied the South Courtyard, and the West Courtyard and North Courtyard had always been allocated to other clan elders.

"We obey!"

A Qi Refining Perfection elder at the head asked respectfully: "May I ask how many clansmen you need to arrange to take care of the West Courtyard for you?"

"You don't need to take care of it, just clear it out!"

"This..."

The complexions of the Xiao Family members changed instantly. If they didn't need them to take care of it, where would they live?

They couldn't all move to the North Courtyard, could they?

Even Xiao Mingcheng's East Courtyard and Su Wan's South Courtyard were not occupied by them alone; there were also a host of their trusted Xiao Family subordinates living inside.

It was fine for Xiao Ran to occupy the West Courtyard, but driving everyone away was unreasonable. Everyone cast their eyes on Liu Xuan's Concubines and children on the Flying Boat.

"What?"

"Is there a problem?"

Xiao Ran's tone changed, and her Foundation Establishment aura was revealed. Everyone felt a suppression in their hearts and found it difficult to breathe.

"No problem! We will handle it immediately. It's just that there are many people in the West Courtyard, so you might have to wait a little longer."

Xiao Ran waved her hand. "I'll give you one day!"

"Yes!"

A group of clan elders bowed respectfully and went to handle the matter.

After everyone left, Xiao Ran brought the people from the Flying Boat down to the main hall of the West Courtyard, and some servants began to settle into their accommodations.

"Husband, driving the clansmen away to exclusively possess the West Courtyard is against the rules. They will definitely go to my grandfather to complain. When that time comes..."

"Aren't we being a bit too arrogant?"

This matter just now was not Xiao Ran's own idea, but instigated by Liu Xuan. She knew her grandfather's personality; there would inevitably be a scolding later.

No matter how favored Liu Xuan was, he was not as important as these clansmen on the mountain. Arranging Concubines and children into the West Courtyard and snatching territory from the Xiao Family members was really going too far!

"Don't worry!"

"I have a plan in mind. Just wait patiently."