Legend of Ling Tian

“Be buried with him?” Tears could be seen in NanGong Yu’s eyes as she coldly laughed, “We don’t even possess the strength to allow Ling Tian to be buried with us! The moment we rush indiscriminately into action, the only thing that will be buried with us is the family that we’ve run for centuries! Second Uncle, this niece begs you to be more realistic! Be patient and endure for a while more. Father’s death will not be in vain!”

“No!” NanGong TianHu burst into a rage, pulling at his hair. Strands of frizzled hair flew all over the place as he painfully replied, “He killed my elder brother! Killed him! I can’t wait even a second longer, I’m going to kill him now! Sacrifice him to my big brother in heaven!” NanGong TianHu’s face contorted into a ferocious expression, and he suddenly grabbed on NanGong Yu’s throat. He started strangling her as he screamed with bloodshot eyes, “NanGong Yu! If you’re going to stop me from avenging my brother’s death, then this old man will first settle you!”

“Cough cough...” NanGong Yu struggled to breathe. Seeing that her uncle did not have any thoughts of placing her down, she could only weakly sputter out, “Ok... If you’re willing to listen to my arrangement, then I can implement the revenge plan against Ling Tian, against the entire Ling Family!”

Peng! TianHu immediately threw her onto the ground, urging, “Hurry, tell me your plan now!”

As NanGong Yu picked herself up, a hint of despair could be seen in her eyes. However, she calmly replied, “Second Uncle, you need to first promise me that in this entire operation you will only listen to my orders. Only then will we even have the slightest chance at succeeding. If you decide to act alone, then I would rather use my authority as the Family Head to dissolve the NanGong Family, then to cause disaster! Or you could kill me now so that at least the NanGong Family will not be annihilated by my own hands!”

NanGong TianHu threw himself onto a chair, breathing heavily. Finally, he directed his ferocious gaze onto his niece, spitting out a long breath, “Say it! I’ll follow all your orders! I only wish for revenge!”

“All along, we’ve been working together with the Ling Family and furthermore have obtained quite the bit of benefit. While we’ve paid a hefty price to do so, we’ve managed to destroy the killer of my third brother, the Yang Family. Without the support from the Ling Family, it would be an impossibility of us to achieve that matter, let alone being able to take over their businesses afterward! We’ve obtained quite a bit in return, does Second Uncle agree to that?” As she spoke, NanGong Yu rubbed her neck. Under the force of NanGong TianHu, there was already a bruise forming.

“So what?” NanGong TianHu blustered, “Just for that little bit of benefit, how could it compare to the life of my brother? He is no longer in this world, so how could having so much benefit amount to?!”

Another hint of sorrow passed through NanGong Yu’s eyes. But upon seeing TianHu gradually compose himself, able to use his brain to think, she relaxed because she knew that she could finally get to him. “The cooperation between the two families is in the end based on benefits, and even in the end, the Ling Family made use of the Yang Family to destroy a large portion of our forces. To that point, we can say that it was our own just desserts since we did not harbor any good intentions. Do you agree with this too?”

NanGong TianHu only snorted as he looked away.

“If it’s just like that, then that would be acceptable. After all, although we’ve sacrificed a lot, we have also benefited equally. NanGong Yu’s eyes were downcast, and it was unknown as to what she was thinking in her heart. However, the words coming out from her mouth were distinct and clear, “But, father just had to attempt to get a share of the profits when Justice was in pursuit of Ling Tian. This could be said to be a little insatiable.” Upon seeing that her uncle was about to leap up, she immediately stretched her hand to gesture to him to sit back down, “I know what father intended. Sky Bearing had already fallen, becoming the land of the Ling Family, and the huge benefits it offered would only benefit the Ling Family. Without Ling Tian, they would not be able to hold onto Sky Bearing for long. Furthermore, because we worked with him before, we understood his strength and accumulations. So long as he died, then with our partnership, we could take over a lot of businesses, and we would then rise to become a first-rate aristocratic family, comparable to the Yu and Xiao Families.”

She then sighed, “I know that you two had this plan, and it was a good plan. Ling Tian escaping on his own, without any support, so long as he died, no one would know who killed him. Thus, so long as we played the part of the pursuers after Ling Tian, we would obtain the most benefits. Father was thinking for the Family, thus even though the plan was a little unscrupulous, it was acceptable.”

“But now, Ling Tian has yet to die, but Father has already met his demise.” NanGong Yu coughed twice, coldly remarking, “This matter was in the first place our fault, and I assume that Ling Tian already has implacable hatred towards us. Our two families are already conflicted with each other, and now my concern is that he will knock on our door at any time for revenge. I’m thinking of how to protect the entire family, the thousands of lives in our family, but Second Uncle you are already thinking of taking revenge?”

“Such a deep hatred, who does not want revenge? However, our opponent is Ling Tian. Do you have any assurance to win?” NanGong Yu looked at her uncle. “You’ve also eaten his techniques before, so I won’t request so much. So long as you have a 30% chance to kill Ling Tian, I’ll mobilize all the family’s strength to take revenge for you! But do you have that 30%? You have to be honest!”

NanGong TianHu angrily grumbled, the flames of hatred in his eyes seemingly about to materialize, but he finally lowered his head in defeat. Forget about 30%, he did not even think of having half a percent chance of dealing with Ling Tian! Even if he wanted a pyrrhic victory, he needed a certain degree of strength. A pity, NanGong TianHu did not possess such strength, and even combining the entire strength of the NanGong Family, they might not even possess that capability!

“Then, do we just forget about this matter? Don’t tell me my big brother, your father... died in vain?” NanGong TianHu lowly spat out. His voice had already begun to tremble, as reality began to sink into him.

“How could we forget it just like this?” NanGong Yu viciously spoke. “If you want to seek revenge, I cannot stop you, and neither can I deal with Ling Tian. However, this doesn’t mean that we cannot deal with the others. For example, Ling Tian’s grandparents, parents, as well as his women!” Upon touching on the topic of ‘his women’, NanGong Yu spat out word for word.

NanGong TianHu’s eyes lit up. “Your meaning is?”

“We’ve had quite a bit of contact with Ling Tian back in Sky Bearing. He cares a lot for his family, as well as his women.” NanGong Yu bit her lips, an icy expression on her face as she spoke, “This is especially so for the one closest to him, the lady called Ling Chen!”

“You’re saying... the maid that serves Ling Tian? How could this be possible?” NanGong TianHu shook his head vigorously. “She’s just a serving maid, and even if Ling Tian dotes on her, there will not be of much use in dealing with her. Instead, we should be planning on how to get rid of Ling Xiao or his mother!”

“Based on the latest news, Ling Tian had left the operations of the Ling Family Courtyard completely to Ling Chen before he fled from Sky Bearing. It could have been that the situation was too dangerous at that time, but the fact is that Ling Chen is the sole controller of the entire place now!”

NanGong Yu continued in a low voice, “This also means that Ling Chen holds all the power of Ling Tian currently. The one that could make Ling Tian do so would definitely be his most trusted and most loved woman! So long as we can kill her, not only will we throw him into a living hell, but we can also cause all their operations to go into chaos. Once chaos rules, then that would be our true revenge plan. Based on this, even if Ling Tian fails to escape from the pursuit or is hunted down by someone else, we would still obtain the lion’s share of the benefits. And those are the items that we most need currently!”

NanGong TianHu sat in silence for what seemed like half a day before he finally understood the nuances behind the plan. He could not help but jump up in excitement. “Ingenious! Truly an ingenious plan!”

NanGong Yu let out a dry smile, a poisonous look within her eyes as she hissed, “The reason why I chose Ling Chen was that no one has seen her act before. In other words, this lowly bitch might not even know any martial arts. Even if she does, it is probably superficial, and for us who are lacking strength currently, this is the best advantage we have.”

“That’s right!” NanGong TianHu’s eyes grew brighter.

“As such, our first objective should be Ling Chen, and only her. We cannot act directly against Ling Tian yet,” NanGong Yu confidently said. “Right now, in addition to lacking the strength to face off against Ling Tian, we still have to watch ourselves for fear of offending Beyond Heavens. We cannot afford to make more enemies!”

“Thus, this matter has to be extremely secretive, and we cannot reveal any clues about us.” NanGong Yu warned, “If not, Ling Tian’s forces will come to look for us, and our family will be finished!”

“Relax. To kill such a small lass, if there was any slip-up, then your second uncle would have lived in vain these few years.” NanGong Tianhu let out a vicious smile. Having learned that not only did his niece want to take revenge, but also had such an intricate plan thought out, he began to feel a little apologetic for his behavior previously, which led to him behaving more mildly.

“We might not be able to relax.” NanGong Yu’s face was heavy as she shook her head. “Since Ling Tian has placed her in charge, there will definitely be outstanding bodyguards around her for protection! This matter may seem simple but it is in fact difficult to achieve. We have to be meticulous in our preparations, covering all loopholes before we take action.”

“That goes without saying!” NanGong TianHu felt some disapproval in this but did not say it.

“For this operation, I’ll go together with Second Uncle!” Pacing around the room, NanGong Yu could not bring herself to relax and lifted up her head to say. “Get the two great deacons and two great elders of our family, as well as the various uncles to work together. Then we’ll choose a few of the strongest disciples we have to carry out this task together. Our only objective is to ensure that the woman is thoroughly killed, without any loopholes for her to exploit!”