Chapter 77 (2/2)

“Lingwu Family is one among the two powers within Yuanling County. The reason for that was due to an advantage over Yuandi City’s Beast Spirit Palace. As a result, Lingwu City became Yuanling City’s Castle. It has already been a hundred years since then.”

Gan Lin laughed and then continued, “To enter Beast Spirit Palace is to walk an elite route. Our Lingwu Family’s people are at least 10 times more than their numbers. I recall that we all together have more than 20 thousand. Among them, approximately 2000 people are the inner members of the Lingwu Family. We are members of the Outer Faction, a factional division that is split into as red, orange, yellow, green, azure, blue, purple, silver and gold. ”

“Every clan has approximately 2000 Outer Faction members. However, the first thing you all should know is that even though the number of people within the Green Faction and the Inner Factions is about the same, only the Inner Clans are truly the members of the Lingwu Family. You are Lingwu Family’s Outer Factions’ members. You must first understand that the most important thing is that we are just like the Lingwu Family’s hired thug, their subordinates. Therefore, we must not get into a conflict with them, or else, even if you die, no one will pity you!”

After saying this, Gan Lin’s gaze became gloomy and cold. Long Chen and the rest shuddered. Hearing the word “subordinate”, Long Chen’s brows furrowed. He then inquired, “In other words, whatever they say, we have to do that, even if they want us to directly court our death?”

Gan Lin indifferently said, “You must not be too pessimistic. The Lingwu Family’s Outer Faction is capable of growing to this extent while we haven’t rebelled. This can only explain that the Inner Factions treats the Outer Factions well. Of course, you’re still not allowed to get into conflict with the Inner Factions’ members. Think about this, even in an ordinary family, a subordinate would not dare to go against his master, would he?”

Long Chen came to understand that the Inner Factions are all masters and that the Outer Factions, however, are just their subordinates. Originally, Long Chen was not very convinced in his heart. But, once he thought that the Lingwu family was the only platform for him to rapidly improve himself and that his current strength was the lowest…

“The Lingwu Family, having this kind of ma.s.sive strength, makes me their subordinate. It still will give me some face. Besides, from what Gan Lin has said, so long as I am obedient and make many contributions, the benefits would not be lacking. I’m ready to give and take so why would I fear this Inner Faction?”

At this time, Gan Lin swept his eyes all over them; within his eyes was a look of veneration. He said, “What I said just now was not to out of any desire to arouse any hostility between you and the Inner Faction. To tell you the truth, although the number of Inner Faction members and the Green Faction members are more or less equal, their total strength is much greater when compared with the overall strength of the 9 Outer Factions! ”

“In one way, the Inner Faction can be considered as the Outer Factions’ protector. We handle the Inner Factions’ work on their behalf and the Inner Faction gives us sufficient resources and a strong back-up. We are like the vines and they are like a tree trunk; vines without the support of a tree trunk can only collapse weakly onto the ground.”

“Of course, if someone displays extraordinary talent, perhaps you will have an opportunity to be directly recruited to the Inner Faction. It has happened in the past.”

When it came to the last point, Gan Lin’s focused on Long Chen.

In his view, Long Chen is the person with most promising talent among these 5 people. But, the thought of the extremely harsh requirements, Gan Lin could only smile helplessly.

Long Chen was still very interested in entering the Inner Faction. Promptly, he asked, “Senior Gan, I wonder, what kind of talent can then be considered as an overpowering one?”

With a wry smile, Gan Lin said, “I too, am unclear about this, but…there are countless youngsters within the Outer Faction. Every year the number of people who undertake the tests to enter the Inner Faction can be counted on your fingers. Can you imagine, at your age, being on the border of the Earth Dan realm?”

Long Chen was momentarily speechless after hearing it.

“At my age, Earth Dan Realm….Within the Lingwu Family, how many such monsters exist? Within the Poplar Town, I was known as an exceptional talent, however, over here, I’m worse than a fart!”

With this immense pressure, he did not feel disheartened by it but rather, it became his motivation and pa.s.sion. Thinking about himself, being within the Lingwu Family and skyrocketing through the levels, Long Chen was filled with fighting spirit.

Seeing a slight burning expression on Long Chen, Gan Lin was just about to pour cold water on his dreams, but then he thought, “Let it be, I will not strike him down at this time. In the future, after he has been with the Lingwu Family for a long time, automatically he will come to know that some things simply cannot be accomplished only with willpower…”

He remembered that, in those days in the past, he too was the same; he did not know how high the heavens were and how deep the earth was. He thought that he could enter the Inner Faction, in the end he repeatedly encountered with setbacks unceasingly. After getting seriously injured, he gathered his focus and concentrated on cultivation.

“Ah, it really is wonderful being a youth…”

Gan Lin’s expression turned rueful. It was not that Long Chen didn’t understand what he meant, but he was not underestimated, people come knock him down quickly.

Gan Lin continued, “For the time being, I will not tell you about the Inner Factions’ power. Among the 9 Great Outer Factions, each faction has a leader, and we address them as Grand Elder. Below the Green Faction’s Grand Elder are the 8 Great Elders, they respectively administer the Green Faction’s 8 branches. Our Green Sun Branch is administered by one such Great Elder and his name is Liu Yuan. Under Great Elder Liu, we have 5 enforcers in our Green Sun Branch. These 5 Enforcers are responsible for approximately 50 people each. We are under the jurisdiction of Enforcer Liu. Do you understand the system I just told you?”

Gan Lin spoke very systematically. How could Long Chen and the rest not understand?

With such a regimented hierarchy, it made Long Chen’s scalp feel numb. In this intricate system, he had the constant feeling that there were countless people who could oppress him!

This kind of feeling put him in a bad mood. But, the fact of the matter was that he simply did not have the strength to rebel.

Before Long Chen and the rest could digest the information completely, Gan Lin continued. “Our current ident.i.ty is known as disciple grades. The warriors in the Dragon Pulse Realm are known as Fourth Grade Disciples. When you enter the Human Dan Realm, you become a Third Grade Disciple. If you achieve the Human Dan Realm’s Initial Mastery Stage, then you will become a Second Grade Disciple. And finally, when you reach the Human Dan Realm Perfect Mastery Stage, you will become a First Grade Disciple, which is my current rank. Once you enter the Earth Dan Realm you are considered to be a formal supervisor with a profound cultivation within the Lingwu Family, which will give you the qualifications to become an Enforcer within the Outer Faction! ”

“Our Green Sun Branch’s strength is much weaker compared to other branches in the Outer Faction. Among Enforcer Liu’s people, there are less than 10 First-Grade Disciples and experts at the Earth Dan Realm. Including Enforcer Liu, there are only four.”

Long Chen asked, “Senior Gan, I would like to know, why is there a differentiation among ranks for disciples?”

Gan Lin sent Long Chen an approving look, and said, “What I am about to tell you is related to that and is what you are ultimately going to do in the Lingwu Family!”