Upon hearing this, all four Family Heads fell silent, for a mont they truly didn't know what to say.
Ye Ling tapped his slender fingers against the table, looking at them with so astonishnt, "What, can't you even answer this question?"
Family Head Lu spread his hands with a wry smile, "The joke that the Northern Liao King has made is truly terrifying. How could we possibly seek soone out to kill you? It must be a misunderstanding!"
In his heart, Family Head Lu cursed the Life After Church thoroughly; in front of them, they were all bluster, quick to take money for murder, extortion, and blackmail.
But when it ca to dealing with Ye Ling, they couldn't kill even a single person, and instead, they got caught, causing two of their own to lose their lives, and now they'd dragged them into this ss.
Pah, useless!
In truth, it wasn't entirely the fault of the people from the Life After Church, after all, not many knew that Ye Ling's martial strength had already entered the Imperial Path realm.
In a situation where even king-level fighters were rare, who would have thought that Ye Ling, so young, had already reached such a lofty realm?
Ye Jiu shook his head with amusent, saying, "The two n who ca before confessed that it was you who sent soone to assassinate our lord, and now you play dumb, pretending not to know?"
"Our lord has not pursued your culpability as a favor. Now, you find it difficult to disclose the sect where the assassins ca from. What, are you possibly intending to take the place of those two assassins and bear our lord's wrath?"
The faces of Family Head Song and the others suddenly turned pale with shock!
If Ye Ling really redirected his wrath at them, they would face serious trouble.
After all, it is every man for himself, and the Life After Church has just had bad luck.
Family Head Lu quickly spoke up, "The four major families definitely don't have the guts to send soone to assassinate the Northern Liao King, but besides the four major families, in our northern reaches, only Life After Church has the strength to dispatch two king-level fighters. Perhaps the Northern Liao King might want to investigate in this direction!"
Chen Dao and the other two couldn't help but silently scorn him for so readily betraying his allies.
Hearing these sneers, the complexions of the family heads flushed red with sha.
But they can't be blad, who would dare to stand up against a freak like Ye Ling?
"Life After Church?"
Ye Ling repeated lowly, then turned to Chen Feng, "Go and check out what exactly this Life After Church is about."
Chen Feng left to carry out the order.
The family heads inwardly groaned, not expecting Ye Ling to be even more difficult to deal with than they had imagined, his very presence suffocating them, pressing them continuously in their conversation.
The first matter, although they did not speak of it, Ye Ling probably couldn't fail to find out.
Moreover, they had just thrown their pigheaded ally, Life After Church, under the bus; it was uncertain what Ye Ling intended for the third matter. Find more adventures on My Virtual Library Empire
The first two matters had already been hard to swallow for the four major families; if Ye Ling brought up a third matter that was even more troubleso, the major families had yet to decide whether to fight back.
After all, having killed two king-level fighters, the strength of Ye Ling and his three companions was already enough to upend the entire four major families!
Ye Ling watched their expressions change, feeling amused.
"As for this third matter! It's simple; I want Jinling and I want the northern reaches too!"
"The northern reaches are almost entirely under your four families' control. I can't be bothered to send people to station there. If you four families surrender to and help manage the northern territories, then we can consider the previous incidents settled. But if you disagree, heh, I wouldn't mind helping society clean up so trash."
"What?"
"Impossible!"
"Ye Ling, your ambition is far too great! Isn't having the Wujie Group in Jinling enough for you? Now you want the four great northern families to submit to you as well—what exactly are you trying to do?"
Ye Ling's words caused a huge uproar among the four major families, and several Family Heads stood up angrily to refute him.
If they were to submit to Ye Ling, then from then on, whatever they wanted to do, they would have to ask for Ye Ling's permission. And although Ye Ling might be prestigious in Northern Liao, what did that amount to in the imperial capital?
Compared to the person they wanted to follow, he was nothing but a minor character!
Ye Ling's ambition alard them, and his threatening words enraged them to the point of wanting to kill!
The most hot-tempered among them, Family Head Liu Qingfeng, clenched his fists tightly at this mont, his face full of murderous intent as he glared at Ye Ling.
Seeing their actions, Ye Jiu and Chen Dao snorted coldly. The two stepped forward together, the pressure they released making it hard for the others to even breathe.
These four major families were only considered so in terms of wealth, status, and history; when it ca to real martial strength, how could they compare with the military families?
Even the strongest among the people of the four major families present were rely at the peak of the Grandmaster level!
They all trembled and sweated under the awe of Chen Dao, who was half a step into becoming a Battle King.
Countless guards, both visible and hidden, drew their guns, all aid at Ye Ling and his party, with a battle imminent and the situation looking extrely dangerous.
However, Ye Ling did not take the scene seriously and rely smiled faintly.
"I have no other intention in wanting to recruit you, I simply wish to make a bit more money. With the power and influence of the Northern Liao King, if you follow , wouldn't you get your share of at and soup?"
"I, Ye Ling, am not a kind person. In my eyes, there is only a distinction between 'our people' and 'others.' You have committed so many offenses against , and now you think you can get away with it so easily?"
In fact, Ye Ling hadn't thought about truly bringing these people under his command. After all, compared to talented individuals like Liu Qingyun and Liu Qingfeng, the four great northern families were far behind in their business capabilities.
They didn't et his standards for submission in any respect and were just being frightened by him.
Of course, if the four great families really did submit to him, Ye Ling wouldn't be bothered to manage them. He'd simply toss them over to Liu Qingyun to be educated.
Song Family Head and the rest did not know Ye Ling's thoughts and were burning with rage. Ye Ling was really overstepping!
Although Ye Ling was powerful, that was rely his own strength. When it ca to comprehensive power, which family in the imperial capital was inferior to Ye Ling?
Who would be so foolish as to not cling to the legs of the bigwigs in the imperial capital and instead submit to Ye Ling?
The situation was awkward now, though, and they were uncertain about how Ye Ling might react if they resisted.
Family Head Lu and Family Head Song exchanged glances, and Family Head Song stepped forward and said, "This demand of the Northern Liao King is a bit too coercive. We, the four great northern families, have always kept to ourselves, not wishing to be involved in the external world's struggles."
"Moreover, our Song family is, after all, descended from General Song. If we were to submit to you, the Northern Liao King, where would the Song family's honor lie? Where would General Song's honor lie?"
Hearing them ntion General Song, Ye Ling felt even more disdainful.
What sort of person was General Song? He was a great Dragon Nation general who served his country and his people!
Whether in terms of character or military achievents, he was second to none!
Look at these descendants of the Song family now—where was there even a trace of General Song in them?
They had all beco puppets and lapdogs of those in the imperial capital!
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