Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The room fell so silent that one could hear a pin drop. Cui Lao could even hear the sound of Ling Yun's blood flowing.

While it was surprising to Cui Lao, it wasn't completely unexpected. When Ling Yun heard this shocking news, he didn't appear too emotional as he simply furrowed his brows slightly before twitching his mouth. For a long while, he didn't say anything.

Cui Lao started feeling incredibly nervous, worried whether Ling Yun was going to accept this fact.

Cui Lao waited patiently but almost felt as though he had waited for centuries before finally hearing Ling Yun's voice again.

"Beijing Ling Family, Third Master's son…

"Cui Lao, it's not that I doubt your words, but for an important matter like this, you should provide me with convincing evidence, right? Otherwise, it's really tough for me to believe you…"

Honestly, Ling Yun was currently feeling incredibly excited and emotional. However, he forced himself to stay calm so that he could hear Cui Lao's reasoning.

This was necessary… After Cui Lao heard Ling Yun's request, he immediately heaved a huge sigh of relief as the ma.s.sive rock on his heart was finally lifted off!

At the same time, Cui Lao pointed at the wood that Ling Yun was holding in his right hand and said, "Young Master, the evidence is in your hand!"

Ling Yun was startled as he lifted his right hand to observe the black wood before replying, "Cui Lao, what do you mean…"

Cui Lao explained, "Young Master, I was actually trying to verify your blood when I got you to p.r.i.c.k your finger to drip blood on the wood…"

"Young Master, you must never underestimate this wood as this is an inheritance of the Ling Family. As long as you are a male descendant of the Ling Family, you will have the Ling Family's blood flowing through your body. This wood is the only verification tool that is more effective than a DNA test!

"This wood can only absorb the blood of male descendants of the Ling Family! Anyone else's blood won't even stay on the wood for a split second!"

Ling Yun was finally emotionally moved as he looked shockingly at the blood absorbing wood in his hand and exclaimed, "So magical?"

Cui Lao smiled widely. "If Young Master doesn't believe me, you can bring it to the streets to get some random strangers to try…"

Ling Yun was speechless at how mystical and magical this wood was…

Cui Lao continued talking non-stop, saying, "Young Master, you see the soft shoot on the wood, right? For 18 years, male descendants of the Ling Family have been using their blood to water it once every month… It isn't easy for the soft shoot to grow so big…"

"Wow…" Ling Yun was in complete shock. Male descendants actually had to water this wood with their own blood once a month. Eighteen years… How long must it take for the head to grow out?

At the thought of this, Ling Yun couldn't help but sigh as he almost threw the wood right back into the case. However, he stopped himself from doing so when he felt that the spiritual energy in his body was starting to move differently.

Ling Yun's emotions remained unchanged, so it was natural that Cui Lao didn't detect anything. As he was getting emotional when explaining everything to Ling Yun, he took out yet another photo.

To get Ling Yun to return home, Cui Lao was truly well prepared.

"Young Master, take a look… This is what Third Master looked like when he was young, just look at how similar the two of you are…"

Ling Yun's divine sense moved as he took the photo Cui Lao was holding. This was a photo of Ling Xiao when he was 18 years old.

Too similar!

Ling Yun felt as though he was staring at himself in the photo. That wide forehead, the sharp eyebrows, the perfectly straight nose bridge, and especially the confident and unhurried expression on his face…

Besides the slight difference in the eyes, Ling Yun really looked like an exact duplicate of Ling Xiao. Ling Yun's eyes were much bigger and more beautiful than Ling Xiao's eyes.

Ling Yun sighed in his heart as he knew that there was no longer a need to question any further. He was definitely a descendant of the Ling Family without any doubt.

Ling Yun stored Ling Xiao's photo cautiously before letting out a huge mouthful of air and looking back at Cui Lao. "Cui Lao, I don't think you need to say anything more. I believe and am convinced that I am a descendant of the Ling Family. Thank you for letting me know my true ident.i.ty!"

Even though Ling Yun said everything so casually, the fact that he looked back into Cui Lao's eyes while putting away Ling Xiao's photo cautiously meant a lot to Cui Lao.

Cui Lao once again dug into his bag to take out a huge stack of photos and laid them out on the table. He smiled and said to Ling Yun, "Young Master, look at these. This is your biological grandfather, and his name is Ling Lie. He is the true helmsman of the Ling Family, and for the previous two occasions, he was the one who personally sent me to find you!"

"This is the current Master of the family, and he is your uncle, Ling Zhen…"

"This is your second uncle, Ling Family's Second Master Ling Yue…"

"This is…"

Cui Lao introduced everyone in the photos he laid out on the table. Cui Lao was as excited as a child with new toys.

As Ling Yun was introduced to these people, he constantly nodded, and eventually, he quietly picked up Ling Lie's photo to keep with Ling Xiao's photo. He didn't touch the rest of the photos.

"Cui Lao, what about my mother?" Ling Yun's face was solemn as he asked faintly. While he looked incredibly calm, his heart was a chaotic mess.

The current question he had was naturally about his biological mother.

The first person to enlighten Ling Yun about the different families and clans was Cao Shanshan!

On that night, Ling Yun heard from Cao Shanshan about the seven big families in Beijing and had also heard of the Ling Family.

He remembered clearly that Cao Shanshan briefly mentioned the Ling Family and something that happened 18 years ago. Overnight, this incident resulted in the Ling Family becoming the family with the toughest challenges to survive…

After Ling Yun confirmed his ident.i.ty, he suddenly recalled Cao Shanshan's words and instantly knew that the incident should somehow be related to his abandonment.

How ma.s.sive must the incident be for a mother to abandon her own son? Therefore, Ling Yun's first question was about his mother.

"Erm…" When Cui Lao heard Ling Yun asking about his mother, his face immediately looked bad.

"Also, if the Ling Family wants to acknowledge me and bring me back, why isn't grandpa here himself? Or why are my parents not here? Or rather, why did my grandpa send you here?"

Ling Yun was desperate to find out why he was abandoned, so he shot out a series of important questions.

"Young Master, don't be agitated. This is a really long story…" Cui Lao was anxious and felt like he was in a difficult position without knowing what to say.

"Cui Lao, I have a lot of time, so you can tell me about it quickly…" Ling Yun continued questioning as he wanted Cui Lao to explain everything to him.

All of a sudden, the spiritual energy in Ling Yun's body finally started bubbling violently as the wood started taking in an increasing amount of blood from Ling Yun.

The vast ocean of spiritual energy in Ling Yun's body, as well as the powerful Yin-Yang True Qi, started flowing through Ling Yun's thick meridians. It flowed through Ling Yun's palm and flowed vigorously into the wood!

The speed of circulation of the mystical Yin-Yang Fish increased by unknown folds as it started producing an insane amount of Yin-Yang True Qi. The golden radiance of the dragon-shaped streaks started s.h.i.+ning so brightly that Ling Yun's energy center started glowing gold!

d.a.m.n!

Ling Yun suddenly realized that the wood stuck itself to his palm so tightly that he couldn't get rid of it even if he wanted to!

"Cui Lao, can I invite you to go outside to help watch after me?"

Everything was changing so abruptly that Ling Yun had no time to explain any further. He immediately got Cui Lao to go outside to protect him as he held onto the wood and sat down cross-legged. He started using all his energy to cultivate his Yin-Yang harmony balance!

"This…" Cui Lao was also incredibly shocked when he saw this, but he didn't question further. He immediately went outside to the courtyard and started placing protection over the house for Ling Yun.

With Ling Yun being at Physique Tempering Stage Eight, he had an incredibly vast amount of spiritual energy. However, this unknown wood was frantically absorbing all the spiritual energy in Ling Yun's body. Very soon, the wood absorbed every single drop of spiritual energy such that nothing was left in Ling Yun's body.

The spiritual energy in Ling Yun's body was completely emptied! He panicked, but the only thing he could do was desperately circulate his Yin-Yang harmony balance. He was frantically trying to produce more Yin-Yang True Qi for the wood to absorb.

However, Ling Yun was only at Physique Tempering Stage Eight, so the amount of Yin-Yang True Qi produced in one Yin-Yang harmony balance was simply not enough for the wood to absorb. This got him extremely anxious.

Cui Lao, who was in the courtyard, was also incredibly shocked. The Ling Family's inheritance had never experienced any abnormality regardless of whose blood it had absorbed. So why did it have such a world-shaking transformation after absorbing Ling Yun's blood?

Cui Lao was aware that the wood would absorb blood. He also knew that the wood would absorb something else called Black Yellow True Qi when a member of the Ling Family cultivated the Black Yellow Sutra.

The Black Yellow Sutra was a technique that belonged solely to the Ling Family, and only those with the Ling Family's bloodline could cultivate it. When one cultivated it to the highest realm and possessed a robust and incomparable amount of Black Yellow True Qi, the speed at which one could breakthrough realms was even more impressive than the Long Family's Dragon Control Tactic!

However, the Black Yellow Sutra that Cui Lao brought for Ling Yun was still in the bag. Ling Yun hadn't even looked at it, let alone cultivated it. Hence, how could there be the Black Yellow True Qi for the wood to absorb?

Cui Lao was inwardly anxious while Ling Yun was struggling inside the room. This was because the speed at which he was producing the Yin-Yang True Qi couldn't match up with the speed at which the wood was absorbing it. He was about to be sucked dry.

If the wood didn't stop, Ling Yun would have to start drinking the dragon saliva.

"Boom!"

The mystical energy center suddenly erupted as it was finally at its limit. The golden radiance within the energy center glowed much brighter than before!

Then a dense, quaint, and vicissitude energy spread from Ling Yun's energy center and instantly filled Ling Yun's entire body. Ling Yun felt warm and comfortable immediately!

The Earth Emperor's Book!