Dongfang Qing, the City of the Wolong, the Long Family.

The City of the Wolong, in the entire Dongfang region, is a rather significant city-state, not governed by any single country.

And the City of the Wolong belongs exclusively to the entire Long Family.

Thus, because the Long Family has been without descendants for several generations, the members of the Long Family have nearly worried themselves to death.

This has led to clans within the City of the Wolong setting their sights on the city, hoping that once the older generation of the Long Family passes away, they could directly inherit the family's seat of power.

By that time, the City Lord's title of the entire City of the Wolong would change surnames!

And at this moment.

In the City Lord's Mansion of the City of the Wolong, all the elders of the Long Family were gathered together.

Although every elder of the Long Family seemed full of vitality, the worry in their brows made them seem much older.

Their wrinkles seemed to hold the pain that troubled them night and day, a hurdle their hearts could not overcome.

The elder seated in the middle chair of the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion was precisely the City Lord of the City of the Wolong, the Family Head of the current Long Family, named Long Ling.

Long Ling surveyed the other elders of the Long Family, finally sighed, and said,

"During this period, have there been any developments concerning the issue of choosing a successor for the next generation of the Long Family?"

Ever since the younger generation of the Long Family had died, they had held meetings like this one periodically, but each meeting had failed to be of much use.

After all, most of the old men in the Long Family were coarse Martial Warriors.

If you were to ask them to fight, they would undoubtedly charge forward bravely; but if you were to ask them to consider such problems, they might tear out their own hair and still struggle to come up with any good ideas.

"I've taken more than thirty concubines over these past few years, but there hasn't been a stir yet," said one of the Long Family elders with a sigh.

And the other elders of the Long Family chimed in.

Even on Spirit Star, they had no solution to these problems.

The fact that none of the concubines of these elders had fallen pregnant was actually normal, considering their physical condition.

Every elder of the Long Family was well aware of this.

If any of their concubines indeed became pregnant, that's where problems would arise.

Their first reaction wouldn't be joy, but rather to look in the mirror, to see if a bright red cuckold's cap had appeared on their heads.

"Sigh."

Long Ling exhaled deeply.

In an instant, the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion fell silent once again.

This scene had unfolded countless times, and in the end, Long Ling could only helplessly wave his hand, indicating to all the elders of the Long Family to withdraw, as they were no closer to solving the problem.

"Now, our Long Family is without heirs, and I can sense that our vassal clans have set their sights on the position of the Family Head of the Long Family, or rather, on the City Lord's seat of the City of the Wolong," spoke one of the Long Family elders.

Although they weren't very bright when pondering this issue, because there genuinely weren't good solutions, they weren't foolish, either.

These simple matters were something they could discern.

Once this elder of the Long Family began to speak, the others also weighed in:

"Indeed, I've clearly sensed several of our vassal clans becoming more attentive toward us lately; their intentions are obvious, and I spotted them at a glance."

"The other clans insult us behind our backs, calling us crude Martial Warriors who don't know how to use their brains, thinking that we can't see through their pretenses, but we're well aware of what's going on," said the elder.

When this Long Family elder spoke these words, his face even showed a hint of pride.

It was as if the mere thought was a sign of his incredible intelligence, completely at odds with what others said about them.

Long Ling sat above, listening to his brothers speaking.

In his mind, he saw glimpses of the days, a few years ago, when their progeny, the next generation, would gather in this hall to participate in meetings and solve problems.

Unfortunately, as time had passed, those scenes had become something they could no longer witness.

Only these people remained.

Perhaps because of the actions of many other families, the elders of the Long Family felt a greater sense of crisis; therefore, they spoke more during this meeting than they had at other times.

Yet Long Ling knew in his heart that they would still fail to resolve the issue.

Unless… they accepted that one method.

Finally, an elder of the Long Family who seemed slightly younger, in his forties or fifties but was actually over three hundred years old, stood up. His name was Long Xiang.

As Long Xiang stood, the elders present had already anticipated what he was about to propose.

If this were any other time, all the Long Family elders would not have waited for Long Xiang to voice his thoughts before dismissing him and telling him to sit down.

But this time, whether it was because the elders present felt an immense sense of crisis, or because they themselves were somewhat willing to compromise, no one stopped Long Xiang from speaking.

Even those who wanted to stop him, upon seeing the others' inaction, likely understood the situation and could only exhale deeply without interference.

"I think we should seek assistance from the Yanling Sect to extract our Long Family's genes and thereby create an heir for our Long Family," said Long Xiang.

The Yanling Sect was a sect on Spirit Star that engaged in "scientific research."

They combined formations with many other aspects.

Sometimes, even cultivators of lesser realms could use the materials of the Yanling Sect to exert far greater power.

One of the most special methods within the Yanling Sect was to collect essence blood to directly create progeny.

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