C35 Fighting for Ling Feng's Return

"Scram and report this!"

The current Ling Tian was nowhere close to the helpless guy who couldn't even find a bed in the hospital. The aura he emitted wasn't that of a weak man but a martial arts King. Even Ling Feng would stumble for a bit if he saw his father as a king, martial arts King.

The reason why Ling Tian returned to the Ling family this time was precisely for Ling Feng. He wanted Ling Feng to participate in the Martial Arts Competition; he wanted the Ling family to acknowledge Ling Feng and establish his reputation.

After a while, the Ling family's gate opened, the guard came back and said, "Eldest Young Master, Master invites you in!"

Familiar with every nook and cranny of this villa, Ling Tian took firm steps as he walked in. He went straight upstairs to Old Master Ling's study and knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

Ling Tian pushed open the door and walked in. Inside, apart from Old Master Ling, his younger brother Ling Zhan and the Ling family's second-generation side branch disciple, Ling Hai, were also present.

Ling Hai looked at Ling Tian and said with a frown, "Ling Tian, you have already been expelled from the Ling Family. What qualifications do you have to come back?!"

Ling Zhan was one of the contributors behind Ling Tian's expulsion, and Ling Hai was one of the instigators. The other branches of the Ling family had always wanted to usurp the position of the Ling family's patriarch.

Previously, they were suppressed by Old Master Ling, so they did not dare act rashly. However, when they saw that Ling Tian was actually able to win the Martial Arts Competition three times in a row, they had to plan out a way to eliminate Ling Tian, or at the very least expel him from the Ling family.

Never did they expect that a chance would appear before them so soon. Ling Tian fell for a girl from an ordinary family. However, as the next leader of the Ling Family, he was already engaged, so it was scandalous beyond doubts.

Ling Tian ignored the objections of the Ling family and finally got together with that girl. However, the Lee Family with whose's daughter Ling Tian was betrothed did not budge. After enduring the humiliation for some time, the Lee family poisoned Ling Fang's mother with the help of the Ling family side branch.

When Ling Tian found out the truth behind the entire matter, he went crazy. He immediately looked for the Lee family, and after that night, there was no Lee family in the world. In one night, Ling Tian annihilated one entire generations-long family.

The entire martial arts sphere was abuzz with the matter; naturally, the higher-ups also found out. Hoping to find a reasonable explanation, they found the Ling family. Surrounded by allegations and left with no other choice, Old Master Ling had to chase Ling Tian's family out.

When Ling Hai saw Ling Tian return, he began sweating bullets. It wasn't easy for them to expel Ling Tian from the Ling family, and in those few years, they had unknowingly grasped the lower levels of the Ling Family.

They were waiting for Old Master Ling's death so that they could seize the patriarch position of the Ling family.

But at that critical moment, Ling Tian had returned, so Ling Hai couldn't help but feel nervous.

Ling Tian did not pay any attention to Ling Hai as he walked in front of Old Master Ling and shouted, "Old master!"

When Old Master Ling and Ling Zhan heard this, their bodies trembled. Just from those two words, they knew that Ling Tian had long since stopped thinking of them as family.

He no longer accepted the Ling family as his family.

"Big brother, you—"

Ling Zhan hurriedly stepped forward and was about to say something but was interrupted by Old Master Ling.

"What brings you here after all this time?"

Old Master Ling asked Ling Tian in a cold voice. Even though he missed Ling Tian a lot, Ling Tian's words had undoubtedly enraged him. He returned after years and yet addressed his own father as a stranger.

"This time, I'm here for Feng'er. I want the Ling family to recognize Feng'er again and to let him participate in the Martial Arts Competition as the third-generation descendant of the Ling family!"

Hearing this, the expressions of the three people in the room changed. In simple words, Ling Tian wanted them to accept Ling Feng as a third-generation descendant of the Ling family by allowing him to recognize their ancestors. As long as Ling Feng attended the Martial Arts Competition as a Ling family member, regardless of his ranking in the competition, Ling Family would've to admit that Ling Feng was a third-generation descendant of the Ling Family unless something went wrong in the middle.

"This is impossible, so stop daydreaming! You have already been expelled from the Ling Family. So, what right does your son have to participate in the Martial Arts Competition as a third-generation descendant of the Ling Family? Has your brain rotten?"

Ling Hai hurriedly said, "What a joke! If Ling Feng is allowed to participate, wouldn't everything be for naught?" He had planned for so many years and finally managed to expel Ling Tian from the Ling Family. After planning for so long, he was finally able to expel Ling Tian from the family; he wasn't going to let all that go to waste.

"Is it your turn to speak?!" Ling Tian looked at Ling Hai and said. Honestly, even back then, Ling Tian knew that the Ling family side branch helped the Lee family, especially Ling Hai. But at that time, Ling Tian was blinded by his anger and punished the Lee family first.

When he went to find trouble with the Ling Family branch, he realized he had no evidence to support his claims. With no evidence to prove his claim to the higher-ups of the martial arts sphere, he could only let Ling Hai go.

Despite all that, Ling Hai was trying to stop his son from coming back.

"You know that's impossible," Old Master Ling suddenly said. Hearing that, Ling Zhan couldn't help but stare at his father. He knew better than anyone that his father longed for Ling Tian's return. When alone, he would often take out Ling Tian's photo and look at it with a rueful countenance.

However, now that Ling Tian stood in front of him, Old Master Tian wasn't a father—he was a patriarch.

"Why is that impossible? In the third generation of the Ling Family, other than Ling Feng, there are no other men. Ling Zhan's child is Ling Xue, a girl. Why can't my son come back and join the Martial Arts Competition as a member of the Ling Family?!"

Ling Tian looked at Old Master Ling and argued.