Chapter 0671: It was me who abolished it—so what?!

Huang Feng’s expression shifted rapidly.
Suddenly, he burst into laughter. Everyone was stunned by his sudden outburst, not understanding why he was laughing.
“Great! I never thought our Huang family would see another powerhouse from the Divine Realm again. With the family assembly taking place, this is such good news—we should celebrate properly!” Huang Feng stopped laughing and smiled at Huang Yi.
Huang Heng and the others were taken aback.
Celebrate? Under normal circumstances, this would indeed be a reason to celebrate, but now?!
The crowd in the square murmured. Was Huang Feng showing weakness by saying this? Showing weakness to Huang Fei and Huang Yi? Showing weakness to a minor from Qingfeng Town?!
Huang Heng and the elders of the Dragon God Family opened their mouths to speak, but stopped when they saw Huang Feng’s stern expression.
Huang Yi frowned, while Huang Long remained as calm as ever.
“A misunderstanding, just a misunderstanding!” Huang Feng continued smiling, raising his hand to silence the crowd. As the former head of the Dragon God Family, he still held great authority.
The crowd quickly quieted down.
“There are many doubts about Huang Fei colluding with the Demon Mercenary Group and the Mad Mercenary Group to attack Qinglang Town. Someone must have deliberately spread rumors!” Huang Feng explained.
Since he couldn’t assess Huang Yi’s strength, Huang Feng decided to reevaluate the situation. Even though he was thick-skinned, he still felt a bit flustered after saying it out loud.
“Long Cheng, I think you’re confused. How could you believe the words of a minor high-ranking official from Qingfeng Town?! Huang Fei, a peak powerhouse of the Sacred Realm, with such strength, does he really need to ally with those mercenary groups to attack Qinglang Town?!” As he spoke, Huang Feng raised his voice, exuding pressure, causing Elder Long Cheng to tremble.
“Yes, yes, Lord Dragon, you’re right. I was foolish to believe the words of a minor official from Qingfeng Town!” Long Cheng said, nodding repeatedly in fear.
“Bring that high-ranking official from Qingfeng Town who spread lies to retaliate against Huang Fei here!” Huang Feng ordered sharply.
Long Cheng hurriedly obeyed and ordered his men to bring that official forward.
Poor thing—that high-ranking official from Qingfeng Town, who was still enjoying the 100,000 gold coins given by his family, had no time to react before being dragged before the podium by the enforcers from the punishment hall.

“Dare you, a mere minor servant, fabricate lies to slander Manager Huang Fei? Speak! Did you do this because you covet the position of manager of Qingfeng Town?!” The senior servant was dragged to the podium in a daze and immediately bombarded with fierce shouts from Huang Feng. As a lowly Level 7 warrior, he had never encountered such a situation before. Faced with Huang Feng’s fierce commands as a divine realm powerhouse, he was so terrified that his legs turned weak, almost causing him to wet himself.

Just as he tried to speak in defense, Long Cheng suddenly intervened and sent him flying. By the time he hit the ground, he was already dead.

Even in death, he couldn’t understand—hadn’t Elder Long Cheng ordered him to say those things? And once Huang Fei passed judgment, the family had promised him the position of manager of Qingfeng Town.

After killing that manager of Qingfeng Town, Long Cheng kowtowed to Huang Feng and apologized. Huang Feng shouted at him fiercely and ordered an elder to throw him into the dungeon, to be sentenced after the family assembly ended.

Watching Long Cheng being led away in defeat, everyone had mixed feelings. It was obvious this was just a play staged by Huang Feng. By mercilessly dealing with Long Cheng, the second elder, Huang Feng was showing leniency to Huang Fei and Huang Yi, resolving their “misunderstanding” in this way. Logically, as the current head of the Dragon God Family, Huang Feng, and Huang Fei and Huang Yi, as members of the Huang family, should have agreed to his decision and left it at that.

Yet, Huang Feng’s plans backfired.

Because from start to finish, neither Huang Fei nor Huang Yi were the protagonists—Huang Feng wasn’t either!

The real protagonist, from beginning to end, had never been properly recognized by anyone!

Huang Fei, who had been confronting Huang Heng, descended and, under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, approached Huang Long and said respectfully, “Elder Huang Long, about this matter?”

Hearing Huang Fei address that dark-haired young man as an elder, everyone’s eyes immediately fixed on Huang Long.

Only then did they realize that this dark-haired young man was the protagonist!

Previously, since Huang Fei hadn’t revealed his strength at the peak of the Sacred Realm, his respect for this young man hadn’t been taken seriously. But now it was different!

If Huang Fei was a peak Sacred Realm powerhouse, then who was this dark-haired young man?!

Even Xu Wu Tian felt a sudden shock. He had been observing this young man all along but now realized he hadn’t paid him enough attention.

Huang Feng, Huang Heng, and Luo Dar also stared intently at Huang Long.

At that moment, Huang Long, this dark-haired young man who appeared to be around twenty years old, became the center of hundreds of thousands of people in the square.

Ignoring the various looks from the crowd, Huang Long remained calm as he looked at Huang Feng and said indifferently, “Just now, Long Xiaotian also accused Huang Fei, claiming he saw with his own eyes Huang Fei leading the Demon Mercenaries and Mad Mercenaries to attack Qinglang Town. Since it’s been proven that that steward from Qingfeng Town made malicious accusations, what about Long Xiaotian?”
As Huang Long’s voice faded, Huang Feng and Huang Heng’s expressions turned extremely grim.
Especially Huang Feng, whose suppressed murderous intent flared up again. Earlier, he had dealt with that steward and imprisoned Long Cheng in the dungeon. Given his status, even Tang Haitian, the founder of the Tanghai Empire, would have overlooked the matter. But this dark-haired young man still insisted on pursuing it?!
Who was Long Xiaotian? Everyone knew he was his grandson, one of the two grandchildren he cherished the most!
And now this man was asking him to deal with Long Xiaotian in front of hundreds of thousands of people?!
Huang Feng struggled to suppress his anger and murderous intent. He glanced at Huang Fei and Huang Yi standing behind Huang Long, then fixed his gaze on Huang Long and said with a smile, “Please forgive my ignorance. I don’t know which family this brother belongs to.”
Huang Long smiled. “The Huang family!”
Huang Feng and the others were stunned. The Huang family?!
“Is this brother joking? Our Huang family?” Huang Feng laughed dryly. If he were from the Huang family—a family capable of having peak Holy Realm warriors and Divine Realm warriors backing them—how could he not know?!
Yet, upon hearing Huang Long say he was from the Huang family, Huang Fei and Huang Yi glanced at him in surprise.
They had heard Huang Long mention before that he knew the ancestors of the Huang family. Could it be that Huang Long was truly from their family?!
Huang Long’s identity became even more mysterious in their eyes.
“Brother, I think we should stop here. Leaving a path for others is also leaving a path for ourselves!” At that moment, Lodar beside Huang Feng spoke in a deep voice.
When Lodar spoke, Huang Long and the others turned to look at him.
The Grand Marshal of the Tanghai Empire, the head of the Loaha family? Huang Long smiled inwardly. What a coincidence—this Lodar was the grandfather of Ip from the Divine Wind Academy?
After speaking, Lodar looked at Huang Feng. Huang Feng frowned slightly, nodded, then turned to face the crowd in the square and said solemnly, “Thanks to the Emperor of the Tanghai Empire for respecting the Dragon God Family. From today onward, the Dragon God Family will pledge allegiance to the Tanghai Empire, with each head of the family inheriting the title of Imperial Prince!”
After saying that, Huang Feng looked at Huang Long, his eyes carrying an unmistakable warning. Now that the Dragon God Family was aligned with the Tanghai Empire, offending him meant offending the Tanghai Empire of the Hengyuan Realm!

Even if the other party is a peak warrior from the Divine Realm, they must consider the consequences!
After Huang Feng spoke, the square was filled with uproar.
If the Dragon God Family pledged allegiance to the Tanghai Empire, wouldn’t that mean the Huang Family had also pledged allegiance to it? With the already strongest of the three empires gaining the support of the Huang Family, it would surely affect the future balance of power in the Hengyuan Realm.
It seemed that it wouldn’t be so difficult for the Tanghai Empire to unify Hengyuan!
The descendants of various families in the square, some from the Haryuan Empire and the Lier Empire, changed expressions.
Only Huang Long’s eyes flashed with cold light—pledge allegiance to the Tanghai Empire?!
According to the Huang Family’s rules, no matter how the family developed in the future, it was forbidden to pledge allegiance to any other force; otherwise, the offender would be executed for treason. These were rules set by Huang Long long ago!
It was unexpected that Huang Feng, the current head of the Huang Family, ignored these rules and didn’t even care about them!
Was this an insult to Huang Long, the ancestor of the Dragon God?!
The elders of the Dragon God Family watched Huang Feng, their expressions changing repeatedly, but in the end, they said nothing. They had only just learned about the decision to pledge allegiance to the Tanghai Empire.
Huang Fei and Huang Yi, standing behind Huang Long, were furious. Just as they were about to take action, Huang Long raised his hand, signaling them to calm down.
Huang Long looked at Huang Feng and said calmly, “Huang Feng, among the rules set by your ancestor, the Dragon God, isn’t there one that states no matter how the Huang Family develops in the future, it is forbidden to pledge allegiance to any other force, otherwise, the offender will be executed for treason?”
Huang Long’s voice wasn’t loud, but it cut through the noise in the square and reached everyone’s ears. His tone carried authority, and instantly, everyone fell silent and stared at Huang Feng.
Huang Feng was stunned for a moment before smiling. “You’re not a descendant of our Huang Family. Don’t you seem to have the right to interfere in our family’s affairs?” At that moment, Huang Feng paused briefly before raising his voice and saying, “It’s true that our ancestor set these rules, but after hundreds of thousands of years, they’ve long been abolished!”
Who dared to abolish the rules set by the Dragon God ancestor?
Huang Long sneered inwardly and said, “Abolished? Who did it? Was it you?”
It indeed was Huang Feng who abolished them!
He had long intended to pledge allegiance to the Tanghai Empire, so a few years ago, he announced the abolition of these rules in the elders’ meeting. This caused strong opposition from the elders, but after he personally killed several of those who opposed it the most, the matter was settled.
This young man with black hair kept pressing him repeatedly. Huang Feng could no longer suppress his anger and shouted fiercely, “Kid, even if I abolished them, so what?!”