MM Racing 44.5 The Great Guardian Clan and Deception
44.5 The Great Guardian Clan and Deception
After a while of laughter, Ling Yongsheng realized that Ling An had just mentioned two groups of guests.
One wave is Shrek's people, but what about the other wave?
Without hesitation, Ling Yongsheng asked, "An'er, where is the other group of guests? Where are they from?"
At this point, Ling An's expression changed. He had completely forgotten about this when he was excited to see his uncle at home and discussing how to swindle Shrek Academy.
However, it's not too late to say this now. Ling An said, "The other group of guests are from the Guo family, the brothers Guo Nu and Guo Hao."
"The Guo family, the Mountain Gods? What are they doing here?" Ling Yongsheng frowned slightly and asked in return.
Upon hearing this, Ling Bingtian's brows twitched. The Guo family of the Mountain God? This means that besides his own family, there are other guardian clans.
Sure enough, after hearing Ling Yongsheng's question, Ling An realized once again that Ling Bingtian might not be aware of the Guo family's situation, so he explained it to Ling Bingtian again.
Through Ling An's explanation, Ling Bingtian finally gained a general understanding of the Guardian Clan's power on the continent.
According to the information known to the Ling family, there are currently five guardian clans on the entire Douluo Continent.
The five guardian clans are located in four different places on the continent. Originally, there was one clan belonging to each of the three great empires, but the Sun and Moon Empire, which was later incorporated, had as many as two clans.
The five guardian clans are the Ling family of the Heavenly Soul, the Guo family of the Fighting Spirit, the Xie family of the Star Luo, and the Yang and Hu families of the Sun and Moon.
Although they belong to different empires, the relationships between them are generally amicable. After all, they are all governed by almost the same divine decree, so there are virtually no conflicts of interest between them, and they don't fight for the empires. Therefore, maintaining a reasonably amicable relationship is quite normal.
As for the guardian deities of each family, the Ling family's guardian deity is none other than the Ice God; the Douling Guo family's guardian deity is the Mountain God, a lower-level second-tier deity of the Earth God; the Xie family's guardian deity is the Forest God, a lower-level second-tier deity of the Wood God; and the Yang and Hu families' guardian deities are the Metal God and the Moon God, respectively. What they have in common is that they are all second-tier deities.
After listening to Ling An's explanation, Ling Bingtian was filled with doubt. How could there only be two-level gods? Back in the first season of Douluo Continent, there was a chaotic battle between three first-level gods, with Tang San even possessing the power of the Asura God King. How could there only be five second-level god-guarding clans on the Douluo Continent now?
Ling Bingtian could only think of two possibilities: one was that with the Ling family's strength, they couldn't discover the guardian clans that protected the first-level gods; the other was that some being had erased the guardian clans that protected the first-level gods in the plane.
Considering the personality of a certain acquaintance, Ling Bingtian was more inclined to believe the latter possibility.
But now is not the time to explore this. While explaining the five guardian clans to Ling Bingtian, Ling An also answered the question that Ling Yongsheng had just asked.
"Guo Nu brought news from Old Master Guo, saying that the Guo family has lost contact with the guardian who was stationed in their secret territory. Moreover, after they investigated the secret territory, they discovered that it had completely vanished and could not be found at all. That's why Guo Nu and the others came to us to ask about our situation."
Upon hearing this, the three members of the Yong generation of the Ling family almost simultaneously turned to look at Ling Bingtian. The Ling family had no connection to the secret realm whatsoever!
However, Ling Bingtian was still listening to Ling An's explanation at that time, so the three of them refrained from asking any questions.
Now that Ling An had finished his explanation, Ling Yongming, as the guardian, was the first to lose his composure and sent a message to Ling Bingtian: "Xiaotian, do you know what's going on here?"
"Here he comes," Ling Bingtian thought to himself upon hearing Ling Yongming's question.
Although the matter of the five guardian clans surprised him somewhat, Ling Bingtian originally planned to discuss it with his family later. However, now that the Guo family had brought good news, he had no reason not to take advantage of this opportunity.
"I can guess some of it." Ling Bingtian sat upright and answered Ling Yongming's question. Then, with the encouraging looks from everyone, he continued.
"When the plane collapsed, the Ice God and I made contact once. He told me that some changes had occurred in the divine realm, and it might be difficult to contact us again for some time."
"That's why He decided to give me the right to freely travel through the smaller planes. On the one hand, it was for my safety, and on the other hand, it was to prevent us from losing contact with the smaller planes."
Upon hearing this, the other four frowned. In the past four thousand years, such a situation had never occurred before.
No matter which of the five families is connected to the gods, there will never be a situation where they cannot perceive the divine realm.
Ling Bingtian hadn't finished speaking yet. He continued, "This is probably why Father mentioned the Guo family, and why we can't contact their family guardian."
"After the connection between the divine realm and our guardian race is severed, I'm afraid the gods will no longer be able to maintain the existence of these smaller planes."
"According to Lord Ice God's speculation, after the minor planes break free from their control, they may be completely severed from our Douluo Continent plane and wander in the endless starry sky forever."
"If the elders in those families hadn't evacuated in time like the eldest uncle, they might have truly drifted into the endless starry sky along with their current plane of existence."
Ling Bingtian straightened his posture and talked nonsense with a straight face.
Since the Ice God granted Ling Bingtian the right to freely travel between smaller planes, he has never appeared there again.
What I'm saying now is all made up by Ling Bingtian himself.
But that's not all; the other four people present weren't fools either.
Ling Yongsheng quickly realized something was wrong and asked Ling Bingtian, "Wait a minute, Xiaotian. If the Guo family's secret location was taken away by something, as you said, then wouldn't our small plane be the same? How can you still maintain contact with it?"
"Okay!" Upon hearing Ling Yongsheng's question, Ling Bingtian was delighted and answered directly, having already prepared his answer.
"Because, I actually still maintain a vague connection with Lord Ice God."
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the other four people present widened, popping out like goldfish out of water, demonstrating the immense turmoil within them.
"What?" They said their most pressing questions almost simultaneously.
The sound was so loud that it even shook off some of the dust on the bookshelves.
Ling Bingtian couldn't help but rub his ears to soothe them from the sound waves.
But this is not the time to rest. While the aftershocks are still lingering, Ling Bingtian must press his advantage.