Two days later, the spacecraft on which Lando and Lan Meng arrived arrived at Lan Star.
There was no fanfare and what greeted them outside the space station was an ordinary hover car.
At this time, many members of the Lan family have gathered throughout Lanxing, and many of the younger generation are already eager to try, as if they understand what is about to happen next.
After returning to Lanxing, Lan Meng became much quieter, but Lando could feel her relaxation from the other person's relaxed emotions.
This also just confirms what Lan Meng said before...
Hui Lanxing = go home
The space station was built on the edge of a bustling giant city. The vehicle that came to pick up Lando did not enter the city, but turned in the opposite direction.
Lan Meng smiled and said: "Our Lan family has many properties in Lanxing, and has also established a special residence. Brother Lanxiong, your father, and I have lived there since we were young."
"When I go back this time, I will take you to see Brother Lan Xiong, your uncle. He is now the head of the Lan family. There is no need to be nervous then. We three brothers and sisters have had the best relationship since childhood!"
Lando smiled and nodded, indicating that he understood.
After chatting all the way, three hours later, they arrived at another city, which was as prosperous as the one they saw when they arrived at Lanxing.
But the difference is that the previous one is an open commercial city, while the one in front of you belongs exclusively to the Lan family.
The hover car did not enter the city, but came to a manor on the outskirts of the city.
After asking a few questions, Lan Meng waved away the butler who was about to lead the way, and led Lando directly into the manor in a familiar way.
Everyone he met along the way would respectfully salute and greet Lan Meng, and Lando could also sense the presence of many secret guards.
There is a profound and strict law!
Private soldiers?!
This word jumped into Lando's mind, but that was the name in ancient times. Now it is a legal society. They are mercenaries, the kind with legal procedures!
Of course, this security company must have been established by the Lan family.
Arriving in front of a simple and elegant small building deep in the manor, Lan Meng ignored the guards around him, pushed the door open and shouted while entering: "Brother, big brother, I brought my good nephew back!"
Lando followed Lan Meng and entered the small building.
At first, he saw a middle-aged man with a square face, an extremely strong and tall figure, about two meters tall. He did not get up, but just sat there and looked around, which made Lando feel an extremely strong oppression.
feel!
This is the natural field brought about by one's own strength and being in power for a long time.
Even if the expression is gentle and calm, it will still make people feel like a dragon is crouching and a tiger is sitting on the ground!
After seeing the visitor, Lan Xiong's calm face revealed a smile, causing his slightly stagnant aura to suddenly disperse.
"I knew it was you, girl. No one else would be so rash except you!" Lan Xiong said to Lan Meng first, then looked at Lando and said with some emotion: "Little Lando,
You have grown so big in the blink of an eye, time flies so fast, you were just such a little kid when you were born."
Lando blinked, what Lan Xiong meant was...
"When you were born, Xiaomeng and I also went there. My original intention was to secretly bring you back to Lanxing. After all, you can get a better education here. As long as you conceal your relationship with Xiaozhan, the Lan family
With so many people, who cares if there is one more or one less? With me and Xiaomeng here, you will never suffer!"
"But Xiao Zhan refused at that time. He didn't want the family of three to be separated. He just wanted you to live your life in peace. I couldn't resist him at the time, so I had to leave it like that."
"It turns out that Xiao Zhan made the wrong choice at that time. When you were six years old, Xiao Zhan and Yingying were forced to go to the Star Territory Border Military Region to fend for themselves. At that time, because your identity had been exposed, the Lan family could no longer
Let you return, Xiao Zhan has regretted his choice more than once."
"Fortunately, you are good enough, and you showed enough talent when you awakened your consciousness, which made the trend in the clan begin to change. Among us humans, the families of aristocratic families are linked by blood. As long as you have enough talent, then the family is willing to
No risk for you!"
Lan Xiong explained the family's choices and changes over the years.
After listening to this, Lando finally understood why the Lan family made such inconsistent choices.
Seeing that Lando didn't show any resistance or anger, Lan Xiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this was his nephew, and he didn't want to see Lando become hostile to his family.
It would be best to slowly repair the rift between the two now.
Lan Xiong smiled and said: "When I recruit you back this time, apart from the fact that the old man wants to meet you, the most important thing is that the family is preparing to hold a competition among the younger generation. I can give you an inside look at the final outcome of this competition.
The result is very important. If possible, I hope you can achieve a higher ranking as much as possible, so that it will be easier for us to fight for resources for you in the future."
us?
Lan Xiong's words made Lando understand that there might be many people supporting him in the Lan family.
Lando asked: "What will be the form of this intra-clan competition?"
Lan Meng interjected: "What's the point? Nine times out of ten, it's a one-on-one competition in the ring! It's all an old tradition. Not only is there nothing new, it's unfair!"
Lan Xiong said helplessly: "Nothing in this world is fair. The competition within the clan is already a very fair environment."
Lando asked: "A one-on-one arena battle? Is it in [Machine War World]?"
"No, it's in reality." Lan Xiong said.
Reality?
Lando also thought that this intra-race competition would be held in the [World of Machine Warfare], which would not only save a lot of manpower and material resources, but also avoid possible casualties and battle losses. It could be said that it would kill two birds with one stone.
Seemingly seeing Lando's doubts, Lan Xiong said: "The choice of reality is also subject to many considerations. Therefore, there is one most important rule in the clan competition, that is, you must not do anything to your own family members in the competition.
Killer!"
Lando nodded and didn't worry about it.
Seeing this, Lan Xiong said: "Your grandpa will return tomorrow, and preparations for the clan competition will take three or four days. You can go and rest first, and let Xiao Meng accompany you these two days."
Lan Meng knew that his eldest brother had many things to do, and even if he cared about Lando, he would not be able to spare time to take care of him. Now that he said this, he probably still had family affairs to deal with.
After all, the family competition is about to take place. As the patriarch, how can he have free time during this period?
It's rare to find time to meet Lando.
So Lan Meng didn't delay, picked up Lando and left.
After Lando got up, he did not leave immediately, but asked: "I want to know something about my parents back then."
Lan Xiong looked at Lando and said: "These are not things you can get involved in now. Even if I tell you, it will be useless. Don't worry, as long as..."
The words suddenly stopped, he shook his head and said: "No, it's nothing, go and rest."
Lando didn't ask further questions and followed Lan Meng away.
…………
The next day, Lando, led by Lan Meng, met the 'old man' in the latter's mouth, his grandfather in this life...Lan Zheng.
This is an old man with an ordinary appearance and a gentle and reserved temperament.
In Lando's perception, the opponent's strength is not too strong.
The old man seemed very happy to see his grandson, and immediately stepped forward to grab Lando and look at him carefully.
"My child, living alone these years has been really hard on you!" Lan Zheng said with emotion.
Lando was speechless. His parents were pretty good. After all, they had memories of living together. But the Lan Zheng in front of him, including the entire Lan family, really didn't have much real feelings of family affection for him.
After all, the old man had rich experience and could see Lando's estrangement. Although he wanted to get close to his grandson, he also understood the principle of gradual progress.
What follows is ordinary chatting, without the serious words of the elders to the younger ones, only some commonplace talk and chatter from the elders.
"I actually wanted to take you back at first, but Xiao Zhan was stubborn and disagreed. The same was true for Xiao Xiong, who couldn't even handle such a small thing. You didn't know, Xiao Lando, when you saw Xiao Xiong
When I came back empty-handed, old man, my nose was almost broken with anger!"
"Hey!~ It's better to have a small battle. At least I can leave you as my grandson. Meng'er is still young. Look at your uncle. Ever since he became the clan leader, he has been busy all day long.
, and he didn’t say that he would marry a wife and have children as soon as possible, that’s because I was anxious!”
"Xiao Zhan and my daughter-in-law, I don't know if they are doing well at the border of the Star Territory. I heard that even when the situation there is stable, there are conflicts from time to time. They used to live in seclusion on the ancestral star, and they can still have some kind of life.
Just a thought, now..."
In the next few days, Lando originally wanted his little aunt Lan Meng to take him around the city, but as a result, Mr. Lan Zheng came to chat with him every day, as if he had endless things to say.
Lando didn't feel disgusted at all, so he made chatting with the old man his daily routine.
As the sky grew dark, the chat with the old man ended again, and Lando returned to his residence in the manor.
The clan is almost ready. Tomorrow is the day when the competition within the clan will begin, and we can take this opportunity to see the level of the new generation of the Lan family.
Just when Lando was thinking this, his communication suddenly rang.
At first glance, it was Nalanxin who contacted him.
After the call was connected, Lando smiled and said: "Senior Xin, we haven't seen each other for a few days. Do you miss me?"
Lando's teasing only elicited a gentle smile from Nalan Xin, who said, "A little bit, but the main reason for contacting you this time is other matters."
Nalanxin's answer made Lando choke, and he quickly asked: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Nalanxin said: "Didn't you ask us to help you pay attention to the phantom dimension and full-color extraordinary materials last time?"
Lando's eyes lit up and he asked: "Senior, what news do you have over there?"
Nalanxin nodded and said, "Originally, I just randomly searched various major auctions. Although there are some single-color or multi-color extraordinary materials, the full-color ones are really too rare and difficult to see."
"Originally, this matter was over, but today Mo Yuxuan announced the items for the large-scale auction that will be held in a month. One thing caught my attention."
"Mo Yuxuan?"
Lando felt vaguely that the name was somewhat familiar. After recalling it for a moment, he thought that this was what some people had mentioned when flattering Edward at the private art exhibition on Lapu Star!
Nalanxin said: "Mo Yuxuan is the largest auction house in the Flame Dragon Star Territory. It will hold a small auction every three months, a medium-sized auction every other year, and a large-scale auction every five years.
auctions!"
"During large-scale auctions, Mo Yuxuan will deliberately hide the grand finale items and only release the list of ordinary items, which can be regarded as its reserved items."
For ordinary auction houses, the finale item in an auction is naturally the top priority. It is only reasonable to release the news in advance to attract more bidders. If the results of the finale auction item are hidden, the finale item will not fetch the highest price.
That would be funny.
But this is obviously not a problem for Mo Yuxuan. As the largest auction house in the Flame Dragon Star Territory, a large-scale auction held every five years can attract rich people from the entire Star Territory and even neighboring Star Territories to participate, so the finale auction is hidden.
Not only will it not cause an oolong, but it can also create some small surprises.
Of course, this so-called hiding is only for most people. For those with real power and connections, it is not difficult to know what the final finale is.
Lando expressed his understanding and motioned for Nalanxin to continue. The latter continued: "I found that there are many extraordinary materials in the phantom dimension in this auction, and they are all high-quality. I thought of Mo Yuxuan's hidden shooting rules, so I contacted him.
My best friend...Claire Cantu, whom you met last time."
Claire Cantu, the day before the private art exhibition, at the dinner party hosted by Edward, Nalanxin introduced them to each other.
"Claire's family owns part of Mo Yuxuan's shares, so she knows some inside information. She told me that not long ago, there seemed to be a professional dimension adventure group that had just experienced an adventure and provided Mo Yuxuan with information.
There were a large number of lots, one of which was added to the hidden auction and became one of the highlights of this auction!"
"I suspect that this thing is a full-color extraordinary material!"
If nothing else, that thing must be a full-color extraordinary material!
Lando accepted this setting calmly, which was based on his understanding of his own lucky attributes.
"Is there still one month left? Senior sister, where is Mo Yuxuan exactly?" Lando asked.
"Fengyi Star, if you take the express flight from Yanlong Star, it will take about fifteen days. I have taken it before." Nalanxin said.
"Fifteen days?"
Lando frowned. There was only one month left before Mo Yuxuan's auction house. Including the time required to return to Yanlong Star and travel to Fengyi Star, it would take at least seventeen days.
The Lan family's intra-clan competition will take two or three months. After all, it is important for everyone to compete, but for the big family, these are only incidental. The interaction between the younger generation is the main thing, so the time is short.
Definitely not!
PS: Sorry for the trivial matters, I will update it first and fix the typos later!
