"Now that we're in this together, there's no harm in telling you!"
Gao Yuliang finally relented and chose to tell Qi Tongwei the truth.
"The Xiao Family was established solely by General Xiao Yang during the early years of the nation's founding. Old General Xiao accidentally awakened his divine bloodline during the Korean War, becoming the first transcendent in the world.
"After returning to China, he chose to retire and accept state support for unknown reasons. He married many noblewomen and was granted the rank of Major General~"
"The reason the Xiao Family is held in such high regard naturally has its roots~"
"It's no exaggeration to say that within certain circles, they are known as the Divine Clan!"
Gao Yuliang's face showed a trace of bitterness and helplessness. When he first came into contact with the Xiao Family, he hadn't believed it either. But the more he understood the upper echelons, the more he realized how terrifying the Xiao Family truly was.
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"Divine Clan? Xiaoai, are you kidding me?"
Cold sweat immediately broke out on Hou Liangping's back.
As an official in Beijing, he had naturally encountered supernatural powers.
Although he didn't know much about them, he had some understanding of Daoists, Buddhists, foreign divine blood families, and genetically modified warriors.
But no matter which faction it was, none dared call themselves gods.
How terrifying was this Xiao Family?
"The Xiao Family is the source of all divine blood families and the origin of all transcendent power!"
As she spoke, Zhong Xiaoai hung up the phone, and her entire body suddenly appeared behind Hou Liangping.
"What the f*ck?!"
Hou Liangping's eyes widened.
Although he knew his wife possessed some power in daily life, he had never imagined she was this powerful.
"All Xiao Family bloodlines awaken their Mana and bloodline inheritance between the ages of seven and sixteen, and at the same time acquire a world of their own."
As she spoke, Zhong Xiaoai opened her Dimension Door and pulled Hou Liangping into her Dimension Farm, which was only ten mu in size.
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Hou Liangping looked at the familiar farm vegetables and fell silent.
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"Divine blood families, noble descendants... why? Teacher, how can I accept this?!"
Qi Tongwei's mentality collapsed.
He had always believed that people were born equal, but reality told him that the ruling class not only possessed power, but were also divine beings born with transcendent abilities.
"What can you do if you can't accept it? Although, over the years, with the development of the times, the upper echelons have consciously recruited more outstanding talents and established more divine blood families,
"The Xiao Family can no longer monopolize everything, but the source of all current divine blood families still comes from the Xiao Family. The strongest individuals in every family and the very foundation of their power
"Are either Old Master Xiao's wives or his sons, daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters. Based on that alone, all divine blood families are naturally inferior to the Xiao Family's main lineage!"
As he said this, Gao Yuliang revealed a look of longing.
Unfortunately, he had learned about these things too late. He didn't even have a son yet and therefore had no chance of marrying into a noble branch of a divine blood family.
There was no helping it. Male members of divine blood families were extremely rare.
Although Old General Xiao had over a hundred children, he only had around twenty sons.
As for the other divine blood families, any boy who was born would be hidden away like a treasure and only married into major families. There was simply no opportunity for his daughter to get involved.
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"All of China's special forces are built around evolved dimensions, capable of long-distance teleportation, covert transportation, and precision assassinations.
"The most famous among them is the Secret Mobile Assassination Unit, the Meng Ji Army, established by my Second Grandmother.
"In the early days of the nation's founding, the Meng Ji Army brought back a massive amount of advanced foreign technology.
"From civilian life to scientific research, from foundational technologies to cutting-edge technologies,
"They even rescued and recruited numerous high-tech talents imprisoned by Eagle Nation. One could say they made tremendous contributions!"
"That certainly deserves such treatment from the country."
After hearing this, Hou Liangping was somewhat shocked. He had not expected the Xiao Family to contribute so much to the country.
"Liangping, let's stop talking about the Xiao Family for now. What exactly happened on your side? How did you suddenly find out about the Xiao Family?!"
Zhong Xiaoai stopped wasting words.
Hou Liangping's phone call today had given her a bad premonition.
This wasn't simply intuition, but rather her precognitive ability.
"Well... it happened like this..."
Hou Liangping wore a bitter smile and finally stammered out everything that had happened today.
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"What?! (⊙_⊙) You arrested Uncle Wenshun?"
Zhong Xiaoai felt dizzy and nearly fainted on the spot.
"I didn't know he was our uncle. Look at these materials—I really thought he was a big fish!"
Hou Liangping looked aggrieved and didn't know how to explain himself.
"Sigh~ I need to talk to my dad. This matter can be either big or small. If some people misunderstand and think this was authorized by my dad, then we'll be in serious trouble.
"Our branch's talent isn't very good. The powers we've inherited are minimal and can't compare with the geniuses of the main lineage. I'm afraid Grandma will have to step in."
Zhong Xiaoai put down the documents, her expression filled with worry.
Actually, for an ordinary official, such a matter would not be very troublesome.
But Hou Liangping happened to be half inside the circle.
The reason he knew nothing about the Xiao Family was simply because Zhong Zhengguo looked down on him and considered him useless.
But outsiders didn't know this.
Therefore, Hou Liangping's actions could easily be interpreted as having his father's backing.
If political enemies from other branches seized upon this matter, it could seriously damage her father's career, leaving him unable to defend himself.
No matter how much he disliked his son-in-law, not even telling him something this important—was he really not afraid of him causing trouble for the Zhong Family?
But the truth was exactly that.
The Zhong Family had done precisely that, and they had even arrested one of their own people.
Fortunately, however, this was merely a misunderstanding, and everything would be fine as long as it was explained clearly.
After Zhong Zhengguo received Zhong Xiaoai's notification and understood the entire situation, he immediately teleported directly to the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
"Dad!!!"
Zhong Xiaoai and Hou Liangping immediately stood up to greet him.
"Liangping, this matter is not your fault. You've done well enough. I will report your merits to the higher-ups and credit you for your achievement!"
Zhong Zhengguo was actually quite satisfied with Hou Liangping's performance this time.
Aside from arresting Xiao Wenshun, he had indeed uncovered an enormous corruption case.
If not for Hou Liangping, who could have imagined that a group of shut-ins who never socialized—people practically invisible to society—
Could create such a huge chain of interests and easily launder hundreds of millions of yuan?
They were clearly just piles of plastic toys, merely crafted a bit more exquisitely.
Why were those youngsters so obsessed with them, and why were they sold at such outrageous prices?
Zhong Zhengguo could only sigh that times had changed, and the children of the new era had different aesthetics and hobbies.
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