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Since it was an official envoy from the Dragon Race, this meant that Lin Fan didn't have to attend the banquet.

Even if he was the heir to the Lin Astral Family, the head of the Lin Astral Family was still the Lin Astral Emperor.

Since the Lin Astral Emperor was personally going to greet them, that meant that Lin Fan was excused from going. At the same time, this applied to all of the Lin Astral Family members, so none of them were allowed to go to this banquet.

There were some complaints from the Lin Astral Family's branch heads, but the Lin Astral Emperor completely quelled those complaints.

Before they knew what the Dragon Race wanted, the Lin Astral Emperor wanted to restrain their access to the Lin Astral Family so that they couldn't pull any tricks.

The Lin Astral Emperor was still the head of the family, so his word was law.

Lin Fan had just returned to the palace from the store when he was summoned back to the meeting room again.

This time, it was just the Lin Astral Emperor and empress and they had a dark look on their faces.

They had just finished the banquet with the Dragon Race envoys, so it was clear that the Dragon Race wanted something that they couldn't accept.

When Lin Fan came in, they both looked at him with strange looks that caught Lin Fan off guard.

Lin Fan couldn't help asking, "What happened?"

Neither of them said a thing as they gestured for him to sit down. Even after he sat down, they just stared at him as if they were waiting for him to say something, but Lin Fan didn't say anything in the end since he didn't know what was happening.

After a long time, the Lin Astral Emperor finally asked, "Do you have some kind of connection to the Dragon Race?"

Lin Fan couldn't help knitting his brows when he heard this.

If it was anyone else, he would have hidden this and kept his face calm, but this was his family.

So instead of answering the question, Lin Fan asked, "What did they ask for?"

The Lin Astral Emperor gave a sigh and said, "They didn't ask for anything. They just requested a meeting with you, as if they already knew about you."

Lin Fan knitted his brows even more when he heard this.

After a bit of silence, he asked, "Did they say what they wanted from me?"

The Lin Astral Emperor shook his head before saying, "They just said that they wanted to meet you to talk about something. No matter what I asked them, they wouldn't tell me a single thing. It's almost as if they didn't care about me, or as if it was related…to the secrets of the race."

Both Lin Fan and the Lin Astral Emperor fell silent when they heard this.

The Lin Astral Emperor asked again, "Do you really not have any connections to the Dragon Race?"

Lin Fan gave a sigh and said, "I do have some connection to the Dragon Race, but it shouldn't be at this point where they would send an official envoy to talk to me."

That was what he said, but it wasn't the truth.

This was just what he thought had been revealed since he didn't believe that the matter of Xiao Feng's bloodline had been revealed. It was impossible for one to recognize Xiao Feng's bloodline unless they were a true member of the Dragon Race and came close enough to Xiao Feng to sense the pressure from his bloodline.

So he assumed that it was most likely related to Hong Long or Qing Ao…

The Lin Astral Emperor narrowed his eyes to look at Lin Fan before asking, "Do you need help with anything?"

Lin Fan shook his head at first, but then he said with a nod, "Do you have a picture of the envoys from the Dragon Race? I want to confirm something."

The Lin Astral Emperor responded with a nod, "I'll have someone send them to you later. Also, I can only stall this for a few days, so I'll need an answer from you before then."

Lin Fan nodded before thanking the Lin Astral Emperor.

Then without any hesitation, he ran off to his wing and sent off all the servants there.

Once the servant came with the picture of the Dragon Race envoys, he locked down the area and called out Qing Ao and Hong Long. But as he called out Qing Ao, Feng Ling and Lei Ting also came out since they were curious why Lin Fan had called Qing Ao out.

After they were all gathered, Lin Fan placed the picture of the Dragon Race envoys on the table and waited for Qing Ao's response.

Qing Ao was confused at first, but when he saw the picture of the envoys, he couldn't help deeply knitting his brows. He looked at the picture a few more times as if he was confirming something before asking, "Where did you get this picture from?"

Lin Fan calmly explained, "This was the envoy sent from the Dragon Race that arrived today."

Qing Ao knitted his brows even more when he heard this.

That was because he recognized these people in the picture.

They were subordinates of his brother.

Qing Ao looked at the picture for a bit longer before asking, "What did they come here for?"

Lin Fan calmly said, "They are here requesting an audience with me, but they haven't told me what they wanted yet."

Qing Ao fell silent for a bit before saying, "If they're here looking for you, then…"

He trailed off before saying, "The fact that they can officially represent the Dragon Race must mean that something has changed back home…If even these people can represent the Dragon Race, then that means father…"

He didn't finish his words again, but it was clear what he was implying.

Hong Long had been silent the entire time, but when Qing Ao's father was mentioned, he couldn't help saying, "Qing Fei Yu wouldn't be weak enough that he would be defeated by his own son."

Qing Ao looked at Hong Long with a strange look before saying, "Father has been getting weaker and weaker because of an illness, so there's no saying definitely what happened."

Hong Long knitted his brows when he heard this before turning to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan shook his head as he understood what he was implying.

Perhaps if it was before, he might take a chance with this, but now…he had his official position as the heir of the Lin Astral Emperor to think about. He couldn't just move on his own like he could before.

Hong Long gave a sigh before moving back into the corner with a look of deep thought on his face.

Qing Ao looked back at Lin Fan and asked with a calm look, "What do you plan on doing? Do you want me to meet them?" There was a trace of acceptance in his voice as he said this.

He knew that Lin Fan had his position to think about, so…the easiest method to solve this matter was to…

Both Feng Ling and Lei Ting moved closer to Qing Ao after he said this, as if they were going to protect him. But Qing Ao shook his head and had them move back to their original position.

Lin Fan shook his head with a bitter smile before asking, "Do you really think so little of me?" Then he added with a serious look on his face, "Not to mention, it wouldn't solve the problem if I did that."

He was silent for a bit before saying, "The question is, how did they get this information in the first place? There must be a reason they know about this and came here."

Qing Ao nodded in agreement, but there was also a touched look in his eyes.

Lin Fan was silent for a while before saying with a sigh, "Regardless, I should go and meet with them to see what they want. If I know that, I can at least have an understanding of what they know and we can plan forward from there." He revealed a smile and said, "For now, they won't do anything to me since I am the heir of the Lin Astral Family, so you don't need to worry about me."

Qing Ao nodded again before saying, "Should we plan out an escape just in case?"

Lin Fan shook his head with a serious look, "I won't abandon you."

Qing Ao was taken aback by how firm Lin Fan's voice was when he said this.

He opened his mouth to say something, but he could only open and close them a few times before finally saying, "Thank you."

Lin Fan just gave a simple nod before turning to Hong Long and saying, "I need you to tell me a bit more about the Dragon Race."

Hong Long was pulled out of his thoughts with a surprised look, but he gave a slow nod in the end.

Before this, Hong Long had avoided many of Lin Fan's questions about the Dragon Race. Even if he wanted Lin Fan to bring Xiao Feng to the Dragon Race, he had avoided giving Lin Fan vital information about the Dragon Race.

After all, he was still a part of the Dragon Race and he couldn't betray them like this.

But the situation had changed, so he had no choice but to tell them.

This was Hong Long, one of the elders of the Dragon Race.

The amount of secret information that he knew about the Dragon Race wasn't small.