"Sit everyone."
"Thanks to the family head for his grace." They all said chorus-like again and sat back.
"So many peoples, the family has grown in the past ten years." His gaze landed on the four elders sitting at the table and chuckled. "Uh, Lin Han, Lin Yan, Lin Ke, Lin Wu, you guys have grown up too. The last time I saw you, you are just tall enough to reach my waist. Kids this day are really..."
Lin Yue was secretly shocked as she smacked her lips. The four elderly men he was talking to look as if they were in their fifties and he claimed that they didn't reach his waist when he himself only look like he was 18.
'He is definitely more than a century old." Lin Yue thought and she look at the family head in a new light.
The four elders naturally didn't mind any of this as they stood up again to bow but Lin Huang waved his hand for them to stop, pausing their movement.
His gaze scanned everyone in the hall as his powerful voice spread around the room. "I assumed that you all know the reason why this meeting is taking place, right?."
All the adults nodded.
Lin Huang instantly goes straight to the point, "So I wouldn't beat around the bush. It is time to choose the guardian for our Blue Moon Empire," He paused before continuing firmly, "This is how it had been, and how it will always be. It has started since the time of our ancestors and so it must continue in our time. The emperor's job is to make the empire prosper and we, the Lin's job is to ensure its safety, and also the safety of the royals too."
"To protect the empire, you have the right to the greatest artifact! the greatest sword! The Xuanyuan sword!."
Even though many of the people present know the rule behind the great sword—that it is only made for the thunder elemental mages, they still couldn't help but have their hope up, which Lin Huang naturally didn't need much effort to put off.
"But...,"
"This sword is only made for the people with the thunder element."
Lin Yue noticed the disappointment in many parents' eyes and the fervent desire in the eyes of the parent whose kids are of thunder element, after all, which parent didn't want their kids to be the most powerful? Even though she didn't understand how great the sword could be that even her father clenched his fist, she knew it was definitely a treasure.
The hall was quiet and only the heavy breathing of everyone could be heard, after letting them all understand the situation, Lin Huang ordered. "All the kids with thunder element, come out here."
Lin Yue saw that her father was about to carry her down from his lap and she send him an 'I don't want to go' glance, which she really mean.
Even though she can't understand why she was in this world, but since she was here already, she only wanted to enjoy her life to the fullest, not to die young like in her past life, and to be able to enjoy this privilege, she has to be powerful, which is why she was cultivating. So why would she want to go and put herself into trouble by becoming a guardian to be guarding a useless empire that didn't mean anything to her? She definitely wouldn't become a fucking guardian.
Lin Weidong didn't know of her silent protest as he gently put her down and even if he were to know, he would still put her down and let her go.
Pouting her plump lips, Lin Yue didn't have a choice but to walk out.
There were twelve kids including her; five girls and seven boys and one of them was Lin Xi's son, Wen Shao, and all the other boys were within his age, 10-12. With the exception of Lin Yue, the other girls were from age eight to ten, and standing beside them really make her look like their little sister who was spoilt and can't bear to leave them alone.
Lin Huang's expression didn't change as he stared at the kids with his black deep bottomless eyes, making everyone to hold their breath.
But suddenly, they heard a 'Sssiiiiii' sound that disrupt the silence in the hall.
'What is going on?.' They all thought as they look in the direction of the sound.
"What the hell." Lin Yue look at the boy beside her, Wen Shao, who was urinating in his pant. She wrinkled her nose and moved away in disgust. The same goes for other kids too as they distance themselves away from him.
After all, a ten-year-old peeing in his pant, everyone also frowned.
Lin Xi's face turned red from embarrassment as she walked out and bowed, then she instantly flee with her son.
"Get someone to clean the mess up." Lin Huang waved his hand expressionlessly.
Elder Wu, who was Lin Xi's father and the boy's grandfather was also ashamed as he hung his head low—even a five-month-old kid wasn't like this.
The other kids except for Little Yue all feel a little scared.
Lin Yue on the other hand was looking for a way to make the Family head lose interest in her thankfully, she has the experience from her past life as an actress, and she knew how to make someone hate her. And that is to do the opposite of what they like. She figured out that someone like Lin Huang, with his position, he will surely detest arrogant kids, whose power had gotten over their heads and so, it was time to put her twenty years as an actress to good use.