"I can't dig up the imperial family's ancestral graves, but digging up Rommel's is relatively easy."
The young Taoist priest's words stunned Lin Zhan.
Damn, this idea is brilliant, why didn't I think of it.
He immediately said to the young Taoist priest, "Brother-in-law, is grave digging expensive?"
The young Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Not expensive. Rommel's family only has one King-level old fox, and he's busy cultivating the younger generation. Digging up their ancestral graves is already doing them a favor. Otherwise, a mere King-level family wouldn't even be worthy of our attention."
Lin Zhan chuckled, "Brother-in-law, research how we can dig up all of Rommel's ancestral graves. It would be even better if we could dig up Ye Lao Er's too. Think of a way."
The young Taoist priest pondered for a moment, looking slightly troubled.
"Rommel's ancestral graves are indeed easy to dig up, a small amount of money will suffice."
"But Ye Lao Er's ancestral graves will be difficult. Their family, even without Ye Lao Er, has four Foundation-level old bats and thirteen Emperor-level great bats. Most people wouldn't dare to take on such a job."
Lin Zhan understood that the young Taoist priest was right. Apart from professional troublemakers like himself, most people weren't foolish enough to offend a power with four Foundation-level guardians.
"It's okay, brother-in-law. Figure something out, spend as little as possible. If you really can't, just increase your labor fee. Then, have Third Brother bring the Iron-eating Beast Legion to double-cross them."
The young Taoist priest nodded, "That's the only way. If all else fails, we'll do something big. We'll expand the operation, secure a large shipment, and then double-cross everyone involved, eliminating all the henchmen. We can stop doing business with the Demon race afterward."
Lin Zhan nodded, "That works too. If we stop, we stop. When the opportunity arises, we'll take over all the Demon race's operations, and they'll all be ours."
"This time, go big. Ask for a higher deposit. A larger operation will attract more people from the other side. Then, we'll keep both the people and the goods. Have Old Ancestor Shang Tang go with you; he's experienced in this kind of double-cross."
The young Taoist priest nodded, "I understand, Big Brother."
Then, as if remembering something, he said with a worried expression, "Damn, Big Brother, you're digging up Rommel's ancestral graves. Won't that old bastard retaliate by digging up our ancestral graves?"
Lin Zhan rolled his eyes, "Brother-in-law, are you confused? We don't have any ancestral graves. All our old geezers are tougher than us, and they'll probably outlive us both."
The young Taoist priest thought of the oldest, Chang Ruo and Cao Yu. His temper flared, and he transformed into two muscular men, swinging large bricks with ferocious might. Their physiques were good enough to last for thousands of years.
He then nodded in agreement, "Our physiques are indeed a bit lacking."
Lin Zhan and the young Taoist priest, along with their guards, the General Staff, and the Executioner Guard, arrived at the Changbai Fortress at the spatial rift in Changbai Mountain.
This was Lin Zhan's first time at Changbai Fortress. The entire fortress was not large, only about a thousand mu.
There weren't many soldiers stationed there, only the Icebound Lord Zhang Qiming, with the Zhang family's 5,000 elite troops and 2,000 logistics personnel.
Of course, these were only for alert purposes. The Changbai Mountain spatial battlefield was in the Plane of the Treant race.
Therefore, the human race didn't need to station too many troops. Once war broke out, the five Immortal families of Changbai Mountain would provide 100,000 elite troops to Changbai Fortress within an hour.
Simultaneously, the He family of Guandong and the Qingqiu Fox tribe would arrive with their elite forces within six hours. This was why Changbai Fortress didn't need a large garrison.
Old Master Lin, Lin Wufa, along with Lin Shan and Lin Hai, led the Lin family's 300,000 guardian army.
They had been fighting here ever since Lin Zhan began his campaign against the Undead race.
"Second Great Uncle, Second Grandpa, Third Grandpa, how have you all been?"
Lin Zhan and the young Taoist priest cheerfully greeted the Lin family elders.
Upon seeing Lin Zhan and the young Taoist priest, Lin Wufa couldn't hide his smile. He pointed to an old man beside him and said,
"Zhan'er, Haoming, this is the Icebound Lord Zhang Qiming. You can call him Grandpa Zhang."
"Greetings, Grandpa Zhang."
After Lin Zhan paid his respects as a junior to Zhang Qiming, he couldn't help but gasp.
"I didn't expect Grandpa Zhang to be a King-level expert! It seems the Ten Great Lords of our Huaxia are just bluffing foreigners."
Zhang Qiming laughed heartily, "Wufa, your grandson has sharp eyes. He is indeed our human race's great marshal."
Lin Wufa looked at Lin Zhan with a smile and said, "Qiming is from the same generation as me and the Yue family brothers. He is also the oldest among the Ten Great Lords of Huaxia."
Lin Hai shook his head,
"Silly boy, the Ten Great Lords of Huaxia are just to fool foreigners. Not to mention anything else, Uncle Qiming was already at the peak of Quasi-King back then. Big Brother, Xiao Baifa, and I were also Quasi-Kings. Even that kid Ye Fan has advanced to Quasi-King."
"Among the Ten Great Lords, only your maternal grandfather Ouyang Chengshan, your father-in-law Zhang Zhen, Jiang Zhongtian, Zhao Long, and Xiao Wuhen are Lords. The remaining five of us are Quasi-Kings. However, except for Big Brother, the rest have all advanced to King."
"You're usually quite shrewd, boy. How did you manage to fool yourself with our stories meant for foreigners?"
Lin Zhan smiled awkwardly and then said to the young Taoist priest beside him, "Brother-in-law, have you seen this? These old scoundrels are all cunning. Don't believe anything they say from now on."
The young Taoist priest chuckled and turned to Lin Hai, "Second Grandpa, that bodyguard leader Zhao Long is now at the peak of Quasi-King. The last time I went to the Federal Government to cause trouble... cough, to negotiate work, I even shot that old guy twice."
Perhaps old people like to joke with the younger generation. The elders present were all amused by the shameless chubby kid.
"You little rascal, you're full of mischief! The trouble you caused at the Federal Government single-handedly brought it down, and you still have the nerve to call it 'negotiating work'."
Old guys like Zhang Qinghan dote on you; they don't stop you no matter what you do.
The bandit Taoist Zhang Qinghan looked at Lin Shan and said impatiently,
"You dare to criticize me? The first time these two kids did a kidnapping job, weren't you and Lin Lao Er helping them? The younger ones kidnapped, while you and Lin Lao Er, the older ones, killed people. The division of labor was very clear."
Lin Shan looked at Zhang Qinghan and said impatiently, "No one likes your nagging. What, didn't you get any of the ransom Haoming demanded? You old Taoists are asking for a beating."