Lin You panted.
His face revealed the joy of surviving a disaster.
"Awesome!"
"Is this what it feels like to crush a genius?"
"It's too perverted!"
"I love it!"
Before the fight started,
he had been scared to death by Qin Feng's reputation.
He was terrified of becoming a mere monkey being farmed.
Yet a genius...
still could not resist the allure of stats!
With high cultivation in his left hand and high cultivation in his right hand,
what did they have to fight him with!
Still, fair is fair.
Qin Feng had leaped across eight minor realms and taken a direct blow from him without dying.
With that kind of strength,
if this wasn't being perverted, then who was?
However, victory and defeat were already decided.
A sunny smile appeared on Lin You's face. He walked over to Qin Feng, squatted down, and politely extended his right hand.
"Brother."
"You're so amazing..."
Lin You said earnestly.
He certainly did not want to make an enemy of a super genius just like that.
Seeing Qin Feng cast a doubtful look,
Lin You reached out and pulled him up.
"Really."
"Eight realms apart, hey!"
"And you could still fight me to this extent."
"I'm so envious of your talent."
Pfft...
The grand array had already dissipated.
Lin You's words fell into everyone's ears.
Vaguely,
it seemed everyone heard the sound of Qin Feng coughing up blood.
Pain surfaced on his face. Overcome with rage and frustration, a mouthful of old blood could no longer be held back and sprayed out.
Qin Feng clenched his teeth tightly.
"Are you humiliating me?"
"A loss is a loss!"
"I'll come back another day, why must you be like this!"
Seeing that the other party had misunderstood, Lin You hurriedly waved his hands and said anxiously:
"I didn't mean that..."
"No, don't come back. There's no need for us to be at each other's throats."
"From now on, you're still the only genius in the Seventh-grade Star Domain."
Slaughtering the heart after killing the man?
This thought flashed through everyone's minds.
You were the same age as someone else, yet your cultivation led by eight minor realms.
After winning, you still said...
that the other person was a genius.
What did that even mean?
You're stirring up trouble!
The number one genius of the Seventh-grade Star Domain?
Then what about you? Oh... the Lin Family would be sixth-grade from now on...
Sure enough.
Not just everyone else had this thought; even Qin Feng felt the exact same way.
He violently brushed away Lin You's arm.
"Scoundrel!"
"I'll remember you!"
"This is the first time in my life I've lost to someone else."
"But Lin You, don't be smug too soon. Sooner or later, I will return today's humiliation."
"In full!"
After speaking, Qin Feng turned and walked away.
Yet faintly, his aura was already visibly unstable.
Even the cultivation that had originally broken through to the True Core Realm
began to flicker uncertainly, showing signs of dropping in realm...
Dao heart shattered?
Seeing this, the Qin Family members hurriedly stepped forward to stabilize Qin Feng's Dao foundation.
At the same time, their complexions turned exceptionally ugly.
Losing was not terrifying.
On the path of a cultivator, going against the heavens was the norm.
If the Dao heart shattered, what future was there to speak of?
"Feng'er... a loss is a loss, this isn't your fault. If you want to blame someone, just blame the opponent for being too perverted."
"That's right, Qin Feng, you're still the future of our Qin Family. At worst, you can just be the second-ranked heavenly pride."
"Indeed, Lin You... is only a tiny, tiny bit stronger than you..."
An elder said with dissatisfaction: "Bah, bah, do you guys know how to talk? Is that any way to comfort someone?"
The others made way. "Then you do it."
That elder's expression twisted in struggle, and after a long while, he said:
"Feng'er... forget it, let's head back early to rest. I can't force myself to say insincere words."
Pfft.
Not comforting him would have been fine.
After going through this ordeal, Qin Feng, who was already on the verge of collapse, was overcome with even greater rage.
In an instant,
his cultivation actually dropped back to the Five Qi Towards Origin Realm.
Ninth layer...
Eighth layer...
He was still plummeting wildly.
Spiritual qi poured out frantically like a shattered jar.
Until it dropped to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown,
Qin Feng finally managed to steady his stance.
He turned around, blood tears streaming from his eyes.
In the gaze he directed at Lin You, there was no longer any anger.
Only calm...
A calm like stagnant water.
A pair of supreme Twin Pupils slowly condensed at this moment.
Immediately following,
they transformed into starlight.
Immortal Wheel Eyes!
Boom.
Qin Feng said word by word,
"Lin You..."
"I'll remember you."
"This has nothing to do with grudges. Across the endless heavens and myriad realms, only I alone can write the myth."
With that, Qin Feng's aura began to retract, growing more archaic and heavy.
He left behind these words:
"Next time."
"I will personally wash away today's shame."
The Qin Family members were all completely dumbfounded.
For a moment, they did not know whether to be happy or sad.
Immortal Wheel Eyes!
That was a fortuitous opportunity that surpassed even the Twin Pupils.
If the Twin Pupils were a once-in-a-million-years rarity, then the talent of the Immortal Wheel Eyes
was few and far between
in the entire endless heavens and myriad realms!
A blessing in disguise?
Lin You was dumbfounded too.
What is the situation!
I didn't even do anything, hey!
Is this what a Child of Destiny is?
Laozi can awaken just by comforting you a couple of times?
Turns out he really was just an experience-farming dungeon after all!
Seeing Qin Feng awaken, someone from the Qin Family instantly wanted him to regain some face.
"Feng'er... how about we wash it away today?"
Qin Feng did not speak.
He just kept walking forward, walking faster and faster.
He transmitted via Spiritual Sense:
"Still can't beat him."
"Run quickly..."
The Qin Family members: "... Then what was that harsh talk you just put out?"
Qin Feng: "I was just acting cool. With so many people watching, didn't I need to save face?"
The hearts that the Qin Family members had just lifted sank right back down.
They had thought a major defeat had caused him to awaken.
This brat hadn't changed a bit...
After everyone dispersed,
Envoy Zhuge wore a full expression as he stepped across the void.
He landed in the Lin Family's sector.
"Congratulations."
"Felicitations."
"The Lin Family's Qilin Child has won first place in the Heavenly Pride Competition."
"According to the rules, you are promoted to a sixth-grade family."
"Fellow Daoist, this is the Everlasting Family Token. You may choose your own star domain to settle down."
Envoy Zhuge drew a precious, aura-radiating token from his waist.
The two characters 'Zhuge' upon it
were written with brushstrokes fierce enough to pierce the firmament. Just by glancing at it, one could feel the majesty of an Everlasting Family.
Lin Tao was stunned for a moment, but soon his aged face blossomed with smiles.
"Many thanks, Elder Zhuge."
"We... are endlessly grateful!"
He grasped the token, having never felt such exhilaration before.
A sixth-grade family.
The middle three grades.
Breaking free from the status of lower-three-grade slaves.
This was something the twenty-eight brothers of the Lin Family had died trying to achieve.
Today,
it had been realized!
Because of Lin You.
The people of the Lin Family possessed peerless talent.
Had it not been for the suppression of the lower-three-grade star domains and the prohibition of the Everlasting Families,
they would have stepped past the Martial Dao Profound Realm long ago,
becoming immortals on the spot!
How could they have been bullied by the Five Great Families of the Tianluo Star Domain all these years?
Not only Lin Tao, but even Second Elder Lin Dong and the other brothers were shedding tears of old age.
Big Brother... we did it!
Brothers, from this day forth, the Lin Family shall be slaves no longer!
"Good, good, good!"
Someone shouted the word "good" three times in succession.
Their joy overflowed in words and expression.
As a great man born between heaven and earth, the Lin Family... might not fail to become the next Everlasting Family!
In an instant,
the auras around all the elders began to erupt.
The realm that had been suppressed for so long...
at this very moment,
sought complete release.
Envoy Zhuge smiled and waved his hand, scattering a vast amount of spiritual energy to suppress everyone's cultivation.
"Fellow Daoists have been dormant for a long time."
"I can understand your excitement, but after all, this is the Seventh-grade Star Domain."
"If you wish to break through, it would be best to wait until after the promotion."
Hearing this, Lin Tao nodded repeatedly and let out an awkward laugh.
"What Fellow Daoist says is true."
"We lost our composure."
The decree of the Everlasting Families:
no cultivator was permitted to break through to the Martial Immortal realm within the lower-three-grade star domains!
Envoy Zhuge nodded, steadying himself.
Then he smiled and spoke again:
"Lin You of the Lin Family,"
"have you really not considered marrying into my Zhuge Clan?"
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