Conspiracy!

Seeing the other party bring up old matters, Lin Tao immediately found himself in a difficult spot.

After all, the Zhuge Family was an Everlasting Family.

Though Lin Tao was unwilling in his heart, he feared making an enemy of them.

Fortunately, Lin You returned quickly enough.

Lin Tao immediately stepped forward and grabbed his shoulder.

"Kid."

"A huge stroke of luck has fallen into your lap."

"You in or not?"

Lin You stared blankly at his uncle.

Luck?

Falling on me...

I don't buy it one bit!

What good stuff could the Lin Family possibly have?

Without a second thought, Lin You shook his head directly.

"Not in."

"I'd rather die than do it!"

Lin You smacked him irritably.

Then he turned, speaking with slight apology.

"Envoy Zhuge, my apologies. The boy is unruly and truly unworthy of being the Zhuge Family's son-in-law."

Lin You: "???"

"Uncle... what did you just say?"

"Wait!"

Lin Tao turned and shot him a warning glare.

No way!

My wife!

Marrying into an Everlasting Family to latch onto a big shot?

A fair-skinned, tender girlfriend?

Holy crap!

Lin You was about to say something when he caught the 'warm and kind' looks from his uncles.

Good grief...

So this wasn't something he could decide at all!

Envoy Zhuge took it in stride and wasn't bothered. He waved with a smile.

"No matter."

"It was just a casual question."

"Then I wish you all fellow cultivators a swift breakthrough in your realms."

With that.

Envoy Zhuge turned and left.

Tianluo Star Domain.

Inside the great hall.

Ye, Li, Wang, Wei, Zhang.

The Five Great Families gathered together.

The Daoist Robe Old Man leaned on his staff, his expression grave.

"Everyone..."

"I won't waste words."

"Now that the Lin Family has risen and shot up to prominence."

"Promoted to a Sixth-grade Family."

"The grudges between us and them should come to an end."

"Otherwise, once the Lin Family breaks through to the Martial Immortal realm, they will surely settle accounts with us."

The Two-Headed Divine Shadow nodded, its body radiating a dense oppressive aura.

"Indeed."

"Remember, the Lin Family and we share a blood feud."

"The Lin Family had eight elders, and we killed every one of them!"

"Rather than wait for them to settle scores later, we should strike first."

As the words fell.

The great hall fell into a deathly silence.

Striking first became the consensus.

But who would make the first move?

That required careful consideration.

The Lin Family was no pushover. The family that struck first would surely suffer heavy losses.

Seeing this, the Daoist Robe Old Man spoke up first, his staff striking the ground heavily.

"Fellow cultivators need not worry."

"The only ones in the Lin Family who can fight now are those eight brothers."

"All of them are at the peak of Heaven and Earth Connected to the Profound."

"Our Ye Family is willing to lead the charge and can send four cultivators at that level."

Among the Five Great Families.

The Ye Family and the Lin Family had the deepest grudges.

If a reckoning required priorities.

Then the first to be dealt with would surely be the Ye Family!

Seeing that the Daoist Robe Old Man had a plan.

The other families also voiced their agreement.

Each would send three cultivators at Heaven and Earth Connected to the Profound.

"Good!"

"Sixteen at Heaven and Earth Connected to the Profound—no matter how strong the Lin Family is, they won't stand a chance."

"Everyone, go back and prepare."

"In three days."

"We'll bathe the Lin Family in blood!"

The crowd nodded and departed.

This time.

They were truly mobilizing their full strength.

As old-established families of the Tianluo Star Domain.

Unlike the Lin Family.

Their experts at Heaven and Earth Connected to the Profound were mostly left over from the previous generation.

For this battle.

They would first have to awaken them from seclusion.

Combined with planning, three days was about enough.

At the Lin Family.

Lin You sat in his chair, his ears filled with praise from his uncles and elders.

Each one outdid the other in boasting.

They drank deeply, as if venting decades of pent-up frustration.

In the center of the hall.

Stood eighteen memorial tablets.

Bearing the names of the other eighteen brothers.

"You lot have no luck!"

"What did I say? You'er is the Lin Family's hope, the Lin Family's Kirin Son!"

"Drink, all of you drink—you can't see the Lin Family's future."

Lin Tao's face was flushed red, and he couldn't hold back his tears.

His steps swayed.

Holding the wine jar, he filled a full bowl for each name on the memorial tablets.

"The Lin Family!"

"Won't stop here."

"The dreams you left unfinished back then—we brothers..."

"And You'er too."

"Will carry on!"

"Drink!"

Lin Tao roared.

Everyone raised their cups and drank deeply.

Lin You watched, a flicker of emotion stirring in his heart.

He clearly wasn't from this world.

Wasn't a member of the Lin Family.

Yet at this moment, He still felt moved.

[Ding!]

[Mission Complete!]

[Reward: Crit Roulette x2]

[Crit Duration: 3 Days]

[Achievement Unlocked: Striking Down Peerless Prodigies]

[Reward: Yellow Emperor Sword Canon (Heaven-grade)]

Holy shit?

There were other rewards too.

Lin You's heart skipped a beat.

He never expected an achievement unlock.

A Heaven-grade technique.

Heaven, Earth, Mystic, Yellow.

Heaven-grade was the most powerful existence among all techniques.

At the same cultivation level, the grade of a technique could directly determine victory or defeat.

As far as he knew.

The entire Lin Family only had one Earth-grade technique!

Damn.

Lin You was overjoyed.

After making up some excuse, he slipped straight into the secret chamber.

The Colored Roulette spun slowly.

Lin You held his breath, staring at the wheel without a word.

"A hundred times!"

"Autumn pear paste!"

The silver-gray pointer first circled the wheel a few times casually.

It skipped right past the x2 option.

Seeing it slow down more and more.

Lin You waved his hands frantically.

"Not x5, not x5!"

"No way!"

[Ding!]

[Obtained 500x Cultivation Speed!]

The pointer landed steadily in the five-times speed zone.

Lin You rolled his eyes in speechless frustration, but quickly adjusted his mindset.

"It's fine."

"Can't be lucky every time."

"I still have one more Crit Roulette!"

"Fight—one word, I'll say it just once!"

Lin You waved his arms and legs excitedly.

He activated the Crit Roulette for the second time.

If it can stack, who cares!

x20

[Ding!]

[Obtained 10,000x cultivation speed!]

Lin You: "..."

I'll take it.

Anyway, there's nothing to do now—ten thousand times is ten thousand times.

With that, Lin You began cultivating the Yellow Emperor Sword Canon.

Just like before.

His comprehension was abysmal.

Like squeezing toothpaste, progress was painfully slow.

But with the ten-thousand-fold boost.

Even toothpaste gets squeezed dry!

In the blink of an eye, he had already reached the entry level.

But Lin You didn't stop there; he continued in seclusion.

Determined to master the Yellow Emperor Sword Canon within three days.

And break through to the True Fire Refining Spirit Realm along the way!

[Proficiency: Yellow Emperor Sword Canon 5/100]

[Proficiency: Yellow Emperor Sword Canon 6/100]

[Proficiency...]

Outside the great hall.

The crowd, still tipsy from before, had unknowingly stopped their heavy drinking.

Their gazes were fixed.

All staring into the depths of the secret chamber, at the figure sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Eighth Elder was moved, unable to hold back: "You'er is so mature—it breaks my heart."

Sixth Elder let out a long sigh.

"We're useless."

"To make a child bear so much."

Even the usually stern Lin Tao tightened his grip on his wine cup.

—Crack.

The bronze vessel was crushed to pieces.

Lin Tao gritted his teeth.

"Brothers."

"There's no way we can help You'er any more than this."

"The only thing we can do."

"Is to give him cultivation resources."

"The Lin Family's blood feud... it's time to end it!"

"Prepare to move!"