An Unavoidable Open Scheme? Lin Shu's Decision!

Lin Shu continued asking:

"Then why had Langya Hall, with its strength, never moved against the Langya Auction House?"

"There's no harm in telling you. The Azure God Hall was left behind by an ancient Divine Being, and Qingzhou has guardian forces stationed there to protect the Divine Hall. If we openly moved against the Langya Auction House, they would easily notice. At that point, the Divine Hall Guardian Force could easily stop us or even kill us. That is why we could only seize it in secret!"

The Langya Hall Master continued.

At this moment, Lin Shu seemed to understand why the Langya Hall Master had so readily told him all this.

The man likely understood that he would not survive.

So why not reveal everything?

Given the power Lin Shu now controlled, perhaps upon hearing about the Divine Hall, he would clash with the guardian force over the so-called Divine Being's inheritance.

Then, if he could not take revenge himself, he could borrow the forces guarding the Divine Hall to do so.

However...

He had overestimated the Divine Hall.

At most, the Divine Hall was merely an Opportunity to become a God.

But did Lin Shu lack such an opportunity?

No!

Under such circumstances, ordinary people might covet that opportunity and believe their own forces powerful enough to confront the forces guarding the Divine Hall.

But Lin Shu would not.

His calculations had naturally come to nothing.

Next came the final question.

"Why did you join forces with the Hammer Heaven Sect?"

In Lin Shu's view, even if Langya Hall could only send a handful of Title Douluo out of Qingzhou, it could have directly found a major force in the Eastern Martial Region and acted together with them. There had been no need to ally with the Hammer Heaven Sect.

Unless these two factions had truly been connected all along and had always been cooperating.

The Langya Hall Master gave a contemptuous smile.

"Under the Divine Hall Guardian Force, no excessively powerful faction is allowed to emerge!"

"Otherwise, why do you think Qingzhou, where ancient Divine Beings once existed, has only factions like Langya Hall and the Hammer Heaven Sect, forces that can only be considered at the bottom tier of top factions on the continent?"

"Our two sects were friendly to begin with, but for the sake of survival, we had no choice but to compete fiercely on the surface!"

Hearing this,

Lin Shu became somewhat curious about this so-called Divine Hall Guardian Force.

Such methods could only be called utterly overbearing.

It seemed that

this so-called guardian force might not truly be a guardian force after all.

Otherwise, it would not fear other factions growing stronger.

However, none of this had anything to do with Lin Shu.

Even if he wanted to get to the bottom of it, he would have to wait until he became stronger in the future.

For now, the auction took priority.

Afterward,

Lin Shu directly gave the order to kill all the senior members of Langya Hall.

Before their deaths, the Langya Hall higher-ups could not help but speak.

"Lin Shu, with your strength, you may be able to destroy Langya Hall, but even if you do not wish to confront the forces guarding the Divine Hall, they will come for you sooner or later!"

"You cannot escape this calamity!"

The Langya Hall Master spoke coldly.

"Did you think this Hall Master was truly kind enough to tell you all this? I only wanted you to live every day from now on in fear!"

"Let me tell you one more thing. Among the guardian force is a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo who inherited a Godly Martial Soul. Once such an existence appears, no one beneath the gods can stand against him!"

Listening to their final words, Lin Shu smiled faintly.

"Then I should thank you for telling me. It just so happens that I have no interest in this Divine Hall. I'm sure there are people and factions on the continent who are interested!"

Since this so-called Divine Hall Guardian Force wanted to act this way,

a Peerless Douluo who had inherited a Godly Martial Soul was indeed difficult to deal with.

Then he would spread the news everywhere.

Lin Shu believed that there were plenty of people on the continent coveting the Divine Hall.

With them standing at the forefront while he developed peacefully, even a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo with a Godly Martial Soul would fall at Lin Shu's hands when the time came!

After learning the full sequence of events, all the senior members of Langya Hall were naturally executed on Lin Shu's orders.

Although, before they died, they had left behind an unavoidable open scheme.

Lin Shu did not care.

Though there was one solution to this open scheme—leaving Qingzhou—

if he left Qingzhou, would the Langya Hall headquarters he had fought to claim not be wasted for nothing?

This force guarding the Divine Hall was certainly powerful, but so long as there was no true god among them, there was no need to worry too much.

Under his command were one hundred Title Douluo. Although he had left several in the Land of Hundred Cities, over ninety remained, along with eleven Super Douluo, including two Peerless Douluo.

Even if this force guarding the Divine Hall truly came for him, Lin Shu might not be without the ability to resist.

Besides, whether they could even reach him was still unknown.

Thinking this,

Lin Shu said to Su Qian:

"You should understand everything now, right? What do you think? Is the Empire interested in this so-called Divine Hall?"

Su Qian smiled sweetly.

"Guild Master, are you treating the Empire as a chess piece?"

Lin Shu neither confirmed nor denied it.

"This is a Divine Being's inheritance. If the Empire obtains it, its strength could increase greatly, which would naturally be of enormous benefit to unifying the continent!"

"Otherwise, if another faction obtains it, it will inevitably become an obstacle to the Empire!"

"Since I am spreading this news, the so-called Divine Hall Guardian Force will have only one final outcome: destruction!"

"They cannot withstand the factions and experts across the entire continent who covet the Divine Hall!"

"Otherwise, if they truly possessed strength that feared nothing, they would not have secretly suppressed Qingzhou's factions. Their actions prove that they fear being exposed!"

After hearing Lin Shu's words, Su Qian fell into thought.

It seemed to make some sense.

If the Empire wanted to unify the continent, it had to fight for it.

Otherwise, if others obtained it, it would inevitably become an obstacle to the Empire.

Su Qian could not help but grumble inwardly about Lin Shu.

The Langya Hall Master had thrown this trouble onto him.

Yet he had simply thrown it onto the whole world.

Still, it also proved that Lin Shu had no interest in the so-called Divine Hall.

If he had been like Langya Hall and interested in the Divine Hall, he definitely would not have spread the news directly.

After all, that would only bring a whole host of factions seeking to lay claim to the Divine Hall.

Su Qian was rather curious that Lin Shu remained unmoved even by the Divine Hall.

This was an opportunity that could grant one the chance to become a god!

On the continent, she feared no one could resist such temptation.

Becoming a god meant possessing an endless lifespan.

What an immense temptation that was.

One had to know that even a Title Douluo only lived for at most a thousand years. Though that was considered quite long-lived compared to other soul masters,

it was insignificant before an endless lifespan.

Did Lin Shu not want an endless lifespan?

Unable to help herself, Su Qian asked:

"Guild Master, don't you want to become a god?"

Lin Shu could not help giving her a look, as though she were an idiot.

"Isn't that obvious?"

"Then why are you not interested in the Divine Hall?"

Su Qian continued:

"The continent's legends say that only by inheriting a divine position can one become a god. Don't tell me you intend to become a god through your own efforts?"

Lin Shu truly did not know about that.

After all, he had once merely been the young master of a minor faction in a remote corner of the continent.

Naturally, he had not known such secrets.

However, even now that he knew, Lin Shu did not care.

Since gods existed, there had to be a way to become one.

If everyone had to inherit a divine position,

then where had the first god come from? Whose divine position had they inherited?

Even if the first god had been born innately, that would still prove there were conditions under which one could be born innately.

In any case, inheriting a divine position could not possibly be the only path.

If that were truly the case, then once a god passed on their divine position, would they no longer be a god?

A divine position could only be a medium, not a necessity!

Just because no one had achieved it before

did not mean he could not.

After all, he had a cheat...

Oh, no.

He had a system!