"What are you all standing around for? Get things in order. It's time to head back." Lin Yi glanced at the stunned crowd and spoke calmly.
"Yes, Young Master Lin Yi!"
Hearing Lin Yi's words, Luo Ling was the first to recover. He hurriedly answered respectfully.
It was not just Luo Ling. Everyone present now looked at Lin Yi with a few more traces of respect.
Next, the group briefly cleaned up the battlefield, bandaged the wounded, and continued toward Ironwood Manor.
This time, Lin Yi did not leave the group. He sat on Little Yan's back, slowed down, and traveled with everyone else.
After roughly two hours, Ironwood Manor appeared at the edge of their vision.
On the walls of Ironwood Manor, Lin Xiao and the others had been waiting anxiously ever since Lin Yi had left with his people.
However, when they saw a familiar group appear in the distance, their hearts finally settled.
"The waves behind drive on those before them. This boy is truly remarkable..." Looking at the fiery-red figure rapidly rushing over, Lin Mang could not help sighing.
They all knew how strong Xie Qian was. The fact that Lin Yi had managed to bring everyone back safely was enough to show how powerful he was.
Under Lin Yi's lead, the last group of Lin Family members entered Ironwood Manor safely. Before long, cheers rang out from all around them.
"Mother!"
Lin Xia quickly leaped down from the wall and threw herself into the arms of a middle-aged woman. Tears streamed from her eyes. She had been badly frightened this time as well.
"Lin Yi, thank you." Lin Xia nestled in her mother's arms for a while before turning around and gently hugging Lin Yi. She spoke softly.
"We're family. There's no need to be so polite." Lin Yi smiled.
"Yi'er, are you all right?" Lin Xiao and the others gathered around and asked with concern.
Lin Yi smiled. "I'm fine. I wasn't injured at all."
"That bastard Xie Qian! We'll definitely settle this debt with him properly in the future!" Lin Mang spoke with a vicious edge.
Hearing this, Luo Ling's expression turned somewhat strange. After hesitating briefly, he still said, "Second Master, I'm afraid you won't be able to settle accounts with Xie Qian. Xie Qian already died at Young Master Lin Yi's hands."
"What?"
Upon hearing Luo Ling's words, Lin Mang was not the only one stunned. Lin Ken, Lin Xiao, and the others were all filled with shock.
Although Lin Yi had also broken through to the Late Heaven Origin Realm, they felt that he had only recently broken through and should still be somewhat weaker than Xie Qian. Even with the support of Spiritual Energy, his overall strength should at most have been barely equal to Xie Qian's.
Yet they had never imagined that Lin Yi could actually kill Xie Qian!
"Yi'er, is this true?" After a long while, Lin Xiao looked at Lin Yi and asked seriously.
"It's true." Lin Yi nodded slightly.
"Hiss!"
After receiving Lin Yi's confirmation, Lin Ken and the others could not help drawing in sharp breaths. Their faces were filled with shock.
Qing Tan, Lin Xia, Lin Dong, and the other younger generation looked at Lin Yi with admiration in their eyes.
"Good boy." Lin Xiao patted Lin Yi's shoulder, both comforted and proud. "Before I knew it, you've already surpassed me."
"I was just lucky and happened to encounter a few opportunities." Lin Yi smiled modestly.
As they spoke, Lin Yi's expression changed slightly. His gaze abruptly turned toward a quiet room deep within Ironwood Manor.
A powerful Yuan Power fluctuation that made people feel suffocated suddenly erupted from there, forming a vortex of Yuan Power.
"It seems that today is the day Grandfather breaks through..."
Looking at the vortex of Yuan Power forming in the air deep within Ironwood Manor, Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and thought to himself.
After Lin Yi, Lin Ken, Lin Xiao, and the others also noticed the disturbance from the quiet room. They were startled at first, then their faces filled with wild joy.
"Father succeeded!"
Excitement and delight covered everyone's faces. They had been waiting for this day for a very long time!
Lin Yi looked up. The vortex of Yuan Power resembled a tornado that was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with its lower end piercing directly into the quiet room.
Such a shocking scene naturally shook the entire manor in an instant. Nearly everyone ran out of their houses and stared in astonishment at the vortex of Yuan Power above the quiet room.
"From now on, Qingyang Town will recognize our Lin Family as its leader!" Lin Mang's face flushed red as he spoke excitedly.
Beside him, Lin Xiao and Lin Ken also nodded.
There were no Yuan Dan Stage experts in Qingyang Town yet. Now that their Lin Family had one, they would have no rival in Qingyang Town!
"Not just Qingyang Town. Once we deal with the Lei and Xie families, our Lin Family can use this place as a base and enter Flame City. There are experts everywhere there, and only then can our Lin Family develop faster." Lin Xiao also smiled.
"Mm." Lin Ken and Lin Mang nodded in agreement.
"Buzz!"
Under the excited and expectant gazes of the Lin Family members, the vortex of Yuan Power above the quiet room suddenly trembled violently. Then, it transformed into pillar after pillar of Yuan Power visible to the naked eye.
"Whoosh!"
As the vortex of Yuan Power transformed into pillars, a figure suddenly shot out of the quiet room and charged directly into the sky. It opened its mouth toward the heavens, and a light spot the size of a thumb shot from between its lips.
The moment the light spot appeared, the pillars of Yuan Power filling the sky seemed to be drawn toward it and rapidly converged.
In only a few minutes, all the pillars of Yuan Power had vanished into the unremarkable little light spot. Finally, the light spot transformed into a thumb-sized, pure-white pearl—the Yuan Dan of Lin Zhentian!
Lin Yi focused his gaze on the tiny white pearl. Relying on his exceptional Spiritual Energy, he sensed four extremely fine star patterns on the surface of the Yuan Dan.
This represented the fact that the Yuan Dan Lin Zhentian had condensed was a Four-star Yuan Dan.
In midair, Lin Zhentian opened his mouth and swallowed the Yuan Dan into his body. His figure then drifted lightly down onto the top of a giant tree.
His body landed on the tree without making the slightest movement, yet a strange aura naturally spread from him. With every breath he took, Yuan Power fluctuations could be felt.
"As expected of someone in the Yuan Dan Stage. He can actually reach this level."
Lin Xiao and the others watched this scene with their hearts surging. Their faces were filled with envy.
"Lei Family, our Lin Family has endured for many years. It's time to make you repay your debts!"
Standing atop the tree, Lin Zhentian looked down upon all of Ironwood Manor. Feeling the power in his body that had surged more than tenfold, his heart was also filled with excitement. He clasped his hands behind his back, gazed toward Qingyang Town, and murmured.
After seeing Lin Zhentian successfully break through, Lin Yi, Lin Xiao, and the others all hurried toward the quiet room.
"Congratulations, Grandfather, on breaking through to the Yuan Dan Stage!" Lin Yi said with a smile.
Immediately afterward, the three Lin brothers, Lin Ken, Lin Mang, and Lin Xiao, also stepped forward one after another to congratulate Lin Zhentian.
"Hahaha, speaking of which, I must thank Yi'er for helping me break through to the Yuan Dan Stage so quickly." Lin Zhentian patted Lin Yi's shoulder and laughed heartily, looking extremely happy. After a pause, he asked everyone, "How have things been recently?"
Lin Ken immediately represented the others and reported everything that had happened during this period to Lin Zhentian.
After learning of the Lei and Xie families' actions, Lin Zhentian was instantly furious. "The Lei and Xie families have targeted our Lin Family again and again. They truly deserve to die!"
A cold glint flashed through Lin Yi's eyes. He spoke in a deep voice. "Grandfather, I killed Xie Qian today. The Lei and Xie families have lost another Heaven Origin Realm expert, while you have also broken through to the Yuan Dan Stage."
"Our Lin Family's high-level combat strength has already far surpassed that of the Lei and Xie families. It's time to make our move against them!"
After Lin Yi finished speaking, Lin Ken, Lin Xiao, and the others all looked invigorated. They turned toward Lin Zhentian together and waited for him to make a decision.
Lin Zhentian's gaze swept over his sons and grandsons. His expression gradually hardened, and he shouted,
"Lin Ken, Lin Mang, Lin Xiao, gather the guards and wipe out the Lei and Xie families!"
"Yes, Father!" The three Lin brothers answered in unison.
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