Battle Between Brothers

"Your strength has recovered?" Lin Mang said in shock.

"My injuries healed, so naturally my strength recovered. This is a dispute among juniors, yet you intervened. Do you think my son and I are easy to bully?" Lin Xiao said calmly.

Inside the Trial Hall, the invited guests also wore astonished expressions. With Lin Xiao's strength restored, the Lin Family's overall strength had increased considerably.

"Lin Mang, in front of so many people, you privately attacked a junior. Are you truly going to disgrace the Lin Family completely?" Lin Zhentian leaped from the main family seating area onto the arena and shouted sternly.

Lin Zhentian had always been absolute in the Lin Family. Upon hearing his words, Lin Mang's expression changed slightly. He lowered his head and allowed Lin Zhentian to scold him, not daring to say a word.

"Father, there are so many guests here today, and the Clan Competition has not ended yet. Let us put this matter aside for now," Lin Ken quietly said to Lin Zhentian.

"Mm." Lin Zhentian nodded. Matters within his own family should be handled internally, lest they make fools of themselves before others.

"The competition will continue!" Seeing Lin Zhentian return to the main family seating area, Lin Ken announced loudly.

Lin Dong had already defeated Lin Hong. Only Lin Mu and Lin Dong remained, and the two brothers would determine the champion between them.

Lin Mu smiled as he stepped onto the arena. He had never sparred with Lin Dong before, but his strength was certainly greater than Lin Dong's.

"Big Brother, go easy on me later," Lin Dong said with a bitter smile. He knew that Lin Mu had already reached the Earth Yuan Realm several months ago, while he was still only at the Body Tempering Ninth Level.

"Don't worry. Let me see the results of your cultivation," Lin Mu said with a smile, extending one hand and curling his fingers at Lin Dong.

"Big Brother, watch out!"

Lin Dong's expression turned serious. He did not hold back and directly unleashed the Ten Resonances Through-the-Back Fist at Lin Mu.

Lin Mu smiled faintly and used the Through-the-Back Fist as well.

Bang!

Their fists collided, and both retreated several steps. Of course, this was only because Lin Mu had suppressed his strength to Lin Dong's level.

After steadying themselves, the two charged at each other again, using exactly the same moves.

On the arena, they traded blows back and forth in an exceptionally thrilling fight.

"Since when did the Through-the-Back Fist have such power?" Lin Xia said in shock.

"Mu'er and Dong'er have both cultivated the Through-the-Back Fist to its highest level. In their hands, the Through-the-Back Fist surpasses most second-grade martial skills in power and is even comparable to third-grade martial skills," Lin Zhentian said, deeply shocked in his heart as well.

"Third Brother, you gave birth to two fine sons!" Lin Ken said.

"Haha!" The smile on Lin Xiao's face had not faded once. Today, Lin Mu and Lin Dong had given him far too many surprises.

"Big Brother, your strength is more than this. Let me see your true strength," Lin Dong said. Though it looked as if he and Lin Mu were evenly matched, he knew Lin Mu had certainly concealed his strength.

"Then be careful," Lin Mu said with a smile.

With a flick of his arm, a surging wave of Primal Energy burst forth—the strength of the Earth Yuan Realm.

Crack!

Lin Zhentian became so excited that he crushed the teacup in his hand again.

"Good, good, good! Heaven blesses my Lin Family!" Lin Zhentian said "good" three times in a row, unable to describe the excitement in his heart.

Bang!

Lin Mu threw a punch. Lin Dong barely blocked it before being sent flying straight off the arena.

"Are you all right?" Lin Mu walked to the edge of the arena and extended a hand.

"I'm fine. Big Brother, that wasn't even all your strength, was it?" Lin Dong took Lin Mu's hand, stood up from the ground, and dusted off his clothes.

Lin Mu merely smiled without speaking. If he revealed his true strength, it would be far too shocking. After all, half a year ago, he had only been at the Body Tempering Second Layer.

After the Clan Competition ended, Lin Zhentian gathered everyone together and harshly reprimanded Lin Mang. He also had Lin Mang hand some of the family affairs over to Lin Xiao to manage.

Afterward, he lavishly praised Lin Mu and Lin Dong, allowing the two of them to enter the family's Martial Arts Hall and freely browse the manuals within.

Lin Dong was extremely excited about this, but Lin Mu did not care much. The martial arts manuals in the family were of little use to him, and he would not waste Yang Yuan Pills to learn them.

At dinner, Lin Mu's family of five sat together for a meal.

"Mu'er, Dong'er, one of you is in the Earth Yuan Realm, the other at the Body Tempering Ninth Level, and both of you have mastered the Through-the-Back Fist to perfection. Your progress has truly been remarkable," Lin Xiao said with a half-smile.

"Father, half a year ago, an expert took me as his disciple. That is why I have progressed so quickly," Lin Mu said. He had long since come up with an explanation.

"So that is how it is. If there is an opportunity, introduce him to us," Lin Xiao said. He still believed Lin Mu's words; otherwise, there was no way to explain why the two brothers had improved so rapidly.

"After Master accepted me as his disciple, he gave me some cultivation resources and then left. He told me to find him again once I had become stronger," Lin Mu said.

His master was the system, and there was no way he could let it meet Lin Xiao. Fortunately, most experts were elusive figures, so what Lin Mu said would not arouse suspicion.

"Father, there are ten thousand Yang Yuan Pills here. Master left them for me. Give them to Grandfather so the strength of the Lin Family's disciples can improve as well." Lin Mu then took out a Universe Bag and handed it to Lin Xiao.

"What?" Upon hearing Lin Mu's words, Lin Xiao cried out in shock.

Ten thousand Yang Yuan Pills were an enormous fortune to the Lin Family. Even the entire Lin Family was not worth that many Yang Yuan Pills.

"Mu'er, if you give so many resources to the family, won't your master blame you?"

After a long while, Lin Xiao regained his senses and spoke solemnly.

"It's fine. Master gave me plenty. He would not even care about this amount of Yang Yuan Pills, so he will not blame me," Lin Mu said.

For Lin Mu, ten thousand Yang Yuan Pills were merely eight hours' worth of effort. It was nothing significant. If not for fearing that Lin Xiao could not accept it, he would have wanted to take out one hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills outright.

"It seems your master must be a powerful expert who dominates an entire region," Lin Xiao said.

"Master once said that Nirvana Realm experts are not even worth a fart in front of him," Lin Mu said.

After hearing this, the corner of Lin Xiao's mouth twitched slightly. The Lin Family did not even possess a single Core Formation Realm expert, yet Lin Mu's master did not even regard Nirvana Realm experts highly.

"Then I will thank you on behalf of the Lin Family," Lin Xiao said.

"I am a member of the Lin Family too. There is no need to thank me," Lin Mu said. His family's care for him had given him a strong sense of belonging to the Lin Family.

"Well said. We are all members of the Lin Family!" Lin Xiao said with a joyful laugh.

That very day, Lin Xiao gave the ten thousand Yang Yuan Pills to Lin Zhentian and told him about the master Lin Mu had fabricated. Lin Zhentian was no less shocked than Lin Xiao after hearing it.

Lin Zhentian was immensely proud that Lin Mu had caught the eye of such an expert and been accepted as his disciple.

At the same time, this was an enormous opportunity for the Lin Family. Those ten thousand Yang Yuan Pills alone could greatly improve the Lin Family's overall strength.

Lin Zhentian immediately summoned the family's core members, distributed some Yang Yuan Pills to everyone, and told them to cultivate in peace during this period and convert the resources into strength as quickly as possible.