Rising Sun in the South
February 15, Taiheng Calendar year 300213.
For Lin Tianheng, this was just another ordinary day.
After ending his seclusion in the early hours of the morning, he took out his phone and posted a selfie on Deep Blue, then spent half an hour replying to messages from various sect saintesses.
"Mobile phones are so useful!" Before, I had to go out in person to find a pretty girl, but now with a mobile phone, I can just open a video and see what she looks like.
However, cell phones also have their downsides. They're so convenient to contact someone that people you wouldn't normally contact now call you all the time.
I can't refuse to answer!
Yes, this is his father!
"That Yang Ning, still not dealt with?" Young Master Lin Shi frowned, his face full of bitterness, like a compassionate saint.
That's right, his real name is Young Master Lin Shi, not his nickname.
"He's hiding in the Taiheng Palace and won't come out, what can I do!" Lin Tianheng said irritably, "I even killed his parents!"
"Then we should kill him as soon as possible!" Young Master Lin Shi said sternly, "Someone who is so young yet has amazing luck, cultivates at an incredibly fast pace, and is impossible to kill—since we've already become enemies, we absolutely cannot let him live!"
"I know!" Lin Tianheng nodded with a gloomy expression.
This world has its share of exceptional individuals who rise to prominence at incredible speeds, encounter extraordinary opportunities, and create unbelievable miracles!
Even though the probability of a prodigy appearing is extremely low, the Lin Family will inevitably encounter many such individuals over hundreds of thousands of years.
Yang Ning felt that Lin Tianheng was deliberately targeting him, and his feeling was correct.
He was just toying with Tuo Buchuan at the time, but he saw from afar that there was a person on the Flying Boat with a dark blue aura that stretched for thousands of miles. That's when he changed his plans and decided to use the wild beasts of Qin Mountain to kill Yang Ning.
The reason for not taking action oneself is naturally out of fear of a backlash from one's luck.
I just didn't expect Yang Ning to come out completely unharmed!
He then instructed Wang Yao Wang Yi to subtly instruct the Dean the Ascension Academy to make a move during the trial. Who would have thought that this thing would actually create a turtle shell, protecting itself perfectly? Not only did the trial fail to kill him, it actually helped him gain fame!
He even knew how to leverage the situation, leaving Lin Tianheng with absolutely no reason to attack him.
Lin Tianheng thought that since this trial didn't work, there would be plenty of other trials at the Ascension Academy!
Unexpectedly, Yang Ning only stayed at the Ascension Academy for a year, and not only did he graduate, but he also became formal disciple!
The better he performed, the more it proved Yang Ning's great fortune, and the more intense Lin Tianheng's killing intent naturally became!
When Lin Tianheng discovered that Yang Ning and Yuanxi had appeared hand in hand in the inner mountains, he could no longer tolerate it and decided to take action himself!
Unexpectedly, this thing is hiding in the Taiheng Palace and won't come out!
"I need to think of a way to force him out, but I've already killed his parents and relatives. What other options do I have?" Lin Tianheng was momentarily stunned, but then he suddenly remembered one of the characteristics of a chosen one.
Both parents deceased!
He wasn't originally an orphan, but I helped him become one!
Did I personally create a prodigy?
Putting down his phone, Lin Tianheng summoned a holy maiden from some unknown sect, and without a word, mounted her.
It's just a toy, why bother remembering its name!
This whole ordeal took up the entire morning. After meditating to recover my energy, it was already afternoon!
"We can't waste any more time, this matter must be resolved today!" Lin Tianheng pressed his chest, feeling that his heartbeat was a little abnormal.
I felt a strange sense of unease, as if something bad would happen if I delayed any longer.
He shook his head, took a few decisive steps, and arrived in front of the Taiheng Palace.
"Inner disciple Lin Tianheng requests an audience with the Sect Leader!" Since you won't come out, then I'll force you to!
After he called out, the sect leader didn't come out, Hengming did.
"The sect leader has other important matters to attend to and has been away from the sect for quite some time!" Hengming.
"Then seeking out a senior will suffice!" Lin Tianheng asked, "Yang Ning is merely an Outer Disciple; what merit or ability does he possess to reside in the Taiheng Palace? Please, senior, invite him out!"
"He has successfully Qi Induction and become Qi Refining Stage disciple!" Hengming said with a smile.
"What?!" Lin Tianheng exclaimed in surprise, "How is that possible!"
He's only been practicing cultivation for two years!
This is outrageous! People like this must be killed!
"Even if he breaks through to the Qi Refining Stage, he can't live in the Taiheng Palace!" Lin Tianheng asked. "I know an elder in the Heavenly Craft Department who can introduce him to a beautiful mountain peak!"
"He just broke through and needs to stabilize his realm!" Hengming laughed. "Once he's stabilized, I'll let him out!"
As he spoke, Hengming had a very strange feeling.
Is this what lying is? It seems rather interesting?
Lin Tianheng nodded, not doubting Hengming's words, but rather somewhat excited.
Once his cultivation level stabilizes for three to five days, it's pretty much set. In other words, he'll definitely emerge within three to five days.
That will be his death day!
"Then I'll wait a few more days!" Lin Tianheng felt much better, so he turned and left.
This scene was witnessed by a passing cultivator, who casually took a picture and posted it online with the title "Senior Brother Tianheng requests an audience with the Sect Leader, but his expression is displeased, suggesting the meeting may not go well."
Lin Tianheng didn't mind, because people usually take pictures of him when he's flying in the sky.
Back then, there was no such thing as portrait rights. Everyone thought that being photographed meant they were popular, and he was actually eager to be photographed.
It was just another ordinary afternoon, another ordinary day of being secretly photographed by ordinary fans.
As the sun sets and night falls, the night deepens.
All the cities and palaces in the Southern Forest tribe's territory began to close their gates, and all the farmers and merchants who entered the cities left. No one was allowed to stay within 30 kilometers of the city.
At 10:30 p. m., farmers and small vendors had already arrived 30 kilometers away.
The moon is dim tonight and has already set in the west.
The Taiyin Sect cultivators grumbled and cursed, saying that today was not a good day to practice the Taiyin Cultivation Method.
At midnight, the hustle and bustle and debauchery in the Southern Forest tribe's territory gradually subsided. Those who were in seclusion began to do so, and those who were sleeping began to sleep.
At two o'clock in the morning, apart from a few faint crowings of roosters and barking of dogs, the whole world had become completely quiet, and the sky had become completely dark.
A misty fog began to spread between heaven and earth, plunging the entire world into darkness, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.
At 2:41 a. m. on March 16, an octagonal, eight-story golden pagoda appeared silently in the atmosphere.
A sudden gust of wind stirred the air above this 500,000 square kilometer land, silently creating a vacuum region that is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, resembling a flask.
At 2:41:19, the pagoda suddenly grew larger, accompanied by surging electric light, and 15,000 thick metal pillars were all ejected within a 0.2-second interval, silently approaching the ground at a supersonic speed of Mach 40.
At 2:41:20, the pagoda disappeared silently into space once again.
Though they cannot see or hear, practitioners still possess spiritual awareness.
A cultivator at the Spiritual Law Realm would definitely be able to detect it!
The Lin Family also has cultivators at the Spiritual Law Realm, and quite a few of them, but most of them cultivate in their own cave heavens.
Only two people guard the clan outside: Lin Huan and Lin Xiao, who are brothers.
"Where did this attack come from?" Lin Huan was stunned. His Divine Sense had barely touched the metal rod when it was directly shattered!
"The Heavenless Fate Protection Wheel!!" Lin Xiao didn't take it seriously. His Divine Sense wasn't known for its defensive capabilities; his true strength lay in the defensive divine Divine Ability, the Heavenless Fate Protection Wheel!
The Wutian Life-Protecting Wheel specializes in protecting one's destiny. Lin Huan and Lin Xiao have guarded the Lin family for 130,000 years, and the life-protecting power they have cultivated is as deep and boundless as the ocean!
As long as these life-protecting powers are not exhausted, the defense of the Heavenless Fate Protection Wheel is absolute!
With a thought, a three-inch-long, round wheel-shaped object flew out from between his eyebrows, growing larger in the air and transforming into a huge shield several kilometers wide in the blink of an eye!
"This is the defensive power of the Spiritual Law Realm!" Yang Ning frowned. To be honest, he hadn't considered Spiritual Law Realm cultivators when he conducted the experiment. There was no other way; with his abilities, he simply couldn't find Spiritual Law Realm to test his defensive power.
The only hope lies in the 1.6 billion armor-piercing and spirit-piercing runes inscribed on the Ghost Head Tungsten chip.
That's 1.6 billion, not 16, and with a weight of 1.7 million tons and a speed of Mach 47, even magical artifacts might not be able to stop it!
The next second, Yang Ning saw the wheel flash with light and suddenly turn into endless stardust, disappearing completely!
"Huh?" Yang Ning was taken aback.
What happened?
Lin Xiao was equally bewildered. "Where's my Life-Protecting Wheel?"
He was dumbfounded, but Lin Huan next to him was not. He also took out the Heavenless Fate Protection Wheel.
But the Life-Protecting Wheel had barely floated out when it encountered the same problem as Lin Xiao, turning into countless stardust fragments and disappearing instantly!
"This!" Lin Huan and Lin Xiao exchanged a glance, and Lin Huan immediately raised his hand.
It doesn't matter if the magical artifact is gone, we still have Divine Ability!
But as soon as they raised their hands, the two were shocked to find that their protective power had completely disappeared!
"This is... Hengming!" The two were stunned for a moment before they realized what was happening.
Aside from the immortal artifact Hengming Tower, who else could so quickly destroy two Dao artifacts, and who else could so instantly deplete their life-protecting power?
They have only protected the Lin Family for a few hundred thousand years, but the Hengming Tower has truly protected the Taiheng Sect and even the Taiheng Realm for 300,000 years!
"Why!" The two were immediately alarmed. "Does the Taiheng Sect intend to take action against the Lin Family?"
"But how dare they?"
In the blink of an eye, the two were about to notify the other Spiritual Law Realm elders, but as soon as they had this thought, they felt the space around them become suffocating, and the whole world became quiet!
They were frozen in place! Even their magical Law Power was frozen!
"Senior Hengming, are you going to destroy our Lin Family?" Lin Huan's thoughts raced wildly. "Don't forget the agreement you made with the Lin Family's ancestors. You are not allowed to attack the Lin Family unless the Lin Family betrays Taiheng!"
"Did I make a move? No!" Hengming laughed. "I only temporarily put away your Dao artifact, and I only temporarily restrained the two of you. Don't worry, I will absolutely not cause any damage to your persons or property!"
"You!" Lin Huan's eyes widened in disbelief. What kind of twisted logic was this? Wasn't this taking sides?
Furthermore, wasn't Hengming supposed to be old-fashioned and conservative? Where did he learn these Evil Dao?
Without the warning and interception of two Spiritual Law Realm cultivators, the Qi Refining Artifact Cultivator only discovered the weapon when it was tens of kilometers away from the ground.
But by then, it was too late to try and intercept them!
At 2:43:00 AM on March 16th, accompanied by a thunderous roar that seemed to shake the heavens and the earth, 15,000 suns rose suddenly over the territory of the Nanlin Lin Clan!