Lynn lightly tapped the tabletop twice with his fingers.
The Ironbone Family was gone?
He remembered that the family head who had sent Bal to become an apprentice was a short, stout old man with dark skin and a deep, muffled voice.
Bal had been clever but timid. After spending several years under Lynn, he had advanced to a third-rank apprentice.
When he left Shadow Mine, Bal and Alia had remained with the family instead of returning to the academy with him.
Now that the Ironbone Family was gone, no one knew where Bal had ended up.
Meanwhile, the Nightsong Family had connected itself to Earth's Pulse through an exceptionally gifted direct descendant.
Lynn recalled Vera, the Nightsong Family's matriarch, a mature beauty who had sent her daughter Alia to his side as an apprentice.
Alia had followed him from a second-rank apprentice to the peak of third rank. Later, she had borne his child and given birth to Lin Chen.
Unfortunately, that little bastard Lin Chen had never been settled, and had run off to the Netherworld.
Later, there was Lin Shu. She had been born to Xixi, a collateral member of the Nightsong Family, and possessed high-grade earth affinity and medium-grade soul affinity.
Earth's Pulse was known precisely for specializing in the power of earth.
The Nightsong Family had likely connected with Earth's Pulse through Lin Shu's high-grade earth affinity.
With high-grade earth affinity and medium-grade soul affinity, Lin Shu was undoubtedly a genius in the eyes of Earth's Pulse.
She should have been in her teens by now. He wondered how her cultivation had progressed.
Lynn lifted his wineglass and took another sip.
Lin Chen's matters remained unresolved, and he had neglected Lin Shu's growth as well. As a "father," he truly had not measured up.
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