Silence—endless silence—made Lin Tianhao's heart slowly sink.
But just as Lin Tianhao was about to despair, Lin Hu, the Lin Family's Fifteenth Elder, finally responded.
"Fine."
An unexpected incident had occurred within the lineage, leaving the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree on the verge of death.
To maintain the illusion of strength as much as possible and ward off prying eyes,
these elders had no choice but to personally travel to the Great Wilderness and make contact with certain lineages they normally could not be bothered with.
They needed to expand the Lin Family's external power.
This Alchemy Lin Family was his first target.
Yet before negotiations could even be concluded, this Alchemy Lin Family was about to be destroyed!
And the visitors were no small fry, but the Supreme Lu Family, equal in name to his Supreme Lin Family!
Still, had anyone else come today, perhaps he would have had no solution.
But the one who had come was actually the Lu Family's Thirteenth Sequence, Lu Qingyun!
A monster whom the Lin Family and the various forces of the Great Wilderness had spent enormous resources to place under house arrest through half-trade, half-coercion!
"Lu Qingyun, you heard it as well. The Lin Family Head just agreed to submit to my Lin Family. That means the affairs of the Alchemy Lin Family are now the affairs of my Supreme Lin Family!"
"Indeed, I came here alone, so naturally I am no match for the two Saints by your side."
"However... could it be that you intend to have the two Saint Path existences beside you kill me along with the rest, declaring war directly upon my Supreme Lin Family!"
Facing the Saint Path Pressure, Lin Hu's expression did not change in the slightest as he spoke with extraordinary firmness.
Though he was still one step shy of the Saint Path Domain and had not truly entered that realm,
as a Lin Family elder, he had always been a heaven unto himself.
The people he dealt with most often were even Supreme Ancestors.
Naturally, he would not be affected by this Saint Path Pressure.
"Moreover, the Sixth Ancestor of the Lu Family personally guaranteed that you would not be allowed into the Great Wilderness again. What, could it be that the words of the Lu Family's Supreme figure are all empty nonsense!"
"Impudence!!"
Hearing his ancestor slandered, Lu Ming's eyes widened in fury, and he made as though to rush forward and teach this Lin Family Fifteenth Elder a lesson.
Naturally, it was only for show.
After all, as he had put it, if he truly made a move, the repercussions would be considerable.
A Saint Path Expert taking action, and against one of their elders at that—this already counted as a massive conflict between higher-ups.
What was more, the matter involved the Thirteenth Sequence. By then, the major forces of the Great Wilderness might all seize the chance to act.
Only...
The consequences were this serious, and none of you were going to stop me?
Lu Ming halted awkwardly in midair, unable to advance or retreat.
Behind him, Lu Qingyun looked calm, as though he had not noticed his movements at all.
Shen Yue, meanwhile, wore a smiling expression. Not only did she not stop him, she even seemed to be urging him on.
As for Lin Qingxue, Lu Ming simply ignored her...
Seeing Lu Ming still hovering in the air without entering the fray, Lin Hu immediately gained much more confidence.
Just now, he had truly thought that this Lu Family Saint would throw all caution to the wind and strike forcefully, frightening several drops of water out of him.
Now it seemed that was all there was to it.
That Lu Family Barbarian the sacred tree always spoke of seemed to be nothing much after all!
With the body of a Venerable Lord, he stood against two Saints without the slightest fear!
Lin Hu felt that once he returned and spread word of this, his status in the lineage would absolutely rise like the tide lifting a boat!
By then, perhaps the "fifteenth" before his title could lose its five!
He had coveted the position of Tenth Elder for hundreds of years!
The more he thought, the more confident he became. Lin Hu took a step forward, his gaze looking down upon all beneath it, without the slightest timidity.
"I, Lin Hu, stand here today. I will protect this Alchemy Lin Family! If you want to touch it, step over my corpse first!"
Lin Hu looked impassioned, as though he feared neither life nor death.
But just as those words left his mouth, a fist smashed straight toward him!
Boom!!
The one who struck was Lu Qingyun!
He did not utter a single word of nonsense. From the very first instant, he unleashed his full combat power!
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Other than his Blood Burning talent and Supreme Art, he held nothing back.
The monstrous blood and vitality brought by the cultivation of the Ten Billion Layer Blood Moving Secret Treasury erupted once more at this moment!
"Sequence!"
Lu Ming and Shen Yue's expressions changed drastically. They immediately grew tense and stared fixedly ahead, afraid that something might happen to Lu Qingyun.
Yet after delivering a barrage of wild hammer blows, Lu Qingyun actually retreated straight back.
Then, without changing expression, he said, "I can't beat him. You should go instead. He's only a Lin Family elder. Since he made such a request, let's satisfy him!"
Hearing this, Lu Ming remained somewhat worried, but Shen Yue charged forward at once!
With one strike, divine power manifested.
Beneath the Blazing Great Sun, night shrouded the skies. A Bright Moon hung high above, pure and radiant.
Its brilliance transformed into a rushing waterfall, pouring down toward the entire colossal city!
This time, her target was not merely the Lin Family Fifteenth Elder, but the entire colossal city of the Alchemy Lin Family. With this strike, she intended to wipe out that vast sea of living beings!
Such mighty power far exceeded what a Venerable Lord could achieve, fully displaying the majesty of a Saint!
Yet just as the Moonlight Waterfall was about to annihilate the entire Alchemy Lin Family,
space suddenly tore open, and boundless green burst forth. The aura of life became incomparably dense at that moment!
A thick green vine extended from the void, weaving and coiling through the air like an azure flood dragon.
The Moonlight Waterfall fell upon it with hissing sounds. Most of the vines were corroded and severed, yet they still survived tenaciously, drawing upon the energy between heaven and earth to slowly recover.
At some unknown point, a beautiful woman had appeared before Lin Hu.
With every frown and smile, she seemed like an elf dancing through the forest, drawing people into her spell before they realized it.
Lu Ming was one of them.
From the moment he looked toward the woman and discovered that she was not looking at him, he decisively began admiring her pair of nearly flawless jade feet.
He stared as though intoxicated, nearly popping his eyes out.
Lu Qingyun poked Lu Ming in the kidney, startling him into hurriedly withdrawing his gaze and assuming a thoroughly serious expression.
But when he realized Shen Yue had not noticed his little movement, he looked at Lu Qingyun with some resentment.
"Sequence, stop fooling around."
"Stop looking. Haven't you noticed that your Dao Companion's condition is a little off?"
Lu Qingyun pointed at Shen Yue as a reminder.
After Lu Qingyun said that, Lu Ming noticed as well. Shen Yue's emotional fluctuations at this moment were anything but ordinary.
He had thought she had discovered his little action just now. It now appeared that the cause of Shen Yue's agitation was this newly appeared woman—a female Saint!
"Fang Ruyu, you're actually still alive!"
"I have disappointed you, Senior Sister. Though my talent may not compare to yours, I am not so lacking that I could not even enter the Saint Path Domain and end up dying away amid the passing years, meeting the same end as our short-lived master."
Fang Ruyu smiled like a blooming flower, her eyes filled with the joy of reuniting with an old acquaintance as she looked at Shen Yue—a stark contrast to Shen Yue's expression.
"Shut up!! You think you deserve to mention Master?"
Shen Yue roared, "If you had not stolen the pills Master used up all her savings to purchase for breaking through into the Saint Realm, how could Master have suffered backlash from her failed breakthrough and ultimately died in depression! Master raised you for a hundred years, and this is how you repaid her?"
"With your serpent's heart and scorpion's guts, you actually entered the Lin Family. What, is the Lin Family not afraid of suffering backlash?"
For that final sentence, Shen Yue looked toward Lin Hu.
For a moment, cold sweat streamed down Lin Hu's body.
How could he have known such secret matters? Earlier, when Lu Qingyun and the others had just arrived,
he had merely sent word back to the lineage, asking for reinforcements in order to save his own life.
If this woman before him had not used Lin Family cultivation arts, he would not even have known she was from the Lin Family!
"Senior Sister, you exaggerate. How could our master compare to the Supreme Lin Family? Even if I had the heart, I would lack the strength!"
Fang Ruyu did not deny it, yet what she said truly left no grounds for rebuttal.
As a Saint Path Expert, the Lin Family could not possibly abandon such a valuable asset over a few baseless accusations.
"Looks like... Senior Sister places great importance on loyalty. But why was that one beside you peeking at me just now? Senior Sister, sorry—my charm is simply too great for people to resist."
Hearing this, Shen Yue showed no reaction whatsoever.
As a Saint Path Expert, how could she fail to notice the gaze of someone beside her?
The reason she did not care was merely...
"Yueyue, your junior sister's legs look pretty good. Little Treasure likes this kind the most."
A trace of cruelty flashed through Lu Ming's eyes as he spoke to Shen Yue.
The Little Treasure he mentioned was merely a Venerable Lord Level Beast Pet raised by the husband and wife.
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