"An explanation?"
The smile slowly faded from Lin Fan's face. "You came to my Lin Clan, shouting and making a scene, insulting my elder clansister and my clan."
"Who do you think you are?"
His tone was calm, yet an invisible pressure bore down, blotting out the sky.
Tang Yin's breath caught. He actually found it hard to breathe, but he gritted his teeth and stubbornly craned his neck. "What are you going to do? Your Lin Clan has strength in numbers, so you're bullying me alone?!"
Lin Fan asked without betraying any emotion, "Tang Yin, you said my elder clansister killed your mother?"
Tang Yin gritted his teeth. "Yes!"
Lin Fan said, "Oh? Then why is there such a strong Blue Silver Emperor bloodline power within you?"
Tang Yin froze and instinctively said, "Impossible..."
Lin Fan said indifferently, "Uncle Fu, take out his jade pendant."
Tang Yin's pupils contracted. "No, this is the jade pendant my mother... left me before she died. You can't touch it..."
Uncle Fu gave him no chance. His Quasi-Emperor might suppressed everyone present!
The jade pendant shattered, releasing a rich bloodline power. Tang Yin instantly felt as though lightning had struck him!
Deep within his body, an incomparably rich presence of Blue Silver Emperor Grass blood essence suddenly awakened like a sleeping dragon!
That bloodline power was more than a hundred times richer than what Lin Yanran had taken back then!
He jerked his head up, his face filled with disbelief. "This... this is..."
Lin Fan said slowly, "Your mother burned her blood essence back then not to resist my elder clansister, but to condense all her blood essence into a pill and send it into your body, waiting for your future nirvana awakening."
"But you..."
"You didn't even spare her a glance. You watched her burn her blood essence, then left with that jade pendant."
"Your mother gave up even her life for you."
"And you?"
"You came to my Lin Clan to cause trouble, insisting over and over that my clan killed your mother."
"And I suspect you knew all along, didn't you? You only blamed Sister Yanran for your mother's death to comfort yourself!"
"Even your mother's final wisp of consciousness before her death would probably be angered back to life by an unfilial son like you!"
Lin Fan's voice was quiet, yet every word was a knife plunging into Tang Yin's heart.
Tang Yin's face instantly turned deathly pale. His body trembled violently, as though millions of needles were piercing his heart. "No, impossible..."
"You're lying... you're lying!"
He suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and roared, "Lin Fan! You're sowing discord! My mother was killed by your Lin Clan!"
[Ding! The host has damaged Tang Yin's Dao heart. Obtained Villain Points x50,000!] [Ding! The host has exposed Tang Yin's true colors, causing him to lose the holy land ancestor's support. Obtained Villain Points x80,000!]
"Tang Yin, what are you doing?"
"How dare you disrespect the Imperial Scion?"
The Haotian Holy Land ancestor's expression changed. He slapped Tang Yin away, sending him flying right to Lin Fan's feet.
Lin Fan sighed and shook his head.
Tang Yin flew into a rage. His ninth-level Spirit Sea Realm cultivation erupted, and a terrifying surge of Blue Silver Emperor Grass bloodline power shot skyward!
"Lin Fan! I'll kill you..."
He lunged at Lin Fan, his fist carrying the fierce force of wind and thunder as it blasted straight toward Lin Fan's face!
This full-powered strike at the peak of the ninth level of the Spirit Sea Realm was enough to shatter a small mountain.
Even the Haotian Holy Land ancestor jumped in fright. "Tang Yin! Stop! If you want to die, don't drag me and the holy land down with you!"
But how could Tang Yin listen now?
Lin Fan's pupils contracted slightly, but he did not retreat a single step.
He merely raised his right hand, spread his fingers, and casually pressed toward Tang Yin. Even the laws of heaven and earth hummed!
"Words Become Law, freeze!"
One word.
The word was spoken, and the laws followed.
Tang Yin froze in midair, as though an invisible hand had seized time itself. No matter how he struggled or how the spiritual power around him surged, his body did not move an inch!
"Wh... what?!"
Tang Yin's pupils constricted sharply, his face filled with horror!
He was at the peak of the ninth level of the Spirit Sea Realm and had always fought opponents above his level. Yet today, a mere Pill Condensation Realm brat had immobilized him with a single word?!
What the fuck kind of divine ability was this?!
Terrifying peak Quasi-Emperor power bore down like ten thousand mountains. Uncle Fu had made his move. "Courting death! How dare you attack the Imperial Scion!"
Boom!
Before Tang Yin could even grunt, he was crushed to his knees!
The Blue Silver Emperor Grass's Spiritual Qi poured out wildly, and his Spirit Sea Realm cultivation burst apart like a crushed bubble!
"Lin Clan! You're using your power to oppress me! Ganging up on the outnumbered! I refuse to accept this!"
Tang Yin spat out a mouthful of blood and stared fixedly at Lin Fan as he rasped those words.
Lin Fan looked down at him, his gaze as indifferent as if he were looking at an ant. "You refuse? Swallow it!"
System: [Ding! The host has crushed Tang Yin. Obtained Villain Points x20,000!]
The holy land ancestor was already drenched in cold sweat. He dropped to his knees with a thud. "Imperial Scion! Tang Yin lost his head for a moment! Please show mercy and spare his life! I am willing to offer all of my Haotian Holy Land's resources as an apology!"
"Heh!"
Lin Fan had no interest in those few paltry scraps. He said indifferently, "Can you afford to compensate me? He insulted my Lin Clan today. If I don't kill him, outsiders will think my clan is weak and easily bullied."
The Haotian ancestor turned deathly pale and trembled all over. "Imperial Scion... this..."
Lin Fan said indifferently, "What, do you think he can still leave here alive?"
He glanced back at Tang Yin and said calmly, "Your mother gave you everything, yet you cared only about revenge and caused her death!"
"And today, you'll also cause the deaths of your fellow disciples..."
"Your mother died because of your own cowardice."
"You've spent your whole life blaming others."
Tang Yin trembled violently, his eyes filled with remorse and despair, as though a pillar within his heart had collapsed.
He finally understood that the one who had caused his mother's death had never been Lin Yanran.
It had been himself.
That year, he had stood far away, watching his mother burn her blood essence, yet he had not dared take a single step forward.
His mother had died for him.
Yet he had taken her keepsake and come to settle scores with the Lin Clan.
How ironic!
At last, no anger remained in Tang Yin's eyes, only emptiness and despair.
He slowly lowered his head, his voice hoarse beyond measure. "You... just kill me."
Lin Fan sighed and said indifferently, "No hurry. Those who cause trouble in my Lin Clan meet only one end."
"Death."
"Before that, I want you to watch your closest fellow disciples die with your own eyes. All of this is because you overestimated yourself and brought about their miserable deaths!"
At those words, Tang Yin's pupils contracted.
The Haotian Holy Land ancestor knelt and begged for mercy. "No, Imperial Scion, the people of the holy land are innocent. Please spare them... I am willing to take my own life! I beg you to spare theirs!"
Squelch!
Before Lin Fan could speak, the Haotian Holy Land ancestor slit his own throat and fell limply to the ground.
Tang Yin roared, "No, Ancestor!"
Lin Fan's words killed and struck at the heart. "You caused the death of an elder who had such high hopes for you!"
System: [Ding! The host has damaged Tang Yin's Dao heart. Obtained Villain Points x50,000!]
Lin Fan glanced at Uncle Fu, then looked at Lin Yanran. "Uncle Fu, do it. Sister! Next time, remember to pull up the roots when you cut the weeds!"
Hum!
The next instant, Uncle Fu tore through the void with one hand. The scene of Haotian Holy Land appeared before him, and a colossal, sky-supporting hand descended terrifyingly. Everything ceased to exist!
"No!"
Tang Yin howled in utter despair.
Lin Fan frowned, finding him too noisy. He raised his right hand, and a golden light condensed at his fingertip, instantly piercing Tang Yin's forehead.
Tang Yin's body shuddered, his pupils lost focus, and he slumped to the ground, all signs of life gone.
Under Lin Fan's devouring talent, the unawakened Blue Silver Emperor Pill transformed into pure energy and flowed into his body through the Imperial Sword.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying the Son of Destiny Tang Yin. Obtained Villain Points x100,000!] [Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a hidden reward: the blood essence origin of the Blue Silver Emperor Grass maternal clan. Can enhance life recovery ability!] [Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Tang Yin's remaining opportunity-the Blue Silver Emperor Grass Nirvana Secret Art!]
Lin Fan withdrew his hand and gently blew on his fingertip, a playful smile on his face.
Not bad. Including what he got for killing Tang Yin, he had saved up 134,000 Villain Points.
He was still quite a way from a million.
It seemed he needed to find a few more Sons of Destiny to feast on.
He looked into the distance, his gaze deep. "Primordial Chaos Realm... Xiao Huohuo... heh, interesting. Here I come."
Meanwhile!
A major event was unfolding in the Three Thousand Provinces of the Desolate Ancient Land.
Many ancestors of imperial clans, ancient ancestors of secluded ancient clans, and Great Emperors of the various orthodoxies emerged from seclusion.
Almost every powerhouse in Archaic sensed some mysterious fluctuation and looked in the same direction, their faces showing shock.
"This is... unusual activity in the Immortal Ancient Ruins!"
"Hundreds of thousands of years have passed. Could the Immortal Ancient Ruins be opening in this era?"
"Is a golden age about to descend upon this era?!"
"That must be it! Archaic has recently seen one monstrous prodigy after another emerge: Wang Teng of the Wang Clan, Long Aotian of the Dragon Clan, and the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion, Lin Fan. Who knows which of them will ultimately become an emperor and attain immortality?"