Chapter 474 - Falling Into a Dilemma (1/2)
Chapter 474 – Falling Into a Dilemma
Lin Runru felt the unbearable pressure on his life and moved back half a step. He asked in a daze, “Wh-what’s the matter?”
Lin Xuanzhi couldn’t stop himself from saying, “Family Head, it’d be best if you stopped talking.”
Lin Runru, “…”
However, Lin Runru really didn’t know that there was a person who could control corpses in the Lin family.
In fact, in the Nine Lands, the Imperial Corpse Technique could be regarded as a cultivation method that was both good and bad. People who cultivated it could be from the righteous path or demonic path– and they could also be a human or a demon. It simply depended on what it was used for. However, in a small place like the Five Continents, their views were more close-minded and restrained. They distinguished good and evil from the style of the cultivation method alone.
Lin Xuanzhi asked, “Are you certain it’s a corpse puppet?”
You Ming didn’t even think about it. “No.”
Lin Xuanzhi, “…”
Several pairs of eyes landed on You Ming simultaneously.
Feeling those sharp eyes, You Ming coughed and explained, “If a corpse puppet could reach the level of invisibility and frame people, I’m afraid it won’t be far from a level, but it’s almost impossible for a Corpse Devil to appear in such a low-level small world like the Five Continents.”
Lin Runru felt he had to save some face for this “low-level small world” and suggested, “Maybe it’s truly a coincidence of fate that it appeared?”
“If it is…” You Ming smiled. He didn’t understand why Lin Runru wanted to argue with him over this matter. “Then I’m afraid the Lin family will become a mass graveyard in a few days, and there’s no use saving them. After all, the only way a Corpse Devil can be born is through live sacrifice.”
Lin Runru’s expressions changed rapidly, and he finally asked awkwardly, “What other possibilities are there?”
You Ming squinted and touched his chin. “I don’t know.”
Lin Runru, “…”
He always had a feeling that he was being teased by You Ming from beginning to end.
Yan Zhonghua glanced at You Ming. “There is nothing strange in such a vast world. The possibility of the culprit being a corpse puppet is the greatest, but it cannot be concluded that it was a corpse puppet just by one nail.”
You Ming nodded and smiled. “My darling knows me the best.”
Darling?
After leaving the cold storage room, Yan Tianhen took a deep breath of fresh air outside, and felt that he was almost choked to death by the thick stench of blood. Who said that demons liked to eat people? He just smelled the scent of human flesh, and he was about to suffocate.
This was more or less all the harvest they had today. If they wanted to get more useful information, they would have to wait until that thing made another move.
After Lin Xuanzhi returned to the Lin family, there were still many things to do. For example, as a young master, and also as someone very famous outside, he naturally attracted many people’s worship.
The Lin family disciples were astonished to find that Lin Xuanzhi, who was just at the Foundation Stage before he left, had already become a master at the Profound Realm when he returned after a few years.
This left the disciples of the same generation in the dust, and they were more convinced of Lin Xuanzhi’s authority. Speaking of those magic treasures, although they had caused a lot of troubles, it was true that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The saying “when one achieves immortality, their dogs and fowls will ascend along with them” was not without reason. Moreover, the cultivation world was also very particular about blood relations. The better Lin Xuanzhi mixed in society, the higher the Lin family’s status would be.
After meeting several elders and disciples of the Lin family, Lin Xuanzhi left early with the excuse that he needed to rest after the long journey. The Lin disciples, who had stayed at the dinner banquet, became blabbermouths and started gossiping — “Young Master went out for a few years, and his aura became more and more frightening.”
“Just now, when I was looking at him, I always felt that I was blaspheming. I didn’t dare look him in the eye. Young Master’s appearance is getting more and more beautiful. I can support and protect him all my life just by looking at his face.”
“……”
Lin Xuanzhi knew nothing of these remarks, but he could more or less guess the same thing. At the banquet, he did not deliberately restrain the pressure he gave off. The aura of a Profound Realm master was enough to make the disciples feel the difference in cultivation realms, which would not only give them confidence, but also make some people dispel thoughts they shouldn’t think about.
Early the next morning, Duan Yuyang and Yuan Tianwen, who received the news of Lin Xuanzhi’s return, came back. Duan Yuyang’s bulging belly was already flat.
When Yan Tianhen saw him, he was pleasantly surprised. “My eldest nephew has been born?”
Duan Yuyang said with a smile, “He was born shortly after you left. Before I came to Qing City, I left him with the Yuan family. Now my father is looking after him. I will take you to see him another day.”
Yan Tianhen naturally nodded again and again, but he was quite dissatisfied. “When you gave birth, you didn’t even tell me. How mean.”
Duan Yuyang responded, “You have the nerve to criticize me. If you hadn’t followed your Dage and disappeared quietly, would I be in this situation now? I didn’t even know where to send the news to.”
Yan Tianhen laughed a bit. “I sent you the transmission array by bird. Did you receive it?”