Chapter 128: Cai Xukun Dies, Domain Lord of the Eastern Profound Domain!

Suddenly, a thick black mist rose from the ground, transforming into chains that coiled toward Lin Bufan with incredible speed, constantly sparking as they moved!

"Ca... careful!"

Di Tian watched from the side, terrified, and tried to step forward to help, but he had no strength left at all; the previous strike from Cai Xukun had already left him severely wounded...

He could only watch anxiously, hoping that Lin Potian would wake up soon to turn the situation around.

Seeing that the shadow chains were about to wrap around Lin Bufan, the Immortal Cauldron immediately abandoned Cai Xukun and chose to return to defend.

Cai Xukun found a moment to catch his breath and shouted sharply:

"A mere cauldron dares to bully me like this?"

"And you two, I've figured it out now; you aren't from the Endless Divine Land at all, and you don't know how to use Original Force at all!"

"Heh, visitors from outside the domain, are you?"

The anger in Cai Xukun's eyes surged until it was almost tangible, then he suddenly pulled out a Bone Flute and blew into it!

The flute sound was melodious, instantly piercing through the mine and reaching the surface, echoing above!

As the sound waves spread, figures gathered from all directions like a tide; all of them had sharp auras and were clearly no ordinary people, but at this moment, they all wore expressions of shock and doubt.

Someone spoke: "That brat Cai Xukun blew the Bone Flute and issued the Eastern Profound Domain's Endless Assembly Order; could it be that people from outside the domain are really invading?"

"I don't know, let's go see first."

One person replied and took the lead, flying toward the direction of the mine.

Just then, a man wearing a golden mask arrived in mid-air, draped in a black robe with the hem fluttering gently in the wind; the golden mask reflected a faint light, revealing only a pair of eyes as deep as pools, and he said indifferently: "All of you, withdraw; I will go personally."

Swish—!

All the experts heard this, immediately turned their heads, knelt on one knee, and said with reverence: "Yes, Domain Lord!"

"Mm, withdraw." The masked man replied through his nose in a flat tone.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Before long, all the experts had left.

After everyone was gone, the masked man did not move immediately, but stood with his hands behind his back in the void, quietly watching everything below.

Meanwhile, inside the mine.

"You are about to die without a burial place!" Cai Xukun threatened with a fierce expression, but cold sweat had already quietly dripped down; he had clearly blown the Eastern Profound Domain's Endless Assembly Order, so why had more than a dozen breaths passed and not a single person had come?

This isn't scientific!

Di Tian narrowed his eyes, also seeing that Cai Xukun was bluffing, and hurriedly reminded: "Bufan, take advantage of his weakness to take his life!"

"Don't let him leave alive!"

"I know." Lin Bufan naturally understood this principle; murderous intent surged in his eyes as he instantly urged the Immortal Cauldron to suppress Cai Xukun!

But Lin Bufan was at the end of his rope, and the Original Force he could use to drive the Immortal Cauldron was running low; for a moment, he could not suppress Cai Xukun, and they fell into a stalemate.

Tap... tap-tap.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the cave.

Cai Xukun quickly looked over with a hopeful face, overjoyed, and said excitedly: "Domain Lord Lin Yan, you have finally come!"

In Cai Xukun's eyes, the man with the golden mask from before arrived with a leisurely gait; his appearance seemed to make Lin Bufan's breathing quicken, and he thought to himself that they were in trouble!

The other side really had called for reinforcements, and judging by this person's bearing and the way he walked, he was definitely a peerless expert!

"Mm, I'm here." Lin Yan replied indifferently, and beneath that golden mask, his deep eyes pierced through layers of black mist and stared straight ahead.

Cai Xukun was incredibly excited; he instantly gave up fighting the Immortal Cauldron, flew over, and said while trying to curry favor: "Please, Domain Lord, deal with these two; both of them are visitors from outside the domain. They don't have a shred of the Endless Divine Land's aura on them, but instead have a faint trace of Immortal Qi!"

Cai Xukun was truly excited; he never expected that he would summon the greatest figure of the Eastern Profound Domain, Domain Lord Lin Yan!

One could never even hope to see such a big shot in person; he, Cai Xukun, had only ever seen a projection, and he never expected to see the real person today—this was truly a great honor!

If he could gain the appreciation of Domain Lord Lin Yan for discovering visitors from outside the domain, then his ancestral grave would truly be smoking with good fortune!

Seeing this, Lin Bufan and Di Tian were drenched in sweat; judging by Cai Xukun's form of address and his fawning, dog-like posture, this Lin Yan, who was called Domain Lord, was definitely an extraordinary big shot!

"Run?" Lin Bufan asked Di Tian via voice transmission.

"Run!"

"Take the person and run, we can't worry about anything else!" Di Tian did not hesitate at all, immediately responding, and turned to head toward Lin Potian, who was still cultivating inside the cave.

But Lin Yan was faster, and he lightly slapped a palm toward...

Cai Xukun?

In Lin Bufan's gaze of extreme astonishment, Lin Yan had actually slapped Cai Xukun!

Bang!

Cai Xukun instantly exploded into a mist of blood, without even letting out a scream!

"Hiss...!"

Lin Bufan was completely stunned on the spot; he had thought of many possibilities, but he really hadn't thought of this one!

Cai Xukun's savior had actually killed him??

"My god, Cai Xukun called for help just to be killed by him??" Di Tian was also dumbfounded, immediately captivated by such a dramatic plot, and even forgot to run.

Step, step, step...

Lin Yan walked toward Lin Bufan, tilted his head, and looked him over. "Call me Grandfather."

Lin Bufan was stunned, then flew into a rage; you can't insult people like this—a scholar can be killed but not humiliated—call him Grandfather?

This person was completely delusional!

"Stop insulting people; just kill me if you want!"

Lin Bufan shouted sharply, backhanded the Immortal Cauldron back into the cave, covered Di Tian and Lin Potian, who was still in seclusion, and was about to flee.

"Who insulted you?"

"I even held you when you were a child!"

A faint smile curled the corners of Lin Yan's mouth as he lifted his hand gently, as if brushing away dust; an invisible force surged from his palm, instantly forcing the Immortal Cauldron to a halt with a "hum" of light vibration, and the Immortal Cauldron was held steadily in mid-air, unable to advance another inch.

"Held me?"

Lin Bufan was completely stunned; this masked man spoke as if it were true, but his great-grandfather had gone missing long ago, and he didn't even know if he was dead or alive, let alone that even if he were still alive, it would be impossible for him to have run all the way to this Endless Divine Land!

The next second, Lin Yan suddenly tore off his golden mask, revealing the face hidden beneath.

It was a face that had weathered many storms yet remained full of majesty; if one looked closely, Lin Bufan did indeed share a thirty-percent resemblance with him, though there was a hideous scar on the left side of Lin Yan's face that extended all the way to the corner of his mouth.

The moment Lin Bufan saw this face, his pupils shrank violently, his heart felt as if it had been fiercely gripped by something, and an indescribable excitement surged into his heart—this really was his great-grandfather, Lin Huohuo!

He had since changed his name to Lin Yan.

He said with a trembling voice, almost on the verge of tears: "Great... Great-grandfather!!"

Tears swirled in Lin Bufan's eyes but did not fall; he looked at the person before him in disbelief—the relative he thought had been missing for many years and perhaps was no longer in this world was now appearing before him so realistically.

"Yo, it really is him!" Once Di Tian saw this, he no longer prepared to run, though he wondered how this Lin Bufan's great-grandfather had arrived at this Endless Divine Land, and furthermore, had managed to reach the level of a Domain Lord, with strength that was terrifyingly immense!

"Great-grandfather, how... how did you get here?"

"And this scar of yours, how did you get injured?" Lin Bufan said with a trembling voice; just a moment ago, because of this scar that extended to the corner of his mouth, he hadn't recognized his great-grandfather, and he felt immensely guilty in his heart.

Lin Yan shook his head and sighed: "That is a long story..."

"Back then, I accidentally encountered a Space Rift, and I was careless at the time—I didn't dodge. I fell straight into this Endless Divine Land; I was unfamiliar with the place and thought I was done for, but I didn't expect... I met that person, and from then on, the wheel of fate began to turn anew."

Lin Yan said softly, beginning to tell his story.

Seeing his great-grandfather pause, Lin Bufan felt as if a cat were scratching at his heart, and he hurriedly pressed: "Great-grandfather, who did you meet!"

Lin Yan cleared his throat and said mysteriously: "Bufan, do you know who the father of Potian Ancestor is, our old ancestor?"

Lin Bufan thought for a moment, recalling the words of the Yuan An Zhi Shen from earlier, and said uncertainly: "The God of Gods?"

"Eh?"

Lin Yan looked surprised, "How did you know?"

Lin Bufan gave a bitter smile, his eyes carrying a hint of reminiscence, and said: "Great-grandfather, actually, it's like this: a few days ago we encountered the Yuan An Zhi Shen here, and then..."

Lin Bufan recounted the events in a few short sentences.

Lin Yan nodded slightly and chuckled: "So that's how it was, but it's a good thing I sensed you using that Immortal Cauldron, otherwise the consequences would have been unthinkable! This Cai Xukun used the Endless Assembly Order, and all the experts of the entire Eastern Profound Domain were just rushing here, but I drove them away."

"Great-grandfather, you are so powerful now?" Lin Bufan said respectfully, his face filled with admiration.

"It's alright, I managed to land the position of Domain Lord; if converted to the levels of the Immortal Domain, it would be equivalent to an Extreme Realm Immortal Venerable!" Lin Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, carrying a hint of pride; he was the youngest Domain Lord in the entire Endless Divine Land, although... there was a bit of nepotism involved.

"Hiss...!"

Di Tian couldn't help but gasp, "Ex... Extreme Realm Immortal Venerable? Simply terrifying!"

Di Tian had originally thought that Lin Bufan's great-grandfather could at most be an expert equivalent to an Immortal Emperor, which would already be heaven-defying, but he never expected the man to be an Immortal Venerable, and a peak, consummate Immortal Venerable at that!

One had to know that although this was Lin Bufan's great-grandfather, he was still a descendant of Lin Potian, and as someone from the same era as Lin Potian, he himself wasn't even an Immortal yet; comparing the two, Di Tian felt immensely ashamed!

Truly, comparing people only leads to frustration!

Di Tian shook his head inwardly and thought with a bitter smile: "Of the world's total fortune, the Lin Family claims twelve parts, and everyone else owes the Lin Family two parts!"

Just at this moment, Lin Potian suddenly opened his eyes and broke through his seclusion!