Chapter 65: The Entire Lin Family, Respectfully Welcomes the Old Ancestor's Return!

At this moment, within the Heaven-Connecting Order.

Led by Lin Bufan, the entire Lin Family clan knelt down with a thud before Lin Potian, hands pressed to the ground in submission, shouting aloud:

"The entire Lin Family, respectfully welcomes the Old Ancestor's return!"

Lin Potian endured the sharp pain of having taken Ji Wuhui's punch head-on, lifted everyone up with a wave of his hand, and smiled gently: "Descendants, you have all suffered!"

Hearing this, Lin Bufan's eyes turned red and he shook his head repeatedly; he understood clearly that if the Old Ancestor had not returned in time, the Lin Family would surely have been wiped out by the Emperor Alliance, with not a single person able to escape!

"Old Ancestor, as long as you are back, that is enough. With you back, our Lin Family has a backbone again. No matter how difficult things are, we are no longer afraid!" Lin Bufan said from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Yanran's beautiful eyes were filled with tears; as the only descendant in the Lin Family to have established a blood connection with Lin Potian, she had thousands of words she wanted to say, yet could not utter a single one.

She sighed inwardly: "Now that the Old Ancestor has returned, but my own younger brother Lin Feng... can never return!"

Lin Potian looked over, perceived what she was thinking, walked straight down, gently wiped away Lin Yanran's tears, and spoke with extreme tenderness: "Yanran, stop crying, the Old Ancestor's heart aches!"

This scene made all the Lin Family members feel so envious that they couldn't help but burst into loud sobs, wanting Lin Potian to wipe their tears one by one!

In the hearts of the Lin Family, Lin Potian was their only faith!

Although there were sometimes different voices in the Lin Family during difficult times and the people were not of one mind, once Lin Potian returned, everyone was twisted back into a single rope!

"Yanran, Feng is still alive; he is living well right now." Lin Potian's tone remained gentle.

"Old Ancestor, what did you say?!"

Lin Yanran quickly wiped away her tears, her beautiful eyes widening!

The surrounding Lin Family members were also shocked; many knew that Lin Feng had sacrificed himself back then, so how could they not be shocked now that the Old Ancestor said Lin Feng was still alive?

Lin Potian did not want to keep explaining, and thinking that Lin Feng still had his Jade Tablet on him, which could be used to view his current situation, he simply activated the real-time feed of Lin Feng!

A light screen projection suddenly appeared in the sky; in the image, Lin Feng was in tatters, tightly pulling Ji Xiaoyue as they sprinted through rugged mountains and forests!

Behind them, a dense crowd followed like shadows, shouts of killing shook the sky, and divine ability attacks fell like raindrops, yet Lin Feng was always able to dodge them ingeniously at the most critical moment!

He even had the spare energy to turn his head and share a smile with Ji Xiaoyue?

Those who didn't know better would think the two were just playing!

The scene was still normal up to this point, and Lin Potian said with a gratified expression: "This kid Feng has actually become a Saint; this speed is not a bit slower than mine back then! And Xiaoyue, she's not bad either, she has the cultivation of the Four Extremities Secret Realm."

The Lin Family members also watched intently, and exclamations rose from among the clan elders:

"My goodness, Lin Feng has become a Saint!"

"I didn't expect Lin Feng to have such hidden potential; he has now leaped to become the youngest generation with the highest cultivation in the Lin Family!"

Below, Lin Hao, who had been keeping his head down with a dejected look, raised his bloodshot eyes to glance up, then let them droop dejectedly again.

No one could understand the bitterness in his heart; the accusation of killing his own brother followed him like a shadow, completely imprisoning him within his own walls.

"My younger brother is really still alive!"

Lin Yanran was so happy she wept, her beautiful eyes narrowing as she looked intently at the young girl beside Lin Feng!

No one knows a brother better than his sister; Lin Yanran was certain that Lin Feng and this young girl definitely had a story!

Sure enough, the next second, the tone of the scene changed abruptly!

In the image, Lin Feng and Ji Xiaoyue were chased to a cliff—it wasn't high, and it wouldn't kill Lin Feng if he fell, but Lin Feng said: "Xiaoyue, we have no way out. If we jump, we will both die. Are you afraid?"

Ji Xiaoyue shook her head, her eyes carrying a hint of inexplicable emotion: "If I can die with you, I am not afraid."

Lin Feng's ears twitched slightly, and he smiled sincerely: "Then can you kiss me? That way, I will have no regrets even if I die!"

Ji Xiaoyue in the image was stunned upon hearing this!

The astonishment of the Lin Family members watching was even greater; their jaws almost hit the ground!

This was clearly... clearly that!

Lin Yanran rolled her eyes, almost fainting from Lin Feng's boldness; unless this little sister opposite him liked Lin Feng very much, Lin Feng would surely receive a slap and a loud curse: "Pervert!"

However, Ji Xiaoyue only gently pursed her lips and stood on her tiptoes...

Click!

Lin Potian turned off the projection with a dark expression and coughed dryly: "Nothing more to see!"

The Lin Family members were left unsatisfied; having seen such an exciting plot, the Old Ancestor had actually cut it off!

This is like taking off your pants...

Cough, what is the difference between this and having a mouthful of food only for the shopkeeper to close up and chase you out?

It is simply... not understanding youth!

Lin Potian didn't think so much; he just felt the scene was too intense, and since there were children under eighteen in the Lin Family, they shouldn't be watching!

One day for Lin Feng and Ji Xiaoyue at the Star Gate was equal to ten years in the outside world; the two were no longer children.

If one really calculated it, Lin Feng was already in his twenties, older than his sister Lin Yanran!

"Feng's tricks are like an old sow wearing a bra—one set after another, but if he dares to treat Xiaoyue poorly, I certainly won't spare him!"

Lin Potian smiled bitterly and thought to himself.

Afterward, Lin Potian scanned the Lin Family members, searching for the one descendant he most wanted to see but could not find, so he looked at Lin Bufan and asked in confusion:

"Bufan, where is Yi?"

Lin Bufan's eyes turned red, and he looked powerlessly toward Lin Hao, who was so low his head was almost buried in the dirt, without saying a word.

There was one thing only a few elders in the Lin Family knew: Lin Hao was not Lin Bufan's biological son.

The Lin Family had three bloodlines passed down; the one with the Supreme Bone had dwindled over the long river of time, and by the generation of Lin Hao's father, only one person remained.

His father and Lin Bufan were close, as dear as true brothers, and since Lin Hao was the only one left in his line, after his father died in battle for the Lin Family, Lin Bufan feared Lin Hao would be bullied, so he adopted the infant Lin Hao to raise.

However, Lin Bufan had always treated Lin Hao as his own, and Lin Hao was unaware of this fact.

Swish... swish!

As Lin Potian's words fell, all the Lin Family members' gazes turned toward Lin Hao!

Some even grabbed Lin Hao by the collar and roared loudly: "Lin Hao, you killed Lin Yi with your own hands and almost destroyed the Lin Family, you idiot!"

After saying this, he slapped Lin Hao to the ground with a smack!

Lin Hao did not resist, his eyes incomparably hollow, sitting blankly on the ground.

In the Small World, when Lin Yi trapped the entire younger generation of the Lin Family in the Illusion Array without harming them, many clever people knew that Lin Yi had not truly betrayed the clan and even urged Lin Hao not to be impulsive, but Lin Hao would not listen at all, insisting on breaking out of the Illusion Array and killing Lin Yi with his own hands!

Therefore, not only could Lin Bufan not accept such fratricide, but the rest of the Lin Family could not accept it either!

"What? Hao, didn't you say you would never kill Yi?"

Lin Potian stumbled back a few steps, heartbroken to the extreme!

Because he had been trapped in the God Tomb at the time, Lin Potian did not know what had happened during the Imperial Clan Competition, but Lin Yi was dead, and he had been killed by Lin Hao's own hand; Lin Potian was truly in immense pain!

Lin Hao suddenly looked up, as if he had realized something!

Because he had only said those words to that senior in the back mountain!

Looking around, Lin Hao saw the Black Sun Radiant Gold Python coiled in the far distance...

"The ancestor came to find me, saved me, taught me cultivation, and even tested whether I would kill my brother... but I!"

In an instant, Lin Hao understood everything, covering his face and weeping bitterly, kneeling on the ground as if mad, kowtowing to Lin Potian incessantly, and finally lifting his head, his forehead streaming with blood, utterly distraught, his voice trembling:

"Ancestor, I truly never thought of killing Lin Yi, truly... that punch, he clearly could have dodged it."

Lin Potian did not want to listen at all; looking at the nearly collapsing Lin Hao, he could not bear it, unable to watch a heaven-gifted talent be ruined, and sighed:

"Yi is already dead; you need not explain right or wrong anymore, just live well and cultivate well."

Lin Hao heard it, but could not take it in at all.

Immediately, Lin Potian straightened his expression, looked at the entire Lin Family, his face solemn, his words ringing with power:

"But I need to vindicate Yi; he is not... a traitor!"

"He... is a hero in every sense of the word!"

As the words fell...

Swish!

All the members of the Lin Family looked at Lin Potian once again, without a single exception!

Lin Hao looked up blankly; in his heart, he could not accept that he had killed his own brother, but how could Lin Yi be associated with being a hero in any way?

At the very front, Lin Bufan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes already red; he had finally waited for this day...

The day when the ancestor would personally vindicate Lin Yi!