Chapter 8: Imperial Foundation, News from the Heavenly Gap!

That Wutian Great Emperor in the Emperor Alliance is none other than the first ancestor of his Wang Family—Wang Wutian!

A terrifying existence who reached the Quasi-Emperor perfection three hundred years ago and subsequently joined the Emperor Alliance to attain the Dao and become a Great Emperor!

And the Emperor Alliance, as the name suggests, is the dojo for all those who have attained the status of Great Emperor throughout the entire Zhutian Wanjie!

The Zhutian Wanjie is vast and boundless; although Great Emperors are not exactly numerous, they are not few either, and even the most powerful domain, Central Heaven, has historically had two, or even three, Great Emperors at once!

However, the Taixuan Realm is not up to the task; its powerhouses have withered, and there is a lack of successors.

A single Great Emperor is enough to suppress everything!

It is precisely because the Wang Family has a Great Emperor backing them that they were able to destroy seven of the eighteen Imperial Clans of the Taixuan Realm in just over a hundred years!

Wang Teng sneered as he glanced at the Lin Family members cowering within the Protective Clan Array below, and bowed to Wang Xiao, saying, "Wang Teng will strictly follow the ancestor's orders!"

"Since that is the case, this old man shall depart!" Wang Xiao nodded slightly and took a deep look at Wang Wuxiang below, wanting to discern something from his eyes, but he gained nothing and shook his head helplessly.

With a *whoosh*!

He tore through the void and left!

Immediately, Wang Teng shook his robes and issued a direct order: "Wang Family army, listen up! Rest in place! Keep a close watch on the Lin Family; do not let anyone escape!"

"Yes!"

The massive Wang Family army just sat there, surrounding and resting around the Lin Family!

For a moment, the atmosphere in the Lin Family below became extremely tense; the Wang Family was trying to catch them like turtles in a jar!

"It looks like that Wang Family ancestor has gone to fetch reinforcements. I don't know if the Protective Clan Array can still block the help he brings. If it breaks, then our Lin Family is finished!"

"Patriarch, should we negotiate for peace?"

The voices of the peace faction in the clan became increasingly grating, and many people who heard these words could not help but waver.

"Enough, all of you shut up!"

Seeing some clansmen becoming increasingly out of line, Lin Bufan frowned and shouted coldly!

Instantly, the various sounds around them quieted down.

Lin Bufan glanced at Wang Wuxiang, who was suppressed in the Immortal Cauldron and listening intently for intelligence, cast a divine ability on him to cut off his six senses, and looked at the Lin Family members:

"You all heard what Yanran said just now; the Protective Clan Array can block a strike from a top-tier powerhouse at the third level of the Emperor Realm, so don't be so overly anxious. Everyone go back and seize the time to cultivate! Additionally, absolutely do not let this Wang Family ancestor, Wang Wuxiang, know that Potian Ancestor is still alive. Only by keeping him in the dark about our true strength will the Wang Family dare not act rashly!"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt it made a lot of sense. Now that the disparity in strength between their Lin Family and the Wang Family was like a chasm, only by mixing truth with falsehood might they have a chance to continue dragging this out.

Seeing that the clansmen's emotions had stabilized, Lin Bufan cleared his throat and made a major decision: "From today on, all of the Lin Family's techniques and all cultivation resources are open to all clansmen!"

"No matter who it is, you can claim sufficient cultivation resources and techniques!"

"Patriarch, are you... are you serious!"

The younger generation of the Lin Family was stirred up, each and every one of them trembling with excitement!

"This is inappropriate!" Many clan elders looked conflicted and spoke in low voices.

Lin Bufan nodded heavily, his gaze like a torch, and continued, "There is nothing inappropriate about it! If we keep them and don't use them, and the clan is truly destroyed, we will just be a bunch of big fools who left treasures for the Wang Family!"

"Not only that, for those who break through a major realm, I, Lin Bufan, promise in the name of the Patriarch that you will receive additional resource allocation!"

"Although our Lin Family is not a top-tier Imperial Clan right now, we cannot be fish on a chopping block. We must tell the Wang Family that our Lin Family is not something that can be toyed with at will!"

"Our Lin Family must fight until there are no regrets; we will no longer leave ourselves a way out!"

"As members of my Lin Family, you must strive for self-improvement and must not let Potian Ancestor, who is far away in the Boundary Sea, be disappointed!"

"Hold on with all your might until the Ancestor returns!"

The three prodigies, Lin Yi, Lin Hao, and Lin Feng, felt their breathing quicken upon hearing this!

This decision was exactly what the three of them had dreamed of!

All three of them believed their natural talent was not inferior to any of their peers, but they lacked cultivation resources, which caused their realms to be stuck in limbo!

They even lagged behind the top prodigies of the Wang Family!

They had once seen several top prodigies of the Wang Family with their own eyes, whose cultivation realms had already reached the Dragon Transformation realm, a full major realm ahead of them!

But the Lin Family had actually not been wealthy for a long time.

Compared to other Imperial Clans, one could even say they were so poor they didn't look like an Imperial Clan at all...

Ever since Lin Potian left the Lin Family to guard the Heavenly Gap, the Lin Family had been suffering from disasters, both large and small!

If it weren't for the fact that several exceptionally talented Lin Family Quasi-Emperors had emerged during this time to beat back external enemies, the Lin Family would have been destroyed long ago!

Being able to survive until now was extremely difficult.

As for the cultivation resources in the Lin Family treasury, there was actually not much left.

In the past, Patriarch Lin Bufan had to be meticulous in his calculations just to maintain the operation of this vast family.

This was also one of the most fundamental reasons why the overall strength of the Lin Family members was not high.

Yet now, he had directly opened the entire Lin Family treasury and brought out all cultivation resources and techniques to share.

All Lin Family disciples could obtain cultivation resources as long as they worked hard to cultivate and break through their realms!

Lin Yi was overjoyed. In his happiness, he kicked Wang Wuxiang hard again and said excitedly to the younger generation of the Lin Family behind him: "Everyone, we can also use this Wang Family ancestor as our sparring partner; perhaps we can improve our combat power even faster!"

"Don't be afraid of beating him to death; although this old thing's realm is sealed, his life is tough!"

"Brother Lin Yi is right! This is indeed a good method!" The crowd responded quickly, looking with sinister smiles at Wang Wuxiang, who had just been kicked over.

"???" Wang Wuxiang was completely bewildered. He hadn't heard anything, and not only was he kicked for no reason, but why were these Lin Family brats looking at him with such sinister, malicious smiles?

He always had a bad premonition!

"Lin Family juniors, you bunch of scum! If you dare to touch our ancestor again, I will definitely have you all killed!"

The Wang Family army, watching like tigers from the outside, saw their ancestor being bullied like this and began to curse loudly!

"We'll touch him, so what? If you have the ability, come in and fight!"

Lin Yi and the other younger generation members were not to be outdone; they pinned down Wang Wuxiang's hands and feet and began plucking his beard one by one!

"Ouch... stop pulling, this old man commands you to stop cursing, stop cursing!" Wang Wuxiang wailed repeatedly and hurriedly told them to shut up.

"Ancestor...!"

The faces of the Wang Family experts turned purple with rage, their fists clenched and unclenched, their eyes looking as if they would devour someone!

Seeing this, the Wang Family Patriarch Wang Teng sat cross-legged in the void with an air of calm, turning a blind eye to the scene below, only a sinister sneer hanging on his face: "Hehe, Lin Family, you have already invited your own destruction! The moment Ancestor Wang Xiao figures out the bottom line of your Lin Family, that will be the time of your Lin Family's annihilation!"

Below, after Lin Bufan had the Great Elder of the clan distribute the cultivation resources, he stepped forward and asked Lin Yanran:

"Right, Yanran! Did Potian Ancestor tell you how long it would take for him to return to the family?"

Hearing the Patriarch's inquiry, Lin Yanran showed a trace of hesitation...

There were some things she did not know whether she should say or not.

Noticing the change in Lin Yanran's expression, Lin Bufan said slowly, "Don't worry, Yanran, just say whatever it is, I can accept it!"

Only then did Lin Yanran nod her head slightly, pull Lin Bufan to the side, and transmit her voice with an extremely grave expression:

"Potian Ancestor said he wants to return immediately, but I am afraid the journey will not be so peaceful; he needs time..."

Lin Bufan was greatly alarmed, his face turning pale, and he hurriedly transmitted back: "What on earth is going on, Yanran!"

Lin Yanran felt incomparably low, and with a sobbing tone, she said, "The Ancestor made contact with me through a divine sacrifice, and he transmitted to me that several supreme experts of the Emperor Alliance went to the Heavenly Gap, and not only did they not help him seal the Heavenly Gap, but instead forced him... to enter Yiyu alone!"

"And his current state is very poor, and coupled with the lack of the Immortal Cauldron, he simply cannot confront the several supreme experts of the Emperor Alliance head-on."

"The supreme experts of the Emperor Alliance even threatened that if the Ancestor does not enter... they will tear off their masks, turn around, and come back to destroy our Lin Family with the force of Thunder!"

"But the Ancestor also said that the supreme experts of the Emperor Alliance will not tear off their masks and personally take the field, so we must hold on and wait for his return!"

As the words fell, Lin Bufan was struck as if by a heavy blow, his brain dizzy for a moment, and losing his footing, he fell to the ground, his lips pale as he muttered: "Why, why would the people of the Emperor Alliance target the Ancestor?"

"The Ancestor has guarded the Heavenly Gap for one hundred thousand years; why must the Emperor Alliance still force him so bitterly and refuse to let him go?"

"That group of supreme experts, they are unworthy of being human!"

Lin Bufan's hands and feet were ice-cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar; endless sorrow rose in his heart as he pounded the ground repeatedly and roared at the sky!