Chapter 190: Breakthrough Layer by Layer

"The new caregiver is lazy." Zhang Tianhua turned his back to organize the meal box, covering up the dark currents surging in the bottom of his eyes.

When his daughter mentioned remarriage, the porcelain spoon in his hand clattered against the bowl: "Twisting a melon..." Before he finished speaking, he saw the black shadows gathering outside the window again.

The corridor lights of the emergency department were pale. Zhang Tianhua pretended to check his phone, his knuckles tapping out secret codes on the screen.

Those lurking black shadows scattered and fled like frightened birds, but ran into the golden-glowing talisman in Lin Yu's hand at the corner.

In the hospital corridor where dark currents surged, the three people's thoughts were intertwined like spiderwebs, and none of them noticed that the surveillance screen of the ward suddenly flickered with static noise.

In the twilight, just as Zhang Tianhua stepped out of the office building, the communicator in his arms suddenly vibrated. Seeing the encrypted code flashing on the screen, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he flashed into the fire escape, his spine instantly straightening into a straight military posture.

"Understood, defending the territory is an unshirkable duty, Zhang Tianhua is immediately launching Level 1 combat readiness." The low voice echoed in the confined space, and the red light of the combat wristwatch flickered in the shadows.

At the same moment, Lin Yu's breakfast was interrupted by a rapid ringtone. Xu Jianhua's image in the holographic projection shook violently, and the sharp sound of metal collision came from the background: "Senior Brother, Elder Yan was attacked, the situation is more complex than expected."

Lin Yu's porcelain spoon fell into the porridge bowl and splashed hot soup, and he stood up abruptly: "Specific coordinates? I'll be there immediately..."

"No time to elaborate! We are at Evacuation Point 3." The screen was suddenly swallowed by blinding white light, and the communication ended abruptly.

Lin Yu stared at the nano-terminal on his wrist, cold sweat soaking the patterns on his palms; what kind of severity could make the Medical Immortal Xu Jianhua say "not sure if he can be saved"?

A rustling sound came from the corner of the corridor, and Wu Tai poked his head out while chewing half a meat bun: "Dr. Lin, emergency?"

Before the words were finished, Xuanyuan Qing had already chased after him with a medical box. When the three of them rushed out of the inpatient department, the scene on the entire long street made them stop at the same time.

Dozens of active-duty military officers wearing dark gold armbands were establishing a temporary defense line, and the faint blue halo of the plasma barrier snaked along the asphalt road surface.

"Full-domain silence order..." Lin Yu swept over the Black Bird emblem on the officers' chests, suddenly grasping the key: "Master Xu and the others are going to pass through Huacheng airspace while escorting Elder Yan."

His fingertips swiped rapidly in the void, summoning the holographic city map, "Old Xiao, take me to Yulong Pavilion immediately."

When the maglev car tore through the morning mist, Lin Yu was checking the encrypted file sent by Han Feifei.

The holographic projection showed the real-scene modeling of Miao Street; except for the Chinese medicine hall under his name, all buildings had hung up the silver-gray sign of "Yulong Biotechnology", and the nano-protective net was faintly visible under the glazed tile eaves.

The situation in Huacheng changed suddenly, and Han Feifei and the four moved to Qingshan Manor No. 1 overnight. Lin Yu was busy assisting Xuanyuan Qing in handling the inheritance affairs, and only learned the next day that everyone had transferred, his hanging heart finally settling slightly.

At the Miao Street construction site, Gu Yuanyuan and the other three were supervising the renovation of the four major shops.

Lin Yu strode forward and demanded an immediate stop to the work and evacuation. When the senior and junior brother and sister were handing over, Gu Yuanyuan asked puzzledly: "What's the situation?"

Lin Yu's gaze swept across the sky, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid the sky is going to change."

Before the words were finished, a transport aircraft covered in scars swept through the thick smoke, and the remaining escort fighters were covered in bullet holes.

A tense atmosphere permeated the air, and Gu Yuanyuan's pupils shrank when she witnessed this scene, immediately understanding: "Be careful!" She led the team to evacuate quickly.

Outside Maiyi Lane, the garrison troops had entered emergency combat readiness. Lin Yu, who returned to Zhongcao Hall, began to arrange defenses, clouds of suspicion lingering in his heart; if the news of Elder Yan being assassinated and seriously injured was true, what kind of force dared to move the pillar of the country?

Trying to contact Xu Jianhua was fruitless, and only entertainment headlines were seen in international news, with the blood moon phenomenon last night and the daytime "ghost shadows" adding to the mystery.

Just as he was trying to contact Xu Jianhua, Gong Yan, the personal guard of Hua Weixin, suddenly appeared at the courtyard gate.

This Eight Trigrams Palm master who had once broken her own left arm was now flowing with gilded light, and the Immortal Crown on the back of her head indicated her Land Immortal cultivation.

The spirit body of the Taoist old man accompanying her looked similar to her appearance, and Gong Yan opened her red lips lightly: "Lin Yu, I am your guide."

Facing Lin Yu's guarded expression, she smiled while stroking her intact left arm: "Immortal means, how can mortals peek?"

Gong Yan solemnly extended her palm toward Lin Yu, faint blue light flowing from her fingertips: "Lin Yu, I will take you into the world of immortals in the capacity of an extradition envoy, are you willing to go with me?"

"A dog of Tongtian Pavilion?" Blood-red color surged in Lin Yu's eyes, his knuckles turning white.

The moment the other party nodded calmly, the silver needles at his waist were already ready to go.

As a founding veteran of Yulong Pavilion, he was now like prey entangled by a poisonous snake, and this realization made his temple throb.

"Soon you will also become one of them." Before Gong Yan finished speaking, semi-transparent spirit bodies suddenly burst out from the void behind her.

Lin Yu dodged instinctively, and his back hit the cold stone wall before he realized that the human-shaped mist could actually penetrate solid matter.

"Actually able to see through the guide spirit!" Brilliance flashed in Gong Yan's eyes, and her figure rushed forward like a swimming dragon.

Just as Lin Yu was about to raise his hand to seal the acupuncture points, his wrist bone suddenly felt the pain of dislocation, and the Tangled Silk Force of the Swimming Dragon Eight Trigrams Palm instantly dismantled his seven joints.

"The Rong Sect's Muscle-Splitting Bone-Dislocating Hand?" Lin Yu grunted, dropping to one knee, cold sweat dripping down his chin. The rampaging True Qi in his meridians tore at his acupoints, ten times more dangerous than the time he had suffered a cultivation deviation.

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Deep within his sea of consciousness, a whisper like a Sanskrit chant echoed: "Follow me to step onto the Heaven-Reaching..." Golden seal characters appeared before Lin Yu's eyes, and his internal organs felt as if they were being roasted by raging flames.

Just as he thought his consciousness was about to be annihilated, the Jade Dragon True Qi lying dormant in his dantian suddenly transformed into a green dragon, roaring as it broke through his sealed extraordinary meridians.

"This is impossible!" Gong Yan retreated three steps in a flash, watching the True Qi steaming from the young man's body shatter the bluestone floor.

Lin Yu wiped the blood from his lips, his black iron needles forming a star formation in his palm. Just now, in his near-death state, the Tongtian Pavilion's extradition curse had accidentally opened the life-and-death mysterious pass he had failed to break through during three years of seclusion.

"You are the fastest person I have ever seen to assimilate a guiding spirit; you are now officially a member of the Tongtian Pavilion."

Before Gong Yan could finish speaking, Lin Yu suddenly burst into earth-shaking laughter: "Screw your Tongtian Pavilion; this young master won't be a lapdog for those who worship the West."

He erupted with astonishing energy, and the thick True Essence that had been sluggish began to surge and boil within his meridians.

In the horrified eyes of everyone, Lin Yu's cultivation realm broke through layer by layer at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Breathing Realm instantly broke through the Internal Observation Mysterious Pass, reaching the peak of the Contemplation Realm in a flash.

Even more shocking was that a second brilliant Immortal Crown gradually condensed above his head, the golden light flowing and pointing directly to the Land Immortal Realm.

"Do you still remember my rules? Any lapdog of the Tongtian Pavilion must be executed on sight." Before he finished speaking, Lin Yu surged forward like a cannonball, his black iron shoulder armor aiming straight for Gong Yan's vitals.