Chapter 281: The Foundation of the Great Clans

Today is a special day for job-changers in the capital, and indeed, for the entire Great Xia.

Many local job-changers in the capital rose early and hurried toward the north side of the city.

Since yesterday, the teleportation arrays in the capital have been glowing non-stop, with numerous terrifyingly powerful job-changers arriving via teleportation and likewise heading toward the north of the capital.

Because a secret realm is set to open there today, known as the Heaven Refining Realm!

The Heaven Refining Realm only opens once every ten years, and it is free to enter; as long as one hunts the spirit prisoners inside, they can be converted into spirit momentum to enhance one's strength.

Every time the Heaven Refining Realm opens, someone defies their fate and sees their strength skyrocket, transforming from a nobody into a regional powerhouse.

Of course, even more people die silently within the Heaven Refining Realm, but this does nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the masses.

After all, besides relying on oneself to defy fate, there is also the chance of being scouted by the Five Great Clans; once favored by the Five Great Clans, it is a chance to change one's destiny! It is no exaggeration to call it a carp leaping over the dragon gate!

Therefore, every opening of the Heaven Refining Realm holds immense temptation for all job-changers.

Meanwhile, inside the Xie family estate, the members of the Xie family were already prepared.

Aside from Ye Lin, the Xie family had dispatched a full 15 people!

These 15 individuals were all under thirty years of age, and among them was one Starry Realm expert, the highest-leveled person of them all at level 91, named Xie Lihou.

Xie Lihou possessed a formidable aura, and his entire being radiated an air of arrogance.

Of course, having reached level 91 of the Starry Realm by age 30, he certainly had the capital to be arrogant.

And among this group, setting Ye Lin aside, even the lowest level was 85!

Even Ye Lin had to sigh that the foundation of the Five Great Clans was truly terrifying; they were worthy of being ancient clans that could stand tall in Great Xia without falling.

Reaching level 80 by thirty would be considered a supreme genius in the outside world.

Yet within the Five Great Clans, they wouldn't even qualify to participate in the Heaven Refining Realm.

If not for the fear of the Human Emperor behind him, his good father-in-law probably wouldn't have let him off so easily; with the Xie family's foundation, he likely wouldn't have had a shred of a chance.

Thinking of this, Ye Lin couldn't help but feel a lingering fear; he had indeed underestimated these ancient clans that had stood tall in Great Xia for so many years.

"Good son-in-law, what are you thinking about? So deep in thought?" Just then, Xie Hong suddenly patted Ye Lin on the back with a smile.

"Nothing, your daughter is truly amazing!" Ye Lin gave a thumbs up.

Xie Hong's smile instantly froze on his face.

Are you being polite?

"If everyone is here, let's set off; being late is not a good habit." Xie Hong said with a dark face.

A motorcade had already been prepared outside.

As soon as Xie Hong and his group stepped out, a neat row of "Ghost Fire" motorcycles, modified by master-level mechanics, was parked at the entrance.

Xie Hong swung his leg over his bike and sped off first, leaving everyone behind, with the rest of the Xie family following closely.

"Be careful, I'll wait for your return." Xie Xiaoxiao looked at Ye Lin with a worried expression. "Don't worry about Duan Ling; she is a good girl, and I will have the Xie family send people out to look for her."

"Alright."

Ye Lin nodded; he had sent people from Bajin City to search for Duan Ling, but not only did they fail to find her, even those he sent out had vanished without a trace.

This made him feel vaguely uneasy, but fortunately, the divination results from Bai Si indicated that Duan Ling was currently in no danger, which allowed Ye Lin to breathe a sigh of relief.

After waving goodbye to Xie Xiaoxiao, Ye Lin merged with his bike, and amidst the roar of the V12 engine, he turned into a pink streak of light, chasing after Xie Hong and the others.

The entrance to the Heaven Refining Realm is located outside the city to the north of the capital, so the specially modified two-wheeled Ghost Fire bikes were actually more handy than four-wheeled off-road vehicles.

Along the way, Ye Lin saw many monster corpses, some with blood that hadn't even congealed, clearly slain by job-changers who had passed by.

The valuable parts of the monsters had already been stripped, but Ye Lin wasn't picky; even a mosquito's leg is meat. He turned into a cleaner, doing a good deed as he went, clearing away the slain monsters along the road.

Under the effect of Endless Devour, the monster corpses on the road vanished one after another, preventing the growth of bacteria from decay.

Anyway, after the commotion caused by the Ye family, news of him possessing the Eternal Scale would soon spread, so Ye Lin couldn't be bothered to disguise it.

When Ye Lin arrived at the entrance of the Heaven Refining Realm, it was already a sea of people, with heads bobbing everywhere, comparable to the No. 3 subway line at 7: 0 in the morning.

"Stop shoving, what the hell are you shoving for!"

"I'm just one person!"

"Whoever bought hot steamed buns for breakfast, stay away from me, you're burning my butt!"

Where there are many people, friction is inevitable; many had already started fighting before even entering the Heaven Refining Realm.

Seeing the Xie family arrive, the noisy crowd instantly fell silent, and even tacitly cleared a path.

Only when they saw that every member of the Xie family was riding a Ghost Fire bike did the crowd's expressions turn strange, though no one dared to say anything.

When you have status and position, even if you ride a Ghost Fire, others will only praise your unique hobbies and distinct taste to your face.

The Jiang family, Ji family, and Zhuge family had already arrived; the Xie family was the fourth to arrive.

After the Xie family arrived, the other three great clans were rather cold in their attitude, and Xie Hong had no intention of being overly friendly to cold shoulders, so he found a spot to wait quietly for the Ye family's arrival.

Ever since his Xie family decided to stand on the same front as Ye Lin, the original alliance of the Five Great Clans had clearly become a mere shell.

The other three families brought about the same number of people as the Xie family, around a dozen each; they were well aware that the selection for the Heaven Refining Realm was about quality, not quantity. If one's strength wasn't enough, entering the Heaven Refining Realm would only turn them into tools for others to accumulate spirit momentum.

From the teams of the Zhuge family and the Ji family, Ye Lin also saw two acquaintances: Zhuge Yi and Ji Tianxuan!

Zhuge Yi's eyes were covered with a black silk blindfold, and it was unclear if her memory had been resealed, while Ji Tianxuan was like a husky with extreme dullness, completely failing to notice the tense atmosphere, waving at Ye Lin the moment he saw him.

"Ye Lin! It's me, Ji Tianxuan! We worked together in the Mountain Sea Secret Realm, we're friends! You helped me chase Jiang Wenya back then, and you even said Mr. Zhuge burned you with a cigarette!"

The elders of the Ji family turned dark-faced, covered Ji Tianxuan's mouth, and dragged him backward.

Ye Lin's mouth twitched slightly; he wasn't surprised that Zhuge Yi would appear here, as her double-pupil replication ability was too monstrous.

But Ye Lin was still very surprised that Ji Tianxuan could appear here.

Come to think of it, in the Mountain Sea Secret Realm, he didn't seem to have seen Ji Tianxuan fight with his full strength; could this guy also be someone who plays the pig to eat the tiger?

Before Ye Lin's doubts could be answered, the Ye family arrived!

The person leading them was the Azure Thunder Tyrant, the Ye family's third master, Ye Yushan!

This time, the Ye family only brought twelve people, seven of whom were direct-line geniuses of the Ye family, including two Starry Realm experts, Ye Nange and Ye Zhenbei, known as the Twin Stars of the Ye family.

Among the remaining five, their levels were all between 88 and 90, which was enough to show the profound foundation of the Ye family.

The other five were quite strange; they were almost all unfamiliar faces, and they seemed to have some kind of equipment to conceal their aura, making it impossible to tell their specific strength.

"Good son-in-law, those five people give me a strange feeling! Are you confident?" Xie Hong couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry, Father-in-law, I will definitely do my best to protect the cute spirit prisoners in the Heaven Refining Realm and prevent the Five Great Clans from persecuting other job-changers!" Ye Lin promised solemnly.

Xie Hong: "?"