Chapter 1237

She was forcibly controlled by Xu Jie's Heavenly Silkworm Hand for more than half an hour.

Having left the sect for several years, Lin Luochen's cultivation had already fallen behind Xu Jie and the others, not to mention their techniques and such.

Now Lin Luochen only had Great Completion Dharma Aspect Realm cultivation, and the techniques she had learned were at most at the Perfect Completion level, with several others only at Great Completion.

After the meal, looking at Lin Luochen, who had broken free from her restraints and was fuming with anger, Xu Jie picked his teeth and said indifferently.

"Junior Sister, your cultivation has been a bit slack these years; if it were Fifth Junior Sister, Senior Brother's Heavenly Silkworm Hand could only trap her for a hundred breaths at most, which should be enough to eat some leftovers."

"Third Senior Brother, you..."

Hearing this, Lin Luochen, who was already dying from the temptation, gritted her teeth even more.

But when she looked at Lu Youyou, who was also eating until she was oily and happy, she immediately lost her temper.

The Fifth Junior Sister from before didn't even have higher cultivation than her, but now? She was also at the entry-level Heavenly Human Realm.

Not just her, Zhao Rou, Zhong Ling, Shen Xian, and the other fellow disciples from various peaks were all at the Heavenly Human Realm.

It seemed that among the Dao One Sect's direct disciples, except for her, none remained at the Dharma Aspect Realm level.

Inexplicably, Lin Luochen seemed to have been left far behind by her fellow disciples.

"I..."

Her heart was filled with depression; why was it like this? She had only left the sect for a few years.

She hadn't had the time to care about this before, but now, Lin Luochen felt a sense of tension; she was also a direct disciple of the Dao One Sect.

And in the following days, Lin Luochen fully experienced the consequences of having inferior cultivation.

Every time they ate, the fellow disciples, who usually had deep bonds, would always use all sorts of unexpected methods to keep her from eating her own meal.

In order to eat a little more, any talk of fellow-disciple bonds was bullshit at this time.

She finally understood: everything else was fine, but when it came to eating, it was impossible to share joys and sorrows.

After being controlled by the Heavenly Silkworm Hand countless times, Lin Luochen finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Senior Brother, I really just want to eat a single bite of rice."

"Fine, fine, fine, next time I'll definitely let Junior Sister eat."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhengping picked his teeth and nodded.

But at the next mealtime, Zhao Zhengping...

"Junior Sister."

"Hmm?"

"Heavenly Silkworm Hand."

"Senior Brother, you..."

It was of no use; she was still controlled directly by a Heavenly Silkworm Hand, and even though Lin Luochen cursed loudly in anger, in the end, she could only watch helplessly as Zhao Zhengping and the others comfortably divided up her meal.

And regarding these matters, Hong Zun and the others naturally wouldn't interfere.

According to Hong Zun, if you can't even eat the food placed in front of you, you have the nerve to come looking for me?

If your own skills aren't enough, that's your problem.

She had already started cultivating crazily; from childhood to adulthood, Lin Luochen had never cultivated so desperately.

But while she was making progress, Xu Jie and the others naturally wouldn't stand still.

Therefore, catching up to the gap wasn't an easy task.

Being able to smell the fragrance but never being able to eat a meal—this feeling drove Lin Luochen crazy.

Likewise, Lin Jun was also busy running off his feet during this period.

But there were results after all; the influence the Four Great Families once had on Great Wu was being cleared away rapidly under Lin Jun's iron-fisted methods.

In some respects, Lin Jun was indeed still a capable emperor.

At least regarding the matter of the Four Great Families, his handling of it was almost flawless.

When it was time to strike, he never showed mercy.

In just a few short days, the Great Wu Empire could be said to be flowing with blood, and many people had lost their heads because of the Four Great Families' affair.

The first to be operated on was naturally the military; Lin Jun knew very well that to truly control a country, the military had to be the first thing mastered.

Only by having soldiers in hand could he ensure the majesty of imperial power.

And as time passed, the Great Yuan Empire naturally learned of what had happened in the Great Wu Empire.

Hearing that their envoy had been killed and the Four Great Families had been destroyed, and that Lin Luochen hadn't gone to the Great Yuan Empire...

For a time, the Great Yuan Emperor was burning with rage.

The marriage alliance had been proposed by the Great Wu Empire in the first place; they were the ones who had licked their faces hoping the Great Yuan Empire would show mercy.

But in the end, they had actually played the Great Yuan Empire.

The Great Yuan Empire, which had never looked down on the Great Wu Empire, naturally couldn't accept such a result.

Inside the Great Yuan palace, the majestic Great Yuan Emperor had eyes full of coldness.

"Good, a very good Great Wu Empire."

"Your Majesty, this matter is mainly because outsiders intervened, and the Four Great Families being destroyed was likely something they didn't expect themselves."

The event happened too suddenly; this was something no one had expected.

"I don't care about that; the Great Wu Empire dares to do this, and I will make them pay the price."

The Great Yuan Emperor wasn't an idiot; he knew this was an accident, but right now, it was indeed the perfect opportunity to attack the Great Wu Empire.

The fall of the Four Great Families allowed the Great Wu imperial family to regain power, but during this period, the Great Wu Empire was definitely damaged.

The current Great Wu Empire could be said to be in national turmoil, so if they sent troops to attack the Great Wu Empire now, it was definitely the best opportunity.

It was precisely because the Great Yuan Emperor saw this that he insisted on doing so.

Regarding this, none of the Great Yuan Empire's civil and military officials opposed it; it was indeed the best opportunity.

Following the Great Yuan Emperor's order, hundreds of thousands of Great Yuan troops began to advance toward the border between the two countries.

At the same time, to be safe, the Great Yuan Empire specifically requested help from the Alchemist Alliance, hoping they would send some alchemists to help ensure the supply of pills for the Great Yuan army during the battle.

From the Great Yuan's perspective, this battle was absolutely foolproof.