Chapter 6: The Qin Family Ancestor!

Lin Hai stood stiffly in place, feeling that his hundred-plus years of cultivation had been wasted—he had actually been called "hale and hearty in old age" by the Clan Leader.

How could he live this down?

He stole a glance at the surrounding clan members, saw them all holding back laughter, and immediately flushed red with embarrassment, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Lin Feng looked at Lin Hai's state, secretly laughing inside, but on the surface said with perfect seriousness: "Elder, you are the pillar of our Lin Family. The future of the clan rests on you!"

……

At the same time, Yang Family Clan Leader Yang Mingxuan and Wang Family Clan Leader Wang Yunfei walked side by side on the road back.

Wang Yunfei's face was full of unwillingness as he said resentfully: "Clan Leader Yang, are we just going to accept our fate? That brat Lin Feng has gone too far in bullying us!"

Yang Mingxuan sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"What good is it not accepting fate? Do either of our clans have a Wudao Realm expert?"

"Sigh, the City Lord himself is only at Wudan Nine Layers cultivation. Before, he could still sit on equal footing with Lin Feng."

"But now that Lin Feng has entered Wudao, just watch! This Ziyun City will from now on be a place where his surname Lin calls all the shots!"

"The Qin Family must be destroyed!"

Wang Yunfei let out a long sigh upon hearing this, his heart filled with a sense of powerlessness.

Yang Mingxuan was right—their two clans combined could not match a single Wudao Realm expert.

Now that Lin Feng had broken through to the Wudao Realm, they could only choose to submit, or face the disaster of clan annihilation.

But just thinking about having to hand over nine-tenths of their family's reserves made his heart twitch with pain……

This piece of flesh cut away hurts too much!

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At the same time, inside the City Lord's Manor.

City Lord Shen Ao sat upright and proper, listening to the spy's report, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Lin Feng has broken through to the Wudao Realm?"

Shen Ao's voice was low, tinged with disbelief.

"Absolutely true, City Lord."

"This subordinate saw it with his own eyes. With every move Lin Feng made, he wielded the power to destroy heaven and earth—nothing like the Martial Pill Realm at all."

"Moreover, Qin Family Clan Leader Qin Shan was killed by him in a single strike right in the Lin Family's great hall!" the spy reported respectfully.

Shen Ao fell silent for a moment, his thoughts churning.

The speed of Lin Feng's rise truly shocked him.

Originally, he had wanted to win Lin Feng over and form an alliance with him, to make his position as City Lord sit more comfortably.

But now that things had come to this, the situation seemed a bit off……

"Send people to closely monitor the Qin Family's movements."

"Also, prepare a generous gift. I will personally make a trip to the Lin Family."

Shen Ao prepared for both contingencies for two reasons.

First, Qin Family Ancestor Qin Potian was no easy mark, and would not simply watch the Qin Family be trampled underfoot by Lin Feng.

Besides, the Qin Family still had a Six-Star Spirit Treasure hidden away, and with Qin Potian's Martial Dan Realm Ninth Layer Peak cultivation, he might well be able to fight Lin Feng, who had just entered Wudao.

Second, if Lin Feng won, this trip of his to deliver gifts would be a show of goodwill, paving the way for future cooperation.

If the Qin Family Ancestor won……

Heh, then everything belonging to the Lin Family would naturally fall into his pocket……

At this moment, the Qin Family was in a scene of utter desolation.

Several clan members who had survived the great battle carried Qin Shan's already cold corpse, stumbling as they rushed into the Qin Family Ancestral Land.

"Ancestor! Ancestor! Terrible news! The Clan Leader, the Clan Leader he……"

A young clan member wailed, his voice trembling.

The Elder guarding the Ancestral Land wore an displeased expression: "What is this panic? The Ancestor is at a critical moment of seclusion—he must not be disturbed!"

"But the Clan Leader was killed by Lin Feng!"

The young clan member cried so hard he could barely breathe, snot and tears smeared all over his face.

"What?!"

The Elder turned pale with shock upon hearing this, nearly slipping and falling to the ground.

As one who guarded the Ancestor's seclusion, he was something like a retainer of the Qin Family, and was not very clear about outside matters.

But he knew that today the three families of the city had joined forces to pressure the Lin Family—why would their own Clan Leader die in it?

"That brat Lin Feng dares to be so audacious?!"

Immediately, several clan members hurriedly recounted the whole affair in a jumble of voices.

After hearing them out, the Elder's face turned ashen, his whole body trembling.

The Qin Family was truly about to face a great disaster!

If things were still as they had been before, it would still be manageable.

But now, Lin Feng had actually broken through to the Wudao Realm?

How old is he even!

Numerous thoughts flashed through his mind, dozens of plans appearing one after another only to be dismissed.

After deliberating for nearly the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, this Elder finally stepped quickly into the Ancestral Land and shouted loudly: "Ancestor! The Clan Leader has been brutally murdered by Lin Feng! We beg the Ancestor to emerge from seclusion!"

"That dog thief Lin Feng has bullied us beyond endurance! Ancestor!"

"Please come out and see justice done!"

The wails of the several clan members echoed over the Ancestral Land, like a funeral bell, striking the heart of every Qin Family clan member.

Suddenly, a low rumble came from deep within the Ancestral Land.

Immediately after, a terrifying aura spread out.

Dark clouds churned, lightning flashed and thunder roared, as if the end of the world had descended.

"Th-this, this is the Ancestor coming out of seclusion!"

"And he broke through! The Ancestor really broke through!"

"Hahahaha! This is heaven helping my Qin Family! That boy from the Lin Family actually thinks that just because he stepped into Wudao he's invincible?!"

"Welcome the Ancestor out of seclusion!"

An elder cried out in alarm, eyes filled with hope.

The great gates of the Ancestral Land slowly opened, and an old man with a full head of white hair and beard, dressed in a black robe, slowly walked out from within.

His eyes were like lightning, his aura Overwhelming Momentum, like a celestial deity descending to the mortal world.

"What is all this commotion about?"

Qin Potian, the Qin Family's Ancestor, his voice low and majestic, like rolling heavenly thunder.

"Ancestor! The Clan Leader was killed by Lin Feng!"

A Clan Member wailed and threw himself at Qin Potian's feet.

"What? Say that again?!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Potian was instantly enraged, and a terrifying pressure swept across the entire Qin Family in an instant.

And the juniors who had been crying and wailing moments before instantly froze in place as if their throats had been seized.

It was only after two Clan Members carefully carried Qin Shan's corpse out that the air around them suddenly loosened.

"Shan'er, my Shan'er!"

Looking at Qin Shan's cold corpse, Qin Potian forcefully suppressed his rage and stopped releasing his own aura, his eyes visibly reddening.

"Lin Feng! Little beast! How dare you kill my Qin Family's Clan Leader! I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

He had just broken through to Dao Comprehension Realm First Layer, and had originally been stabilizing his aura, preparing to come out of seclusion and accomplish great things.

He never expected to be forcibly called out by his own elders, and to hear such terrible news on top of it.

It took a full cup of tea's time before he barely managed to suppress the fury in his heart, and in a hoarse voice said: "Everyone who went to the Lin Family with Shan'er today, get out here right now!"

As his words fell, several battered, wretched-looking Qin Family Clan Members stumbled out trembling.

One of them was even leaning on a crutch, his leg wrapped in thick bandages.

These were injuries he had sustained after leaving the Lin Family — scared out of his wits by Lin Feng, he had fallen and hurt himself on the way back.

Once everyone had lined up, each one stood silent as cicadas in winter, heads lowered, not daring to meet Qin Potian's gaze that seemed ready to devour them.