Chapter 233

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Chapter 233: One Chapter Can’t Describe Two Lins

Qing State, outside the Lin family’s mountain gate

The hiding place of the four major families was actually not big. They cultivated their forces through borrowing someone else’s power. Now that the four major families had emerged, the Lin family took over the territory of Tiandao Gate and immediately changed its mountain gate to the Lin family’s mountain gate.

After occupying the Lin family’s mountain gate, Lin family descendants hiding in various places returned and appeared publicly. However, the number of Lin family members was still not enough to defend all the territories of Tiandao Gate. They were also unwilling to give up those territories.

So the Lin family was comforting the remaining Lin family descendants while also gathering the scattered Lin family members who were living elsewhere.

The Lin family is a family that has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. A long time ago, when they went into hiding, they abandoned many family members and allowed them to grow freely. During the process of hiding, many family members ended up living elsewhere, especially some descendants from branches who didn’t have enough talent and were removed from the Lin family.

So in the Qing State, there are still many Lin family members. However, as generations passed, many of them have forgotten the glorious history of their family.

At this time, when the Lin family members came to find them, their reactions varied. Some believed that with the Lin family’s power and support, they would naturally be very happy, while others who were living well without relying on the Lin family would simply ignore them.

But overall, there were more family members willing to return to the Lin family. After all, it’s not easy to survive in the cultivation world, and with the Lin family as a big banner, life would be much better.

Nowadays, Soul Changing Lin Qiwen is in charge of this matter for the Lin family. Over the years, he has traveled all over the Qing State, using the Blood Tracking Secret Technique to bring back tens of thousands of descendants for the Lin family.

Those who can be discovered through the Blood Tracking Secret Technique have a strong bloodline connection to the Lin family. If the bloodline is diluted, the Lin family doesn’t want them, as the family relies on blood ties to stay united.

But recently, Lin Qiwen encountered a troublesome situation because Lin Batian came looking for him.

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"Who"

On this day, Lin Qiwen was hurrying back to the Lin family gate when suddenly he felt someone beside him and shouted in surprise.

"Uncle Qiwen, it’s me."

"It’s you again. Did you really think I wouldn’t kill you?"

"Uncle Qiwen wants to kill me. He has already made a move a few times before. At the very least, he should have informed Lin Xuwen. This shows that Uncle is still loyal to the Lin family and not serving the other three families like a dog."

"Nonsense!"

"Uncle Qiwen, have you considered my nephew’s proposal from before?"

"If you were at the Void Achieving level, I might consider it, but you’re only at the Soul Changing level. Do you want the Lin family to be completely wiped out?"

Lin Qiwen said coldly. Lin Batian had approached him before, wanting him to help bring back some Lin family juniors to the Lin family. Even with just his common sense, he knew what kind of people these individuals were.

"Between the Lin family and the immortal families, Lin Xuwen cannot break through the Tao Achieving, and the other three families will not let Lin Xuwen break through. Once they get the Green Emperor Tomb structure map, there is no need for the existence of the Lin family."

"Then you should live well, instead of seeking revenge. If you don’t appear, nothing will happen."

"Haha, can the descendants of the Lin family bury their heads in the sand and pretend that nothing happened?"

"I don’t want to argue with you, move aside."

"Uncle Qiwen, please."

Lin Batian didn’t stop him and gestured for Lin Qiwen to leave.

"Uncle Qiwen, the Lin family has a noble heritage for countless generations. Being someone’s lackey is not the way of the Lin family’s descendants."

Lin Batian’s words floated in the air, Lin Qiwen paused for a moment, and then flew away.

Lin Qiwen walked away, and Lin Ying quietly appeared and asked. Dad, will Lin Qiwen agree?

"Yes, the Lin family has been passed down for many years, with many loyal people. Lin Xuwen became the head of the family with the support of the other three families, but he doesn’t have the ability to lead the Lin family towards greatness. Now, the Lin family is almost like a servant to the other three families. The members of the Lin family are definitely unhappy, and whenever there is dissatisfaction, they will have demands."

"I don’t trust this Lin Qiwen."

Lin Ying said directly. When the four major families hide away and don’t show themselves, they use the method of borrowing a chicken to lay an egg to train their children. And now Lin Batian is doing the same.

All these years, Lin Ying has been busy with these things. In Yun State, the Lin family has already had many descendants who have created perfect fake resumes, and some of them were personally recruited by Lin Qiwen into the Lin family and have already joined.

However, these personnel in the present Lin family are all from collateral branches. The Lin family won’t invest many resources in nurturing them. If they want these people to rise to higher positions within the Lin family, it may take several generations of effort. Lin Batian can’t wait, so he wants to persuade Lin Qiwen, in order to quickly promote these people and make them their insiders.

But Lin Ying doesn’t trust him. Lin Ying thinks it’s too difficult to make Lin Qiwen step forward now, because he didn’t stand up during the internal turmoil of the Lin family.

"Times have changed. There were many reasons for the internal turmoil of the Lin family back then. Collateral branches were deceived and misled, and our main branch also made mistakes. But most of the Lin family descendants still hope for the well-being of the Lin family."

"Dad, people’s hearts are unpredictable."

"I know, that’s why I asked you to prepare two teams. Just be prepared for multiple scenarios."

"Dad, those are all your descendants."

Lin Ying felt a bit hesitant. This meant taking a group of people for an experiment. What if Lin Qiwen betrayed them? These people would be doomed. And they were all Lin Batian’ descendants.

"So what? Being born in the Lin family is their honor and their misfortune. I didn’t have a choice, and neither did they."

Lin Batian said seriously. They don’t get to choose where they’re born. He too wish he could be born during the prosperous time of the Lin family. But is that possible? Those people were unlucky to be born in the Lin family, and yet, lucky at the same time.

"Dad…"

No need to say more. We have an everlasting feud with the four major families. If I don’t die, they won’t stop. If they don’t die, my life will have no meaning. Only when one side falls will the whole thing end.

Lin Ying, remember this. If I die, as long as one person from my Lin Batian’ descendants is still alive, you must continue the revenge. Keep the hatred going from generation to generation.

"I understand."

"Let’s go. We’ll pay a visit to the Chen family’s territory. If we have the chance, we’ll kill a member of the Chen family to liven things up. When I come back, fully revived, I want them to live in fear every moment."

Lin Batian waved his hand and quickly disappeared.

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"Qiwen, you did a great job."

Inside the Lin family’s gate, Wang Xuwen had already changed his name back. Seeing the list that Lin Qiwen handed over, he felt relieved. Lin Qiwen had been working hard for many years, bringing back tens of thousands of Lin family descendants. He injected new vitality into the weakened Lin family, so that there wouldn’t be a lot of territory left unguarded.

"Master, among these people, there are many with good talents. We should strengthen their training, provide them with more resources, and quickly strengthen the power of the Lin family."

"I know this, you don’t need to worry. Now, the Lin family has plenty of resources but few people. We will give what needs to be given."

"Then, I won’t say much about Qiwen. I’ll go back first."

"Alright, go back and cultivate well. Your Void Achieving is near. If you succeed in refining the Zero Leakage Pill, I will save one for you."

"Thank you, Xie Family Master."

Lin Qiwen folded his hands and left the room, but he didn’t feel the slightest bit happy. Two hundred years ago, the Lin family had successfully created the Zero Leakage Pill, but the other three families took them away under various excuses, not leaving a single pill for them. Lin Qiwen didn’t even plan to ask for the next Zero Leakage Pill.

Returning to his own cave, Lin Qiwen didn’t have the time to continue his cultivation. He began dealing with matters at hand. The Lin family’s experts had diminished, with only Lin Xuwen achieving the Void level, and Hu Xia, who, at best, was considered a guest member of the Lin family as he had married into it.

Therefore, many responsibilities fell on the few remaining Soul Changing members. Each of them had to take on multiple roles, resulting in great pressure and the sacrifice of their cultivation time.

If the sky is dark, then embrace the darkness.

If making sound is dangerous, then keep silent.

If you feel unable to shine, then curl up in the corner.

But don’t defend the darkness just because you have gotten used to it…

When Lin Qiwen read a certain document, he stood up suddenly with a startled expression. He looked around to make sure no one was there, then sat back down and repeatedly read the words on the paper. As he continued reading, Lin Qiwen’s eyes became slightly moist.

He thought of many things, recalling the Lin family’s internal turmoil hundreds of years ago and everything the Lin family had endured in the past few centuries. The pain in his heart spread little by little.

"Crack"

In the end, he crushed the document, then sent a message. An hour later, a young man walked into Lin Qiwen’s cave.

"Lin Dongyang met the ancestors."

"Aren’t you called Lin Yang?"

"I am Lin Dongyang, the ninth disciple of the Yun StateLin family. Our family name has been passed down for generations. I am honored to carry on the legacy."

"You are really talented. I personally recruited you, and you have performed exceptionally well these years. I had high hopes for you, but I didn’t expect you to be Lin Batian’ descendent."

Lin Qiwen was shocked. Lin Dongyang was a Lin family branch disciple he personally recruited from Qing State. He stood out among tens of thousands of people and was recommended by Lin Qiwen to join the main Lin family. He never expected Lin Batian to have infiltrated the Lin family to such an extent.

"The head of the family said that one stroke cannot write two ‘Lin’ characters. We are all descendants of the Lin family."

"Who said those words?"

"One elder in my family told my dad, and my dad told me. I thought it made a lot of sense, so I wrote it to show to our ancestors."

"You are disturbing my inner peace, you should be punished."

"Since Dongyang dares to write, he is not afraid of death. The Lin family, with thousands of cultivators and hundreds of ordinary people, all died in Yun State. Why should Lin Dongyang fear death?"

"Do you really not fear death?"

"If Dongyang were to die, it would stabilize our ancestors’ inner peace. Dongyang would have no regrets in dying."

"You…"

"The ancestors of the Lin family inherited from the Green Emperor, who was a famous hero among humans. They were deserving of respect from everyone and never bowed down to anyone. Dongyang inherited the bloodline of our ancestors and also possesses the same spirit as them."

"Don’t make me take action."

"If our ancestors want Dongyang’s life, they don’t need to trouble themselves."

Lin Dongyang smiled and then concentrated his energy in his right hand, slapping himself on the forehead, which shocked Lin Qiwen immensely.

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