Middle State in an Uproar, the Enlightened King's Displeasure
Middle State in an Uproar, the Enlightened King’s Displeasure
Without any surprise, the news that the Founding Ancestor of the Ancient Lin Family was about to return from the Beyond quickly spread throughout the entire Central Sky Domain.
And with the Lin Family members deliberately fanning the flames, it even spread toward the other regions.
It could be said that on this day, the entire Central Sky Domain was in an uproar!
Countless Cultivators and powers were stunned.
The Lin Family’s Founding Ancestor—what kind of existence was that?
A Partial-Enlightened Realm powerhouse who shattered the void thirty thousand years ago and ascended to the Beyond.
He had actually returned?
Just how terrifying the sensation caused by such news would be was simply unimaginable.
Countless people could no longer sit still.
Especially the many overlord-level powers of Middle State, who immediately dispatched spies to verify the truth of the news at the first opportunity.
Even the commotion caused by the upcoming Great Conference among the prodigies of the various regions was suppressed.
Countless Cultivators were all focused on this single matter.
Subsequently, a series of actions by the Ancient Lin Family further confirmed the authenticity of the news to the world.
Many Lin Family clansmen were rushing back to the family, seemingly to await the arrival of the Founding Ancestor.
Many sharp-minded people connected this to the rumors that had come from the Eastern Barren some time ago—that a mysterious young existence had supposedly descended to the Overworld.
Back then, many people had dismissed it as a rumor.
But now...
Many people began to waver.
Could the return of the Lin Family’s Founding Ancestor be related to that rumor?
Overlords such as the Great Xia Empire, Karura Holy Land, and Yin Yang Holy Land also successively sent clansmen to the Lin Family to seek an audience regarding this matter.
As powers whose own ancestors had also shattered the void and departed, they all wanted to know the full story and learn of their ancestors’ whereabouts.
For a time, the entire land of Middle State surged with hidden undercurrents.
And at this moment, an incomparably magnificent flying vessel streaked across the high skies, descending toward the Central Sky Domain.
The many young talents of the Eastern Barren naturally had people from their sects’ stations come to receive them, and had already departed midway.
Gu Changge and Su Qingge, meanwhile, accompanied Ming Lao back to the family he had founded with his own hands all those years ago.
......
“The Founding Ancestor returning from the Beyond?”
“The Ancient Lin Family?”
“That would actually be a good place for me to go.”
“What a pity...”
In an ancient city in Middle State.
A young man with a resolute face and a copper ring on his hand heard this news and paused briefly, but then, thinking of something, a flash of hatred passed through his eyes.
It was none other than Ye Chen, who had trekked all the way from the Eastern Barren to Middle State.
Along the way, not only had his injuries fully healed.
He had also obtained quite a few fortuitous encounters on the road, and his cultivation had broken through by leaps and bounds, reaching the Transcendent Realm.
On top of that, he had become acquainted with the Holy Son of Karura Holy Land; the two had hit it off at first sight and sworn brotherhood.
It could be said he had completely swept away the miserable, dejected state he had been in back in the Eastern Barren.
“Ancient families have deep foundations, and you carry quite a few secrets on you now. It’s better for you to stay away. Otherwise, you’ll inevitably be discovered.”
At this moment, a cold, clear voice came from within the ring.
Yan Ji, dressed in a red dress, sat cross-legged in the void. Hearing Ye Chen’s muttering, she couldn’t help but advise him.
Although after the events of some time ago, she still held a grudge against Ye Chen in her heart.
But under Ye Chen’s repeated apologies, she had softened somewhat, unable to bear blaming him any further.
Yet no matter how she tried to persuade Ye Chen to let go of his hatred for Gu Changge, Ye Chen refused to listen, and instead suspected her motives were impure.
This left Yan Ji feeling helpless.
“Shifu speaks truly. I still have important matters at hand, so I definitely won’t be going to the Lin Family.”
Ye Chen said, lowering his head to look at the tattered ancient page in his hand.
This was an ancient remnant page he had stumbled upon at a small street stall, which seemed to record the location of an ancient ruin.
After many days of deciphering it, he discovered that the ruin was not far from the ancient city where he currently was.
“That ancient ruin hasn’t been discovered by anyone yet. It must contain many fortuitous opportunities. Once I break through to the Mighty-Transcendent Realm, I’ll be able to fight Honoured Noble Realm existences. And when that time comes, Gu Changge, Su Qingge, you pair of bitches...”
Thinking of this, a cold smile couldn’t help but appear at the corner of Ye Chen’s mouth.
In his view, no matter how strong Gu Changge was, he was merely at the Honoured Noble Realm level.
Once he broke through to the Mighty-Transcendent Realm, with his powerful talent, dealing with a so-called genius like Gu Changge—someone piled up with pills and heavenly treasures since childhood—would be more than easy.
Not to mention that he had experienced countless battles and slaughter, which was simply beyond comparison to a pampered genius like Gu Changge.
Afterward, Ye Chen strode out of the ancient city, heading in the direction of the ruin.
......
Meanwhile.
In a side courtyard of the Lin Family, an ordinary-looking youth with a cold expression was refining medicine.
Holding a palm-leaf fan, he gently fanned beneath the medicine pot, controlling the size of the flame.
“The Soul Solidifying Pill still lacks three ingredients. To think that I, a dignified Enlightened King of my generation, have actually fallen to the point of lacking medicinal ingredients, and in such a frail body no less.”
This youth was none other than Lin Tian. As he muttered to himself, a trace of coldness appeared on his face.
Then he shook his head again. “Forget it. Since I’ve been given a second life, why should I worry about all that.”
“The priority now is to nurse this body back to health first. This body’s foundation is truly pathetic—it isn’t even at the Spiritual Sea Realm.”
Thinking of how he had boasted that he would break through to the Spiritual Sea Realm within half a day, only to now be fretting over pill ingredients.
Waves of cold laughter couldn’t help but rise in his heart.
The fault wasn’t his.
“As a direct-line disciple of the Ancient Lin Family, I can’t even get my hands on alchemy ingredients. It seems my standing in this family really isn’t much...”
“Not only am I bullied, mocked, and looked down upon, even asking for a few portions of alchemy ingredients is difficult...”
Thinking of how, when he had gone to the clan to request ingredients earlier, those people had widened their eyes in disbelief, Lin Tian felt a wave of displeasure.
Although he was indeed an Enlightened King Realm existence, being looked down upon and questioned wherever he went left him extremely displeased.
If he had his powerful strength, he would have long since slapped those people to death.
It was just alchemy, yet they actually said he didn’t know how? They even said he was purely wasting ingredients, using it as an excuse to mock him.
Thinking of all this, Lin Tian’s expression turned quite ugly.
A dignified Enlightened King, actually suffering such humiliation?
Just then, footsteps sounded at the courtyard gate.
Two people walked in, a boy and a girl, both around fourteen or fifteen years old.
The boy looked at Lin Tian, who was refining medicine, and couldn’t help but frown. “The Family Head has summoned all clansmen to pay respects to the Old Ancestor. Lin Tian, what are you still doing here?”
“You? Actually refining pills? Are you daydreaming? Before that, maybe you should learn how to cultivate first?”
The girl beside him couldn’t help but sneer as well.
Someone who normally never even bothered to cultivate properly had suddenly changed his tune and wanted to refine pills.
In their eyes, Lin Tian was either stupid or crazy.
Although he was the son the Family Head disliked the most, he was still of direct bloodline.
At an occasion like paying respects to the Founding Ancestor, he couldn’t be absent.
These words immediately made Lin Tian’s expression darken a few shades further.
In his previous life, he had been an Enlightened King of his generation.
No matter what, he had been a powerful existence worshipped by countless people.
Pay respects to the Founding Ancestor?
What the hell? Was he worthy?
“I heard that this time, the Founding Ancestor returned with a young daren by his side, whose status is terrifying—even the Founding Ancestor seems very respectful toward him...”
“Yeah, that young daren’s origins are simply unimaginable...”
The two didn’t notice Lin Tian’s expression and continued chatting among themselves.