Chapter 13 Lin's Cruelty Old Man Ye heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Ye Qinchu and said, "Although there are few people in the family now, the number of cultivators will gradually increase in the future." "We should also set some rules. Third brother, you have been studying for many years, so I'll leave this matter to you." Ye Qinchu nodded and immediately said with a smile: "Don't worry, father. I will set the clan rules within three days." Old Man Ye nodded, then he remembered something, and suddenly said with a sullen face: "The Lin family is really going too far." When everyone heard this, they all showed a hint of doubt. Ye Qinxin couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, and then asked: "Father, could it be that your injury was caused by the Lin family?" "The Lin family's ancestor deliberately kept some of his tricks to himself, otherwise how could we be injured by the poisonous fog?" Old Man Ye took a deep breath and told everyone the whole story. It turned out that in this battle, not only did the Lin family's ancestor in the late Qi training stage come out, but the three elders in the middle Qi training stage also came out in full force. In addition, six other mid-stage Qi Refining masters from the Seven Islands of Star Lake, including Old Man Ye, were also invited.
The battle went relatively smoothly at the beginning. They quickly surrounded and killed seven or eight purple-scaled snakes in the early stage of Qi training, and two purple-scaled demon snakes in the middle stage of Qi training. But the purple-scaled demon snake in the late stage of Qi training still fought hard, and faced with the siege of the crowd, it even exploded its poison sac in a desperate attempt. Originally, with the Lin ancestor standing in front, they could have surrounded and killed the purple-scaled demon snake without paying too much of a price. But at this critical moment, facing the purple-scaled demon snake that was fighting desperately after being severely injured, the Lin ancestor was afraid of being injured and actually avoided fighting. The purple-scaled demon snake saw the opportunity and attacked the weak spot, causing three mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, including Old Man Ye, to be injured by the poisonous fog. Later, the ancestor of the Lin family killed the purple-scaled demon snake. According to the prior agreement, he should have given each of Ye Laohan and others a spirit stone. However, Lin claimed that he did not have enough spirit stones and agreed to deliver the spirit stones to him in three months. "Bam—" Hearing this, Ye Qinyang slammed the table in anger and could not help but roar: "Lin's annual income is more than ten times ours, how can they not come up with a few spirit stones?" "Dad, they are waiting for you to die on purpose." "Of course I understand." Old Man Ye also showed a hint of gloom, and there was a hint of unwillingness and hatred in his eyes. If they had the agreed spiritual stone, they could have purchased the detoxification pill instead of having to come back with their injuries and wait to die. Ye Linyuan was very calm about this, as if he had expected it. He knew the nature of these big families too well. The biggest rule in the world of immortal cultivation is fists. Big fish eat small fish, the strong bully the weak, and the big bully the small. He was no stranger to such things in his previous life. For the Lin family, once Old Man Ye, the pillar of the family, dies, they can completely steal this spirit stone. After all, the few remaining people in the Ye family who were in the early stage of Qi training could not pose any threat to the Lin family. After Old Man Ye's death, they could take the opportunity to swallow up the Ye family, or they could secretly sell the Ye family's spiritual veins to other wealthy Qi-cultivating independent practitioners. It can be said that once Old Man Ye passes away, the entire Ye family will be like fish on their chopping board, and it will be easy to deal with them in any way.
Ye Linyuan had reason to suspect that the fact that Old Man Ye and the other two were injured by the poisonous fog was most likely a deliberate plot by the Lin family's ancestor. After all, the three people who were poisoned this time were all at the sixth level of Qi training, and they were the most likely to threaten the Lin family. And this possibility was not low. With Ye Linyuan's understanding of the cruelty of the immortal cultivation world, he estimated that there was at least an 80% chance. "We killed three major threats, saved three spirit stones, killed more than a dozen purple-scaled demon snakes, and obtained a top-grade spirit eye. This Lin family has such a ruthless plan." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and couldn't help feeling a little disgusted. After this battle, together with the possession of the top-grade spirit eye, the Lin family’s harvest will be at least no less than one hundred spirit stones. But even with such a huge gain, he was reluctant to give out even three spirit stones, and even wanted to kill three people in the middle stage of Qi Refining, including Old Man Ye. His methods were too cruel. Of course, although Lin gained great advantages by doing this, it also brought great hidden dangers. Monks have their own character, and families have their own family traditions. The Lin family tradition is so improper that if they want to ask others for help again in the future, they will definitely be rejected. Moreover, once the Lin family falls into decline, they will inevitably be pushed down by everyone and may be completely destroyed in an instant. Ye Linyuan lived for nearly eight hundred years in his previous life and had witnessed the ups and downs of human forces, including many vicious families like the Lin family. These families have one thing in common: they must maintain their peak strength, or be promoted to become an even more powerful force. Otherwise, if they show any sign of weakness, they will be completely destroyed, and there will be no chance to start over. On the contrary, they are more gentle in their dealings with others, because they have relatively fewer enemies, and when their family is in decline, they can often rely on the connections and favors left over from the family to ensure that the family survives, so that there is a chance to make a comeback in the future. "Dad, we can't let this account go like this." After understanding the whole cause and effect, Ye Qinxin couldn't help but tremble with anger. Old Man Ye also nodded, but he smiled helplessly and said, "The Lin family has already done something bad. At this moment, I may not be able to get that spiritual stone back with my own strength." "And I have already found out that the extra ten Broken Spirit Stones tax this year is just a pretext for the Lin family to force me to take action." Ye Linyuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "You may not be able to get it back with your own strength." "But if the two people from the Zhang and Qian families who are in the middle stage of Qi training recover from their injuries, it shouldn't be difficult for the three of you to get the spirit stones back together." "Makes sense." Old man Ye nodded. Zhang Daoyang of the Zhang family, Qian Boran of the Qian family, and Ye Tianke, all three were cultivators who had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining and had reached the perfection of the middle stage of Qi Refining. If the three of them join forces, they will be able to fight against the Lin family's ancestor who is in the late stage of Qi training. The Lin family will definitely not turn against them just for three spirit stones. Knowing this, Old Man Ye couldn't help but stroke his beard and said, "If the three of us join forces, we can indeed fight the Lin family." Ye Qinchu, who looked like a scholar, waved his folding fan and said, "The cruel means used by the Lin family this time will surely make the other three families fearful." "We can contact them and put pressure on the Lin family together. I'm sure these three families will definitely not reject our proposal." "good idea." Old Man Ye nodded, and then looked at Ye Linyuan. Ye Linyuan understood and said, "Uncles and brothers, please wait a moment. I will be back soon." Not long after, he walked through the spiritual vein of the cave again, retrieved two snake saliva flowers and gave them to Old Man Ye.
(End of this chapter)
