Chapter 32: Calamity Arrives
Chapter 32: Calamity Arrives
At that moment on Cloud Screen Mountain, two middle-aged men were looking down from the mountaintop at the situation within the old Lin Family estate. Seeing that streak of sword light breaking through the air, one of them was about to act.
The other Daoist stopped him.
“Senior Brother, why? The Wenchang Daoist Academy is, after all, one of the subordinate academies of our Dharma Lineage. How can we just let these Unorthodox Paths practitioners bully them?”
“Just keep watching. I observe this youth is quite formidable. Let’s see his methods.” Seeing the frowning face of the middle-aged Daoist beside him, this pot-bellied Daoist shook his head.
“If he cannot hold them off, we can still act then. It won’t be too late!”
Inside the Lin Manor compound.
Under the gaze of many eyes, Lin Yuan lit the Incense Offering and walked to the large cauldron in the center of the Ancestral Shrine, about to insert it.
Right at that moment, a sharp and mournful sword light flew down from above.
Illuminated by the harsh sword light, many members of the Lin clan within the Ancestral Shrine paled with terror!
“It’s a Flying Sword!”
Cultivators who saw this sword light almost instantly changed expression.
A Flying Sword is a magical treasure!
Magical treasures are extremely rare, and Flying Swords are even rarer!
Even the poorest quality, multicolored sword light Flying Sword is not something an ordinary cultivator can resist!
“Going against the Heavenly Dao, you deserve death!”
A cold voice sounded, like the imposing Heavenly Dao itself.
“Move aside, that’s a Flying Sword!” Daoist Yu beside him had already turned pale, shouting a warning, his face showing a mix of shock and anger.
Even though Lin Yuan carried Virtue Merit, he had not yet truly stepped onto the path of cultivation.
If someone was willing to risk their life, Lin Yuan’s life would also be in danger!
Standing under the sharp black-and-grey interwoven sword light, Lin Yuan’s expression did not change from beginning to end. He shook his head and sneered. “What is ‘going against the Heavenly Dao’? Destiny holds countless possibilities. The largest branch is called the Grand Momentum. Within the Grand Momentum, there are fixed destinies, but other side branches are variables!”
“A variable, as long as it possesses even a sliver of possibility, can also replace the original fixed destiny!”
“You are merely from Unorthodox Paths, yet dare to recklessly speak of destiny. Truly laughable. Meeting me, your fate is already exhausted. You seek your own death without even knowing it!”
“Big talk!” A figure about half a mile away became enraged, the sword light intensifying.
The sword light shot straight toward the Ancestral Shrine, aiming to destroy the shrine first, completely shattering the Lin Family’s foundation.
Seeing this, Lin Yuan’s expression turned cold. He extended one hand, and a wisp of red light appeared on his palm. Watching this wisp of red light, Daoist Yu not far away suddenly raised his head, looking at Lin Yuan in surprise.
Lin Yuan’s gaze sharpened the next moment.
Golden clouds and red flames emitted a dense, treasure-like glow.
The flying sword light was instantly frozen in place.
“Is that a magical treasure?”
Many watching eyes changed instantly.
This fifth young master of the Lin Manor, who seemed to lack the strength to truss a chicken, had not only cultivated magic power but also possessed a supreme treasure for protection.
Lin Yuan paid no attention to them, looking at the Flying Sword above his head.
Tempered daily by the Innate Thunder Method, Lin Yuan was certain that his own Turbid Sha Divine Demon Dao Body was absolutely profound and marvelous. It was definitely not something an ordinary multicolored sword light could get close to.
But the Mystic Gate Immortal Path also held its own mysteries.
The fourth layer of the Jade Mysterious Realm could refine a Yin Spirit, and the seventh layer achieved a Yang Spirit.
A single pure thought, soul consciousness not yet scattered, like a dream, like a shadow, akin to a ghost—this is the Yin Spirit!
Shedding the mortal body and bones, having a body outside the body, gathering forms a shape, scattering becomes energy—this is the Yang Spirit.
The twelfth layer of Jade Mystic could even forge the Innocent True Infant, the Postnatal Primordial Embryo.
This shared a wonderful similarity with the cultivation of the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body.
If he could achieve the Acquired state, the Innate Thunder God Primordial Embryo, and thoroughly comprehend the mysteries of the Innate and Acquired, Lin Yuan imagined his potential would far surpass that of other Innate Divine Demons.
In mid-air, that figure manipulated the sword with magic power, truly extraordinary!
Thoughts flashing through his mind, Lin Yuan pointed a single finger.
A wisp of mysterious black magic power appeared.
Profound Origin magic power!
That was the unique magic power cultivated from the “Supreme Subtle Primal Origin Art”!
Daoist Yu was slightly stunned.
Lin Yuan had only come into contact with the “Supreme Subtle Primal Origin Art” for barely a day, yet the magic power he displayed was completely not inferior to his own, and seemed even more refined and vigorous.
A wisp of pure magic power flew into the Merit Golden Lamp.
A thousand layers of golden clouds, ten thousand layers of red flames, under the shocked gazes of many cultivators, flew across the night sky, instantly freezing a figure half a mile away on a mountain ridge.
It was a young man.
“Break free!”
The figure in grey robes let out a shrill, angry roar, but his Yin Spirit was immobilized by the treasure’s light. He couldn’t move a muscle, his whole body weak. A clump of red flame flew down, instantly withering his form. He was directly refined to death by the Sui Fire.
“This treasure specifically restrains the Primordial Spirit and formless demons?”
Many cultivators’ expressions turned grave.
“What a magnificent Mystic Gate supreme treasure!”
On Jade Screen Mountain, the two Daoists of the Mystic Gate Dharma Lineage looked on in surprise, exchanged a glance, a trace of a smile on their faces.
A disciple like this falling into the Mystic Gate Dharma Lineage, with just a little careful guidance, would surely become a true seed representing the face of the Dharma Lineage!
This time, the Wenchang Daoist Academy had struck great luck!
After exterminating the left-path sword cultivator, the Merit Golden Lamp transformed into a streak of golden light and flew back into his body. That stick of incense had already fallen into the cauldron.
With another wave of his hand, Lin Yuan transformed the Merit Golden Light into a golden radiance that pierced through the Netherworld.
Sui Fire mixed with the power of Merit Power washed over the Karmic Burden, thoroughly refining away the Karmic Burden clinging to the clan’s fortune.
This action made several Mystic Gate Daoists stare dumbfounded. Even if they had accumulated Virtue Merit, they wouldn’t dare expend it so freely.
People say a son selling his father’s fields doesn’t feel the pain; this was probably the same—squandering Virtue Merit accumulated over lifetimes without a care!
However, with this kind of reckless spending regardless of cost, Que Yunzi was going to suffer!
In the Ancestral Shrine, as the Merit Golden Lamp used the fire of Virtue Merit to fully refine that pitch-black Karmic Burden, one spectral deity after another began to awaken. Vast golden light suffused the underground Lin Family red mansion. The expanding spectacle even made the City Gods and Earth Deities around Wenchang unable to help but look sideways.
Under such might, the multitude of the Lin Family’s spectral deities’ power surged greatly. The vast golden light they emitted meant even the City Gods and Earth Deities would have to give way to them in the future.
In the mortal world!
In the Ancestral Shrine, from among the many spirit tablets, one spiritual light apparition after another materialized above the tablets, turning into ethereal figures. Their gazes looked toward the mortal world, all smiling, bearing expectant expressions.
Many Lin Family members, especially several elders in their seventies and eighties, saw several familiar figures among them and broke into sobs!
“Father!”
“Elder Brother!”
Several uncles and aunts in their thirties were the first to kneel!
Supported by several elders, Madame Liu, her eyes red, looked at a human-shaped apparition above one central spirit tablet!
“You old man, it seems you’re living in style down in the Nine Springs too. Did you see? I, Liu Yunniang, did not fail your dying wish. I’ve raised the children!”
“The four children of the third generation, the three children of the fourth generation, they’ve all become promising!”
That human-shaped apparition faintly resembled Lin Chengzong and a few other brothers from the previous generation.
Hearing this, the figure swept a glance over the Lin Manor crowd, finally settling on Lin Yuan.
“Yunniang, you’ve worked hard!”
Faint spiritual radiance, like smoke and fire, quietly dissipated.
Rumble!
At the moment the Karmic Burden above Lin Manor was refined, in the southern part of the city.
Within the Ritual Altar, Que Yunzi let out a sudden scream. His entire form became incredibly gaunt, his hair and skin turning greasy, sallow, and instantly covered with terrifying, foul-smelling pustules!