I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 137: Heart-wrenching

After the news spread, half a month before the family ceremony, the Lin Family Gathering had already gathered over three hundred scattered cultivators. In order to retain these scattered cultivators, Lin Qing lowered the rent for the caves and market shops in the mountains, attracting many to stay. Lin Qing thought to himself that the number of people would only increase as the family ceremony approached.

To prevent any malicious cultivators, Lin Qing had Lin Xuzhe and Lin Xuchang increase their vigilance at the Lin Family Gathering. Currently, besides Lin Xuzhe and Lin Xuchang, who were Foundation Building cultivators, there was also Li Danxin. To be honest, there weren't many cultivators who dared to cause trouble at the Lin Family Gathering.

Not to mention that Lin Qing, as a formation master, had already set up a second-grade middle-tier formation at the Lin Family Gathering. Even if a Foundation Building cultivator came, they wouldn't gain any benefits.

As Lin Qing expected, as the time drew near, more and more scattered cultivators arrived. Many of them had initially come for the spiritual rice, but upon entering the Lin Family Mountain, they discovered that it was actually a cultivation treasure land. It had spiritual veins, resources, safety, and guarantees. In a sense, it was like a paradise.

As more and more scattered cultivators arrived, more and more were willing to stay. Three days before the ceremony, the Lin Family Gathering had already gathered over a thousand scattered cultivators. Nearly a hundred shops in the Lin Family Gathering had been rented out, and dozens of caves of various sizes had also been rented out. Lin Qing listened to Lin Xuchang's report and couldn't help but feel delighted.

If things continued like this, it wouldn't take long for his Lin Family Mountain to truly become famous in the Zhao Kingdom.

However, at this moment, Lin Qing suddenly thought of something.

The Lin Family members from Sanshan Town who were willing to come with him were now living well in the Lin Family City, managing a group of mortals. As for the Lin Family members from Sanshan Town who didn't come, it had been twenty years, and he didn't know how they were doing.

Lin Qing's mind stirred, and although they hadn't come with him back then, he thought that he could send Xuzhe to take a look and see if anyone was willing to come now. If they were willing, he would still accept them, after all, they were his descendants.

Sending Lin Xuzhe, who had previously received Lin Xuwen's letter, there was no need for Lin Qing to say anything. Lin Xuzhe already knew where to go.

Half a day passed, but Lin Xuzhe hadn't brought anyone back.

"What's wrong with Xuzhe? Are they not willing to come? Did you explain the situation of our Lin Family Mountain clearly?" Lin Qing asked. He had specifically instructed Lin Xuzhe to fully introduce the current situation of the Lin Family Mountain. For those willing to come, each person would not only receive a golden field but also live in the best houses in the city. Compared to Sanshan Town, the conditions were much better.

"Eh."

However, Lin Xuzhe sighed first and then said, "Father, there is no Lin Family in Sanshan Town anymore."

"What? How is that possible? It's only been twenty years. Did they move away?" Lin Qing asked in confusion.

Lin Xuzhe slowly exhaled and began to explain in detail to Lin Qing.

After receiving Lin Qing's instructions, he flew straight to Sanshan Town and arrived at the front of the Lin Family's gate. However, to his surprise, the walls of the Lin Family were still there, but the main gate had long disappeared. From the marks of chopping, it seemed to have been used as firewood. After entering, he found that there was no one inside, and the houses were covered in spider webs.

Later, he went to the town to inquire, and the people in the town said that the house had been bought by the Wang family. So Lin Xuzhe found the Wang family again, but unexpectedly, the Wang family took out something for him.

It was a handwritten certificate, written by the Lin family, proving that the Lin family voluntarily sold the house to the Wang family.

The head of the Wang family said helplessly to Lin Xuzhe that his family never wanted to buy it. It was only because the Lin family had been begging him that he bought it. After buying it, he didn't dare to touch it and it has been left there. The front door was chopped and used for firewood. As for the Lin family's land, he didn't dare to take it. No one in the town dared to take it either, so it has been abandoned.

As for why the Lin family sold the house and land, according to the head of the Wang family, after the immortal, Lin Qing, took some of the Lin family members and left, Lin Xuwen died within two years. After the burial, the remaining Lin family members started fighting among themselves, arguing and quarreling all day long over the fields and houses. At first, it didn't matter much, as brothers fighting and arguing is normal, and they would eventually settle down.

But unexpectedly, Lin Xuwen's eldest and second sons became addicted to gambling in the city. It is said that they played continuously for three days and three nights and lost five hundred taels of gold.

When the people from the gambling house came to collect, the Lin family saw that the situation was not good, so they had to sell the house and land. The Wang family bought the house to help the Lin family. As for the gold obtained from selling the house, it was not even enough to cover the interest, and no one dared to buy the land, so it was all used to pay off the gambling house. Later, when the people from the gambling house learned that there was an immortal behind the Lin family, they didn't dare to cause any more trouble and accepted the gold and land deed and stopped pursuing it.

The people from the gambling house wanted to sell the land deed, but because there was an immortal behind the Lin family, no one dared to buy it, and they didn't cultivate it, so it has been left abandoned.

As for the remaining members of the Lin family, without a place to live, no one knows where they went after all these years.

The head of the Wang family heard that they seemed to have gone to the capital of Zhao Kingdom, but he didn't know the rest.

After Lin Xuzhe learned all this, he returned to report to Lin Qing. Lin Qing couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

In just twenty years, such a large Lin family ended up selling their house and land and fleeing to a distant place.

Thinking of Lin Xuen and Lin Xuwen, Lin Qing sighed. How good his two sons were, but their descendants were so far behind.

"Dad, should we continue to look for them?" Lin Xuzhe asked.

Lin Qing shook his head and said, "Forget it, we have already looked for them twice. It seems that our fate has come to an end. Their future is their own business. It's just a pity for everything left behind by your two brothers."

Lin Xuzhe nodded and said, "Yes, without my brothers, I didn't expect them to squander the family fortune so quickly."

Lin Qing looked into the distance. This is the difference between mortal families and cultivation families. Mortal families have a saying that wealth does not last for more than three generations. The reason is simple: mortals have short lifespans, and the foundations laid by their ancestors are not solid. But their descendants don't understand this and are easily wasteful. Cultivation families are different. With the increase in strength, lifespan also increases. Not to mention three generations, in some cultivation families, there are ten generations living together. Because they have ancestors, the descendants naturally restrain themselves. Generally speaking, even if it is a cultivation family established in the later stage of Qi Refining, unless there are external accidents, they can last for more than a hundred years, which is incomparable to the mortal world.

For a Foundation Building cultivator, creating a family that lasts two to three hundred years is quite ordinary.

At this moment, Lin Qing looked at his Lin family mountain and was full of expectations for the future of the Lin family.

(End of this chapter)