I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 246: Tragedy at Xuan Yu Lane

Qin Rou's eyebrows twitched as she repeated Lin Xuzhe's words. Then she looked at Lin Xuzhe and smiled, saying, "I don't know about others, but I only know one thing: meeting you, Zhe Lang, in this lifetime is the right thing to do. Only you truly understand me."

Lin Xuzhe smiled back and embraced Qin Rou.

Afterwards, Lin Xuzhe returned to the Lin family's mountain and repeated Qin Rou's words to Lin Qing. Upon hearing them, Lin Qing also felt that there was deep meaning behind them, but he didn't know what Master Qin was thinking.

Perhaps, as Qin Rou said, it often takes a long time to make a true judgment about something.

Twenty years after the outbreak of the beast tide, Lin Qing had reached the sixth level of the Purple Mansion, and the situation in the Zhao Kingdom had been continuously improving. However, at this time, the demonic beasts no longer remained silent and began to counterattack with great force. Under the relentless counterattacks of the demonic beasts, the cultivators in various parts of the Zhao Kingdom suffered heavy losses. As a result, they had no choice but to retreat from their respective market strongholds.

Unexpectedly, after retreating from the market strongholds, the demonic beasts did not stop their attacks but continued to assault the marketplaces. For a while, caught off guard, nearly seven market strongholds were breached by the demonic beasts, and many cultivators fell victim to the attacks. Since they were devoured by the demonic beasts, not even their bodies could be found.

At this time, the people of the Zhao Kingdom were filled with fear, and various rumors began to spread among the wandering cultivators, causing a lack of confidence.

Some timid cultivators had already started to leave the Zhao Kingdom and seek refuge in the Yan Kingdom.

However, the intelligent cultivators remained unmoved. Although seven market strongholds had been breached, the three major forces in the Zhao Kingdom were as stable as mountains. As long as they didn't encounter any trouble, these small market strongholds being breached wouldn't shake their foundations.

Due to the consecutive breaches of small market strongholds, cultivators from other small market strongholds flocked to the major market strongholds of the three major forces. In a short period of time, the Red Sun Immortal City, the Purple and Blue Market of the Immortal Mist Sect, and the Lin Family's Gathering in the Lin Family's Mountain were filled with more cultivators, most of whom sought refuge. After all, no one wanted to end up as food for the demonic beasts.

In just a few days, the number of cultivators in the Lin Family's Gathering increased by forty to fifty percent. Lin Qing warned the younger generations of the family to be vigilant and cautious of cultivators with ulterior motives.

At this moment, Lin Xutai found Lin Qing, but he didn't come to talk about the Lin Family's Gathering. Instead, he spoke about Xuan Yu Lane, his words filled with anxiety. "Father, Xuan Yu Lane has been attacked by demonic beasts. There are many of them. They are now isolated and only have a second-grade high-quality formation. I'm afraid it won't hold for long. Fellow Daoist Xia has asked me for help. I know this is a major matter and I hope father can make a decision."

"Attacked by demonic beasts."

Lin Qing remembered that in the current situation where the demonic beasts were fiercely counterattacking, it was not surprising that Xuan Yu Lane was attacked. Xuan Yu Lane was about a thousand miles away from the Lin family, and it would be too late to rush to their aid. However, Xuan Yu Lane was not under the jurisdiction of the Lin family. But then he thought again, regardless of who was in charge, in the face of the demonic beasts in the Zhao Kingdom, they should lend a helping hand. Moreover, they had actively sought help from the Lin family, so they should offer assistance.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing nodded and said, "You accompany me on this trip. Facing the demonic beasts, we should all work together."

"Father is right."

Lin Xutai's face lit up with joy, and then Lin Qing, accompanied by Lin Xutai, headed towards Xuan Yu Lane.

On the way, Lin Qing couldn't help but think of the scene when they traveled from Qingmuji to Xuan Yu Lane in a horse-drawn carriage. Although now they were flying in the sky, it was a completely different experience. However, thinking back to that scene, it had a different kind of feeling.

Lost in these thoughts, Lin Qing arrived with Lin Xutai at Xuan Yu Lane after a little over two hours. As he looked, Lin Qing was shocked.

Only to see that there were hundreds of demonic beasts surrounding Xuan Yu Lane. The number of demons was not large, but what shocked Lin Qing was that the Sky Devouring Tiger, which he had always been thinking about, was here.

Looking at the formation inside Xuan Yu Lane, at this moment, the Sky Devouring Tiger seemed to be playing with the people inside the formation and did not break this second-grade high-quality formation. Instead, it kept roaring outside the formation. Back in the Lin family mountain, this sound wave attack caused many low-level cultivators to be injured. That was still under the protection of the Sword Water Divine Formation. In this formation, which was far inferior to the Xuan Yu Lane in the Lin family mountain, this kind of attack would be even more powerful.

In the market, at this moment, apart from five Foundation Building cultivators, there was not a single trace of other cultivators.

Lin Qing had a sense of unease in his heart.

He immediately descended from the sky. The five Foundation Building cultivators who were struggling to support the formation in the market were overjoyed when they saw Lin Qing coming, especially one of them who was particularly happy to see Lin Xu Tai. Presumably, he was the cultivator with the surname Xia who had a good relationship with Lin Xu Tai.

At this moment, Lin Qing didn't have time to ask these Foundation Building cultivators anything. He immediately started fighting the Sky Devouring Tiger to resolve the urgent situation.

Speaking of which, the Sky Devouring Tiger was also clever. It remembered Lin Qing and knew how powerful he was. When it saw Lin Qing descending, it wanted to escape. But how could Lin Qing let it escape? The other Purple Mansion demonic beasts could be left alone, but this beast caused too much damage to low-level disciples. It had to be eliminated. This opportunity was rare. If it were allowed to escape, who knows where it would go in the future.

However, once the fight started, Lin Qing felt that it was somewhat difficult. Although this demonic beast was only in the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm and was not as strong as him in terms of cultivation, its sound wave attack was difficult to defend against. He didn't have a good defense against it for a while, and it had a considerable impact on him. The Purple Gold Toad, which was also in the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm, was also affected, even more so than Lin Qing. It seemed that this beast had some restraint against the Purple Gold Toad.

"Roar!!!"

Deafening sounds continuously came out of the Sky Devouring Tiger's mouth, and these sound waves were even visible to the naked eye.

Lin Qing heard it face to face and felt his mind shaking. The Purple Gold Toad widened its eyes and tried its best to resist this attack.

Lin Qing didn't expect that he had easily killed Purple Mansion mid-stage demonic beasts with the Purple Gold Toad before, but he was temporarily helpless against this early-stage Sky Devouring Tiger. It seemed that the strength of this demonic beast could not be simply divided by realm. Just like human cultivators, there were strong and weak ones in the same realm. This Sky Devouring Tiger belonged to the kind that possessed rare abilities and was extremely powerful.

He wanted to use the Water Condensation Divine Ability, but thinking that there were still five Foundation Building cultivators inside Xuan Yu Lane, Lin Qing refrained from using it for the time being.

Although this sound wave was troublesome, it hadn't reached the point of being desperate.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Qing released the Two-Headed Bear. This beast had thick skin and flesh, so it should be able to withstand it. As for Lin Xu Tai, he was hiding far away at the moment and couldn't participate in this fight.

Looking at the released Two-Headed Bear, Lin Qing thought, "I've been feeding you for so many years. It's time for you to show your power. Being able to hold back this Sky Devouring Tiger for a while should be enough."

But what Lin Qing never expected was that the first thing the Two-Headed Bear did after being released was not to deal with the Sky Devouring Tiger, but to look at Lin Qing and ask for honey.

"I..."

Lin Qing almost burst out cursing, but he managed to hold it back. At this moment, he once again doubted his decision to tame this Two-Headed Bear.

(End of this chapter)