I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 249: Swaying in the Wind

Just now, Lin Xuchang's turtle shell prophecy predicted this. After the destruction of their Lin family mountain at Ling Lake, the power of the formation greatly diminished. In addition, Lin Qing was not present at the moment, which allowed this monster to attack. Lin Xuchang was naturally anxious.

This armadillo-like monster in the later stage of the Purple Mansion realm had been hiding underground to avoid detection. Lin Xuchang wanted to stop it before it burrowed into the Lin family lake.

In less than fifteen minutes, this beast would burrow through, and Lin Qing wouldn't make it in time.

Only Lin Xuchang, who knew about this, went forward. As for notifying Lin Xuqing, Lin Xuchang was incapable of doing so. He couldn't see, hear, or speak, so how could he explain this situation?

However, he had a secret plan in his heart.

Hastily using his divine sense to arrive at the Lin family lake, Lin Xuchang knew that the monster would arrive soon. He didn't have time to consider anything else. He sat cross-legged and took out the turtle shell, performing many incomprehensible hand movements without speaking, silently reciting something in his mind, as if he was performing a ritual.

It had been predicted long ago by Lin Xuchang himself how he could advance to the Purple Mansion realm, but the result of the prophecy made him too afraid to do it.

That was to completely integrate the turtle shell into his body, which would allow him to ascend to the Purple Mansion realm.

At first glance, there didn't seem to be any problem with this. After integrating it into his body, his physical condition would return to normal upon advancing to the next realm. However, Lin Xuchang knew that if he were to integrate the turtle shell into himself, he would no longer be himself but controlled by the turtle shell. At that time, it would be a disaster for both himself and the Lin family.

So he had never done it.

During these years, Lin Xuchang had not been idle. He had a deep understanding of the turtle shell and had even grasped some of its secrets.

In his opinion, this turtle shell should be a treasure refined by an ancient powerhouse, used for divination. At that time, it might have been just a tool for divination without any side effects. But after who knows how many years, this turtle shell gained sentience after being lost in the world. After he obtained it, the only purpose of this turtle shell was to try to possess him.

This sounded absurd. How could a turtle shell possess a cultivator? But Lin Xuchang, who knew how powerful this turtle shell was, had no doubt about it.

Sometimes, in his view, this turtle shell was not an aid but an evil object.

However, after years of use, he had also mastered some unique methods. The one he was using now was one of them.

If successful, not only could he advance to the Purple Mansion realm and restore his body, but he could also completely control the turtle shell, making it almost certain that he could deal with this crisis and even have hope of reaching the Gold Core stage in the future.

Of course, the success rate of this plan was not high. Otherwise, he would have done it long ago. Now, he had no choice but to try. If the Lin family mountain was destroyed, everything would be in vain.

The complicated hand movements made people dizzy.

At this moment, the armadillo-like monster had successfully avoided many warnings from the Lin family and arrived at the edge of Ling Lake. Looking at the lake, the armadillo in the later stage of the Purple Mansion realm was excited about what it was about to do. However, it was also a bit puzzled. Why was there a Foundation Building cultivator here? Could it be that he was cultivating?

While the armadillo was observing Lin Xuchang, deciding whether to devour him, Lin Xuchang suddenly opened his eyes, and his aura reached the Purple Mansion realm.

But after instantly recovering his five senses upon advancing to the Purple Mansion realm, he felt extremely sad in his heart.

"I still failed. This state can only be maintained for fifteen minutes at most. I hope I can stop this beast."

Lin Xuchang wanted to control the turtle shell, but he didn't succeed. However, he didn't completely fail either. Now that he had advanced to the Purple Mansion realm, he could maintain this state for fifteen minutes. As for what would happen after fifteen minutes, he didn't know.

Although he had failed, at this moment, Lin Xuchang didn't think about anything else. He focused his attention on the armadillo.

When the armadillo saw Lin Xuchang suddenly advance to the Purple Mansion realm, it was surprised at first, but then it thought that it was in the later stage of the Purple Mansion realm, so it didn't care. No matter how he advanced to the Purple Mansion realm, he was still far from its level. Without the person with the spirit beast, the other people on Lin family mountain were not worth fearing.

Holding the turtle shell that hadn't been integrated into his body, Lin Xuchang made a prophecy and then rushed towards the armadillo.

The pangolin smiled and immediately started fighting, but what the pangolin didn't expect was that this Lin Xuchang, although newly arrived at the Purple Mansion, was extremely powerful. It seemed that every move and technique directly hit its weak points, making it difficult for the pangolin to respond for a while.

The pangolin couldn't help but put away its slight sense of disdain and focused on dealing with the situation, while Lin Xuchang felt even more sorrowful in his heart.

No matter how he predicted at this moment, he couldn't defeat this beast. Even when Lin Xuqing heard the commotion and rushed over, he was powerless. Both of them were killed by this beast.

Thinking of this result, Lin Xuchang's heart turned cold.

It was fine for him to be a dead man now, but Lin Xuqing was the Purple Mansion of his Lin family. He couldn't just die like this, especially since both of them had died. The Lin family would be finished, and the others were not opponents either.

Then Lin Xuchang made up his mind. The turtle shell in his hand lit up frequently, and he made a bold move.

He deliberately exposed a flaw, and then when the pangolin happily pierced his chest with its claws, he suddenly hugged the pangolin tightly and placed the turtle shell between them.

The pangolin was extremely surprised, while Lin Xuchang, at this moment, used his last bit of spiritual power to cast a spell, and then looked around.

When this spiritual lake was being built, Xiao Qian and her sister had told Lin Qing that they could plant spiritual bamboo. It would be beneficial for both viewing and future sales. Lin Qing agreed, and they planted a lot of spiritual bamboo back then. Now, the area around the spiritual lake was densely packed with spiritual bamboo. When Lin Xuchang looked around, the whole world was covered in green, with some bamboo even blooming small flowers, swaying in the wind.

"So beautiful!"

After spending nearly half of his life unable to speak, Lin Xuchang uttered his last words in this life.

It was a yearning for the world, a praise for beauty.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, this bamboo forest was ordinary, but in the heart of Lin Xuchang, who had lost his eyes and briefly regained them now, it was the most beautiful sight in the world.

The wind blew, and Lin Xuchang stood still, bowing his head and dying.

In the astonished expression of the pangolin, the turtle shell gradually merged with Lin Xuchang, but because of Lin Xuchang's death, something seemed to have gone wrong in an instant, and a raging fire ignited. This fire not only burned the turtle shell but also enveloped Lin Xuchang and the pangolin.

"Ah! Sss! Ah!!!"

The pangolin kept roaring, its voice terrifying. The fire was too powerful, even for it in the later stage of the Purple Mansion.

However, Lin Xuchang remained silent. No matter how fierce the flames were, they couldn't stir the slightest movement in him.

By the quiet lakeside, the fire grew stronger.

"Xuchang brother!!"

Lin Xuqing, who hurried over, saw this scene and shouted hoarsely.

No one answered, not even the pangolin. It stopped roaring and was buried in the flames.

This strange fire came and went quickly.

In less than a moment, there was nothing left in the original spot, not even a trace of ashes. It was clean to the extreme.

Not only Lin Xuchang and the pangolin, but even the turtle shell dissipated into the heavens and earth.

The wind blew again, and a few bamboo flowers fell.

(End of this chapter)