I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 70: Return

The Lin family in Jiangcheng, with several Foundation Building Stage cultivators in their ancestry, still had Foundation Building experts within the clan. Although they were not well-known in the Azure Cloud Sect territory, their estate in Jiangcheng was still quite extensive.

With the accumulation of over a hundred years, the Lin family's territory, while not a celestial paradise, was considered a top-notch spiritual place within Jiangcheng.

The Spirit Field, the beneficial Purple Cloud Bamboo Forest for cultivation, and the underground spiritual spring in the Lin family's residence brought in a considerable income each year.

However, these riches had attracted the attention of many.

If the Lin family had still been powerful, no one would have dared to have any ideas. But now that they were in decline, many people had started to scheme.

When Lin Chen entered the Lin family's residence, he had already sensed with his spiritual perception that the Lin family had been declining year after year. Although they still maintained a facade of prosperity, internally, they were struggling to survive.

Even though they appeared to be a grand mansion, exuding an air of nobility, with Innate Martial Artists from the mortal world serving as their front, there were many people within who were secretly on guard, ready to fight or flee at any moment.

"They have truly fallen..." Lin Chen sighed softly in his heart, feeling an indescribable emotion. But he didn't dwell on it and continued walking forward.

When Lin Chen arrived, the people on the wall immediately became nervous, and someone shouted, "Who goes there!"

"Lin Chen, disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect," Lin Chen replied.

"Azure Cloud Sect?!" There was a commotion on the wall, and after a while, several people jumped down.

"What proof do you have?" the leader asked warily.

Lin Chen didn't speak, but silently looked at him.

"You..." The leader's eyebrows furrowed when he saw the other person staring at him. He was about to speak, but his face turned pale, devoid of color. His mouth twitched, and his eyes became dull and lifeless, as if he had been paralyzed by fear.

Because at some point, he saw a giant beast in front of him, with eyes like full moons and teeth as sharp as blades, looking down on him as if observing a tiny ant on the roadside.

Such fear, such despair. It felt as if the other party could easily kill him with a breath, leaving him with no place to be buried.

"Captain!" The people behind him noticed something was wrong and their expressions changed. They took out their weapons, and some even tried to use signal flares for help.

"Stop!" The captain was awakened by this shout and quickly yelled to stop his subordinates.

"Sir, may I ask why you have come?" After stopping his subordinates, the captain immediately bowed, full of fear and respect.

That kind of fear, which originated from the instinct of life, he had only felt it from the Foundation Building ancestor of his family. Therefore, he deduced that the person who had come was extraordinary.

Since the other party hadn't attacked directly, it was unlikely that they had come to exterminate the clan. So he didn't dare to offend the other party. If he angered them and they casually killed him, he would die unjustly.

Moreover, he was guarding the Lin family because his wife and children were inside, not for the few spirit stones he earned each month.

How much money one had determined how much effort they put in. As for other matters, there were higher-ups to handle them. They shouldn't be fooled by the so-called family honor and rush forward blindly.

"Take me to see your Lin family patriarch," Lin Chen said calmly.

"Please wait a moment, sir." The captain whispered a few words to someone beside him, then immediately jumped onto the city wall.

Crack, crack!

Not long after, the gate protected by a formation's light was forcefully pushed open.

"Please follow me, sir," the captain said respectfully, leading the way.

Lin Chen followed expressionlessly.

After passing through the gate, what came into view was a barren land stretching dozens of meters.

"Please follow me, sir." The captain leading the way solemnly said, then directly led Lin Chen onto a small path.

Lin Chen casually nodded and glanced at the barren land beside him.

In his eyes, this was not a barren land at all, but a continuous pit over ten meters deep, filled with spikes at the bottom!

Obviously, this is a defensive measure created by the Lin family combining formation illusions and secular traps.

Cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage do not have the ability to fly, and coupled with realistic illusions and massive traps, even if they cannot kill most of the invaders, it is enough to delay the enemy's attack and buy time for the Lin family to prepare for battle.

The path that Lin Chen is currently treading is an illusion, but in reality, it is an arched bridge that connects the passage between the traps on both sides.

Crossing the arched bridge leads to a dense bamboo forest.

Lin Chen senses that there are hidden formations in the forest, with pits buried underground, and many people lurking in the dark. Obviously, this place is used for guerrilla warfare, to consume the enemy's forces.

And beyond the bamboo forest, what comes into view is a towering city wall several zhang high, entirely made of solid granite, shimmering with the brilliance of formations. Its layout is like a city within a city.

Traps, bamboo forest, and city wall, these three lines of defense are the current defensive layout of the Lin family.

"If this were in the secular world, even if tens of thousands of troops were gathered, it would not necessarily be able to break through. But in the Immortal Cultivation World, a Foundation Building cultivator who can fly, or a few precious earth escape talismans, can easily ignore most of the arrangements..." Lin Chen looks at the towering city wall in front of him and sighs in his heart.

In this world that relies on personal power, not only this tens of meters high city wall, even if it were hundreds or thousands of kilometers, as long as there is no corresponding spiritual defense, it is nothing more than a plaything that can be easily destroyed by high-level cultivators.

This is the world where the way of the masses and the system have little use, and only the power of an individual is the fundamental world.

Just as Lin Chen silently sighs, the captain in front seems to have communicated with the people on the city wall. Soon, a cultivator walks out from a small door under the wall.

He takes a careful look at Lin Chen, then nods towards the captain beside him, "You can leave, it's none of your business."

Then, he bows to Lin Chen, "Senior of the clan, please follow me."

Lin Chen nods and follows him.

Passing through the small door, what comes into view is a vast field, with many mortals working in it, and a small portion of Spirit Fields managed by cultivators.

On both sides of the field, there are many houses. There is also a huge road that crosses the entire field, with many carriages coming and going, obviously a major transportation route for supplies.

"It doesn't seem to have changed much from ten years ago." Lin Chen takes a glance and withdraws his gaze, continuing to walk forward.

Soon, not long after, he arrives at a green grassland. In front of him is a small bridge, flowing water, pavilions, and many servants shuttling around. This is the true ancestral land of the Lin family.

"Senior of the clan, the large courtyard ahead is where the patriarch resides..."

"You are Lin Chen?" The cultivator leading the way is interrupted before he can finish speaking.

Hmm?

Lin Chen's gaze turns, only to see a young man in green clothes walking over with a group of servants.

"This..." The cultivator leading the way can't help but feel a chill down his spine. How did this little brat come over here?

But he still has to go up and say, "Young... Young Master Cheng, this is a guest that the patriarch wants to see... Pfft!"

Before he can finish speaking, he is slapped away by a servant, "How dare you block Young Master's path, seeking death!"

"You are Lin Chen? With your qualifications, you are also eligible to participate in the grand competition and win so many spirit stones. If it were me..."

The young man in green clothes sneers at Lin Chen.

"That's right, our young master can win with just one move. Why would we need an outsider to meddle?" boasts one of the servants.

"No, where did this group of idiots come from?" Lin Chen can't help but feel speechless.

Just as he was about to follow his principle of not hesitating to take action, a voice from behind makes his gaze freeze.

"Cheng'er, stop, how can you be so rude?" Looking in the direction of the voice, he sees a luxurious-dressed, delicate-faced woman and a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes slowly walking over from not far away.

Seeing the newcomers clearly, Lin Chen is first stunned, and after a while, a cold smile appears on his face.

"I knew it, these idiots in front of me look so familiar. Turns out they are my good relatives who forced me to transfer my family property and caused me to leave home..."

(End of this chapter)