Ling Tian Sword Emperor

Chapter 17 Aftermath

"City Lord Xiao?" Lin Che was a little surprised.

"Hahaha, Mr. Lin, don't be surprised. Congratulations to Mr. Lin for getting the qualification to be promoted to Daocang Yuan. I'm here to congratulate you."

Xiao Feng looked quite kind, "Why, don't you invite me in to sit down?"

After hearing this, Lin Che directly made a gesture of invitation.

Xiao Feng was not polite at all, he entered the room and sat down, and then said: "I have heard that Mr. Lin is the number one genius among the younger generation in Canglan City, but this is the first time we sit and chat face to face, and I feel a little regretful when I think about it.

Ah, we can’t make friends with young talents like Mr. Lin too early.”

Lin Che smiled and said, "As a junior, City Master Xiao naturally has no need to deliberately make friends with him."

Hearing the meaning of Lin Che's words, Xiao Feng's face did not waver at all, and said: "Haha... I am the Lord of Canglan City, and I represent the official family behind my back. There are regulations in the Blue Wind Dynasty that no official power can compete with the local government.

It’s really helpless that the family is involved.”

This sentence is indeed true. As far as Canglan City is concerned, even the Murong clan, which is the most powerful family, has never been able to interact with the city lord's mansion.

Although Lin Che was a little surprised by Xiao Feng's visit, Lin Che now understood the other party's purpose.

After all, it’s about making friends.

The potential to become a disciple of Daocangyuan is still too great.

In the past, although Lin Che had outstanding talents, in the final analysis, in the eyes of the Lord of Canglan City, she was just a junior member of the family with outstanding talents.

But once you become a disciple of Daocangyuan, it means that you will have unlimited room for growth, enough for City Lord Xiao Feng to make friends with his peers, and even be someone to look up to in the future.

Of course, although Xiao Feng's overtures were realistic, Lin Che was not disgusted by them.

At the very least, the Lord of Canglan City has never had any enemies with him.

Moreover, what happened today also made Lin Che understand that a warrior cannot rely on himself alone. Sometimes, he must also rely on the power of some forces.

"Mr. Lin, although Ji Zong was overbearing and domineering about what happened today, I also had some difficulties, so I kept silent and couldn't take action. Mr. Lin, please forgive me for this matter." Xiao Feng said directly about what happened today,

No excuses at all.

"I can understand..." Lin Che said casually.

Although Xiao Feng has an official background behind him, as a city lord, he naturally has countless worries when facing Daocangyuan, the overlord of Yangzhou.

So Lin Che certainly wouldn't feel resentful because the other party didn't take action at that time.

Seeing Lin Che's expression, Xiao Feng showed a relieved smile.

For a young man to have such a state of mind proves that he has not made a mistake.

Of course, Xiao Feng also understood that there must be a fundamental difference in the young man's mind between his visit now and his help during the trial.

However, since they are friends, Xiao Feng knows very well that if he does not expect this young man to truly grow up and be able to repay him in the future, that would be too presumptuous.

Just to form a good relationship, nothing more.

City Lord Xiao did not stay too long.

Not long after, he left Lin Che's residence.

But when he left, he left behind a sword.

In this world, there is an extremely respected profession called Weapon Refining.

This profession can refine various magical weapons. For warriors, the blessing of a magical weapon can be said to be even more powerful in improving their strength.

The weapons refined by the weapon refiner correspond to the realm of martial arts, and are divided into mortal weapons, spiritual weapons, mysterious weapons, Tao weapons, and heavenly weapons... The sword left by Xiao Feng is a top-grade sword.

The spiritual weapon——Linghan Sword.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Che unsheathed her sword, and for a moment, a layer of frost seemed to have condensed in the room.

"What a sword! It is indeed a top-grade spiritual weapon. With this sword, my strength can be increased by at least 30%!"

After touching the sword body and feeling the spiritual energy fluctuations in it, Lin Che felt a little excited.

"A high-grade spiritual weapon is worth at least 300,000 gold coins. I didn't expect this city lord to spend so generously..." Lin Che sighed.

Three hundred thousand gold coins. Even if the Lin family did not eat or drink, it would probably take a year to collect this huge sum of money.

From this we can also see how valuable a spiritual weapon is.

"It's just a spiritual weapon. Look at your ignorant look..."

The goddess's disdainful voice suddenly came, "When you truly grow up in the future, you will find that the outside world is full of temptations...beauties, magical weapons, wealth, power...even if you don't want it, someone will keep sending it to you."

Hearing this, Lin Che asked doubtfully: "Senior Tiannu, you must have been so powerful before, so you must have been afraid of a lot of tyrannical forces, or wanted to curry favor with you. Have they ever given you beautiful men?"

Beautiful man?

The goddess's voice seemed to be filled with frost, "Do you want to know how to write the word death?"

Lin Che felt a chill run through her body. Thinking of the terrifying scenes she had followed this mysterious woman in her practice over the past year, Lin Che suddenly lost her curiosity.

"...I don't want to. I'm sorry."

In the past two days, Xiao Yao was very happy after hearing that Lin Che won the first place in the sect selection competition and became a disciple of Daocang Academy.

For this simple-minded little girl, Lin Che was like her god. Lin Che had achieved such dazzling achievements, and she was naturally happy from the bottom of her heart.

However, during this period, Lin Che also noticed that this little girl seemed to be writing a letter.

So, one time, Lin Che couldn't help but asked curiously: "Who did you write it to?"

"Give it to my brother..." Xiaoyao never concealed anything from Lin Che.

elder brother?

Hearing this, Lin Che was stunned for a moment.

In my impression, this little girl has always grown up in the Lin family, and it seems that she has never heard of any relatives.

"You have a brother?"

"Yes, and my brother is in Daocangyuan. This time the young master has become a disciple of Daocangyuan. I think we will meet soon..."

"Is your brother a disciple of Daocangyuan?"

"Yeah." Xiaoyao nodded after hearing this.

At this time, Lin Che looked surprised.

The disciples of Daocangyuan are all geniuses in Yangzhou. Xiaoyao's brother is actually a disciple of Daocangyuan, so why would he let his sister enter the Lin family and become a maid?

Seeing Lin Che's expression, Xiao Yao hurriedly said: "Young Master, please don't misunderstand me. Although my brother is a disciple of Daocang Academy, he worked as a handyman disciple for ten years before gradually rising up the ranks. Even in Daocang Academy,

They are also the ones at the lowest level in the academy... There is a huge difference from the young master and other geniuses who have entered Daocang Academy by virtue of their talent and strength."

I see.

After hearing this, Lin Che understood.

Even the top level of strength still needs handyman disciples. If a handyman disciple has some talent, it is not uncommon for him to survive for about ten years and be promoted to a formal disciple.

But even if such people are promoted, their future promotion space will be extremely limited and they will still belong to the lowest level.

Therefore, it is understandable that Xiaoyao has such an elder brother who still works as a maid in the Lin family.

However, Lin Che was still a little confused, "You have an older brother. This seems to be the first time I've heard of it."

In response, Xiaoyao smiled and said: "Daocangyuan is very far away from here. In the past, I could only see my brother every year at the end of the year... Moreover, as the young master of the Lin family, the young master spent most of his time fighting in the outside world.

Naturally, I don’t have much time to pay attention to servants like Xiaoyao.”

Hearing this, Lin Che fell silent for a moment.

After spending so many years in the Lin family, all he felt was the coldness of human nature. From the beginning to the end, this little girl was the only one who never left him.

With this in mind, Lin Che said seriously: "Xiao Yao, I will treat you better in the future."

A look of panic flashed across Xiao Yao's face, "Master, what are you talking about? Xiao Yao is just a servant, and the master has been very good to Xiao Yao."

"Then it would be better..."

…

Canglan City.

Although the sect selection battle is over, the aftermath has not yet subsided.

Overnight, a piece of shocking news spread throughout the city.

Dozens of Lin family assets in Canglan City, including shops, restaurants, pawnshops... were all seized by the government.

For the entire Canglan City, the City Lord's Mansion has always maintained a coldly on the sidelines attitude.

As long as there is no turmoil, this force has always maintained a mysterious color and never seems to be exposed to the world, but no one dares to underestimate the terrifying energy of this force.

All the major families in Canglan City are based on martial arts, and their properties will have some gray properties. As long as the government wants to investigate, no property can escape.

This time the City Lord's Mansion was so quick and so obvious that anyone could see what it meant.

The City Lord's Mansion wanted to make good friends with Lin Che.

"Have you heard that the eldest elder of the Lin family is completely disillusioned with the Lin family because of what happened to his only son? Now he has taken his son away from the Lin family."

"More than that... everyone can now see that the City Lord's Mansion is going to deal with the Lin family, which has caused everyone in the Lin family to panic. Many members of the clan have already chosen to defect."

"When a tree falls, the hozens disperse. When a family is faced with a catastrophe, all members of the family choose to flee. This shows how ridiculous the cohesion of this family is."

"This Lin family will probably become the biggest joke in Canglan City..."

There was a lot of discussion in Canglan City, and the entire Lin family became a topic of conversation for everyone overnight.

Lin family, ancestral temple.

Lin Xionghai stood in front of the portraits of his ancestors, his expression extremely solemn, and his head full of white hair, as if he had aged dozens of years overnight.

Different from the usual prosperous scene, the entire Lin family seemed extremely deserted.

After offering incense to his ancestors with trembling palms, Lin Xionghai knelt down directly and let out a cry of sorrow: "Xionghai... I am ashamed of my ancestors!"

At this time, Lin Xionghai had lost his former majesty and ambition, and looked more like a dying old man, with a face full of regret and guilt.

If that decision had not been made, the Lin family's situation would be completely different now.

Lin Che, this genius who could have changed the future of the family, was forced to leave by the head of the family himself.

But now in the catastrophe, all the clan members have fled, which also made Lin Xionghai see his failure as the head of the family.

A family that has never given people a sense of belonging, when faced with a crisis, what qualifications does it have to unite the clan members to tide over the difficulties together?

"I was wrong, I was really wrong..." Lin Xionghai was extremely regretful, with a look of despair on his face.

But so what?

There is no regret in selling medicine in this world. Everything indicates that the Lin family in Canglan City has entered the abyss of eternal destruction, and there will be no hope of rising again in the future.