Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 130: Severing Ties

"I'm sorry for not coming to find you."

Even though we agreed to hide our relationship, in an instant, he became arrogant and forgot himself because of the Sect Master's mention of his fiancé.

If it weren't for me, he could have received the Sect Master's summons alone, been valued on his own, silently cultivated and grown until the day he could rival the Lin family.

Instead, he is now being blocked at the entrance of Extreme Eternal Palace by Fourth Brother.

Tears shimmered in Yuan Xi's eyes, filled with reluctance and regret.

"This matter has nothing to do with you!" Yang Ning shook his head.

Facing Lin Tianheng, whether it's the Tenth Layer of the physical body or the Fifth Layer of Qi Refining, the difference is not significant.

Moreover, the South Forest automobile industry has already expanded. As long as they find that they can't compete with Yang Ning, they will immediately take action.

Don't think that cultivators have no need for worldly wealth. The Lin family also has a large number of ordinary people who cannot cultivate. Their food, drink, and daily necessities are also a huge expense.

Yang Ning looked at Lin Tianheng in front of him, still with a hint of pride on his face. As an inner disciple, killing an outer disciple would certainly carry some responsibility, but not a significant one.

And if they kill Yang Ning under the pretext of him interfering with the marriage alliance between the Wang and Lin families, no one can raise any objections.

They would also accuse Yang Ning of not knowing his place, without considering their own worthiness. Who are they to deserve the Lin family's noble daughter?

Yang Ning also didn't want to wait for hundreds or thousands of years for someone to clear his name, claiming to be a model of pursuing freedom in love.

All of this is meaningless.

He must save himself at this moment.

As for how to save himself, fighting is impossible. He doesn't have the certainty of a single strike kill, and if he kills Lin Tianheng, the situation will only escalate.

In short, he can kill, but not openly.

Yang Ning looked around again. This situation is too big. Countless people from various sects, including inner disciples, artifact refining masters, and alchemists, have surrounded them.

Many artifact refining masters also recognized Yang Ning, but no one dared to speak up.

After all, compared to a young man with some talent in artifact refining, they understand the terror of the Lin family better.

But not speaking up doesn't mean they have no emotions. Lin Tianheng's words not only insulted Yang Ning but also offended many people nearby.

If I can make use of this sentiment...

I may not be able to win, but I can definitely disgust Lin Tianheng.

Anyway, I have the Heng Ming Token, so escaping is not a problem.

Wait, will Lord Heng Ming not protect me because of the Lin family's power?

"No, he won't!" A gentle voice sounded in Yang Ning's ear. If it's not Heng Ming, then who is it?

Yang Ning was taken aback: "Can you read minds, sir?"

"Yes, but I generally don't actively read other people's thoughts unless their thoughts are related to me!" Heng Ming replied.

"In that case, can you see the current situation?" Yang Ning asked. "There are inner disciples bullying me. Don't you care, senior?"

"This is an internal matter of the sect, and I can't intervene!" Heng Ming said. "But I can guarantee your safety!"

Yang Ning suddenly felt confident, but he was also curious and asked, "Why are you helping me like this, sir? I'm just a small Physical Body Realm disciple."

"You are more interesting than others!" Heng Ming laughed. "It's such a pity for someone as interesting as you to die like this!"

"Oh," Yang Ning blinked, realizing it was like that!

Of course, the main reason is definitely not that, but that reason is a bit far-fetched, and Heng Ming is also embarrassed to say it.

Clearing his throat, since I have Tower of Eternity backing me up, I'm not afraid of anything!

"Lin Tianheng, do you remember what you did on Qin Mountain a year and a half ago?" Yang Ning asked coldly.

"Heh heh!" Lin Tianheng sneered. "I remember, what about it?"

"As we all know, when cultivators first embark on the path of cultivation, they can absorb the Primordial Chaos Qi in the sky, which can turn into Innate Divine Ability when they break through the Qi Refining Stage and establish a connection between heaven and man!" Yang Ning stared at Lin Tianheng firmly. "Because of your little matter, you shortened the time for a ship of people to absorb the Primordial Chaos Qi by seven days. And among these people, there was me. I have always remembered this!"

"So what?" Lin Tianheng shrugged.

"I met Lin Yuanxi at Immortal Ascension Academy, and later we became lovers. I thought that since you are her brother, I would temporarily let go of this grudge. After all, the possibility of awakening Innate Divine Ability is so low, and seven days more or less wouldn't make much difference. But I didn't expect you to oppose us being together!"

"Heh, you do have some self-awareness. Extreme Eternal Sect has not had a single case of awakening Innate Divine Ability in so many years!" Lin Tianheng said. "But so what if I don't let you be together? Are you going to seek revenge from me?"

"Of course!" Yang Ning nodded. "And not just as Yuan Xi's lover. Since you said I am the son of a nobody, then I will stand in the position of a nobody and expose the sins of your Lin family!"

"Sins?" Lin Tianheng was stunned and laughed heartily. "What sins? Tell me, what sins does our Lin family have?"

Yang Ning snorted and said, "The South Forest territory covers an area of 12 million square kilometers, with a cultivable land area of 1.38 billion mu. This land is enough to feed 1 billion people, but the total population of South Forest is only 300 million. After subtracting the 42 million people from your Lin family, there are still more than 258 million people who can be easily supported. However, among these 258 million people, there are only slightly over 30 million people who have their own land! Every year, millions of people in South Forest die from freezing and starvation!"

"Last winter, a snow disaster caused 1.3 million civilians to freeze and starve to death. They died less than 20 miles outside of South Forest's capital city, while the city stored tens of millions of tons of food and countless leather and cotton clothes, but the disaster victims were prohibited from approaching the city!"

"What's even more absurd is that countless people in the country die from freezing and starvation, and yet you disregard the domestic disaster and still export food to Nanming and the South Sea!"

Lin Tianheng remained calm and indifferent, saying, "Those lowly commoners are stupid and foolish, and they don't work hard. They die from freezing and starvation. What does it have to do with my Lin family?"

"They are not stupid and foolish. Eight or nine out of ten of these 1.38 billion mu of land were cultivated by farmers, but you have taken possession of it in various ways!" Yang Ning pointed at Lin Tianheng and said passionately, "Because of your Lin family, more people die each year than those killed by the demonic cultivation of Myriad Saints Alliance. Compared to you, they feel unworthy of being called demonic cultivators!"

"Nonsense!" Lin Tianheng angrily brushed his sleeve.

"Where am I talking nonsense? Where am I making things up? Is it the number of acres that is incorrect, or did I mention too many people who died from starvation?" Yang Ning asked sternly. "Furthermore, I invented the Quyuan Plow ten years ago. If this thing can be popularized in South Forest, the cultivable land area can be doubled, and the population that can be supported can be doubled again!"

"But what did you do? You would rather raise cattle to slaughter and eat their meat than use them for plowing. You would rather turn iron into swords than forge them into farming tools! You would rather take away the wives and daughters of farmers than give them a little money and food to survive the winter!"

"I only hate myself for being weak. I should have spoken out earlier. I shouldn't have waited until now to speak up after being wronged!"

Lin Tianheng remained calm and said, "And then?"

Yang Ning fell silent. He looked at the onlookers, and everyone had the same indifferent expression, even Yuan Xi seemed unaffected, as if they didn't think this was a great sin.

Yeah, among everyone present, only Yang Ning comes from a peasant background. The others are either princes or descendants of immortals or warriors.

The Lin family is doing the same thing, aren't they?

When the world is in chaos, being virtuous becomes a crime.

When everyone is doing it, it naturally can't be wrong.

Yang Ning is very clear about this, so he is not at all discouraged. He just wants to speak up and feels that he should speak up!

"Do you think I'm not worthy of Yuan Xi because I'm the son of a peasant? But do you know that your current status and privilege are all brought by those peasants you look down upon? You were just lucky to be born into a good family. But what have you done for this sect, for this world?" Yang Ning continued, "Even if it's difficult, a hundred years later, a thousand years later, the person people will remember is me, not you!"

"If I were born into the Lin family, with their resources and favorable environment, I would have broken through to the Spirit Law Realm at your age. Why are you still stuck at the Gold Core stage, unable to even obtain the identity of an Extreme Eternal Sect Dao Child? If I were you, I would be ashamed to live in this world. Yet you seem quite proud?"

Lin Tianheng was not angry when he was scolded for oppressing the people and seizing land because that's how things have been done for three hundred thousand years, and no one thought it was a crime.

Lin Tianheng was not angry when he was scolded for being forgotten after a thousand years because as long as he killed Yang Ning, even if someone remembered after a thousand years, what would it matter when everyone was dead? A little reputation meant nothing.

But when it came to being called trash and not obtaining the Dao Child identity, Lin Tianheng was truly angry.

"How old is Taindao Yi? How old am I?" Lin Tianheng angrily said, "Give me a little more time, and the Dao Child identity might not necessarily be yours!"

"That's the problem!" Yang Ning shrugged, "You want him to give you time, but why are you unwilling to give me time? You keep saying that I'm the son of a peasant, but have you ever thought that thirty thousand years ago, you, me, and even the elders, the ancestors of Immortal Venerable, were all slaves?"

"You just left a little earlier, so what gives you the right to look down on those who come after you?"

"You!" Lin Tianheng suddenly became furious, "You want time? Fine, I'll give it to you, huh?"

Wang Jue held his shoulder, and Lin Tianheng immediately calmed down.

"I have to admit, not only do you have high cultivation talent, but your words are also sharp!" Lin Tianheng laughed, "Unfortunately, I'm not a fool. Why should I give you time?"

"No, Fourth Brother, you have already been merciful by letting him live for so long!" Wang Jue laughed and looked at Yuan Xi, "Yuan Xi, sister, don't stand so close to him. Be careful, his blood might splatter on your dress when he dies!"

"Fourth Brother!" Yuan Xi immediately stood up and stood in front of Yang Ning, her gaze firm and determined, "I understand now. We can't be together because of my surname, Lin, right?"

"More or less!" Lin Tianheng nodded. Although the reasons behind it were complex, there was no need to explain them to his naive sister.

"What if I choose to give up my surname?" Yuan Xi suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Lin Tianheng was stunned, "What are you saying?"

Everyone watching brightened up at this, the plot just leveled up!

"I mean, I give up the surname Lin, I give up the identity of being a noblewoman of the South Forest Lin family!" Yuan Xi took out a jade pendant from her body and threw it heavily on the ground, "From now on, I am no longer a noblewoman of the Lin family, and you are no longer my brother!"

"You fool, what are you talking about?" Lin Tianheng was completely dumbfounded, "Identity is not something you can abandon just because you want to! Besides, from childhood to now, your food, clothing, and even cultivation resources, including your ability to enter Extreme Eternal, are all thanks to your surname. What qualifications do you have to say no?"

"The Lin family has done so much for you, and it is only right for you to repay them. How can you refuse when it's time to marry?"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. That's the point!

"Nonsense!" a sweet voice rang out, "My young miss didn't use any resources from your Lin family. Those were all dowries from Madam! And let me tell you, when my young miss came here, she brought with her a thousand miles of red wedding attire. Only a small portion was used on my young miss, and the majority was taken away by your Lin family. It's not my young miss who owes your Lin family, it's your Lin family that owes my young miss!"

"Hmm?" Is there such a thing?

"Damn it!" Lin Tianheng kicked his leg, and a surging spiritual energy burst forth. A girl sitting on a crane screamed, but how could a mere Physical Body Realm cultivator and a crane withstand the attack of a Gold Core cultivator?

"Xiao Huan!" Yuan Xi screamed. Who else could be the girl on the crane but Xiao Huan?

She was slow, and many Qi Refining cultivators had already arrived while she was still riding the crane. Just as she heard Lin Tianheng's words, she immediately retorted.

What's the use of calling Xiao Huan? Xiao Huan can't transform into a Super Saiyan.

So Yang Ning shouted, "Senior Heng Ming!"

In an instant, a golden light swept by, blocking the attack and pulling Xiao Huan to Yang Ning's side.

Lin Tianheng's face darkened. The reason he had said so much here without attacking was because he feared the Extreme Eternal Palace behind Yang Ning and the Tower of Eternity!

He thought that Senior Heng Ming had understood the situation after listening for so long, but he didn't expect him to still make a move!

"Senior Heng Ming!" Lin Tianheng roared, "This is a matter within our Lin family. It's inappropriate for you to interfere!"

Senior Heng Ming ignored him as if he hadn't heard anything!

"Fine, fine, fine, very well!" Lin Tianheng angrily pointed at Yang Ning, "From now on, if you have the guts, hide in the Extreme Eternal Palace and don't come out!"

After saying that, he brushed his sleeve heavily and turned to leave.

If he couldn't kill him and couldn't out-insult him, what was he doing here? Continuing to embarrass himself in front of everyone?

But then Yuan Xi said from behind, "Fourth Brother!"

Lin Tianheng continued flying, pretending not to hear.

Yuan Xi didn't care whether he heard it or not. With so many people present and so many live streamers with their phones, he would still be able to see the recording.

"From now on, I, Yuan Xi, sever ties with the Lin family of South Forest. From now on, I am only Yuan Xi, no longer Lin Yuanxi!"

Lin Tianheng paused for a moment, then accelerated away!

Everyone silently filmed this scene with their phones. They all knew that between Yang Ning and Lin Tianheng, or rather, between Yang Ning and his wife and the Lin family of South Forest, it had become an irreconcilable feud.

No one felt that this was witnessing history, because one side was a family with a heritage of hundreds of thousands of years, while the other side consisted of a Tenth Layer physical body cultivator and a Fifth Layer Qi Refining cultivator.

Even with the support of the Tower of Eternity, the power disparity between the two sides was still immense.

A battle with such a power disparity would likely come to an end in less than half a year.

As for the outcome of the battle, they had already anticipated it.

Yang Ning would die, and Yuan Xi would be imprisoned by South Forest.

"What an overestimation of their own abilities!" someone sighed.

"But their courage is commendable!"

(End of this chapter)